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I like this kind of update...

Kornfeld Eliyahu Peter7-Jan-18 2:16

Kornfeld Eliyahu Peter

7-Jan-18 2:16

So I was ordering a computer to the kid's room (the old is... old)...
I picked a configuration (i5 7600, 8GB, 480GB SSD) and got the prize of 2960 NIS (~ $862).
The day after my account was charged for 2919 NIS (~ $850).
When picked up the box I got invoice for 2885 NIS (~ $840), with promise that the difference will be on my account the next day (it was there).
And do not think they put in even cheaper parts I picked in the original configuration - all exactly the same...

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

Re: I like this kind of update...

RickZeeland7-Jan-18 4:50

7-Jan-18 4:50

Had to look up what NIS means, it's Israeli Shekel. 1 US dollar is about 3.5 NIS.
So in US dollars it is even cheaper Laugh | :laugh:

Laugh | :laugh:

Re: I like this kind of update...

KarstenK7-Jan-18 7:17

7-Jan-18 7:17

Looks like the dollar is sinking against the NIS. It always get turn aroung, but this move was for your advantage. Thumbs Up | :thumbsup:

Thumbs Up | :thumbsup:

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Re: I like this kind of update...

dan!sh 7-Jan-18 16:59

7-Jan-18 16:59

Try returning it back. They might refund 2960 NIS to you. Forget bitcoin, order computers to get rich! Jig | [Dance]

Jig | [Dance]

"It is easy to decipher extraterrestrial signals after deciphering Javascript and VB6 themselves.", ISanti[^]

Re: I like this kind of update...

enhzflep9-Jan-18 20:09

9-Jan-18 20:09

I bet they give you 2800 NIS minus shipping and handling. That'd be like a mouthful of Good Stuff | [The good stuff]

Good Stuff | [The good stuff]

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Kornfeld Eliyahu Peter6-Jan-18 22:14

Kornfeld Eliyahu Peter

6-Jan-18 22:14

Wizard of Id by Parker and Hart for Jan 7, 2018 | Read Comic Strips at GoComics.com[^]

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

Sander Rossel8-Jan-18 2:05

8-Jan-18 2:05

Guess what I'm not wearing right now Big Grin | :-D

Big Grin | :-D

You should see the looks on my coworkers faces... Sigh | :sigh:

Sigh | :sigh:

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OriginalGriff6-Jan-18 20:13

6-Jan-18 20:13

John Young, US astronaut and pioneer, dies aged 87 - BBC News[^]
Rest in peace, sir! Rose | [Rose]

Rose | [Rose]

Only five people left who have walked on the moon, and they are all in their eighties. Soon - far too soon, I'm sure - there will be no-one left who can say they did it, and tell us first hand what it was like.
Where did we go wrong? We should be colonising Mars by now ... Sigh | :sigh:

Sigh | :sigh:

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Re: RIP John Young

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Richard MacCutchan6-Jan-18 20:55

Richard MacCutchan

6-Jan-18 20:55

OriginalGriff wrote:
We should be colonising Mars by now

Then Trump would have to build an interplanetary wall.

Re: RIP John Young

Cornelius Henning6-Jan-18 22:34

Cornelius Henning

6-Jan-18 22:34

Quote:
Then Trump would have to build an interplanetary wall.

And he's just the man to do it, if he can get Congress off their butts and get them to do something .... anything! Laugh | :laugh:

Laugh | :laugh:

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Re: RIP John Young

KarstenK6-Jan-18 22:23

6-Jan-18 22:23

We would at first solve the problems (like war, environment and poverty) on earth before starting to polute the mars. Unsure | :~

Unsure | :~

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Greetings from Germany

Re: RIP John Young

OriginalGriff6-Jan-18 22:58

6-Jan-18 22:58

We have a supervolcano - Yellowstone - that is 40,000 years overdue to let off in a BIG way; we're late for a asteroid strike; most wars are about space and resources; if we stay here - and only here - much longer there won't be a species to fix those problems.

I can't remember who said it: "a planet is a good place to grow up, but you wouldn't want to live there".

