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    [Technology] IPTV

    Well, I only ever used Gwi's IPTV to watch Albion games, usually once a week, occasionally twice, occasionally (international break) not for a fortnight, so not me complaining every day. All I wanted was to watch the game without buffering and Gwi was unable to provide this. I'd tune in 10...
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    [News] Exploding pagers across Lebanon

    In physics, yes. But in the humanitarian world this is called "an eye for an eye". If this were applied, the whole world would be blind .... The human approach is E+R=O When an EVENT occurs a RESPONSE can be chosen (including nil) - the RESPONSE chosen will dictate the OUTCOME Simple in micro...
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    [Technology] IPTV

    Reactive, after losing lots of customers? Too late for me. Very happy with my new provider and cheaper too. I got the impression Gwi was a one man band and was too busy with work and family to react to messages about service issues. He even said once that if I wanted that level of customer...
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    [Technology] IPTV

    There were / are a few on here that were (are still?) with team Gwi. I was for a couple of years and every game I experienced severe buffering - made watching the game so frustrating Drove me mad, always made out it was my end, need to clear the cache / restart your fire stick / etc. After 2...
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    [Help] Starter jobs in IT

    No lies or whooshing. What was handed over? Could it have been completed code to support team as I know some 1st line support (helpdesk) did go out to India call centres. Could it have been a handover to Indian resources (teams) working over here? A lot of testing was done here in the UK by...
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    [Albion] Troy "sell the famoly silver" Deeney's TOTW

    JP? As in Joao Pedro? Yes, he was there, but he didn't have a great game sat behind the dug-out carrying a knock he picked up for Brazil. JPVH, on the other hand, I agree, he had a descent game. If you're calling JPVH JP for short, what initials are you giving to Joao Pedro? Pedantry...
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    [Help] Father of the Bride speech ( Hints and pointers please)

    I've done FotB speeches twice now (two different daughters) - special moments that will stick with me forever. If you only have the one daughter I hope you popped a line in you speech about this being your first and last time doing one ....
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    [Politics] Would YOU be happy to pay more income tax so OAPs could keep their fuel payments?

    Indeed, but a tax you only pay when you earn enough to do so - thresholds vary depending on which SL plan you're on, £25k-ish. And if you don't pay the "loan" off, it gets written off anyway - again, dependent on which SL plan you're on, but by aged 65? So, my interpretation is: pay (invest in)...
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    [Help] Starter jobs in IT

    Correct - IR (pre HMRC days) first outsourced to EDS in 1994 and in 2004 Capgemini (for software), along with Fujitsu (for tin) and BT (for comms) won the Aspire Contract. Then, in 2005, IR became HMRC and shortly after, some systems were then passed to Accenture for re-writes. Incorrect, the...
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    [Albion] Yikes, my memorial tile has disappeared

    If the club is as organised and well-run as we all know it is, the club must surely have an index / location register to be able to pinpoint every tile - if it gets moved, the register gets updated. It'll be there somewhere - if not, that needs correcting ....
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    [Help] Starter jobs in IT

    And the other long-standing favourite of yore: How many software engineers does it take to change a light bulb? NONE - its a hardware issue ....
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    [Help] Starter jobs in IT

    Equiniti pay me my EDS pension (y)
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    [Help] Starter jobs in IT

    This is so true. My IT career all started with writing advanced macros when Lotus 1-2-3 very first arrived on the scene (80's), within a large bank accounts department. By fluke, I found a job (company) that progressed this (and trained me) to dBase (DOS) programming, and along came Windows...
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    [Politics] Would YOU be happy to pay more income tax so OAPs could keep their fuel payments?

    Was this a paper submission? How long ago are we talking? I always did mine electronically online. If you had an accountant submit it for you this could maybe point to additional complexities. Remember SA is only required to be completed for UK tax domiciles who have income outside of the normal...
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    [Albion] Sussex By The Sea Poll

    I don't think the "don't care" means not caring if it's played or not (as your reply infers) but don't care when it's played (so long as it is).
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    [Albion] Brighton & Hove Albion vs Ipswich Town *** Official Match Thread ***

    Assistant VAR, is she any relation to our Warren?
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    [Politics] Would YOU be happy to pay more income tax so OAPs could keep their fuel payments?

    Don't be so sure ... It would not be too difficult to combine the Electorol Roll register, where household cohabitation data is held with the HMRC CESA and DCDM systems. OSA won't allow me to elaborate but HMRC definitely have the data to be able to generate a household income figure using PAYE...
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    [Politics] Would YOU be happy to pay more income tax so OAPs could keep their fuel payments?

    This was my experience also. 15+ years doing self assessment with almost every one resulting in a refund due, always got paid within 3 weeks of submitting SA Maybe @Herr Tubthumper had more complex or contentious tax circumstances, but 18 months sounds unusual.
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    [Politics] Would YOU be happy to pay more income tax so OAPs could keep their fuel payments?

    Having worked for HMRC, as a contractor, or IT outsourced supplier, for many years, I can only provide my experience. One of the last projects I worked on in 2018 (I'm retired now) was the migration of Tax Credits customers to Universal Credit aka (HMRC to DWP). Highly complex stuff but I found...
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    [Misc] Have you put the heating on yet? (2024/25 edition)

    We have Hive and now we are both retired we only use boost on the heating as we're too irractic (in/out bedtime/get up time) to benefit from a schedule timer. Just a tad nippy this morning so succumbed to a 30 minute boost at 20 degrees. All the rads got nice and warm but would probably benefit...

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