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Post by Slinger on Jul 21, 2016 15:34:02 GMT
How The Faroe Islands attempt to get on Google Street View. I think it's even funnier because it's true. Grauniad Link |
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Post by MikeMusic on Jul 21, 2016 17:42:26 GMT
Proving that I can break kit by standing next to it.
Drawing out cash from a hole in the wall.
Card in.
Nothing (apart from a flashing light above where the card went in)
Wait a while. Still nothing.
Slightly worried I've lost my card.
Still nothing.
I am on my bike so will be difficult to go in the bank and I don't want to leave it outside.
No problem as there is half the population of England in there.
Hole in the wall - still nothing
I press Cancel and other buttons
Nothing
I press all the buttons, quite a few times.
So what do I do, cycle home and ring my bank ?
Wait a bit longer. Card pops out - oh joy.
The screen now shows what looks like scrolling error messages in DOS. Lots of them.
Windows XP start screen comes up
At this point I laugh
Finally
"This machine is temporarily out of order"
So no dough there then
Anyone want some kit broken ?
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Post by ChrisB on Jul 21, 2016 18:08:47 GMT
How The Faroe Islands attempt to get on Google Street View. I think it's even funnier because it's true. Grauniad LinkJust brilliant! |
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Post by MartinT on Jul 21, 2016 18:23:25 GMT
Slinger - brilliant! MikeMusic - I had the same thing happen to me last week only the machine ate my card permanently and it booted up in OS/2!
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Post by MikeMusic on Jul 22, 2016 7:02:36 GMT
OS/2 !
What systems are these guys using !?!
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Post by MartinT on Jul 22, 2016 7:18:39 GMT
I checked and apparently OS/2 is used in a lot of machinery as embedded controllers. It's at least more secure and stable than Windows XP!
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Post by MikeMusic on Jul 22, 2016 10:18:02 GMT
Wow.
How old is OS/2 ?
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Post by MartinT on Jul 22, 2016 11:38:53 GMT
Released in 1987, discontinued in 2006 but development continued as eComStation. I guess that's why it's still running in cash machines and such. I did have a good laugh when the IBM OS/2 logo flashed up!
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Post by MikeMusic on Jul 22, 2016 14:59:36 GMT
I would have wondered about slipping back in time
Double take and check the eye brain combo was working
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Post by MartinT on Jul 25, 2016 12:00:43 GMT
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Post by Tim on Jul 25, 2016 15:56:19 GMT
Wait until you see it...  . . . . which begs the question, how the feck did you find it? It must be April 1st again. 'Cool Gadget' my arse . . . |
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Post by MartinT on Jul 25, 2016 18:07:03 GMT
I bought from them once and they e-mailed me. Honest!
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Post by ChrisB on Jul 25, 2016 18:12:36 GMT
Fantastic! I loved this bit: !!!!
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Post by MartinT on Jul 25, 2016 19:14:33 GMT
...and the most hilarious bit is . . . ostrich!
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Post by ChrisB on Jul 25, 2016 19:23:03 GMT
Great for sleeping while travelling and also head burying!
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Post by Tim on Jul 25, 2016 20:33:37 GMT
I'm literally speechless and that doesn't happen often!
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Post by MikeMusic on Jul 26, 2016 14:44:19 GMT
Cycling along a main road.
See a bloke mowing grass.
He's wearing what looks like a straw sombrero, big hat.
He turns around to mow back
I see he is wearing big 50s style shades and has a bushy dark brown moustache
Looks just like an extra out of a western - I theeenk
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Post by ChrisB on Jul 29, 2016 22:18:27 GMT
Going to work early in order to help others meet a deadline and then finding yourself being the last one to leave the office on a Friday night and only to endure a 2 hour drive home. All in all, almost 12 hours committed to work.
Deadline met? Nope, not a chance.
If you don't laugh at something like that, well......
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Post by ChrisB on Jul 30, 2016 10:19:30 GMT
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Post by Slinger on Jul 30, 2016 11:44:21 GMT
What is possibly the laziest piece of email phishing you're ever likely to see.  |
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