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Discussion in 'General' started by TheMusician, 28 Oct 2009.

  1. Midlight

    Midlight Minimodder

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    I work for one of the contractors and there have been quite a lot of plans recently for new build. Some of it seems to even have had some thought put into it, with attempts made to have orders for fibre blowing being available before the duct is fully down so there is less delay between the stages. Obviously, dependent on your local contractor, it may not always go exactly to plan.
     
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  2. Gunsmith

    Gunsmith Maximum Win

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    Daft Punk have retired.
     
  3. Fizzban

    Fizzban Man of Many Typos

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    Better to quit while you're ahead. Did you see what happened to Metallica? It's like watching a horror show.
     
  4. fix-the-spade

    fix-the-spade Multimodder

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    I don't know, that Blizzcon performance was hilarious, like that moment in a comedy movie when the a-hole boss finally gets his comeuppance.

    But we didn't think the draconian automated copyright system would apply to us too...
     
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  5. Gunsmith

    Gunsmith Maximum Win

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    After st anger I wrote off nu Metallica ****ing hard.
     
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  6. ElThomsono

    ElThomsono Multimodder

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    I've listened to nothing beyond Reload :worried:
     
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  7. mrlongbeard

    mrlongbeard Multimodder

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    I called it quits after the Metallica / black album :rock:
     
  8. Mr_Mistoffelees

    Mr_Mistoffelees The Bit-Tech Cat. New Improved Version.

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    And, before they become another zimmer band, like The Rolling Stones, what's left of Pink Floyd, etc.
     
  9. IanW

    IanW Grumpy Old Git

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    Some say Daft Punk retired years ago, and it's been Bill & Ted under those helmets for a while now. :p
     
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  10. fix-the-spade

    fix-the-spade Multimodder

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    Nowt wrong with a good ol'zimmer band, it just means it really was their way of life.

    But nothing wrong with calling it quits when you've had enough either.
     
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  11. IanW

    IanW Grumpy Old Git

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    Found this:-
     
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  12. saspro

    saspro IT monkey

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    Just did a HDD to 256GB SD card & bigger battery swap on my ipod 5th Gen.
    All worked but case weasn't quite aligned perfectly, so I popped it back open and pushed it back in to place.
    Pushed in the wrong place & the LCD broke :(

    Back to the drawer with it until a new LCD arrives
     
  13. Behemoth

    Behemoth Timelord in training

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    The good news is the line has been fixed so I'm not getting a constant drop out. The sad thing is I'm only getting 0.67 meg down and about 0.34 up. SKy claimed it would take 24 hours for my speeds to recover, its been more than that now and I'm on the slowest connection ever. I have a feeling that the line has now stabilized at those speeds and I won't get any faster. Going to have a massive whinge at Sky and see if I can get out of this contract as this stinks, big time.
     
  14. Midlight

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    It may be that they have done a temporary reroute through other equipment just to restore service while they fix it properly and in a week or so it'll go back to normal. Best of luck whinging at them though, could always threaten that you'll leave for gigaclear as they're in the area now.
     
  15. IanW

    IanW Grumpy Old Git

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    Reminder of potential free money - https://www.sky.com/help/articles/sky-fibre-speed-guarantee
     
  16. KayinBlack

    KayinBlack Unrepentant Savage

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    Splenic infarction. Yeah. Fscking hell.
     
  17. Dr. Coin

    Dr. Coin Multimodder

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    More irritating than life ruining.
    Been messing around with electronics again. That's good. Discovered that my 24 V DC 30W power supply is faulty and will only deliver ~12W :( I'd bought the supply a while back specifically for this project, but life got in the way the the project was shelved, so I cannot return the unit. Was so excited to finally get back to this project and I cannot even get to 50% load.
     
  18. xaser04

    xaser04 Ba Ba Ba BANANA!

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    Sliced the tip of my thumb open when trying to diagnose what was wrong with an old laptop (no real reason, just wanted to see if I could coax some life out of it).

    Cut itself is pretty small but is right in the position where I keep catching it on everything. Also getting soap in the cut itself.... :eeek::eeek:
     
  19. VipersGratitude

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    I've had "Laisse tomber les filles" stuck in my head all morning, but I don't know the lyrics, nor do I speak French. :confused:
     
  20. Mr_Mistoffelees

    Mr_Mistoffelees The Bit-Tech Cat. New Improved Version.

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    From a great height?
     

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