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Oi PompeyBoy! Where's today's CCC?
You still are celebrating England's win over Scotland in the Cricket World Cup yesterday, aren't you? 
Your time will come, if you let it be right.
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Maybe just getting up? It is morning (early morning) over the ocean...
Skipper: We'll fix it.
Alex: Fix it? How you gonna fix this?
Skipper: Grit, spit and a whole lotta duct tape.
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PompeyBoy lives here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portsmouth[^], as far as I know.
He's just:
1) Late.
2) Unavoidably detained.
3) Arrested.
4) Bereft of inspiration.
5) Lazy.
Delete as inappropriate 
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From the Wiki article.
"the only city in the United Kingdom with a greater population density than London"
 One of the main reasons I got out.
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Where did you go?
(Because with the exception of Luton, anywhere would probably be some improvement )
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Not far[^]and you're right it is an improvement.
(Do you know the CCC I always get worried I've set it too hard if no one gets it in the first 10 mins)
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You moved to somewhere that is the smallest county in Britain, half the time?
And that has some of the worst driving it has ever been my misfortune to see? Do they still not look or indicate "because everybody knows I turn here at this time on a Tuesday"?
The CCC? No idea - but I think it's probably a damn good clue!
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OriginalGriff wrote: You moved to somewhere that is the smallest county in Britain, half the time?
OriginalGriff wrote: And that has some of the worst driving it has ever been my misfortune to see? Do they still not look or indicate "because everybody knows I turn here at this time on a Tuesday"?
That's the place.
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Tides.
At low tide it's bigger than Rutland, at high tide it's smaller. (QI IIRC)
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Interesting I never knew that.
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P0mpey3 wrote: "the only city in the United Kingdom with a greater population density denser than London"
FIFY
You cant outrun the world, but there is no harm in getting a head start
Real stupidity beats artificial intelligence every time.
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P0mpey3 wrote: "the only city in the United Kingdom with a greater population density than London"
True, but it's not talking about the number of people.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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It's lunchtime / first gin already here in Blighty!
veni bibi saltavi
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Yep, OG is right. He just hasn't changed the default country in his profile.
Your time will come, if you let it be right.
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So, the old iPhone was dying, so I wanted a reasonably cheap Android phone to replace it.
Bought on on special yesterday.
not really set it all up yet, but quite liked the face-recognition lock screen as a bit of 'ohh! look at this!' ware.
Did all the updates tonight. And it had gone!
for thse that don't know, this allows you to take a photo of your mug, and then when you go to unlock the screen, you look into the camera, that shows our face, and it unlocks if it recognises you)
Just spent about 2 hours trying to find out why it wasn't working.
Getting very miffed - I'm used to things "just working" 
Then I found a site that explained how it has been improved in Lollipop.
Turns out it was working all the time - it's just now yu just look at the screen - there's almost no indication it is doing face recognition other than a tiny head-and-shoulders icon turning into an unlocked padlock - and that happens so fast I hadn't noticed it!
So. I'm a happy Android chappy again (although i could do with the last two hours back, please, Google!
for those who have an interest it's a Moto-G 2nd Gen which was $220 & I should get a $20 store voucher in the mail.
PooperPig - Coming Soon
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Now install Total Commander or ES File Explorer, and have some real fun!
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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ES File Explorer 
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I use both, but have tended toward ES since I discovered that the TC MOVE command doesn't care if the file hasn't copied before deleting the original.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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ES File Explorer is awesome, but be aware it is a Chinese company you are allowing to access your phone and passwords (if you use its facilities for doing so).
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Yes, because a Chinese company really wants to look at every westerner in minute detail, intruding on and studying every iota of information about their lives and habits...
No, wait...
It's the Western governments that are doing that!
Hell, stop using Western stuff immediately! Chinese kit is safer, because they don't give a damn about you!
In case you're wondering, racism has no place in CP.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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You are the one who jumped to racist conclusions - it wasn't even on my mind.
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Right.
(Chinese = untrustworthy) != racist
Remind me to tell my wife that it's not racist of me to describe her and her people as untrustworthy.
I'll do it right after we've finished discussing the causes of the last few global recessions.
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Absolutely right without the sarcasm. I was not thinking racist thoughts, and your arrogance to insist I was is disgusting.
I have seen the 'live' map of cyber-attacks, and witnessed the big spats between China and the US. The fact that ES File Explorer made it somewhat difficult to find out its base of operations raises a red flag, and it is worth being aware of. I never said "Don't use it!", and I did say it is "awesome". If you want to continue your childish name calling, I'll lower my opinion of you and sign out.
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David O'Neil wrote: I have seen the 'live' map of cyber-attacks
... Which, up until a few years ago, came almost exclusively from the United States.
What's happened is two things:
0. A lot of Chinese students are now doing what a lot of American students used to do, with the same idiocy of youth. It's a "catching up" thing, so most of them will soon catch up with the idea that it's a waste of their time -- the same as most American students did.
1. The parameters used to collect metrics have been changed. You don't need to be an Einstein to guess why.
David O'Neil wrote: The fact that ES File Explorer made it somewhat difficult to find out its base of operations raises a red flag
The Chinese flag is red, yes, because red is the colour of happiness and celebration, for more than half the population of the planet.
But all such alleged secrecy would tell me is that they have solid Internet security, and make it very hard for their servers to be hacked -- IF it were true.
They have a web-site, they have e-mail addresses, they're on FB, and they're on twitter. Everything is perfectly traceable.
What do you want from a couple of devs working in their mum's garage? Their bank details?
David O'Neil wrote: I never said "Don't use it!", and I did say it is "awesome".
And you followed that up with a statement that could only be described as racist.
There is absolutely no other way to describe the statement. It was a direct accusation of untrustworthiness, aimed at an entire race.
You obviously missed this bit of advice: http://www.codeproject.com/Lounge.aspx?msg=5005354#xx5005354xx[^].
And now "the guy you're talking to" is telling you not to talk about his wife (who is a Chinese engineer) like that again.
Unless you're taking the piss, that is. Taking the piss is fine; the Chinese live for it.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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