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Did the shit hit the fan, damaging it....?JosiasJessop said:
Two decades ago myself and a few friends used to go around computer stores in London and show their salespeople to be utterly clueless idiots. We'd ask a technical question and get utterly invented answers, when we'd tell them the correct answer.MikeK said:
In these sort of jobs it's how you look and who you know, not what you know. If you look over 35, you're dead.MaxPB said:
Some of those Apple store managers are so up their own arse they would reject an anonymised application from a resurrected Steve Jobs.FrancisUrquhart said:The Apple engineer who switched Macs to Intel processors was rejected from a job at the Genius Bar. JK Scheinberg, who was spent 21 years working for the tech giants, applied to work in an Apple Store after he retired.
The 54-year-old understandably thought he would be a good fit for the position - but he was turned down
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3774845/Former-Apple-engineer-switched-Macs-Intel-processors-REJECTED-job-Genius-Bar.html
Yo granddad you ain't got the skills to pay the bills...
I've been known to do the same in Apple stores. If it isn't on some form of script, they bluster. It's almost as if they expect only to meet the religious, and they're not used to talking to non-believers.
But I've got my own problems with John Lewis atm. My third laptop in eighteen months is dying (*), this one after just ten weeks. Each time it's taken them two months to replace, despite claiming it would just be two weeks. And this is from a different manufacturer.
Grrrr ...
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Quite. There's a difference between believing that the climate is changing, and believing that the appropriate response is to offshore all our heavy industry and millions of jobs to the Far East.ThreeQuidder said:
Yes, if he believes that he shouldn't be voting for laws designed to harm our economy without having the slightest impact on the planet's ecosystem.logical_song said:
On climate change he's an idiot.Casino_Royale said:
I thought Owen Patterson was doing a good job too.TheScreamingEagles said:
No. I'm quite the fan of Owen Paterson when he's not banging on about the EU.Casino_Royale said:@TSE - you love people in the Tory party you politically agree with, and think the rest are idiots.
Thought it was a shame he was sacked, he did a stellar job on GM foods. Pure evidence and science based approach.
"Despite his voting record "moderately for" laws to stop climate change,[24] he is a climate change sceptic,[23] and has not accepted David MacKay's offer of a briefing on climate change science.[25] During his time in office, Paterson cut funding for climate change adaptation by approximately 40%. In 2014 the outgoing Environment Agency chair Chris Smith said that flood defence budget cuts had left the agency underfunded and hampered its ability to prevent and respond to flooding in the UK.[26][27][28] When asked in a 2013 BBC interview about the alleged failure of a badger cull he had been responsible for, Paterson famously replied that "the badgers have moved the goalposts."
These things need to be properly global in nature, through the WTO and the UN. That means getting the USA, China and India on board, if they're not then it isn't worth doing from a pollution point of view. From a socialist tax-raising point of view, sure, but it won't reduce worldwide pollution.0 -
Some French airline is blaming Brexit for the cancellation of their Luton to Newark business only flight. Yes, it was Brexit and not the fact that they were trying to sell business flights out of Luton and into Newark for £1100 when the BA flight from City to JFK is ~£1500.0
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I blame PB. I've been eating too much popcorn around it.Paul_Bedfordshire said:
Did the shit hit the fan, damaging it....?JosiasJessop said:
Two decades ago myself and a few friends used to go around computer stores in London and show their salespeople to be utterly clueless idiots. We'd ask a technical question and get utterly invented answers, when we'd tell them the correct answer.MikeK said:
In these sort of jobs it's how you look and who you know, not what you know. If you look over 35, you're dead.MaxPB said:
Some of those Apple store managers are so up their own arse they would reject an anonymised application from a resurrected Steve Jobs.FrancisUrquhart said:The Apple engineer who switched Macs to Intel processors was rejected from a job at the Genius Bar. JK Scheinberg, who was spent 21 years working for the tech giants, applied to work in an Apple Store after he retired.
The 54-year-old understandably thought he would be a good fit for the position - but he was turned down
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3774845/Former-Apple-engineer-switched-Macs-Intel-processors-REJECTED-job-Genius-Bar.html
Yo granddad you ain't got the skills to pay the bills...
I've been known to do the same in Apple stores. If it isn't on some form of script, they bluster. It's almost as if they expect only to meet the religious, and they're not used to talking to non-believers.
But I've got my own problems with John Lewis atm. My third laptop in eighteen months is dying (*), this one after just ten weeks. Each time it's taken them two months to replace, despite claiming it would just be two weeks. And this is from a different manufacturer.
Grrrr ...
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Mr. Jessop, my sympathies.
I'm a bit worried about my PS4, and recently bought a fan stand for it due to concerns over cooling. For remasters, it's very quiet, but for some new games (The Witcher 3) is can sometimes scream like a jet engine. I think the extra fans have helped. Hope so, anyway. I can afford a tenner for that, but hundreds of pounds for a new console would not go down well, if at all.0 -
Lol - so its really Cameron and Corbyns fault....JosiasJessop said:
I blame PB. I've been eating too much popcorn around it.Paul_Bedfordshire said:
Did the shit hit the fan, damaging it....?JosiasJessop said:
Two decades ago myself and a few friends used to go around computer stores in London and show their salespeople to be utterly clueless idiots. We'd ask a technical question and get utterly invented answers, when we'd tell them the correct answer.MikeK said:
In these sort of jobs it's how you look and who you know, not what you know. If you look over 35, you're dead.MaxPB said:
Some of those Apple store managers are so up their own arse they would reject an anonymised application from a resurrected Steve Jobs.FrancisUrquhart said:The Apple engineer who switched Macs to Intel processors was rejected from a job at the Genius Bar. JK Scheinberg, who was spent 21 years working for the tech giants, applied to work in an Apple Store after he retired.
The 54-year-old understandably thought he would be a good fit for the position - but he was turned down
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3774845/Former-Apple-engineer-switched-Macs-Intel-processors-REJECTED-job-Genius-Bar.html
Yo granddad you ain't got the skills to pay the bills...
I've been known to do the same in Apple stores. If it isn't on some form of script, they bluster. It's almost as if they expect only to meet the religious, and they're not used to talking to non-believers.
But I've got my own problems with John Lewis atm. My third laptop in eighteen months is dying (*), this one after just ten weeks. Each time it's taken them two months to replace, despite claiming it would just be two weeks. And this is from a different manufacturer.
Grrrr ...
(*) Fan failure.0 -
He's asking the right questions even if he has the wrong answers.John_M said:John Harris is brilliant. Again.
http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2016/sep/06/does-the-left-have-a-future0 -
Glad to know it wasn't just me that used to bait crappy salesmen in tech shops!FrancisUrquhart said:
PC World employees are normally a good target for this activity.JosiasJessop said:
Two decades ago myself and a few friends used to go around computer stores in London and show their salespeople to be utterly clueless idiots. We'd ask a technical question and get utterly invented answers, when we'd tell them the correct answer.MikeK said:
In these sort of jobs it's how you look and who you know, not what you know. If you look over 35, you're dead.MaxPB said:
Some of those Apple store managers are so up their own arse they would reject an anonymised application from a resurrected Steve Jobs.FrancisUrquhart said:The Apple engineer who switched Macs to Intel processors was rejected from a job at the Genius Bar. JK Scheinberg, who was spent 21 years working for the tech giants, applied to work in an Apple Store after he retired.
