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forquare1
I haven't seen my friends in so long
Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2009 6:36 pm Posts: 5158 Location: /dev/tty0
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It's easily done, especially when your glasses are half-bottle sized...
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Thu Nov 10, 2011 9:57 am |
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Spreadie
I haven't seen my friends in so long
Joined: Fri Apr 24, 2009 6:06 pm Posts: 6355 Location: IoW
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It's plainly obvious that Eugene Tooms has returned...  Just be thankful you still have a liver!
_________________ Before you judge a man, walk a mile in his shoes; after that, who cares?! He's a mile away and you've got his shoes!
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Thu Nov 10, 2011 11:33 am |
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EddArmitage
I haven't seen my friends in so long
Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2009 9:40 pm Posts: 5288 Location: ln -s /London ~
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Application forms annoy me. For 'questions' like "Please outline your interest in and experience of relevant areas, you could tell us about your research interests, your career aspirations, critically analyse a past piece of work and how it relates to your future direction, or if you are coming from a different discipline contextualise how that experience connects with computer animation/ film/ visual effects or gaming." I'd much rather be asked in an interview and have a proper discussion about things, but cheapness wins yet again...
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Thu Nov 10, 2011 5:22 pm |
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HeatherKay
Moderator
Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2009 6:13 pm Posts: 7262 Location: Here, but not all there.
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As you know, I'm in the job market. The following annoys me. Job descriptions, written by committee in flowery management speak and running on for at least a page and half in my browser, which expect entirely unreasonable amounts of experience - some of which is outside the remit of the actual job on offer - for what is basically a junior post. The kind of job I can do in my sleep, but expects me to be not only Mary Poppins in my main core skills, but supremely competent in everything else the company gets involved in as well. The kind of job I will apply for, even though I know full well I won't be offered a first interview. The kind of job that will be offered to someone who is not me. 
_________________My Flickr | Snaptophobic BloggageHeather Kay: modelling details that matter. "Let my windows be open to receive new ideas but let me also be strong enough not to be blown away by them." - Mahatma Gandhi.
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Sat Nov 12, 2011 8:35 am |
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finlay666
Spends far too much time on here
Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2009 9:40 pm Posts: 4876 Location: Newcastle
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In work... on a saturday... again
Amazes me that on top of the large project deadline nooming they think it's fine to pull me off it to spend 2 days on other projects and in meetings. The dev deadline is this Friday FFS (which I'm not in for)
_________________TwitterCharlie Brooker: Macs are glorified Fisher-Price activity centres for adults; computers for scaredy cats too nervous to learn how proper computers work; computers for people who earnestly believe in feng shui.
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Sat Nov 12, 2011 12:45 pm |
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big_D
What's a life?
Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2009 8:25 pm Posts: 10691 Location: Bramsche
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F'ing smartphones! The GF's younger brother has an htc Sensation... He got it on his renewed contract with T-Mobile. But: 1) He doesn't use the Internet on his PC 2) He doesn't have a Google Mail account (GMail is a trademarked name in Germany and Google's mail service is name@googlemail.com here). 3) He didn't get a new SIM, when he changed phones, so he has no Internet connectivity on the phone 4) He didn't bother to set it up to even work on his WLAN network at his shop 5) All his phone numbers are still in the SIM card, so he wanted to know how he could save them, before swapping it out against the new SIM card. 6) He never connected the phone to his PC to make a backup or synchronise it. 7) He expected me to do it, but didn't bring the power supply for his 5 year old laptop, so the battery was flat by the time we had downloaded and installed the software!
_________________ "Do you know what this is? Hmm? No, I can see you do not. You have that vacant look in your eyes, which says hold my head to your ear, you will hear the sea!" - Londo Molari
Executive Producer No Agenda Show 246
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Sun Nov 13, 2011 8:32 am |
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belchingmatt
I haven't seen my friends in so long
Joined: Fri May 15, 2009 3:16 am Posts: 6146 Location: Middle Earth
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Corrected. 
