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Marc Koutzarov2-Sep-14 4:59

Marc Koutzarov

2-Sep-14 4:59

WiganLatics wrote:
Well maybe, but he might make it more of a Lounge question if he asks about whether the independent Scottish banks should upgrade from Fortran and Cobol

Lol lol lol

Marc Koutzarov2-Sep-14 8:39

Marc Koutzarov

2-Sep-14 8:39

Come to think of it to be save should talk about the Encapsulation of Scotland and a creating a Singleton government instead of independent Scotland.

R. Giskard Reventlov2-Sep-14 4:56

R. Giskard Reventlov

2-Sep-14 4:56

Big waste of time and taxpayers money though it would solve the West Lothian question once and for all.

OriginalGriff2-Sep-14 5:28

OriginalGriff

2-Sep-14 5:28

The West Lothian question being: "Where the Elephant is West Lothian?" Laugh | :laugh:

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Pete O'Hanlon2-Sep-14 5:34

Pete O'Hanlon

2-Sep-14 5:34

Go to East Lothian and turn left presumably Wink | ;)

Richard Deeming2-Sep-14 5:45

Richard Deeming

2-Sep-14 5:45

Only if you're approaching from the South. Roll eyes | :rolleyes:

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Andrew Torrance2-Sep-14 5:19

Andrew Torrance

2-Sep-14 5:19

I hope that Scotland does not vote to leave the Union .But if they do vote yes then there is no way they can keep the pound . It is the same argument for the UK keeping out of the Euro , can't have Johnny Foreigner affecting the currency now can we .On a similar note Spain will object to them getting automatic entry into the EU in order to deter the Basques . Salmond can bleat all he wants about negotiations , but if Scotland do want independence then they ain't getting the pound and they ain't getting the Euro.

Nelek2-Sep-14 6:45

Nelek

2-Sep-14 6:45

Andrew Torrance wrote:
On a similar note Spain will object to them getting automatic entry into the EU in order to deter the Basques

Actually the ones fighting in this moment are the catalans, not the basques. IMHO basques are just waiting to see if the others just sink in the middle of the sh1t or actually manage to stay above the surface. Then depending on the result, start b1tching to follow them.

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Mark_Wallace2-Sep-14 8:27

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2-Sep-14 8:27

Andrew Torrance wrote:
if Scotland do want independence then they ain't getting the pound and they ain't getting the Euro

Well, since they won't have any money, does it really matter what currency it's in?

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PhilLenoir2-Sep-14 8:34

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2-Sep-14 8:34

I doubt that the Scots will ever leave the UK. Who would they complain about? Big Grin | :-D

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#@%$^& IE

charlieg2-Sep-14 2:50

2-Sep-14 2:50

God, Microsoft, please bury this steaming pile of excrement. Fold this into your next OS at your own expense!

So elephanting tired of the #$%$%$%$5 thing hanging on me every #$$$#^%^%$%^ day.

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charlieg2-Sep-14 2:51

2-Sep-14 2:51

Posted from Chrome!

Pete O'Hanlon2-Sep-14 2:54

Pete O'Hanlon

2-Sep-14 2:54

I love IE. It makes downloading Chrome or Firefox so easy.

Kornfeld Eliyahu Peter2-Sep-14 2:57

Kornfeld Eliyahu Peter

2-Sep-14 2:57

It's a version specific rant or you hate IE in general?
I have a world for IE, I say where no-one close to me: $%#%$#^$%!!!

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charlieg2-Sep-14 3:16

2-Sep-14 3:16

I'm just using the damn thing in user mode - you know - googling stuff, checking email... I'm using IE10, and it's worse than 8 or 9. I tried 11, but it choked on the corporate email server. If you version count is going up, bugs should be going away. Right now, I have code puke all over my screen.

Sending from Chrome using an IE compatible component.... go figure.

I think what pisses me off the most is that it's just a browser. What the hell is crashing it so much? Do you people not test?

tgrt2-Sep-14 4:50

tgrt

2-Sep-14 4:50

I don't know what to tell you. I use IE and I don't experience crashes. That is the case on three separate computers.

F' Chrome. I'm not selling my soul to the devil.

tgrt2-Sep-14 4:53

tgrt

2-Sep-14 4:53

I was thinking about what is the common denominator with my experience. This is only anecdotal, but I don't install any type of Java runtime on my computer.

charlieg2-Sep-14 5:42

2-Sep-14 5:42

I think that may be part of it. I tend to frequent a limited set of sites - some of which have advertisements. These advert links are like black holes - you need know what's going to pop up in them. So, might be some links driving IE bonkers.

Odd, I just pulled up this topic - IE has placed the bottom ad banner directly over the controls to reply to this...

tgrt2-Sep-14 5:50

tgrt

2-Sep-14 5:50

It's worth experimenting. I use a couple of do not track lists including EasyPrivacy and Stop Google Tracking. It only eliminates the ads that try to track. I'd say it gets rid of about 50% of the ads which is fine, because I'm not trying to get rid of ads. I'm just stopping the ones that are doing things they shouldn't.

Like you I have a limited set of sites. I use IE for browsing them. When I have to go to unknowns or questionable sites I use Aviator. InPrivate browsing is good, but I like the visibility that Aviator provides. It does a better job of blocking things too.

Jörgen Andersson2-Sep-14 7:16

Jörgen Andersson

2-Sep-14 7:16

I'm with tgrt on this, IE is fairly stable, it's the plugins that generally mess things up.
And honestly, if a site needs java, they don't need my business.

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charlieg2-Sep-14 14:49

2-Sep-14 14:49

I concur. But we all know that many of these ads lead to other ads and on and on. The only issue I have is that IE still *feels* single threaded. If there is a problem in one tab, it hangs the others.

I'll have to look into aviator and checking my plugins. I'm usually death on plugins.

Mike Hankey2-Sep-14 3:37

Mike Hankey

2-Sep-14 3:37

IE = Ironic Entertainment Smile | :)

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Ron Anders2-Sep-14 3:46

Ron Anders

2-Sep-14 3:46

We tell IE using customers who don't know better that we put the FireFox browser on their computer as we hand back their PC to them, "Friends don't let friends use IE". To wit they generally will ask "What's a browser?" ............

Mark_Wallace2-Sep-14 8:29

Mark_Wallace

2-Sep-14 8:29

If you did something like that to one of my computers, you'd lose a customer.

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