Spam
I've been ignoring and deleting the spam comment emails since I last posted here... But got 2 more tonight and I'm in a complaining mood.. APC, are emails containing comments being sent out without...
View ArticleCarpoint ad seeing "enter" key in FF
I solved it by blocking the ad server at the proxy at home and at work - now no one at home or work sees the ads served by that service (MSN ads?). And I can press enter as much as I want :P
View ArticleRepot spam button?
There's a report abuse button on the article comments. But it seems focused on personal attacks... There's no spam option, and "other" doesn't ask for further details.
View Article"Reply" on article comments is broken
Apparently someone forgot to define "openWindow" in their javascript.
View Article404
And another... http://apcmag.com/acer-as5740g-434g64mn-great-for-games-and-now-cheaper.htm
View ArticleAPCMag.Com Mac Problems
If Safari is crashing due to something on the APC site, it's Safari's fault for not accepting garbage gracefully. If this can be reproduced on other Macs with the same OS and browser version, then...
View ArticleModeration please...
Yay... So happy someone finally cleaned it up. As a result I've just reported one of my own posts since it no longer makes sense (the one wondering how long before they add a button to report the whole...
View ArticleMake it Stop!
OK, so was the fix that they disabled email notifications again? Cause I haven't been getting any since this thing happened... Are other people getting them?
View ArticleInflux of spam
[quote=Aubrey]And your problem is....?[/quote] The 150 emails about 2 or 3 actual replies. [quote=Aubrey]Would it have been acceptable if MeinOz or Halcon were the posters? [/quote] I wouldn't have...
View ArticlePirate Bay article comments
They are there now, yes... I see that other issue I emailed you about is still present though ;-) Unless it's checking when saving, which I'm not going to try again.
View ArticleLoaded Polls
[quote=Me In Oz]at 3:00 am in the morning ![/quote] As opposed to the 3AM that sometimes randomly shows up in the arvo?
View ArticleArticle posts disappearing
Because someone chose to re-invent the wheel when there's tonnes of content management solutions out there already? I've never had that one happen, though I've not edited any posts in the last few...
View ArticleYarrr... It be ads with audio...
Can I ask which clown approved the Nokia ads with the delightfully annoying audio? Flash ads are bad enough, but the damned ads that think they're on TV are plain rude. BTW: "Now we can all contribute...
View ArticlePoll ! - Who's Tired of Raindog's Gloom
I'm sick of all the posts that simply amount to "ner ner ner raindog smells but can't touch me". Like this thread for example. I liked APC's website better back when article comments were moderated and...
View ArticleCome On APC ! Not Happy Jan (Dan) !
[quote=Dan Warne]Is it after clicking submit[/quote] If it's the thing I'm thinking of, a cryptic Javascript error pops up saying the post failed, then you are left there with a greyed out dialog you...
View ArticleAPCMag.com memory usage on Ubuntu 8.04
ClamAV says they're all clean, but doesn't mean I'd trust them... Seems dodgy still. If I was running Windows, I'd have not even downloaded them.
View ArticleSubmit button disappearing
[quote=McBanjo]And when is APC going to support the iPhone? [/quote] Probably not until they work out how to make the comment dialog not run off the screen when replying to a longish post. I'd imagine...
View ArticleArticle comment issues
OK, why is it that I sometimes get emails notifying me of posts, but when I look for it on the site, it's not there? Sometimes it can be hours before the comment appears.
View ArticleRSS spamming - multipage articles
I noticed on the weekend that a HUGE number of articles appeared in the RSS. I then noticed they all had weird titles and all sounded like tutorials or something. Turns out the first batch was a single...
View ArticleLack of Space
[quote=Raindog]"" is no longer required[/quote] I do wonder what some of my posts now look like... I was including both a for formatting and a line break for my own benefit. I suspect they now have...
View ArticleEveryone's a Noob!
I've started being tagged as a "regular contributer" on posts now... But strangely I'm still seeing "new user - go easy on me" on the profile snippet about me on the right hand side of pages. Edit:...
View ArticleDouble comment notifications?
Anyone else finding they get 2 notifications for any comments posted to the site? Coupled with duplicate posts and multiple new posts, I sometimes see more than 10 comment notifications in my inbox,...
View Articleusernames!
Wouldn't it be bad to have 2 people posting under the same name now that it's all instant and forum-like (especially the forums)? I mean, someone who doesn't agree with someone can set the username to...
View ArticleArticle comments need datestamps
Comments on some articles get hard to read through in a sane way once they get to about 15 comments left. It's especially difficult when trying to look for the new comments on articles such as the "XP...
