Posts by That 8 Bit Guy 25 publicly visible posts • joined 3 Feb 2020
I'm sure you lot remember the teacher strike of 1985. Teachers including the deputy head (that are wanting more pay and always had new cars in the parking lot) always ended up at the Savoy at lunch time, and so was 20 of us of the sixth form, paying for the plonk and Guinness for the old leeches. No shandy for us. Good times.
For some reason every time I trace the data going from my Wyze Cam V2 from my network it keeps sending to an unknown Chinese IP address before forwarding it to the Wyze US server.
I now have it pointed to the 3D printer as I cannot trust it now.
I know it is made in China, but why can it not connect to a US or UK server?
I hate to think how many of these cameras (and they are pretty good for the price) were bought for home defense, etc.
There should be stiff penalties for pulling crap like this on oblivious consumers.
It keeps me in a job.
Last month was so quiet there was a big probability for the office to move to Jamaica without us.
Now we are getting calls again. "My PC won't boot" was music to our ears.
Quit complaining and please Microsoft, please fuck up on the next update too while you are at it?
Just not my Xbox. That is fine as it is.
Well being Californian isn't what it was in 2000. Most people here are unemployed and homeless, or have moved to Nevada or Texas, as it is cheaper.
I would prefer to be home in the UK than in California. The UK was self sufficient before moving to the EU, it will be again. Sterling will be stronger than the dollar globally, as the UK still has the gold to back it up.
California is penniless and a sanctuary to the undesirables.
Facebook needs to go back to school.
..when Uncle Google demanded that I shut my Pihole. It not like I am gabby or something.
Don't like YouTube adverts? Well get YouTube Premium in India. Costs me like $2.50 a month and I can download to my hearts content or YouTube's content anywhere in the world. I do like me a bit of Bollywood though.
I work for them and take all level 3 calls. They buy out all the local telcos, change the terms and conditions of service and give customers less for more money. Yet we have access to internet and quality (hysterical laughter) and the plebs pay through the nose. 60% of workers are online. How many companies pay internet fees, rent, insurance? Why would they?
My department has closed offices permanently. I am my own IT. My car insurance is 70% less, I work more hours. Rural areas have free unlimited 4G (60gb) service for payg from At&t. Nobody else does that. Makes it that you can work from anywhere. Thanks At&t.
I can remember not too long ago internet speeds of 512K/128 was the sh1t. We all got by pretty good and when it was raised to 2mbt/512 we all got our music/updates/movies downloaded and we organised our downloads/torrents at night, and life was good.
Now we are stuck at the home office and the speeds requested are totally unrealistic when you can get by with 10mbit/2mbit speeds, and yes those 92gb downloads of FS 2020 will have to be done at night too.
That speed is more realistic than 1gbit/1gbit speeds that will cost the earth, and in reality won't be achievable. Countries with tax havens have their sh1t sorted out. UK had the chance to have fiber only to have the councils delay the laying of cable, and the issues with BT mentality. Well it is grim up north of London.
So basically you do not need fast internet. You do need to go out and kick a ball (wearing a mask) instead of kicking your slow internet out the window.
BTW does the Isle of Mann have fast internet? Not until 2025. So not all tax havens eh?
https://www.ispreview.co.uk/index.php/2020/05/manx-telecom-to-cover-isle-of-man-with-full-fibre-broadband.html
Big B likes you to use large amounts of high speed internet and will have a good snoop at the same time.;)
So that PC XT must have had either a RLL or MFM drive, and possibly full height.
Due to the weight of these 5mb hard disk drives, a hammer would be the only tool to use for recovery and "interactive" purposes.
Hopefully the hammer technician checked to see if the terminator plug was still attached......
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