Bad Beat/Moaning/Venting - pray for Lazare

[Raoul Duke III]

Most Only likeable Manager to win the title.

imo

Went to the pub to watch that, well went to meet a lad who is mad into Chelski (not CHD). Most enjoyable game tbf despite the silliness (Fabregas rolling around after having his hand grazed). Did get moved on from our cosy corner by some trad musicians, probably fair.

[BobSloane]

ah Prince....funny guy

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9FrSKe_w6_g

[MrsFlushdraw]

Sea fields spa is indeed top class, hotel itself was roasting hot was only downside. An hotel without a pool is a B&B I like the look of that indeed mrsFD, any good wend deals for June/July?

They have them on their site and Facebook page.

On tablet so can't link sorry. If on Facebook just look for shandon hotel and spa at Portnablah, Donegal

I imagine Malta might involve a downsizing from your 14 bedroom Donegal mansion for €100 per month. Pity you can't ship it with you.

It will be tough right enough. It's the selling of all the furniture and things that is a killer. Lol on the 100 a month amazing value here for property to rent or buy. The house would be over 2k a month in Dublin to rent with its size for sure.

[rounders123]

Most likeable Manager to win the title .
The seconditis tag put to bed in spectacular style.

Only thing is his mother died a decade ago

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http://images4.fanpop.com/image/phot...70-289-279.jpg

[rounders123]

imo

Went to the pub to watch that, well went to meet a lad who is mad into Chelski (not CHD). Most enjoyable game tbf despite the silliness (Fabregas rolling around after having his hand grazed). Did get moved on from our cosy corner by some trad musicians, probably fair.

Hope it wasn't the Sheds trad wankers. Anyway do bands not realise they are a nuisance until the sport is well and truly finished up. Tune yer guitars up beforethe gig yis expert trad wankers.

[TheDrunkenOne]

GOT season 6 episode 2 awesome but also Penny Dreadful back with season 3 episode 1 looking good for some crazy stuff. Mr Robot season 2 starting in June as well. TV series really have taken over from the movies imho

[Mellor]

No the point is you are using a word for comic effect that is no more acceptable for you to do than it was for Adams to.

No I wasn't. Like I said, you didn't understand it. I was pointing out the ridiculousness of a previous comment. I even included El Tren to help you along, but that went over your head too.

I fully expect you maintain some ridiculous position now so there's not much point debating with you. I'm out.

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[TheDrunkenOne]

What would you say the mobile phone will look like in 10 years?

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Slick voice recognition, using them as a credit/debit card as standard and roll up construction are on the way I feel as well as wi fi charging and face to face calling as the norm.

I just wish I could make it happen now for the $$$$

[Mellor]

using them as a credit/debit card

That exists now, my bank rolled it out a while ago. I haven't tried it out.

I can also take cash out of an ATM using my phone when I don't have my card on me.

I guess apps will become a lot less common? They seem bizarre even now.

Wut??

Apps having never been stronger and will only get better as processing power gets better.

[Raoul Duke III]

What would you say the mobile phone will look like in 10 years?

Reading a book on innovation at the moment and thinking about a few things like that. Hard to see how it can be improved. But the fact we used wap rather than html 10 years ago suggests how much things can change. I guess apps will become a lot less common? They seem bizarre even now.

Remote control for everything imaginable as the internet of things goes mainstream. Was reading an article recently - there are toilets being designed today that will analyse your, ahem, 'waste' and tell you if you have cancer warning signs. Dice probably has one.

Your phone will be the interface into such future delights.

[Teddie]

GoT

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Can't get on board the Jon Snow thing, such a stupid storyline. At this stage I'm just watching the show because I've made it this far, my interest/enjoyment has really diminished.

[Strewelpeter]

No I wasn't. Like I said, you didn't understand it. I was pointing out the ridiculousness of a previous comment. I even included El Tren to help you along, but that went over your head too.

I fully expect you maintain some ridiculous position now so there's not much point debating with you. I'm out.

Its really fucking simple; you have no right to use the word in any context no more than Adams has. OK.
If you think that is a ridiculous position then fuck off and argue it with someone who has been on the pointy end of people who can't really tell whether its being used ironically, comically or with malice when its thrown in their faces.

[mocata]

Am scoping out IoT tech for a new build house at the minute. One of the first things he asked for was a Webcam in the fridge so he could check there was milk on way home

[DeadParrot]

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I've a sneaking suspicion he isn't really back. Like there was no one there when he woke which is a bit unnerving. I wonder if he dies again and Mel won't know that she really had the power. Hope I'm wrong though.

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Beric Dondarrion and Lady stoneheart would like to have a word

[dobby]

GoT

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Can't get on board the Jon Snow thing, such a stupid storyline. At this stage I'm just watching the show because I've made it this far, my interest/enjoyment has really diminished.