The 54-year-old understandably thought he would be a good fit for the position - but he was turned down
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3774845/Former-Apple-engineer-switched-Macs-Intel-processors-REJECTED-job-Genius-Bar.html
Yo granddad you ain't got the skills to pay the bills...
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John Lewis and the big department stores were generally knowledgable and would ask a colleague rather than try and bluster, but the big Currys/Dixons/PCW were terrible - clearly trained only on how to upsell shitty worthless extended warranties.0 -
The whole point of tht climate change circus was that after the collapse of communism it offered an alternative not yet discredited philosophy and reason to try and replace capitalism with a socialist command economy, whether it made any difference to the climate was not really important other than if the measures failed and warming continued it gave even more justification for shrill alarmism.Sandpit said:
Quite. There's a difference between believing that the climate is changing, and believing that the appropriate response is to offshore all our heavy industry and millions of jobs to the Far East.ThreeQuidder said:
Yes, if he believes that he shouldn't be voting for laws designed to harm our economy without having the slightest impact on the planet's ecosystem.logical_song said:
On climate change he's an idiot.Casino_Royale said:
I thought Owen Patterson was doing a good job too.TheScreamingEagles said:
No. I'm quite the fan of Owen Paterson when he's not banging on about the EU.Casino_Royale said:@TSE - you love people in the Tory party you politically agree with, and think the rest are idiots.
Thought it was a shame he was sacked, he did a stellar job on GM foods. Pure evidence and science based approach.
"Despite his voting record "moderately for" laws to stop climate change,[24] he is a climate change sceptic,[23] and has not accepted David MacKay's offer of a briefing on climate change science.[25] During his time in office, Paterson cut funding for climate change adaptation by approximately 40%. In 2014 the outgoing Environment Agency chair Chris Smith said that flood defence budget cuts had left the agency underfunded and hampered its ability to prevent and respond to flooding in the UK.[26][27][28] When asked in a 2013 BBC interview about the alleged failure of a badger cull he had been responsible for, Paterson famously replied that "the badgers have moved the goalposts."
These things need to be properly global in nature, through the WTO and the UN. That means getting the USA, China and India on board, if they're not then it isn't worth doing from a pollution point of view. From a socialist tax-raising point of view, sure, but it won't reduce worldwide pollution.0 -
And as we discussed here before, the BA001 is a *MUCH* better experience.MaxPB said:Some French airline is blaming Brexit for the cancellation of their Luton to Newark business only flight. Yes, it was Brexit and not the fact that they were trying to sell business flights out of Luton and into Newark for £1100 when the BA flight from City to JFK is ~£1500.
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Except long-term the NHS patients who will have a seven day NHS in perpetuity long after this transitional dispute is history.foxinsoxuk said:
Reversal?Philip_Thompson said:
What is the point of striking after imposition? You really think an agreed contract that is in place is going to be reversed after being imposed?foxinsoxuk said:
The BMA didn't approve it, they ballotted the affected doctors and 58% rejected it. The BMA JDC leadership resigned and new leaders with a mandate to continue industrial action were elected.MaxPB said:
What I don't understand is why the BMA approved of the deal a few months ago but now they have called 5-day strikes over it. What changed over the summer?SouthamObserver said:No surprise that support for junior doctors is eroding. They have been poorly led and badly advised. Just like the miners were.
The leadership is not as radical as the membership. Next weeks strike is off, but this was because of inadequate time to prepare. The strike for 5 days from 5 Oct remains planned. That is a few days after imposition starts. It could be stopped if imposition was suspended and talks over the outstanding issues restarted.
The government should take the same approach as Ronald Reagan to the Air Traffic Controllers.
Imposition starts on 1 October but the rollout is slow (and NHS HR departments hopelessly unprepared) and doesn't reach all grades of junior until next August.
The strike will be a disaster but imposition is a disaster too. It fails to address the real issues and will further demoralise and antagonise a truculent workforce with a major existing retention and recruitment problem. It is not a battle with a good outcome for anyone.0 -
I actually don't really know how PC World are still in business. They are expense, awful customer experience and know bugger all about the products they are trying to sell. Comet went busto for the same reasons and I presumed PC World would go the same way, but by some miracle their trading figures seem to be holding up.Sandpit said:
Glad to know it wasn't just me that used to bait crappy salesmen in tech shops!FrancisUrquhart said:
PC World employees are normally a good target for this activity.JosiasJessop said:
Two decades ago myself and a few friends used to go around computer stores in London and show their salespeople to be utterly clueless idiots. We'd ask a technical question and get utterly invented answers, when we'd tell them the correct answer.MikeK said:
In these sort of jobs it's how you look and who you know, not what you know. If you look over 35, you're dead.MaxPB said:
Some of those Apple store managers are so up their own arse they would reject an anonymised application from a resurrected Steve Jobs.FrancisUrquhart said:The Apple engineer who switched Macs to Intel processors was rejected from a job at the Genius Bar. JK Scheinberg, who was spent 21 years working for the tech giants, applied to work in an Apple Store after he retired.
The 54-year-old understandably thought he would be a good fit for the position - but he was turned down
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3774845/Former-Apple-engineer-switched-Macs-Intel-processors-REJECTED-job-Genius-Bar.html
Yo granddad you ain't got the skills to pay the bills...
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John Lewis and the big department stores were generally knowledgable and would ask a colleague rather than try and bluster, but the big Currys/Dixons/PCW were terrible - clearly trained only on how to upsell shitty worthless extended warranties.0 -
Until they decide on spurious grounds you've opened or damaged your device and void the warranty.TheScreamingEagles said:
That's why Apple are awesome, I had a faulty macbook, booked a genius bar appointment, and they swappped it there and then for a new one.JosiasJessop said:
Two decades ago myself and a few friends used to go around computer stores in London and show their salespeople to be utterly clueless idiots. We'd ask a technical question and get utterly invented answers, when we'd tell them the correct answer.MikeK said:
In these sort of jobs it's how you look and who you know, not what you know. If you look over 35, you're dead.MaxPB said:
Some of those Apple store managers are so up their own arse they would reject an anonymised application from a resurrected Steve Jobs.FrancisUrquhart said:The Apple engineer who switched Macs to Intel processors was rejected from a job at the Genius Bar. JK Scheinberg, who was spent 21 years working for the tech giants, applied to work in an Apple Store after he retired.
The 54-year-old understandably thought he would be a good fit for the position - but he was turned down
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3774845/Former-Apple-engineer-switched-Macs-Intel-processors-REJECTED-job-Genius-Bar.html
Yo granddad you ain't got the skills to pay the bills...
I've been known to do the same in Apple stores. If it isn't on some form of script, they bluster. It's almost as if they expect only to meet the religious, and they're not used to talking to non-believers.
But I've got my own problems with John Lewis atm. My third laptop in eighteen months is dying (*), this one after just ten weeks. Each time it's taken them two months to replace, despite claiming it would just be two weeks. And this is from a different manufacturer.
Grrrr ...
(*) Fan failure.
http://www.macworld.co.uk/how-to/iphone/prove-you-didnt-tamper-with-iphone-3605087/
+ others.
And that's leaving aside their recent utter bogus bricking of phones in the Error 53 debacle, which they rapidly stepped back from.0 -
Switch it to BBC News now.
