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Cricketbat70 said:
I want to put windows 11 into room 101. Yesterday morning son was looking for a specific set of photos from a motor racing event we went to in 2022. All our photos I download to my NAS and none of our PC's have never had any trouble opening them until last night and my laptop said photos were in an unsupported format. They were in bog standard jpeg. I can only assume a recent update has screwed windows 11 again. For crying out loud jpeg of all formats my laptop has always opened them in the past.
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Agreed, when my PC upgraded itself to 11 it took me a few minutes to work out how to turn it off..... 🙂
 
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GSV Ethics Gradient said:
The blather that goes with calling any company - I'll nominate Domestic and General because I've just been on the phone to them. To authorise a repair, they need so many serial numbers which have things that might be 1s or Is, or 0s or Os, that alas calling is necessary. If I had any hair, I'd be tearing it out if I had to listen to a single utterance from this list in the next few hours:

- Your call is important to us.
- All our operators are busy, and we will answer your call as soon as possible. (No you won't - as soon as possible is now.)
- Data protection blather.
- Directions to our website.
- Your call may be recorded....
- In order to provide the best possible customer service... (I'll decide that, thank you very much...)
- Please hold the line.
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This is why I avoid calling businesses at all costs and use chat where possible, failing that I use Google's "Call assist" features to deal with IVR.
 
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Angle Poise-Lamp said:
I still have Windows 10 + extended support, in a dual boot setup with Ubuntu Linux, which I’m slowly learning my way around. Long-term I expect to continue with the dual boot but, with Ubuntu as main OS.
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I got my eye on Steam OS, hopefully it'll gain critical mass, if that happens, it's bye bye Windows 11.
Though, it's likely I need dual boot up to ensure compatibility of software not supported by Steam OS.
 
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froze said:
Why is do the British say they have a boot instead of trunk in their car?
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It dates back hundreds of years. In horse drawn carriages the coachman stored his boots in the coaches "boot locker", which was shortened to "boot". "Trunk" originates from the time when people used to strap large storage boxes to the back of the car for to carry stuff around. I guess the correct technical term for modern usage would be "integrated storage system for motor vehicles". I'm sure the term will catch on!

"Pond" was used as a term of endearment which dates back to the time when Britain and the US had a very good relationship and we considered Americans to be our closest neighbours and best buddies, despite the inconvenience of 3000 miles of water.
 
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DCarmi said:
It dates back hundreds of years. In horse drawn carriages the coachman stored his boots in the coaches "boot locker", which was shortened to "boot". "Trunk" originates from the time when people used to strap large storage boxes to the back of the car for to carry stuff around. I guess the correct technical term for modern usage would be "integrated storage system for motor vehicles". I'm sure the term will catch on!

"Pond" was used as a term of endearment which dates back to the time when Britain and the US had a very good relationship and we considered Americans to be our closest neighbours and best buddies, despite the inconvenience of 3000 miles of water.
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I also trying to work out the correlation in computing or perhaps there is none?

You need to re-boot or boot up, why can't they simply say, you need to re-set your computer or switch on, switch off?
I wonder where this usage of the word derived from?
 
All of the differences stem from the American Revolution. It was fashionable to distance oneself from the language of the ex-overlords in the 18th century. Which also neatly coincided with the big move west & the need for new names for tools & other stuff out on the plains & mountains.
 
Cricketbat70 said:
I think my reason for sticking to windows is doubting my ability to install linux.
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Ubuntu Linux is easy to install and, I am new to Lunux. Mint Linux is often recommended for those new to Linux but, I found it’s installer difficult. There is lots of help online and, perhaps join the BitTech forum, many knowledgeable and helpful members there, I’ve been a member for 11 years. https://forums.bit-tech.net/index.php
 
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The rail service. Going to see some friends and it's a less-than-charming 3.5-4 hr journey. Thought we'd give the train a bash, even though the cost is considerably more than (most of} a tank of fuel. Turned out that the journey time was also longer because of two changes, but we thought we'd give it a bash.

