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Chat Area => General Discussion Area => Topic started by: tunnie on 21 September 2009, 18:49:37
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Good first day, lots to learn, but oddly i found it all very straight forward, nothing taxing. Hardest thing is to know where exactly to go to fix the problem, which server / which config panel ect.
Got to the bottom of an issue Orange reported to Sky, using things i learnt from my last job it was all fairly simple.
Found out how some of the new iPhone apps work behind the scenes, all very interesting stuff.
Doing standard hours 9-5 first 2 weeks to get trained up, then its into the 3 days on 3 days off rota. These 2 weeks will be a good test bed for a possible perm full time position, the morning run was a bitch, 1hr50 mins. 40 mins of that was the last sodding few miles along the M4 into Osterley Park.
Run back was nice and easy, 1hr15, going to experiment and leave earlier tomorrow, see if it makes any difference.
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Well done Tunnie, hope everthing goes OK.
Nice new job, new challenges, (bigger wagepacket :y :y)
Good on yer!!
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cant you do a deal with your boss?cheap sky subscriptions for OOFers? ;D :y :y
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Good to hear it went well Tunnie.
Was the run in on the bike or in the Omega ? If the latter things will improve when on two wheels --- and even better if you aren't stuck on the 9 - 5 treadmill
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Found out how some of the new iPhone apps work behind the scenes, all very interesting stuff.
If you think that was interesting, wait till you find out how the iPhone is "spoken to" so that any application can run, rather than the ones Apple say you can run ;)
the morning run was a bitch, 1hr50 mins. 40 mins of that was the last sodding few miles along the M4 into Osterley Park.
I used to do the run to Brentford every day, although living in Feltham for a good few years beforehand taught me the backstreets that reduced all that crap to 15 minutes.
Run back was nice and easy, 1hr15, going to experiment and leave earlier tomorrow, see if it makes any difference.
Save yourself time and come off at Heston services.
Follow the service area right to the back, and you are 10 mins from work.
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Found out how some of the new iPhone apps work behind the scenes, all very interesting stuff.
If you think that was interesting, wait till you find out how the iPhone is "spoken to" so that any application can run, rather than the ones Apple say you can run ;)
the morning run was a bitch, 1hr50 mins. 40 mins of that was the last sodding few miles along the M4 into Osterley Park.
I used to do the run to Brentford every day, although living in Feltham for a good few years beforehand taught me the backstreets that reduced all that crap to 15 minutes.
Run back was nice and easy, 1hr15, going to experiment and leave earlier tomorrow, see if it makes any difference.
Save yourself time and come off at Heston services.
Follow the service area right to the back, and you are 10 mins from work.
I wont ask.
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Found out how some of the new iPhone apps work behind the scenes, all very interesting stuff.
If you think that was interesting, wait till you find out how the iPhone is "spoken to" so that any application can run, rather than the ones Apple say you can run ;)
the morning run was a bitch, 1hr50 mins. 40 mins of that was the last sodding few miles along the M4 into Osterley Park.
I used to do the run to Brentford every day, although living in Feltham for a good few years beforehand taught me the backstreets that reduced all that crap to 15 minutes.
Run back was nice and easy, 1hr15, going to experiment and leave earlier tomorrow, see if it makes any difference.
Save yourself time and come off at Heston services.
Follow the service area right to the back, and you are 10 mins from work.
I wont ask.
Ask what, and why not?
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Found out how some of the new iPhone apps work behind the scenes, all very interesting stuff.
If you think that was interesting, wait till you find out how the iPhone is "spoken to" so that any application can run, rather than the ones Apple say you can run ;)
the morning run was a bitch, 1hr50 mins. 40 mins of that was the last sodding few miles along the M4 into Osterley Park.
I used to do the run to Brentford every day, although living in Feltham for a good few years beforehand taught me the backstreets that reduced all that crap to 15 minutes.
Run back was nice and easy, 1hr15, going to experiment and leave earlier tomorrow, see if it makes any difference.
Save yourself time and come off at Heston services.
Follow the service area right to the back, and you are 10 mins from work.