Ken Livingstone has gone on to defend Keith Vaz and has managed to segue onto Hitler was a Zionist0 -
Practically we may not and, even if we do so, it's choice not compulsion.TOPPING said:
Of course there is. But the practicalities are that we are embracing a European body, are part of it, have and will be incorporating its terms into our laws, and we all think that is a great thing. Even David Davis agrees.Charles said:@topping
You've completely ignored the substance of the argument to try and sneet at "Brexiteers"
I'd assume this is deliberate as you're smart enough to know you are doing so.
The ECJ says "you will do this under penalty of fines"
The ECHR says "we don't think that what you have done is compatible with the Treaty. Please go away and think again"
There is a fundamental difference between those two positions in terms of what it means for the UK.
It is a textbook example of how we can work within and be part of such an institution.
We have also committed not to leave the ECHR which means that any BoR will incorporate ECHR provisions. And that's great.
Do you not think that it is at least worthy of note to wonder out loud (and especially on an internet chat room) how strange it is that one european body we are happy with and the other we are not?
Well of course there is the "take note of" vs the "you must" and that I get. But practically, we end up in the same place.
The actual provisions of the ECHR (not as stretched by the ECJ - although I take @DavidL point) are not that onerous. But, once again, Parliament gets to decide what it incorporates into any bill of rights.
If the EU operates like the ECHR I would have been fine with it. Personally it was the direction of travel that was the issue not the status quo.0 -
Now you are just making this up...surely...TheScreamingEagles said:Switch it to BBC News now.
Ken Livingstone has gone on to defend Keith Vaz and has managed to segue onto Hitler was a Zionist0 -
Lack of competition and merging their operations with Currys.FrancisUrquhart said:
I actually don't really know how PC World are still in business. They are expense, awful customer experience and know bugger all about the products they are trying to sell. Comet went busto for the same reasons and I presumed PC World would go the same way, but by some miracle their trading figures seem to be holding up.Sandpit said:
Glad to know it wasn't just me that used to bait crappy salesmen in tech shops!FrancisUrquhart said:
PC World employees are normally a good target for this activity.JosiasJessop said:
Two decades ago myself and a few friends used to go around computer stores in London and show their salespeople to be utterly clueless idiots. We'd ask a technical question and get utterly invented answers, when we'd tell them the correct answer.MikeK said:
In these sort of jobs it's how you look and who you know, not what you know. If you look over 35, you're dead.MaxPB said:
Some of those Apple store managers are so up their own arse they would reject an anonymised application from a resurrected Steve Jobs.FrancisUrquhart said:The Apple engineer who switched Macs to Intel processors was rejected from a job at the Genius Bar. JK Scheinberg, who was spent 21 years working for the tech giants, applied to work in an Apple Store after he retired.
The 54-year-old understandably thought he would be a good fit for the position - but he was turned down
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3774845/Former-Apple-engineer-switched-Macs-Intel-processors-REJECTED-job-Genius-Bar.html
Yo granddad you ain't got the skills to pay the bills...
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John Lewis and the big department stores were generally knowledgable and would ask a colleague rather than try and bluster, but the big Currys/Dixons/PCW were terrible - clearly trained only on how to upsell shitty worthless extended warranties.0 -
Merged with the Carphone Warehouse as well now.Philip_Thompson said:
Lack of competition and merging their operations with Currys.FrancisUrquhart said:
I actually don't really know how PC World are still in business. They are expense, awful customer experience and know bugger all about the products they are trying to sell. Comet went busto for the same reasons and I presumed PC World would go the same way, but by some miracle their trading figures seem to be holding up.Sandpit said:
Glad to know it wasn't just me that used to bait crappy salesmen in tech shops!FrancisUrquhart said:
PC World employees are normally a good target for this activity.JosiasJessop said:
Two decades ago myself and a few friends used to go around computer stores in London and show their salespeople to be utterly clueless idiots. We'd ask a technical question and get utterly invented answers, when we'd tell them the correct answer.MikeK said:
In these sort of jobs it's how you look and who you know, not what you know. If you look over 35, you're dead.MaxPB said:
Some of those Apple store managers are so up their own arse they would reject an anonymised application from a resurrected Steve Jobs.FrancisUrquhart said:The Apple engineer who switched Macs to Intel processors was rejected from a job at the Genius Bar. JK Scheinberg, who was spent 21 years working for the tech giants, applied to work in an Apple Store after he retired.
The 54-year-old understandably thought he would be a good fit for the position - but he was turned down
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3774845/Former-Apple-engineer-switched-Macs-Intel-processors-REJECTED-job-Genius-Bar.html
Yo granddad you ain't got the skills to pay the bills...
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John Lewis and the big department stores were generally knowledgable and would ask a colleague rather than try and bluster, but the big Currys/Dixons/PCW were terrible - clearly trained only on how to upsell shitty worthless extended warranties.0 -
https://twitter.com/TSEofPB/status/773094316789071872FrancisUrquhart said:
Now you are just making this up...surely...TheScreamingEagles said:Switch it to BBC News now.
Ken Livingstone has gone on to defend Keith Vaz and has managed to segue onto Hitler was a Zionist0 -
Mr. Eagles, Curryphoneworld?0
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Ken Livingstone's advice to people who doubt that Hitler supported Zionism: "Go on websites".0
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It's only for the articles naturallyAlastairMeeks said:
I like to have a wide range of reading material.Sandpit said:
I'm more disturbed that Mr Meeks follows the Sunday Sport!Casino_Royale said:@AlastairMeeks - thanks for disturbing my whole day.
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Cooling in tech kit is always a problem.Morris_Dancer said:Mr. Jessop, my sympathies.
I'm a bit worried about my PS4, and recently bought a fan stand for it due to concerns over cooling. For remasters, it's very quiet, but for some new games (The Witcher 3) is can sometimes scream like a jet engine. I think the extra fans have helped. Hope so, anyway. I can afford a tenner for that, but hundreds of pounds for a new console would not go down well, if at all.
I'm friends with an engineer whose first job was tracking down a problem with a computer in the mid-1980s. If you left it on continuously for months it might spontaneously combust. The cause - from memory - was that two tracks leading to the lithium CMOS battery were slightly too close. If the battery was full and it got too warm, the charging circuit polarity would reverse and the computer would go bang.
They had banks of computers running for months before they managed to replicate the problem.
For this reason, I have sympathy with Samsung's recent travails.0 -
Please note Victoria Derbyshire's facepalm in that picture0
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Mainly because they're not trying to sell to you and I. They're selling to the great unwashed masses - millions of whom would have bought their first PC (overpriced £1,500 Packard Bell, plus £300 warranty, on sub-prime usurious monthly payments) there, and the same people come back for more when that one breaks three years down the line. Sad.FrancisUrquhart said:
I actually don't really know how PC World are still in business. They are expense, awful customer experience and know bugger all about the products they are trying to sell. Comet went busto for the same reasons and I presumed PC World would go the same way, but by some miracle their trading figures seem to be holding up.Sandpit said:
Glad to know it wasn't just me that used to bait crappy salesmen in tech shops!FrancisUrquhart said:
PC World employees are normally a good target for this activity.JosiasJessop said:
Two decades ago myself and a few friends used to go around computer stores in London and show their salespeople to be utterly clueless idiots. We'd ask a technical question and get utterly invented answers, when we'd tell them the correct answer.MikeK said:
In these sort of jobs it's how you look and who you know, not what you know. If you look over 35, you're dead.MaxPB said:
Some of those Apple store managers are so up their own arse they would reject an anonymised application from a resurrected Steve Jobs.FrancisUrquhart said:The Apple engineer who switched Macs to Intel processors was rejected from a job at the Genius Bar. JK Scheinberg, who was spent 21 years working for the tech giants, applied to work in an Apple Store after he retired.
