Any question answered...

Different video codec with the new build? I'd be able to check, but when I upgraded to the latest version it totally banjo'd the laptop, had to go back to XP.

Just read that link Miro- thanks for that.

Mmm, now it won't play anything on YouTube (unless YT is down?). Just get a black screen where the video should be. I-player works fine as does BBC news live.

And now YouTube is working again. Curioser and curioser.

And now it is not. Fuck!

My TV didn't work earlier. It does now.

We need somebody to blame.

So, this is odd. If I try to watch something on YouTube it doesn't work. BUT if I then watch a video on the forum, that plays AND it then seems to kick-start YouTube.
I am going to turn it off and on again.

@WW it's probably something to do with java or flash driver compatibility. I had the same problem when I installed Ubuntu V10 and I still have problems with drivers crashing on me.

I'm gonna hold back from Ubuntu 11 so that I miss out on these annoying things

Yay! That worked. I had some updates installed earlier so maybe that was it.

I always wait untill one of the linux mags produce their spin of the new version....they've usually sorted all this sort of stuff out then.

Any idea how to roll back? I appear to be stuck.

I upgraded to the latests version of Ubuntu and now a lot of the videos posted on here don't play properly;

Perhaps they've managed to accomplish their goal of designing an exact copy of Apple OS?

My housemate has some small tears in some pin striped suit trousers, a guy in Spitalfields said they weren't repairable.

Any recommendations of somewhere which might be able to sort them.

can't this be cut on a lathe?

Yes, of course it can, and the 24tpi pitch and BSC thread form are common enough. It wouldn't even matter that much if it was cut with an ISO thread form, since BSC and ISO share a 60° flank angle and the minor differences in root radius are irrelevant at this tolerance level.

When I use the leg extension machine at the gym I find the lighter weights (30/40kg) to be much more difficult (in a way) than 60/70kg due to the (what I presume to be) lactic acid build up in the major muscles being worked.

As an example this is the set I did this evening:

12 X 30kg
10 X 40kg
8 X 50kg
6 X 60kg
4 X 70kg

What should I be doing to reduce lactic buildup at the lower weights- or is it a simple case of HTFU?

where does Dammit get his curious range of questions from?

Firstly I would ask why you did that range of sets, reps and load? And what you are aiming to achieve with your muscles?

Firstly I would ask why you did that range of sets, reps and load? And what you are aiming to achieve with your muscles?

Blind ignorance, mainly.

I am trying to achieve stronger legs, and lacking any knowledge of what I should be doing I stick to this sort of thing, just increasing the "end" weight as i feel that I can.

^^It is.

if it feels like your muscles are burning, you're getting stronger. That's how it works in my head.

That's the problem- it's not a "my muscles will be terrifying dynamos" feeling, it's a "this is annoying" feeling

Is there any such thing as a screw on disk brake mount that could be screwed onto a fixed fixed hub? or am I just making things up now?

Think your making that up.

It has been mooted in discussions about making a fixed disc hub - take a fixed/free hub and screw an adaptor onto the freewheel thread. I don't think anybody has gone in to commercial production, but it would be a trivial task for any ordinary machine shop to make one. Just a cylinder of metal with a female 1.370x24 thread and 6 equispaced M5 holes on whatever the ISO PCD is. Screwed on brakes are known to work, it's common practice on tandems.

it is been done.... http://urbanvelo.org/montano-velo-fixed-hub-disc-adapter/

That's the problem- it's not a "my muscles will be terrifying dynamos" feeling, it's a "this is annoying" feeling

do it faster/harder

Blind ignorance, mainly.

I am trying to achieve stronger legs, and lacking any knowledge of what I should be doing I stick to this sort of thing, just increasing the "end" weight as i feel that I can.

For cycling? bear in mind the gluteus/thigh extensor range are the main useful muscles for cycling. You'll need to build the glutes and hams as well as the quads.

As for sets/reps/load:

for conditioning/prep: 3-4 sets of 8-10 reps of 50-70% 1RM
for size: 2-4 sets of 10-15 reps of 80+% 1RM (usually till failure)
for strength: 3-5 sets of 3-6 reps of 80+% 1RM

^this is based on a cyclist's program, using weights for cycling specific training and not a body builder or power lifter, though the principles are similar, and is open to opinion and some leeway, especially with the load%.
Additionally there would be explosive exercises with jumps and reduced load for speed. (not really applicable to the leg extension)
Your mileage with different exercises may vary