:yesyes: Totally agree! :thumbs:
Also, revert prisons to those as seen in the 18th and 19th centuries. Stone walls, bars for windows and dirt for a floor. Why do they deserve furniture? Let along radios, TVs, computers???
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:yesyes: Totally agree! :thumbs:
Also, revert prisons to those as seen in the 18th and 19th centuries. Stone walls, bars for windows and dirt for a floor. Why do they deserve furniture? Let along radios, TVs, computers???
I dont' ****ing believe it. That piece of shit bastard Cougarrinard has done it to me again. A few months ago he bought a comic from me in good condition and unlike him I charged the exact postage and packing price. I treated him like I do every customer and as I had 100% feedback and a star rating of at least 4.8 then I treat everyone well. Then today on what was probably the last day for him to leave feedback he leaves a negative with "cannot recommend a single thigs about seller or ID, best avoided, bad P&P, comms". What an utter a total piece of shit!!!!!! I was naive to have let him buy off me and think that he would've either forgotten or have been more mature about things so that's my own fault but at the moment I'm ready to kill the bastard. I've raised a dispute with ebay and if they remove the feedback then I'll be happy. If they don't then can anyone recommend another auction site?
And ebay replies that they don't remove negative feedback on these occasions. In other words they side with the person who earns them more money. I will follow ebay's recommendations to see if this matter can be resolved. If I get no joy then it's either set up a new account or leave ebay altogether. The other thing I can do is look on the Jolly Rogers Cookbook under letter bombs;).
So Steam offered Unreal tournament 3 Black Edition (or something like that) FREE! to try for last weekend only, I noticed on Friday so I tried to download it but no joy, to early I think so I'll try again tomorrow. Saturday afternoon 3pm I get home from work and think yeah I'll get that game downloaded and try it out, only to be greeted by the message "Steam servers are too busy please try again in a couple of minutes", OK I think maybe just a glitch I will wait the couple of minutes and try again, and again and again and again and again and again and then it was Sunday. So I am up about 8:30am on Sunday (fell asleep watching a film, I feel so old), figure I will start THAT download before breakfast by lunchtime I will be testing out a cool looking game with a vision to buy it and kick some multiplayer arse. No "Steam servers are too busy please try again in a couple of minutes" OK I think maybe just a glitch I will wait the couple of minutes and try again, and again and again and again and again and again and then it was Today and the "FREE" Weekend is over and the game is on offer at £9 but I haven't played it so I am not buying it and now after one Steam purchase I think I don't like them anymore. I did manage to download the new Watchmen game demo which incidentally I won't be buying either because it sucks, probably worse than the film I haven't seen yet but will be going to see this week sometime purely out of curiosity because I loved the graphic novel and feel sorry for Alan Moore who doesn't want any of his novels made into motion pictures. Understandable after all the ones they have ruined "V for Vendetta," "From Hell," "Constantine" and "The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen" and now "Watchmen".:mad::mad::wall::wall::mad::mad:
End Rant.
In that case, let's hope you don't get wrongfully convicted for rape and theft...... That would suck.Quote:
Originally Posted by Sharingan
;)
Which reminds me off a funny story... Back when I was in college I used to do summerjobs as a correctional officer at Ila (A maximum security penitentiary back in Norway) Anyhoo... there was this one inmate that had lost all his fingers in several..erm.. accidents.. anyways.. he threatened a buddy of mine that he was gonna literally kick his ass once he got out in 10 years. My colleague just looks at him for a couple of seconds then responds quite sardonically..
"Yep... that's pretty much ALL you can do."
FNARR FNARR!
Don't worry people.. plenty more funny stories were that came from.. :p
Today I sent an email to a ebay customer advising him that his parcel has been posted today. The reply I've gotten back isvia email. Now, English is my first language and like most British people, people for whom English is a second language have a better idea about the structure etc of the language. However I have to say that text speak is the most vile thing to happen. The thing is now that phones can send bigger messages there isn't any need for it anyway and why the **** use it in an email when size doesn't count!!!!!!!! M8 is a grid reference in battleships not a ****ing word. The English language is a beautifully versatile language don't pollute it by using text speak.Quote:
ok m8 np
Txt speak does annoy me too. Especially in emails. I sometimes let people off if I know they are sending an email reply from their phone though because mobiles are still very slow to type full words on unless you have something like the N97 with a qwerty keyboard.
Don't worry, the coming generation will be illiterate anyway so they will ALL be flipping burgers.
