| zxmpi | last version of ms office i used regularly was office 2000. still have it on cd here :-) | 00:00 |
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| zxmpi | and even then i was doing most of the typing in vim :-) | 00:00 |
| zxmpi | because i didn't want to wait for office to catch up | 00:00 |
| daftykins | you must have been running it on a typewriter! you saw my video of installing 2000 upgrade edition eh? | 00:01 |
| daftykins | i miss those simpler, leaner options... the UI redesigns are a joke | 00:01 |
| MattJ | Hmm, does anyone have recommendations for a UPS? | 06:15 |
| MattJ | I got an APC a few years back, seemingly without adequate research - their replacement batteries aren't available in the UK | 06:16 |
| zxmpi | less than 1 hour till apple shiny | 16:19 |
| daftykins | oh my, is it another of those already? | 16:38 |
| zxmpi | apple now needs to manufacturer a new artifical cayman island to store their loot. so they need the dosh obviously | 16:41 |
| daftykins | if they asked the Queen nicely they could probably buy one of the small rocks just off the Channel Islands around me ;) | 16:43 |
| zxmpi | not in the eu. awkward for moving cash into and out of now sadly | 16:44 |
| zxmpi | see the post office for details :-P | 16:44 |
| daftykins | ah well we've never been in the EU, unless you meant the other way around that they'd want to be | 16:45 |
| zxmpi | gonna be fun with new 15% world corporation tax as to which megacorps stay in ireland for the great workforce | 16:47 |
| daftykins | apparently the Guernsey gov has a decision to make in order to recover the money spent through covid, will they tax the poor or finally milk the rich? stay tuned to find out... | 16:50 |
| zxmpi | a difficult decision... i'm sure they'll split the difference and tax everyone using public transport :-P | 16:51 |
| daftykins | lol | 16:51 |
| daftykins | 65p bus fare goes up to £6.50 perhaps | 16:51 |
| zxmpi | 7quid. to avoid handling piddling small change | 16:52 |
| zxmpi | government report here just announced public transport should be free. waiting to see how government wiggles out of this from one of their own departments :-) | 16:53 |
| daftykins | :D | 16:55 |
| zxmpi | it's a cheap way to bring down carbon footprint if entire country if you make more people ditch cars for buses and trains | 16:56 |
| daftykins | mmm, only hurdle is that you need a rock solid reliable transport system - and people aren't fond of not being able to do what they want when they want, i.e. waiting for scheduled buses of course | 16:59 |
| zxmpi | it's not perfect but we have road rail and trams that shift a lot of people so it could be done | 17:01 |
| daftykins | *nod* | 17:21 |
| daftykins | hrmm, that troublesome client employee finally shared some useful data today... OpenVPN logs showing she drops out regularly, a little birdie tells me that she's one of those ones that doesn't leave the router on overnight, but powers it off daily | 17:22 |
| daftykins | they're also with TalkTalk, widely regarded as a terrible ISP from everything i've read | 17:22 |
| zxmpi | but if she leaves the wifi on when she's out of the office the hackers win!! :-P | 17:23 |
| daftykins | hehehe | 17:23 |
| daftykins | i wouldn't be surprised if being wifi connected is also a piece in the puzzle | 17:23 |
| daftykins | LOL i looked up her home postcode with an ISP to see how bad things are | 17:52 |
| daftykins | 7 Mb down! | 17:52 |
| zxmpi | luxury! :-P | 17:57 |
| daftykins | BT don't even want to promise that much | 17:58 |
| daftykins | the other islands look pretty nice this evening over the top of town - https://i.imgur.com/3UFNQhf.jpg | 20:26 |
| popey | Is it me or has this place been more chatty since moving to libera? :D | 21:06 |
| MattJ | I've noticed that with other channels too :) | 21:12 |
| zxmpi | the people who moved over took time to say hi and a lot of deadwood dropped off | 21:22 |
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