Non-IT News Thread

scottalanmiller

@DustinB3403 said in Non-IT News Thread:

How did no one notice people going in and out of a man hole.....

You don't tend to notice things when you are on a lot of meth.

scottalanmiller

There has to be an awesome People of Walmart meme for this.

DustinB3403

@scottalanmiller Those are not Safe for Work, lol

scottalanmiller

Delta cancels 300 more flights after power cut
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-37026007

travisdh1

@scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:

Delta cancels 300 more flights after power cut
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-37026007

Really? They can't even rent a generator? #fail

tiagom

Single point of failure with the switchgear, surprised there wasn't a backup. Usually they have devices that monitor this kind of thing and automatically switch over.

scottalanmiller

@travisdh1 said in Non-IT News Thread:

@scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:

Delta cancels 300 more flights after power cut
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-37026007

Really? They can't even rent a generator? #fail

Can't? No, they can. Won't? No, because they don't care.

tiagom

Im sure that generator would cost less than the predicted millions that it will cost delta because of this.

mlnews

http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20160809-why-it-pays-to-be-grumpy-and-bad-tempered

coliver

http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2016/08/us-broadband-still-no-isp-choice-for-many-especially-at-higher-speeds/

scottalanmiller

@coliver hardly news. Non-competitive market in the US? Who would have guessed!

wirestyle22

@scottalanmiller At least they are reporting on it

thwr

Just heard that a small ISP north of Hamburg offers 1GBit/s sync FTTH, cable TV and phone including landline calls etc for 80 EUR per month without any throttling or traffic limit. 500 MBit/s sync would be 20 EUR less. I moved from the area they are operating in like 5 or 6 years ago...

http://www.golem.de/news/ftth-stadtwerke-bieten-gigabit-zugang-fuer-80-euro-1608-122627.html

tiagom

@thwr time to move back lol

thwr

@tiagom said in Non-IT News Thread:

@thwr time to move back lol

Thought so too Lived in a beautiful old city...

https://www.google.de/maps/place/23879+Mölln/@53.6147684,10.631196,12z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m5!3m4!1s0x47adfffa2e21dea9:0x4248963c6581ab0!8m2!3d53.6200912!4d10.6891312?hl=en

BRRABill

@thwr

I just met someone who hails from Oldenburg, which appears to be close to there.

thwr

@BRRABill said in Non-IT News Thread:

@thwr

I just met someone who hails from Oldenburg, which appears to be close to there.

It's to the west, while Mölln is to the north east, but not far away. Maybe 150km?

tiagom

Looked at some of the google maps pics.

I have one question.. Why the hell did you leave?

Its beautiful.

tiagom

https://goo.gl/maps/CkBeY5Kd51q

thwr

@tiagom said in Non-IT News Thread:

Looked at some of the google maps pics.

I have one question.. Why the hell did you leave?

Its beautiful.

It is... lived a few hundred meters from the small lakes, so basically my summer was like getting home, get your bathing clothes, get into the sea. Beer with friends. But I was offered a very good job, in the south of Hamburg. And I didn't want to drive 50km one-way every single day.