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You've done well to avoid the constant barrage of "Christmas in July" adverts for a certain movie channel that have been running for several weeks.
You're also a bit late to start paying in to a Christmas hamper savings club for this year - they usually start a few days before the previous Christmas.
Still, it's only 162 sleeps to go! 
(More if you take an afternoon nap.)
"These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined."
- Homer
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One of the crappy movie channels I get (on Virgin cable) has started showing Christmas films already. Burn them WITH FIRE!
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I'm an optoholic - my glass is always half full of vodka.
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There are some things I'm pretty good at, like programming and writing, and then there are some things at which I'm not so good, like taking care of plants.
In the past three years I've had seven plants of which only two survived, but were dying.
So I decided to fill up all those empty pots and get some green back in the house.
Then I got excited and bought some new ones too.
I now have twelve plants and I've studied them (I read the cards that came with them) and I'm determined not to let them die 
I'm full of good intentions, but still... Say a prayer for all those poor plants
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I hear you. I'm not the best with plants myself. I've found that ivy, spider, and shamrock plants I can do well. The rest I tend to kill. A good Arduino project: moisture sensor. 
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I can grow dandelions, brambles, and grass. Everything else will die if I look at it.
Herself is not impressed with my weed detection system: "if it was easy to pull out, it was a flower".
Sent from my Amstrad PC 1640
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!
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That's a good thing, I also try to take care of my plants and still they end up dying.
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Get a self-watering plant pot; or make one yourself.
If you bought a cactus then don't put it near the alarm-clock
Bastard Programmer from Hell 
If you can't read my code, try converting it here[^]
"If you just follow the bacon Eddy, wherever it leads you, then you won't have to think about politics." -- Some Bell.
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In Norway, growing pot plants is not legal.
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With the exception of my youngest daughter, we have quite good success in my family in communing with our chlorophyll hued friends.
I'm a seed sprouter - I've a window full of cactus grown from these tiny black seeds. Also some from fruits I had the pleasure of eating, such as Sabra and Dragon Fruit. Even succulents (very difficult - some seeds look like fine sand). Once they're past infancy, they're rather difficult to kill (over-watering is worse than neglect).
Vegetable garden, too: Five Sweet Millions tomatoes (too many) and seventeen hot peppers of unknown varieties. Actually, I can identify some, now: Serrano, pablano, jalapeno, Anaheim, Hungarian hot wax. The identification comes along with them becoming part of last night's dinner. Hoping for a habanaro or two, and more varieties as their mysteries unfold.
Your problem is that you need to spend the night with them sharing intimate secrets. I don't do that, but then, I don't have problems growing things . . .
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I've killed a cactus. For lack of watering...
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VNC? Remote desktop?
For what you describe... it should do the job
M.D.V. 
If something has a solution... Why do we have to worry about?. If it has no solution... For what reason do we have to worry about?
Help me to understand what I'm saying, and I'll explain it better to you
Rating helpful answers is nice, but saying thanks can be even nicer.
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Kevin Marois wrote: or maybe from my Office PC to home.
And that's the problem!
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Kevin Marois wrote: it detected that I'm on a business network
I would be quite interested in what are their criteria for deciding this.
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Usually, the free version allow only an amount of use time over a period, if you use it too much, it lock.
You can try UltraVNC or Ammyy
Patrice
“Everything should be made as simple as possible, but no simpler.” Albert Einstein
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Kevin Marois wrote: or maybe from my Office PC to home.
Yes, this is the reason...
They decide you are on a business when you connect two ways between both computers...
In any case... if you stop connecting from one side to the other one probably you'll keep it free...
and if this doesn't work... see: UltraViewer - Remote control software, remote access software[^] Never used it though...
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What does TeamViewer give you that you don't get with VNC or Windows Remote Desktop?
".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
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When you pry the gun from my cold dead hands, be careful - the barrel will be very hot. - JSOP, 2013
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John Simmons / outlaw programmer wrote: What does TeamViewer give you that you don't get with VNC or Windows Remote Desktop?
With VNC/Windows Remote Desktop, When you login from Remote, the person sitting in front of the remote machine, can still stay logged in & watch what you are doing from remote?
Starting to think people post kid pics in their profiles because that was the last time they were cute - Jeremy Falcon.
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That shouldn't be a consideration when you're connecting from a machine in your own house to another machine in your own house.
".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
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When you pry the gun from my cold dead hands, be careful - the barrel will be very hot. - JSOP, 2013
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John Simmons / outlaw programmer wrote: What does TeamViewer give you that you don't get with VNC or Windows Remote Desktop?
He mentioned that he connects to his work computer. Unless his workplace has a firewall that refuses TeamViewer connections it will allow him to connect to a computer in a different network and geographical location.
Takes out the need for VPN's or SSH Tunnels or the like between networks.
Michael Martin
Australia
"I controlled my laughter and simple said "No,I am very busy,so I can't write any code for you". The moment they heard this all the smiling face turned into a sad looking face and one of them farted. So I had to leave the place as soon as possible."
- Mr.Prakash One Fine Saturday. 24/04/2004
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Recently I was spammed with read in the Devolutions newsletter about Wayk Now - Instant Remote Support and Remote Desktop[^] their competitor to TeamViewer et al.
I haven't tried it yet, but I've been using their Remote Desktop Manager Free for some years now without their being too intrusive, so I will likely try Wayk Now if/when I'll need remote access to somewhere.
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He he ! Thank you ! We only probably deserved 2 of the 4 we scored, but I think you also need a bit of luck to win the whole competition. Stayed awake late yesterday evening just to watch the celebration !
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Vunic wrote: they tried it well
We are nearing the 100% efficiency, like in most games so far. Some would talk about undeserved events, some other about forced luck.
Overall, and given what that team achieved in the past two years, including final in 2016, it is deserved, and well, if our strategy was the correct one to win, other teams are free to play it as well.
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