The 6th UK South-East Spider-Infested Plague Pit Gossip Thread (All Welcome)

SwitchBlade wrote in post #9210254
No-one had wave blocked at work yet then? I'd be very surprised if it wasn't blocked at mine seeing as most e-mail/messaging sites are already blocked.

Nope. But they don't block GMail either.

Wendelius

SwitchBlade wrote in post #9210486
We have blocked ports and webwasher to block sites, to the loony extremes that sourceforge is blocked as file sharing, a lot of other sites where I've been hunting for help with javascripting and html/css hacks for IE6 are also blocked under the auspices of "personal/blogging sites". Blooming irritating when it's hard to find information 10 years out of date.

That's exactly why I have resisted calls for web filtering. We use a passive tracking system to identify people who abuse the system an then deal with them as needed.

Jonathan wrote in post #9210526
That's exactly why I have resisted calls for web filtering. We use a passive tracking system to identify people who abuse the system an then deal with them as needed.

Wooden ruler across the knuckles....?

Old skool....

Pete wrote in post #9210536
Wooden ruler across the knuckles....?

Old skool....

Kind of. If you just block stuff, you lose intelligence. Better to see where they go and then deal with that if it is a problem. 99 times out of 100, it is casual dicking around on harmless sites in peoples lunch breaks. We police bandwidth hogging as that is an issue for us. Too complicated to describe now but happy to explain over a beeer at the next meet

Pete wrote in post #9210536
Wooden ruler across the knuckles....?

Old skool....

I'm sure that's still legal in Brussel's! Lol

I don't think anybody here sees Wave as a replacement for the chatter in this thread. But because Waves are restricted to those invited to them and because you can drag in Google maps and pics that everyone in that select group can see (along with weather forecasts and stuff), and because waves are persistent and you can go and check the whole discussion quickly, they can be good for UE or similarly private meets.

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Jonathan wrote in post #9209965
Thanks. My id is jad2262 - can you add me to the group?

Just added you to the 2 test waves.

Wendelius

Bloody hell it took a while to go through everything to catch up.
Proof if ever it was needed that I'm not actually to blame in any way for the spam.

courier wrote in post #9207625
So anyone else want to reveal their xbox gamer tag for Call of Duty multiplayer action?

LL01773 - same as my name on here.

Pete wrote in post #9207635
Snowing (and settling) here in Wokingham now.

And I bought a 20Gb xbox drive from eBay. Hope it comes soon.

And I've ordered a scart lead. The IQ from the standard lead is awful.

Forza 3 is huge fun though. Played with the Veyron on the Le Mans track and boy does it fly!

Forza 3 is fantastic. Wait until you really get deeper into it.

Kaben wrote in post #9209173
Ok, im kind of stealing Lee's idea here, but im going to go to Richmond Park on friday morning to try and capture the dear & snow whilst it is still "clean". There will probably be a pub lunch to follow

Does anyone fancy coming along?

What kind of time were you thinking about heading out Rob? Unless you have changed your mind.

And finally, Pete, I agree with the majority that you will regret selling your gear and your photos really aren't as bad as you seem to think. We're all our own harshest critics and as others said, we all get into a rut occasionally.

Wendelius wrote in post #9210594
Anyone else wants an invite, ask away.

But I'm not planning to leave this place at all.

Wendelius

I wouldn't mind giving it a go. I'll PM you my email address if you don't mind sending an invite. Cheers

Right fellas, recommend me an UWA for my 5DII..............I just cant get on with the distortion from the 17-40L, my Sigma 10-20 on my 40D was nowhere near as bad...............I'm really struggling keeping horizontals...........​....horizontal

LL01773 wrote in post #9210705
What kind of time were you thinking about heading out Rob? Unless you have changed your mind.

I was thinking of getting there for about 8am. Any earlier would be a waste as the light would be very poor and the last time we were there the deer were very inactive until around 9am anyway.
Let me know if you fancy it.

vmlopes wrote in post #9210740
Right fellas, recommend me an UWA for my 5DII..............I just cant get on with the distortion from the 17-40L, my Sigma 10-20 on my 40D was nowhere near as bad...............I'm really struggling keeping horizontals...........​....horizontal

I thik the only way you are going to beat the distortions is by going for a prime

Check the reviews here for example images taken with the lenses
http://www.the-digital-picture.com/Canon-Lenses/

Pete wrote in post #9210299
I join Rob in saying that the thread is fine as it is.

The problem with taking the "chatter" off POTN is that it takes away potentially useful information from POTN (and the rest of us who aren't on these other sub-waves of communication lose out). There's also the fact that if the discussion starts getting technical, then it's very unlikely that it will move back to POTN.

Yes, the thread moves quite quickly, but it doesn't really matter if people don't catch up religiously (it's a bit like watching a soap on the telly, I guess).

Lastly, the community spirit here is the reason why many of us like to be here. Take the heart out of that community, then it won't be such a fun place to be.

Just my opinion.

+1. We've all built something great here.

Just got back from the press night for my local panto. Oh yes I did!
No cameras allowed though

Hopefully we all wake up to snow in the right places tomorrow and can get some piccies.