_________________ Dive like a fish, drink like a fish!
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If one is diving so close to the limits that +/- 1% will make a difference then the error has already been made.
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Sun Nov 13, 2011 8:48 am |
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big_D
What's a life?
Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2009 8:25 pm Posts: 10691 Location: Bramsche
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Not just the family, I've just posted a longer, questioning version in the Gadgets section. It is exactly the same at work, we have iPhone users with 3GS models, which have never been plugged into a PC, since they were initially activated and still have old versions of the firmware and OS on them...
_________________ "Do you know what this is? Hmm? No, I can see you do not. You have that vacant look in your eyes, which says hold my head to your ear, you will hear the sea!" - Londo Molari
Executive Producer No Agenda Show 246
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Sun Nov 13, 2011 9:00 am |
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cloaked_wolf
What's a life?
Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2009 8:46 pm Posts: 10022
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I paid a fair amount for a Dremel 4000. It came with lots of attachments. But you what'd be really useful? A decent set of instructions!
The kit came with cutting discs. But I can't figure out how to attach it! There's a few spindle type things and one has a screw on. Took the screw out, placed the disc on top and then tried to screw it in. Didn't work! The screw just won't fit through the hole in the cutting disc!
Looked on the web and they tell me to do what I've been trying to do!
Gaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaarrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrggggggggggggggggggggggghhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!
_________________ He fights for the users.
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Sun Nov 13, 2011 11:03 am |
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belchingmatt
I haven't seen my friends in so long
Joined: Fri May 15, 2009 3:16 am Posts: 6146 Location: Middle Earth
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If you can't work out what to do without a manual then you shouldn't have purchased it. 
_________________ Dive like a fish, drink like a fish!
><(((º>`•.¸¸.•´¯`•.¸><(((º> •.¸¸.•´¯`•.¸><(((º>`•.¸¸.•´¯`•.¸><(((º>
If one is diving so close to the limits that +/- 1% will make a difference then the error has already been made.
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Sun Nov 13, 2011 11:25 am |
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saspro
Site Admin
Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2009 5:53 pm Posts: 8603 Location: location, location
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Undo screw, screw it through the cutting disk in to the spindle. Job done
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Mon Nov 14, 2011 10:32 am |
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cloaked_wolf
What's a life?
Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2009 8:46 pm Posts: 10022
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It doesn't fit through the hole in the cutting disc! That's the main problem for me. The screw is too big. I've tried ensuring the thread goes through but TBH the hold in the cutting disc is tiny, maybe 1mm.
_________________ He fights for the users.
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Mon Nov 14, 2011 10:36 am |
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Spreadie
I haven't seen my friends in so long
Joined: Fri Apr 24, 2009 6:06 pm Posts: 6355 Location: IoW
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What you need is a Dremel, to drill a bigger hole in your cutting discs. 
_________________ Before you judge a man, walk a mile in his shoes; after that, who cares?! He's a mile away and you've got his shoes!
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Mon Nov 14, 2011 10:41 am |
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saspro
Site Admin
Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2009 5:53 pm Posts: 8603 Location: location, location
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You just need to push harder with the screwdriver.
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Mon Nov 14, 2011 10:45 am |
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belchingmatt
I haven't seen my friends in so long
Joined: Fri May 15, 2009 3:16 am Posts: 6146 Location: Middle Earth
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I have a shoe size of about UK 10-11, depending on the shoes. Socks that range from sizes 6-11 are unsuitable, they lose comfort and thermal properties and wear out too bloody fast. I wish the manufacturers would offer smaller ranges, or ranges that overlapped more.
Penny pinching cost saving maggots.
_________________ Dive like a fish, drink like a fish!
><(((º>`•.¸¸.•´¯`•.¸><(((º> •.¸¸.•´¯`•.¸><(((º>`•.¸¸.•´¯`•.¸><(((º>
If one is diving so close to the limits that +/- 1% will make a difference then the error has already been made.
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