+1. Come too far to give up now but fuck that storyline

[Loopz]

Barca vrs Celtic tickets on sale today if anyone is interested.

[AndyFatBastard]

Book and later episodes spoilers:

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Can't wait for the Tower Of Joy, gonna be amazing.

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[shrapnel]

So unused to tipping now as its not done in France. What's a standard tip for a meal in Dublin these days? Have a vague feeling it's 10%?

10% is fine.

[Teddie]

Question about Betfair. Is the betting profit and loss section an account of money that should have been paid out? Strange situation that I have a profit on a market display in there that I never received the money for. Markets been settled etc. Also had a situation in the same market where despite being green on both outcomes when I bet on one of the outcomes my profit on that market diminished and the money was taken out of my account.

[Strewelpeter]

So unused to tipping now as its not done in France. What's a standard tip for a meal in Dublin these days? Have a vague feeling it's 10%?

UK are looking at preparing a law to formalise the mess they have after a previous attempt failed and are currently accepting submissions from interested parties. There they have a variety of 'service charges' most of which are diverted away from staff and into the till.

http://www.theguardian.com/business/2015/aug/30/inquiry-tipping-abuse-restaurants-service-charges

[Raoul Duke III]

UK are looking at preparing a law to formalise the mess they have after a previous attempt failed and are currently accepting submissions from interested parties. There they have a variety of 'service charges' most of which are diverted away from staff and into the till.

http://www.theguardian.com/business/...ervice-charges

In London, you should always refuse to pay the 'optional service charge' on the bill - just give the wait staff cash direct instead.

[Raoul Duke III]

Am scoping out IoT tech for a new build house at the minute. One of the first things he asked for was a Webcam in the fridge so he could check there was milk on way home

FFS.

Stuff like self-cleaning houses I can identify with but I do fear we are taking a lot of the tech opportunity and turning it into ways to make ourselves even more stupid than we already are.

[Fiery Wasabi]

Am scoping out IoT tech for a new build house at the minute. One of the first things he asked for was a Webcam in the fridge so he could check there was milk on way home

Don't forget to include a robotic arm to open the door so that the light comes on and then he'll be able to see inside.

[oleras]

Don't forget to include a robotic arm to open the door so that the light comes on and then he'll be able to see inside.

I like the idea of a bar code reader near the rubbish bin, as , say a carton of milk, is being recycled, it is scanned and added to a shopping list.

Vague recollection of seeing something similar years ago on Tomorrows World.

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[Guest]

Just received an email from a recruiter saying he had left a voicemail, had some jobs in my area and he is working to a strict time limit on these jobs.

5 seconds later phone rings, same guy (must be to leave the voicemail as I don't have any from him)

Straight into a pressure question which he stutters with:

"I see your cv.......................on reid..........why...................."

Why is anyone on there?

immediately he is looking for an out

So told him I want a job in recruitment

Really looking for an out

Told him if I stay in pubs I want xyz

At this point he sounds like a gay guy trying to dump his girlfriend in as nice a way as possible


Replied to the email asking if it was him I just spoke to, he replies saying it was just a point of contact email for future reference

Guess there was no voicemail or strict timeline after all

Second hand car dealers the lot of them

[Emmet]

I like the idea of a bar code reader near the rubbish bin, as , say a carton of milk, is being recycled, it is scanned and added to a shopping list.

Vague recollection of seeing something similar years ago on Tomorrows World.

What a program!

[Strewelpeter]

What a program!

I remember clearly seeing the first segment they did explaining how cellular phones would work. In a few minutes I understood the principals and crucially that it could scale to mass usage. It must have been the best part of ten years before it happened but I was never happy until I became one of the first Motorola brick wankers

It was such a great programme and a huge brand I can't figure out why BBC are not still producing it.

[shrapnel]

Am a huge fan of the French system where there's no tipping (outside Paris), and the price you see on the menu has a 10% tip built into it which legally has to go to the staff. Tipping needs to diaf.

pretty sure it's the same in Paris

[Mellor]

I like the idea of a bar code reader near the rubbish bin, as , say a carton of milk, is being recycled, it is scanned and added to a shopping list.

Vague recollection of seeing something similar years ago on Tomorrows World.

I seen that one. It was on the fridge, scan the milk on the way in and tells you how much is left and when it's off.
I think.

I remember ordering pizza online in the same episode.

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[Guest]

Fuck intelligent fridges,about as useful as a fitbit,where are our jetpacks and teleportation devices?

