Bad beat/Moan/Venting Thread - BBV Archive 1

[Trippie]

2 questions:

Have the names of the 5 Mexican players who failed drug tests been revealed?

I presume the fact that IPB and facebook are acting up are down to the individual websites and not from my end?

ye they have, read it somewhere last night, ochoa the keeper is one of them. none of the epl players though

[Raoul Duke III]

OK, last post on BL (I promise); BL told us proudly some time back that 'Ireland is not Iceland'. Iceland issued bonds into the market at 5% today and is considered less than half as likely as Ireland to default. We're nearing 'certain to default' territory.

[Loopz]

What would I expect to pay for this?

35-40e

[tylerdurden94]

This has been posted once/twice before in different formats but its still pretty cool, ended up reading a few bits on Wikipedia then also



VY Canis Majoris

[The C Kid]

I use TVersity, but I think even Windows Media Player has Media Centre capabilities now.

I liked TVersity because it was straightfoward to set up though.
Just watch last 2 mins of this

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A2RgXFwk6PA

And then this
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GgLzY...eature=related

Thanks, set this up, and seems to be working. If I want to watch something, I presume I always need to have my computer turned on and does Tversity open automatically or do i have to open it on the computer before it will be picked up on the media player?

Thanks alot, apologies if questions are stupid I'm retarded at stuff like this.

[Keane]

Fitzwillaim Friday Food Fair
just down between the Fitz casino and leeson street in the park. Cant miss it really

Sound, too late for me to make it in today obv unfortunately.

[RichieM]

Sound, too late for me to make it in today obv unfortunately.

Ya finshes at 2:30 but you would want to get there earlier as the nicest food goes quicker.

[cardshark202]

Purely because the Dublin Bus website is piss-poor. Is there anyway to get from Dundrum to Bray? or any stop on the Luas line where you'd be able to get a bus to Bray?

Options:

luas to sandyford, then finnegan bray bus to bray.

luas to kilbride, then walk down to n11, (about 10 min walk I guess), and get any bus to bray.

75 to dun laoghaire, dart to bray

[Loopz]

I somehow missed some of the "2 x"'s in your first list
I may have undercut the price a bit

Disclaimer: Me know nathing about owning a butchers etc

They are after a very different market to the 2 kg on mince steak in tesco market, so Tesco undercutting them doesn't really matter unless they become massive and are seen as a threat (which would never happen anyhu)

World of difference in the quality of the meat id imagine

from the site:


Without looking at it too deeply, looks a decent price considering they are chasing the:
"I buy from the farmers market/quality butchers and like to tell people about it" mammy
and the lad with a bit of money in his pocket who really likes a good steak

+ cutting out the middleman



This kind of stuff has been going on in the USA for years AFAIK
Hope it works for them

£50 seems a bit expensive but the meat could be of exceptional quality, I don't see why people cant just use a local butcher, supermarkets are more expensive and worse quality meat than butchers.

A prime example is corned beef, it is one of my favourite dinners tesco stock their own brand and also award winning butchers downeys corned beef which is 2e per kg cheaper like wtf

[Hitchhiker's Guide To...]

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[Emmet]

Thanks, set this up, and seems to be working. If I want to watch something, I presume I always need to have my computer turned on and does Tversity open automatically or do i have to open it on the computer before it will be picked up on the media player?

Thanks alot, apologies if questions are stupid I'm retarded at stuff like this.

Computer always on, Tversity should run in background upon startup every time.

Should be fairly automated from here on out tbh.

Enjoy!

[The C Kid]

Computer always on, Tversity should run in background upon startup every time.

Should be fairly automated from here on out tbh.

Enjoy!

Thanks! Last question. Seems to work fine with avi but doesn't play any mkvs. Any ideas?

[Guest]

Just as a general comment on all this. But, surely no-one buys meat from a supermarket anymore?

