COMPUTERS, THE AGONY AND THE ECSTASY

[Tizer]

I hope you manage to shift the old car quickly and I'm glad to hear you're busy, Pluggy - it will help pay for the new one. When we were buying our present Golf three years ago I remember that the car journalists were predicting that the next Skoda Fabia was intended to be a head on competitor for the Golf and would undermine VW's dominance. I haven't heard any more about it and I wonder if that ever happened?

[Big Kev]

When we were buying our present Golf three years ago I remember that the car journalists were predicting that the next Skoda Fabia was intended to be a head on competitor for the Golf and would undermine VW's dominance. I haven't heard any more about it and I wonder if that ever happened?

Seems strange they'd go into competition as they're made by the same company, probably just a marketing ploy...

Good point Kev, now I notice Pluggy had referred to a `pre-VW Skoda'. I'd been thinking Seat was the alternative VW but now I see they own both makes.

[Stanley]

I could never understand why the old Skodas had such a bad reputation because the parent company made some of the best machine tools and guns in the world.... I suppose car production was a separate business.

[Tizer]

When we were buying our present Golf three years ago I remember that the car journalists were predicting that the next Skoda Fabia was intended to be a head on competitor for the Golf and would undermine VW's dominance. I haven't heard any more about it and I wonder if that ever happened?

Seems strange they'd go into competition as they're made by the same company, probably just a marketing ploy...

Good point Kev, now I notice Pluggy had referred to a `pre-VW Skoda'. I'd been thinking Seat was the alternative VW but now I see they own both makes.

[Pluggy]

The Pre VW Skodas were dire by anybodies standards.

I got the Dacia today (and got rid of the Skoda as a trade in, a much better deal than webuyanycar). Not disappointed, a delightfully unfussy and easy car to drive, the Skoda was fun, but it demanded that you drove it. The Dacia goes a lot like my old Golf (The 1.9 L, old school naturally aspirated diesel), plods along in whatever gear it finds itself in and just goes. It goes over speed humps and rough roads a lot better than the Skoda, it seems a lot higher off the ground so you don't feel like you're looking up at other cars and its much easier to get in and out of. Any car that will drive along at 20 mph in top gear and pull away again without fuss gets my vote. The old Golf did and the Dacia does, The Skoda didn't like anything under 45mph in top. Its a bigger car than the Skoda which is generally good, but it needs a bigger parking space and it has nothing like the performance of the Skoda. You can't win 'em all.

I could have 2 Dacias and a posh holiday for the price of a new diesel Fabia.

[Stanley]

Last thing you need is performance.... I'm glad you are enjoying it and hope it goes well for you.
On an entirely different matter.... I find I am not receiving incoming calls. If someone rings me the phone chirps once but if you pick it up you just get the dialling tone. The caller gets one ring and then white noise. I can still make outgoing calls and the broadband is normal. Talk talk are sending a engineer after interminable repetitive conversations on the help line.... I can't remember getting an incoming call since the change to fibre.... Annoying!
On a more positive note.... the fibre connection is working rock solid and has been just short of 39mps since it was switched on. I am used to the Freetime on the TV now and feel no deprivation now I can't record. Anyone want the old Sony HD recorder?

[Stanley]

I just realised this morning that my new Logitech keyboard has one great improvement for us non-touch typists who have to look at the keyboard as we write. There's a small light next to the on/off button that lights up if the caps lock key is pressed. That's a real advance!!

[Tizer]

That's an example of the simple features that are so often missing from products these days. The manufacturers design them to be what they want instead of what the customer wants.

[Big Kev]

Anyone want the old Sony HD recorder?

It may be a bit obsolete but I'll ask around

[Wendyf]

The site keeps throwing me off, I tried to post a picture in the gallery but got logged out. Can't access the user control panel or send a pm. Is it just me?
We changed internet provider this afternoon so have a different IP address, could this be causing a problem?

[PanBiker]

Your IP address registers as Plusnet which I assume is your new ISP, its not in any of the excluded lists we have to keepthe reprobates at bay. I'll go and have a look at the logs in the Admin CP.

[PanBiker]

Nothing untoward in the logs Wendy, try deleting the board cookies from the link at the bottom of the index page, restart your machine and browser and log on again. See what happens.

Try clearing cache in your browser as well that will flush any saved passwords though so just try the site cookie option first. Cache flushing is browser specific.

[Wendyf]

I've deleted cookies, cleared the cache and rebooted but it's still doing the same thing. I'm OK till I try doing anything in the gallery then I'm asked to Login again repeatedly. Just now I had to log in again to post this.
Plusnet is the old provider, we tried briefly going back to that and I had no problem. new provider is ICUK based in Skipton. It's a wireless service.

[PanBiker]

Your user account is still hanging on to the Plusnet IP address, I would have thought that would have changed after you have cleared your cache and deleted cookies.

What kind of bandwidth do you get with your new provider?

[PanBiker]

The gallery is an add on module to the site and as such it has its own permission sets. I have checked and nothing has changed there, you have the same permissions as any other moderator. You should be able to manipulate your own images and edit or moderate anyone elses. Does it log you off as soon as you access the gallery or is it when you try to upload?

[Wendyf]

About 10Mb/s with "I love broadband", first time we have been able to get any broadband at all.
I can get as far as the New Image button before it kicks me out.

[PanBiker]

Try creating a new "ordinary user" account Wendy and see if you can get any further. It's very strange, I have uploaded a test image to test the functionality of the gallery and it seems OK for me. Not tried it with my alter ego though. Stanley may be a good test in the morning as he has the same permissions as you so if it is broken it may show up then. Not really a fair test with my Admin permissions.

[Pluggy]

You haven't still got the Plusnet router wired up ? How is ICUK wireless ?, just to a local router or all the way back to Skipton or somewhere ?. It sounds typical of 2 conflicting internet connections to me.

[Stanley]

Just posted this better image of the Burden Wheel at Troy. No problems....

[Wendyf]

Pluggy it's a Gigabit RF microwave link with relay stations all over north Yorkshire. Ours is beamed from Bradley and up through Lothersdale via transponders on various farms. The Plusnet connection belongs to our neighbours at Bleara (a kilometer across the valley) who kindly let us share via WiFi. Our end is now disconnected.

ilovebroadband

I'll set up another user account.

[PanBiker]

Your account is still showing the Plusnet IP, it could be the site that is cacheing the old one. It will be interesting to see what a new account gives you. It does look like a contention issue. Not had this problem before when other members have changed ISP's.

[Wendyf]

It seems to have settled down a bit now, I'm not getting logged out when I leave the site any more. Our IP address changes apparently, when they need to redirect "traffic" so that will cause an issue with the board security. You could lower the security settings just for me?

[Wendyf]

I've registered as lbhfarm but I get logged off if I even try to post.

[PanBiker]

Its not an account or permissions issue then. Your new account has an IP from your new provider, it should not matter what IP you are using as long as it is not on our banned or excluded list. I'll double check.

We have some exclusions in the 46. range but not from the same subnet. I have unbanned all of them anyway in case they have some of the ranges in their IP pool.

[Wendyf]

The 10Mb/s we are paying for seems to be the minimum, getting 34Mb/s this morning.