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According to the story, these showers should still be visible even under light-pollution conditions. It's expected to peak around 11:00 tonight, and continue throughout the night.

Time-lapse, anybody??!!

Comment by steven9761 posted on Meteor Shower Tonight!! at 12/08/2012 - 15:46

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My friend has a footy website which he used Google Ads to generate revenue to pay for the site. As an admin, I noticed increasingly that the ads on the site were "learning" what to advertise, based on "trigger" words (I think Google AdSense was also being used). We all decided to have a bit of fun with it, posting things such as "ginger hair transplant holidays", and "chocolate running shoes" and the like.. Some of the ads we got back were hilarious!

Comment by steven9761 posted on Tracking Cookies on Pentax User - Argh!!! at 11/08/2012 - 16:48

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greynolds999 wrote:
The problem really is that sites like this can only make money from advertisements. If everyone blocks adverts and websites cannot make money they will either cease to be or have to charge everyone.
As I see it, tracking protection offers a sort of compromise. You will still see ads on the sites - they just won't be "random attacks" based upon some cookies already installed in the user's browser.

Comment by steven9761 posted on Tracking Cookies on Pentax User - Argh!!! at 11/08/2012 - 13:49

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Algernon wrote:
Firefox under Tools/Options Privacy has a tick box marked
Tell websites I do not want to be tracked

Seems to be off by default...... there's been an uproar
from advertisers over MS turning it ON by default on
the next IE (possibly Windows 8 ).
Almost right, Algi - IE10 (which will launch with WIN8 ) will have that feature. I like the EU policy on cookies, but it could go further by forcing the script kiddies to give us individual options within tracking cookies, for example, online newspapers could offer an option to provide news stories (similar to rss feeds) on specific football teams, but a seperate option to bar 3rd-parties (let's say Adidas, Nike, JJB Sports, etc) from bombarding us with discount vouchers for sports kit, and the like.

Comment by steven9761 posted on Tracking Cookies on Pentax User - Argh!!! at 11/08/2012 - 11:18

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I forgot to mention... Refresh your browser once you're done, and you should now see a blue "no entry" sign on your address bar.

Comment by steven9761 posted on Tracking Cookies on Pentax User - Argh!!! at 11/08/2012 - 10:16

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jeallen01 wrote:
Why is it that I seem to get more tracking cookies on the PU site than ANYWHERE else? - Drives me nuts!!
Dunno if this will help, but:

Click on the little cogwheel at the top-right of your browser window. This opens the TOOLS section. Next, select TRACKING PROTECTION. This opens up MANAGE ADD-ONS window. Select GET A TRACKING PROTECTION LIST ONLINE in the left-hand pane. A new internet window (www.iegallery.com) opens up - simply select a tracking protector from the list. I use EASYLIST.MSIE ADBLOCKPLUS.

Comment by steven9761 posted on Tracking Cookies on Pentax User - Argh!!! at 11/08/2012 - 09:30

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I like pic 1!!.. I'm sure I have a tranny similar to this one, which I took years ago in Chicago of a church close to the John Hancock Tower (similar in height/structure to the Sears Tower). One day, I'll look out all my old trannies and negs from my old mum's in Glasgow, and scan them to my pc.

Comment by steven9761 posted on From Perth to Gingin at 09/08/2012 - 15:01

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Smeggypants wrote:
... but NOT if he hires Bruce Forsyth!!!
Not even if he offers you a "Brucie Bonu", Smeggy??

Comment by steven9761 posted on SRS Microsystems at 05/08/2012 - 12:27

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To my mind, any company providing goods and/or services are not merely measured on service quality (or lack thereof), but on how they respond to perceived negative feedback, as this thread seems to hint at. Too often, we are quick to criticise when we receive bad service (and I'm as guilty as the next man for that!), but we don't praise good service often enough (for fear of been perceived as sychophantic??.).

Chris from SRS was quick enough to respond to the negative comment, and I have faith in the man enough to know that it will be dealt with in an equally professional manner.

I don't spend a lot on camera accessories on a whim, but from Chris's response here alone, I'll definitely be giving SRS the opportunity to satisfy my customer needs.

Comment by steven9761 posted on SRS Microsystems at 04/08/2012 - 21:52

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Smeggypants wrote:
Second shot looks more like it's taken in Africa than Britain

But yup I'm still amazed at the dynamic range of the K-5
Smeggy, didn't you know that Rutland is the spiritual home of the fuqawi tribe? They left the shores of Africa in a boat many centuries ago, and after 5 days of heavy seastorms, they were shipwrecked on Britains shores. When they encountered an indigenous Briton, the first words they exchanged was "we the fuqawi"

BTW: you could be right about this looking like the savannah.. isn't that a wildebeest taking a kip at the base of the tree??

I can't help but think that pic 2 resembles the cover of a book I saw.

Comment by steven9761 posted on K5 Dynamic Range... at 03/08/2012 - 22:51

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