Things that don't deserve their own thread

[Niegs]

[mat the expat]

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Modern technology where companies don't own PDF Writer and still need a physical signature for forms.....

Not being able to write well with a pen after working with modern technology...

[Niegs]

Bloody good fun!

[Niegs]

[fishfoodie]

^

Modern technology where companies don't own PDF Writer and still need a physical signature for forms.....

Not being able to write well with a pen after working with modern technology...

On the same lines.

I joined my current company a bit over 6 years ago, & they were doing a, "Tech Debt" analysis, & numero uno on the my sites books, was a PBX, that dated back to the age of steam, & associated Fax lines, that was critical for sales, as something crazy like 20% of the company revenue came in thru those faxes

And here we are, 6 years later, looking over our Tech Debt again; do you want to guess whats at the top of page ?

[Insane_Homer]

On the same lines.

I joined my current company a bit over 6 years ago, & they were doing a, "Tech Debt" analysis, & numero uno on the my sites books, was a PBX, that dated back to the age of steam, & associated Fax lines, that was critical for sales, as something crazy like 20% of the company revenue came in thru those faxes

And here we are, 6 years later, looking over our Tech Debt again; do you want to guess whats at the top of page ?

We moved to eFax for a couple years before finally dumping fax lines for good.

[Insane_Homer]

Got sent an email from a chicken little engineer yesterday along with screenshot, complaining his Autodesk account wasn't recognising his email address.

His firstname was typed wrong.

[PornDog]

Got sent an email from a chicken little engineer yesterday along with screenshot, complaining his Autodesk account wasn't recognising his email address.

His firstname was typed wrong.

I've done that

Well, I figured it out myself and didn't involve anyone else in my stupidity, but yeah, been there.

[MungoMan]

Things that don't deserve their own thread?

Just about any rugby that isn't played in Europa.

Pissweak effort, you pasty-faced pricks.

[tabascoboy]

The 539-year-old Princes In The Tower murder mystery could be solved

+ King Charles is said to be 'supportive' of plans for a DNA investigation of bones believed to be those of tragic Princes Edward and Richard
+ The tale goes that Edward, who was set to become king following his father's death, and his younger brother, were locked in the Tower of London in 1483 by their scheming uncle who would instead claim the crown - as Richard III - for himself
+ Because the bodies are interred in royal crypts, experts need permission from Monarch to carry out the tests
+ The Queen blocked any such investigation. However Charles 'takes a very different view'

[Gumboot]

Riddle me this...

I recently got a new ice cube tray with two rows of 8 "cells". I've filled it with cold water and stuck it in the freezer a few times now, and every time I pull the frozen tray out again, there's an ice cube missing. I fill all 16 cells with water but get only 15 ice cubes. The same empty cell, every time.

Anyone know wtf is going on??

[Lobby]

Riddle me this...

I recently got a new ice cube tray with two rows of 8 "cells". I've filled it with cold water and stuck it in the freezer a few times now, and every time I pull the frozen tray out again, there's an ice cube missing. I fill all 16 cells with water but get only 15 ice cubes. The same empty cell, every time.

Anyone know wtf is going on??

Leak in that cell?

[Gumboot]

Riddle me this...

I recently got a new ice cube tray with two rows of 8 "cells". I've filled it with cold water and stuck it in the freezer a few times now, and every time I pull the frozen tray out again, there's an ice cube missing. I fill all 16 cells with water but get only 15 ice cubes. The same empty cell, every time.

Anyone know wtf is going on??

Leak in that cell?

Yep, upon very close inspection there's a tiny crack in a bottom corner. Not much of a mystery at all, then.

[Snooze]

Riddle me this...

I recently got a new ice cube tray with two rows of 8 "cells". I've filled it with cold water and stuck it in the freezer a few times now, and every time I pull the frozen tray out again, there's an ice cube missing. I fill all 16 cells with water but get only 15 ice cubes. The same empty cell, every time.

Anyone know wtf is going on??

Leak in that cell?

Yep, upon very close inspection there's a tiny crack in a bottom corner. Not much of a mystery at all, then.

Gumboot; some weekend (un)helpful advise if I may. Don't ever apply for a CSI job. It doesn't seem to be your forte.

[Slick]

Riddle me this...

I recently got a new ice cube tray with two rows of 8 "cells". I've filled it with cold water and stuck it in the freezer a few times now, and every time I pull the frozen tray out again, there's an ice cube missing. I fill all 16 cells with water but get only 15 ice cubes. The same empty cell, every time.

Anyone know wtf is going on??

Leak in that cell?

Yep, upon very close inspection there's a tiny crack in a bottom corner. Not much of a mystery at all, then.