I'm a mod on a DS forum and one guy has illegibly been posting every single day for an infinite lives cheat (or never die cheat as he put it) for an old DS game Call of Duty: World at War that he has seen on another site but has not been put into the cheat codes for the R4. After several days of him begging for this cheat code I told him stop posting everyday and wait patiently. Several times. In bold. In large fonts. With him asking for me to be nice as he is 17 you know. I thought the only way to shut this "person" up (I'm still trying to be polite but I can feel the vein on my temple ready to explode) I'll have to see if I can add the cheat myself. So I download the EU ROM and find that it all ready has an infinite lives cheat. I download the US ROM and that doesn't. So I look on the website where the cheat is and it's for the US version. So I get a cheat editor and add the cheat to the database and create a usable version for the R4. I then load up the game with the cheat enabled but to get to a part to test the new cheat I have to waste my time with basic training. Finally I get to a part to test the cheat and it doesn't work. So I post on the forum for people not to waste their time editing the cheat codes as it doesn't work and I suggested that he uses the EU version and just renames his .sav file. Today, the numpty, brain dead moron of a yank (who can't do the cheat editing because he has no PC and is posting from his Wii) says that the cheat does work as a friend has tried it for him and then double posted saying "yes but EU HAVE NO NEVER DIE CHEAT[[[[[" even though it has. I know because I've tried it. And the fecker is getting mad at me for trying to help him!!!!! So I've ended up just leaving it with
"Yes it does and believe me the cheat for infinite lives does not work on the US rom that is downloadable from the main site I know I wasted my time downloading the US and EU ROM and programmed the cheat for the US ROM and waded through basic training only for it not to work.
If you're not happy with all the effort I've put into this for you then you can always go out, buy a PC and try it for yourself."
If that muppet is an example of the produce from the American education system then the world is doomed.
Are the quality of ebay auction pages getting worse?
I'm sure these days, descriptions are often far more brief than they used to be, and pictures are much worse.
If you click on the picture, it will open one which is only a tiny bit bigger than the one in the listing. Some auctions do have larger images but I expect the seller has to pay for this. Obviously this does not apply if someone hosts the images themselves (like I do) and inserts them using HTML. But most auctions tend to use ebay image hosting.
A lot of auctions also just seem to have a copied-and-pasted description/spec list from the manufacturers/suppliers website with no original writing. Or just one of those boxes where ebay fills in the specs for you. When I tried to sell my Newton Messagepad, it tried to automatically make me include some detailed information, but I don't think it had any luck in finding anything. In fact, I didn't even include specs, as the kind of person who would want to buy a Newton would probably know what (s)he was looking for. It was bought by someone who appears to be a bit of an Apple collector.
Perhaps now we are well into the 21st Century and every tom dick or harry has internet access, loads of people who don't have a clue how to use a computer want to get rid of their old technology which they know nothing about so use ebay which is the biggest site and tries to do it all for you.
This particularly tickled me, can't beat a good rant!Quote:
Originally Posted by Buleste
I do hate auctions with brief or no descriptions. You see them with just the part saying its a used item filled in, and nothing else at all in the actual item's page. They are hoping it will sell purely on the title and an image. Mad. I always go to a lot of trouble to list things on ebay, and put effort into a details description, giving as much information as I can along with images, and normally they sell fairly quickly.
And you still find the same idiots on there as always.
I contacted one seller recently to ask about postage costs, but I got no reply back. I did bid on and win the item anyway, then he sent me the invoice with a message saying he wouldn't be posting it for a week as he would be away, so I didn't rush to pay for the item, sending payment a couple of days later, 4 days before he said he would post it.
The item finally arrived ok about 2 weeks later, so it was much longer than he said he was going to post it. I left him positive feedback anyway as the item was in good condition, but the packaging it arrived in was open so it could have easily fallen out had it not been for the postman taking care. So I said in the feedback "Item as described. But postage a bit slow, poor packing and limited comms." He sent me positive feedback back in return, but wrote "Paid eventually, Needs to be less anal. Hassled me endlessly prior to bidding."
If being anal is asking a question about an item you are selling, and paying for an item 2 days after winning an auction because the seller said they won't bother posting it for at least a week, then I sure hope they never get a job in sales of any kind. Idiot!
I bought a 5 pin DIN lead off ebay in November. It didn't turn up when I expected it to, but I gave it a bit longer as some of the post was delayed due to the recent snow. I notified the seller and he said to wait a bit longer so I did, and in the mean time, I ordered another cable from CPC, as I was ordering some other stuff from them at the same time.
The one from ebay still hadn't come and Royal Mail seemed to have delivered all the post that had been waiting for me in Rotherham. I notified the seller the other day and he posted me another one.
