h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

There are several such programs.

First idea, though: don't use it to restore your data unless you have a *mechanical* problem with your hard drive. Else it will just reproduce whatever caused the crash in the first place!

Better to just back up your data regularly (there are programs for this, which allow you to pick which files are automatically synchronised) and keep all your original CDs and the codes in a safe place.

That way, you can decide which programs and files you really still need, and get rid of all the accumulated data that are making your computer slow - incomplete uninstalls, all the dll debris that accumulates over time, etc.

The pixels per inch feature on Paint.net doesn't seem to do much. I'll give it a try, but you can use oil paint and get an almost exact copy but much less KB.

No just tried it, no difference. The quality feature is too bad at less than 200KB, but the paint image on my website is about 25KB.

You could try 'DriveImage XML' for the above backup. No adverts or trojans in my copy.

Beware of some free ones, my security caught one trying to download a trojan.

It's not the pixel size you want to change.

You want to save an optimised version - sometimes it says something like "save for web". It will reduce it to fewer colours in bigger patches. If you don't overdo it, that won't really be necessary.

To choose a totally shameless-plug example, the comic I do for is saved in a lower-quality version to make it come out at under 100KB.

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Not quite a gadget and slightly off topic, I know, however all you may be able to shed some light on this; Watched a programme this morning on UK TV entitled:

"Microsoft Challenge - UK. Intelligent sports"

It took place near Paisley, Scotland (Where my ancestors are from ) Basically invovled teams of four engaged in 5km runs with an IQ type puzzle at the end followed by 10km bike ride and another puzzle. There was an 8 minute time penalty served in the 'brain cage' fror failure on the puzzle or as an alternative to attempting it.
Team Airbus won, mainly by being able to concentrate on solving the puzzles after physical exhaustion on the stages, there was a great deal of ascent I should add

Took me back to my youth, though nowadays, because I'm old and slow, I tend to just do ultra-distance endurance events like the Yoredale 100 (miles) Tends to be a solitary activity as the hours pass and anyonme who can't keep up I just leave to die, being an equitable chap I expect anyone who is stronger than me to treat me the same way, no quarter given or expected.

I'd love to know more? Well ? I sure I could find 3 other senile geriatrics to take part with me.

Nope, couldn't run to the end of the street, only ever ran 15 miles when I was in the cadets, and I'm pretty thick to boot.

I'll watch you on the telly though

They'l have to put it in the comedy slot then Seriously, I was rather hoping all you may be able to shed some light on it, I only caught the tail end of the programme, being microsoft and all that
I could always phone Bill Gates, or perhaps email him about it I suppose

I don't have a television, nor am I clairvoyant So no help from me!

would you need a telly if you were claivoyant

would you need e-mail or phone to correspond with another calirvoyant

clairvoyant's are on the telly.Sally Morgan: Star Psychic is a good example.

I worked out it must all be acted, because she just keeps coming up with stuff no-one knows. Like names of stillborn children.

It means something to the person getting the reading, and they always say no-one knew that.

She told a radio DJ he was moving to the USA and his new house costs 1.5 million, apparently he hadn't bought it but was told it would cost around 1.5 million.

i'm not saying anything, but conjurers can be pretty amazing, no?

Is this what you were looking for nortirascal?
http://tinyurl.com/5qfb64

I shall have to check when I get home next week. I only have limited URL access at work, the management are such tightwads expecting us to work all the time Working(honest!) away in London at the moment and they check the company laptop quite stringently, hotel's nice though

If it involves a lot of people running about in the countryside, getting tired and falling to bits, that's probably it

I didn't even have to email Bill Gates, thanks

"If it involves a lot of people running about in the countryside, getting tired and falling to bits"
There's such a thing as the stone age celtic society not a hundred miles from here that meets that criteria. All done in the nuddie though.

thank bob i don't have to travel so far to do that

I have some lovely west Country beaches where I bring a whole new meaning to 'tan my backside', nothing to do with a certain formula one boss and german uniforms I hasten to add, well not on the beach anyway
Too this time, so it's on with the old uniform and a bit of

West Country, where's that, is it near Scotland. I've been to Scotland once, it was dark and I had to return immediately. But it looked ok in the dark, apart from the nuclear bunker I was delivering too, and the snow.

Thanks

I went to Scotland once as well and still have nightmares about the midges.

It's the dreaded bagpipe spider you have to watch out for