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Comment on Virgin Media Crap Service by Fedup

Fedup — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 21:22:11 +0000

We upgraded to the 20mg service recently, big mistake, I actually thought we would have a little better speed in the evening - daytime speed is no problem but who has time to sit and use the PC all day? - instead we manage about 1/4 of a mg most evenings - disgusting service. We had an engineer sent round after I said I would cancel, he told me there was nothing he could do from an engineers point of view and it is just network congestion. While I understand speeds will drop in peak periods, I would expect better than 1/80th of what I pay for!!

Comment on Does my nose look big in this? by greywulf

greywulf — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 09:08:07 +0000

Love it!

Comment on Returning to the safety of a nicely written theme by Diana

Diana — Sun, 29 Jun 2008 16:52:20 +0000

I like the theme your using now, I’ve been using Simpla which I found along with the Plaintxt.org themes, in a SmashingMagazine write up.

Comment on A cow too far? by Diana L-S

Diana L-S — Sun, 29 Jun 2008 15:00:14 +0000

Yup, can never have too many cow pics! I love looking at all of them.

Comment on Infrared modified S5600 - Two weeks later by publicenergy

publicenergy — Sat, 28 Jun 2008 22:27:18 +0000

Esteban, mine is a full spectrum camera, but I only use it for infrared anyway, so the IR only one would have done really.

I personally use a Hoya R72 filter, just because I had one that fit and I used one before - I keep intending to experiment with other filters, but I’ve just not got around to it!

Comment on Infrared modified S5600 - Two weeks later by Esteban

Esteban — Sat, 28 Jun 2008 21:13:16 +0000

I’m enjoying your photos. I’ve been looking at the irdigi website and can’t make up my mind whether to have a camera converted to the vis+IR spectrum or a conversion to IR only (which means you have to decide which filter to specify). Is your S5600 converted to be IR only or full spectrum? What is the IR filter; 720 nm or ?

Your help appreciated.

Thankyou

Comment on Carphone Warehouse - terminated by Andy

Andy — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 19:45:09 +0000

Interesting to see so many problems with Carphone Warehouse so I thought I’d add my experience to the list.

Start on a CPW contract about 6 years ago and I’ve upgraded about 8 or 9 times since then. However I did an upgrade to an SE P1i back in September and that’s where the problems started. During my 28 day replacement warranty period, I noticed a problem with my phone on the day before I was due to go into hospital for major jaw surgery, so I was unable to get to the store. I sent my mum with my phone but they refused to accept it because they needed to see me in person (no idea why). When I came out of hospital I went to the store with my dad so that he could do the talking and we were refused a direct handset replacement because we were now outside the 28 day replacement warranty period! Argued against this with going into hospital and them refusing to accept the handset from someone else, but no use. Phone was eventually sent off for repair.

Came back 2 weeks later with the fault still evident on the screen (black line down one side of the screen). Idiot behind the counter said that their tills didn’t allow them to describe faults in detail so they had to put “Screen not working”. We demanded a replacement handset but this was refused again and we were also refused when we asked to speak to the manager. We were told we could take the handset to Leeds repair centre as they would be able to fix it on site and get the handset back much quicker. Dad refused and said they should send the handset via Special Delivery but CPW said this wasn’t allowed! In the end we had to trail to the store in Leeds.

When we got there we had to queue for 45 minutes in the repair centre, only to find that their staff “weren’t qualified” to repair the P1i. Dad went crazy at this point (remember - I couldn’t speak after surgery) and again demanded to see the manager. This was refused. In the end we left the handset to be sent off for repair and stormed out of the store making people aware of our disgust.

3 weeks later I got a call from CPW Leeds telling me that my phone was available to collect from the store. Caught the train through to Leeds only to find that when I got to the store, my phone hadn’t arrived at the store and would probably be there the following day!!!! >:(

At this point I was at wits end so I demanded an immediate disconnection on the grounds of failure to provide a service for which I was paying. CPW staff said they couldn’t do this as it was an O2 contract and they told me to go to the O2 store next door. Did so only to find that CPW are responsible for all aspects of their O2 contracts apart from the physical lines. The guy also told me that they had loads of people from CPW storming in there every week, demanding disconnection and telling them that CPW had told them to do so. I apologised to the guy in the O2 store for being short with him and returned to CPW.