Today, both the replacement which was posted the other day, and one with a post mark of 29th November turned up on my door mat. So now I have three 5 pin DIN cables. I suppose I will offer to pay the seller for the additional cable and keep both as spares.
Also, I bought some Specialized Sub-Zero gloves from a cycling shop. They had the 2009 model on half price for 20 quid (normally 40 quid). They have a very good reputation for keeping hand warm in very cold weather. And we have certainly had sub-zero temperatures recently, so what better way to test them than to go out for a ride.
Well, my hands were freezing for most of the journey, just as they were when I used them the other week. Fortunately though, my fingers didn't go numb. Normally with thinner gloves my fingers will go numb. However, on my way back from the shops today, when I was going up hill (and putting more effort in), and the sun was shining, my hands were a bit warmer.
I highly doubt that this is down to the gloves being unsatisfactory. I have worn many pairs of gloves in the cold over the years and I have never worn a pair which have actually kept my fingers warm. But at least they didn't go numb, which is a good start as I hate it when they go numb.
I also bought some neoprene overshoes to wear over my cycling shoes. Apparently these are supposed to keep your feet nice and warm. Well, they didn't keep them warm as such, but again, they stopped my toes from going numb, and did block out the wind.
I updated Opera to its latest version, 11, on my Windows XP system.
Whoever designed the new address bar wants shooting.
It removes the HTTP bit and any query strings. How am I suppose to know where I am if that is removed?
Fortunately, that is an easily turn offable 'feature'.
But, now it is trying to rip off Chrome and IE by introducing the pointless and annoying feature of graying out everything but the domain. Why? It doesn't do anything about make the address harder to read. Even if it is all the same colour, it is still obvious that I am currently on classicamiga.com because it says so, regardless of the colour.
I'm not sure whether it does this graying out thing in Linux, as I am still using version 9 on Linux, and the Linux version doesn't try and make me update, it just recommends updating using the system's own updater, and, there are no newer versions in the repository.
My copy of Opera updated itself to 11 last week, but I only had a quick look before closing it again. Hasn't spotted the removal of the prefix to URLs. I suppose it does make URLs a lot more user friendly for general internet home users. Browsers tend to automatically add the http:// or https:// part anyway. Not sure about the greying out of the URL though. I suppose it emphasises the domain more, which a lot of people will like.
The thing I do like about Opera is how fast it is, and also that they are continuing to do things their own way. It gives you a lot more screen real estate than most other browsers.
My main experience with Opera is that it does everything on its own, that you can do in Firefox but need addons for.
Apparently the new address bar is for 'the majority of internet users who may not understand query string'. Pointless for me though.
Does anyone here use IE these days? I still occaisionally use IE5 and IE6 on older systems just because it is there, but have only used IE7 briefly at school and college.
Todays rants
My place at Doncaster College is still not on UCAS' system. I called Doncaster College and they say they cannot put the place on the system because it says that I haven't paid my UCAS fee.
The cheque cleared on the 20th January so they certainly have been paid.
Also, the Jobcentre still haven't sorted the claim which I made on the 17th January.
Also, my ex-employer appears to not have paid me all that they owe me. I will have to write to them to query this.
Not sure if I have mentioned it, but the grant I got for my tuition fee on my failed HNC course (which started in 2009) was recovered by the Student Loans Company.
Therefore I received an invoice from the college for a revised tuition fee (much lower than the original as it only covers the time I was there).
The Student Loans Company would not confirm to me that they recovered the grant until recently. (I had to confirm this before considering paying the college as the college *could* just be making this up).
However, I don't think the SLC were right to recover the grant in the first place. Unfortunately, they have ignored my letters and not returned my telephone calls despite requesting a callback from an assessor several times.
In the mean time, college remains with no money and now the matter has been passed onto a company called ACT Credit Management Ltd [read: Debt Collectors]:blink:.
Of course, had the SLC given me correct information when I asked for it, and replied to my enquiries, this whole issue could have been dealt with back in February.:yesyes:
Don't get me started on Jobcentre Plus.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/NETGEAR-Swit...89721&sr=1-139
I'm curious to know why you would buy a switch with a can of dust removal spray, wet wipe dispenser, and foam cleaner.
Anyone know what a tinterworldwidewebnetthing is?:tumbleweed:
No idea, have you tried looking on the tinterworldwidewebnetthing ;)
I Googled it, but I only get links to this page.
