FSA "off topic" thread - No discussion relating to FSA or Soccer - please read post 1

wonski wrote: »

MS Office has to be paid for. There are free options out there, though.
Don't expect it to be free in a laptop in 200-400 range. I even doubt it is free in a top range except special offers / promotions in PC World etc...

That open office looks fine. Cheers.

FHFC wrote: »

That open office looks fine. Cheers.

Used it for a while, Excel (whatever it is called in open) is a bit different but you get used to it after a while. Wouldn't pay €100 for an official one to use at home to do random tables tbh.

Mr.Prodston wrote: »

In before the price rise I see. Can't take any chances so soon after the madness of Christmas with a lot of disgruntled people willing to grab hold of any bargain.

No Microsoft Office is a risk but Open might tide you over for now. Dell's can be injury prone though, risk and reward I guess :pac:

Mr.P will own the whole internet one day. He will.

I was told Dell's doctor is as pleasant as Chelsea's one;)

He might not be a doctor, nor is she, but still nice:D

In agony with my back can hardly walk...... I'm like an old man

First visit to FSA from my nice new Laptop!

Windows 8 makes me feel very old indeed......ugghh.

FHFC wrote: »

First visit to FSA from my nice new Laptop!

Windows 8 makes me feel very old indeed......ugghh.

dahat wrote: »

Have a total hatred for Windows 8, rotten altogether.

Windows 10 will be available for free to all users of Windows 7 and 8 upon it's release. The only problem is it won't be released until late 2015.

Lemlin wrote: »

For any GAA fans, the mighty Cavan are on BBC One NI against Tyrone in the McKenna Cup at half 7. Just press the red button.

If people are GAA fans it's probably best to leave it off to be honest:pac:

Lemlin wrote: »

Just press the red button.

the off button is it? :pac:

Lemlin wrote: »

A Limerick man is in no position to start slagging related to GAA...

Limerick is only where I live.
Cork born and bred:D

Even if I was from Limerick 1973 seems like only yesterday compared to 1952:P

KevIRL wrote: »

Tbf Limerick have had more gaa success in recent times than Cavan

Compare the population of Limerick to Cavan though. We're working off a small base.

Type in 'lackadaisical' into Google and see what they give as an example to the definition.

iroced wrote: »

Have a question for you folks.

One of my neighbour is planning to spend a year in Ireland (based in Dublin) and she'd like to know a school or institute (public or private) where she could be registered to learn English (she's French). She needs this registration certificate to benefit from a study leave. She's an adult.

Would there be some kind of equivalent to the Alliance Francaise for learning English?

I wrote a long post in reply to your question but boards inexplicably logged me out and deleted everything I had to say. :mad::(

So here it is again in a nutshell. :pac:

Tell your friend to be careful what English school she chooses. Lots of schools have closed over the last year. Due to lack of regulation many of these continued to enrole new students and take registration fees right up until they closed their doors.

It has been widely covered in the media here that many students have had extreme difficulty in recovering money paid to these schools.

A useful website may be the accreditation body thats been set up to oversee these English colleges:
http://acels.ie/Search.aspx?location=Dublin

A word of caution however; the first college on that list closed it's doors today!
http://www.rte.ie/news/2015/0126/675752-english-school/

I'd imagine just from a quick glance at that list that either school associated with either DCU or Dublin Business School should be reliable enough.

Maybe somebody a bit more "in the know" can provide some more info.

Israel, Portugal, Brazil.

Not gonna cheat on this, racking my brain for the other two...

Been meaning to ask the gamers this. My time playing consoles predates the whole X Box Live type connectivity of thing, so have no experience of it.

Santa landed with an xbox 360 for my son, he's only 8, minecraft is his big thing, only thing in fact. He's looking to get onto the XBox Live to be able to download worlds etc, not looking to be playing remote games nor do I want him to. I'm just wondering is it a straightforward enough thing to only use it minimally and leave things he's not interested in, or will i be tortured with him wanting to download something else for €1.89 every bloody week like with the Ipad? I'm assuming if I don't want him interacting with people on it that's easy enough to block.

I don't mind getting it for him if he'll get more out of the Minecraft thing but I don't want it to take over and become a pain in the ass.

Any advice.

Senegal

FHFC wrote: »

Been meaning to ask the gamers this. My time playing consoles predates the whole X Box Live type connectivity of thing, so have no experience of it.

Santa landed with an xbox 360 for my son, he's only 8, minecraft is his big thing, only thing in fact. He's looking to get onto the XBox Live to be able to download worlds etc, not looking to be playing remote games nor do I want him to. I'm just wondering is it a straightforward enough thing to only use it minimally and leave things he's not interested in, or will i be tortured with him wanting to download something else for €1.89 every bloody week like with the Ipad? I'm assuming if I don't want him interacting with people on it that's easy enough to block.

I don't mind getting it for him if he'll get more out of the Minecraft thing but I don't want it to take over and become a pain in the ass.

Any advice.

I used to have Xbox Live a few years back when I had a 360 and never had any issues with it. It's fairly basic to use and would be good in that there is alot of free demo content put up on it to download.

I didn't see much of that craic you get on the Ipad with apps e.g. here's Sonic free but every two seconds prompts come up asking you to buy 100 rings for €4.99!

https://android.paddypower.mobi/#!paddypower_publication_event_iphone.t?classId=301&typeId=13610&eventId=8291261

Pp enhanced email special. Liverpool, utd, spurs to win 16/1. Less than 5/1 normally. Spurs defo the weak link but that's a serious enhancement. Max bet 13 yoyo

FHFC wrote: »

Cheers. The above is exactly what I mean. Don't want there being some new thing or other he'll be looking to download for 1.99 every other week.

It's a joke on the tablets alright. I have a Samsung Galaxy 2 and refuse to add my credit card details to it for that reason.

qwabercd wrote: »

Been looking at this for ages and still don't get it?

Look into reasons why houses don't have snow on their roofs

FutureGuy wrote: »

I'm still lost!

Some people use their attics to grow some "substances" . These substancs require warm conditions to grow

Only 5 on it but it will buy me a few pints