SPAM random annoying things

[caLLous]

Very much not annoying.

 

[old.user4556]

Very much not annoying.

How did your broadband test come out?

 

[caLLous]

How did your shut the fuck up?

 

[old.user4556]

It was good!

Went to download the test, not enough space - fail.

I need a new primary SSD.

 

[caLLous]

The only reason I'm posting this test a day later than everybody else was because it took so fucking long to download.

 

[MYstIC G]

Not quite an 11 but it did download in 5 minutes

 

[Moriath]

Virgin modem has died. No power nada. No where on the plug to allow you to change a fuse. Silly sealed units. So have to wait upto 72 hours to get a new one delivered. Zzzz

 

[Tom]

You can check the fuse by testing for continuity between the live pin on the plug and the live terminal inside the modem, which will be simple enough to gain access to.

Obviously you should not do this with the modem plugged into the wall.

 

[Moriath]

You can check the fuse by testing for continuity between the live pin on the plug and the live terminal inside the modem, which will be simple enough to gain access to.

Obviously you should not do this with the modem plugged into the wall.

Makes no difference i cant change it in the plug anyway. And i dont have another with a connector that will fit the socket on the modem.

I dont have a volt meter or similar to check either

 

[Tom]

I'm guessing it's one of those figure-8 telefunken connectors? You can check continuity with lots of things. It's unlikely to be the fuse anyway, I can't remember the last time a fused appliance I own needed a new fuse.

I have an older Virgin superhub in a box but I don't think you live near me.

 

[Moriath]

No its one of the little round plugs. Its i guess got the transformer in the plug iteslf. And a socket that slots around a pin on the router.

Nah dont live near you.

Thanks for the thought tho.

 

[Tom]

Fuck sake, trying to remove some data package from my Vodafone account and the livechat person is asking how my day has been. I know he isn't interested, I'm not interested, just do what I ask please and let me get on with my life...

 

[old.user4556]

Totally.

Here's one - what are the social rules of offering stuff for free to people? I've got an old set of golf clubs in the garage which I was about to chuck in the bin, but I thought I'd offer them out to mates for free. Conversation with one of my mates went along the lines of "oh, I'll take them" so I said "cool, can you come get them?" he was like "aye, or bring them through when you're next through here". There's been a couple of opportune moments to hand them over but it never quite worked out, so text today and said "these clubs have been in the garage for ages, can I bring them through tomorrow when I see you?" and he said "well I won't have the car with me so can't take them". I finished the convo saying "either you pick them up on Saturday, or they go in the bin Sunday".

I think if you offer stuff up for free then the other person should make the effort to come and get whatever it is you're giving away for fucking free, I'm not a storage facility. This has gone on for months now, he can't be that serious about taking them off my hands.

 

[CorNokZ]

Fuck sake, trying to remove some data package from my Vodafone account and the livechat person is asking how my day has been. I know he isn't interested, I'm not interested, just do what I ask please and let me get on with my life...

Tell him your significant other died and that you are on the brink of killing yourself if your problem isn't resolved quickly

"You could say that my life is in your hands.. Now chop chop!"

 

[Moriath]

Fuck sake, trying to remove some data package from my Vodafone account and the livechat person is asking how my day has been. I know he isn't interested, I'm not interested, just do what I ask please and let me get on with my life...

Most likely isnt a person lol

 

[Ormorof]

Totally.

Here's one - what are the social rules of offering stuff for free to people? I've got an old set of golf clubs in the garage which I was about to chuck in the bin, but I thought I'd offer them out to mates for free. Conversation with one of my mates went along the lines of "oh, I'll take them" so I said "cool, can you come get them?" he was like "aye, or bring them through when you're next through here". There's been a couple of opportune moments to hand them over but it never quite worked out, so text today and said "these clubs have been in the garage for ages, can I bring them through tomorrow when I see you?" and he said "well I won't have the car with me so can't take them". I finished the convo saying "either you pick them up on Saturday, or they go in the bin Sunday".

I think if you offer stuff up for free then the other person should make the effort to come and get whatever it is you're giving away for fucking free, I'm not a storage facility. This has gone on for months now, he can't be that serious about taking them off my hands.

I kinda agree but it cuts both ways, if you offer someone something for free then piss about with actually providing it, that pisses me off

Lifts are a prime example, once was offered a lift home from work and becauseof the various detours and waiting around in office i ended up home much later than i normally would have

 

[old.user4556]

Aye that is annoying, that's generally why I'm like "first refusal, it goes to the tip next weekend, if you want it then come get it before then".

On the subject of lifts, sometimes you take your chances because other people's urgency doesn't match with one's own urgency.

 

[TdC]

reading a concept contract offered to me by a company with a really awesome challenge waiting for me to pick up -that I really want to do- only to find that they've based their offer around less pay for more hours, losing a bunch of secondary perks, and a non-competition clause that is so broad that it would basically ban me from working in "IT" for a year if I ever left them.


meeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeehhhhhhh :-/

 

[DaGaffer]

reading a concept contract offered to me by a company with a really awesome challenge waiting for me to pick up -that I really want to do- only to find that they've based their offer around less pay for more hours, losing a bunch of secondary perks, and a non-competition clause that is so broad that it would basically ban me from working in "IT" for a year if I ever left them.


meeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeehhhhhhh :-/

Non-competes are pretty worthless in most of Europe, certainly one as broad as that, so I wouldn't worry about that too much. As for the rest...

 

[Ormorof]

Yeah they arent enforcable in EU afaik

 

[TdC]

so why put it in at all? unenforceable things grind my gears tbh!

 

[DaGaffer]

Yeah they arent enforcable in EU afaik

That's not entirely true; they vary a lot inside the EU, but they are generally are very limited in scope and restriction. I looked up the Netherlands and the main provision is about not nicking customers.

 

[Moriath]

My company wanted me to sign a thing like that which was for six months after i left, given that it was a three month notice period that meant basically nine months not able to join one of their competitors.

Told them to stuff it and looked for another job

 

[Raven]

They are about as enforceable as Labour's manifesto.

But as a signal of worthless company, fuck them off, any company that is willing to try such bollocks is not worth working for.

 

[Bodhi]

Getting a row of seats all to yourself on a 2 hour delayed redeye flight back from LA, then finding out the seats have fixed armrests.

Fuck you American Airlines. Fuck you.

 

[Scouse]

Non-competes are pretty worthless in most of Europe, certainly one as broad as that, so I wouldn't worry about that too much. As for the rest...

You'd think so but it's kept me out of a job for six months - all to be sorted soon.

They still count.

 

[Gwadien]

Had a house party last night.

It was pointed out to me that my new house mate of about a week has a massive penis.

WHY

 

[old.user4556]

Had a house party last night.

It was pointed out to me that my new house mate of about a week has a massive penis.

WHY

You missed the joke, when he said "I have a massive penis", he meant his house mate. i.e. you.

 

[Gwadien]

You missed the joke, when he said "I have a massive penis", he meant his house mate. i.e. you.

Problem was that I brought a friend from home to come up, and she was the one that noticed it.

It was pretty impressive, he walks leaning forward to hide it.

 

[old.user4556]

You should have him as your wingman.