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On 30/01/2020 at 13:14, Teebs said:
That's not a joke - that seems to be the reality (tractor or caravan!)
Or just Norfolk drivers in general to be honest. Spend quite a bit of time up there, my wife's 'Aunt' lives near Fakenham. I saw Phil Campbell in Norwich at Epic Studios before Xmas. Nice little-ish venue.
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Off up to Norfolk on Friday to see Phil Campbell and the Bastard Sons in Norwich on Sunday night. Then its Alter Bridge at the O2 in December.
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24 minutes ago, wateroftyne said:
Ohhh... Kay. Thanks for your advice.
Signed,
Someone who has worked in the web design industry for more than 20 years, and still does.😄
Lets just say Cyber is a constantly changing environment and new attack vectors are being developed and discovered (and indeed patched) constantly.
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4 minutes ago, BassTractor said:
I have to rectify something. In a now edited post I said Kaspersky were dodgy from the start.
They may well have been, but I wouldn't know.
See, I've just found out I was instead thinking of a Norwegian company with a similar Russian-sounding name.Sorry for any possible concerns.
I found an internet website with the story, so I can now post this:
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1 hour ago, Naigewron said:
Unless the password manager is a scam from day 1, this shouldn't concern you. Passwords are not stored in the password manager's database in cleartext, so even the people running that company are not able to read your passwords. They are encrypted using your master password as the key, and the master password is also not stored anywhere on their servers. As long as that password is secure enough and not used for any other account anywhere online, noone will ever be able to read your passwords.
There's an infinitely much larger problem inherent in not using a password manager, because that invariably leads to reuse of passwords (since most people can't remember unique passwords for each and every account). Sites get hacked every day, and it could be literally years before anyone even finds out that your user data has been compromised. Unlike in Hollywood movies, there's no blinking red light in the company's IT department warning them that they've been hacked. The only way that warning could detect a hack would be if the developer already knew of the vulnerability, and if he knew the vulnerability he would fix it.
If your password for one site is out there, and you've used that same password for other accounts, you now have a much bigger problem.
Password managers will also generate more secure passwords that are much harder to simply guess. If you use a combination of names or dictionary words in your password, it will have two consequences:
1: It's easier for an automated system to crack it, because it can "simply" run through a dictionary and throw in various numbers and other characters in order to brute-force your password
2: There's a greater chance that someone else out there has used the same password, which means that if their password is revealed somehow, yours might be too.
Use a password manager. If you prefer to use an "American" one, then go ahead, but any well-reputed password manager will be a million times safer than any other reasonable approach.
If you really distrust cloud storage (which is fair enough), there are offline password managers that will only store your passwords locally on your computer and sync them to local storage on your other devices.
Well.....if the Russian company in question is Kaspersky - lets just say they are currently under the same scrutiny as Huawei by the NCSC and NSA at the moment.
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4 minutes ago, ped said:
This thread just goes to show how much misinformation and misconception there is out there that the scammers are able to exploit.
Don't get me started on "Microsoft Support phone calls.....". My F-I-L was only saved by the fact I had installed Mint on his PC, so they couldn't get access to his PC to hack him.
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2 minutes ago, ped said:
No.
But obviously don't click any links or download any attachments.
Well....it used to be the case yes. Hopefully no one is still using old enough versions of Outlook etc that do that by default.
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That is a well known scam email. It is based on the some well known sites being hacked, your passwords acquired and then the hope that you still use the same password now to fool you into thinking they have hacked your system (PS change your passwords). Keep your AV engine up to date (free ones are available) and I recommend the installation of at least a basic software firewall (WIndows comes with one now, Linux always has).
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My brother went to the Metallica gig in Manchester last week - complaints about the sound quality there too.
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Martin Clunes was speaking to a Ukulele player called Taimane Gardner, in his USA Islands series. She was a rather good player (her Uke was a 5 stringer though!!!) and I think she has made some albums (corporate firewall is preventing me from digging much deeper).
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My fiancé bought me the flame version of the Rockabilly 3/4 DB as a present a few years ago. Moving home has prevented me from playing it recently but after fitting new strings and putting in a piezo, I think it is a great instrument - especially for a DB learner like me.
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I have the Cort B4 with an ACG Pre-Amp. Excellent build quality and wider neck than the Ibanez SR600 (which is essentially the same bass overwise). Pickups are a bit Meh and a beach to get replacements, as they are a weird size. Think I might have reviewed it on here....?