Id imagine that in every decent size town in UK & Ireland, the supermarkets outsell all the butchers

Between quality, taste, and how long it lasts, you're probably paying at least 50% more in a supermarket even if it on-paper appears cheaper.

no argument from me

£50 seems a bit expensive but the meat could be of exceptional quality, I don't see why people cant just use a local butcher, supermarkets are more expensive and worse quality meat than butchers.

na, id say in a supermarket (id did say supermarket prices in original reply), for supermarket standard fast reared muck, my guesstimate would be that you would be looking at €45-50 (or more)

I could easily be wrong mind, not a butcher

[Angry-Ball]

OK, last post on BL (I promise); BL told us proudly some time back that 'Ireland is not Iceland'. Iceland issued bonds into the market at 5% today and is considered less than half as likely as Ireland to default. We're nearing 'certain to default' territory.

ok in celebration of your last post on brian lenihan i will give you something else to focus on.
lets assume i owe my company owes the bank (AIB) somwhere in the region of 6-700k and the bank hold very little collateral against these loans. they have crept the interest rate upto an astonishing 12%.
there is 2 scenarios i want to explore here to try and clear this loan

a: iam a good little boy and have never missed a payment regardless of how much interest the bank has charged, even though it is crippling me and i have said this to the banks on several occasions.

b: iam a very bad customer and since the downfall my business has gone to shit and i have not been keeping up repayments on my loans, iam constantly missing payments and when i do make a payment it is probably only half of the agreed monthly payment. i have gone into huge arrears over the last 2 yrs and iam showing little or no hope of paying this back anytime soon.

i have been very fortunate and have come into a rather large sum of money, i now feel i can approach the bank to clear this debt but only if they will make it worth my while as in a write down of the principle and forget and interest and charges that may have built up on the loans also.

how much of a write down could i expect in position A
how much of a write down could i expect in position B
what size writedowns are being bandied about atm for people that owe in excess of a million if the were in a position to clear the loan.

[Trippie]

Anyone interested in reffing our football game tomorrow? there will be pints in it for you. Dom?

[Raoul Duke III]

what size writedowns are being bandied about atm for people that owe in excess of a million if the were in a position to clear the loan.

I can give you a very precise figure!

0%

you can pay, they'll laugh you out the door if you try to negotiate a haircut when you have cash on hand to clear it

(ideally, this mysterious large sum of money would be far, far away - under a name that is not yours *)

*nobody heard me say that

[RasTa]

I get an order from here once every 2-3 months, tis good stuff.

http://www.kettyleirishfoods.com/KETTYLE-BEEF/Ribeye-Steaks/

[Rufio]

I get an order from here once every 2-3 months, tis good stuff.

http://www.kettyleirishfoods.com/KET...Ribeye-Steaks/

http://www.kettyleirishfoods.com/FERMANAGH-CHICKEN/Chicken-Fillets/

20 quid for ten chicken fillets, they'd want to be whopper!

[Raoul Duke III]

I get an order from here once every 2-3 months, tis good stuff.

http://www.kettyleirishfoods.com/KET...Ribeye-Steaks/

Mrs Duke buys Aldi ribeye steaks a fair bit; very tasty

I, being a chump, spend twice as much to buy them in the farmer's market. These are the dudes who supply.

They're both about the same.

[RichieM]

Mrs Duke buys Aldi ribeye steaks a fair bit; very tasty

I, being a chump, spend twice as much to buy them in the farmer's market. These are the dudes who supply.

They're both about the same.

So she is the one who is financially savy then. Damn and I have been listening to your advice on where to keep my money. Can you stick her on later

[RasTa]

Mrs Duke buys Aldi ribeye steaks a fair bit; very tasty

They're both about the same.

I heard there nice from a few sources, the fancy range? I always forget which shop has them and usually end up in Lidl. Do they do nice lamb?

Also Fallon&Byrne do some nice rib-eyes. You're place RD is a rip off, 20 quid for 4 burgers?!

[Raoul Duke III]

I heard there nice from a few sources, the fancy range? I always forget which shop has them and usually end up in Lidl. Do they do nice lamb?

it's these bad boys:



We only ever get these steaks from Aldi so couldn't tell you what the rest of their meat offering is like.

[Raoul Duke III]

Also Fallon&Byrne do some nice rib-eyes. You're place RD is a rip off, 20 quid for 4 burgers?!

website must be wrong

the burgers are €1 each from the farmer's market in St Anne's Park on Saturdays. Decent market, Rufio I'm sure can back me up on this.