[shrapnel]

Isn't it expected to still give a 10% tip in Paris? Think they call it the 'Paris tip'.

never heard of it tbh. When France stopped tipping, so did Paris as far as i was aware. Haven't tipped in Paris for years! could be things have changed again?

[Guest]

UK are looking at preparing a law to formalise the mess they have after a previous attempt failed and are currently accepting submissions from interested parties. There they have a variety of 'service charges' most of which are diverted away from staff and into the till.

http://www.theguardian.com/business/...ervice-charges

Apparently the crowd I work for were taking something like 50% as an admin fee
I don't get tips or charge so didn't know how it worked at first

A small company(the company i actually work for) inside the parent company pushed for this to be changed as
a)was a shite thing to do
b)would have killed the small companies brand when it got out

100% now goes to staff

I now get service charge

In London, you should always refuse to pay the 'optional service charge' on the bill - just give the wait staff cash direct instead.

Probably true but don't do this in my gaff, I still don't get tips

[Guest]

Emailed the recruiter back and reviewed our conversation (in a nice way)

Pointed out that calling someone who works nights in the pub/restaurant game on a bank holiday Tuesday and coming full on with the pressured version of the very simple "why you looking for a job" question is probably not the best idea

+ pointed out that he was looking to pull the ripcord way too quick when I didn't play ball

I got a very nice reply

[bp_me]

Am scoping out IoT tech for a new build house at the minute. One of the first things he asked for was a Webcam in the fridge so he could check there was milk on way home

One of the new samsung fridges has this functionality built in.

[Mellor]

I imagine webcams will be more and more common as time goes further on

[shrapnel]

One of the new samsung fridges has this functionality built in.

No doubt you'll eventually have to register/sync your fridge to your google account.

probably end up spying/recording data on your eating habits too!

[Mellor]

No doubt you'll eventually have to register/sync your fridge to your google account.

probably end up spying/recording data on your eating habits too!

I'd expect they already have that from somewhere.

[shrapnel]

I'd expect they already have that from somewhere.

for sure!

I was just playing around with the fact that samsung already collect data from our televisions/laptops/etc. now they'll just be doing the same with our fridges!

[Guest]

No doubt you'll eventually have to register/sync your fridge to your google account.

probably end up spying/recording data on your eating habits too!

Some Supermarkets in the US flog on details of how much alcohol you buy to health insurers if you pay by card. Fuck knows how much money is being made off off all the info people give away online.
Cash (and not having a bunch of pointlessly connected appliances) is king.

[Strewelpeter]

Some Supermarkets in the US flog on details of how much alcohol you buy to health insurers if you pay by card. Fuck knows how much money is being made off off all the info people give away online.
Cash (and not having a bunch of pointlessly connected appliances) is king.

LOL if that is true (I doubt very much it could happen here) it serves me right for zapping my loyalty card against the absurd amount of booze I buy for my Da

[RichieM]

Emailed the recruiter back and reviewed our conversation (in a nice way)

Pointed out that calling someone who works nights in the pub/restaurant game on a bank holiday Tuesday and coming full on with the pressured version of the very simple "why you looking for a job" question is probably not the best idea

+ pointed out that he was looking to pull the ripcord way too quick when I didn't play ball

I got a very nice reply

So you out your cv on a cv database. You then got called about a job and rather then engaging said you wanted to be a recruiter or get paid some crazy amount of money to stick it to the guy who called.

Not very sure what you got out of the whole thing tho since now whatever jobs the guy does have on the books you won't get to hear about. He will make 50 identical pitch calls today to filter down to probably 10'people to meet and send for interview.

[Mellor]

Some Supermarkets in the US flog on details of how much alcohol you buy to health insurers if you pay by card. Fuck knows how much money is being made off off all the info people give away online.
Cash (and not having a bunch of pointlessly connected appliances) is king.

They still collect that data if you use cash and a loyalty card.

LOL if that is true (I doubt very much it could happen here) it serves me right for zapping my loyalty card against the absurd amount of booze I buy for my Da

I've no idea whether or not that sort of info is for sale to the highest bidder in Ireland. But it's definitely monitored. Loyalty cards served to encourage repeat customers, but it's all also free access to huge amounts of shopping habit data. shop planograms are based off that data for one.

Aren't tesco selling insurance and the likes these days? I'd be surprised if they didn't share that data internally.

[dobby]

Got a few bites from spurs fans with the Bottleham Lolspurs comment. Thanks chips.

[Mellor]

He will make 50 identical pitch calls today to filter down to probably 10'people to meet and send for interview.

He only has to worry about 49 now, so everyone's a winner

[Guest]

So you out your cv on a cv database. You then got called about a job and rather then engaging said you wanted to be a recruiter or get paid some crazy amount of money to stick it to the guy who called.