Fucking hell

[Gumboot]

Gumboot; some weekend (un)helpful advise if I may. Don't ever apply for a CSI job. It doesn't seem to be your forte.

Duly noted.

[MungoMan]

Riddle me this...

I recently got a new ice cube tray with two rows of 8 "cells". I've filled it with cold water and stuck it in the freezer a few times now, and every time I pull the frozen tray out again, there's an ice cube missing. I fill all 16 cells with water but get only 15 ice cubes. The same empty cell, every time.

Anyone know wtf is going on??

Leak in that cell?

Yep, upon very close inspection there's a tiny crack in a bottom corner. Not much of a mystery at all, then.

Lobby is an indescribable arse for nutting this out so quickly.

I would have greatly enjoyed suggesting some half-way plausible but utterly bullshit explanation.

[Lobby]

Leak in that cell?

Yep, upon very close inspection there's a tiny crack in a bottom corner. Not much of a mystery at all, then.

Lobby is an indescribable arse for nutting this out so quickly.

I would have greatly enjoyed suggesting some half-way plausible but utterly bullshit explanation.

I can only apologize.

[MungoMan]

Yep, upon very close inspection there's a tiny crack in a bottom corner. Not much of a mystery at all, then.

Lobby is an indescribable arse for nutting this out so quickly.

I would have greatly enjoyed suggesting some half-way plausible but utterly bullshit explanation.

I can only apologize.

A decent fella and a credit to his parents.

[mat the expat]

Got sent an email from a chicken little engineer yesterday along with screenshot, complaining his Autodesk account wasn't recognising his email address.

His firstname was typed wrong.

I don't miss supporting fules...

[fishfoodie]

A sad anniversary, in a year of sad anniversaries.



And the son did as his father instructed.

Childers was executed on 24 November 1922, by firing squad at the Beggars Bush Barracks in Dublin. Before his execution he shook hands with the firing squad. He also obtained a promise from his then 16-year-old son, the future President of Ireland, Erskine Hamilton Childers, to seek out and shake the hand of every man who had signed his death sentence. His final words, spoken to the firing squad, were: "Take a step or two forward, lads, it will be easier that way."

Childers's body was buried at Beggars Bush Barracks until 1923, when it was exhumed and reburied in the republican plot at Glasnevin Cemetery.

[Lobby]

I know parts of rural England can be a bit weird, but WTF

A teenager has described a "freaky" late-night encounter with a man wearing a "gimp suit"

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-somerset-63421811

[tabascoboy]

I know parts of rural England can be a bit weird, but WTF

A teenager has described a "freaky" late-night encounter with a man wearing a "gimp suit"

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-somerset-63421811

JRM having resigned his Cabinet post can now go back to what he enjoys the most on those long nights in the sticks

[fishfoodie]

A really shitty decision by LEGO

I hope someone else steps into the gap.

Lego is discontinuing its Mindstorms robotics kits by the end of the year

A combination of learning and capable robotics, Mindstorms have been around since 1998.

Lego's Mindstorms robotics kits have been on the market since 1998, born from a collaboration between Lego and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). Now, Lego has announced it will be discontinuing Mindstorms at the end of the year and providing support for the mobile app for at least another two years beyond that, Gizmodo has reported.
....

https://www.engadget.com/lego-discontin ... 7m5mpraYjO

[BnM]

Poor thing keeps returning the rugby ball then the gits throw it back

[fishfoodie]

Some local officials should just be fired into the sun.

Spot the unacceptable door colour they threatening to fine the owner £20k over !



https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-ed ... e-63426312

[Gumboot]

Some local officials should just be fired into the sun.

Spot the unacceptable door colour they threatening to fine the owner £20k over !



https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-ed ... e-63426312

A City of Edinburgh Council spokeswoman said: "The colour of the door is not in keeping with the historic character and appearance of this listed building in the New Town, part of our World Heritage Site.

"The owner agreed the door would be repainted but as this work has not been carried out we are taking enforcement action requiring them to repaint the door."

She added: "We have not received any other complaints about the colour of other doors in the area but if we did, then these too would be investigated and enforcement action will be taken if needed."

Feckless jobsworths.

[fishfoodie]

Some local officials should just be fired into the sun.

Spot the unacceptable door colour they threatening to fine the owner £20k over !



https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-ed ... e-63426312

A City of Edinburgh Council spokeswoman said: "The colour of the door is not in keeping with the historic character and appearance of this listed building in the New Town, part of our World Heritage Site.

"The owner agreed the door would be repainted but as this work has not been carried out we are taking enforcement action requiring them to repaint the door."

