Posts by Colin_Welwyn

Skype for Business has nasty habit of closing down… for business

It's not just a Windows 32-bit issue

When I read this article I was amazed, it was like hey that's my problem. I work from home and often share my screen while working on projects with colleges and sometimes, but not always, S4B will crash and has even brought windows(10) down with it on occasion.

It does appear the longer I share my screen the more chance it has of happening which does point to some kind of issue building up over time.

I have two monitors, both running 1920 x 1200 so plenty of pixels for it to map. However I run Windows 10 64-bit and (according to the about skype panel) I'm running 64-bit S4B as well.

Tired of despairing of Trump and Brexit? Why not despair about YouTube stars instead?

Have an up vote for f*ck nugget!

Pluto probe brain OVERLOAD: Titsup New Horizons explained

Re: This is proper engineering

I agree with you sentiment but I'd like to point out we have never put a man (or woman) outside of earths gravity. What do you think stops the moon floating away?

Jony Ive: Apple iWatch will SCREW UP Switzerland's economy

Ive is a great designer and by the looks of is article a great publicist.

Do people really think that he honestly believes the Iwatch will affect the Swiss watch market? Of course not, but, you, I and many others are talking about something which at the moment doesn't even exist.

USA to insist on pre-flight mobe power probe

I'm at Terminal 3 now flying to Chicago on American Airlines and I nor anyone else in my security lane had anything electrical checked this morning. They are still asking the silly questions like 'Who do you work for' & 'Why are you going to America' but that's a different story.

Brawling neighbours challenge 'quiet' cul-de-sac myth

Lazy Picture Sourcing

I know the picture accompanying this article is from a picture library but there are no palm tree's like those shown Chippenham Wiltshire and certainly no fire hydrants like that.

Nokia's PHAB-ULOUS comeback attempt: Huge WinPho 8 mobe rumoured

I'd live to try a Nokia phone but with an 18 month or 2 years contract running at £35 - £45 a month that's a lot of time and money invested if it turns out to be a lemon.

Hanslope Park: Home of Britain’s ‘real-life Q division’

Brought back memories

Another great article in this series!

Back in the late 90's I worked for a company which provided 'online information' which wasn't online as we think now but was in fact connecting to a mainframe in London which held lots of newspaper/magazine/journal articles which you could search and download.

One day as the 'senior' tech support person I was request to go with a trainer to install our software and make sure it all worked, then wait while the trainer delivered a days raining in 2 hours. The reason for all this was the fact it was at Hanslop and we could only attend once and not return.

After arriving at the gate house and upsetting the security guy as the person we were seeing had not informed him we were attending, we were read a list of things we couldn't do, such as take pictures, go anywhere but the library, etc. We then followed another guard in a van to a central car park and were pointed to the library entrance. We went in, did the install/training etc, no problem.

I asked the Liberian 'so what is this place then?' Only to be told it was a management training collage which we both knew was rubbish but they were following orders. The things I remember most were, the rabbits which were everywhere and didn't run or do anything as we walked across the car park, the six or so unregistered Range Rovers sitting outside a building and the stairs when just went down into what appeared to be grassy area's surrounded by a fence with barbed wire across the top. Considering the large fence which went round the whole site, it always struck me as a bit over kill.

The other strange thing was that in all my time there, apart from the two guards and person in the library I never saw anyone. No one came into the library in the 3 hours I was there and although the car park was 90% full, no one was around. It was almost like they all hid as there were 'strangers' on site!

Just like all 'secure' locations I've been to, once they realise you not a spy they are pretty relaxed. Although we were told we would have to be collected by security and escorted back to the gate, in fact when we called we were told just to 'keep driving round the road and you will get to the gate'.

It reminds me of working in a 'super secure' data centre where I wasn't allowed to go to the loo alone, but then everyone went home and I had to get the cleaner to let me off the 'secure' floor. But that's another story!