Not very sure what you got out of the whole thing tho since now whatever jobs the guy does have on the books you won't get to hear about. He will make 50 identical pitch calls today to filter down to probably 10'people to meet and send for interview.

I understand that and usually I'm fine with them it was just how he did it

*Pretty sure he is pitching jobs paying £5-10K less than I currently earn (and mention as a minimum on said recruitment page) and I'm out of his niche
London retail recruitment don't even skim CV's before ringing people

+People who are pushing jobs I'm after don't do it the way he did



Then again, London recruitment in general, I get regular calls/emails with regard to I.T jobs, haven't done that in ~15 years
barely mentioned on my CV (bottom of page 2) and only mentioned on recruitment pages under education

Do you have any experience with...

"That programming language didn't really exist the last time I worked in I.T, however I'd be interested in xyz if your company recruit for that"

oooh, I didn't read your CV before getting in touch

[DeadParrot]

I remember clearly seeing the first segment they did explaining how cellular phones would work. In a few minutes I understood the principals and crucially that it could scale to mass usage. It must have been the best part of ten years before it happened but I was never happy until I became one of the first Motorola brick wankers

It was such a great programme and a huge brand I can't figure out why BBC are not still producing it.

I seen that one. It was on the fridge, scan the milk on the way in and tells you how much is left and when it's off.
I think.

I remember ordering pizza online in the same episode.

Tomorrows World was brilliant.
The cynic in me can see why it's not on anymore but It'd be great even to look at the old eps.
I'd be especially insterested in ones were we have failed to achieve the dream.
Flying Cars, Mass Transportation, Paper Clothes etc

http://home.bt.com/tech-gadgets/tomorrows-world-at-50-10-technologies-we-first-saw-on-the-bbcs-classic-gadget-show-11363990674112

[Ed]

Know there's a few folks who've done diving on here - how long would it take to go from absolute beginner learning in a pool to being out in the sea?

[AndyFatBastard]

MBN

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8uQYBAbclSM

[DeadParrot]

I imagine webcams will be more and more common as time goes further on

I would suggest the exact opposite, particularly when it covers means of communication.
A (realistic, bit not necessary) rendered avatar would be a much more flexible means to communicate as you would not have to worry about personal appearance/background etc
A one time scan to capture facial features and movements and with the improvement of speech recognition and voice rendering , there is never a need to wear pants on the phone

[Guest]

They still collect that data if you use cash and a loyalty card.

I've no idea whether or not that sort of info is for sale to the highest bidder in Ireland. But it's definitely monitored. Loyalty cards served to encourage repeat customers, but it's all also free access to huge amounts of shopping habit data. shop planograms are based off that data for one.

Aren't tesco selling insurance and the likes these days? I'd be surprised if they didn't share that data internally.

Don't sign up for loyalty cards for that reason
Have a google account linked to my phone though so its all futile at the end of the day

[CHDad]

If Chelsea acted like Spurs last night there would be outrage from top pundits down to your Strewlpeters.

Funny old game.

[shrapnel]

Know there's a few folks who've done diving on here - how long would it take to go from absolute beginner learning in a pool to being out in the sea?

you only really need one session in a pool (or this can be done at sea also) to learn the basics. After that you are perfectly capable of exploring shallow reefs. Once you've done a number of basic dives and have passed your padi, you can go deeper and for longer.

[Jibzzzz]

Know there's a few folks who've done diving on here - how long would it take to go from absolute beginner learning in a pool to being out in the sea?

Did my course in Thailand. Did no pool work, some companies do but the one we went with did the beginner stuff in shallow water.

Course takes 4 days to complete but I'm sure most places would have you in the sea on day 2?

I dived the red sea in Egypt last year without my licence as a "beginner dive" and you just get a briefing and your straight down.

[Mellor]

Know there's a few folks who've done diving on here - how long would it take to go from absolute beginner learning in a pool to being out in the sea?

My first and only time diving was in the ocean, with a guide. So if you just want to do a short basic dive a reef, no time is needed before you in the ocean or sea.

If you want to dive on your own, as a certified diver. You'd need to do a Padi cert. Takes a weekend or so. As part of the course you do open water dives.

[Strewelpeter]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8f9mhC-low4

[RichieM]

If Chelsea acted like Spurs last night there would be outrage from top pundits down to your Strewlpeters.

Funny old game.

I am sure there still will be tbh and dembelle and lamella at least will get a few weeks banned for eye gouging and hand stamping respectively.

As a spurs fan I am pretty disappointed as we went 2 up, got rattled and then by giving away frees and loosing any shape we had let you guys back in.

Pity after a good season that this will be the talking point for us and your dead right of Chelsea did the same you would be condemned by all - you are much less likeable as a club tho