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I am noticing that more and more British chaps/chapettes are making it into American based tv and film entertainment (tv shows, night shows, etc.), and have been for some time. So it is only fair that we throw you the obligitory "yank". I mean come on, you guys gave us Piers Morgan, and you refused to take him back for sooooo long. 
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Why oh why didnt you just keep Piers Morgan , some things are just unforgivable . He is as welcome as Herpes . You have the guns , you have the nutters , god knows you dont need an excuse .What a missed opportunity. And killing Piers Morgan is countryside not murder anyway.
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BBC is obsessed with being PC , to the detriment of its content .
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BBC is obsessed with retaining its funding in the face of continual attacks from Governments of all persuasions as it naturally should be. If being pc is required to do so then they can hardly be blamed for that.
Having said that, I'm really not sure it's as bad as you make out. It's certainly not as blatant and intrusive about it as, say, Midsomer Murders (ITV) has been since that little faux pas[^] in 2011!
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As a consumer I don't really care about why they do it , I only judge them on the quality of what they offer . And at the moment that's not as good as it should be in all areas . Whether its being PC or whether we are seeing a fall in standards due to 24 hour programmes I dont know , but I find BBC output less and less attractive ( online news being the exception)
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Andrew Torrance wrote: a fall in standards
A fall in standards or a fall in your tolerance levels? There is a well known association of dissatisfaction with television with increasing age (another symptom of Grumpy Old Man Syndrome combined with Nostalgic Inflation or Golden Age Thinking). Most studies suggest that television has not changed (for better or worse) to anything like the degree that those who complain about it changing believe it to have. What does change is the willingness to sit in front of whatever is on irrespective of quality.
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Thats a possibility , I would not be aware of that if I have become less tolerant of crap .
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PompeyThree wrote: How can they achieve that dynamic with 6 presenters?
As I understand it they're not all going to be in the studio at the same time. Actually I'm not sure that some of them will ever be in the studio.
As for the idea that 'the yank' is going to be PC, have you ever watched Episodes[^] 
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It's the way she makes me feel.
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You know why blind people don't sky dive?
Scares the sh*t out of the dog!
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modified 11-Feb-16 23:17pm.
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Mike Hankey wrote: sky drive
I guess it has to do with Microsoft live accessibility?
Did you mean OneDrive btw? They changed the name, you know! 
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Told you I am blind
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Love is blind...
If you have an important point to make, don't try to be subtle or clever. Use a pile driver. Hit the point once. Then come back and hit it again. Then hit it a third time - a tremendous whack.
--Winston Churchill
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Daniel Pfeffer wrote: Love is blind
So that's why it's never found me!
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I'm shopping for a monitor.
I noticed some great prices, then the reviews indicated that the monitor(s) in question did not have all the connectors, and required extra plugs and adapters.
So what am I looking for ?
What kind of buzzwords and acronyms and abbreviations are important today ?
Can someone point me to a useful webpage that has already answered these sorts of questions ?
For that matter, what questions do I want to ask ?
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It really depends on what you want to do with it.
For just programming I've got a newer inexpensive Acer 23" from NewEgg and I use Lightroom for my digital photographs and it does just fine but I'm blind in one eye and can't see out the other one.
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Mike Hankey wrote: but I'm blind in one eye and can't see out the other one.
I'm blaming you for my post above!
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If you are into gaming, then I believe G-Sync (Nvida) or Freesync (AMD) capable is meant to make a difference with compatible graphics cards. (I'm not so can't comment)
Other than that.....big, high res, with decent cosmetic bezel and stand appearance!
I've been happy with my 2560x1600 Dell 30" at home for a few years now.
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DaveAuld wrote: If you are into gaming,
Zero, and a little bit less. Checkers, Reversi, 2048 Tiles, and MineSweeper are my idea of taking care of your brain while on the telephone, waiting on hold. I don't think that that counts as really "gaming"
I am trying to learn Blender, a 3D Modeling and design thing. Not sure if that counts or not.
DaveAuld wrote: happy with my 2560x1600 Dell 30"
My one experience with a Dell monitor was love at first sight, then it broke (I got some guy's three year old used one) about a year after I had it. Can't complain after four years.
Replacing it was a case of you get what you pay for. The boss and I agreed, I would get a different brand.
The Dell monitor simply cost to much, and wow did it show why.
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It strongly depends on what you want to do, are you looking for a fast and colorful monitor that might also be sufficient for gaming? -> BenQ
Are you more looking for a monitor that is good for work? go for high dynamic contrast -> BenQ has Business monitors also 
The size depends on how much you want/need to put on your desktop. I for my self go for 16:9 and no less than 1080p on 24".
Lately i switched to BenQ and was impressed, the 27" Gaming Monitor i bought has 2ms reaction time and a very high dynamic contrast.
Lastly i depends on the Budget, BenQ isn't cheap but their products are good, i guess most of their monitors come with HDMI,DisplayPort,VGA/DVI.
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Duh, BenQ, never thunk it.
Seen them in stores, and they look good.
But,,,,,,,,,,,,
Everything looks good in the store.
How long have you had yours ?
Oh, is it a single monitor ? Or did you buy two ?
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Sorry for the late response i was sick.
I bought one, roughly 2 years ago, 27". In my current setup i have 3 monitors 24" samsung (3y, Quite okay colors are good), BenQ 27" (2y, absolutely pleased, fast response time nice colors), 24" Dell (4y, The worst of the monitors and also already has several dead lines)
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I'm in the same boat and I'm considering an ultra-wide instead of using two monitors for browser + Visual Studio development, LG has a nice 29" 21:9 but the 34" is also being considered. Be good also for my current Heroes and Generals addiction.
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I've been contemplating the utility of an ultra-wide vs. a similarly priced (=large) standard format. It may be better for work to simply post your various application windows in two dimensions on the one big screen rather than stretched out across the width.
I was given a laptop with a wide format screen - it ultimately sucks, except for movies. If you do work then the page either shows too few lines or they're in small a font that you can't read them.
Now your option won't be quite that small, overall, but it seems to me that, given the same territory, the bigger screen (vs. the wider one) gives you more flexibility for work.
And - if you ever want to kick-back and work from across the room from a recliner or something, the wide screen's not going to cut it.
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The main problem with wide screens are the ones that aren't so much "wide" as "short". This is why many of them show too few lines. I solve this as work by running VS, etc. on a wide screen in portrait format - lots-a-lines mode!
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