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Well I decided against better judgment to renew my UK passport, technically I could survive on my US one, but what the hey.
Last time I renewed it in 2004 I overnighted it to the Embassy in DC - and 80 quid poorer and 3 days later received my renewed passport.
Monday evening I Fedex'd it to the much more convenient location of Durham, UK that is. They received it 6 hours ago.
Between shipping and the new fees this one will cost 145 quid, taking into account shipping and inflation I'd say it's costing me close to 30% more.
So for those who enjoy a betting game, any bets on when (if) I get it back?
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Hey, the passport procedure is perfectly logical and rational!
I'm in the Netherlands, so, naturally, I had to send my British passport to Paris for renewal.
If you can't understand such simple logic, you're in the wrong profession.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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After I lived in Munich, Germany and was in the process of moving to the US I had to renew my UK passport and then get a US visa in Frankfurt! Once I was in the US I had to go to Canada for the most convenient US visa renewal. For the actual passport renewal a personal visit to the Embassy in DC took care of it and got it back by mail the following day!
Using the UK renewal by post I expect you will get it back sometime before 2016!
- I would love to change the world, but they won’t give me the source code.
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Forogar wrote: Using the UK renewal by post I expect you will get it back sometime before 2016!
I admire your optimism, it's truly an asset.
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It's not optimism, it's experience!
- I would love to change the world, but they won’t give me the source code.
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I'll just pop round and pick it up shall I? Better still, Keith will as he lives just round the corner from it.
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Sorted.
Actually I was in London 2 weeks ago and could have had it done in a couple of hours, had I thought to book.
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MidwestLimey wrote: any bets on when (if) I get it back?
I'll go with "about three weeks before the new one expires". 
"These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined."
- Homer
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Quote: I'll go with "about three weeks before after the new one expires
... and 1 week after you need it.
Life is like a s**t sandwich; the more bread you have, the less s**t you eat.
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MidwestLimey wrote: this one will cost 145 quid
Is it a long duration passport and/or one with "electronic" stuff in it ?
Here is Canada, we now have chips in it for security and we can other a passport that lasts 5 (120$) or 10(160$) years.
I'd rather be phishing!
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Given the mysterious ways of bureaucracies everywhere, you will receive your renewed passport ten days after it expires.
Software Zen: delete this;
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We had ours stolen (both Canadian and UK). I'm not sure if it's worth replacing the UK ones now. I'll be interested to know how long it takes.
Life is like a s**t sandwich; the more bread you have, the less s**t you eat.
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PhilLenoir wrote: I'm not sure if it's worth replacing the UK ones now
Me either, but a masochistic part of me wanted to see how bad they've made the process!
And I like going through the quick lane at Heathrow ...
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Quote: And I like going through the quick lane at Heathrow
That was my argument to the missus!
Life is like a s**t sandwich; the more bread you have, the less s**t you eat.
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Got my son's renewed in Bucureşti, in person.
Took a litle under an hour. 
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Ten years ago, I walked into the British Embassy in Budapest, paid my £80 and got my new passport issued the same day!
This time around I am in the UK. I will go up to Petit France and do the fast-track for £100.
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Anyone used Docker[^]?
cheers
Chris Maunder
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No, but I often swear like one.
"These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined."
- Homer
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Chris Maunder wrote: Anyone used Docker[^]?
After reading (for maybe the 10th time over the last year):
Docker is an open platform for developers and sysadmins to build, ship, and run distributed applications. etc...
I still don't know:
1. What it actually does
2. What's wrong with how I'm currently delivering web and desktop applications
3. And therefore, why I need it.
4. And does it really do what the hype says it does, even though I don't understand it?
Oh sorry. The answer to your question in "No."
Marc
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I've not used it personally, but some on our team have used it. It's essentially an abstraction layer for deploying on Linux servers.
Yeah - their market-speke is hard to get through. Just tell us what it is, dammit!
It's going to be integrated into Windows Server 2015 (a neat trick, it would seem). To me it's like deploying an install as a VM, without the actually deploying a VM (and it's Gig's of OS)
cheers
Chris Maunder
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We are going to hear a lot more about Docker in the years to come. It is difficult to explain it in few words, but it is basically a "container". It leverages recent OS technologies that allows one process to be isolated from others. It was first developed for Linux, now it is finding its way to Windows. This is essential for Microsoft, as Docker images are becoming the standard way for cloud deployments. Do you want to install Redmine? Sure, you need to install Ruby, MySQL and then the Redmine itself. It is far easier to find a dockerized redmine and deploy from there in seconds.
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Giannakakis Kostas wrote: It is difficult to explain it in few words
Then you don't know what it is. If you knew it well, you'd be able to explain it to us.
Jeremy Falcon
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Docker is nicely explained in this "short" video. If you don't have the time to watch it, you should at least know that is quickly becoming the standard for cloud deployment.
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I feel the same and in my case, I've read about it maybe 15 times 
To alcohol! The cause of, and solution to, all of life's problems - Homer Simpson
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Our heads are round so our thoughts can change direction - Francis Picabia
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Docker isn't that hard to explain.
And, no, it isn't a VM or a VM controller. (That's Vagrant)
Docker is similar to Solaris Zones, BSD Jails, and Linux Containers. It's not (supposed to be) a virtual machine (with all the OS code, drivers, etc.) but rather lightweight container allowing calls down to the OS.
(And no, I have no idea how Docker is going to make that work with Microsoft)
So...why it is important?
Well the difference with Docker is that it allows you to push your application AND ENVIRONMENT at the same time...to Development, to Testing...and (ideally) to production. (You wouldn't normally push a Vagrant file to production, for example).
It (ideally) prevents problems of code failing in production because a config file was off, or an environment variable that wasn't set, or a wrong version of a library.
There is a LOT of hype and some concerns about security - but that's it in a nutshell.
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