Eventually I got my handset back after 2 months (through the post), and fully repaired. Wrote countless complaints to them and the two stores concerned, sent them recorded but I’ve never had a reply.

I’m currently in battle with them again because I’m trying to disconnect as part of my early get-out insurance facility. Now they’re claiming my phone is still at Leeds according to their system so they can’t disconnect it! Anyway I stopped my Direct Debits this evening so let em try and nick money from me now. What will they do - disconnect me? LOL!

But another WORD OF WARNING!! If you try ringing CPW they have loads of 0870 numbers for their stores. If you ring these you go through to an automated switchboard and then eventually the phone will start ringing. Probably about 80% of these numbers DON’T EXIST but still BILL YOU for calling them at 45p a minute even if no-one answers the phone!!! I had word from the horse’s mouth when a member of staff at a store let it slip that they don’t even have a landline there, despite the system having a number and charging you for trying to ring it!!

Comment on A cow too far? by Daz

Daz — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 10:30:55 +0000

Definitely not enough cow pics. Keep them coming - they’re ace! :)

Comment on Nottingham Flickr Group trip to Skegness by Roger B.

Roger B. — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 07:06:27 +0000

I haven’t been to Skeggy for yonks!

Comment on Returning to the safety of a nicely written theme by brenda

brenda — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 21:10:09 +0000

I thank you for that!

(Must dl FF3)

Comment on Returning to the safety of a nicely written theme by publicenergy

publicenergy — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 20:35:17 +0000

I tried Notes On Politics, Theory and Photography and it looks fine (I’m using FF3, but I also use the NoScript add-on which blocks a ton of javascript by default until you approve it - and there seems to be a lot on that site).

As for the title, I’ve not changed a thing about it, but I think I quite like it!

Comment on Returning to the safety of a nicely written theme by brenda

brenda — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 20:24:25 +0000

Just a very minor afterthought. Did you try the title with the usual gap? The run-on is mildly making me think of either itchyness or something possibly greco-roman.

And on a completely different matter, could you try Jim Johnson’s “Notes On Politics, Theory and Photography”, please? I can’t see what’s wrong, but it is locking up my browser. I can’t even get in to find his email address to tell him. It’s his tracker, I think, not sure though.

Comment on A cow too far? by donna di mondo

donna di mondo — Sat, 21 Jun 2008 01:03:41 +0000

I love your cow photos….I can’t help it. I don’t think I ever thought much about cows before…maybe it was the fisheye thing?

I’m addicted now.

Cow is my crack.

Comment on A cow too far? by Stephen Wright

Stephen Wright — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 23:33:20 +0000

More cowbell !!

Comment on A cow too far? by brenda

brenda — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 23:12:59 +0000

How safe is a safe distance in Public Energy land? I like cows but they are a bit much very close up.

Comment on A cow too far? by publicenergy

publicenergy — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 23:03:48 +0000

@Brenda - no, there was a safe distance and a bit of cropping involved. I have had my fisheye lens licked before now though (and pecked!)

@greywulf - I suspect as much really :)

Comment on A cow too far? by greywulf

greywulf — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 22:59:41 +0000

You can never have too many Cow pics, Dave!

Comment on A cow too far? by brenda

brenda — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 22:58:00 +0000

That one is really creepy though. Did it dribble on you?

Comment on There’s always something new to see in things you see all the time by Primed Minister

Primed Minister — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 10:55:06 +0000

Yeah, the top image is great. What I like about these kinds of images (especially the more obscure ones) is that it gets you to think a bit more. I really like this no rules approach.

Comment on There’s always something new to see in things you see all the time by Bruce

Bruce — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 09:13:54 +0000

That top image is very effective Dave; at first I thought it was a person the other side of a window in rain, taken on a slow shutter to produce streaking. Then I thought maybe it’s a reflection captured off a highly-scratched steel surface. And finally (I think the correct interpretation), weed in a stream taken from the bank. At full size there’s a ripple over the (presumably photographer’s) face, which is a great obscurification detail (coincidental?). It also looks like a filtered image of a landscape, with the kind of motion in the sky van Gough is famous for. Good work.