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On 20/08/2018 at 13:02, Rich said:
Concorde? Mind you, in the distant past when I used to work on one of the last Comets, it's cockpit looked a lot like that too.
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1 hour ago, Newfoundfreedom said:
Yeah you're taking about Nessebar. Beautiful old world peninsula fishing town which has itself sadly become over touristy and just an extension of Sunny Beach. Although to be fair it's still very nice, if a little pricey by Bulgarian standards.
It's good to talk to someone who has seen something other than the package holiday resorts.
The history here is amazing. Most people don't realise it's one of the oldest habited places in Europe. The oldest gold artifacts ever found on the planet were found in Varna and can still be seen in the museum there.
Don't mean to harp on but I find it really sad that to most people Bulgaria is little more than Benidorm on the black sea.
Still. More peace for the more discerning amongst us. 😉
Yes, visited the museum in Varna. There is also a quaint little naval museum with a motor torpedo boat outside. They are incredibly proud of that boat (it played a part in the independence fight against the Ottoman Empire). There was also a monastery built into a cliff face just off the road to Varna from Zlatni Piasaci. I stayed in Bulgaria for 2 weeks and set foot on the beach once....to find out the prices for the Jet Skis (turned out they were a little expensive for my taste).
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2 minutes ago, Newfoundfreedom said:
Yeah Varna is a great coastal town. Sadly most Brits who come here only see Sunny Beach which is a shame. There is so much more to the country than a seedy package holiday resort.
I was staying in Zlatni Piasaci (Golden Sands?) but I went on day trips to the medieveal town on a peninsula - cannot remember the name but it might be Nesebar (like a nice Portland lol) and the summer palace of the Romanian queen. Also got a taxi out to the petrified forest....which isn't a petrified forest at all. Some great roman ruins in Varna itself as well.
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I like Devin a lot - he is a really nice guy too. That pedal is very complex though - I suppose it has to be.
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Went to Bulgaria on holiday in the late 90s. Love Varna.
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9 hours ago, super al said:
The middle school is in the next road to ours and is now a Plymouth Brethren school. 2 doors up from us are a couple of retired teachers from the school. When we 1st moved here I saw the giant Jim'll fix it badge but that has gone now!!! (Apparently the only giant badge given out by JS). I think the youth band are still going, we get a brass band going street to street every Christmas!
When the middle school shut, they moved the Jim'll Fix It badge AND the Rolf Harris painting of Mary and the Baby Jesus to Wilton Community Centre (you can't make this up - WMS had Xmas shows for both of them!!). I would assume they have been stored or burnt since certain revelations have been discovered.
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On 02/05/2018 at 13:12, super al said:
Thanks DorsetBlue, I'm not far from Broad Chalke in Wilton. Terry Pratchett and William Golding I seem to remember lived there. We went to the History Fest in its last year at Ebbesbourne, lots of very heavy downpours and Roman soldiers marching through the mud in sandles, it was like a Carry On film.
I lived in Wilton for many years. My Wilton Middle School head teacher used to live in Broad Chalke (might well still do but he must be getting on a bit) and I used to go to Wilton Youth Band practices there.
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On 27/04/2018 at 19:24, super al said:
Whereabouts are you (I'm not a stalker, honest). A few years back I was told that Bob n Toyah lived just outside Salisbury in one of the many posh villages. Just a rumour like, never actually saw them in Waitrose or owt (just the drummer from Dodgy, which was good enough for me)
She used to live in Broad Chalke (not far from where Sir Terry Pratchett used to live). She once stuck her 'V's up at my Father in Law. Broad Chalke isn't really posh BTW, although they like their WW2 festival.
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On 18/03/2018 at 12:12, Dad3353 said:
+1 ^^, if the budget won't stretch to Superior; less than half its price, and very good indeed.
Toontrack offer EZDrummer customers large discounts on Superior Drummer, several times a year. I haven't succumbed yet, not required it.
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There have been bashes in the SW area before. I attended one in Milborne Port a while back.
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I think the Gibson Jimi Hendrix is far worse to be honest.
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Norfolk Music scene. What's it like
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...and a Chocolate factory (with factory outlet in the town centre).
We love Norfolk and would live there in an instant (if there was any work in my field). On the other hand, it is pretty much the same as Dorset, just flatter,