Dave Rice

I wonder if it’s to do with encryption?

This test from my laptop which according to Ubiquiti is connected at 150Mbps. Both shares are encrypted and both servers are attached via Ethernet to a 1GB switch.

Current model DS218+ with a Celeron J3355 and 10GB of ram. 2 x 3TB 7,200 rpm disks in SHR Raid 1. Pretty much what you’d expect with WiFi…[Read more]

Of course, online Doh! Although I have Teams I tend to still use the desktop apps.

Teams file sort order drives me nuts, why can’t it default to alphabetical? That stops me using it, I have the files synchronised to a One Drive for Business folder.

I guess you can wave goodbye to MS Office on the Mac for a while. I do wonder if this is what’s behind the decision, Mac’s aren’t so unique any more. It’s got to be risky and they need to remember why they went in the opposite direction in the first place.

Emulation? Does rather defeat the point though and didn’t work for Intel’s foray into tablets.

Good luck Bob

They were backed into a corner really. This isn’t the Ugandan Asians, I suspect only a (relative) handful of the wealthy will make the move.

Yes I had 4G connections over 100mbps in Amsterdam, about 3km out from Centraal Station. Makes you realise we are behind over here.

Bob, again you defy the laws of networking 😀

A mate of mine used to have a record shop and dabbled in old hi-fi too. He got hold of a 60’s Quad valve amp, never heard anything like it, marvellous.

There’s a reason Marshall amps are still beloved of guitarists.

Rules or no, the Mrs and B-I-L went up to Bangor 2 weekends ago to empty the student house. Lease dates are no respecter of rules, but as I understand it the local police made it known it wasn’t going to be an issue.

God knows what’s going on next year, she was supposed to be going to China for the first semester then Austria for 2 and 3, it’s a…[Read more]

LOL reminds me of my first experience of drinking in small Cornish village pubs and being deliberately steered to the “wrong” bar stool. Pubs used to be packed then, shoulder to shoulder, but still made room somehow when the man with the squeezebox arrived. Sadly packed no more, but even in an almost empty pub my Godfather had “his” stool until…[Read more]

Well the situation at the various (public) marine lakes along the Bristol Channel and inland freshwater ponds is one of the same social distancing chaos. The trustees of these places cannot understand why swimming pools are not open as at least some sort of organisation can be applied.

We can all see the threat to close the beaches is an empty…[Read more]

Your vehicle has been put in self isolation where it will be tested for traces of Covid-19.

If positive you will hear from a member of the Test & Trace team who will need to know the contact details of anyone who came within spitting distance 2 metres  of you, or any members of your bubble, at any time during the day and the registration number…[Read more]

I’d like to know where all those people at Bournemouth area came from. If the council are right it was more than the entire population of Dorset! It’s a PITA to get to from this part of the world, there are much easier beaches to hit much closer and easier to get to any way. I can’t imagine it’s anyone coming east for the same reason.

Birmingham…[Read more]

Not heard of it, but I do like the idea of local breweries. Bristol seems to be an internationally renowned hot spot these days and they all seem to have survived by switching to home deliveries. I have received thank you emails from the two very local ones I’ve been using (S7N and GWB) both of which aren’t “craft breweries” by any means.

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I wouldn’t worry about it, the ISP will want their router putting back on for troubleshooting. They won’t have heard of MCT Approval either. I keep my TT router handy just in case.

All you get are the drones reading scripts, you will not get to speak to any techie. If you want that sort of service you need to go with one of the smaller players…[Read more]