It's a little known phenomena, outside scientific circles (and once upon a time, informed science fiction writers), that a spaceship in orbit around a planet slows down in order to go "faster". Faster, in that as it slows, it's orbital position (distance from the planet's surface) decreases, and it completes an entire revolution of said planet in less time.

"WTF? Where are you going with this one, Alan?" Bear with me!

Overpaid Thug

So England are out of the World Cup again... whats new there. Lets be completely honest, they didnt really stand a chance from the outset, and yet the England fans fooled themselves into thinking that we may just do it this time. Whatever!

Music was pretty big in the seventies, and very much a part of the family. We had a  Rediffusion TV with a switch in the window sill allowing us to listen to the radio through  the telly!

How wondrous that this was achieved in the 70s! On Sunday's almost the entire  family would listen to the top 20 (as it was then) and I'd play along on the drums (chair  seat) with knitting needles - beat that phil collins! Then there was Top of The Pops of  course, Supersonic, Revolver, Marc etc. Even Tiswas was full of cool music!

Fast... but is it worth it?

As BT usher in un-restricted 8mb DSL services, it has to be asked whether upgrading to such a service would be worthwhile, in light of the capping many ISPs are introducing due to BT price tarrifs for IP backhaul.