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#2936896 1-Jul-2022 10:30

Remember that the USB Forum (or whatever there name is) came up with "full speed" USB, which is slower than "high speed". Meanwhile "USB 3.0" and "USB 3.1 Gen 1" are apparently identical. It seems that "confusion as a marketing tool" is par for the course there!

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#2937021 1-Jul-2022 12:02

Opening a cupboard where 'someone' put a 2 litre bottle of oil on the edge with the lid loosely on. The laws of the universe assisted it to fall and become a large pool of thick oil on the floor.

I can’t bear to think where to start so that when 'someone' returns they won’t slip in it...then again there’s that tiny voice of the devil that’s difficult to ignore, repeating 'but he deserves it.'

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#2937080 1-Jul-2022 12:36

Eva888: Opening a cupboard where 'someone' put a 2 litre bottle of oil on the edge with the lid loosely on. The laws of the universe assisted it to fall and become a large pool of thick oil on the floor.

I can’t bear to think where to start so that when 'someone' returns they won’t slip in it...then again there’s that tiny voice of the devil that’s difficult to ignore, repeating 'but he deserves it.'

Cover it with sawdust and leave a note that you have gone to the spa.

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#2937143 1-Jul-2022 13:38

Grr... useless website with next to no information on it. There's a little survey thing at the bottom of the page; "was this helpful?" with Yes and No buttons. When you click No it says "thanks for your feedback" with nowhere for you to enter what the problem is.

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#2937146 1-Jul-2022 13:53

Behodar:

Grr... useless website with next to no information on it. There's a little survey thing at the bottom of the page; "was this helpful?" with Yes and No buttons. When you click No it says "thanks for your feedback" with nowhere for you to enter what the problem is.

Yeah, that's dumb.

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#2937155 1-Jul-2022 14:07

Behodar:

Remember that the USB Forum (or whatever there name is) came up with "full speed" USB, which is slower than "high speed". Meanwhile "USB 3.0" and "USB 3.1 Gen 1" are apparently identical. It seems that "confusion as a marketing tool" is par for the course there!

"Fast Ethernet" is similar...

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#2937174 1-Jul-2022 14:41

Behodar:

Grr... useless website with next to no information on it. There's a little survey thing at the bottom of the page; "was this helpful?" with Yes and No buttons. When you click No it says "thanks for your feedback" with nowhere for you to enter what the problem is.

Obviously they never expect to get No as an answer.

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#2937185 1-Jul-2022 14:55

Technofreak:

Behodar:

Grr... useless website with next to no information on it. There's a little survey thing at the bottom of the page; "was this helpful?" with Yes and No buttons. When you click No it says "thanks for your feedback" with nowhere for you to enter what the problem is.

Obviously they never expect to get No as an answer.

To be fair, they asked a yes or no question.

If the answer to that is yes, then nothing more is needed.
If the answer is no, then based on the initial description of the page, it sounds like their objective is still met.

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#2937195 1-Jul-2022 15:10

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So in relation to my earlier gripe about manufacturers labelling repairs as good will rather than meeting their obligations under law as it relates to our oven repair....

We are STILL waiting on final resolution, though they have agreed to cover all costs except the initial call out. The person called today saying they would send someone out with another clock since the last replacement didn't fix the problem, but when I told her that the clock wasn't the part that needed replacing and that the engineer onsite had told us the PCB had to be replaced and to our knowledge it hadn't been, she insisted she would send someone out again with a new clock!

She was very nice, but wouldn't listen. At least now we now that other than the initial callout fee (which I could dispute but I am not sure I have the energy for) however long this takes, we shouldn't be asked to pay anything else.

Weird. They have spontaneously agreed to refund the original inspection fee as well.

They ask for our bank account details.

Now the question is, will they bring out and install the right components to actually fix it next visit.

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#2937204 1-Jul-2022 15:44

@Rikkitic, sawdust was a great idea but us city dwellers don’t have it on hand. Managed eventually after a plantation of paper towels.

The day got worse. I heard him come home and then this panicked yelp came, so I raced into the hallway to see him staring at large black footsteps all the way down the hall on the beige carpet. Almost had a stroke as I’m thinking he’s gone to his mate and stood in black grease! Rush to inspect the offending shoes which were Echoes with a thick rubber sole. Well first time I’ve seen this, the entire sole had perished and was crumbling so much that it left heavy footprints as he walked. Luckily it vacuumed up.

Now the question is do I take the shoes to Echo and show them? The leather upper is still solid as.

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#2937231 1-Jul-2022 17:04

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The plethora of USB connector option now!

Geez, I must have dozens of different cables now, and still can't find the one I want!

Early Days USB A & B, then there are all the non compatible micro / mini etc options!

I have one thing that uses USB Mini? It was the fatter version that my old Nokia N95 used. My golf buggy remote (yes, it has a remote) uses USB Mini and needs charging about every six months. For ages I had to be careful where I left the cable. Until I realised the buggy has a USB outlet near where the remote is held, so now I just leave the cable in my golf bag, and give it a quick charge while we faff round before starting.

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#2937234 1-Jul-2022 17:13

cddt:

"Fast Ethernet" is similar...

I just remembered another fun one. Some non-rewritable DVD+R discs had an "RW" logo on them, resulting in people thinking that the discs are rewritable. The logo actually means that the discs are compatible with DVD+RW drives, not that they're necessarily rewritable!

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#2937364 1-Jul-2022 19:55

Eva888: Opening a cupboard where 'someone' put a 2 litre bottle of oil on the edge with the lid loosely on. The laws of the universe assisted it to fall and become a large pool of thick oil on the floor.

I thought you meant cooking oil. In the case of machine oil, your concern belongs more in the W.T.HorF category. because the stuff (as you have unfortunately already discovered) contains solvents that will dissolve any rubber that is not explicitely oil-resistant. It's the same with petrol, diesel, etc.

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#2937381 1-Jul-2022 22:10

Eva888: @Rikkitic, sawdust was a great idea but us city dwellers don’t have it on hand

Some of us do.

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#2937383 1-Jul-2022 22:19

Tinkerisk:
Eva888: Opening a cupboard where 'someone' put a 2 litre bottle of oil on the edge with the lid loosely on. The laws of the universe assisted it to fall and become a large pool of thick oil on the floor.

I thought you meant cooking oil. In the case of machine oil, your concern belongs more in the W.T.HorF category. because the stuff (as you have unfortunately already discovered) contains solvents that will dissolve any rubber that is not explicitely oil-resistant. It's the same with petrol, diesel, etc.

It was cooking oil in the kitchen that spilled from the cupboard.

The shoe incident was another separate issue on the same day.

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