The totally off-topic thread

[Buzzard]

I appreciate all the assistance. The machine was purchased in September so I can only return it and hope that the coffee was not to blame. Otherwise it's research time to find a suitable replacement.

 

[QF WP]

Age and my sun exposure are catching up with me. Saw my skin scan doctor last week for my annual check up and already knew about the possibilities of BCC's starting on my forearms. Sure enough, a scrape biopsy has confirmed a superficial BCC. Now onto Aldara cream. "You light up my BCC's, you give me hope "

 

[Hvr]

Well it might be easy for others to do but I am really happy that I have now set up my television as the second screen for my computer. Now I can watch full episodes of US tv shows on the big screen whilst continuing to read AFF.

The $18, 5m HDMI cord from the local Chinese run shop with everything is really useful.

 

[Hvr]

I've actually gone to the Canberra times for my Fairfax hit.It seems Canberrans don't like to pay for anything.

Thanks for the tip

Just spread your surfing around on the Fairfax papers, the 30 articles per month limit is applied to each masthead, not the site as a whole. A little loophole I imagine will soon be fixed. Although it is easily overcome by cleaning the cache and the count starts again.

As a point of interest the limit on articles when overseas is 10 per masthead. Some loophole as above.

 

[oz_mark]

Just spread your surfing around on the Fairfax papers, the 30 articles per month limit is applied to each masthead, not the site as a whole. A little loophole I imagine will soon be fixed. Although it is easily overcome by cleaning the cache and the count starts again.

Don't know what they will fix. You are allowed 30 SMH articles per month, and you are allowed 30 The Age articles a month.

 

[Major]

Age and my sun exposure are catching up with me. Saw my skin scan doctor last week for my annual check up and already knew about the possibilities of BCC's starting on my forearms. Sure enough, a scrape biopsy has confirmed a superficial BCC. Now onto Aldara cream. "You light up my BCC's, you give me hope "

I know what that's all about. Over the last few years I have had more than 20 BCC's and SCC's and 1 Melanoma cut out. Mainly due to my early years lying on Sydney's Northern beaches and sitting in the beer garden of the Newport Arms.

My skin cancer checkups are now every 6 months

 

[docjames]

Just spread your surfing around on the Fairfax papers, the 30 articles per month limit is applied to each masthead, not the site as a whole. A little loophole I imagine will soon be fixed. Although it is easily overcome by cleaning the cache and the count starts again.

As a point of interest the limit on articles when overseas is 10 per masthead. Some loophole as above.

Does clearing the cache actually worked? I've tried this and still get blocked.

 

[markis10]

Does clearing the cache actually worked? I've tried this and still get blocked.

Are you clearing the cookies???

 

[Hvr]

I've actually gone to the Canberra times for my Fairfax hit.It seems Canberrans don't like to pay for anything.

Does clearing the cache actually worked? I've tried this and still get blocked.

I use a program called ccleaner and have never had a problem.

 

[mrs.dr.ron]

Mainly due to my early years lying on Sydney's Northern beaches and sitting in the beer garden of the Newport Arms.

Hey me too !! we lived within walking distant to the Newport Arms.

 

[Limewood]

I know what that's all about. Over the last few years I have had more than 20 BCC's and SCC's and 1 Melanoma cut out. Mainly due to my early years lying on Sydney's Northern beaches and sitting in the beer garden of the Newport Arms.

Me too had a few cut out from surfing n sun baking on Maroubra Beach was no such thing as slip slop n slap in those days.

Newport Arms uh' spent many a Saturday in that beer garden with marina friends with out boats from Akuna bay anchored out front, later back to our mooring in America's bay as the night wore on.

 

[serfty]

Well it might be easy for others to do but I am really happy that I have now set up my television as the second screen for my computer. Now I can watch full episodes of US tv shows on the big screen whilst continuing to read AFF.

The $18, 5m HDMI cord from the local Chinese run shop with everything is really useful.

Ealier this year I purchased from Officeworks a runout Acer (Win7) for $245 and a logitech bluetooth keyboard/touchpad combo similar to one of these:

Attached to the HDMI with a standard 2 meter $10 cable from Jaycar and off I go for GP timing, Super-coach stats etc.

 

[anat0l]

I use a program called ccleaner and have never had a problem.

The default settings of ccleaner is to clear out everything of a browser - cache, cookies, history, the lot - so markis10 is likely right that they are checking for cookies.

The only other way they could possibly check for the same user is to either store a temporary file (which gets wiped by ccleaner as well) or track IPs (unlikely and also flawed).

I suppose they could also make you login and store the visit count on the server end (i.e. instead of a cookie on your system, they store that info on their end).

 

[Flashback]

Not a happy chappy this morning - my just on 12 months old Ultrabook is playing up. I suspect the coffee spill has taken its toll.
Doubt that it will be cost effective to repair so it looks like a new Laptop or Ultrabook will have to be purchased

I spilled a glass of lemonade on my laptop back in April 2011 (Lenovo X200) in the SIN QP (tiredness and a swipe of the paw knocking the glass) and it's still powering on strong - no issues! Good solid machine :mrgreen: Have had the machine more than 3 years now so it's "ready to replace" however this one still works just fine speedwise, etc. so I can't really find a reason to.......

 

[QF WP]

I'm finally getting a replacement for my 2009 (10?) Dell vostro 1520. Helps when the screen dies and I can't do any work (well, I did know to attach a desktop screen, but that's unworkable for any length of time and totally inappropriate for travelling )

 

[markis10]

Interesting load ex SIn tomorrow:

Fare Classes: J/5 C/6 D/3 I/3 U/0 W/4 R/4 T/4 Z/4 Y/0 B/0 H/0 K/0 M/0 L/0 V/0 S/0 N/0 Q/0 O/0 G/0 X/0 E/0

 

[Mal]

Interesting load ex SIn tomorrow:

Fare Classes:J/5 C/6 D/3 I/3 U/0W/4 R/4 T/4 Z/4 Y/0 B/0 H/0 K/0 M/0 L/0 V/0 S/0 N/0 Q/0 O/0 G/0 X/0 E/0

Few opups will be required I think...

 

[DeKa]

I spilled a glass of lemonade on my laptop back in April 2011 (Lenovo X200) in the SIN QP (tiredness and a swipe of the paw knocking the glass) and it's still powering on strong - no issues! Good solid machine :mrgreen: Have had the machine more than 3 years now so it's "ready to replace" however this one still works just fine speedwise, etc. so I can't really find a reason to.......

Ah but Lenovo have liquid drains!

 

[markis10]

I spilled a glass of lemonade on my laptop back in April 2011 (Lenovo X200) in the SIN QP (tiredness and a swipe of the paw knocking the glass) and it's still powering on strong - no issues! Good solid machine :mrgreen: Have had the machine more than 3 years now so it's "ready to replace" however this one still works just fine speedwise, etc. so I can't really find a reason to.......

The X series usually have a liquid drain in the keyboard, where its channeled out the bottom of the chassis clear of the PCB.

 

[Pushka]

As a child I hated the heat and never actively sun tanned. In my later years I'm now appreciating doing that. I'm fair so all I would get was sun burned. It turns out after a test in late summer that I'm Vitamin D deficient and the Dr told me to go out in the sun more. I have him what my husband calls "the look" and then said I should take ostelin.

We are on SQ next week so would love an OP up. Partner is gold so maybe? Well, I can dream. SQ aren't exactly known for them.