Dave Noble

Ahhh.. I see. The computers I use all have my anti-ad hosts file. I don't use multiple pooters butI can see why a subscription would be worthwhile if you do. When I have gone on on another compter the excessive ad content has been really intrusive

Dave

thadocta

Should be a really bad fire-season in NSW this year.

(Are we sufficiently off-topic yet?)

Dave

og

Pretty good rains in the south of NSW this arvo. Might do a bit of good for the dams - especially Goulburn. It was really quite distressing last Sunday when the Bureau of Met web site was down - .

Globaliser

Yes: When I switch off the hosts file and forget to switch it back on again before coming to FT, it brings me up with a sharp shock.

serfty

Now tell me, Will EBU (Nalanji) ever fly again!

I had a fun CNS-SYD trip in 25A in it early 2002. Not a spare seat in the plane.

I remember walking from CNS QP to the gate just for a look after it fronted up from SYD. I knew it would be a 743, just not which one. Saw the blue paint job and thought, Oh! that one. I went back and had another couple of sherberts (QP didn't have HP's then)

The WHY interior was very shabby looking then; I wonder how it looks now.

OK, enough of that ... back O(ff)T..

It seems moe and more software these days requires Windows XP or later; that really putting the crush on me since I currently only have personal access to 95, NT & 98 boxes

thadocta

I know where you are coming from - one of the 'puters I use is running 98 over a dialup connection, I get back onto this one using XP over a 1.5MB ADSL connection and the difference is astonishing. On the other one, I call a page up, and then wander off for a shower, a bite to eat, have a HP, and by the time I get back the page is almost loaded....

Dave

perthite

What is all this Windows stuff of which you people speak?

My Amiga does me just fine....

serfty

I'm replying to this on a '98 OS with a 256kb ADSL. Every 30 mins or so I may need to reset the modem. (At least mrs serfty can use the 'phone.)

No, my issue is that for the last decade or so, most 3rd party softare would run on 95/98/NT and was quite backwardly compatible.

However, Win2000, XP etc are a qantum leap and most contempoary software will not work on 9x/NT.

Back to my Nalanji experiences.

Flew it SYD-MEL on one of those afternoon sectors 5-6 years ago. I flew these a few times, and was surprised to get a 743 that day.

I was an Emerald then and had the use of the old ~40x15 metre F lounge at Sydney international. Back in those days they had open Prawn, Smoked salmon, Turkey etc 'Sandwiches' amongst other catering delights.

thadocta

Back when you entered the lounge, reception was on the left, and a set of escalators in front of you? F lounge involved a U-turn to the left, J lounge was dead-ahead? (Can't remember if the U-turn was before or after the escalators - was quite a nice lounge, was in it b4 a SYD-SIN flight in F).

Dave

ozmerish

Just wanted to double check you were in a QP when all this is taking place

serfty

Rotate the picture 90º to the left. You walked in and reception was in front of you, F PAX, CL, WP and other notables to the left, J PAX, SG, QP and lesser notables down the escalators to the right.

F lounge looked over gate 32. J lounge Looked onder gate 32.

Dazer

So living in Winnipeg is like lliving in MEL GoldFlyer ??

Dazer

Didn't the whole "now" QP used to be the observation deck back in the old TAA- Australian Airlines days?
Now on to PC's... as a SysAdmin my main home PC is still a WinNT 4.0 box - nothing I can't do on it - all my tools are loaded and installed and I don't play games. My border router is P100 Linux box (on 1.5Mbit DSL) and I haven't had a virus or trojan in years. Oh BTW it's a PII 300 overclocked to 450Mhz and boots Dos 6.22 & Win3.11(yep still installed) Win98, WinNT, Win2K,WinXP, SolarisX86, FreeBSD & the last Fedora release. Yeah I'm nuts!!!

og

See, more evidence of "the joy of turning left".

willyroo

err wrong thread