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The Ranting (or Venting) Thread.
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Paul1965
I haven't seen my friends in so long
Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2009 8:29 pm Posts: 5975
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My Dad uses BT and all the trouble he's had with them means I wouldn't touch them with a barge pole tbh but in fairness it may just be my Dad's general effect on technology that's the issue.
_________________ "I hadn't known there were so many idiots in the world until I started using the Internet." - Stanislaw Lem
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Tue Jun 27, 2017 7:41 pm |
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E. F. Benson
Doesn't have much of a life
Joined: Wed Sep 16, 2009 8:42 am Posts: 798 Location: land of the free, Bexhill-on-Sea
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It all started when I saw a deal on Money Saving Expert whereby BT would give new subscribers fibre plus calls inc line rental for something like £25 or less. But as an existing subscriber I couldn't get that. I was paying £53.99 and the phone was bringing it up to around £70. Realising things were getting a little out of hand I phoned to get a better deal. Despite my best efforts all they could manage was a tenner less for half the download speed and the quip "BT are expensive for a reason"...
oh and I forgot to mention how BT sport had suddenly become fiver a month too.
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Wed Jun 28, 2017 5:29 am |
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davrosG5
I haven't seen my friends in so long
Joined: Fri Apr 24, 2009 6:37 am Posts: 6954 Location: Peebo
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Loyalty rarely, if ever, pays with these things.
_________________ When they put teeth in your mouth, they spoiled a perfectly good bum. -Billy Connolly (to a heckler)
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Wed Jun 28, 2017 8:19 am |
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hifidelity2
I haven't seen my friends in so long
Joined: Fri Apr 24, 2009 1:03 pm Posts: 5041 Location: London
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I know Just renewed the Bike & the House insurance – Cost had gone up by 40% ish (Bike) and about 30% fpor the house After a bit it of comparisoning found similar cover for about the same as the original costs – rang them up and managed to get them to drop it back down So while a success should not really need to go to all that hassle
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Wed Jun 28, 2017 9:33 am |
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John_Vella
I haven't seen my friends in so long
Joined: Fri Apr 24, 2009 7:55 am Posts: 7935 Location: Manchester.
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That caused a double take, to say the least... I was wondering how long ago I must have posted that, given that my dad has been dead for about seven years! Then I realised it was a quote fail...
_________________John Vella BSc (Hons), PGCE - Still the official forum prankster and crude remarker Sorry I'll behave now. Promise
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Wed Jun 28, 2017 5:00 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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Trend Micro! We use Windows 10 and Trend Micro has problems with W10. This week, they released the German version of an update to their corporate AV solution.
Great, slap that on the server and... It trashes the server, instead of upgrading, it deletes the existing installation, then complains it can't install the new one, so no server solution... Try again and it installs, but the licensing information is gone. Managed to get it up and running and reapplied the license.
Now it refuses to talk to the PCs.
I worked until late last night and I haven't managed to get it working, so looking at rolling back (we have a Veeam back-up of the server before the upgrade)...
_________________ "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
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Thu Jun 29, 2017 4:20 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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Veeam is a dream, rolled the server back to the state it was in on Tuesday evening and et voilá, a working Trend Micro server.
_________________ "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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Thu Jun 29, 2017 9:21 am |
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pcernie
Legend
Joined: Sun Apr 26, 2009 12:30 pm Posts: 45931 Location: Belfast
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I remember when you could set up a direct debit without the three digit number on the back... is it suddenly more secure now that every fcuking online company is asking for it? Need to set something up by Sunday, so of course I'm miles away from my card and knowing all the details bar the wanky three digits I am sick to the back teeth of the facade of security online - it serves no purpose but to piss the customer off and cost the company money in lost revenue. Everybody knows it's companies that lose the fcuking data in the first place! If they haven't deployed security protocols made of wishful thinking, some tosser has left the company with the unhashed data behind said protocols. Passwords that only work at certain times for reasons unexplained. The checkout's so secure it won't actually take your information. If it lets you, you apparently have to enter every piece of information bar your inside leg measurement. Securecode, which has never worked correctly. Sagepay. Paypal opening in another browser on your phone for no fcuking reason. Mobile website checkout? Might as well send a raven. Need a password reminder? We'll say we've sent you one, but we haven't really...
_________________Plain English advice on everything money, purchase and service related:
http://www.moneysavingexpert.com/
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Sat Jul 01, 2017 6:44 pm |
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Burn_IT
Has a life
Joined: Fri Dec 13, 2013 6:44 pm Posts: 90 Location: Polesworth
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What is terrible is that as soon as you give them that "secure" three digit code, it is no longer secure!!!
_________________I cannot remember the last time I forgot something
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Sun Jul 02, 2017 12:00 pm |
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pcernie
Legend
Joined: Sun Apr 26, 2009 12:30 pm Posts: 45931 Location: Belfast
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_________________Plain English advice on everything money, purchase and service related:
http://www.moneysavingexpert.com/
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Sun Jul 02, 2017 2:27 pm |
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Paul1965
I haven't seen my friends in so long
Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2009 8:29 pm Posts: 5975
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One thing I am sick of is the phone I've got updating applications so that there's very little free space left. I get messages saying that 'Storage space is running out' and that 'some system functions may not work ,' but it's not like I'm filling up the space with needless applications. I've cut the software to the bare minimum and moved what I can to a memory card but the phone is just clogging up and becoming slow. Ridiculous.
I'm also sick of Adobe's weekly flash updates too.
_________________ "I hadn't known there were so many idiots in the world until I started using the Internet." - Stanislaw Lem
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Wed Jul 12, 2017 11:43 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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I deinstalled Flash 2.5 years ago, no updates since then...
_________________ "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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Wed Jul 12, 2017 11:54 am |
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l3v1ck
What's a life?
Joined: Fri Apr 24, 2009 10:21 am Posts: 12700 Location: The Right Side of the Pennines (metaphorically & geographically)
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You say that, but Plusnet ring me up annually to see if they can reduce my bill.
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Fri Jul 14, 2017 8:26 pm |
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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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Really? As of last month, I've been with them for twenty years and they haven't phoned me once, for anything other than returning a call.
_________________ 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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Sat Jul 15, 2017 8:28 am |
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l3v1ck
What's a life?
Joined: Fri Apr 24, 2009 10:21 am Posts: 12700 Location: The Right Side of the Pennines (metaphorically & geographically)
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Yep. Renewed when they called me last month. Same service for £5 a month less than I was paying before.
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Sun Jul 16, 2017 6:10 pm |
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