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I check my options on renewal, if the current insurer is willing to play ball then I stay.
This also means I am not seen to hop around every year, I don't know if this helps but as logn as I don't have to compromise I will use it.
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You will always be able to find cheaper rates. Be careful that you get the same level of service you had before. It's kind of like looking for a good backup system. It's only as good as the restore capability.
"One man's wage rise is another man's price increase." - Harold Wilson
"Fireproof doesn't mean the fire will never come. It means when the fire comes that you will be able to withstand it." - Michael Simmons
"Man who follows car will be exhausted." - Confucius
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Agreed, that is why I compared good companies. Otherwise I could have paid about 40% less than I did.
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Trollslayer wrote: hosue insurance
Does that cover legal fees when you sue a ho, or does it resolve being sued by a ho by sending Igor and Vladimir over to her?
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We have a process at work that interfaces with some third-party software through that software's "API" (and I am using that term loosely). The nature of the interaction is we send LOTS of data to the software and it does some transformations, sorting and accuracy checking, then returns the final list. Sometimes this software encounters some errors. Ok, you would think the API would return an error back to the calling program. Nope! Instead it pops up a Windows Error Message dialog box. This process is completely automated, running as its own user on the server. Nobody is ever alerted that there's a problem. We had to code in a timer in the calling app and if we don't get the output back within 30 minutes we abort the process. Yesterday this scenario occurred, so today I'm sitting here running this 6-hour long process manually under my user account babysitting it looking for the error popup so I can click "ok". There's no reason for the popup, if the software encounters an error in the data, it removes that data entry from the set. Why does it need to popup a box telling the user it found an error?
Don't blame me. I voted for Chuck Norris.
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Maybe this[^] would help? Can it be run under the same user as the "API"?
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Yes I use something similar too from a windows service. 
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It might, thanks. The ultimate solution is to switch to a better solution. There have already been rumors about switching to a different software package for this. Normally during the week this isn't a problem as our app sends off an email as soon as something fishy has happened. Yesterday was Saturday though and I wasn't in the office to get the email.
Don't blame me. I voted for Chuck Norris.
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Appaling Program Interface?
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That pretty much sums it up.
Don't blame me. I voted for Chuck Norris.
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I used to work with something like that, it was called VB6. 
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It's not the only one, I've had to work with sh*t 3rd party software like that as well. You can probably use FindWindow etc functions to look for the window handle read the text and then programatically click the right buttons etc if it's always the same kind of thing.
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I have a cheap 'ePad' tablet, coming with Android 1.7.
Major annoying issues, so far:
- The suspend 'feature' happens even if the device is mains powered and there is file transfer in progress, making the operation useless for big files (looks like it shuts down the USB, I had to disable the 'feature').
- The 'file browser' doesn't allow me to select a file without starting the application linked with (for instance I can't move a PDF document from the USB pendrive to the SD one).
Just a rant.
If the Lord God Almighty had consulted me before embarking upon the Creation, I would have recommended something simpler.
-- Alfonso the Wise, 13th Century King of Castile.
This is going on my arrogant assumptions. You may have a superb reason why I'm completely wrong.
-- Iain Clarke
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CPallini wrote: a cheap 'ePad' table
May be something to do with that.
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Well I hope. Anyway I assumed they were OS driven behaviours (maybe I was wrong, of course).
If the Lord God Almighty had consulted me before embarking upon the Creation, I would have recommended something simpler.
-- Alfonso the Wise, 13th Century King of Castile.
This is going on my arrogant assumptions. You may have a superb reason why I'm completely wrong.
-- Iain Clarke
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The thing about Android though is that it's open source. You can modify it to behave however you like. Presumably the manufacturer of your cheap ePad have done the same.
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I see your point. Anyway calling such a crappy behaviour 'customization' is like calling a bug 'feature'.
BTW it isn't cheap, is cheap (and crappy, I realize).
If the Lord God Almighty had consulted me before embarking upon the Creation, I would have recommended something simpler.
-- Alfonso the Wise, 13th Century King of Castile.
This is going on my arrogant assumptions. You may have a superb reason why I'm completely wrong.
-- Iain Clarke
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CPallini wrote: I had to disable the 'feature'
That is normal. I think you turn it on under the developer settings.
CPallini wrote: The 'file browser' doesn't allow me to select a file without starting the application linked with (for instance I can't move a PDF document from the USB pendrive to the SD one).
The phone version does not even have a file browser. But try holding your finger down a slight bit longer. It gives the select like feature. Or slow double click.
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leppie wrote: That is normal.
Well it isn't 'normal' from my point of view.
leppie wrote: The phone version does not even have a file browser. But try holding your finger down a slight bit longer. It gives the select like feature. Or slow double click.
I'll try, thank you very much.
If the Lord God Almighty had consulted me before embarking upon the Creation, I would have recommended something simpler.
-- Alfonso the Wise, 13th Century King of Castile.
This is going on my arrogant assumptions. You may have a superb reason why I'm completely wrong.
-- Iain Clarke
[My articles]
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It works (and I'm a silly man). Thank you again.
If the Lord God Almighty had consulted me before embarking upon the Creation, I would have recommended something simpler.
-- Alfonso the Wise, 13th Century King of Castile.
This is going on my arrogant assumptions. You may have a superb reason why I'm completely wrong.
-- Iain Clarke
[My articles]
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You have two issues; cheap and v1.7. From what I've seen most of the low-end cheap pads don't even run an official version of Android, but rather some customized Chinese variant.
I know the language. I've read a book. - _Madmatt
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Mark Nischalke wrote: . From what I've seen most of the low-end cheap pads don't even run an official version of Android, but rather some customized Chinese variant.
How can I check it?
BTW: Thank you.
If the Lord God Almighty had consulted me before embarking upon the Creation, I would have recommended something simpler.
-- Alfonso the Wise, 13th Century King of Castile.
This is going on my arrogant assumptions. You may have a superb reason why I'm completely wrong.
-- Iain Clarke
[My articles]
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It's a while that I suspect that YouTube is much slower in loading videos on all browsers except Chrome. This does not happen with other video websites, like Vimeo. The only explanation is that Google is making YouTube slower on purpose, so you switch to Chrome. Now, I don't have any evidence. It's just a feeling I have.
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I dunno. I use chrome and some videos on youtube just refuse to load, while others load instantly. So it could just be video dependant.
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