Don't know where it should go? Stick it here! Part VIII
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Admiral Gloval  Send message Joined: 31 Mar 13 Posts: 21693 Credit: 5,308,449 RAC: 0 
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I’ll admit most of my skills are wobbly. And others are just odd notions without experience. But some of these people don’t have even that. It’s a wonder most skilled job are going unfilled for lack of manpower.  
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 ML1 Send message Joined: 25 Nov 01 Posts: 21668 Credit: 7,508,002 RAC: 20 
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... downhill in the '90's when people stopped giving a hoot about anything unless it made things easier for them... Is that when TV advertising become cruelly psychological to advertise to people that they were "Entitled" to buy all these labour saving gadgets, and to enjoy themselves in being lazy and being 'entertained' for their pleasure?... Keep searchin'! Martin See new freedom: Mageia Linux Take a look for yourself: Linux Format The Future is what We all make IT (GPLv3) |
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Admiral Gloval Send message Joined: 31 Mar 13 Posts: 21693 Credit: 5,308,449 RAC: 0
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Could be. As I do like gadgets myself. Many that do the job way better than me. As for entertainment. My dad pointed me at the PBS channel on tv. Have to say I learned a fair bit and was entertained as a child. And this lead to liking the more educational type programming later on cable tv.
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Admiral Gloval Send message Joined: 31 Mar 13 Posts: 21693 Credit: 5,308,449 RAC: 0
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Nova, Nature, cooking shows and the odd documentary show was interesting to me.
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betreger   Send message Joined: 29 Jun 99 Posts: 11449 Credit: 29,581,041 RAC: 66
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Grant (SSSF) Send message Joined: 19 Aug 99 Posts: 13903 Credit: 208,696,464 RAC: 304 
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Yeah- the difference between building to a (high) standard (there are plenty of crappy low-quality standards about), and building to a budget. Reminds me of work a few years ago. They decided to get some heat reflective paint put on the roof to reduce the load on the aircon. The painter pointed out several sections of roof that were (or very soon would be) in need of repair. Work didn't want to pay the extra for the repairs, just told him to paint it & they'd worry about the repairs some other time. Save $100 now, to spend $1000 later. Grant Darwin NT |
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Grant (SSSF) Send message Joined: 19 Aug 99 Posts: 13903 Credit: 208,696,464 RAC: 304
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Web site and forums are taking forever to come up at the moment. Grant Darwin NT |
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Admiral Gloval Send message Joined: 31 Mar 13 Posts: 21693 Credit: 5,308,449 RAC: 0
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Yes they are.
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Richard Haselgrove Send message Joined: 4 Jul 99 Posts: 14690 Credit: 200,643,578 RAC: 874
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It seems to have come back to normal speed now. I noticed the same yesterday - very slow during UK morning hours ( =night-time on the pacific coast), normal in the afternoon UK, =early morning pacific. Are they doing night-time maintenance, or have they hooked up the datacentre to solar power? |
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ML1 Send message Joined: 25 Nov 01 Posts: 21668 Credit: 7,508,002 RAC: 20
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Backups overhead?... For this project or others?... Shared hosting with other services hogging the resource?... Keep searchin', Martin See new freedom: Mageia Linux Take a look for yourself: Linux Format The Future is what We all make IT (GPLv3) |
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Grant (SSSF) Send message Joined: 19 Aug 99 Posts: 13903 Credit: 208,696,464 RAC: 304
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And again just now- when i tried to come to Seti web site home page i thought i was going to get a 404 error, but after about 10 seconds the site eventually came up. Wierdly, the forums are being very responsive. Grant Darwin NT |
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Admiral Gloval Send message Joined: 31 Mar 13 Posts: 21693 Credit: 5,308,449 RAC: 0
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Wiggo  Send message Joined: 24 Jan 00 Posts: 37553 Credit: 261,360,520 RAC: 489
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The constipation with the forums is not getting any better. :-) Cheers. |
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Admiral Gloval Send message Joined: 31 Mar 13 Posts: 21693 Credit: 5,308,449 RAC: 0
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Ex Lax in a whole Chocolate bar... The most evil thing... 
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Wiggo Send message Joined: 24 Jan 00 Posts: 37553 Credit: 261,360,520 RAC: 489
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Well something seems to have cleared the works for now. Cheers. |
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Grant (SSSF) Send message Joined: 19 Aug 99 Posts: 13903 Credit: 208,696,464 RAC: 304
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 Grant Darwin NT |
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Grant (SSSF) Send message Joined: 19 Aug 99 Posts: 13903 Credit: 208,696,464 RAC: 304
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Lucky. Very, very lucky.  Grant Darwin NT |
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Grant (SSSF) Send message Joined: 19 Aug 99 Posts: 13903 Credit: 208,696,464 RAC: 304
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 Grant Darwin NT |
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Wiggo Send message Joined: 24 Jan 00 Posts: 37553 Credit: 261,360,520 RAC: 489
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When you get that sinking feeling. Sinkhole opens in industrial building car park at Rockdale adjacent to M6 motorway as tunnelling work stopped. |
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Grant (SSSF) Send message Joined: 19 Aug 99 Posts: 13903 Credit: 208,696,464 RAC: 304
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The constipation with the forums is not getting any better. :-)This time around the main page actually timed out, before it eventually came up about 20 seconds after the timeout error message. It's not healthy at all. Grant Darwin NT |
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