Why do things always come in 3's...

[Leon]

1. The Pendraken van started making some funny noises around Salute time, so we got that checked and the gearbox is knackered.  It's down at the garage now getting a new gearbox fitted, just in time for Triples, but that's a bill we could have done without!

2.  Ian was happily casting away yesterday when suddenly all the power in the unit tripped out.  Looks like there's a short in the control box on that casting machine, so looks like we're going to have to get a new one fitted.  Down to two machines at one of the busiest times of the year... 

3.  Tried to log on to my laptop at home the other night, and got a 'User profile could not logon' error.  Turns out my Windows user profile is corrupt and I can't get into it.  I'm going to have to backup everything and make a new profile, but all my desktop layout, settings and Firefox browser bookmarks are probably lost.  Luckily I can still access all of the Pendraken stuff on there, but only through a second 'Parent Controlled' profile we set up for the eldest son a while back.


Loads of fun when we're so busy... 

[Techno]

 

Cheers - Phil

[Steve J]

Oh now that's not good .

[Duke Speedy of Leighton]

Ouch x 3!

[Zippee]

can't you just use a clone account. . . 

[Matt J]

Have you upset North Korea

[Luddite]

Nil desperandum.

[Orcs]

Thats a reall bugger.

My Aunt died and the funeral was a couple of weeks ago, thats wasn't so bad she was 97 and had Alzhiemers.  We arived home in the evening for MRS orcs to recieve an email that one of her old work Colleagues had died - Funeral this friday.

Meanwhile one of the guys at the Rifle club dies of Stomach cancer 6 weeks after diagnosis.  Funeral was last week.

So if things come in threes anyone who knows me should be alright for a while at least.

[Ithoriel]

Currently two down, one to go on that front Orcs. 

Given the state of my health, I like to check every morning that the third one wasn't me

[Lord Kermit of Birkenhead]

Leon - if its corrupted your password log on on another m/c and change it there.

IanS

[Leon]

Leon - if its corrupted your password log on on another m/c and change it there.

I wouldn't have thought that was possible?  It's the Windows user profile that's dodgy, so the login/password screen that comes up when I turn my laptop on?  Another machine wouldn't recognise my user profile. 

I've checked some online tutorials, and apparently I need to backup everything, then create a new user profile and make it 'Administrator'.  From there I can copy all the files in the broken profile and paste them into the new one.  I don't think there's any way of getting my bookmarks back though, which is a bit of a nuisance.  We had all sorts saved on there, including all the sites/forums I use to promote Battleground.  Plus my desktop layout, which I'm quite particular about!

[Ithoriel]

Firefox favourites are held in a separate file (or set of files, can't remember which) and can be retrieved. Did it a couple of times myself a few months ago when three PCs failed one after another ... see, threes!!

There are instructions on the Mozilla website which, of course, I didn't bookmark!

Worth a look.

[John Cook]

Loads of fun when we're so busy... 

I'll bet Leon.  You know that all machines, car, computers, all of them, are female don't you?  It tends to explain quite a lot, in my view.

Anyway, speaking of 3, and in more constructive vein, have you been watching to increase of plastic 3D printed stuff?  I have bought quite a bit over the last year, mainly aircraft and 1:144/N Gauge railway kit, including civilian figures, mainly from Shapeway.  They are remarkable if a bit on the pricey side at present. Customers can already design their own stuff using 3D software and Shapeway will produce it.  Can you imagine that!   

No idea what the cost is though but I wouldn't mind betting that in ten years, or so, white metal wargames figures and vehicles might be a thing of the past.  The possibilities seem extraordinary.  What do you think.

[petercooman]

No idea what the cost is though but I wouldn't mind betting that in ten years, or so, white metal wargames figures and vehicles might be a thing of the past.

No no and no 

[paulr]

No idea what the cost is though but I wouldn't mind betting that in ten years, or so, white metal wargames figures and vehicles might be a thing of the past.  The possibilities seem extraordinary.  What do you think.

There have been a few discussions on this in various threads

I think the consensus seems to be, good if you want a few of something e.g. Ships, not as economic as casting if you want lots e.g. Figures

The definition of lots will increase as the materials tech becomes more mainstream