RE Bigpond news server

[Noddy]

On 01/05/13 11:16 AM, Feral wrote:

Maybe if you weren't so anal

Oh my God...

Sometimes the Irony's so thick around here you couldn't fly the Jupiter
II through it at full throttle

You are a dead set *twat* of the highest order. I'm not kidding, when it
comes to fucking retarded idiots you take all the cakes and lick the
bowls clean.



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[Feral]

On 1/05/2013 1:58 PM, Noddy wrote:

On 01/05/13 11:17 AM, Feral wrote:

Got your work cut out for you today, hey dumbo.

Have I? Can I borrow some putty?

Buy your own tight-arse. Hang on ..........


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[Feral]

On 1/05/2013 2:00 PM, Noddy wrote:

On 01/05/13 11:16 AM, Feral wrote:

Maybe if you weren't so anal

Oh my God...

Sometimes the Irony's so thick around here you couldn't fly the Jupiter
II through it at full throttle

You are a dead set *twat* of the highest order. I'm not kidding, when it
comes to fucking retarded idiots you take all the cakes and lick the
bowls clean.

Fark me, it's smoko time. CU Bighead.


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[Noddy]

On 01/05/13 3:07 PM, Feral wrote:

Buy your own tight-arse. Hang on ..........

I would, but you're such an expert with the stuff I was hoping you could
get me the right shit.



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[Noddy]

On 01/05/13 3:09 PM, Feral wrote:

Fark me, it's smoko time. CU Bighead.

Don't trip over your flared trousers and break your neck or anything.....



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[atec77]

On 1/05/2013 3:07 PM, Feral wrote:

On 1/05/2013 1:58 PM, Noddy wrote:
On 01/05/13 11:17 AM, Feral wrote:

Got your work cut out for you today, hey dumbo.

Have I? Can I borrow some putty?

Buy your own tight-arse. Hang on ..........


I doubt noddys might be described as tight if it's anything like his

comprehension levels

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[Noddy]

On 01/05/13 5:14 PM, atec77 wrote:

I doubt noddys might be described as tight if it's anything like his
comprehension levels

Um, sorry Barry. Where you bullshitting again?



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[Feral]

On 2/05/2013 7:59 AM, Jason James wrote:

The main perk of being the sup-tech i.e. definition>>"observe and
direct"

Not where I was ever appointed. Senior Techs did that. The boss would
arrive, put on his white coat, check the mail, read the Gazette, then
the newspapers.


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[Jason James]

On May 1, 11:20 am, Feral <plon...@home.ru> wrote:

On 1/05/2013 11:04 AM, Dechucka wrote:



"Feral" <plon...@home.ru> wrote in message
news:klpldh$krb$1@dont-email.me...
On 1/05/2013 8:24 AM, Dechucka wrote:

no but weren't you everywhere according to  "and everything got fixed
promptly and free. By me. "

Ahah - a picky, prickly prick.

I remember asking one of the managers at the old PMG how many people
worked there, he said on a good day about 25%

1. They were Supervising Technicians, not Managers.
2. They were the 75% that stood or sat around all day doing nothing.
While the TA's, Technicians and Senior Technicians carried the load.

The main perk of being the sup-tech i.e. definition>>"observe and
direct"

 

[mark_ae86]

On 29/04/2013 3:48 PM, atec77 wrote:

On 29/04/2013 2:17 PM, F Murtz wrote:
I have just recieved an email from bigpond giving detailed instructions
on how to connect to bigpond ng so it appears that the stories on its
demise are exagerated. I would post the email but it has an instruction
not to repost.
I still can not recieve it but that is probably a problem between
seamonkey, my modem and bigpond server,I think it needs my password but
I can not figure a way to make it ask for it.
If you can't ping the server then it doesn't actually exist ?

This is just flat out wrong. Most servers will drop IGMP packets (PING
requests) its means nothing. And before you say it, trace route uses
IGMP and will also drop the packets despite recording the first few hops.

The only way to know if the server is alive is to telnet. Open command
prompt and type, "telnet news.bigpond.com 119" no quotes.

If the screen goes blank the server is listening to port 119 (news
default port). If you are on windows 7 you might see telnet is not a
recognised program/batch blah blah. In Control Panel, Programs and
Features, Turn Windows Features on or off. Select Telnet Client, ensure
it is ticked.

This will only work for Telstra customers as all traffic originating
outside of their network, aimed at the server, will automatically be
rejected.

 

[F Murtz]

mark_ae86 wrote:

On 29/04/2013 3:48 PM, atec77 wrote:
On 29/04/2013 2:17 PM, F Murtz wrote:
I have just recieved an email from bigpond giving detailed instructions
on how to connect to bigpond ng so it appears that the stories on its
demise are exagerated. I would post the email but it has an instruction
not to repost.
I still can not recieve it but that is probably a problem between
seamonkey, my modem and bigpond server,I think it needs my password but
I can not figure a way to make it ask for it.
If you can't ping the server then it doesn't actually exist ?


This is just flat out wrong. Most servers will drop IGMP packets (PING
requests) its means nothing. And before you say it, trace route uses
IGMP and will also drop the packets despite recording the first few hops.

The only way to know if the server is alive is to telnet. Open command
prompt and type, "telnet news.bigpond.com 119" no quotes.

If the screen goes blank the server is listening to port 119 (news
default port). If you are on windows 7 you might see telnet is not a
recognised program/batch blah blah. In Control Panel, Programs and
Features, Turn Windows Features on or off. Select Telnet Client, ensure
it is ticked.

