failure

  1. HAL 9000

    Boeing 777X Structural Tests suspended after DOOR Blows Off

    Boeing has suspended structural testing of the 777X, after a door reportedly blew off the fuselage. According to Charlie Harger from KOMO News, the aircraft was undergoing its final stages of structural testing when the malfunction occurred. Sources told Harger that the door came flying off...
  3. mercurial

    Austria’s ‘burqa ban’ proves a spectacular failure, branded ‘total crap’

    Austria’s ‘burqa ban’ proves a spectacular failure, branded ‘total crap’
  4. Kosmik

    [RANT] - Telkom keeping my Deposit after 12 years!

    I had a account opened in 2005 for a analogue line to get ADSL my new home at the time. As with all telkom new installations, a deposit of R700 was required. This was paid and the installation went ahead and I was a fixed line customer for many years until July this year and switching to LTE...
  5. T

    Vodacom 'Limit' not working

    So after numerous "bill shock" episodes, Vodacom finally tells me I can set a call limit via their web portal. I did so on the 6th of July and set it to be effective immediately (not at the beginning of the following month). No I see that my bill for the 6th of July is R2144 (for data alone!)...
  6. V

    Telkom Mega 100WR is dead. Any advice?

    Hello, guys! I tried to upgrade firmware for %subj% and probably kill it - switched off power when modem had no sign of life (goddamn procedure! you never know what's going on during update). When I again switched it ON, no any light came on. I guess there is no any "backup" chip to restore...
  7. LazyLion

    Parliamentary inquiry into SABC chairwoman Ellen Tshabalala

    The decision by Parliament's communication portfolio committee to recommend the suspension of SABC board chairwoman Ellen Tshabalala on Tuesday was welcomed by the Democratic Alliance. "The unanimity of committee members in this matter is a welcome development in a Parliament often...
  8. LazyLion

    Low Economic Growth shows Government Failure: DA

    The slow economic growth experienced in the first quarter of 2013 highlights the failure of the government's economic policies, the DA said on Tuesday. Democratic Alliance spokesman Tim Harris said figures released by Statistics SA showing GDP growth of under one percent were an indication...
  9. LazyLion

    Whites Still Dominate Top Positions

    Whites still dominate South Africa's top management positions, a report by the Employment Equity Commission revealed on Thursday. The 13th edition of the report shows whites constituted 72.6 percent of top management positions in the country last year, down from 81.5 percent in 2002. The...
  10. S

    VOX / @lantic email failure, migration advice

    At first I thought it was just the long weekend which was causing my Inbox to be really quiet, but then it dawned on me... VOX / @lantic email must be down AGAIN. It is the fourth time in three months that emails just stop coming through and who knows how many important emails got lost...
  11. S

    Cell C HSDPA not working

    Hi everyone, I have a Samsung Galaxy S i9000 phone. My HSDPA has stopped working completely on my line/sim. Even after simswap it still does not work. I have verified the phone itself works with a Vodacom SIM and with another Cell C contract SIM/Line. My APN settings for cell c are correct...
  12. Rouxenator

    Coil packs - they do they fail on newer cars?

    Coil packs - why do they fail on newish cars? I have heard of a few new cars that had coil pack failures while still under warranty. My car just ticked over to 32000km and the coil pack is dodged up, under full throttle acceleration is not smooth especially in lower gears like when pulling...
  13. Z

    Dead Hard Drive - Western Digital WD20EADS Cipherwave Casing

    :mad: So This afternoon I suddenly couldn't connect to the Hard Drive share on my micro server. Anyways logged in an saw the hard drive not showing up. So rebooted, reconnected Hard drive (E-sata) connection, and nothing. Put my ear to the drive and this strange whirring noise, almost like...
  14. Rouxenator

    Why did Hetzner just go down? (and MyBroadBand)

    What happened ?
  15. K

    Telkom ADSL Parkview exchange problem Johannesburg

    Hello I have an ADSL connection that has been giving problems between 08h00 and 14h00 - which in itself is most uncanny. The cherry on top is getting answers out of Telkom! It's the Twilight Zone in there. [expletive suppressed] Does anyone here have more information about it? Is there a...
  16. N

    Selectmusic Youtube Channel unable to handle criticism

    So some months ago I posted a comment on the music video from Kurt Darren titled 'Grooter as Groot'. Now, I don't like much Afrikaans music. For that matter, I hate most Afrikaans music. Explaining why exceeds my capabilities as far as personal expression is concerned, but I can say that a...
  17. LazyLion

    Should I be surprised?

    So Neotel called me last week and wanted to make an appointment for them to come and show me their new range of Business Internet products. I was reluctant, but what do I have to lose. So I said sure. They made an appointment for today, Thursday at 11 am. Should I be surprised that the guy...
  18. J

    HD failure - 2x on Dell with Ubuntu

    Hi, Let me know if you can fix the following problem - on a Ubuntu-Linux based computer. Please tell me what you think is wrong and how much you can quote to fix it. Thanks Jared Issue in December 2010: My laptop running 10.04 will no longer boot. The day before, it wouldn't mount...
  19. P

    Ford Focus Power Steering Failure... Help please

    Hey guys Last night my Ford Focus 2.0 Si 2006 model started idling erratically and gave a warning message "Power steering failure", and didnt really want to idle anymore... it also gave a whining noise, when idling or turning the steering wheel... Has anyone else experienced this? Could...
  20. R

    Wierd Disk Boot Failure

    Hi, After installing windows 7 i continued to go on to install my drivers, which was a mission with all these compatability issue things, basically i had to install everything twice, because the first time failed and then it offered to do it for me compatibility wise. Anyways after i...
  21. LazyLion

    Why you should stay away from Neotel

    We ordered the NeoConnect Lite service in October 2008. 1) Neotel say that it takes 48 hours to sign up. It took us three weeks. It was total confusion. People contacted me and made me promises, then later someone else would contact me and have no record of the previous person and even...
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