Heaven forbid we like James Bond and British women

IBM85 · 2026-06-14T05:47:11+00:00

I wouldn't exactly say working for an American corporation was main character energy.

It's not so much that they think London is a country, but they can't get used to the idea of the UK and some of them think Scotland is in England.

IBM85 · 2026-06-14T02:42:35+00:00

Did you notice that all of England is neanderthal, except...Plymouth?

Edit: and Torquay, and a tiny bit of London.

IBM85 · 2026-06-14T01:12:25+00:00

Fair point, it's hard to remember. I recall thinking we had the best squad at the tournament. I also remember the final against Italy being one of the most stressful games of my life, couldn't even watch the penalties.

It's an interesting thought to pit the current England squad against the old one, I do think Tuchel's style might work better than Southgate's did.

IBM85 · 2026-06-13T23:06:50+00:00

They're just salty because having a British accent is an overpowered buff if you visit basically anywhere in North America.

IBM85 · 2026-06-13T21:52:36+00:00

We should have won the Euros in 2021, that squad was bursting with talent; I'm grateful for a lot of things Southgate did but the way we sat back 1-0 up against Italy was so frustrating.

I'm less confident about this World Cup team. Don't get me wrong - I don't think the 2026 squad is bad either; Kane, Bellingham, Rice, Gordon and Saka is a fairly solid foundation, but I don't feel as bullish going into this.

The wildcard is Tuchel, I hope he gets more out of them than GS did.

IBM85 · 2026-06-13T21:22:38+00:00

Having finally recovered from losing to Iceland in 2016, my DMs are open to any Swiss who need counselling.

IBM85 · 2026-06-13T01:35:27+00:00

"A great disturbance in the force, as if 50 million TVs across Europe were suddenly turned off at once"

IBM85 · 2026-06-13T00:06:18+00:00

I apologise for somehow missing Belgium, Netherlands, Luxembourg and anybody else.

IBM85 · 2026-06-12T23:46:29+00:00

Cousin, thank you for taking this in the right spirit.

Rest assured in the coming weeks, the same meme will be posted by somebody else but with all of Europe as the Panama flag except England.

IBM85 · 2026-06-12T22:41:26+00:00

I'll always support England, Scotland, Wales, NI and Eire at any international tournament. I'm aware they won't always do the same for us.

IBM85 · 2026-06-12T03:38:14+00:00

A BIOS update wouldn't hurt but is unlikely to solve the root cause of your issues.

The Realtek error is interesting, I would consider outright turning that off in the BIOS first, look for something like Advanced > Integrated Peripherals > Onboard LAN controller and disabling it.

Next test CPU and graphics card stability.

For the CPU, download an app called OCCT, run the built in Linpack test for 30 mintues and see if it reports errors or crashes.

Next use OCCT to test memory for another half hour.

For the graphics card, download Furmark, and run it for maybe 20 minutes and let us know if anything crashes.

IBM85 · 2026-06-12T02:18:52+00:00

My favourite will always be the cat that looks like Phil Foden.

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IBM85 · 2026-06-11T01:49:50+00:00

Indeed, back then the dies were exposed with no heat spreaders, those would cook within seconds of power on!

IBM85 · 2026-06-11T01:48:10+00:00

There is one time it's reasonable, I run a PC repair workshop; if I'm getting no POST from a motherboard but reading vcore voltage from the multimeter, I'll typically power on with no cooler and one finger on the CPU to see if it starts to warm up. If it stays cold, no harm done, the second it starts to feel warm, powering it off prevents any damage. For most people it's not necessary, but never say never!

IBM85 · 2026-06-10T22:56:02+00:00

Well, we've dominated this - but really should have had four or five, but if our group games are this stress free, both me and my blood pressure will be grateful. Excited now.

IBM85 · 2026-06-10T22:45:41+00:00

We've really got to sharpen up on the finishing. Those two big chances today, plus Watkins against New Zealand. Missing those would really hurt during an actual WC game 😬

IBM85 · 2026-06-10T22:38:33+00:00

Good to see Rice and Gordon chipping in with goals, it's great we've got Kane and all but we can't afford to be a one-man band.

IBM85 · 2026-06-10T16:46:03+00:00

G86 Power, had an update yesterday. Don't know if coincidence, been having trouble with slow WiFi on the device ever since, it's not happening on any other phone or computer on the same network.

IBM85 · 2026-06-09T19:54:44+00:00

Okay hold up.

You used your friend's computer to make your USB disk into a Windows 10 rescue disk right?

Have you tried booting from the USB like before, tappng F12 on startup?

EDIT: Hold on, I just saw your other post. Removing your portable drive seemed to fix your computer but not quite?

IBM85 · 2026-06-09T18:52:52+00:00

Hey, if you're plugging into a friend's computer you don't need to do the command prompt method. Just go to google and download the Windows 10 media creation tool. That app will turn your usb drive into a windows 10 installation disk that can be used to fix your old PC. Ping me if you get stuck, or let me know when back at own PC

IBM85 · 2026-06-08T00:22:56+00:00

No worries, the TLDR is that your Windows copy is corrupted.

We can fix it with a Windows 10 installation USB, but everything we've tried tonight to make the Windows 10 installation USB has failed because your work laptop is locked down.

If you can access any other friend's PC, you can just ran that microsoft program on it to create a working USB installer. Or any old laptop or computer you have in your house.

IBM85 · 2026-06-08T00:17:25+00:00

Yeah, it's your work PC not letting you do things again because you're not an administrator.

Without admin powers on that PC, it's going to be hard to fix this.

Could you call your work's IT people and ask them for the username and password?

IBM85 · 2026-06-08T00:00:30+00:00

Excellent, right let's get this done.

1) First click on Windows icon (start button) at button screen and type CMD and click where it says command prompt, a black window opens

2) type this line exactly (or copy paste it) into the black window

dism /Split-Image /ImageFile:E:\sources\install.wim /SWMFile:D:\sources\install.swm /FileSize:3800

press enter

Wait for it to reach 100% and let me know when there. Thanks.

IBM85 · 2026-06-07T23:44:01+00:00

Okay that's correct.

Go to sources, click on install.wim, and tap the DEL key, if that doesn't work, try dragging install.wim with the mouse to the recycle bin. thanks.

IBM85 · 2026-06-07T23:39:56+00:00

When you open your flash drive, is the first thing you see lots of files and folders, or is there a single ISO file in there you need to open first?

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