I wont ask.
Ask what, and why not?
It's just that, when I lived in London, Feltham was the place where all the young offenders disappeared to. ;D
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Found out how some of the new iPhone apps work behind the scenes, all very interesting stuff.
If you think that was interesting, wait till you find out how the iPhone is "spoken to" so that any application can run, rather than the ones Apple say you can run ;)
the morning run was a bitch, 1hr50 mins. 40 mins of that was the last sodding few miles along the M4 into Osterley Park.
I used to do the run to Brentford every day, although living in Feltham for a good few years beforehand taught me the backstreets that reduced all that crap to 15 minutes.
Run back was nice and easy, 1hr15, going to experiment and leave earlier tomorrow, see if it makes any difference.
Save yourself time and come off at Heston services.
Follow the service area right to the back, and you are 10 mins from work.
I wont ask.
Ask what, and why not?
It's just that, when I lived in London, Feltham was the place where all the young offenders disappeared to. ;D
That's the old borstal on Bedfont Rd, the closest I got to being there was a 1 hour stopover for lunch when I was being transferred from Wandsworth to Standford Hill back in 94.
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Found out how some of the new iPhone apps work behind the scenes, all very interesting stuff.
If you think that was interesting, wait till you find out how the iPhone is "spoken to" so that any application can run, rather than the ones Apple say you can run ;)
the morning run was a bitch, 1hr50 mins. 40 mins of that was the last sodding few miles along the M4 into Osterley Park.
I used to do the run to Brentford every day, although living in Feltham for a good few years beforehand taught me the backstreets that reduced all that crap to 15 minutes.
Run back was nice and easy, 1hr15, going to experiment and leave earlier tomorrow, see if it makes any difference.
Save yourself time and come off at Heston services.
Follow the service area right to the back, and you are 10 mins from work.
Very interesting, cheers :y i saw the exit for that and a few cars dive in.
I'll just do a bit of google earth :)
Holy Count - In the car, considering using the bike at some point.
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Glad you had a good first day Tun, long may it continue :y
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Found out how some of the new iPhone apps work behind the scenes, all very interesting stuff.
If you think that was interesting, wait till you find out how the iPhone is "spoken to" so that any application can run, rather than the ones Apple say you can run ;)
the morning run was a bitch, 1hr50 mins. 40 mins of that was the last sodding few miles along the M4 into Osterley Park.
I used to do the run to Brentford every day, although living in Feltham for a good few years beforehand taught me the backstreets that reduced all that crap to 15 minutes.
Run back was nice and easy, 1hr15, going to experiment and leave earlier tomorrow, see if it makes any difference.
Save yourself time and come off at Heston services.
Follow the service area right to the back, and you are 10 mins from work.
Very interesting, cheers :y i saw the exit for that and a few cars dive in.
I'll just do a bit of google earth :)
Holy Count - In the car, considering using the bike at some point.
Just looked further, not sure you can get through. :-/
Looks like there is a travelodge there now, with a barrier. No Entry sign on the round about, and where the road exits back onto the main road, it says Barrier. :(
With the heavy traffic, its no surprise they have blocked it off :(
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Good first day, lots to learn, but oddly i found it all very straight forward, nothing taxing. Hardest thing is to know where exactly to go to fix the problem, which server / which config panel ect.
Got to the bottom of an issue Orange reported to Sky, using things i learnt from my last job it was all fairly simple.
Found out how some of the new iPhone apps work behind the scenes, all very interesting stuff.
Doing standard hours 9-5 first 2 weeks to get trained up, then its into the 3 days on 3 days off rota. These 2 weeks will be a good test bed for a possible perm full time position, the morning run was a bitch, 1hr50 mins. 40 mins of that was the last sodding few miles along the M4 into Osterley Park.
Run back was nice and easy, 1hr15, going to experiment and leave earlier tomorrow, see if it makes any difference.
:o :o And I complain at my 20 min commute ::) ::)
Glad it went OK though... :y
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So where are our free sky cards then?
