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I do not see emails on my phone. I do not do any so called social media, Facebook, X, or whatever. I don't do apps, or QR codes, or banking, or buy anything with my phone. I use a phone to call people and the occasional text. I've stopped looking at the news and newspapers on the PC. Hugely...

Over all the years of using Access, I have never used the so called Wizard to split my databases. I have never seen the point in it. On a new application I'll keep everything in one .accde as I find it can be easier in the early days. Then I'll create a new BE database and import just the...

There has been a mention of going off topic, which is really common on Access World. Happens all the time. This one went off, came back then went off again. I once posted a question that quicky went off topic and wasn't resolved. So some time later I posted again with a similar question. The...

I'm surprised that the fairy didn't add "So now you owe the tax and NI on the money you've just received".

In my ticketing systems there would be a delete. It allowed operators to delete incorrect orders, or orders from comedians who rang in for a delivery to a non-existent address etc. Of course it also allowed actual orders to disappear so the operator could pick up some cash. The systems, however...

How often do we see "survey provides conclusive proof of......" Then you look a little deeper and the sample was 250, or a little more.

Thanks to the internet, there appears to be no limit for some nutjob to dream up some health science idea. Not only that, people believe them because they presume they must be some sort of expert.

At New Year my wife decided that she would take more exercise and do a five mile walk every day. When it was our wedding anniversary, I had to drive all the way to York to bring her back.

More people should read CLIMATE UNCERTAINTY AND RISK by Judith A Curry. (2023) In parts it may be a bit heavy going in a few places but it is nearer to the truth than you'll get from Al Gore and our Loony Labour government etc. It is likely you will not find it in your library. Not quite the...

It does now appear that the Athmospheric Event, so called actually what they meant was too much cloud and not high temperatures. The nutty green commie brigade zealots have managed to close fossil fuel power stations over Spain, Portugal and parts of France. Nearly total reliance of solar caused...

Sigh. I don't normally repeat myself but after 43 posts none of us know anything at all. We don't know what data is to be stored. Nor do we know what information is required from the system. As I have said, the system starts from the contents of the Tables, not from an airy fairy idea, or an...

You do for certain types of building. Here we have Grade1 and Grade2 designations that are allocated to older buildings, or in particular locations like National Parks. In some cases even paint colours inside and out can be dictated. Making unauthorised changes inside and out can result in out...

Not a Carrington Event but an Atmospheric Event has shut down large swathes of Spain and Portugal. The Atmospheric Event is apparently, or is up to now being blamed on temperature. As high as 20ºc in the day and 7ºc has been mentioned! So we can only think that this story has a way to run before...

So it begs the question : "is AI a bit like someone with a brilliant memory and instant recall but little intelligence, and/or capacity for originality?" Basically if something arises which has never been experienced before, do they both just tell a good tale?

I saw this today and though I'd share it. Apparently Google AI Overview has been making an idiot of itself again. With users feeding it false sayings and sniggering when it tries to explain them. So this guy went to CHATGPT and asked : "You cannot stroke a kestrel when watching Bargain Hunt" In...

A platoon walked into a barracks yesterday. You'd have thought at least one of them would have noticed it.

In the past I have installed software at hundreds of companies, my own and third party software. Very few of the business owners understand any of the software that their business relies on every day of the year. They also have little understanding of the possibilities. Many of them are unable...

In any screen I use doubleclicks on just about any field/object that has a d/c event to open related data. Or to use the American term 'drill down' They can often reduce the need for menus and buttons. Basically, if in doubt doubleclick on my screens. And when the related detail screen is open...

I'm not sure that this is going to fly. After 6 days and 27 posts nobody is any the wiser. A graphic will not be a specification. The specification, should show what you want out of the system and include table structures. Table design is the beginning. Plus, you cannot proceed with a program...

I always thought that a syntax error in a program error when you are starting out on a new language was the worst thing to happen. But happen it does time and time again in every language I've used. It is like opening a door just to find the opening bricked up. I often wonder if there isn't some...