View ArticleCan't edit article comments anymore?
What happened to being able to edit comments to articles? It's kind of annoying now when you post one and then think of some other thing 30 seconds later (or notice a typo or poor choice of words). If...
View ArticlePrinting " How To "
Print link works fine for me in FF3 (under Vista). But I do have to ask whether including the "Print" button and the "Read More Stories About" links are quite necessary (especially the "email alert"...
View ArticleRSS broken?
I've noticed that too (I'm using Firefox). At first I thought my brain was at fault, but I'm glad someone else is seeing it too :p It's a bit annoying when you go to check for new articles and find...
View ArticleAnother small bug (probably) :-)
It seems to have fixed it. I've been getting the emails now. One minor issue still on these emails. They include the post it's talking about, but filled with HTML code, despite being a plain text...
View ArticleArticle Commenting Error.
It's nto just a Safari problem, BTW... I'm getting the same thing today on Iceweasel (Debian's build of Firefox). 2.0.0.14 if it matters. I tried to comment on the article about Jobs announcing the...
View ArticleIE on Windows Mobile 6 problems
PocketIE should really have a different name. It's nothing like IE at all. Now that I say that, Windows Mobile should really be called something else too... I mean barely anything runs as a window on...
View Articleoptus prepaid dont bother
It's a fairly well known fact the Optus DNS servers are crap... That would certainly explain the slow average browsing speeds, and possibly the failure to load sites at random intervals. Try manually...
View ArticleSLR with HDR functionality
Anything that does AEB and has a decent burst speed can do it. But very few do the post processing on the camera. Are you after a camera that does the whole thing, or just AEB?
View ArticleAnyone upgraded a Topfield hard drive?
Try it and see? I know nothing about that particular model, but usually it's as easy as in a PC... pop the old one out, drop the new one in. Formatting is handled by the device and will usually be done...
View ArticleThe cost of projector globes
The lamp for our church's Panasonic PT-LM2E was around $300 when we bought the projector, but averages about $550-$600 now... Same seems to happen with other brands and models, so consider buying a...
View ArticleWikipedia
I consider Wikipedia to be an OK source of info. Sure there are idiots that put rubbish on there, but in most cases it's accurate enough. If something seems fishy or outlandish, then you can always...
View ArticleWeb-based v PC-based apps in the office
Personally, I see web based stuff to be useful in some areas, but totally stupid in others. For stuff that relies on a single set of data stored centrally, web based stuff is well suited. EG: Booking...
View ArticleShops ALWAYS out of flash memory cards
I've never had that trouble. Last cards I bought from an online computer place were from Scorpion Technology, but that was years ago. All shipped the day I ordered. Most recent card came from an online...
View ArticleFun with the Dell call centre
Dell as a vendor only works out in a few cases: * Government purchases. They treat anything from a spare mouse to a datacenter kit-out as important for Government departments. * Educational...
View ArticleNeed help opening up a old hard disk??
If you're going to do this more than once, a full set of Torx and security Torx is a must. Drilling is messy and potentially dangerous. And it's not necessary. Also, when pulling apart hard drives,...
View ArticleAPC March 09: Win 7 to kill Vista
[quote=tim2hawkes]me in oz there r tones of features that you can only get while having an actual installation not vming it but they are mostly graphical [/quote] Yep... All the rest is the same as...
View ArticleTwo years of Vista "Ultimate"
[quote=petert]Did you buy VU?[/quote] Nope. Glad I didn't too. Nothing in it is that Ultimate, and the extras are pathetic. I have downloaded the Dreamscenes and been disappointed by the lack of...
View ArticleAMD64
Always use a 64 bit binary on a 64 bit OS when possible. It'll have a slightly larger disk and memory footprint, but avoids the weirdness associated with running 32 bit apps on 64 bit OSes.
View ArticleWhat's your desktop?
My wallpaper at work right now is Zooey Deschanel... I'd post a link to exactly which one, but I don't want to go browsing wallpaper sites from work just in case something naughty comes up. Not sure...
View ArticleVista bootloader pain
So yesterday at some stage Vista decided to nuke my boot manager. It had booted via XOSL that morning, and last night I went to boot into XP to record a TV show... But XOSL wasn't there. Anyway, having...
View ArticleDoes SP1 really take two hours?
If you're worried about it taking ages, do what I did... Install it while you're busy doing something else, like watching a movie or visiting friends. Just watch out that you actually get it started...
View ArticleHow to build your own NAS box
Note on using old, spare hardware - check the power consumption first! You may end up spending more on *extra* (over what modern NAS units use) electricity than what the price of a modern NAS unit is...
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