The 54-year-old understandably thought he would be a good fit for the position - but he was turned down
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3774845/Former-Apple-engineer-switched-Macs-Intel-processors-REJECTED-job-Genius-Bar.html
Yo granddad you ain't got the skills to pay the bills...
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John Lewis and the big department stores were generally knowledgable and would ask a colleague rather than try and bluster, but the big Currys/Dixons/PCW were terrible - clearly trained only on how to upsell shitty worthless extended warranties.0 -
Yes, I had that horrible feeling of impending doom when I realised his conclusions were PR & UBI.AlastairMeeks said:
He's asking the right questions even if he has the wrong answers.John_M said:John Harris is brilliant. Again.
http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2016/sep/06/does-the-left-have-a-future0 -
F1: rumours abound that Lance Stroll will get a Williams seat. Also, the 2017 calendar will again clash with Le Mans. *sighs*0
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Mr. Jessop, I tend not to play long sessions, which I think/hope helps.
Mr. Sandpit, must admit, I have the technical aptitude of a potato. If/when I need a new device, I'll likely ask here for recommendations (I'll put it off as long as possible, mind).0 -
Surely if you head to an Apple store then you're looking for someone to fix your phone ?
What does it matter if they are 54 ?
You aren't looking for a date...0 -
But not all of it very good science.TheScreamingEagles said:
No. I'm quite the fan of Owen Paterson when he's not banging on about the EU.Casino_Royale said:@TSE - you love people in the Tory party you politically agree with, and think the rest are idiots.
Thought it was a shame he was sacked, he did a stellar job on GM foods. Pure evidence and science based approach.
As a plant breeder I have deep reservations about GM crops.0 -
Let me paraphrase you 'As a genetic modifier of plant DNA by the old slow methods I have deep reservations about those who seek to do it by design and a lot faster'.philiph said:
As a plant breeder I have deep reservations about GM crops.TheScreamingEagles said:
No. I'm quite the fan of Owen Paterson when he's not banging on about the EU.Casino_Royale said:@TSE - you love people in the Tory party you politically agree with, and think the rest are idiots.
Thought it was a shame he was sacked, he did a stellar job on GM foods. Pure evidence and science based approach.
The whole history of human agriculture is one of GM via selective interference in breeding of plants and animals.0 -
There are some weird things going on with Android updates on my Sony phone too - now it gets noticeably warm when USB charging. I keep buggering laptop fans and keyboards - but it's all cat fluff and sawdust litter related.JosiasJessop said:
Cooling in tech kit is always a problem.Morris_Dancer said:Mr. Jessop, my sympathies.
I'm a bit worried about my PS4, and recently bought a fan stand for it due to concerns over cooling. For remasters, it's very quiet, but for some new games (The Witcher 3) is can sometimes scream like a jet engine. I think the extra fans have helped. Hope so, anyway. I can afford a tenner for that, but hundreds of pounds for a new console would not go down well, if at all.
I'm friends with an engineer whose first job was tracking down a problem with a computer in the mid-1980s. If you left it on continuously for months it might spontaneously combust. The cause - from memory - was that two tracks leading to the lithium CMOS battery were slightly too close. If the battery was full and it got too warm, the charging circuit polarity would reverse and the computer would go bang.
They had banks of computers running for months before they managed to replicate the problem.
For this reason, I have sympathy with Samsung's recent travails.
The most annoying thing right now is how easy it is for a kitty to turn my screen upside by simply treading on it. Took me bloody ages to find how to reset it whilst twisting my neck/rotating the whole machine/typing. It happens so often I've got the shortcut memorised.0 -
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You're well worth following - an interesting and honest Labour perspective. (and don't tweet spam every 5 mins unlike some!)SouthamObserver said:Interesting fact: when I started writing articles for PB in July I had 49 Twitter followers. Today I hit 250. A tiny amount, of course, but I like the trajectory!
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Oh dear.....
Scots do want a rerun on the EU referendum, the one they're not going to get....
.... but don't want a rerun on the Independence referendum, the one they're definitely positively absolutely maybe going to get.....
http://www.thetimes.co.uk/edition/scotland/more-than-half-would-back-second-vote-on-europe-jfghv25k60 -
The issue now with laptops is over speccing - they've got so much faster in recent years, that unless you're doing video editing or hardcore gaming a basic model is more than sufficient. Also, Windows 10 sucks like a Sunday Sport girl who got a big tip - pay £80 more to get W7 if you want to be productive using it for work, or get a MacBook. And order online - laptopshop, Amazon or direct from the maker.Morris_Dancer said:Mr. Jessop, I tend not to play long sessions, which I think/hope helps.
Mr. Sandpit, must admit, I have the technical aptitude of a potato. If/when I need a new device, I'll likely ask here for recommendations (I'll put it off as long as possible, mind).0 -
Indeed. Even if it's difficult to leave now it would only have been harder in the future. And since the British people were never signed up to the Project, 'twere well it were done quickly.Charles said:
Practically we may not and, even if we do so, it's choice not compulsion.TOPPING said:
Of course there is. But the practicalities are that we are embracing a European body, are part of it, have and will be incorporating its terms into our laws, and we all think that is a great thing. Even David Davis agrees.Charles said:@topping
You've completely ignored the substance of the argument to try and sneet at "Brexiteers"
I'd assume this is deliberate as you're smart enough to know you are doing so.
The ECJ says "you will do this under penalty of fines"
The ECHR says "we don't think that what you have done is compatible with the Treaty. Please go away and think again"
There is a fundamental difference between those two positions in terms of what it means for the UK.
It is a textbook example of how we can work within and be part of such an institution.
We have also committed not to leave the ECHR which means that any BoR will incorporate ECHR provisions. And that's great.
Do you not think that it is at least worthy of note to wonder out loud (and especially on an internet chat room) how strange it is that one european body we are happy with and the other we are not?
Well of course there is the "take note of" vs the "you must" and that I get. But practically, we end up in the same place.
The actual provisions of the ECHR (not as stretched by the ECJ - although I take @DavidL point) are not that onerous. But, once again, Parliament gets to decide what it incorporates into any bill of rights.
If the EU operates like the ECHR I would have been fine with it. Personally it was the direction of travel that was the issue not the status quo.
Of course, if Brown had let us reject Lisbon or Blair had let us reject the euro...0 -
Websites like Stormfront and JewWatch?TheScreamingEagles said:Ken Livingstone's advice to people who doubt that Hitler supported Zionism: "Go on websites".
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Putin must be really scared....MonikerDiCanio said:0 -
Anyone care to speculate as to the cause of the coughing fits? Would be disastrous for Clinton to have a fit in one of the debates.MonikerDiCanio said:0 -
www.TheProtocolsOfTheEldersOfZionAreReal.comSean_F said:
Websites like Stormfront and JewWatch?TheScreamingEagles said:Ken Livingstone's advice to people who doubt that Hitler supported Zionism: "Go on websites".
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Apple is all about branding and appearances. 54 doesn't fit the brand.Pulpstar said:Surely if you head to an Apple store then you're looking for someone to fix your phone ?
What does it matter if they are 54 ?
