Posts by AMBxx

Re: Yeah but, no but...

Only app you need in China is WeChat.

Re: Too bad it took a collision

>>> that's one mistake they'll not make again for long while

At least until the next project...

Re: Yes please

Biggest problem is backups and keeping onedrive all nicely in sync.

I've just uploaded nearly 3TB of ISO files. Took over 2 years!! Finished today.

Re: Oil & Water

I have the scars from managing Novell Netware. Windows was much easier and provided a far wider range of functionality. Just a shame it still a poorer file server than a product from 25 years ago.

Re: They suffer from keyboard problems too

I'm still pleased with my SP4. I just wish MS would do some more testing on their software updates. I seem to alternate between Wifi and Hello having problems after each update.

But I did only pay £500 for a £1500 device (MS demo machine, no checks at distributor for eligibility)

Re: IrDA

You could avoid the need for new light fittings if all the bulbs contained a wifi receiver - they could just flicker in one direction and wifi in the other.

Then again, you could just use wifi and forget all about this!

Re: RTFM

In the UK, once they're trapped, it's illegal to release them as they're vermin. Big problem with townies catching them to release them in the countryside - last thing our chickens need is bunch of foxes that aren't scared by the presence of people.

Re: umm what?

More a case of 'where are all the foreigners'? I do a lot of work with University data. You'd normally expect closer to 40% non-UK. Lower for the 'old' universities. Much higher for the ex-polys.

I agree with your sentiments, but the car allowance is typically going to be used to pay to own a car. Just because you're on maternity doesn't mean you no longer have to pay your car loan.

Re: So...

YMMV, but for me:

5 users O365 E3 with 5TB storage for each account

10 Windows 10 upgrade licences

bunch of Windows Server licences (I don't really understand the licensing of Server)

SQL Std (only 2 cores, ok for internal which is the intention)

$100 per month Azure credit (worth it just for that IMHO)

Then also:

Exchange licence

Bunch of stuff I don't use

Re: Gartner et al

>> Microsoft staffers complaining that MPN members do not engage with Microsoft,

How do we engage with MS then? By the time I've filled in one set of 'engagement' forms, they rename the process and release new documentation. There's a limit to the number of times I'm going to complete forms for them.

Re: Still miss my TechNet...

I normally get annoyed with all the Linux references. This time MS are really hurting small resellers. Guess I'll be running more Linux in the future too.

I'm not sure it was even tested!

I registered after my March VAT return. Turns out that if you register before your VAT payment has been take, the money just isn't taken - HMRC can't see that the VAT is due as it's marked as paid in the old system.

I've made a manual payment, but I'm now expecting that amoun to be deducted from the first payment under the new scheme.

I use multcloud to move data between cloud accounts. At the moment, I just move stuff between personal and business OneDrive accounts, plus a little bit to DropBox. Free tier enough for me, but the paid thing is only a few pounds per month to shuttle your data all over the place. You still have to pay for the storage with MS, DropBox or Google, but it's almost as good as backup if you really don't want anything local.

Re: Any laws being broken?

If your entire career is based upon forthcoming global disaster, it's not exaclty in your interests to prove it's not going to happen.

Try having a baby or a dead relative and not reporting it to the authorities.

They have a record for every one of us. The issue with ID is having to prove who you are. I certainly won't be carrying one.

Re: Not having a 'Plan B' is madness

I'm a freelancer. I've just had to write a business relience/continuity plan to keep a new customer happy.

I have regular, tested backups, plus no single piece of equipment that can't be swapped out in less than an hour. For power cuts, I have a generator. All data is stored in both cloud and locally.

I was pretty chuffed at how well I had unwittingly planned.

Only single point of failure is the landline needed for broadband. Even my mobile signal needs broadband as our mobile signal is too poor to use. Solution - alternative working location (my parents' house!).

Re: Back in the distant past, before I worked for HP...

I used to live within 30 minutes of Gatwick airport (south of London). In a penny-pinching move, company decided I had to fly from Luton even though an equivalent flight was available from Gatwick. It was at some ridiculously early time of day too.

Needless to say the return taxi trip to Luton soon made up the difference...

Beat me to it. Seems to me that it would make sense to take some harvested eggs along too and whatever gear you need for IVF. Still leaves the problem of the condition of the rest of the lady's plumbing until we manage to do the whole birth thing outside a human.