She added: "We have not received any other complaints about the colour of other doors in the area but if we did, then these too would be investigated and enforcement action will be taken if needed."

Feckless jobsworths.

I'd be tempted to paint the door as a Union flag, or Saltire, to drive the fuckers mad, by both being, "inappropiate", & untouchable

[Blackmac]

Some local officials should just be fired into the sun.

Spot the unacceptable door colour they threatening to fine the owner £20k over !



https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-ed ... e-63426312

A City of Edinburgh Council spokeswoman said: "The colour of the door is not in keeping with the historic character and appearance of this listed building in the New Town, part of our World Heritage Site.

"The owner agreed the door would be repainted but as this work has not been carried out we are taking enforcement action requiring them to repaint the door."

She added: "We have not received any other complaints about the colour of other doors in the area but if we did, then these too would be investigated and enforcement action will be taken if needed."

Feckless jobsworths.

Probably one of Edinburgh council's saner decisions.

[Tichtheid]

[TB63]

[Guy Smiley]

[fishfoodie]

Dear FIFA.

Fuck you, you cock sucking, corrupt, bastards !

Just because your morals are for sale, don't assume the rest of us are happy to just suspend any pretense of humanity !

https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/63506951

I could give a fuck who wins this abortion of a competition, & I will go out of my way to avoid any company tone deaf enough to sponsor it, after the equally horrendous Russian competition.

I'm surprised that someone who is normally so tuned in as Southgate would be so cucked, as to claim that the slaves who constructed the stadiums were ‘united’ in wanting World Cup.

[GogLais]

Dear FIFA.

Fuck you, you cock sucking, corrupt, bastards !

Just because your morals are for sale, don't assume the rest of us are happy to just suspend any pretense of humanity !

https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/63506951

I could give a fuck who wins this abortion of a competition, & I will go out of my way to avoid any company tone deaf enough to sponsor it, after the equally horrendous Russian competition.

I'm surprised that someone who is normally so tuned in as Southgate would be so cucked, as to claim that the slaves who constructed the stadiums were ‘united’ in wanting World Cup.

Yeah, it’s a shame the World Cup that Wales qualify for happens to be this one.

[Uncle fester]

Dear FIFA.

Fuck you, you cock sucking, corrupt, bastards !

Just because your morals are for sale, don't assume the rest of us are happy to just suspend any pretense of humanity !

https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/63506951

I could give a fuck who wins this abortion of a competition, & I will go out of my way to avoid any company tone deaf enough to sponsor it, after the equally horrendous Russian competition.

I'm surprised that someone who is normally so tuned in as Southgate would be so cucked, as to claim that the slaves who constructed the stadiums were ‘united’ in wanting World Cup.

So what's the plan? Don't watch any games and boycott sponsors?

I'm in.
Got a handy list anywhere?

[fishfoodie]

Dear FIFA.

Fuck you, you cock sucking, corrupt, bastards !

Just because your morals are for sale, don't assume the rest of us are happy to just suspend any pretense of humanity !

https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/63506951

I could give a fuck who wins this abortion of a competition, & I will go out of my way to avoid any company tone deaf enough to sponsor it, after the equally horrendous Russian competition.

I'm surprised that someone who is normally so tuned in as Southgate would be so cucked, as to claim that the slaves who constructed the stadiums were ‘united’ in wanting World Cup.

So what's the plan? Don't watch any games and boycott sponsors?

I'm in.
Got a handy list anywhere?

More or less !

It looks like quite a few sponsors have already skipped this year, & the gap is being filled by Qatar businesses

In July, the three human rights organizations wrote to FIFA’s 14 corporate partners and World Cup sponsors urging them to call on the football body to remedy abuses of migrant workers linked to preparations for the World Cup. Since then, four of them, AB InBev/Budweiser, Adidas, Coca-Cola, and McDonald’s, have stated their support for such financial compensation. Ten other sponsors have offered no public support and have not responded to written requests to discuss tournament-related abuses. These companies are Visa, Hyundai-Kia, Wanda Group, Qatar Energy, Qatar Airways, Vivo, Hisense, Mengniu, Crypto, and Byju’s.

https://www.hrw.org/news/2022/09/20/fif ... es-workers

[Tichtheid]

Landscape photographer of the year 2022
https://www.theguardian.com/global/gall ... xnvVPj74YE

[fishfoodie]

Those aren't small cliffs

[Insane_Homer]

So the employee that runs a right-wing blog, loves Trump and Brexshit, just requested "a new remote control mouse"



will be confused when I send him this?

[Grandpa]

Those aren't small cliffs

Love this...