ElectroSoldier

Yeah that will do what you want while you sort out a new provider.

Mike Are you a player, painter, reader??? The hobby covers so many things now you can be "into Warhammer" but never actually play the game now.

Quite a loss. he wasnt just a important personality though, he was the one who gave Warhammer the direction it had and we all know it for. We all know it, or of it one way or another, either as Orks and Orcs or Space Marines or the grimdark images that drive the 40k universe. He wasnt just a mascot, father figure, contributor or figure painter. he was the bus driver, Warhammer was shaped around him. Nothing of what we have now would have been without him. His artwork shaped how their models looked, and they looked mean and what everybody else copies. No matter how much the indy industry love to hate GW they have him to thank that it exists at all. He started with the company when they were a DnD distributer, his artwork was in the first version of the 40k game, it was built on his work, same with warhammer fantasy, all those who work for GW now, or build on the same idea in their own company follow in his footsteps. It was quite a sad day.

I dont know if this is of interest or maybe there is a none standard reason for it. For instance not knowing what provider you want to go to after Plusnet, but if you go with a new provider now, inform them when your plusnet contract is due to end then the new provider will seamlessly swap you internet access on that day. You might have a few hours down time but it wouldnt be weeks between the one and the other. Its part of the "Gaining‑Provider‑Led rules" Contract end date and service end date isnt the same thing. I did something similar recently. I just got in touch with the provider I wanted to go with and they said basically I do nothing, they will come to my home install the fibre link and thats it. 900mbit download/900mbit upload. The rules regarding changing providers changed a few years ago to make it much easier to change providers. In fact after talking to them my new provider seems to think my new connection will be in place a few hours before the old one ends if Im on the job card early in the day. SIM routers, or a MiFi which sounds like what you are talking about as opposed to a full on 4G/5G router, which usually rack up £120-£250 depending on the one you go for is basically a mobile phone without the usefulness of the mobile phone wrapped around its connection. The signal on those things isnt any different to most mobile phones until you actually use the antenna and place the antennas in a place to means it picks up a better signal... so in the loft. I used a MiFi in my car for a few years, now I have ConnectedDrive so dont need to anymore but it worked alright. I use my phone as a hotspot while at work as I have unlimited data and work WiFi has some draconian rules to use now, so a SteamDeck works well over 5G with basically no lag while playing World of Tanks. But thats just about the only online game I play so couldnt tell you about others, "SIM routers" of MiFis can run off battery but they run them down pretty quick, so a decent quality USB charger is usually needed to handle the constant load.

Oh I mean I cant disagree with you on that front. I have a funny example of that. I have a HP Elite Mini G9 i7 12700T computer (among many others), I used AI (CoPilot) to help with a few upgrades, one of which was a USB-C PD module in the Flex IO bay. I asked it if its ok to use a PSU from an older but similar system, a EliteDesk Mini G4 I7 6700 system that used a 90W PSU. Because the one provided with the system was a 120W Dell PSU that I didnt want to use. So it tells me that my system cant use the barrel jack connector on the PSU (Im using it to power it as I write) it can only be powered by the USB-C PD connector and if I can power it via a barrel jack then it isnt a G9 system it must be a G6 as they both look similar. The boiler plate clearly identifies what it is... I cant seem to convince it what it is and that I am powering it with an older G3 PSU that outputs the required amount of power. I7 12700T is a 35W TDP system so I know a 90W power brick is enough... But on the other hand it does know that the Thunderbolt module for the Flex IO bay shares a common parts number with the VGA module of the older gen systems (G3-G6) and that as a result the Thunderbolt module is very hard to find on ebay...

Yeah it sounds like a job that is rip for AI to take over. I think these are the areas where AI will take hold and remain in industries. Things like creative writing they will eventually fall away and people will retake the ground but repetition work, pattern recognition, fault finding based on trends is where AI will live.

How have they replaced you with AI though? I mean how does that work?

I want to know who falls for this crap! I mean really like genuinly want to know who clicks on this crap because somebody must be for them to keep sending it all!

Knowing Revell's love for airliners it will be the old wreck on the taxiway.