That's what those from up tut north in Yorkshire call the Internet. You should know that r Steve.Quote:
Originally Posted by Stephen Coates
484 days after the election and still we have no government here in belgium.
those politicians don't mind, they get payed anyway.
i'm ashamed to be belgian !
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Originally Posted by demusse
I am from Portugal, can you imagine that? We just can't think like that man, must keep a positve mind that someday it will get better.
hard to keep a positive mind when you have to scrape the bottom of your wallet just to pay the bills mate.
i saddens me that i even consider selling my amiga stuff after receiving a tax bill of 1300€.
meanwhile members of government who decide to quit their job in office receive sickening high farewell bonusses, just to start an even higher paid job on a lower level. :no::no::no:
and the belgians just swallow this injustice, only ranting in the local pub !
Quite similar here... govement did a lot of sh** in the last 20 years, allways with that "the next goverment will close the door", till then, lets spend money...
we saw a lot of strange decitions, like for example building a TGV train from Lisbon to Porto (300km line)... if they want to connenct lisbon to Europe in high speed line, that's ok, connect Lisbon to Madrid, but, between 2 cities in Portugal is spending a lot of money, special when we allready have a train capable of going to 230Km/h !!!!! but our train rails were done for a maximum of 150km/h or something ike that, so why have a train that can go to 230 km/h when most of the trip cannot go far then 120 km /h ????? and now they want TGV !!!!! shi** build only the train rails....
the list would go on and on... of never ending shi** :mad:
My girlfriend failed the driver's license test today, she went to the highway, got scared about a passing car, didn't know how to react, so the instructor had to grab the steering wheel. Cost her 30 points, which is immediate fail.
It's not that it's sooo bad, as she can probably take the test in 1-2 months again, but as I have to pay for the whole stuff, and she will need now to take again 8 lessons of an hour, which cost 68€/hour, so make the calculation for yourselves :dry:
Sounds like she wasn't ready to take the test... above all you have to be confident on the road or you will at some point have a crash... and it is better she is safe.
€68 per hour for lessons is quite expensive, although I have no idea what they cost here in the UK any more. When I past my test about 17 years ago i think I was paying £13 for 1.5 hour lessons.
Do you have to take written tests as well as a practical in Luxembourg? Here in the UK they have to take a written multiple choice test before they can then learn to drive and take the practical test to get the license. And I think the written test results are valid for some time so once passed they don't need to take it again until it expires. When i did my test we just had the practical test and nothing else. I'm actually not sure I would want to learn to drive these days as the volume of traffic has really increased in the last 15+ years and the cost of driving too. A guy I worked with was 20 years old and past his test. He bought an old Vauxhall (Opel) Astra 1.4 that was about 15 years old and he had to pay £1400 for the insurance! Mad.
You also have to take a practical test before, only if you pass, you can start with the driving lessons.
I was reading PC Pro's website the other day, and I got this advert for IE9:
http://stevecoates.net/stuff/ie9.jpg
The reason it appears that I am not using Internet Explorer is probably because I'm on Linux.
Actually I asked her again, and one hour costs 58€, and not 68€. But that's still a lot.
I am fed up of giving everyone my neatly stacked and stapled documents to people to photocopy (usually for their own use), just to get it returned to me with the staple removed, or removed and replaced with one which is not as neat.
The only reason I can see for this is so that they can put the document into a photocopier's sheet feeder.
Is it really necessary to remove the staple and use a sheet feeder? How hard can it be to lift the lid up and put the paper on the glass?:mad:
Many places will accept a Photocopy you make yourself if you show them the original alongside the photocopy. Saves them the time to copy it, and your original remains in your possession at all times.
I'm referring more to other people whom you simply give a document to when they ask, e.g. office staff (amongst others).
That's exactly what I meant Steve. If they ever ask me at work to bring documents in for their records I just provide them with a photocopy I've made myself and they always accept them.
Right now, at this exact moment, is my girlfriend's second try for the driving license. She started 9:40, and probably will have to drive for about 30 minutes.
Let's hope she will make it this time :thumbs::thumbs::thumbs:
EDIT: Got the message now, she failed again :(
---------- Post added at 11:30 ---------- Previous post was at 09:52 ----------
She crossed a solid line when driving up to a highway, and apparently that's a fatal mistake which costs you 20 points, and you can lose a maximum of 15.
The examiner and instructor said that she drove really well, and that she didn't make ANY other mistake, but rules are rules.
I just thought that they could have turned a blind eye to it, and tell her that she really should pay attention to that stuff next time, and given her the license. I mean, what's the point, it's not that fatal. If you cross a solid line on a country road f.ex. to double someone, that would be dangerous, but this, I don't know.