[Rufio]

website must be wrong

the burgers are €1 each from the farmer's market in St Anne's Park on Saturdays. Decent market, Rufio I'm sure can back me up on this.

Can't say I've ever been up to it! I suppose tomorrow morning is as good a time as any to give it a spin.

[RasTa]

website must be wrong

the burgers are €1 each from the farmer's market in St Anne's Park on Saturdays. Decent market, Rufio I'm sure can back me up on this.

Aye, thought 639.99 for a kilo of organic fillet steak was a bit much.

[Raoul Duke III]

Can't say I've ever been up to it! I suppose tomorrow morning is as good a time as any to give it a spin.

I'll keep an eye out for degen-ish looking characters

If a small white terrier barks at you, give her a kick in the hole

[Raoul Duke III]

Aye, thought 639.99 for a kilo of organic fillet steak was a bit much.

would give one pause for thought alright

[Raoul Duke III]

the golfers amongst you may enjoy this guy

[Guest]

the golfers amongst you may enjoy this guy

Someone posted that a while back...After my performance this morning, 10,000 hours would be nowhere near enough.

[Guest]

lol scotland

[kincsem]

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[The C Kid]

Thanks! Last question. Seems to work fine with avi but doesn't play any mkvs. Any ideas?

Bump. Anyone know how to get Tversity to play mkvs through a western digital media player. Thanks!

[Opr]

it's these bad boys:



We only ever get these steaks from Aldi so couldn't tell you what the rest of their meat offering is like.

The fillet range of these are also amazing but are almost never in stock.



Opr

[niav]

Bump. Anyone know how to get Tversity to play mkvs through a western digital media player. Thanks!

I assume it is a WDTV Live. If so you shouldn't need Tversity to play files over the network. Go to the menu and select Video > Network shares

The name of the machine you want to connect to should be there if you have enabled file sharing on the folders you wish to be shared.

Just to add that getting an external drive and connecting it directly to the WDTV is much easier and more reliable as you are not subject to networking issues.

[The C Kid]

I assume it is a WDTV Live. If so you shouldn't need Tversity to play files over the network. Go to the menu and select Video > Network shares

The name of the machine you want to connect to should be there if you have enabled file sharing on the folders you wish to be shared.

Just to add that getting an external drive and connecting it directly to the WDTV is much easier and more reliable as you are not subject to networking issues.

I tried that first and couldn't find anything in network shares. I am connected to the network but have no files for sharing, despite having allowed them on the PC.

[niav]

I tried that first and couldn't find anything in network shares. I am connected to the network but have no files for sharing, despite having allowed them on the PC.

What OS are you using? Are both the machine and the WDTV in the same workgroup?

[The C Kid]

What OS are you using? Are both the machine and the WDTV in the same workgroup?

Vista, and i think so but not sure. The WD player doesn't come up on the pc as part of the network or anything.

[Micknail]

On a FAR lighter note I've finally taken the plunge into twitter.

So my question is... Who should I be following?

NotLucasLeiva21
anthonyjeselnik

[niav]

Vista, and i think so but not sure. The WD player doesn't come up on the pc as part of the network or anything.

Go to Settings > Network Setting on the WDTV

"Share WDTV on your network" should be On

"Workgroup" name should be WORKGROUP

[Zod]

I want to start an anti twitter service. Something that makes people write 1000 word minimum messages and then use the post to send individual copies to their followers.

Old School communications.

Ship me 5 euro if you're interested and I'll add you to the database (to be launched at a later undesclosed time).

[The C Kid]

Go to Settings > Network Setting on the WDTV

"Share WDTV on your network" should be On

"Workgroup" name should be WORKGROUP

Yeah I have that. I followed all the instructions in the FAQs and guides on the WD site, but just can't get anything to show up in network shares. So tilting, been at it for about six hours now lol.

[Emmet]

Its the Computer you need to work on now, not the WDTV. Your computer needs to broadcast the files. TVersity does that for you.

Ireland U20 off to a terrible start against England in the JWC

http://www.silversportz.co.uk/

[niav]

Yeah I have that. I followed all the instructions in the FAQs and guides on the WD site, but just can't get anything to show up in network shares. So tilting, been at it for about six hours now lol.