You aren't looking for a date...0 -
Do you have a couple of thousand reasons to hope for this tooTheScreamingEagles said:Please Make It So
https://twitter.com/roadto326/status/773096735660998656
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I buy all my non-Mac machines from these guysJosiasJessop said:But I've got my own problems with John Lewis atm. My third laptop in eighteen months is dying (*), this one after just ten weeks. Each time it's taken them two months to replace, despite claiming it would just be two weeks. And this is from a different manufacturer.
Grrrr ...
(*) Fan failure.
itxchange.com
When the fan on my many year old laptop died, I called them up to buy a new laptop. They got another supplier to sell me a fan instead.0 -
Video or it didn't happen...like Hitler and the Zionists...TheScreamingEagles said:
https://twitter.com/TSEofPB/status/773094316789071872FrancisUrquhart said:
Now you are just making this up...surely...TheScreamingEagles said:Switch it to BBC News now.
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It's usually Ctrl+Alt+Arrow keys. Can be disabled in the graphics driver software if it gets too annoying.PlatoSaid said:
There are some weird things going on with Android updates on my Sony phone too - now it gets noticeably warm when USB charging. I keep buggering laptop fans and keyboards - but it's all cat fluff and sawdust litter related.JosiasJessop said:
Cooling in tech kit is always a problem.Morris_Dancer said:Mr. Jessop, my sympathies.
I'm a bit worried about my PS4, and recently bought a fan stand for it due to concerns over cooling. For remasters, it's very quiet, but for some new games (The Witcher 3) is can sometimes scream like a jet engine. I think the extra fans have helped. Hope so, anyway. I can afford a tenner for that, but hundreds of pounds for a new console would not go down well, if at all.
I'm friends with an engineer whose first job was tracking down a problem with a computer in the mid-1980s. If you left it on continuously for months it might spontaneously combust. The cause - from memory - was that two tracks leading to the lithium CMOS battery were slightly too close. If the battery was full and it got too warm, the charging circuit polarity would reverse and the computer would go bang.
They had banks of computers running for months before they managed to replicate the problem.
For this reason, I have sympathy with Samsung's recent travails.
The most annoying thing right now is how easy it is for a kitty to turn my screen upside by simply treading on it. Took me bloody ages to find how to reset it whilst twisting my neck/rotating the whole machine/typing. It happens so often I've got the shortcut memorised.
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Winning £5,050 wouldn't be as much fun as watching Burgon fail badly at PMQsPulpstar said:
Do you have a couple of thousand reasons to hope for this tooTheScreamingEagles said:Please Make It So
https://twitter.com/roadto326/status/773096735660998656 ?0 -
Air con on the plane?MP_SE said:
Anyone care to speculate as to the cause of the coughing fits? Would be disastrous for Clinton to have a fit in one of the debates.MonikerDiCanio said:0 -
A good review by Nicholas Whyte on the BBC website on the proposed Northern Ireland changes. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-politics-37280113
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"Hitler was born as Benjamin Siegelman. I've even got a set of his Bar Mitzvah photographs to prove it".TheScreamingEagles said:
www.TheProtocolsOfTheEldersOfZionAreReal.comSean_F said:
Websites like Stormfront and JewWatch?TheScreamingEagles said:Ken Livingstone's advice to people who doubt that Hitler supported Zionism: "Go on websites".
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Popcorn shares upTheScreamingEagles said:Switch it to BBC News now.
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Well literally anything from the relatively trivial (post nasal drip or GERD) to a potentially terminal illness (Lung Cancer, OPD)MP_SE said:
Anyone care to speculate as to the cause of the coughing fits? Would be disastrous for Clinton to have a fit in one of the debates.MonikerDiCanio said:
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But a seven day service where every day is slightly better than the current weekend support but far worse than the other 5 days in the a week...Philip_Thompson said:
Except long-term the NHS patients who will have a seven day NHS in perpetuity long after this transitional dispute is history.foxinsoxuk said:
Reversal?Philip_Thompson said:
What is the point of striking after imposition? You really think an agreed contract that is in place is going to be reversed after being imposed?foxinsoxuk said:
The BMA didn't approve it, they ballotted the affected doctors and 58% rejected it. The BMA JDC leadership resigned and new leaders with a mandate to continue industrial action were elected.MaxPB said:
What I don't understand is why the BMA approved of the deal a few months ago but now they have called 5-day strikes over it. What changed over the summer?SouthamObserver said:No surprise that support for junior doctors is eroding. They have been poorly led and badly advised. Just like the miners were.
The leadership is not as radical as the membership. Next weeks strike is off, but this was because of inadequate time to prepare. The strike for 5 days from 5 Oct remains planned. That is a few days after imposition starts. It could be stopped if imposition was suspended and talks over the outstanding issues restarted.
The government should take the same approach as Ronald Reagan to the Air Traffic Controllers.
Imposition starts on 1 October but the rollout is slow (and NHS HR departments hopelessly unprepared) and doesn't reach all grades of junior until next August.
The strike will be a disaster but imposition is a disaster too. It fails to address the real issues and will further demoralise and antagonise a truculent workforce with a major existing retention and recruitment problem. It is not a battle with a good outcome for anyone.
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Chronic?GIN1138 said:
Well literally anything from the relatively trivial (post nasal drip or GERD) to a potentially terminal illness (Lung Cancer, OPD)MP_SE said:
Anyone care to speculate as to the cause of the coughing fits? Would be disastrous for Clinton to have a fit in one of the debates.MonikerDiCanio said:
Basically you would need a LOT more information/symptoms than just a chronic cough to make a dignosis.0 -
I see Ken Livingstone has snatched a massacre from the jaws of a rout.0
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I read she's been suffering with a cough for some months?OldKingCole said:
Chronic?GIN1138 said:
Well literally anything from the relatively trivial (post nasal drip or GERD) to a potentially terminal illness (Lung Cancer, OPD)MP_SE said:
Anyone care to speculate as to the cause of the coughing fits? Would be disastrous for Clinton to have a fit in one of the debates.MonikerDiCanio said:
Basically you would need a LOT more information/symptoms than just a chronic cough to make a dignosis.0 -
Livingstone actually gets his history wrong - even the author he cites as supporting his views, doesn't. While there were some Nazis interested in Zionism because it would cause the British problems & earn Germany cash, that interest did not extend up the chain to anywhere near Hitler - and was quickly stamped out when the higher ups found out about it. Livingstone is not only mendacious and misdirecting, he's pure & simple flat out wrong.Sean_F said:
Websites like Stormfront and JewWatch?TheScreamingEagles said:Ken Livingstone's advice to people who doubt that Hitler supported Zionism: "Go on websites".
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Tim Kaine will have to go for POTUS. No other good soltuion I can think of.GIN1138 said:
I read she's been suffering with a cough for some months?OldKingCole said:
Chronic?GIN1138 said:
Well literally anything from the relatively trivial (post nasal drip or GERD) to a potentially terminal illness (Lung Cancer, OPD)MP_SE said:
Anyone care to speculate as to the cause of the coughing fits? Would be disastrous for Clinton to have a fit in one of the debates.MonikerDiCanio said:
Basically you would need a LOT more information/symptoms than just a chronic cough to make a dignosis.0 -
Sandpit said:
The issue now with laptops is over speccing - they've got so much faster in recent years, that unless you're doing video editing or hardcore gaming a basic model is more than sufficient. Also, Windows 10 sucks like a Sunday Sport girl who got a big tip - pay £80 more to get W7 if you want to be productive using it for work, or get a MacBook. And order online - laptopshop, Amazon or direct from the maker.Morris_Dancer said:Mr. Jessop, I tend not to play long sessions, which I think/hope helps.
