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| Author: | Warhead [ Wed May 16, 2018 18:10 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Bits and Bobs 49 |
Mimi wrote: I didn’t think I could possibly care less than I do about the Harry royal wedding, but it turns out that there is a whole level of caring less, and that is what I feel about the pages of news stories on the BBC news website as to whether his fiancées dad is going to the wedding. Just bizarre. TV coverage starts at 9 fucking 15 on Saturday. Prepare for desperate reporters talking to moronic members of the public who’ve been lining the streets since the middle of April, in an effort to avoid having any dead air throughout the whole day. I hope the happy couple have a lovely day, but i really don’t want to know anything about it. |
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| Author: | Warhead [ Wed May 16, 2018 18:12 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Bits and Bobs 49 |
Cras wrote: Markle, unless geopolitics has got weird \/\/hatever. This illustrates how much of a shit i care about the whole thing. |
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| Author: | Warhead [ Wed May 16, 2018 18:13 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Bits and Bobs 49 |
Although i hope that Special Branch know the difference. |
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| Author: | Trooper [ Wed May 16, 2018 18:30 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Bits and Bobs 49 |
Grim... wrote: Fucking Xerox have literal errors in their drivers, the dumb fucks. When you try and print The Wasp Factory, and it churns out Consider Phlebas. |
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| Author: | Bobbyaro [ Wed May 16, 2018 20:21 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Bits and Bobs 49 |
I actually only found out that Harry's wedding was this weekend on Sunday. Also, only found out today that Will's recent spawn was number three! Had no idea of the existence of the middle one. Charlotte, apparently. |
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| Author: | myp [ Wed May 16, 2018 20:55 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Bits and Bobs 49 |
Cras wrote: Jesus fuck, don't do that. Printers are the devil's work. Easily the most annoying things to fix in the whole of desktop support. |
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| Author: | BikNorton [ Wed May 16, 2018 21:42 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Bits and Bobs 49 |
We're now almost completely certain that Daub is laying twice a day, which would be the source of soft shells and random eggs appearing in the run (in addition the 3 eggs in the best boxes). |
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| Author: | Jem [ Thu May 17, 2018 14:53 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Bits and Bobs 49 |
How do I tell a new client that their website is a massive shitstorm, without badmouthing the previous developer (who is a nice guy and has put lots of work my way)? |
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| Author: | MaliA [ Thu May 17, 2018 14:57 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Bits and Bobs 49 |
Jem wrote: How do I tell a new client that their website is a massive shitstorm, without badmouthing the previous developer (who is a nice guy and has put lots of work my way)? "With new iterations of (whatever) and the associated security issues around it, there's a couple of things we need to take a look at here, here, and here to tie up any loose ends". |
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| Author: | Findus Fop [ Thu May 17, 2018 14:58 ] |
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Jem wrote: How do I tell a new client that their website is a massive shitstorm, without badmouthing the previous developer (who is a nice guy and has put lots of work my way)? "It's self-evident that your website experienced a very challenging birth which I can only imagine is attributable to a client full of terrible ideas and an entirely misplaced belief in their own expertise, and wouldn't know UX if it crawled up their backside and shat tooltips out of their mouth. I'm not surprised the previous developer did one. That'll be 20 grand please." |
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| Author: | MaliA [ Thu May 17, 2018 14:59 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Bits and Bobs 49 |
Jem wrote: How do I tell a new client that their website is a massive shitstorm, without badmouthing the previous developer (who is a nice guy and has put lots of work my way)? "WOW! James has REALLY come on since this, hasn't he?" |