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Good first day, lots to learn, but oddly i found it all very straight forward, nothing taxing. Hardest thing is to know where exactly to go to fix the problem, which server / which config panel ect.
Got to the bottom of an issue Orange reported to Sky, using things i learnt from my last job it was all fairly simple.
Found out how some of the new iPhone apps work behind the scenes, all very interesting stuff.
Doing standard hours 9-5 first 2 weeks to get trained up, then its into the 3 days on 3 days off rota. These 2 weeks will be a good test bed for a possible perm full time position, the morning run was a bitch, 1hr50 mins. 40 mins of that was the last sodding few miles along the M4 into Osterley Park.
Run back was nice and easy, 1hr15, going to experiment and leave earlier tomorrow, see if it makes any difference.
:o :o And I complain at my 20 min commute ::) ::)
Glad it went OK though... :y
Doing this for my training weeks, when the shifts start i will hotel just 5 mins away :y
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So where are our free sky cards then?
I am contracting so no goodies yet, need to get that perm offer :)
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Hmmm, I don't envy you living out of a suitcase for 3 days a week
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Hmmm, I don't envy you living out of a suitcase for 3 days a week
Father tunnie does it for 5 days :'(
Its better than driving home each night, if i get offered a perm role i will have to re-think my options.
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So where are our free sky cards then?
;D ;D ;D ;D
I'm afraid that Tunnie, and most of his colleagues above him will not be getting cards, codes, or anything else made available to them for free.
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So where are our free sky cards then?
;D ;D ;D ;D
I'm afraid that Tunnie, and most of his colleagues above him will not be getting cards, codes, or anything else made available to them for free.
I seem to recall there is a staff discount there ;)
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So where are our free sky cards then?
;D ;D ;D ;D
I'm afraid that Tunnie, and most of his colleagues above him will not be getting cards, codes, or anything else made available to them for free.
I seem to recall there is a staff discount there ;)
Discount doesn't equal free though Jaime, and "free" went out of the window when they moved over to a decent encryption system.
Having said that, most of the crap that is broadcast on Sky is also available on VM....and their encryption system isn't worth a wank ;D ;D
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So where are our free sky cards then?
;D ;D ;D ;D
I'm afraid that Tunnie, and most of his colleagues above him will not be getting cards, codes, or anything else made available to them for free.
I seem to recall there is a staff discount there ;)
Discount doesn't equal free though Jaime, and "free" went out of the window when they moved over to a decent encryption system.
Having said that, most of the crap that is broadcast on Sky is also available on VM....and their encryption system isn't worth a wank ;D ;D
Ohhh yes it does. If i get perm role, i get completely free Sky TV, Broadband :)
Also i can give heavily discounted (80% discount) Sky to friends, thats of course if & when i go perm
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So where are our free sky cards then?
;D ;D ;D ;D
I'm afraid that Tunnie, and most of his colleagues above him will not be getting cards, codes, or anything else made available to them for free.
I seem to recall there is a staff discount there ;)
Discount doesn't equal free though Jaime, and "free" went out of the window when they moved over to a decent encryption system.
Having said that, most of the crap that is broadcast on Sky is also available on VM....and their encryption system isn't worth a wank ;D ;D
Ohhh yes it does. If i get perm role, i get completely free Sky TV, Broadband :)
Also i can give heavily discounted (80% discount) Sky to friends, thats of course if & when i go perm
I wouldn't contemplate having Sky for my broadband or phone.
That aside though, they have changed quite radically over the years if they are now giving their products to staff for free.
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So where are our free sky cards then?
;D ;D ;D ;D
I'm afraid that Tunnie, and most of his colleagues above him will not be getting cards, codes, or anything else made available to them for free.
I seem to recall there is a staff discount there ;)
Discount doesn't equal free though Jaime, and "free" went out of the window when they moved over to a decent encryption system.
Having said that, most of the crap that is broadcast on Sky is also available on VM....and their encryption system isn't worth a wank ;D ;D
Ohhh yes it does. If i get perm role, i get completely free Sky TV, Broadband :)
Also i can give heavily discounted (80% discount) Sky to friends, thats of course if & when i go perm
I wouldn't contemplate having Sky for my broadband or phone.