Mr. Sandpit, must admit, I have the technical aptitude of a potato. If/when I need a new device, I'll likely ask here for recommendations (I'll put it off as long as possible, mind).
I switched from Win7 to Win10 and don't have any problems with it.
I use the "Pro" version, so I don't know if that makes a difference.
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Is the clip on Youtube yet?TheScreamingEagles said:Please note Victoria Derbyshire's facepalm in that picture
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It's probably just full of dust. Easy to fix. Power it down and remove the cables. Turn upside down and remove the 3 stickers on the back covering the screws that keep the bottom case on. You will need a T9 security bit to remove those. It's the one that looks like a star of David with a hole in the middle. Then you can lift off the bottom case exposing the fan. Some blasts of compressed air into that should solve your problems. Just leave it a few mins before powering it back up.Morris_Dancer said:Mr. Jessop, my sympathies.
I'm a bit worried about my PS4, and recently bought a fan stand for it due to concerns over cooling. For remasters, it's very quiet, but for some new games (The Witcher 3) is can sometimes scream like a jet engine. I think the extra fans have helped. Hope so, anyway. I can afford a tenner for that, but hundreds of pounds for a new console would not go down well, if at all.0 -
Well if the cough is being caused by something trivial like post nasal drip then Hillary will be fine.Pulpstar said:
Tim Kaine will have to go for POTUS. No other good soltuion I can think of.GIN1138 said:
I read she's been suffering with a cough for some months?OldKingCole said:
Chronic?GIN1138 said:
Well literally anything from the relatively trivial (post nasal drip or GERD) to a potentially terminal illness (Lung Cancer, OPD)MP_SE said:
Anyone care to speculate as to the cause of the coughing fits? Would be disastrous for Clinton to have a fit in one of the debates.MonikerDiCanio said:
Basically you would need a LOT more information/symptoms than just a chronic cough to make a dignosis.0 -
This is rather funPulpstar said:
Tim Kaine will have to go for POTUS. No other good soltuion I can think of.GIN1138 said:
I read she's been suffering with a cough for some months?OldKingCole said:
Chronic?GIN1138 said:
Well literally anything from the relatively trivial (post nasal drip or GERD) to a potentially terminal illness (Lung Cancer, OPD)MP_SE said:
Anyone care to speculate as to the cause of the coughing fits? Would be disastrous for Clinton to have a fit in one of the debates.MonikerDiCanio said:
Basically you would need a LOT more information/symptoms than just a chronic cough to make a dignosis.
http://www.playbuzz.com/wrtvdigital10/can-you-pass-a-u-s-citizenship-test0 -
I had that at the start of the year, it was annoying. Lasted for about 3 months too.GIN1138 said:
Well if the cough is being caused by something trivial like post nasal drip then Hillary will be fine.Pulpstar said:
Tim Kaine will have to go for POTUS. No other good soltuion I can think of.GIN1138 said:
I read she's been suffering with a cough for some months?OldKingCole said:
Chronic?GIN1138 said:
Well literally anything from the relatively trivial (post nasal drip or GERD) to a potentially terminal illness (Lung Cancer, OPD)MP_SE said:
Anyone care to speculate as to the cause of the coughing fits? Would be disastrous for Clinton to have a fit in one of the debates.MonikerDiCanio said:
Basically you would need a LOT more information/symptoms than just a chronic cough to make a dignosis.0 -
I am running Windows 10 on a couple of machines without a problem, but I have a major problem with one laptopMarkHopkins said:I switched from Win7 to Win10 and don't have any problems with it.
I use the "Pro" version, so I don't know if that makes a difference.
Updates are mandatory now (which I don't have a problem with) but the mandatory update failed on this machine. Now it tries to reinstall it, and reboots, and fails, every day.
I can't decline the install. I can't get the install to succeed.
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Just seen a bit of Sky News. Apparently the police took four hours to arrest anyone, and have still only removed two out of nine of the cretins.
Horrendous pussyfooting about.0 -
Following on from yesterday's discussions.
The charity that Keith Vaz is closely associated with has retained Carter-Ruck and is firing off legal letters as well.0 -
You're one of the lucky ones. I've a customer PC on my bench now that upgraded to W10 a couple of months ago, then got stuck on a forced update and now is in an irreparable boot loop. Am having to copy all the documents off it, then wipe the disk, reinstall W7 and restore the docs. Will cost her half the price of a new laptop to get it all fixed, and it was top spec a year ago. MS have screwed this up very badly, not least because they've removed most of the professional tools that us IT guys used to use to fix things in earlier versions.MarkHopkins said:
I switched from Win7 to Win10 and don't have any problems with it.Sandpit said:
The issue now with laptops is over speccing - they've got so much faster in recent years, that unless you're doing video editing or hardcore gaming a basic model is more than sufficient. Also, Windows 10 sucks like a Sunday Sport girl who got a big tip - pay £80 more to get W7 if you want to be productive using it for work, or get a MacBook. And order online - laptopshop, Amazon or direct from the maker.Morris_Dancer said:Mr. Jessop, I tend not to play long sessions, which I think/hope helps.
Mr. Sandpit, must admit, I have the technical aptitude of a potato. If/when I need a new device, I'll likely ask here for recommendations (I'll put it off as long as possible, mind).
I use the "Pro" version, so I don't know if that makes a difference.0 -
The most terrifying 6 words in the English language:
Ken is here to defend you.
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What sort of small charity can afford Carter-Ruck's fees?TheScreamingEagles said:Following on from yesterday's discussions.
The charity that Keith Vaz is closely associated with has retained Carter-Ruck and is firing off legal letters as well.0 -
That will be costing a few quid!TheScreamingEagles said:Following on from yesterday's discussions.
The charity that Keith Vaz is closely associated with has retained Carter-Ruck and is firing off legal letters as well.0 -
Also worth sticking a hoover on the fan exhaust (with the machine switched off)RealAleDrinker said:Some blasts of compressed air into that should solve your problems. Just leave it a few mins before powering it back up.
And if you don't have a can of compressed air to hand, these are great
https://eustore.ifixit.com/en/Tools/Cleaning-Tools/Dust-Blower.html0 -
cos It's like flying is racist innit...Morris_Dancer said:Just seen a bit of Sky News. Apparently the police took four hours to arrest anyone, and have still only removed two out of nine of the cretins.
Horrendous pussyfooting about.0 -
@Mr_Eugenides: It genuinely appears that all the #BlackLivesMatterUK protestors at London City Airport are white. Roaring.Morris_Dancer said:Just seen a bit of Sky News. Apparently the police took four hours to arrest anyone, and have still only removed two out of nine of the cretins.
@Mr_Eugenides: Didn’t any of the #BLMUK protestors realise that it might not look good if they were all white? Was not even a token black lefty available?0 -
That's going to endear him to the media isn't it...TheScreamingEagles said:Following on from yesterday's discussions.
The charity that Keith Vaz is closely associated with has retained Carter-Ruck and is firing off legal letters as well.
Frankly a better course of action would be a "tearful" appearance on morning telly...0 -
It should have taken 15 minutes tops. This is one topic that does turn me curmudgeonly.Morris_Dancer said:Just seen a bit of Sky News. Apparently the police took four hours to arrest anyone, and have still only removed two out of nine of the cretins.
