Debs. Posted June 16, 2012 Share Posted June 16, 2012 Off to Wigan this morning! .........clogs, cloth-cap, whippet and other offensively-provincial stereotypes to the ready! 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
trisonic Posted June 16, 2012 Share Posted June 16, 2012 Morning, all..... Another beautiful day ahead for NYC Metro: Mostly Sunny, 78f (26C), humidity comfortable at 50%, Breeze from the East at 7 mph. Enjoyed the match yesterday, whilst fraught at times the Walcott goal turned it around and even the substitutions made sense! Sensible management instead of "knee-jerk" reactions? Whatever, we'll follow progress with interest. Live match coverage by FOX Soccer Channel in HD brilliant - I still cannot believe I'm saying that about Fox, but it is true. Have a great day, everybody and if you should be going to TVNAM 2012 please take your camera. Ta. Best, Pete 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DonBradley Posted June 16, 2012 Share Posted June 16, 2012 Another clear, blue sky but some showers possible tomorrow. Unfortunately I will not be able to attend the TVNAM. Too distant! Thanks for the clarification Mick. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DonBradley Posted June 16, 2012 Share Posted June 16, 2012 I'm enjoying the slide shows, Dd. Thanks. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold SouthernRegionSteam Posted June 16, 2012 RMweb Gold Share Posted June 16, 2012 Morning all! I'm actually up earlier than 10am! I specifically asked my dad to wake me up so I wouldn't keep drifting back to sleep as I have got into something of a bad habit lying in for most of the morning. Yesterday I did eventually go and do some "research" at the pub although I still forgot to take a photo of the front as I was more focused on working out what the back of the pub looked like! Time for a cuppa before I start any modelling. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium NGT6 1315 Posted June 16, 2012 RMweb Premium Share Posted June 16, 2012 Yesterday I did eventually go and do some "research" at the pub although I still forgot to take a photo of the front as I was more focused on working out what the back of the pub looked like! You also planning to research said pub's interior? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DDolfelin Posted June 16, 2012 Share Posted June 16, 2012 More Crete. Click on individual pictures for smart remarks. http://www.flickr.com/photos/80402816@N05/sets/72157630141519624/show/ 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold BoD Posted June 16, 2012 RMweb Gold Share Posted June 16, 2012 Morning all Second day of continious rain here. V. heavy at times. I'll let you know if we manage forty. We did have a two day break from rain earlier in the week. That confused people no end. This weather is becoming depressing but still, I suppose I should be thankful that we haven't suffered flooding or a hosepipe ban. Or both. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold SouthernRegionSteam Posted June 16, 2012 RMweb Gold Share Posted June 16, 2012 You also planning to research said pub's interior? Haha, you may joke, but I might do Depends if I can find any reference pics. I haven't found any earlier than about the year 2000! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold PhilH Posted June 16, 2012 RMweb Gold Share Posted June 16, 2012 Morning all, quite bright here. Following the downpours of the last few weeks, and after numerous complaints from a flooded out Joe Public, my employers have decreed that the 'Beat the drought' stickers have to come off the sides of the vans - trouble is that someone must have ordered extra strong glue because in lot of cases they are having to be quite forcibly scraped off with consequent damage to the van's paintwork. In some cases this is down to bare metal - you couldn't make it up. Have a good one. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Tony_S Posted June 16, 2012 RMweb Gold Share Posted June 16, 2012 Morning all. Dull but not cold here. Unfortunately I won't be going to TVNAM either, though I'm sure I'd enjoy the exhibition (though not the journey). Tony Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gordon s Posted June 16, 2012 Share Posted June 16, 2012 Morning all, quite bright here. Following the downpours of the last few weeks, and after numerous complaints from a flooded out Joe Public, my employers have decreed that the 'Beat the drought' stickers have to come off the sides of the vans - trouble is that someone must have ordered extra strong glue because in lot of cases they are having to be quite forcibly scraped off with consequent damage to the van's paintwork. In some cases this is down to bare metal - you couldn't make it up. Have a good one. :D Thanks Phil, that's made my morning. Anyone else had one of these Pay Tags in the post? Seems you stick it on the back of your phone to make payments of less than £15 for coffee's etc and as a substitute for cash. I can see it now....Some yuppie type with no cash waving his phone at the receiver which has decided to give up the ghost. He's got no cash and the queue is building up by the second. Progress? Don't make me laugh.... Seems the KISS principle doesn't apply to technology these days... I'm having a bad SQL day. Anyone else suffering..... 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DonBradley Posted June 16, 2012 Share Posted June 16, 2012 I have been getting SQL messages on average at least once a day, but none so far today! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Tony_S Posted June 16, 2012 RMweb Gold Share Posted June 16, 2012 I don't think the card actually has to be on a phone. i suspect you could put it anywhere you could wave it at the terminal. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Tony_S Posted June 16, 2012 RMweb Gold Share Posted June 16, 2012 I have been getting SQL messages on average at least once a day, but none so far today! I had one about 9 am. Does the server gets its buffer flushed periodically, as after a sql event it then seems to work faster? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndrewC Posted June 16, 2012 Share Posted June 16, 2012 I don't think the card actually has to be on a phone. i suspect you could put it anywhere you could wave it at the terminal. In that case it won't be long before we have the first recorded instance of someone "mooning" their payment. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gordon s Posted June 16, 2012 Share Posted June 16, 2012 I don't think the card actually has to be on a phone. i suspect you could put it anywhere you could wave it at the terminal. The blurb says the tag 'can turn any mobile phone into a new way to make contactless payments in seconds', so I guessed there is some 'blue tooth' type technology involved. I'd find it more useful without a phone as I rarely take mine out and it's never switched on unless I need to call someone. I'm a real luddite..... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium skipepsi Posted June 16, 2012 RMweb Premium Share Posted June 16, 2012 Morning all, heavy rain overnight and the sky looks as soggy as the ground feels. Nobody has sent me a phone tag having said that I can't even find my phone let alone any money. The cat's are all unsettled I am not sure if this means another thunderstorm or they want more breakfast. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium NGT6 1315 Posted June 16, 2012 RMweb Premium Share Posted June 16, 2012 Taken a few days ago: Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gordon s Posted June 16, 2012 Share Posted June 16, 2012 I don't think the card actually has to be on a phone. i suspect you could put it anywhere you could wave it at the terminal. Did a bit of Googling... There are many different forms of mobile payment ranging from the purchase of ringtones or games using a premium SMS (a higher priced message on your phone bill) to mobile contactless payment where you wave your phone in front of a retail terminal or subway turnstile to pay. Mobile payment and mobile banking work like Internet banking/payment but instead of using your PC, you use your cell phone. You get 24/7 access to mobile banking, mobile payment, mobile wallet, mobile money transfer and other financial services, from anywhere via SMS or mobile browsing. This is made safe by storing the security part of the payment service on the SIM card which is based on the same technology as the latest bank cards and therefore adheres to the highest security standards. The latest type of mobile payment which is already widely used in Japan combines a contactless payment credit card with your cell phone. You pay by bringing your mobile phone close to the reader at the register. It is based on Near Field Communication (NFC), a wireless standard for communicating over short distances of less than 10 centimeters. Even though you are using your cell phone to pay at the register instead of your physical credit card, you are still using the credit card account. The bill would appear on your credit card statement. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Tony_S Posted June 16, 2012 RMweb Gold Share Posted June 16, 2012 I don't think my bank will be issuing those contactless cards though they have been pushing their mobile phone "app" recently. When we were in the Lake District Matthew phoned and asked me to transfer some money for him, so I thought I'd install the bank app. With no wifi and no 3G it took ages and then wouldn't run as whatever passcode I'd chosen wasn't recognised. I then accessed the normal bank account via internet. This was a very long task and all I succeeded in doing was locking out access to my bank account for a while. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Tony_S Posted June 16, 2012 RMweb Gold Share Posted June 16, 2012 I still don't think the Pay Tag uses near field communication (NFC). That is a phone feature not a stick on card. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold The Stationmaster Posted June 16, 2012 RMweb Gold Share Posted June 16, 2012 Morning all, Crikey what a world you're exposing us to Gordon - my idea of a 'mobile wallet' is one I can put in my pocket and which can contain useful things like a Driving Licence and tickets et as well as money. I'm becoming increasingly grateful that the new mobile 'phone I bought earlier is suitable only for telephone calls and those peculiar messages called 'txt' - KISS is definitely the way to go. Anyway we have some increasingly cloudy weather with a few light showers promised for later. And yesterday was a day of achievement - an 'initial impressions' set of comments about Dapol signals put together and posted and the scanner connected and thus far tested on b&w prints and negatives (eventually in the case of the latter as I found it helped to read the instructions after managing to get two wonderful scans of the negative carrier followed by an impressive set of negative images), shall have to try some nice ancient transparencies today. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Sidecar Racer Posted June 16, 2012 RMweb Premium Share Posted June 16, 2012 A good morning to one and all , was there a football game somewhere yesterday ? Weather here is cold grey and windy , not looking like any improvement in the short term either . Now to find things to do . Enjoy your day . Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sixoh8sixoh Posted June 16, 2012 Share Posted June 16, 2012 Morning all! Been damp here but dry now. Had fun finding a parking space in Durham last night as Old Elvet was completely closed to parking from 6pm last night as the Olympic flame will be there 6pm tonight... Nothing like putting in measures too early... Seems like there was some sort of religious vigil last night, chanting kept waking me up........now seems more humid than usual, not a good sign. "En-ger-land, En-ger-land, En-ger-land!" perhaps? Morning all, Crikey what a world you're exposing us to Gordon - my idea of a 'mobile wallet' is one I can put in my pocket and which can contain useful things like a Driving Licence and tickets et as well as money. I'm becoming increasingly grateful that the new mobile 'phone I bought earlier is suitable only for telephone calls and those peculiar messages called 'txt' - KISS is definitely the way to go. Anyway we have some increasingly cloudy weather with a few light showers promised for later. And yesterday was a day of achievement - an 'initial impressions' set of comments about Dapol signals put together and posted and the scanner connected and thus far tested on b&w prints and negatives (eventually in the case of the latter as I found it helped to read the instructions after managing to get two wonderful scans of the negative carrier followed by an impressive set of negative images), shall have to try some nice ancient transparencies today. I think the pay tag things are RFID tags (similar to what M&S use in their stock control tags on their garments). Nothing quite as complicated as Bluetooth, and I think they could be attached to anything... Never mind mooning, I'm half expecting someone to get one implanted under their skin... It took me a little while to get the hang of scanning in negs and it's a long and boring task. Something I ought to do sometime, but the will to live rapidly disappears whenever I try... 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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