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Dear Internets
Please to be not crashing every 5 minutes. I know the house wireless network is both beyond my control and a little not very good, but it would be nice if I could actually open up a page and/or hit 'submit' for a comment without getting a 'server is taking too long to respond' message, m'kay?
Also, Gmail? It would be nice if you stopped crashing as well, 18 months no problems, and now you've opened up to all without the need for an invite code you decide to start crapping out on me? Not good, not good at all.
No cookies for you.
Best regards, Mat
PS, once you're fixed, if you could tell the company that makes the conference badge printers that having to define which USB slot they're plugged into when you install the driver onto a laptop that will be set up by a different person actually at conference is a bloody stupid thing that breaks the point of USB, I'd be grateful, because the install software is annoying to use once...
Also, Gmail? It would be nice if you stopped crashing as well, 18 months no problems, and now you've opened up to all without the need for an invite code you decide to start crapping out on me? Not good, not good at all.
No cookies for you.
Best regards, Mat
PS, once you're fixed, if you could tell the company that makes the conference badge printers that having to define which USB slot they're plugged into when you install the driver onto a laptop that will be set up by a different person actually at conference is a bloody stupid thing that breaks the point of USB, I'd be grateful, because the install software is annoying to use once...
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Don't think I could deal with no internets; it does come to something when net access is the most important aspect of my phone contract. It was then I confirmed my addiction. One I'm happy with, naturally.
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I plan to, but never actually get around to it.
One of my main uses for mobile internet has now changed anyway; I used to check my email when I woke up from bed, now the PC is in my room, it's not needed.
Letting Gina read the comments on her latest post while we were in the Fox last night was amusing, if a little silly.
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It's taking me ages to fill up my 109 icons, which I think is a good thing...
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* eyes that sentence *
Worryingly, I'm now able to get into old and jaded mode WITHOUT gin, it seems LOL.
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OTOH, I have whiskey downstairs. Hmm...
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I know gin will make me maudlin, but then David Cameron has made me maudlin already. Rum will make me randy, but I have no-one to help me out with that (and I think the poor rabbit might need a day off - stop me if this is TMI LOL). And the bottle of wine has been open for Wetherspoonish lengths of time and has probably gone manky.
And now you've mentioned whiskey I could just go for... well whisky with no E actually. A nice malt...
Bah. Stupid easily-led brain.
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It is of course Scotch Whisky, with no E. Oops.
*shoots self, then hides in corner*
And also, dropping the ice tray on the floor when trying to be quiet was a cunning plan.
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Bah, if I hadn't already poured my rum I'd be coming down there to confiscate it.
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Different to your tastes, perhaps, but not wrong.
A year ago, the only alcohol I would have was cider, now I'll go for a lot more, but normally it'll be scotch on the rocks, sometimes with lemonade. Horrifying, isn't it?
Oi be a Debunsher lad y'see, we baint be unnerstandin these weird northern drinkin abits.
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* pokes you for being a bloody southerner *
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Damn.
You know, I'm spoiling for a fight but I don't want to fight with you.
:/
I don't suppose you could pass me on to the LJs of some eminent Tories and I could go pick fights with them instead?
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There's always the more widespread blogs; ConservativeHome is always a giggle to read (so stupid), and
And I'm not trusting any 'merkins, but how the creator of something wants it to be used is irrelevent; whole point of freedom of choice is that I'll do what I want with it, which is whisky and lemonade on ice, and salad cream with every meal, thankee muchly ;-)
(also, my net connection is really dead, so if I disapppear, it's because I gave up)
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* stabs brain with Q-tip *
whole point of freedom of choice is that I'll do what I want with it
Oh, you're just BLATANTLY trying to turn me on now.
which is whisky and lemonade on ice, and salad cream with every meal, thankee muchly ;-)
... or maybe not.
Isn't a merkin a pubic wig?
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As for the other?
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Oops.
Note to self: start more new threads.
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I've hit it with ?format=light already...
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The basic question to ask is whether there a cordless phone nearby? If it's yours it is then easy to check its frequency 5.8GHz will be ok, 2.4GHz is possibly the problem. Of course a neighbour might also have one. The solution I found was slightly counter intuitive.
Either using your PCs wireless software or a program such as Netstumbler see what other wireless networks are out there and what channels they use. Usually 1, 6 and 11. Change the channel of your wireless router (I realise this might be tricky if it isn't yours) so that it shares the same channel as one or two other networks.
Apparently 2.4GHz is unregulated. Wifi is careful about which precise frequency it uses hence the dozen or so channels. Cordless phones scan the band and find an empty bit and rather roughly at that. So by making sure you use the same channel as other wifi networks you are ensuring the cordless phone will prefer a different more empty patch of bandwidth. The other networks on your channel are unlikely to cause a problem unless they are more powerful than yours which should be closer anyway.
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Will look into more after the weekend, thx.
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The landlord had put the router on a side shelf surrounded by heavy encyclopaedias. Moving it out into the room a bit so the signals could broadcast got it working fine.
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They had to work out what to do when two identical USB devices are connected. They could have done something special when the second device was plugged in, instead they made it awkward even with only one device.
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Um, how did you get here then, friendsfriends?
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Sorry for the dry tone of that. I've spent the week writing bug reports and translating my thoughts ("you're a bunch of muppets, you've had the cheek to admit that your stuff isn't properly tested, why are you asking the rest of the company to use it") in to neutral-toned comments.