Horrendous pussyfooting about.0 -
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#EpicFail #ClassicGaurdianOffendedOnOtherPeoplesBehalfScott_P said:
@Mr_Eugenides: It genuinely appears that all the #BlackLivesMatterUK protestors at London City Airport are white. Roaring.Morris_Dancer said:Just seen a bit of Sky News. Apparently the police took four hours to arrest anyone, and have still only removed two out of nine of the cretins.
@Mr_Eugenides: Didn’t any of the #BLMUK protestors realise that it might not look good if they were all white? Was not even a token black lefty available?
We will probably find out they are all RARs on their gap yaaaahs.0 -
The problem is dust gets trapped between the fan and the heat sink killing airflow so just sucking from the back doesn't help much. You need to get the bottom case off to get that dust out.Scott_P said:
Also worth sticking a hoover on the fan exhaust (with the machine switched off)RealAleDrinker said:Some blasts of compressed air into that should solve your problems. Just leave it a few mins before powering it back up.
And if you don't have a can of compressed air to hand, these are great
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On the subject of IT could anyone please give some advice?
My wife's Laptop screen got smashed a few months ago. Still working but a spiderweb crack through the middle of the screen. I've always built my own PC's but just bought Laptops and this isn't a repair I'd done before. Model HPK 15-P183NA
I found a replacement screen online, bought it but after taking out the old one realised it wasn't the LED screen that was cracked but the front glass panel for the digitiser as it is a Touchscreen model. Seems to be integrated with the front bezel so I imagine the whole front bezel may need replacing.
I can't find any replacements online though, other than on ebay for used ones which are being charged often hundreds of pounds for. Any advice on where I could get a replacement? And if possible instructions/a video on how to do the repair myself - though it is sourcing the replacement I'm struggling with the most.0 -
@Morris_Dancer
"I'm a bit worried about my PS4, and recently bought a fan stand for it due to concerns over cooling. For remasters, it's very quiet, but for some new games (The Witcher 3) is can sometimes scream like a jet engine."
I am not surprised some modern games really are very demanding and having the kit work harder will generate more heat. I get the same thing on my PC and that has a total of seven fans. I see some of the top of the range stuff now has liquid nitrogen cooling systems.
If you have internal fans on a PS4 it is a really good idea to open it up every few months and make sure the fans are not getting clogged up with dust and crud. I have a chap come and do mine with his tins of compressed air and little vacuum cleaners, but that is just me being lazy.0 -
My late father worked in the building/construction industry all his life and suffered from post nasal drip for 30 years (probably caused by dust, etc.) Didn't really seem to be any treatment other than to put up with it.Pulpstar said:
I had that at the start of the year, it was annoying. Lasted for about 3 months too.GIN1138 said:
Well if the cough is being caused by something trivial like post nasal drip then Hillary will be fine.Pulpstar said:
Tim Kaine will have to go for POTUS. No other good soltuion I can think of.GIN1138 said:
I read she's been suffering with a cough for some months?OldKingCole said:
Chronic?GIN1138 said:
Well literally anything from the relatively trivial (post nasal drip or GERD) to a potentially terminal illness (Lung Cancer, OPD)MP_SE said:
Anyone care to speculate as to the cause of the coughing fits? Would be disastrous for Clinton to have a fit in one of the debates.MonikerDiCanio said:
Basically you would need a LOT more information/symptoms than just a chronic cough to make a dignosis.
The constant phlegm, throat clearing, coughing, etc. Finished up making his life a misery.0 -
Mr. Sandpit, yeah, I'd just be browsing the internet and word processing, mostly.
Mr. Drinker, thanks for that suggestion, although The Witcher 3 was one of the first games I bought, so I'd be surprised if dust were the whole story.
I have seen Youtube video guides to doing that sort of thing (using a cotton bud to get the dust rather than blasting compressed air). I'll see how things go for a while. Thanks for the T9 specification.0 -
Do they all speak like Ali G?Scott_P said:
@Mr_Eugenides: It genuinely appears that all the #BlackLivesMatterUK protestors at London City Airport are white. Roaring.Morris_Dancer said:Just seen a bit of Sky News. Apparently the police took four hours to arrest anyone, and have still only removed two out of nine of the cretins.
@Mr_Eugenides: Didn’t any of the #BLMUK protestors realise that it might not look good if they were all white? Was not even a token black lefty available?0 -
I've found W8/10 bloody awful - my W8 laptop has now decided that it'll try updating during the night - then hangs for 90mins, then comes back to life - EVERY NIGHT. And it's screwed up my AVG - I can't uninstall it/fix it now either so it download updates/fails/hangs my machine. I turned off the interweb connection on Aug 10.Sandpit said:
You're one of the lucky ones. I've a customer PC on my bench now that upgraded to W10 a couple of months ago, then got stuck on a forced update and now is in an irreparable boot loop. Am having to copy all the documents off it, then wipe the disk, reinstall W7 and restore the docs. Will cost her half the price of a new laptop to get it all fixed, and it was top spec a year ago. MS have screwed this up very badly.MarkHopkins said:
I switched from Win7 to Win10 and don't have any problems with it.Sandpit said:
The issue now with laptops is over speccing - they've got so much faster in recent years, that unless you're doing video editing or hardcore gaming a basic model is more than sufficient. Also, Windows 10 sucks like a Sunday Sport girl who got a big tip - pay £80 more to get W7 if you want to be productive using it for work, or get a MacBook. And order online - laptopshop, Amazon or direct from the maker.Morris_Dancer said:Mr. Jessop, I tend not to play long sessions, which I think/hope helps.
Mr. Sandpit, must admit, I have the technical aptitude of a potato. If/when I need a new device, I'll likely ask here for recommendations (I'll put it off as long as possible, mind).
I use the "Pro" version, so I don't know if that makes a difference.0 -
He really can't wait to get asked about his mastermind specialist subject can he.dr_spyn said:https://twitter.com/liarpoliticians/status/773101694662090752
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That "insanity" as you put it is one shared by the EU which has rather made a fetish of free movement and made it recast its economic and foreign policy. If there had been some more sense on the EU side about the principle of free movement and its consequences rather than its reiteration as if it were an unalterable bit of a catechism we might not be where we are today.YellowSubmarine said:
She's also entirely correct to place immigration control at the centre piece of the partition negotiations. It was what the electorate wanted. I'm just suggesting this is an insane way for a mature, stable and major industrial democracy to recast it's entire economic and Foriegn Policy. This kind of constitutional chaos and collapse is rather,erm, european. I can say with all sincerity that I'm praying for Theresa May. The
As I have stated before, people are not the same as goods, services and capital and the wholesale failure of the EU/British political establishment to understand this pretty basic - and, I'd have thought, obvious - fact is at the root of the issue we all now face.
So many clever people. So little common sense.0 -
I highly doubt it. Evening out provision of service is far more efficient. It means that t he buildings and machinery the NHS spends billions of pounds on doesn't lie idle for the vast majority of the week while everyone crams into a tiny window. There are 168 hours a week and we spend billions on using 25% of it.eek said:
But a seven day service where every day is slightly better than the current weekend support but far worse than the other 5 days in the a week...Philip_Thompson said:
Except long-term the NHS patients who will have a seven day NHS in perpetuity long after this transitional dispute is history.foxinsoxuk said:
Reversal?Philip_Thompson said:
What is the point of striking after imposition? You really think an agreed contract that is in place is going to be reversed after being imposed?foxinsoxuk said:
The BMA didn't approve it, they ballotted the affected doctors and 58% rejected it. The BMA JDC leadership resigned and new leaders with a mandate to continue industrial action were elected.MaxPB said:
What I don't understand is why the BMA approved of the deal a few months ago but now they have called 5-day strikes over it. What changed over the summer?SouthamObserver said:No surprise that support for junior doctors is eroding. They have been poorly led and badly advised. Just like the miners were.
