Sirius i did read the article very funny the gas company sent the pub that was not even connected , a bill and the gas company now saying neither the pub or The Prince should have got a bill .

It was a joke he always say's mummy !

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In the U.S., it is against federal law to open mail that is not addressed to you unless you have the addressee's permission. Is that not the case in the E.U.? If it is the case, why would they open up the bill obviously addressed to HRH Prince Charles? And if it was not meant for Prince Charles, why was it printed and sent in the first place?

The best "hilarious" computer error of 2015 so far?

Excuse me your Highness, you haven't paid your gas bill

LOL
But it's not a computer or programming error.
It's the Database Mangager who did something he shouldnt:)
Sh*t happens.
It happens quite often when converting data from one system to another.

The best "hilarious" computer error of 2015 so far?

Excuse me your Highness, you haven't paid your gas bill

LOL
But it's not a computer or programming error.
It's the Database Mangager who did something he shouldnt:)
Sh*t happens.
It happens quite often when converting data from one system to another.

Still no excuse and still sloppy and silly with great implication to more than just HRH...


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In the U.S., it is against federal law to open mail that is not addressed to you unless you have the addressee's permission. Is that not the case in the E.U.? If it is the case, why would they open up the bill obviously addressed to HRH Prince Charles? And if it was not meant for Prince Charles, why was it printed and sent in the first place?

May well be a multiple screw-up. AFIK we haven't seen the envelope to know how it was addressed, just the letter inside. If something has your last name and street address on it, you tend to open it period. As to how, a mail merge mixup? Letters and envelopes mixed at the fulfillment house? Printed the dunning letter when it was supposed to be the we would like you as a customer letter? Too many possibilities and I'm sure the person making the mistake is keeping their mouth taped shut. No matter, a lot of wasted postage and recycle paper.

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Already??

Windows 7 mainstream support ended yesterday

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Microsoft can go and get screwed. I am quite happy to run XP machines, I dont NEED nor WANT their support thank you very much. I am not a corporation that writes it all off to tax and quite happily pays 3 times what anything is worth because of it. Microsoft and its corporate customers are a worldwide cartel that need to be smashed. If the tax people said that IT costs are NOT an allowable expense in running a business, then perhaps business would force MS to behave.

But Billions of £ and $ are at stake and far too many people have too many fingers in the pie and snouts in the trough. For the rest of us, stick two fingers up and carry on regardless. Bill Gates had the guts to walk out and leave them to it, so should we.

+ one million. My current pc's all run on Windows. Those will be the last ones. From now on I'll buy Linux although the os is more difficult, I'll learn how to work on it :/

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I'll buy Linux

Er Linux is free, though of course if you want a new PC you have to pay for that.

Why not try out a Linux flavour now, you can download the iso file, burn it to a cd and try it out without installing. You can also run "dual boot" where you can install Linux on an existing PC and boot to either Linux or Windows.

I have done this on a couple of my machines. There is a learning curve and as I don't hate Microsoft or Windows I always tend to come back to what I know, plus there are some programs that will not run on Linux.

However if you are serious about Linux it is totally free and I am sure you could get any help you wanted on these forums!!

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Thanx for the advise guys:)

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Already??

Windows 7 mainstream support ended yesterday

The problems with headlines like this is that it is very misleading. All of Microsoft's OSes come with 5 years of mainstream support and an additional 5 years of extended support. The same was true with XP, the same is true for Vista, and the same is true for Windows 7.

And yes, Windows 7 was released 5 years ago already. I'm not quite sure why people are so surprised and proclaim, as you did, "already??". 5 years is a long time. And 5 years of extended support is even longer for an OS, especially in today's world of rapid software development.

Even the most popular Linux distrubtion, Ubuntu, has special releases called "LTS" or Long Term Support, which are only 5 years. Most other Linux distros only have 3 years of Long Term Support.

Already??

Windows 7 mainstream support ended yesterday

The problems with headlines like this is that it is very misleading. All of Microsoft's OSes come with 5 years of mainstream support and an additional 5 years of extended support. The same was true with XP, the same is true for Vista, and the same is true for Windows 7.

And yes, Windows 7 was released 5 years ago already. I'm not quite sure why people are so surprised and proclaim, as you did, "already??". 5 years is a long time. And 5 years of extended support is even longer for an OS, especially in today's world of rapid software development.

Even the most popular Linux distrubtion, Ubuntu, has special releases called "LTS" or Long Term Support, which are only 5 years. Most other Linux distros only have 3 years of Long Term Support.

Ok Ozzfan, thx for the info. Kinda odd tho that they supported XP until April 8th last year, their support lasted 12 years for this os. My guess is they need some fresh money (once again)

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Already??

Windows 7 mainstream support ended yesterday

The problems with headlines like this is that it is very misleading. All of Microsoft's OSes come with 5 years of mainstream support and an additional 5 years of extended support. The same was true with XP, the same is true for Vista, and the same is true for Windows 7.

