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but, these Germans can show the world a thing or two - this message is coming to you from 22,000+ feet, 'somewhere over India' via a WiFi Hotspot in business class connected to the rest of the world by Satellite 
(so Ive typed up my work notes and uploaded them)
Now all I need is for Germany/EU never to outsource their computers in Microsoft and Intel again - we were 2 hours late getting off the ground due to a number of reboots required on a computer and its backup - so it was back off the runway and to a maintenance zone we went - not happy, going to miss my connection tonight from Frankfurt to Florence I reckon
(ok, I don't know if they actually use Intel/Microsoft on an A340-600, but it makes for a good story)
btw, thanks to all those who chipped in about Bangkok - don't know what all the fuss was about on TV, the coup certainly didn't affect day to day life for us tourists - the limo sped past a roadblock on the way in but the soldiers wernt interested - and I'd forgotten how polite and nice the Thai people are
ttfn - a g&t beckons
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Glad to hear you made it through Bangkok without incident.
Garth J Lancaster wrote: the coup certainly didn't affect day to day life
Not yet at least. Thailand has the military coup d'etat down to a science.
The problems arise only if it looks like the military does not want to transition to an elected government. The election will probably be set for a year from now but that is okay as long as it is scheduled to occur.
It is kind of amazing how life goes on pretty much as usual even with soldiers stationed on the streets. This is my second Thai coup d'etat and I am amazed how peaceful they are here. I wouldn't want to be in a coup d'etat in any other country that has less experience. 
Garth J Lancaster wrote: I'd forgotten how polite and nice the Thai people are
Amazing Thailand. 
Once you lose your pride the rest is easy.
The report of my death was an exaggeration - Mark Twain
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JimmyRopes
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No worries, as long as you get your sleep[^] I guess 
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Even if the computers were such, it's more than likely the software as the culprit. But, hey, why let facts cloud narrative. You're as bad as Hollywood!
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Glad to hear you had a safe trip.
Veni, vidi, vici.
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mio amico (I would have said 'mi amici'), its only just begun - Im in bella Toscana with my father this week, next week we are cycling from Venezia to Firenze
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Wonderful, have a good time here in Italy!
Where are you going to stay in Tuscany?
Form Venezia to Firenze is a bit long ride, how many kilometers per day are you going to cycle?
--Carlo the curious cyclist
Veni, vidi, vici.
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In Toscana, We are using place in Montieri 'Rifugio Prategiano' - we had a booking for here 3 years ago and had to cancel at the last minute as my mother needed a stomach rebuild - but they kept our deposit saying we could use it 'next time' - so, here we are, except then they grudgingly let us use the deposit because this stay isn't as long as we had planned to last time, nor does it involve bikes like we were going to use 3 years ago (the revised trip & cycling component this time has the Venice-Florence cycle trip in it) - as far as Im concerned, they can bite me about the deposit
So, Venezia -> Firenze
Day 1 : 35km, Venice - Chiogga
Day 2 : 45km, Chiogga - Adria
Day 3 : 45km, Adria - Comacchio
Day 4 : 65km, Comacchio - Ravenna
Day 5 : 55km, Ravenna - Brisighella
Day 6 : 35km, Brisighella - Firenze
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280km
after this, I chaperone a friend for week in Paris, before cycling in 2 weeks Provence, incl Mt Ventoux, then have 8 days cycling in the UK, then a slack week not cycling - working, in Germany
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Wow, we have to ride together somewhere, someday!
Veni, vidi, vici.
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Fished all week and had a great time but left a couple of days early because I dropped my camera in the water and need to send it in to Nikon. Lesson learned, even though I didn't take it out in the boat don't ever take the camera on fishing trip again, don't ever take camera out on fishing trip again, don't ever...
Along with Antimatter and Dark Matter they've discovered the existence of Doesn't Matter which appears to have no effect on the universe whatsoever!
Rich Tennant 5th Wave
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That's why I have two cameras, the cheaper one is watertight to 5 meters.
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I've got a cheaper one, it's not waterproof but I wouldn't mind losing it as compared to repairing my D7000.
Along with Antimatter and Dark Matter they've discovered the existence of Doesn't Matter which appears to have no effect on the universe whatsoever!
Rich Tennant 5th Wave
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Lesson learned -- use a lanyard (attached to the camera, of course, with the lanyard around your neck, of course) when holding expensive equipment over water, long falls, etc.