This will only work for Telstra customers as all traffic originating
outside of their network, aimed at the server, will automatically be
rejected.

It says could not open connection to the host on port 119

Presumably this means it is not working but would it not also mean that
it exists but not working as I assumed when I pinged it

 

[Trevor]

"Feral" <plonked@home.ru> wrote in message
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On 30/04/2013 9:56 AM, Trevor wrote:
Right, how did I forget all the name changes. Here's one you missed
though,
Australian and Overseas Telecommunications Commission, when they
originally
merged with OTC. Most people don't remember it, didn't last long under
that
name.

I didn't miss OTC because; OTC weren't part of the P.M.G. Engineering
Division. They featured separately in the Gazette.

Read what I wrote again, after Telecom Australia and OTC were merged, *long*
after PMG was split.

Trevor.

 

[Trevor]

"Noddy" <me@wardengineering.com.au> wrote in message
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On 30/04/13 9:33 AM, Feral wrote:
Not Telstra - not even Telecom Australia - definitely P.M.G.

Rubbish.

Given that there was *no* competition in the PMG's day whatsoever, how do
you qualify such a ridiculous statement?

What has competition got to do with service? It can make it better
sometimes, or worse in many other cases. Especially when private profit is
the sole consideration.

Trevor.

 

[Trevor]

"D Walford" <dwalford@internode.on.net> wrote in message
news:517f2adb$0$21689$c3e8da3$76491128@news.astraweb.com...

On 30/04/2013 10:42 AM, Noddy wrote:
On 30/04/13 9:33 AM, Feral wrote:

Not Telstra - not even Telecom Australia - definitely P.M.G.

Rubbish.

Given that there was *no* competition in the PMG's day whatsoever, how
do you qualify such a ridiculous statement?

Also there were no mobiles or internet and a lot fewer landlines so its
possible service was better but there is no real comparison to now.
In the 50's my parents had the only phone in our immediate area so not
many phones to go wrong.

So what, not as much revenue either. As service demand increases, and
revenue increases, the support staff used to increase as necessary. Only now
they don't :-(

Trevor.

 

[Trevor]

"Jason James" <5sfe22l@hotmail.com.au> wrote in message
news:66f92777-67b8-495e-860b-a9480caccb4b@gh3g2000pbd.googlegroups.com...

took 5 weeks to
install a home-phone. They dug a trench diagonally across my front

yard. Failed to fill it properly, so I got bogged in my own frontyard

with the 1800

An when we had ours installed back then they did a great job, even put down
top soil and planted new lawn seed after they filled in the trench!
As always depends on the people.

Trevor.

 

[Trevor]

"Noddy" <me@wardengineering.com.au> wrote in message
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On 30/04/13 12:20 PM, D Walford wrote:

Also there were no mobiles or internet and a lot fewer landlines so its
possible service was better but there is no real comparison to now.

Without any competition to measure against you can't tell if the service
was good or not. It just *was*.

Until it's privatised and gets even worse. Then you can compare what *was*
with what is. Just like the banks, electricity, public transport etc.

Trevor.

 

[Trevor]

"Wolfgang Wildeblood" <wolfgangwildeblood@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:acbacc78-04c4-41eb-abd5-c5eacc72e102@pl9g2000pbb.googlegroups.com...

Right, how did I forget all the name changes. Here's one you missed
though,
Australian and Overseas Telecommunications Commission, when they
originally
merged with OTC. Most people don't remember it, didn't last long under
that
name.

I think that is wrong, Trevor, but I'm not sure. My recollection:- OTC
and Telecom Australia were never merged. OTC was merged with Aussat to
form AOTC,

I thought Aussat was taken over by Telecom before the OTC merger. It may
have been the same time.

and AOTC was privatised to become Optus.

I don't think there was any connection there?

Trevor.

 

[Trevor]

"Noddy" <me@wardengineering.com.au> wrote in message
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On 30/04/13 2:46 PM, F Murtz wrote:
Maybee they are doing it to see how many complaints are generated before
switching it off.

Why would they care?

Right, once the decision is made they'd switch it off regardless.

Trevor.

 

[Trevor]

"Dechucka" <Dechucka_1@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:YoadnVGnl8eQ0OLMnZ2dnUVZ_rSdnZ2d@westnet.com.au...

I'm happy with my pre paid $49 phone because I only use it for occasional
calls,

That's a problem when you don't make many calls and still have to pay $49 a
month because that is the expiry time for credits. There are far cheaper
options for those making few calls, but as I said, nowhere near the same
coverage.

Trevor.

 

[Feral]

On 2/05/2013 7:28 PM, Trevor wrote:

"Feral" <plonked@home.ru> wrote in message
news:kln1s3$97f$1@dont-email.me...
On 30/04/2013 9:56 AM, Trevor wrote:
Right, how did I forget all the name changes. Here's one you missed
though,
Australian and Overseas Telecommunications Commission, when they
originally
merged with OTC. Most people don't remember it, didn't last long under
that
name.

I didn't miss OTC because; OTC weren't part of the P.M.G. Engineering
Division. They featured separately in the Gazette.

Read what I wrote again, after Telecom Australia and OTC were merged, *long*
after PMG was split.

And they were still known as Telecom Australia - NOT AOTC - geddit?


"The Australian and Overseas Telecommunications Corporation was
established in 1992 after a merger took place between the Overseas
Telecommunications Commission and the Australian Telecommunications
Corporation. The Corporation continued to be known as Telecom Australia.
In 1993 the Corporation changed its name, becoming the Telstra
Corporation Limited."



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