The leadership is not as radical as the membership. Next weeks strike is off, but this was because of inadequate time to prepare. The strike for 5 days from 5 Oct remains planned. That is a few days after imposition starts. It could be stopped if imposition was suspended and talks over the outstanding issues restarted.
The government should take the same approach as Ronald Reagan to the Air Traffic Controllers.
Imposition starts on 1 October but the rollout is slow (and NHS HR departments hopelessly unprepared) and doesn't reach all grades of junior until next August.
The strike will be a disaster but imposition is a disaster too. It fails to address the real issues and will further demoralise and antagonise a truculent workforce with a major existing retention and recruitment problem. It is not a battle with a good outcome for anyone.0 -
Liar is really fast off the mark every time - I wonder what he does as a job? Media monitoring?dr_spyn said:ttps://twitter.com/liarpoliticians/status/773101694662090752
On Youtube, though my computer crashed when I viewed. Bloody thing gets hot then crashes...oh deep joy.
I don't think he's ever missed something juicy.0 -
No my concern is the lamentable lack of long term field trials as to the consequences of modified genes on the ecosystem. To assess the implication and effects of GM on flora and fauna you need trials over extended periods (decade(s)). That is not compatible with commercialisation, and the power of money is forcing the pace to generate revenue to give a return on the investment.Patrick said:
Let me paraphrase you 'As a genetic modifier of plant DNA by the old slow methods I have deep reservations about those who seek to do it by design and a lot faster'.philiph said:
As a plant breeder I have deep reservations about GM crops.TheScreamingEagles said:
No. I'm quite the fan of Owen Paterson when he's not banging on about the EU.Casino_Royale said:@TSE - you love people in the Tory party you politically agree with, and think the rest are idiots.
Thought it was a shame he was sacked, he did a stellar job on GM foods. Pure evidence and science based approach.
The whole history of human agriculture is one of GM via selective interference in breeding of plants and animals.
I'm happy to accept that anthropogenic climate change and the as yet unidentified consequences of GM on animals and plants are no more than a part evolution. They are no more than a consequence of the development of the Human race.
I don't think we know the bounds of either GM or climate change (upper or lower limits). Unfettered experimentation in the finely balanced sphere of Nature will cause the balance to change. It may be a beneficial change it may be a detrimental change. It is a high risk strategy where the risk could be mitigated.0 -
Trying to help someone win a million? (Actually, I read a book that argued quite persuasively that it was all nonsense.)MP_SE said:
Anyone care to speculate as to the cause of the coughing fits? Would be disastrous for Clinton to have a fit in one of the debates.MonikerDiCanio said:0 -
What you're looking for is called the Touchscreen Digitiser, and is basically the whole front panel with a glass screen and touch membrane in front of it. Double check the part number but it may be this - and yes it's expensive, £150 or so. alternatively give HP support a call and they will direct you to a local service centre or do a collect-and-return service.Philip_Thompson said:On the subject of IT could anyone please give some advice?
My wife's Laptop screen got smashed a few months ago. Still working but a spiderweb crack through the middle of the screen. I've always built my own PC's but just bought Laptops and this isn't a repair I'd done before. Model HPK 15-P183NA
I found a replacement screen online, bought it but after taking out the old one realised it wasn't the LED screen that was cracked but the front glass panel for the digitiser as it is a Touchscreen model. Seems to be integrated with the front bezel so I imagine the whole front bezel may need replacing.
I can't find any replacements online though, other than on ebay for used ones which are being charged often hundreds of pounds for. Any advice on where I could get a replacement? And if possible instructions/a video on how to do the repair myself - though it is sourcing the replacement I'm struggling with the most.
http://www.ebay.ie/itm/New-Pull-Genuine-HP-Pavilion-15-Touchscreen-Panel-assmebly-Digitizer-709171-001-/181615616404?hash=item2a49226194:g:U1sAAOSwj0NUgIl10 -
You can also use a handheld vacuum cleaner aimed expertly at the fans every few weeks, that does the trick for me as it clears out the dust from the fans and anywhere that is easy to reach.Morris_Dancer said:Mr. Sandpit, yeah, I'd just be browsing the internet and word processing, mostly.
Mr. Drinker, thanks for that suggestion, although The Witcher 3 was one of the first games I bought, so I'd be surprised if dust were the whole story.
I have seen Youtube video guides to doing that sort of thing (using a cotton bud to get the dust rather than blasting compressed air). I'll see how things go for a while. Thanks for the T9 specification.
The underlying issue is that the thermal paste on the processor has been applied incorrectly, that's not an easy problem to fix, but if you keep the fans clear of dust then you won't have a problem.0 -
Incidentally, given Amazon a quick perusal and the bits and pieces don't seem too pricey (although I'd prefer to spend no money, a new console would obviously cost rather more). What I might do is see how things go, then possibly get them when the time for Christmas shopping arrives [I tend to do that early, and with a new novel possibly out in December I don't want to have to worry about that whilst also remembering to buy everyone a present].
Edited extra bit: I do apologise for blathering on about this, although fans and the like do seem a common problem.
Edited extra bit: do you mean a mini-vac or just the extensions on a normal vacuum cleaner? [Also, with the console opened u?]
I think 'expertly' would be asking too much. My hands are quite unsteady.0 -
I was in a computer workshop this morning (my iMac has a problem upgrading to El Capitan) and the technician there remarked that it was also known as Crapitan. I laughed; Apples answer to W10. No he said, Windows 10 is fine on a new machine; it’s upgrading which causes the problem.PlatoSaid said:
I've found W8/10 bloody awful - my W8 laptop has now decided that it'll try updating during the night - then hangs for 90mins, then comes back to life - EVERY NIGHT. And it's screwed up my AVG - I can't uninstall it/fix it now either so it download updates/fails/hangs my machine. I turned off the interweb connection on Aug 10.Sandpit said:
You're one of the lucky ones. I've a customer PC on my bench now that upgraded to W10 a couple of months ago, then got stuck on a forced update and now is in an irreparable boot loop. Am having to copy all the documents off it, then wipe the disk, reinstall W7 and restore the docs. Will cost her half the price of a new laptop to get it all fixed, and it was top spec a year ago. MS have screwed this up very badly.MarkHopkins said:
I switched from Win7 to Win10 and don't have any problems with it.Sandpit said:
The issue now with laptops is over speccing - they've got so much faster in recent years, that unless you're doing video editing or hardcore gaming a basic model is more than sufficient. Also, Windows 10 sucks like a Sunday Sport girl who got a big tip - pay £80 more to get W7 if you want to be productive using it for work, or get a MacBook. And order online - laptopshop, Amazon or direct from the maker.Morris_Dancer said:Mr. Jessop, I tend not to play long sessions, which I think/hope helps.
Mr. Sandpit, must admit, I have the technical aptitude of a potato. If/when I need a new device, I'll likely ask here for recommendations (I'll put it off as long as possible, mind).
I use the "Pro" version, so I don't know if that makes a difference.
Which tallies with my Windows-using friends experience.0
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