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| Author: | Grim... [ Thu May 17, 2018 15:05 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Bits and Bobs 49 |
Jem wrote: How do I tell a new client that their website is a massive shitstorm, without badmouthing the previous developer (who is a nice guy and has put lots of work my way)? "Christ, this is a shitstorm!" Or, more sensibly, blame it on something like "current fashions". Can we see it? |
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| Author: | krazywookie [ Thu May 17, 2018 15:15 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Bits and Bobs 49 |
"James is a nice guy and he's put a lot of work my way but by Christ, he's shit at websites isn't he?" |
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| Author: | Jem [ Thu May 17, 2018 15:17 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Bits and Bobs 49 |
Grim... wrote: Jem wrote: How do I tell a new client that their website is a massive shitstorm, without badmouthing the previous developer (who is a nice guy and has put lots of work my way)? "Christ, this is a shitstorm!" Or, more sensibly, blame it on something like "current fashions". Can we see it? You wouldn't see much - visually it looks fine. The code is just a mess. It's the same one that inspired this tweet: https://twitter.com/jemjabella/status/9 ... 3069506560
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| Author: | Zardoz [ Thu May 17, 2018 15:17 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Bits and Bobs 49 |
Jem wrote: How do I tell a new client that their website is a massive shitstorm, without badmouthing the previous developer (who is a nice guy and has put lots of work my way)? Mercilessly. |
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| Author: | TheVision [ Thu May 17, 2018 15:20 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Bits and Bobs 49 |
Tell him it's good enough. |
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| Author: | Trooper [ Thu May 17, 2018 16:27 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Bits and Bobs 49 |
"It's a good base to start from, but we can certainly build on it and come up with something that is more in tune with the company you are now." |
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| Author: | Squirt [ Thu May 17, 2018 16:30 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Bits and Bobs 49 |
"We're going to have to redo the whole thing because of GDPR" |
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| Author: | Trooper [ Thu May 17, 2018 16:33 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Bits and Bobs 49 |
"The massive security holes in the IoT is putting websites at risk of being breached, we have to start again to protect ourselves from the fridges" |
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| Author: | Zardoz [ Thu May 17, 2018 16:35 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Bits and Bobs 49 |
You thick bastards, do you realise what you've let yourselves in for?! |
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| Author: | MaliA [ Thu May 17, 2018 16:38 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Bits and Bobs 49 |
Join the Mobile Infantry and save the Galaxy. Service guarantees citizenship. Would you like to know more? |
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| Author: | Jem [ Thu May 17, 2018 16:54 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Bits and Bobs 49 |
I don't want them to think "oh new dev is trying to take us for a ride saying it's shit" but I also don't want to spend 4x the time doing everything because it's a hot mess, because that isn't cost effective and makes me look bad. Caught between a rock and a hard place. I may have used the words "interestingly coded" in my last email. |
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| Author: | MaliA [ Thu May 17, 2018 16:55 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Bits and Bobs 49 |
Good words |
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| Author: | Warhead [ Thu May 17, 2018 17:05 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Bits and Bobs 49 |
MaliA wrote: Join the Mobile Infantry and save the Galaxy. Service guarantees citizenship. Would you like to know more? No. Here’s why ........... Y |
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| Author: | Zardoz [ Fri May 18, 2018 10:58 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Bits and Bobs 49 |
Friend at work lended me his copy of Yakuza 0. First of the Yakuza games I've played and it's absolutely bonkers. Anyone else played it? HUGE Bonus points for having playable arcades within the game that include Space Harrier  , Outrun and (I've not found them yet) Super Hang On & Fantasy Zone.
