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  • #31
Ibix said:
Don't know if it still does it, but the BOFH stories site used to check the user-agent string and if you were using Internet Explorer it would display with a tiled background of black-and-white photos of a coffee cup. It was near-unreadable. But only if you were using IE... 😁
I guess, the first time I read it was on Netscape, or maybe on a mainframe.
 
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  • #32
We're still on track for tomorrow morning 6am CST with downtime of 30-45min.
 
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  • #33
Thanks for the warning - I'll rebook my flight. :smile:
 
  • #34
Vanadium 50 said:
Thanks for the warning - I'll rebook my flight. :smile:
There will be no drink or chips, no pillow, delay is likely, and likely that we crash at some point :-p
 
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  • #35
Greg Bernhardt said:
There will be no drink or chips, no pillow, delay is likely, and likely that we crash at some point :-p
Peanuts? Maybe?
 
  • #38
jedishrfu said:
Epipen? AED? Dr Mike?
For a peanut allergy respiratory emergency, you need Epi (and Benadryl if possible). AED just makes them make funny faces... :wink:
 
  • #39
jedishrfu said:
Epipen? AED? Dr Mike?
ha I literally watched that video last night
 
  • #40
berkeman said:
For a peanut allergy respiratory emergency, you need Epi (and Benadryl if possible). AED just makes them make funny faces... :wink:
A friend of my wife recently got stung in the mouth by some kind of hornet (it was on a sandwich she was eating). Her throat became somewhat constricted. She got checked out at an urgent care.
She got 2 doses of benadryl. She acted kind of drunk and needed help getting home, but she was fine the next day.
 
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  • #41
"It'll be reet," as they say.

Somewhere in Yorkshire
 
  • #44
We should be on the new server now. Please report any issues you come across. Thanks!!
 
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  • #45
big happy face 1.JPG
 
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  • #46
fresh_42 said:
Here is the full text ( I love it):

https://bofh.bjash.com/
Just when you thought it was safe to venture into the airport again ....

1722454565010.png


BOFH 2 !!

Coming soon to a computer screen near you :wink:
 
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  • #47
neilparker62 said:
Just when you thought it was safe to venture into the airport again ....

View attachment 349238

BOFH 2 !!

Coming soon to a computer screen near you :wink:
There's currently running Terminal on TV here.
 
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  • #48
fresh_42 said:
Peanuts? Maybe?

Greg Bernhardt said:
We're set for launch in 15min

I think there might be an obscure reference hidden in there somewhere. Just in case, here's this:

Eating “lucky peanuts” before launches and other major mission events is a longstanding tradition at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL).
https://science.nasa.gov/missions/what-are-jpls-lucky-peanuts/

And a video explaining it:
 

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