First train departs in two hours, but when I looked at the app it was apparent that the middle train is no longer running - shortage of drivers, apparently. I did eventually get a warning about it. Refund requested and car keys located. Will never do this again...
 
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DCarmi said:
It dates back hundreds of years. In horse drawn carriages the coachman stored his boots in the coaches "boot locker", which was shortened to "boot". "Trunk" originates from the time when people used to strap large storage boxes to the back of the car for to carry stuff around. I guess the correct technical term for modern usage would be "integrated storage system for motor vehicles". I'm sure the term will catch on!
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Likewise, bonnet dates back to early cars (think Model T, Austin 7 etc) that had a pair of centrally hinged covers over the engine said to be reminiscent of the headwear
 
Angle Poise-Lamp said:
Ubuntu Linux is easy to install and, I am new to Lunux. Mint Linux is often recommended for those new to Linux but, I found it’s installer difficult.
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It's essentially the same installer as Ubuntu uses, so not sure why that's the case.

Linux Mint, or Zorin OS which has an simple appearance app that will theme the OS to look like Windows or MacOS to help new users to transition to Linux, would be my recommendation, for relatively modern hardware.

Or Linux Lite for older h/w
 
GSV Ethics Gradient said:
The rail service. Going to see some friends and it's a less-than-charming 3.5-4 hr journey. Thought we'd give the train a bash, even though the cost is considerably more than (most of} a tank of fuel. Turned out that the journey time was also longer because of two changes, but we thought we'd give it a bash.

First train departs in two hours, but when I looked at the app it was apparent that the middle train is no longer running - shortage of drivers, apparently. I did eventually get a warning about it. Refund requested and car keys located. Will never do this again...
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Horrendous horrendous, I get this all the time with Thameslink and Great Northern. If we as a nation can get the small things right, it would do so much to wipe away the gloom and misery we all wake up to every day!
 
DCarmi said:
Easy one! When a ancient computers "booted" they fired up low level code to load the OS. This was called the bootstrap loader. The paradox being, you need to load software to load software.

It comes from the phrase "pull up by the bootstraps"., which means doing something that seems impossible.
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Would you like to join our Trivia Team! Ha ha ha
 
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GSV Ethics Gradient said:
The rail service. Going to see some friends and it's a less-than-charming 3.5-4 hr journey. Thought we'd give the train a bash, even though the cost is considerably more than (most of} a tank of fuel. Turned out that the journey time was also longer because of two changes, but we thought we'd give it a bash.

First train departs in two hours, but when I looked at the app it was apparent that the middle train is no longer running - shortage of drivers, apparently. I did eventually get a warning about it. Refund requested and car keys located. Will never do this again...
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We must have struck lucky with our train journey to London in September. To be fair it was only one train from Leeds to Kings Cross. 2.5hrs. OK dearer than what it would have cost in fuel but then the thought of trying to navigate London in a car and find somewhere to park overnight while we went to a concert. I would have been seriously stressed if we'd gone by car.
 
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Cricketbat70 said:
We must have struck lucky with our train journey to London in September. To be fair it was only one train from Leeds to Kings Cross. 2.5hrs. OK dearer than what it would have cost in fuel but then the thought of trying to navigate London in a car and find somewhere to park overnight while we went to a concert. I would have been seriously stressed if we'd gone by car.
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Ah there's also the Siddque Khan's anti motorist congestion charge and there's ULEZ, double whammy if you're driving a diesel vehicle older than 2015.

London is the last place I want to be, I have to commute to the office, when I'm not working from home.
So glad when I retire!
 
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Jasonovich said:
Ah there's also the Siddque Khan's anti motorist congestion charge and there's ULEZ, double whammy if you're driving a diesel vehicle older than 2015.

London is the last place I want to be, I have to commute to the office, when I'm not working from home.
So glad when I retire!
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When we came out of Brixton O2 Academy and walked back to the travel lodge at 23:30, I couldn't believe how much traffic was still about at that time of night . Getting around by car just seems torture.
 
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