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Re: RIP John Young

Kornfeld Eliyahu Peter6-Jan-18 22:51

Kornfeld Eliyahu Peter

6-Jan-18 22:51

OriginalGriff wrote:
Where did we go wrong?

Africa? South and north. Latin-America. Middle and far east...

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

Re: RIP John Young

enhzflep7-Jan-18 1:21

7-Jan-18 1:21

Thumbs Down | :thumbsdown:

Soapbox is over there ->

Re: RIP John Young

lopatir6-Jan-18 23:54

6-Jan-18 23:54

OriginalGriff wrote:
Where did we go wrong?

climbing out of the primordial slime?

Signature ready for installation. Please Reboot now.

Re: RIP John Young

glennPattonWork37-Jan-18 2:26

glennPattonWork3

7-Jan-18 2:26

Elephant | [mastadon]

!, One of my heros, coolest story we he retired he still turned up to Monday Morning briefings when he retired as he couldn't think what too do & because he felt he should!

Re: RIP John Young

Mike Hankey7-Jan-18 2:35

7-Jan-18 2:35

We need to find another place soon. At the rate we're using resources and polluting it won't be long.

Don't let your mind wander too far.
It's too small to be let out alone.

Re: RIP John Young

ZurdoDev8-Jan-18 0:43

8-Jan-18 0:43

Mike Hankey wrote:
At the rate we're using resources

Then Mars is the obvious answer. It has all the resources we need. Wink | ;)

Wink | ;)

There are two kinds of people in the world: those who can extrapolate from incomplete data.

There are only 10 types of people in the world, those who understand binary and those who don't.

Re: RIP John Young

Gary R. Wheeler7-Jan-18 3:25

Gary R. Wheeler

7-Jan-18 3:25

OriginalGriff wrote:
Where did we go wrong

Don't get me started.

William Proxmire should be dug up out of his grave, resurrected, and then executed (slowly) as a traitor not to the United States, but to the entire homo sapiens species.

OriginalGriff wrote:
We should be colonising Mars by now

I disagree. The colonies on the Moon and Mars should be going concerns. Mining in the asteroid belt should be taking off. Exploration of the outer planets and their moons should be underway. We should be talking about, if not building, the first generation ships to nearby stars.

Software Zen: delete this;

Re: RIP John Young

Cornelius Henning7-Jan-18 3:46

Cornelius Henning

7-Jan-18 3:46

Yup!

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Re: RIP John Young

ZurdoDev8-Jan-18 0:44

8-Jan-18 0:44

Gary R. Wheeler wrote:
The colonies on the Moon and Mars should be going concerns. Mining in the asteroid belt should be taking off. Exploration of the outer planets and their moons should be underway. We should be talking about, if not building, the first generation ships to nearby stars.

We haven't even explored much of our own world and everyone is so eager to leave. Strange.

There are two kinds of people in the world: those who can extrapolate from incomplete data.

There are only 10 types of people in the world, those who understand binary and those who don't.

Re: RIP John Young

Joe Woodbury8-Jan-18 8:04

8-Jan-18 8:04

I think bases on the Moon and Mars are complete dead-ends. I do agree, however, that mining the asteroid belt could pay massive dividends.

Re: RIP John Young

Jörgen Andersson7-Jan-18 3:38

Jörgen Andersson

7-Jan-18 3:38

OriginalGriff wrote:
Where did we go wrong? We should be colonising Mars by now

With not realizing that the size of the rocket, and thereby the cost, grows exponentially with distance.

Wrong is evil and must be defeated. - Jeff Ello

Re: RIP John Young

OriginalGriff7-Jan-18 3:58

7-Jan-18 3:58

Rocket?
We should have a Beanstalk - or several - and an orbital manufacturing facility using lunar ore (again raised by Beanstalk).

And light sails, ion drives, heck - where's me Dilithium warp drive?

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Re: RIP John Young

Jörgen Andersson7-Jan-18 5:01

Jörgen Andersson

7-Jan-18 5:01

If you solve the material problem they lower the amount of energy needed considerably, but you can't put a beanstalk between Earth and Mars.

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