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So our cable provider in the area who provides internet and tv to our home and internet down at our (Mom and Pop) office emailed us yesterday to tell us they were going to shut off everything at 1:00 am and have it up at 5:am. So we let everyone know that uses our resources down at the office (some overseas) that this was going to happen and went to bed. This morning our home internet AND tv was down. We thought well bless their hearts they're running over and went to a phone based tether for the morning coffee. I went to the office and my wife who is a fighter pilot tech stay behind to get ready and call the internet people. She called me about 9 to tell me that the provider tech said no, it's just you at your house and it will be 2 days till it's back up. My wife railed them up one side and down the other for this including the fact that we are a "such and such provider disciple" and will not recommend your such and such service to anyone etc etc. and came to work. We both fumed all day down at our office as we went about our business. I even went home at lunch to give everything another reboot as stranger things have happened to no avail. Late today my wife ran over to get a check from a customer then went home. At quitin' time I got a call from my wife and home saying she had it all working. Seems our Labrador who has a bed in the "data center" corner of the spare room in our residence managed to work the wall wart for the provider amp loose enough with her back side over time, presumably, to power down the amp giving us signal. I didn't see that. She did. Boy I love her.
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This seems like an interesting story. I love a great rant! I also despise cable providers. I truly want to read this story.
Regrettably, I've enjoyed a few Guinness...perhaps a couple too many? On a possibly related note, the lack of paragraphs in the story has overwhelmed me.
Good luck tilting at that telecommunication windmill. Or, is it a cell tower? Its all a bit fuzzy at the moment 
Update: I just finished reading the story. I'm definitely in the "dog person" camp and specifically a fan of Labs. I'm happy that your dog is only enamored of low voltage equipment. Keep it away from the AC
modified 2-Aug-18 23:13pm.
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Chocolate lab - both an excellent pet, and an excellent place to work 
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AFAIK "Nutella" is searching for taste and product testers. I recommend you to apply
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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Is there a better feeling? I don't think so.
I am not the one who knocks. I never knock.
In fact, I hate knocking.
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Send that story to your cable provider.
I'm sure they'll print it, frame it, put it on display, and add a note in your customer file saying "this is the guy".
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So, looking at the developer portal for Ingenico, I find this:
You will found here informations about how to ensure a high level of webapps PERFORMANCE
Really? I mean come on, Ingenico is one of the major providers of payment processor terminals. How is it they don't vet the content of their site?
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Is it all over the site or just a small number of occurences ?
I'd rather be phishing!
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Watch out. The company will found you for this post. 
modified 2-Aug-18 15:59pm.
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I thought he made a very goodly point though.
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Indoubtably.
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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I hope they have an updation[^] process.
/ravi
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Ravi Bhavnani wrote: I hope they have an updation[^] process.
I'm sure they have. If they will found the glitch.
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Founders, keepers. 
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I have a guess, but I'd have to post it on Soap Box
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Why do advertisers put annoying animations in their webpage blazes?
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Marc Clifton wrote: developer portal
I think that explains it. I see a lot of smart (but non-native English speaking) developers tasked with writing technical documentation. It just doesn't work, IMHO. 
/ravi
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What do you expect from the French? 
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Slacker007 wrote: What do you expect from the French?
Smelly cheese.
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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Based in Belgium isnt it?
I worked for Verifone, the massive global competitor, for a few years.
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One simple answer - outsourcing.
Peter Wasser
"The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, and wiser people so full of doubts." - Bertrand Russell
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My hypothesis with this is that reading good literature has gone out of fashion.
As someone who was illiterate to the age of 8 I became a voracious reader in my early 20's.
I devoured Victorian literature and anything else I could get my hands on that I had time to read and that was considered a 'classic'.
I have been called a snob by one friend, however I think reading decent literature gave me an education that far outweighed anything I learnt at school or university.
Here's the problem - Victorian/'classic' novels or books by Dickens, Elliot, Ishiguro or Haruki Murakami are not generally considered light reads and we just don't seem to have time nowadays for a good few hours of reading.
The only way to increase your vocabulary and improve your grammar is to be exposed to more vocabulary and good grammar and literature is perhaps the best way to do this.
As a modern example - many people seem to use 'login' as a verb instead of using 'log in'. While it's a small pedantry of mine the clearer you can be the less chance there is for misunderstanding.
“That which can be asserted without evidence, can be dismissed without evidence.”
― Christopher Hitchens
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I agree completely. I am just sad that I did not read more when I was younger. It's a struggle to catch up these days.
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GuyThiebaut wrote: As a modern example - many people seem to use 'login' as a verb instead of using 'log in'. While it's a small pedantry of mine the clearer you can be the less chance there is for misunderstanding.
Not many books from the Victorian era have characters logging into anything.
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