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| Author: | Bamba [ Fri May 18, 2018 11:01 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Bits and Bobs 49 |
I've played demos of various of them and always had a good time but never got round to picking up any of the full games. |
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| Author: | KovacsC [ Fri May 18, 2018 11:37 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Bits and Bobs 49 |
Had this stuck as an ear worm all week...... help https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6JCLY0R ... rt_radio=1 WALK THE MOON - Shut Up and Dance |
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| Author: | Warhead [ Fri May 18, 2018 12:08 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Bits and Bobs 49 |
I had that a while ago, as my granddaughter was either playing or singing it all the time. At least its not something as bad as Shaddap You Face. |
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| Author: | Warhead [ Fri May 18, 2018 12:18 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Bits and Bobs 49 |
Trooper wrote: Grim... wrote: Fucking Xerox have literal errors in their drivers, the dumb fucks. When you try and print The Wasp Factory, and it churns out Consider Phlebas. What pisses me off about printing is tryng to print photographs the right size to fit off-the-shelf photo frames. Not that I do it a lot, but when I do it drives me bonkers. I have to print black and white rest prints on plain paper to get the sizes right before wasting coloured ink on photo paper. |
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| Author: | TheVision [ Fri May 18, 2018 12:24 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Bits and Bobs 49 |
Warhead wrote: Trooper wrote: Grim... wrote: Fucking Xerox have literal errors in their drivers, the dumb fucks. When you try and print The Wasp Factory, and it churns out Consider Phlebas. What pisses me off about printing is tryng to print photographs the right size to fit off-the-shelf photo frames. Not that I do it a lot, but when I do it drives me bonkers. I have to print black and white rest prints on plain paper to get the sizes right before wasting coloured ink on photo paper. I used to have this problem until I started using an old Microsoft digital imaging program. Since then, it'll print exactly as I want it which is very useful when I'm printing off game covers! |
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| Author: | MaliA [ Fri May 18, 2018 12:42 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Bits and Bobs 49 |
Trooper wrote: Grim... wrote: Fucking Xerox have literal errors in their drivers, the dumb fucks. When you try and print The Wasp Factory, and it churns out Consider Phlebas. MrsA wrote her dissertation on Wasp Factory because gothic horror or something. |
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| Author: | Warhead [ Fri May 18, 2018 13:25 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Bits and Bobs 49 |
Another article that adds to my assertion that voice controlled devices are potentially a disaster waiting to happen. I can’t remember the last time I fired up my Echo Dot. |
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| Author: | Warhead [ Fri May 18, 2018 17:44 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Bits and Bobs 49 |
As a bit of fun I've calculated how many miles I've driven in company vehicles since joining my current employer in Jan 2013 and it comes to 83256 miles, which is equivalent to 3.34348 times around the Earth. |
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| Author: | krazywookie [ Sat May 19, 2018 2:06 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Bits and Bobs 49 |
Warhead wrote: As a bit of fun I've calculated how many miles I've driven in company vehicles since joining my current employer in Jan 2013 and it comes to 83256 miles, which is equivalent to 3.34348 times around the Earth. What's that in blue whales? Or double decker busses parked end to end? |
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| Author: | Warhead [ Sat May 19, 2018 8:56 ] |
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krazywookie wrote: Warhead wrote: As a bit of fun I've calculated how many miles I've driven in company vehicles since joining my current employer in Jan 2013 and it comes to 83256 miles, which is equivalent to 3.34348 times around the Earth. What's that in blue whales? Or double decker busses parked end to end? What's the matter with you? Aren't you interested in the equivalent in Olympic Swimming Pools? |
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| Author: | krazywookie [ Sat May 19, 2018 9:17 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Bits and Bobs 49 |
Warhead wrote: krazywookie wrote: Warhead wrote: As a bit of fun I've calculated how many miles I've driven in company vehicles since joining my current employer in Jan 2013 and it comes to 83256 miles, which is equivalent to 3.34348 times around the Earth. What's that in blue whales? Or double decker busses parked end to end? What's the matter with you? Aren't you interested in the equivalent in Olympic Swimming Pools? Of course I am but more so in empire state building heights. |
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| Author: | Warhead [ Sun May 20, 2018 8:53 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Bits and Bobs 49 |
krazywookie wrote: Warhead wrote: krazywookie wrote: Warhead wrote: As a bit of fun I've calculated how many miles I've driven in company vehicles since joining my current employer in Jan 2013 and it comes to 83256 miles, which is equivalent to 3.34348 times around the Earth. What's that in blue whales? Or double decker busses parked end to end? What's the matter with you? Aren't you interested in the equivalent in Olympic Swimming Pools? Of course I am but more so in empire state building heights. And another thing. Why is it always double decker busses, and not singles? |
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| Author: | Trooper [ Sun May 20, 2018 15:50 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Bits and Bobs 49 |
I found an old bitcoin wallet hidden away in a random directory my dropbox from 2013!!! ZOMG Spoiler! Click here to view! |
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| Author: | Grim... [ Sun May 20, 2018 17:36 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Bits and Bobs 49 |
That must have been an exciting few seconds, though. |
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| Author: | Trooper [ Sun May 20, 2018 18:58 ] |
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Emotional rollercoaster, I tell you. |
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| Author: | KovacsC [ Sun May 20, 2018 20:48 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Bits and Bobs 49 |
KovacsC wrote: Had this stuck as an ear worm all week...... help https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6JCLY0R ... rt_radio=1 WALK THE MOON - Shut Up and Dance Watched the video on your tube. Now have it stuck in my head and crush on the girl in video. 
