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  • Black Hole
    Black Hole replied to the thread Driving and Roads.
    Geez. Stuck behind a learner at 17mph (their speedo probably said 20, but I use GPS).
  • Black Hole
    Black Hole replied to the thread Puzzle Corner.
    I don't think they get much harder, and TBH I don't want them to – they would occupy too much time to bother with.
  • Black Hole
    Black Hole replied to the thread Hummy Arms Word Game v4.0.
    We used octal too, in my very early days, on Ferranti processors (FM-1100 seems to ring a bell). 24-bit words. I don't think...
  • Black Hole
    Black Hole replied to the thread Hummy Arms Word Game v4.0.
    Just sayin' I'm in the same camp.
  • Black Hole
    Black Hole replied to the thread Hummy Arms Word Game v4.0.
    :dunno: The numbers in an IP address are decimal representations of an 8-bit binary field. Therefore 12 really is twelve. If you are...
  • Black Hole
    Black Hole replied to the thread uk blocked?.
    I wonder whether this is a symptom of the same problem as here (click), and the affected browsers are just timing out too quickly?
  • Black Hole
    Black Hole replied to the thread uk blocked?.
    Internet Explorer???!
  • Black Hole
    Black Hole replied to the thread Puzzle Corner.
    Personally I use the as-if-printed edition on my iPad, screen-capture it to Photos, then use an Apple Pencil (stylus) to hand-write onto...
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    Chris humax replied to the thread uk blocked?.
    Thanks, i am using brave but got the same with internet explorer. I will get there.
  • Black Hole
    Black Hole replied to the thread uk blocked?.
    ISPs deliberately cycle your IP address on the WAN so you can't operate a website or something at a fixed IP address, without paying...
  • C
    Chris humax replied to the thread uk blocked?.
    I did wonder about that Blackhole so i did a restart on the router and when i checked on whats my ip it had changed. I am using the 02...
  • C
    Chris humax reacted to Black Hole's post in the thread uk blocked? with Like Like.
    No problem here! What do you mean – giving yourself a new IP address? I suppose there is a risk your IP address has been blocked, if...
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    Chris humax reacted to EEPhil's post in the thread uk blocked? with Like Like.
    There's no problem accessing the site via smarty (3) or Lebara (Vodafone). Not sure what you mean by new IP address. A search for...
  • Black Hole
    Black Hole replied to the thread uk blocked?.
    No problem here! What do you mean – giving yourself a new IP address? I suppose there is a risk your IP address has been blocked, if...
  • Black Hole
    Black Hole replied to the thread Puzzle Corner.
    This one is somewhat more challenging:
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