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General Discussion Area / Re: Can't log in.... again

« on: Today at 12:38:58 »

Assuming you are using Mrs Opti's laptop from the same internet connection as yours, it will be your device settings.  Such as VPN as Sir Tig mentioned (don't bother with a VPN, that type offer nothing unless you are trying to access geolocation limited), or cookies or caching.

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General Car Chat / Re: So what have you done to your car today?

« on: 25 August 2025, 20:04:11 »

....
Mine's dead. 

Likewise .... the Serengeti is geener than my back lawn 

I had a drone up earlier. and its clear to see those who have been watering their lawns....

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General Discussion Area / Re: Illegal immigrants idea

« on: 25 August 2025, 20:00:37 »

It seems the silent majority are starting to make a bit of noise. 

You mean "the right wing thugs" ?

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General Discussion Area / Re: Look who's just arrived by rubber boat on the channel

« on: 25 August 2025, 12:47:18 »

What did we do to deserve that as our Deputy PM ? 

Voted Labour....

Clearly, it was what "we" wanted.

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Omega General Help / Re: Elite ...complete lock out.

« on: 24 August 2025, 14:25:13 »

If it's the right mechanical key, turn it HARD in the lock. The button may not pop up, but it will unlock the door.

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Omega General Help / Re: Elite ...complete lock out.

« on: 24 August 2025, 14:24:19 »

https://youtube.com/shorts/0_O4BBl2pNM?feature=shared




This works I’ve done it myself

If its deadlocked, that won't work.

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General Discussion Area / Re: I'm lost.

« on: 24 August 2025, 09:23:27 »

Sorry to hear that Al.  Its a sad loss when we lose our 4 legged furry friends 

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General Discussion Area / Re: What has P*ssed you off today?

« on: 22 August 2025, 15:20:13 »

I've unplugged my landline from the router and, if I don't recognise the number calling my mobile, it doesn't get answered. Apparently, the latest wheeze is to clone your voice if you do speak.

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I very rarely get calls on my phone my pals normally just WhatsApp me for a meet up or a chat, the only calls I usually get are from our GP surgery, I guessed straight away what this idiot was up to and the number is now blocked, we have no landline now.

I'd rather tolerate that nice Nigerian Prince from Microsoft than anybody/anything on Arsewank...

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Perhaps you're more tolerant than I am then I despise them all.

Thanks! I'm not often called tolerant

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General Discussion Area / Re: Never heard of them

« on: 22 August 2025, 13:24:41 »

You find this a lot if you use chinky volume sellers like aliexpress or banggood.  Probably why they can afford to ship a package halfway round the world cheaper and faster than I can send a birthday card to mum....

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General Discussion Area / Re: What has P*ssed you off today?

« on: 22 August 2025, 13:22:24 »

I've unplugged my landline from the router and, if I don't recognise the number calling my mobile, it doesn't get answered. Apparently, the latest wheeze is to clone your voice if you do speak.

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I very rarely get calls on my phone my pals normally just WhatsApp me for a meet up or a chat, the only calls I usually get are from our GP surgery, I guessed straight away what this idiot was up to and the number is now blocked, we have no landline now.

I'd rather tolerate that nice Nigerian Prince from Microsoft than anybody/anything on Arsewank...

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General Car Chat / Re: So what have you done to your car today?

« on: 22 August 2025, 13:19:40 »

Changed it, now need to see what the PHEV is capable of from a range perspective (it did 63 miles on electric today and then 6 on petrol)

What you got this week?

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General Discussion Area / Re: Brave

« on: 20 August 2025, 17:56:22 »

Yes I use an ad blocker, but as you say sites increasingly detect it and demand that I disable it for access. 

Absolutely.

Running internet sites is *VERY* expensive, and somehow needs to be funded.  So assuming the site isn't selling anything, that means either:

Subscription required
Ad funded
A kind benefactor/sponsor that pays for it


So for ad funded sites, using an ad blocker means stopping that income for the website owner.  Therefore I believe that website owner has every right to refuse to show the content when ad blockers are being used.

The internet isn't usable without an ad blocker, so they have themselves to blame if they don't get my business as a result.

I agree some sites are unusable due to the intrusive nature of the ads.  As a rule, I choose not to use such sites.

Somebody somewhere has to pay for the stuff though, with the 3 options above being the only real options.  Don't take OOF running costs as an example, because we really are a bunch of cowboys, running on a shoestring


You can't really buy a viable server for under £10k with a realistic life of 5-7yrs, and because it's monumentally moronic to have the database internet facing, that means you need a 2nd for a database. If you're stupid enough to use MySQL for a database, then you need a 3rd to use as a replica to take backups from. Then you need backups.  All that has to be hosted somewhere, and due to near zero remaining capacity in UK data centres for CoLo, expect to pay £700+ per month per server - energy costs normally included, but network bandwidth usually not.  Then consider that most websites taking any traffic likely need multiple front end web servers, and big sites, multiple databases, it gets massively expensive very quickly. 

There still appears to be an assumption that anything on the internet should be free.

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General Car Chat / Re: So what have you done to your car today?

« on: 20 August 2025, 17:35:23 »

At long last, have a year's ticket on it.

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General Discussion Area / Re: What has P*ssed you off today?

« on: 19 August 2025, 13:50:50 »

The shower of rain earlier that deposited a fresh patina of Sahara dust all over my car after I washed it yesterday.  Sigh. 

It's good for the garden though I guess. 

Thats a lie. You didn't wash it.

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General Discussion Area / Re: Brave

« on: 19 August 2025, 13:50:04 »

Yes I use an ad blocker, but as you say sites increasingly detect it and demand that I disable it for access. 

Absolutely.

Running internet sites is *VERY* expensive, and somehow needs to be funded.  So assuming the site isn't selling anything, that means either:

Subscription required
Ad funded
A kind benefactor/sponsor that pays for it


So for ad funded sites, using an ad blocker means stopping that income for the website owner.  Therefore I believe that website owner has every right to refuse to show the content when ad blockers are being used.