Posts by Martin-73 1877 publicly visible posts • joined 28 Oct 2013
Actually if it's the figure 8 dropwire, it's WORSE than bell wire, it's copper plated steel, and steel RUSTS... I've seen quite a few where the steel core is missing and the actual 'wire' is a microscopically thin copper tube filled with rust. ONE bit of movement on that wire, and it's adios ADSL/VDSL
Youtube/Gargle have evidently seen the bad publicity and Rich posted a video today (Sunday) saying the videos have been restored.
The cynical side of me wants to know if this would've happened if it hadn't been covered by such publications as this and also other very popular tech Youtube channels!
It is fair to politely inform, at a distance as required, if necessary, that such and such term may be perceived as hurtful, but otherwise spot on. Let the retards* (see what i did there) show themselves up
*context, no offense intended to anyone but hateful people
We've been here many many many times. Master/Slave regarding IDE (later retconned to PATA) hard drives and UK phone sockets, not being allowed to use the verb form of retard in case someone got their undies in a knot, etc etc.
And per the article, I've never wanted to hang a piece of software, but some of the coders, maybe on occasion
Abso-bloody-lutely AC! I worked in the voluntary sector with mental health service users and they all mentioned that there are FAR more important things to concern yourself with about MH other than renaming 'brainstorming' to 'thought showering' (I shit ye not! and that one was from 14 yrs ago!)
Have a pint. You've earned it
Edit: typo!
Agreed, a caution would be appropriate there. Feelings DO run high.
For example, I believe Israel is engaged in genocide in Gaza, but .. I have to be careful of how I word that, because criticizing Israel is now considered by many to be 'antisemitism'. I guess that makes the many Israeli citizens who ALSO disapprove of the country's actions antisemitic too?
Icon for obvious reasons.
Or burgled and tossed, depends which side of the coin you;re on. I worked for BT (Briefly) in the burgeoning era of the early '90s. They had been state owned, Then privatised and told 'business as usual'... Suddenly other companies were allowed access to their equipment and premises, by LAW, private company bear in mind... with the added salt in the wound that they couldn't compete on the proverbial level playing field due to restrictions, USO, etc.....
Did it ultimately help the UK telecomms system hell yes
Was it handled well, and equitably, HELL NO
by 'full fibre' access... I technically have it, but only through Toob. I am happy with A&A so I am still awaiting openreach fibre. But because we have toob available, openreach haven't made my postcode a priority. All direct buried 1960s cable, so no ducting to the house, and all underground. Hence not a priority
NEC says 'first point of disconnect' which as you say, may be a switchfuse or breaker next to the meter.
Point of order to the ,DE poster, UK isn't ALL TN-C-S (with a combined earth/neutral). Round here we have a lot of TN-S from the 50s and 60s still, and rural areas are often TT (no earth at all supplied by the power company, you rely on your own rod/earth electrode, and need a time delay RCD on the main for fault protection
Biden got a large and statistically anomalous number of votes because people wanted Trump gone. And unfortunately went on to become such an embarrassment, that Trump got in again.
Trump is well known to be corrupt in business, and a very poor statesman, but the dems dropped the ball
... the local council contacted all the utilties before a large block of flats went up in our road. The council dug the entire pavement up, and allowed all the utilities to do their various things, BT, Gas, Water, Sewer, surface water etc. Then when it was reinstated back to flat hardcore, the council themselves resurfaced the entire pavement.
2 weeks later Videotron came along and dug a zigzag trench through the nice shiney new pavement for the cable tv.
The council were NOT happy
As an example, i got zapped by a neutral on one distribution panel, because someone had it connected to a circuit from A COMPLETELY SEPARATE PANEL IN A DIFFERENT PART OF THE BUILDING. Me opening the main disconnect isolated half the building, but the backfeed from that made the entire neutral bar live.. People will do shit that should NEVER happen, you can't protect against that. Have a third beer
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