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  • April 24, 2016 at 7:30 pm in reply to: Entire hosting company deleted by owners miscode #1791446
    hampden98
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    I can believe this and have experience of something similar.
    Not mentioning any specifics, but, I used to work for one the the big four Telecom companies.
    A newb support engineer who thought he was gods gift to computers added a crontab to the entire
    shop functionality of said companies website. Not just one computer out of the farm to test, but all the computers
    in the farm.
    The cron entry was something like cp -rm *.
    It moved the contents of a directory to another area. However a typo in the command move the root partition to another area!
    This is similar to pulling the chips slowly out of HALS brain.
    Needless to say the entire farm went down and with it the shop.
    The only thing that saved the day was that the shop was being replaced with an upgraded farm.
    So we just moved that upgrade hastily into live.
    Never did see that engineer again.

    April 23, 2016 at 7:47 pm in reply to: Germanwings airliner crashes in French Alps #475867
    hampden98
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    Your post is really odd. But perhaps you’d like to think that the dead were all illegal immigrants inbound to tap social benefits?

    Just trying to equate loss versus compensation.
    I really don’t get the immigrant or benefit comment as my post mentions neither?

    April 21, 2016 at 6:55 pm in reply to: Germanwings airliner crashes in French Alps #475870
    hampden98
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    25000€ for your Uncle, your daughter or your own mother, Germanwing Said

    The grotesque has reached no end.

    Source:
    reuters.com

    I wonder what I would do in that situation having lost my family?
    25000, 25’000’000 ?
    I don’t think either would be compensation. Could I spend the money, enjoy the money knowing what it cost?
    An acceptance of fault, a sorry from the CEO and time to mourn?
    Or just accept the fact and walk away?
    Strangely the last option seems the best.

    April 20, 2016 at 7:36 pm in reply to: Im surprised they never raised this #884625
    hampden98
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    by “remarkably well preserved” do they mean “totally knackered” ?
    Seems most of the removable bits have been removed. The rest is a corroded wreck.

    April 20, 2016 at 7:02 pm in reply to: General Discussion #223009
    hampden98
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    Spoiled in the same televisual way as the Gran National and the Boat Race.
    Do they even get coverage anymore?

    April 20, 2016 at 7:02 pm in reply to: Who totally spoiled Eurovision? #1791796
    hampden98
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    Spoiled in the same televisual way as the Gran National and the Boat Race.
    Do they even get coverage anymore?

    April 20, 2016 at 6:53 pm in reply to: Explosive decompressions blowing seats out? #475877
    hampden98
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    What was interesting in the Myth Busters test was that the cabin was pressurised to 8psi.
    Apparently this simulates 40’000 feet.
    I always thought the pressure would be more?

    April 20, 2016 at 6:49 pm in reply to: "P-51, Cadillac of the sky!" #884633
    hampden98
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    There was a Harvard Zero wreck (not the one previously mentioned) at North Weald in the 90’s.
    I assume it was from the same film but was in a worse state. Lots of panels removed and the paint scheme was very well worn.
    Would have been at the time of the open days when bedsheet bomber, lincoln and 111 were extant.

    April 13, 2016 at 6:27 pm in reply to: jericho trumpet #888107
    hampden98
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    (slightly off topic)
    The Stuka siren sound from TV and film must come from a stock sound,
    much like the Disney Frog and Car Screech.
    You’ll even hear the `Stuka` sound when a bi-plane goes into a dive in some old movies (and deliberately in Airplane 🙂 ).
    As an aside I would be interested to know where that TV `Siren` sound originated.

    April 12, 2016 at 8:40 pm in reply to: P51 Mustang wings, painted or not ? #888778
    hampden98
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    Thanks for the replies.
    So the `grey` would appear to be laquer giving the wing an appearance of grey as in the above photo.
    🙂

    April 12, 2016 at 8:31 pm in reply to: General Discussion #223229
    hampden98
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    Definitely a book for everyone on this forum, especially the war film rivet counters

    http://www.amazon.co.uk/Watching-War-Films-With-Dad/dp/0099580349

    Al Murray, Watching War Films With Me Dad 🙂

    April 12, 2016 at 8:31 pm in reply to: What Book Are You Reading? #1792035
    hampden98
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    Definitely a book for everyone on this forum, especially the war film rivet counters

    http://www.amazon.co.uk/Watching-War-Films-With-Dad/dp/0099580349

    Al Murray, Watching War Films With Me Dad 🙂

    April 11, 2016 at 7:04 pm in reply to: General Discussion #223254
    hampden98
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    47 Ronin.
    Keanu Reaves superfluous performance in a Jap Samurai make believe romp.

    April 11, 2016 at 7:04 pm in reply to: The Last Film You Watched….. IV #1792063
    hampden98
    Participant

    47 Ronin.
    Keanu Reaves superfluous performance in a Jap Samurai make believe romp.

    April 11, 2016 at 6:31 pm in reply to: General Discussion #223255
    hampden98
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    Mind you he did drive out the other side.
    I had an 87 Escort which used to cut out if you splashed a deep puddle.

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