mistyoptic
Vintage
- Location
- A parallel reality
Yes. It would. Makes a real difference
Trivial things that make you annoyed beyond expectations?
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Yes. It would. Makes a real difference
ColinJ
Puzzle game procrastinator!
- Location
- Todmorden - Yorks/Lancs border
Thanks - I'll buy a kit for my specs.
MontyVeda
a short-tempered ill-controlled small-minded troll
- Location
- Lancaster... the little city.
Bought some Scottish Cooked Veuve Monsigny Mussels from Aldi. They come in a bag but they're not boil-in-the-bag. Why? Just Why??
Chris S
Legendary Member
- Location
- Birmingham
It's Beebo. He's never even had the whiff of a ban in the 14 years that he has been here so he should still be around.
No Ta Doctor
Über Member
matticus
Guru
Worcestershire Parkway station: what a design disaster!
I dread changing trains there when the weather next gets properly cold*. It's designed to be cold and drafty, and the platforms all have no roof.
I can understand the cost/carbon saved by having no heating, but surely an enclosed waiting room wouldn't be expensive?!?
Oh, and no Wi-Fi (so you can't track the trains without standing by an open door where you can see the screens).
*If I do get cold, I'll hunker down in the Baby Changing room ♨️
I dread changing trains there when the weather next gets properly cold*. It's designed to be cold and drafty, and the platforms all have no roof.
I can understand the cost/carbon saved by having no heating, but surely an enclosed waiting room wouldn't be expensive?!?
Oh, and no Wi-Fi (so you can't track the trains without standing by an open door where you can see the screens).
*If I do get cold, I'll hunker down in the Baby Changing room ♨️
ebikeerwidnes
Guru
- Location
- Widnes
WHAT??
not seen that
must brush up my game for when the Cycle Chat awards are on
wonder if I need a new suit for the London presentation events????
Andy in Germany
Legendary Member
- Location
- Rottenburg am Neckar
More fun and games with Technology...
Colleague sent a link for a Powerpoint Presentation so I can work on it.
I can't access the presentation without a Microsoft account linked to my phone. Grr. Download app for Phone.
Enter Email.
"This Email is not associated with a Microsoft account. Please make a new account"
Click on "make new account"
"Please enter Email address"
Enter the same email address.
"An error has occurred: This address is already associated with an account".
Make the presentation on Open office instead.
And people ask why I don't trust technology.
Colleague sent a link for a Powerpoint Presentation so I can work on it.
I can't access the presentation without a Microsoft account linked to my phone. Grr. Download app for Phone.
Enter Email.
"This Email is not associated with a Microsoft account. Please make a new account"
Click on "make new account"
"Please enter Email address"
Enter the same email address.
"An error has occurred: This address is already associated with an account".
Make the presentation on Open office instead.
And people ask why I don't trust technology.
ebikeerwidnes
Guru
- Location
- Widnes
Yup
Until recently I always used Open Office if I could - it also can open PowerPoint files
which I assume you know
I also only do things like that on a proper computer
well - not a proper computer - one running Windows - proper ones run VMS or GCOS6 MOD400 but I may be biased there
anyway - anyone trying to make a presentation without a proper mouse and keyboard is a masochist!
Andy in Germany
Legendary Member
- Location
- Rottenburg am Neckar
Indeed. I suspect opening something I made on OpenOffice using Windows won't be as easy.
My replacement Win11 ready work Laptop should come in a week; This will be set up with a new email address for work, so hopefully I can get everything to work on that Independently of this one.
It occurred to me that this is a little Ironic, as the presentation is about communication...
ebikeerwidnes
Guru
- Location
- Widnes
After I retired I stopped using Microshaft Orifice and just used Open Office
There were a few that I still need to move between different system but it all worked fine
You can save the Open Office things as a Microsoft file type
I would be wary of doing something flashy and moving it over without checking it before presenting it to "important people"
but when I have tried it it has worked fine
PhotoNic69
Über Member
- Location
- Maximum Security Twilight Home..
Yes! I've tried to make a Home Microsoft Account that is separate from my Work Microsoft Account. This was years ago and I only had my Work email account that I used for everything. Microsoft couldn't differentiate my two accounts and thus merged them into one, but also separately? It was a right mess. I left it be. Then a year or so later when I used a gmail account more I thought I'd try and separate the two MS accounts. Easy, you'd think, but NOOO! MS said I have the same name for both accounts so it must be one account! It seemed the only way I could have a home MS account was to change my name through Deed Poll. Not gonna do that for no one!!!
PhotoNic69
Über Member
- Location
- Maximum Security Twilight Home..
Things that make me annoyed - almost all Groups and the People in those Groups on FarceBook. They are so self opinionated. They are also in the majority, very, very, very stupid indeed!
I mean, c'mon, who uses the abbreviation ETA as anything other than Estimated Time of Arrival; or Electronic Travel Authorisation? Yes, the second one is pretty obscure, I'll admit.
It does NOT mean PS or Addendum! Why oh why have I seen it so many times at the bottom of a post where PS would be used normally? I can only think they mean "Extra Thing Added"?
I mean, c'mon, who uses the abbreviation ETA as anything other than Estimated Time of Arrival; or Electronic Travel Authorisation? Yes, the second one is pretty obscure, I'll admit.
It does NOT mean PS or Addendum! Why oh why have I seen it so many times at the bottom of a post where PS would be used normally? I can only think they mean "Extra Thing Added"?
ebikeerwidnes
Guru
- Location
- Widnes
Yes - I have been fighting this sort of thing for decades
Whena computer decides that something is clearly the right thing to do
especially if Microsoft is involved
then it is normally a major problem
this has always been the case
AI doesn't seem to be any better at it than anything else
it just does it more and over a wider area
what could possibly go wrong