That aside though, they have changed quite radically over the years if they are now giving their products to staff for free.
Neither do I, we have separate internet to our SkyHD. But if its free ::)
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I have Sky BB and phone (as well as TV) -- am reasonably happy with them all --- for the cost.
Support is awful, but haven't needed them much. Router, now 2 years old, seems to be giving up the ghost --- don't hold out much hope for help.
Phone went down once in a couple of years and was put back very quickly.
S'pose I am easily pleased ::)
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So where are our free sky cards then?
;D ;D ;D ;D
I'm afraid that Tunnie, and most of his colleagues above him will not be getting cards, codes, or anything else made available to them for free.
I seem to recall there is a staff discount there ;)
Discount doesn't equal free though Jaime, and "free" went out of the window when they moved over to a decent encryption system.
Having said that, most of the crap that is broadcast on Sky is also available on VM....and their encryption system isn't worth a wank ;D ;D
Ohhh yes it does. If i get perm role, i get completely free Sky TV, Broadband :)
Also i can give heavily discounted (80% discount) Sky to friends, thats of course if & when i go perm
I wouldn't contemplate having Sky for my broadband or phone.
That aside though, they have changed quite radically over the years if they are now giving their products to staff for free.
Yeah they just keep raising the price to us to cover it. :-/
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So where are our free sky cards then?
;D ;D ;D ;D
I'm afraid that Tunnie, and most of his colleagues above him will not be getting cards, codes, or anything else made available to them for free.
I seem to recall there is a staff discount there ;)
Discount doesn't equal free though Jaime, and "free" went out of the window when they moved over to a decent encryption system.
Having said that, most of the crap that is broadcast on Sky is also available on VM....and their encryption system isn't worth a wank ;D ;D
Ohhh yes it does. If i get perm role, i get completely free Sky TV, Broadband :)
Also i can give heavily discounted (80% discount) Sky to friends, thats of course if & when i go perm
I wouldn't contemplate having Sky for my broadband or phone.
That aside though, they have changed quite radically over the years if they are now giving their products to staff for free.
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They have to get their subscribers from somewhere :D :D :D many people I speak with are dumping SKY, myself included... ::)
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So where are our free sky cards then?
;D ;D ;D ;D
I'm afraid that Tunnie, and most of his colleagues above him will not be getting cards, codes, or anything else made available to them for free.
I seem to recall there is a staff discount there ;)
Discount doesn't equal free though Jaime, and "free" went out of the window when they moved over to a decent encryption system.
Having said that, most of the crap that is broadcast on Sky is also available on VM....and their encryption system isn't worth a wank ;D ;D
Ohhh yes it does. If i get perm role, i get completely free Sky TV, Broadband :)
Also i can give heavily discounted (80% discount) Sky to friends, thats of course if & when i go perm
I wouldn't contemplate having Sky for my broadband or phone.
That aside though, they have changed quite radically over the years if they are now giving their products to staff for free.
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They have to get their subscribers from somewhere :D :D :D many people I speak with are dumping SKY, myself included... ::)
....and moving to ???
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So where are our free sky cards then?
;D ;D ;D ;D
I'm afraid that Tunnie, and most of his colleagues above him will not be getting cards, codes, or anything else made available to them for free.
I seem to recall there is a staff discount there ;)
Discount doesn't equal free though Jaime, and "free" went out of the window when they moved over to a decent encryption system.
Having said that, most of the crap that is broadcast on Sky is also available on VM....and their encryption system isn't worth a wank ;D ;D
Ohhh yes it does. If i get perm role, i get completely free Sky TV, Broadband :)
Also i can give heavily discounted (80% discount) Sky to friends, thats of course if & when i go perm
I wouldn't contemplate having Sky for my broadband or phone.
That aside though, they have changed quite radically over the years if they are now giving their products to staff for free.
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They have to get their subscribers from somewhere :D :D :D many people I speak with are dumping SKY, myself included... ::)
....and moving to ???
Just sticking with freeview, it does for us.. :y