I only know that now it will be again 522€ more to pay, f**cking bullshit :mad:
Sorry to hear that. She must be quite upset.
When you say solid line, do you mean up the middle of the road? Like we have 2 solid lines in the UK up the middle meaning no overtaking?
€522? Is that the cost of taking the test?
It's the solid line when you come up to the highway, I show you on a picture, that's easier to explain. It's like in the formula one when you come out of the boxstop, you're not allowed to drive over the solid line.
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y18...a/12660797.jpg
You have to wait until the line is "dashed", before you can cross it.
She has now to drive 8 hours again, 58€/hour, and the exam itself is also 58€, thus 522€. That will be then already together 2400€ I have to pay, and she still has to pass, otherwise you can always add another 522€.
Why are you paying for it though? Why doesn't she pay for it?Quote:
That will be then already together 2400€ I have to pay,
Oh, OK that image explains it. We don't have solid lines on entry sliproads in the UK, just dashed lines. Your way sounds safer. Although we do have hatched areas you are not meant to cross, so similar I suppose.
And in the UK tests they don't include our motorways. Learners are not allowed on them either.
We were driving the way she had to drive on Saturday, and I saw now what the problem was. You're coming on the highway from a 270 degree turn, and the solid line goes for 200m, because this acts like a speeding lane, otherwise you would come to the highway with 40km/h, which would be dangerous, and that's why you have to accelerate on that lane, and after 200m, the line becomes dashed and you can cross it.
@Stephen: My girlfriend only works 19 hours a week, she only makes little money, that of course she also needs for herself.
It would be good if they used that system in the UK. Car's joining from a sliproad here just have the dotted line with no required distance to speed up first, so often we do get slow cars joining in front and causing cars on the road to brake. Although common sense is to speed up to the speed to match the traffic, not all drivers do this, especially older or new drivers.
And it will get worse if they decide to introduce the speed increase on our motorways, which will then be 80 MPH (129 KPH)
Guess what guys?
This morning was the next effort of my girlfriend trying to pass the driver's license exam. And you know what, she failed again!! Apparently she missed one or two priorities from the right, as there were no signs, and she couldn't see the road coming. Too bad.
The whole thing now starts to get me angry, and I start to doubt now if she's even able to drive around with a car? Perhaps it would be better for her not to drive, as probably she would have an accident driving like she does at the moment.
3rd time she fails?
why don't you pick a nice, calm place, far from traffic, isolated, and practise a bit with her?
Sometimes taking some time away from trying to drive is a good idea, then come back to it in a couple of months. Might allow her time to relax and refocus? Might also allow her time to consider if she actually needs to be able to drive.
A friend of mine took 6 attempts to pass and whilst he isn't the best driver in the world, he is far from the worst. Often it can just be nerves or it just takes a lot of time to build the confidence, or the observation skills needed to drive.
When I spoke to her, she explained me. After the exam, she spoke to her instructor, who thought that she would pass, as again she drove quite well he said. But the examiner decided to let her fail, as she missed one priority, and apparently she was driving a bit too much on the right side!!! How stupid is that? I guess that another, less fussy examiner would have let her pass.
She told me that she doesn't have problems with the driving itself, she only panics to fast and is afraid of making mistakes, especially during the exams.
@Tiago
I cannot drive with her, as my car is automatic, and she must drive with a manual car.
When if driving is not the major problem, and attention and relaxition is the problem, she has to me calm.
didnt she take any kind of medical stuff to calm her down? There are some light pills that calm you down without taking off you reflextions.
Just to be not so nervous.
She went to the doctor last week exactly for that, and he gave her some pills. She takes them now since one week, and they also help, but didn't help to pass the exam unfortunately. But she said that she didn't cry this time after failing, she was just emotionless, and that's probably because of the pills, she feels a lot calmer she says.
Why do some f****** people have to use f****** swear word so many f****** times in a f****** sentence?
Not only is it f****** annoying, but its also gets f****** boring.
The f****** part time second year students at college are particularly f****** good at it.
Finally!!!
She made it on her 4th effort. Yesterday morning she called me at 11:15, and told me that she passed. I told her not to tell me when the exam would take place, as I didn't want to know and to be worried and waiting again. She told me that that morning she would have a lesson, and even the next day, today, she would also have a lesson. Cheeky baby.
I'm as happy as her, and finally we can pick her car up from the guy who still has it in his garage, for now already 2 months.
And btw, she passed without one single mistake, so I guess she's not that bad ;) Let's hope so.