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11-Jul-17 21:56

Prevent a rock from edging the paving. (9)

(There may be some delays in responses, this morning is quite busy...)

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LabVIEWstuff11-Jul-17 22:08

LabVIEWstuff

11-Jul-17 22:08

Kerbstone.

Prevent - Kerb / curb
rock - stone.

... and a Kerbstone is the edge of a paved way.

Andy B

OriginalGriff11-Jul-17 22:16

11-Jul-17 22:16

I was looking for CURBSTONE, but KERBSTONE is a variant spelling and I'll allow it.

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Rage12-Jul-17 1:58

Rage

12-Jul-17 1:58

KERBSTONE sounds more ... concrete. And more german.

OriginalGriff12-Jul-17 2:14

12-Jul-17 2:14

Ve are not tryink to be German!
(Don't mention ze war; I did vunce but I tink I got avay vis it.)

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Net neutrality protest day

Daniel Pfeffer12-Jul-17 3:58

Daniel Pfeffer

12-Jul-17 3:58

OriginalGriff wrote:
Don't mention ze war

Tom Leher sang:
We taught them a lesson in 1918,
And they've hardly bothered us since then!

-- MLF lullaby

If you have an important point to make, don't try to be subtle or clever. Use a pile driver. Hit the point once. Then come back and hit it again. Then hit it a third time - a tremendous whack.

--Winston Churchill

OriginalGriff11-Jul-17 18:50

11-Jul-17 18:50

painfull[^]

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Peter_in_278011-Jul-17 18:56

Peter_in_2780

11-Jul-17 18:56

You realise you're not helping. Four messages when one would suffice!

Poke tongue | ;-P

Peter

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OriginalGriff11-Jul-17 18:57

11-Jul-17 18:57

It's

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OriginalGriff11-Jul-17 18:58

11-Jul-17 18:58

this

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OriginalGriff11-Jul-17 18:58

11-Jul-17 18:58

slow

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OriginalGriff11-Jul-17 18:58

11-Jul-17 18:58

access!

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CodeWraith11-Jul-17 19:35

CodeWraith

11-Jul-17 19:35

Virtual 56k modems ought to be enough for everyone. If not, Microsoft will easily find a good use for your bandwith and data volume. Smile | :)

Richard Deeming12-Jul-17 2:13

Richard Deeming

12-Jul-17 2:13

56k modems? Luxury. We used to dream of having 56k modems! Laugh | :laugh:

"These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined."
- Homer

CodeWraith12-Jul-17 2:58

CodeWraith

12-Jul-17 2:58

I can offer VT100 terminals with selectable 75 baud or blistering 300 baud. Smile | :)

dan!sh 11-Jul-17 19:41

dan!sh

11-Jul-17 19:41

CP should put this up: Hamster wheel in slow motion - YouTube

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Kornfeld Eliyahu Peter11-Jul-17 20:26

Kornfeld Eliyahu Peter

11-Jul-17 20:26

Do not forget that in the age of 56K modems there were no Twitter, Facebok, Youtube and so...
Everything has a price Wink | ;-)

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Alex: Fix it? How you gonna fix this?
Skipper: Grit, spit and a whole lotta duct tape.

Nelek11-Jul-17 20:38

Nelek

11-Jul-17 20:38

Kornfeld Eliyahu Peter wrote:
there were no Twitter, Facebok, Youtube and so...

I would not miss them... and neither most of the fancy crap webs need to load that actually bring nothing but delay and bandwidth consume without any improvement in the functionality

M.D.V.

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OriginalGriff11-Jul-17 20:53

11-Jul-17 20:53

You make it sound so tempting ... I've probably still got a dial up modem somewhere ... Hmmm ...

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Kornfeld Eliyahu Peter11-Jul-17 20:58

Kornfeld Eliyahu Peter

11-Jul-17 20:58

If you have any problem to get one, you always can edit the hosts file Smile | :)

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Basildane12-Jul-17 1:52

Basildane

12-Jul-17 1:52

> there were no Twitter, Facebok, Youtube and so...

Yeah, those were GREAT days.

Basildane12-Jul-17 1:57

Basildane

12-Jul-17 1:57

I've never even SEEN twitter. Ever.
I've seen Facebook once, when a coworker showed me something on his desktop, but that's all.

jschell13-Jul-17 6:51

jschell

13-Jul-17 6:51

CompuServe on a 1200 baud modem should be good enough for everyone.

Although not sure how to bill for the time necessary to download the Oracle developer version before I can start working on the new project.

Net neutrality protest day

User 842012-Jul-17 2:28

User 8420

12-Jul-17 2:28

Quote:
Google, Facebook, Netflix, Amazon, Twitter, Reddit and Snapchat are among the major Internet companies taking part in the event. According to Fight for the Future, one of the organizers of the protest, many sites will be displaying an alert on their homepage that will try to give users a feel for what the Internet would be like without net neutrality.

Ummm... Aren't Google, Facebook, Netflix, Twitter, Reddit and Snapchat the very companies that Net neutrality proponents are fearing would buy up the "fast" access giving themselves an advantage? Roll eyes | :rolleyes:

Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect. ~ Mark Twain

OriginalGriff11-Jul-17 18:49