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[NickFitz]

They're crediting me with £15 for loss of service, which is better than nothing, I suppose

Then again, I think it's cost me more than that in mobile charges calling their not-free-from-a-mobile 0800 number, because the Virgin Media landline hasn't worked in about four years - after the fifth or sixth failure, I gave up reporting the faults.

I only ever reported them in the first place because I was with an agency that still liked to have timesheets faxed to it - they switched to an online system, removing my need to fax things, just before it broke for the last time.

[NickFitz]

Time for more coffee and a snack - I fancy a ham toasted sandwich

[zeitghost]

Afternoon all.

[NickFitz]

Afternoon all.

Hi Zeity

[NickFitz]

Light Bulb Moment

The other week I noticed that the quality of jpeg images in Safari seemed to be degraded quite badly. I googled a bit, then forgot about it.

Then I installed Snow Leopard. As I was looking a bit more closely at things, I realised that the jpeg problem seemed to have sorted itself out.

Last night I noticed it was back

I've only just realised: it happens when I'm forced (by Virgin Media's fail) to rely on my O2 broadband modem. Obviously O2's proxies are compressing the jpegs quite brutally to improve perceived speed of service. Of course this doesn't matter so much for a mobile phone with a small screen, but when a mobile modem is used with a laptop the poor quality is apparent.

Glad I've got that sorted out

[zeitghost]

in the meantime itv3 will do.

or maybe not.

You don't like "Life" then? 21:00 Friday ITV3.

[zeitghost]

Then again, I think it's cost me more than that in mobile charges calling their not-free-from-a-mobile 0800 number, because the Virgin Media landline hasn't worked in about four years - after the fifth or sixth failure, I gave up reporting the faults.

I only ever reported them in the first place because I was with an agency that still liked to have timesheets faxed to it - they switched to an online system, removing my need to fax things, just before it broke for the last time.

Not for nothing is it known as NTLHell.

Incompetent bunch of tossers the lot of them.

That's why I'm still on dialup.

Though I notice that some of the things that answer won't always connect.

[DS23]

You don't like "Life" then? 21:00 Friday ITV3.

if that's what it was then nope. can't say i gave it much of a look. 10 seconds to identify it as crap. is that harsh?

[DS23]

over half way to the next century.

[NickFitz]

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