And yes, Windows 7 was released 5 years ago already. I'm not quite sure why people are so surprised and proclaim, as you did, "already??". 5 years is a long time. And 5 years of extended support is even longer for an OS, especially in today's world of rapid software development.

Even the most popular Linux distrubtion, Ubuntu, has special releases called "LTS" or Long Term Support, which are only 5 years. Most other Linux distros only have 3 years of Long Term Support.

Ok Ozzfan, thx for the info. Kinda odd tho that they supported XP until April 8th last year, their support lasted 12 years for this os. My guess is they need some fresh money (once again)

XP has been out of mainstream support since April 2009, at which point it entered Extended support until that ended last year. The same thing is happening to Windows 7: mainstream support has ended, and now it has entered its extended support phase.

If it helps people at all, here's a non-alarmist headline with the full story:

http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2015/01/actually-windows-7-is-still-supported-for-another-5-years/

"Peter Bright @ ArsTechnica" wrote:

Contrary to headlines you may have read today, Microsoft isn't dropping support for Windows 7 today. The operating system is still supported and will continue to receive security updates for at least another five years.

Today is the last day of Windows 7's "mainstream support" period, with the operating system now entering "extended support." But the implications of this for most of us are negligible. Microsoft will no longer release new features for the operating system, but there's nothing new there: even during its mainstream support period, such updates were few and far between.

No-cost phone support also comes to an end, but this too is essentially irrelevant to most Windows users. OEM preinstalled copies of Windows aren't generally eligible for phone support from Microsoft anyway, as it's up to the OEM to provide that assistance. Paid support options are unchanged, and they'll continue to be available for the duration of the extended support period.

Tempting :-)

Ah Nostalgia

Some of those games were highly addictive :-)

Where do you want to drive today?...


BMW: ADMEN have asked us for YOUR connected car DATA

US technology companies and advertisers have been seeking access to the data generated by sensors in so-called "connected cars"... BMW head of sales and marketing, said BMW had so far resisted requests to share connected car data...


Dongle bingle makes two MEELLION cars open to exploit

A bluetooth dongle used to track driver habits for insurance purposes has been hacked potentially allowing cars to be remotely hijacked...


Who do you want to drive you?...


IT is what we allow it to be...
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Where do you want to drive today?...


BMW: ADMEN have asked us for YOUR connected car DATA

US technology companies and advertisers have been seeking access to the data generated by sensors in so-called "connected cars"... BMW head of sales and marketing, said BMW had so far resisted requests to share connected car data...


Dongle bingle makes two MEELLION cars open to exploit

A bluetooth dongle used to track driver habits for insurance purposes has been hacked potentially allowing cars to be remotely hijacked...


Who do you want to drive you?...


IT is what we allow it to be...
Martin

Another ISO millions of eyeballs standard ....
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/On-board_diagnostics
I especially like:

There have been reports of thieves using specialist OBD reprogramming devices to enable them to steal cars without the use of a key. The primary causes of this vulnerability lie in the tendency for vehicle manufacturers to extend the bus for purposes other than those for which it was designed, and the lack of authentication and authorization in the OBD specifications, which instead rely largely on security through obscurity.

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Human sheep sleepwalking into the cattle pens?...


Office puts chips under staff's skin

Want to gain entry to your office, get on a bus, or perhaps buy a sandwich? We're all getting used to swiping a card to do all these things. But at Epicenter, a new hi-tech office block in Sweden, they are trying a different approach - a chip under the skin...

... Along with access to doors and photocopiers, they're promised further services in the longer run, including the ability to pay in the cafe with a touch of a hand...



Note the controversy over how RFID chips are used and abused in clothing and elsewhere...


All in our only one world,
Martin

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Want to gain entry to your office, get on a bus, or perhaps buy a sandwich? We're all getting used to swiping a card to do all these things. But at Epicenter, a new hi-tech office block in Sweden, they are trying a different approach - a chip under the skin...

LOL
The queue to do this is minimal. Not even advocates for this idea have done this surgery.
https://translate.google.se/translate?hl=sv&sl=sv&tl=en&u=http%3A%2F%2Fsverigesradio.se%2Fsida%2Fartikel.aspx%3Fprogramid%3D1646%26artikel%3D6026698

Janne, Martin likes scaremongering, it is what he does .....

Quite. I'm surprised he hasn't realized yet that all the bunker oil the Bab Barker burns is going to kill the whales faster.

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Prof Kevin Warwick did this in '98.

Project Cyborg

I vaguely remember many of the newspapers at the time hailing this either as the beginning of human-machine interaction, or as the first stage in a global human-machine war, depending on whether the editors preferred Bicentennial Man or The Terminator.
Both of which were rather overstating the case, as all he had in stage 1 was an RFID chip implanted in his arm, to which the computers around him reacted in a preprogrammed way. They would have done exactly the same if the chip had merely been in his pocket. But you have to start somewhere.

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Life on earth is the global equivalent of not storing things in the fridge.