Forest_Fifer Posted July 19 Share Posted July 19 6 hours ago, sparky88 said: Bleakest five words I've read Well, I was coding for the first 5 years or so (in Cobol if you please, which really dates me). On mainframes, then on newfangled 8086 PCs. I remember the excitement when we git our first 80286 powered PC with a huge 20MB HDD 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Melanius Mullarkey Posted July 20 Share Posted July 20 9 hours ago, Forest_Fifer said: Well, I was coding for the first 5 years or so (in Cobol if you please, which really dates me). On mainframes, then on newfangled 8086 PCs. I remember the excitement when we git our first 80286 powered PC with a huge 20MB HDD 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jacksgranda Posted July 20 Share Posted July 20 20 hours ago, Forest_Fifer said: 32 years in IT support 17 hours ago, sparky88 said: Bleakest five words I've read 45 years in quantity surveying... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richey Edwards Posted July 20 Share Posted July 20 If you work in IT, you should be sent on a compulsory plumbing course IMO. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Granny Danger Posted July 20 Share Posted July 20 Not sure if anyone here is in a position of influence, but if we can have a repeat of this in the early hours of 3 August that would disrupt all flights for about 48 hours I would be very grateful. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boghead ranter Posted July 20 Share Posted July 20 19 hours ago, sparky88 said: Bleakest five words I've read Cruyff says no to Dumbarton 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melanius Mullarkey Posted July 20 Share Posted July 20 2 hours ago, Jacksgranda said: 45 years in quantity surveying... Sorry to hear that, JG. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jacksgranda Posted July 20 Share Posted July 20 5 minutes ago, Melanius Mullarkey said: Sorry to hear that, JG. I'm out of it now. The first day I woke up after retiring I could nearly see the stress disappearing over the horizon, and I no longer opened up my e-mail account with a sense of dread. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigmouth Strikes Again Posted July 20 Share Posted July 20 Test run for the big one that's coming soon 'problem-reaction-solution'. The 'solution' being a 'brain computer interface' chip, implanted in your skull. IMO. Thank you. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richey Edwards Posted July 20 Share Posted July 20 7 minutes ago, Bigmouth Strikes Again said: Test run for the big one that's coming soon 'problem-reaction-solution'. The 'solution' being a 'brain computer interface' chip, implanted in your skull. IMO. Thank you. What would occur if the brain computer got blue screen of death'd? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melanius Mullarkey Posted July 20 Share Posted July 20 10 minutes ago, Richey Edwards said: What would occur if the brain computer got blue screen of death'd? Season ticket for Celtgers. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fergiektid Posted July 20 Share Posted July 20 23 hours ago, ICTChris said: Working on stuff like this is my job and this is probably the biggest one that I've experienced, certainly the biggest global outage. Username checks out! 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottsdad Posted July 20 Share Posted July 20 10 hours ago, Jacksgranda said: 45 years in quantity surveying... Those bricks won't count themselves! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swarley Posted July 21 Share Posted July 21 14 hours ago, Richey Edwards said: If you work in IT, you should be sent on a compulsory plumbing course IMO. Why? We already deal with enough shite. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richey Edwards Posted July 21 Share Posted July 21 21 minutes ago, Swarley said: Why? We already deal with enough shite. You will need something to fall back on when computers cease to function. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swarley Posted July 21 Share Posted July 21 1 hour ago, Richey Edwards said: You will need something to fall back on when computers cease to function. Meh, the robots will have killed us all by then. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jacksgranda Posted July 21 Share Posted July 21 17 hours ago, scottsdad said: Those bricks won't count themselves! Brickies need paid, too. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottsdad Posted July 21 Share Posted July 21 4 hours ago, Jacksgranda said: Brickies need paid, too. Quick question. Is it Bill of Quantities or Bills of Quantities? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jacksgranda Posted July 21 Share Posted July 21 4 minutes ago, scottsdad said: Quick question. Is it Bill of Quantities or Bills of Quantities? Either does, I think, we usually chatted about producing a Bill of Quantities, but it was often just called the Bill, viz how's the Bill coming on for the new houses. An architect takes his family out for a drive after Sunday lunch. As they pass a magnificent mansion he remarks "I designed that house." A building contractor takes his family out for a drive after Sunday lunch. As they pass a magnificent mansion he says "I built that house." A quantity surveyor took his wife and family out for a drive after Sunday lunch. As they pass a magnificent mansion he says "I counted the bricks in that house." 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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