Posts by Toni the terrible

Re: 2G is perfect for this

EE sent me an text saying I would have to change my phone's settings to 4G or 5G, despite my phone telling me it used 4G - couldn't find the settings they wanted me to change anyway.

Re: No corruption here.

The smart meter display device also came with batteries, which lasted 3 days......

Re: No corruption here.

My taking photos involves me getting down on the floor and wriggling into the cabinet under the stairs with a digital camera, easier than the smart phone, taking a few shots then wrigging backwards until out then trying to get up - not so easy these days.

Re: No corruption here.

My last physical meter reading was in 2011

Re: No corruption here.

I eventually got smart meter cos of the incessant nagging by Shell, which I find just after installation is soon to be Octapus. They aslo quried my meter readings making me send them ohtos.

Re: Now planning a BBQ

scotish blacklace you mean?

Re: Love this

All part of the Rise of the Machines plan!

Re: Immature

Pedal bikes on Mars.... not before Pigs in Spaccccce

Re: "because if you unplug your car, your house goes dark"

Now there are many places where one car per household (or none) is the norm and alt transport methods are rare or very inconvenient. It has been argued that having no cars is actually better -if there are alt transport methods.

Re: Easy win but challenging keep.

A low level worker says; You do the job to the best of your ability and then the higher ups mess it up - repeatedly and then either sack you or remove the necessary function for profit.

Re: Easy win but challenging keep.

it can always get worse -see all History

Re: Easy win but challenging keep.

he made one train run on time, the one that carried him to Rome to takeover

Sir Humprey was competant - Jim Hacker was not

Oddly, the captain of the national ship and his officers never take the reponsibility when the ship begins to list toward easily seen icebergs

That's why they have council workers - to ignore if it doesnt meet their political views.

Re: Equal Pay

It is not surprising that they sell too low and then watch as a enterprising guy sells for a huge profit - the government does this all the time to help its close freiends....

Re: Just the text

OneDrive? I had a message from MS saing they were going to delete docs on my OneDrive cos I hadn't used OneDrive for 2 years. I am not sure what OneDrive is for tho.

Re: So LibreOffice it is then.

I switched to Ashampoo office, why, no reason I just got fed up with msOffice - just dont need the functions etc.

Re: So LibreOffice it is then.

Send me nothing but RTF, I got no time to deal with exotica like Word docx

Re: Kids nowadays ... Sigh!

Whats wrong with Wordperfect, now don't all you shout at once.....

Re: Meanwhile, in Japan...

If the boars eat too many radioactive fungai do they become self-roasting boar?

Pharoh Tut's Dads Capital City also?

Re: What will they call it?

Private Military Corporations (PMC) existing forever as mercenaries e.g., The White Company etc

Re: They keep trying to build in deserts

far too many things to list

Re: They keep trying to build in deserts

Energy Crisis? Just build more nukes, just not on the faults amd solar farms....

Re: They keep trying to build in deserts

Copy the Ozzie Opal Miners and build underground...

Re: don't forget

Arcologies are not a new concept, maybe they intend to incorporate Fremen tech?

Regulations WRT safety of radioactives have reduced the quantity of stuff thought to be safe over the years, and depends on which agency is pontificationg.

Re: "radically alter the workflow of medical professionals, without their input"

I recently deletd Microsoft Office in favour of Ashampoo Office - cos it is simpler and cleaner (Timotei!)

Re: "radically alter the workflow of medical professionals, without their input"

It wasnt written down until millenium after they were informed about it and they had got as far as cuniform

Re: "radically alter the workflow of medical professionals, without their input"

Nah, junk that use AI to sort it all out

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