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In article ,
Martin wrote:


The Royal Navy is not unique to Britain.

but the others put the county in their name, eg: "Royal Norwegian Navy".

"The Royal Navy" is unique to Britain, a "Royal Navy" is not

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Johny B Good wrote:

I have a rather jaundiced view of _all_ AV software.

Me too, but for what it's worth, I use Microsoft Security Essentials.

It only comes out average in the tests, but its one massive virtue is
that it is, to all intents and purposes, completely invisible. Very
low resource usage, and none of those infuriating messages popping up:
"Can I check for updates now?", "Can I scan your hard disk now?", etc.

Until about 18 months ago I didn't use any security software at all,
and never had a single infection since DOS days - not one. I know this
because I used to do a twice yearly on-line scan with Kaspersky (which
they say is exactly as powerful as the installed scan but won't fix
anything).

I'm a reasonably savvy user and didn't visit dodgy download sites
(which is where the vast majority of infections come from).

Microsoft Security Essentials is so close to invisible in use that I
changed my mind: "If I don't notice it, it isn't doing any harm and it
might, one day, do some good."

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On Fri, 11 May 2012 18:46:24 +0100, charles
wrote:

In article ,
Martin wrote:


The Royal Navy is not unique to Britain.

but the others put the county in their name, eg: "Royal Norwegian Navy".

Indeed. And that example is presumably a translation of the official
name in Norwegian.

"The Royal Navy" is unique to Britain, a "Royal Navy" is not

Some English-speaking countries of the Commonwealth have royal navies:

The Royal Canadian Navy.
The Royal Australian Navy.
The Royal New Zealand Navy.

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Peter Duncanson
(in uk.tech.digital-tv)

"Gary" wrote in message ...

Just wondering. My w7 32 bit has got really slow over the last few
weeks . Anybody else having this problem?

There is long established freeware that will perform an audit: Belarc
Advisor

It's free, just download and install, then run.
It will tell you everything about your PC - what Win fixes and updates are
missing, if your AV software is uptodate, what is running in background,
what starts up with windows, blah blah, it is a full audit of everything on
your PC and will guide on how to fix etc.

This is the cnet download site with a review:
http://download.cnet.com/Belarc-Advi...-10007277.html

Or the Belarc home site with tutorials and guides as well as the download:
http://www.belarc.com/free_download.html

Now click on one of my vids and give me a thumbs up.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HMlITD1t8eU

On Fri, 11 May 2012 19:50:46 +0100, Peter Duncanson
wrote:

On Fri, 11 May 2012 18:46:24 +0100, charles
wrote:

In article ,
Martin wrote:


The Royal Navy is not unique to Britain.

but the others put the county in their name, eg: "Royal Norwegian Navy".

Indeed. And that example is presumably a translation of the official
name in Norwegian.

"The Royal Navy" is unique to Britain, a "Royal Navy" is not

Some English-speaking countries of the Commonwealth have royal navies:

The Royal Canadian Navy.
The Royal Australian Navy.
The Royal New Zealand Navy.

I thought Canada had integrated services and abolished the separate
Army, Navy and Air Force to form the Canadian Armed Services?

In article ,
Scott wrote:
On Fri, 11 May 2012 19:50:46 +0100, Peter Duncanson
wrote:

On Fri, 11 May 2012 18:46:24 +0100, charles
wrote:

In article ,
Martin wrote:


The Royal Navy is not unique to Britain.

but the others put the county in their name, eg: "Royal Norwegian Navy".

Indeed. And that example is presumably a translation of the official
name in Norwegian.

"The Royal Navy" is unique to Britain, a "Royal Navy" is not

Some English-speaking countries of the Commonwealth have royal navies:

The Royal Canadian Navy.
The Royal Australian Navy.
The Royal New Zealand Navy.

I thought Canada had integrated services and abolished the separate
Army, Navy and Air Force to form the Canadian Armed Services?


I thinnk they went back - Aug 16, 1011, according to Wiki

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On Friday, May 11th, 2012, at 16:44:57h +0100, Johny B Good explained:

Oops! I meant to type " Actually, I don't _THINK_ the cat was named.
It was simply referred to as "Schroedinger's cat".

But if you had a cat, would you name it Schroedinger?

How about a TV cartoon show "Schroedinger the Cat"?

If the cat lived in Burlington, it could watch the Hamiltonians commute.

On Friday, May 11th, 2012, at 20:57:55h +0100, Scott pondered:

I thought Canada had integrated services and abolished the separate
Army, Navy and Air Force to form the Canadian Armed Services?

They did, but Prime Minister Harper used the restoration of the names
as political bait.

http://www.huffingtonpost.CA/2011/08/21/canadian-prime-minister-restores-royal_n_932506.html

QUOTE

Former Defense Minister Paul Hellyer, who removed the royal labels from the armed
forces in 1968 when he served in Liberal Prime Minister Lester Pearson's government,
accused Harper of trying to turn back the clock to a day that doesn't exist anymore.

"I'm incredulous," Hellyer said. "Canada should be for Canadians at this stage of
our development and we should emphasize our achievements whether they be in the
field of art or in the field of armed forces and no longer just try to be a pale
imitation of somebody else."

Hellyer, 88, said if they were still alive Pearson would be appalled and former
Liberal Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau would
"probably say something that wouldn't be printable."

UNQUOTE

Of course it was all good potential business for sign writers and stationery printers.

Must be forgetting my history ... Didn't think Canada existed in 1011.

On Fri, 11 May 2012 21:05:13 +0100, charles
wrote:

I thinnk they went back - Aug 16, 1011, according to Wiki
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On Friday, May 11th, 2012, at 21:20:27h +0100, Java Jive pondered:

Must be forgetting my history ... Didn't think Canada existed in 1011.

You are correct -- the name Canada was first used in the years circa
1535 and is derived from the Saint-Lawrence Iroquoian word /kanata/ meaning
"village", "settlement", or "land".

Perhaps the first European name used to describe what is now part of
Canada, was Vinland by the Vikings who settled in an area near
L'Anse aux Meadows in 1000.