If you really wanted to do it you would. Youtube even with few subs can be a good earner if you get the views. Subs tells you who clicked subscribe, they will know when you release a new video, but the money comes from people who watch and watch for a long time, or the short many times/come back for more.

Nice, I do love a Raven. I remember then so well... What colour are you going to paint it? It was a while ago I did mine, but I seem to remember there was only one manufacturer who made the right colour... Lifecolor I think it was.

Yes that goes for me too. I have actually used the term once professionally to describe requirements in future projects. I dont think you need to be old enough, just in a place were it is required...

The power of AI Where is the first recorded use? The first recorded use of the term "unobtainium" appeared in the 27 February 1956 edition of the Marshall Evening Chronicle in Michigan. University of Bristol +1 The newspaper article described it as a "lugubriously-humorous" name coined by scientists working on a new metal for the nose cones of intercontinental ballistic missiles. University of Bristol +1 Key early milestones include: 1956 (Newspaper): The Marshall Evening Chronicle reported that the metal required for high-speed missiles was so difficult to find that scientists jokingly called it "unobtainium". University of Bristol +1 1957 (NASA/Langley): Records from an October 1957 meeting at the Langley Aeronautical Laboratory (recorded in NASA history) document engineers using the term to lament the lack of high-temperature materials for spacecraft. Smithsonian Magazine +1 1958 (Official Definition): It was formally defined in the US Air Force's Interim Glossary, Aero-Space Terms as an ideal but "not obtainable" substance. World Wide Words +1 While the concept of a "miracle material" is older, such as "Cavorite" from H.G. Wells' 1901 novel, the specific name "unobtainium" originated in the aerospace industry, not science fiction. The first known use in science fiction literature did not occur until David Brin's novel Startide Rising in 1983. Wikipedia +4 Would you like to know about other engineering slang or nicknames for rare materials? AI responses may include mistakes. Learn more

Theres a lot of tutorials on the net to remove it, Copilot sits on top of Windows, its not a core part of the OS like Gemini is on Google Pixel phones, its more like the apps bundled with Samsung ones.

As an idea I would agree with you, or at the very least I would like to. However there are several things you must take into consideration before you think about that. First of all it it their product, it isnt yours and you dont decide how it works. You pay for what it is not what you think you might like it to be. For M$ it really is that simple now. They have seen Apple have exactly that attitude from day one of its products and its customers still buy them. One of the problems M$ has problems with is that people like you get to decide how something works, it makes the product range depart from the original software so wildly its hard or impossible to control and they end up in court in Europe for not protecting their users from the problems they knew they would have if they did what their customers wanted them to. Second a lot of people, most of the users in fact do use those features, or will. Kind of like how they bundled MSN IM into WinXP for people to complain about an IM client being built into the OS when they dont use it, it turned out to be one of the most popular features used by millions once the concept took root in peoples minds. What you have to remember here is that AI LLMs are a new idea, most people dont know how to use it to its fullest extent yet. Once they do M$ dont want to be the only player who doesnt have an AI. So they lay it on top of everything. Third and in some ways the most important point, but not right now and maybe not for a few years, is that its time to get used to the idea of LLMs being in at the ground floor of what you use. I really would not expect it to depart the scene any time soon. Its not going to be like the side bar in Windows Vista that had security flaws and so was removed, or the touch panel in Windows 8.1 that people just didnt have computers that could take full advantage of it (most people didnt have touch screen PCs so it was a touch UI on a mouse driven PC). My best advice, and I know it will fall on deaf ears but Im going to give it anyway because it is to me so important, is that its time to start using it. Harness the power it has instead of turning it off. It really is the most adaptable and extensible tool Ive even seen on computers, and like I said Ive used every "flavour" of computer since the early days of DOS and yes I genuinely do remember using the first versions of Windows. But didnt become a heavy (day after day) user of Windows until 3.11 WfW. Ill give you an example. I have this page open in M$ Edge. I open the CP panel on the side of the browser window, and write. "Looking at this page, the user Mike has a problem with Linux to do with SD cards. Can you develop a working solution to fix the problem for me?" You might be surprised at the response you get. Because it will tell you whats wrong, why, what he did wrong and what to do to make it work.