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    Shameless drivel really.
    Where are we going? And what’s with this hand basket?

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      Originally posted by voodooflux View Post
      Shameless drivel really.
      Shouldn't be allowed.
      Where are we going? And what’s with this hand basket?

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        I see the ebay thread has stalled at 13 pages. Will it go further?
        Where are we going? And what’s with this hand basket?

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          Well, I've drivelled enough for one day methinks.
          Where are we going? And what’s with this hand basket?

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            Goodnight to you all, and catch you tomorrow
            Where are we going? And what’s with this hand basket?

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              Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz........
              Where are we going? And what’s with this hand basket?

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                Originally posted by voodooflux View Post
                Arse - was just taking a mate through the finer points of DNS configuration for his domain via a chat on Windows Live Messenger, when the messenger fell on it's arse just as we got to critical bit. I'll have to "phone" him now and actually "talk" to him.
                Perhaps he was following your instructions by noting them down in cmd.exe rather than notepad.exe... releasing the lease on his IP address would probably give Messenger wobblies

                Agree about the "phone" and "talk" stuff... I hate phones. We've already replaced that technology with something better, so why do people still keep using it?

                Actually, I know the answer to that question: it's because people think that they are so important that you should stop whatever you're doing to attend to their needs, right now. The worst thing is that people accept it - you can be in mid-sentence and somebody will answer the phone. Why? "Because it was ringing."

                It's Pavlov writ large.

                It never seems to occur to them that, as they have voicemail, they can dismiss the call until a more suitable time. Worse, it never occurs to them that they are being obnoxious gits devoid of social graces.

                I don't know if this is still the case, but Microsoft used to have a "no phoning developers" rule: a phone call would break the flow, so you'd send them an email, which they could deal with when they had their head out of the code. It was the equivalent of "If the office door is open come in and talk, if it's closed then leave me alone."

                Now that we have people who will turn their phone off but then interrupt a one-to-one conversation to see if somebody's emailed them because their phone was turned off... well, we're all going to hell in an e-handbasket

                Then again: "Windows Live Messenger" - no wonder it failed. Microsoft have never yet created a product that works well in relation to the Internet . On the odd occasion that they have they've buggered it up later by trying to create lock-in.

                People think I hate Microsoft because they're Evil Money Grubbing Bastards. That's not true. All capitalists are EMGB. I hate Microsoft because their products are shit.

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                  Originally posted by voodooflux View Post
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                    Originally posted by voodooflux View Post
                    Nothing quite like it
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