On occasion, I wish my cell phone had a cylinder I could string a lanyard through.
Marc
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The problem is I layed it on one of the slats on the pontoon and someone drove up with a boat wanting to get in and I forgot about it and when I moved the boat it went kerplunk. My own damn fault but expensive lesson learned. 
Along with Antimatter and Dark Matter they've discovered the existence of Doesn't Matter which appears to have no effect on the universe whatsoever!
Rich Tennant 5th Wave
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I have VS2012 and I went here[^] to download MVC 5 this morning, and the file names look kinda strange:
MVC4VS2010.EXE <<--- Why would the download for MVC5 be named this? (this is the file that's downloaded from the green "download free" button)
WebNode11Pack.EXE <<---- WTF is that? That's doesn't follow the standard MS naming convention. (this is the "install MVC 5 for Visual Studio 2012" link under the button)
Comments?
".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
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When you pry the gun from my cold dead hands, be careful - the barrel will be very hot. - JSOP, 2013
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All your download are belong to us?
Those who fail to learn history are doomed to repeat it. --- George Santayana (December 16, 1863 – September 26, 1952)
Those who fail to clear history are doomed to explain it. --- OriginalGriff (February 24, 1959 – ∞)
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John Simmons / outlaw programmer wrote: MVC4VS2010.EXE <<--- Why would the download for MVC5 be named this?
Because the MSDN front-line grunt assigned to create file-names when not mopping the floors is dyslexic and thinks in index-by-zero ?
“I'm an artist: it's self evident that word implies looking for something all the time without ever finding it in full. It is the opposite of saying : ‘I know all about it. I've already found it.’
As far as I'm concerned, the word means: ‘I am looking. I am hunting for it. I am deeply involved.’” Vincent Van Gogh
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That's not even close to the url I posted (and i got an error when I tried to browse to it).
".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
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When you pry the gun from my cold dead hands, be careful - the barrel will be very hot. - JSOP, 2013
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That's weird...it worked for me...maybe there's a conspiracy against you
I'm in Canada...maybe they want us to use different stuff than the U.S.?...maybe it's regionalized?
Update: Now it's not working for me either...so the conspiracy isn't just against you...
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Discussion of installing on StackOverflow:[^]
Info at NuGet: [^].
“I'm an artist: it's self evident that word implies looking for something all the time without ever finding it in full. It is the opposite of saying : ‘I know all about it. I've already found it.’
As far as I'm concerned, the word means: ‘I am looking. I am hunting for it. I am deeply involved.’” Vincent Van Gogh
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I urgently need to learn to weld just a little bit. I am trying to replace my bike's clutch friction plates, but one bolt on the pressure plate has refused for days to loosen, and is now slightly rounded. I tried cutting a slot in it for a screwdriver, but the bolt head is recessed, so the slot isn't deep enough. It is only an M6, so it won't be too easy to use an easy-out on. I have one, but it tapers up to about 4mm, so if something there goes wrong I'm up sh*t creek. Someone suggested welding a steel rod to the head and turning it loose with that, and that makes quite good sense to me; a weld will never slip.
Thing is, I have never welded before. I know the basic theory, how to strike an arc, maintain a pool while wealding along a line etc. but have never tried. Never had a welder before.
To weld to the bolt head I will probably just have to strike an arc and hold it for a second.
What advice can any experienced welders here please give me for this, and NB stuff to practice a little bit before trying?
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I don't weld - but I've seen enough people do it to know it ain't that simple! There is some real skill involved here, and if you get it wrong you can make the situation worse, not better.
This is a bike - so the chances are that the bolt is not steel, it's aluminium alloy - which will have a different melting point to the steel, so it may be harder to weld than you think particularly if the head is recessed.
Have you tried tightening all the other bolts and using an impact driver? Or do you know anyone who can weld, you can run you through it? I find people who can weld are generally susceptible to bribery in the form of ![Beer | [beer]](https://codeproject.global.ssl.fastly.net/script/Forums/Images/beer.gif)
Those who fail to learn history are doomed to repeat it. --- George Santayana (December 16, 1863 – September 26, 1952)
Those who fail to clear history are doomed to explain it. --- OriginalGriff (February 24, 1959 – ∞)
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OriginalGriff wrote: I find people who can weld are generally susceptible to bribery in the form of [beer]
FTFY
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It's a steel bolt, and I'm too broke to bribe anyone to travel all the way to my house and help.
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