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| Author: | Mr Dave [ Mon May 21, 2018 4:18 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Bits and Bobs 49 |
KovacsC wrote: Had this stuck as an ear worm all week...... help https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6JCLY0R ... rt_radio=1 WALK THE MOON - Shut Up and Dance If you want help, I can help. We covered it at the christmas gig and absolutely butchered it. It'll change how you think about the song... |
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| Author: | Bamba [ Mon May 21, 2018 11:23 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Bits and Bobs 49 |
So I had an 'interesting' moment at the weekend. I was down in London for a stag/hen do and staying at a Travelodge in Canary Wharf. I get up to go to the toilet in the middle of the night and, just as I'm sleepy-drunk realising that the door I've walked through was the door to the room and not that of the toilet, I hear the sickening clunk of it locking shut behind me. The trek down to reception to get a new room key was made much more interesting by the fact that I was totally naked. Fuck sake. |
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| Author: | Cras [ Mon May 21, 2018 11:24 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Bits and Bobs 49 |
Solid work |
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| Author: | Cras [ Mon May 21, 2018 11:25 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Bits and Bobs 49 |
And you went to The Tree! |
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| Author: | TheVision [ Mon May 21, 2018 11:26 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Bits and Bobs 49 |
Bamba wrote: So I had an 'interesting' moment at the weekend. I was down in London for a stag/hen do and staying at a Travelodge in Canary Wharf. I get up to go to the toilet in the middle of the night and, just as I'm sleepy-drunk realising that the door I've walked through was the door to the room and not that of the toilet, I hear the sickening clunk of it locking shut behind me. The trek down to reception to get a new room key was made much more interesting by the fact that I was totally naked. Fuck sake. Amazing! Good work Bamba! |
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| Author: | DavPaz [ Mon May 21, 2018 11:29 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Bits and Bobs 49 |
Bamba wrote: So I had an 'interesting' moment at the weekend. I was down in London for a stag/hen do and staying at a Travelodge in Canary Wharf. I get up to go to the toilet in the middle of the night and, just as I'm sleepy-drunk realising that the door I've walked through was the door to the room and not that of the toilet, I hear the sickening clunk of it locking shut behind me. The trek down to reception to get a new room key was made much more interesting by the fact that I was totally naked. Fuck sake. Are you in a sitcom? I never sleep fully naked in a strange place. Too risky. At least you're buff now! |
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| Author: | Bamba [ Mon May 21, 2018 11:30 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Bits and Bobs 49 |
Cras wrote: And you went to The Tree! We did indeed. We went directly from there to a dingy basement bar so got both extremes. |
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| Author: | Bamba [ Mon May 21, 2018 11:31 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Bits and Bobs 49 |
DavPaz wrote: I never sleep fully naked in a strange place. Too risky. At least you're buff now! Yeah, the lesson learned here is to always pack sleepwear of some kind. I've done exactly this before years ago but was wearing pyjamas so it was nothing more than a minor inconvenience. This weekend's events were a whole other level. |
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| Author: | flis [ Mon May 21, 2018 11:40 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Bits and Bobs 49 |
Bamba wrote: So I had an 'interesting' moment at the weekend. I was down in London for a stag/hen do and staying at a Travelodge in Canary Wharf. I get up to go to the toilet in the middle of the night and, just as I'm sleepy-drunk realising that the door I've walked through was the door to the room and not that of the toilet, I hear the sickening clunk of it locking shut behind me. The trek down to reception to get a new room key was made much more interesting by the fact that I was totally naked. Fuck sake. This is the best thing to ever happen to anyone on Beex. |
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