Ok. In Network setting > Network setup make a note the IP address of the WDTV.

Then from the Vista machine type cmd into the search box on the Start menu
and open cmd.exe

In that type "ping IP address " without quotes and replacing IP address with the numbers from the WDTV.

[Megatron]

[The C Kid]

Ok. In Network setting > Network setup make a note the IP address of the WDTV.

Then from the Vista machine type cmd into the search box on the Start menu
and open cmd.exe

In that type "ping IP address " without quotes and replacing IP address with the numbers from the WDTV.

Yes I did that. Said ping statistics for .....

Pakcets Sent =4, Recieved =4 Lost = 0
Axx round trips in milli-seconds
Min- 1ms Max - 7ms - Average 3ms

[ghostface]

I'm not sure what I've been doing with myself the last decade but I just watched Magnolia for the 1st time there. Fucking brilliant

[The C Kid]

Ah it just came up on the PC now that it had found the device, and it asking me for sharing settings now. Hopefully it will work now!

[niav]

Ah it just came up on the PC now that it had found the device, and it asking me for sharing settings now. Hopefully it will work now!

That's good news. Just to add that make sure on the Vista machine in Control Panel > Network and Sharing Center that "Network discovery" and "File sharing" are both On

[The C Kid]

That's good news. Just to add that make sure on the Vista machine in Control Panel > Network and Sharing Center that "Network discovery" and "File sharing" are both On

Still nothing coming up in network shares on the WD player, would it be something to do with my user settings on the PC?

[Donkathon]

Need a volunteer who is attending the live game tomorrow to give up about 15-20 minutes of there game to help me count & confirm the donations € if anyone is willing,

Just reply in the live game thread please if so as I've to run out for an hour,

Cheers

John

[niav]

Still nothing coming up in network shares on the WD player, would it be something to do with my user settings on the PC?

Do you have a firewall running on the Vista machine?

[Emmet]

Hilarious try from Conway in the U20s game

[Fullof..It]

Got a link for this?

[The C Kid]

Do you have a firewall running on the Vista machine?

I have windows firewall turned off, and think the only other thing I'm running is AVG. I'm completely useless with these things, appreciate the help!

[niav]

I have windows firewall turned off, and think the only other thing I'm running is AVG. I'm completely useless with these things, appreciate the help!

I'll presume that AVG is just an antivirus and not a firewall.

I'll give you the settings I have on my machines. I've just tested an mkv file played through Network share and it played fine.

Control panel > Network and Sharing Center

Network discovery On
File sharing On
Public folder sharing On
Password protected sharing Off

The others dont matter.

Enter these settings, put a test file in the public folder C:\Users\Public
Restart both the WDTV and the Vista machine and try the Network share again.

Edited to add the login on the WDTV if you get that far is anonymous with no password

[shrapnel]

Got a link for this?

http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/video/sun-exclusive/3624149/Greatest-drunk-walk-ever.html

[Rufio]

That eejit Ray foley here at taste of dublin, what should I say to him...

[The C Kid]

I'll presume that AVG is just an antivirus and not a firewall.

I'll give you the settings I have on my machines. I've just tested an mkv file played through Network share and it played fine.

Control panel > Network and Sharing Center

Network discovery On
File sharing On
Public folder sharing On
Password protected sharing Off

The others dont matter.

Enter these settings, put a test file in the public folder C:\Users\Public
Restart both the WDTV and the Vista machine and try the Network share again.

Edited to add the login on the WDTV if you get that far is anonymous with no password

Thanks alot, finally something showing up in network shares. If I copy my movies folder over to public will I be able to access all the movies then from the WDTV.

Thanks again. Appreciate it.

[ghostface]

1 pt in it in the Under 20s game, Irl down

[niav]

Thanks alot, finally something showing up in network shares. If I copy my movies folder over to public will I be able to access all the movies then from the WDTV.

Thanks again. Appreciate it.

Yeah use the Public folder from now on. I'd just like to add that the settings I gave you assume you are on a trusted network. I'd turn off file sharing if you are using the machine on a public network.

Also I'll say it again but an external drive is really more reliable than relying on the quirks of Windows networking especially if you are watching high-bitrate files.

Glad to be of help.