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Re: How do I do ??? ?

Posted: Sun Nov 10, 2019 12:45 am
by crfriend
We call "locational vagueness" Selective Availability" in the USA thanks to the GPS system being run by the military and being subject to random degradation at any time. Note even my "location" which leaves much ground for speculation.

Users are free to put in whatever they wish. However, it is worth noting that when a new member registers and specifies a location I usually look up the WHOIS entry of the IP address and take that into account when deciding to accept membership or not. For instance, someone claiming to be from Topeka, KS/USA but with an IP address from Pakistan is highly likely to be ignored. Some level of truthfulness is appreciated.

Re: How do I do ??? ?

Posted: Sun Nov 10, 2019 12:47 am
by beachlion
Fred in Skirts wrote:...... I decided that I had nothing to hide and filled mine in with a lot more information when I joined. But I agree it makes it easier some times to understand what some are saying as they come from an area so much different from where I live. And their English may be so much better or worse than mine as well as the context they put on how they speak it.

:think: :think: :thewave: :think: :think:
I adjusted my location to explain my butchering of the English language. ;)

Re: How do I do ??? ?

Posted: Sun Nov 10, 2019 12:48 pm
by Sinned
I also have nothing to hide and put my location at a very early stage. I assumed that the location could be checked and I suppose that my full address could be found by consulting the electoral register or the local council tax register. Not sure that anyone here would really want that level of detail. I figured that people didn't know how to add their location but it's easy to figure out.

Re: How do I do ??? ?

Posted: Thu Nov 14, 2019 1:16 am
by weeladdie18
Carl..There is nothing to stop a resident of New England registering with a webb site when he is on
holiday in Pakistan..............
There is nothing to stop a gentleman from Pakistan moving to New England and registering with his chosen webb site .
There is nothing to stop a gentleman from Pakistan registering his new address in New England..If the gentleman
with a new address goes thirty miles down the road, buys a new computer and askes the computer shop
to register his new location with your webb site ....How accurately can you track where he lives ?

This issue came up once as it was suggested by a webb site owner that he could track a new applicant's
location far more accurately than was possible with a civillian tracking system .

A government official checked up to see how an ex defence employee could get hold of precise tracking equipment.
.................L.O.L...........

Re: How do I do ??? ?

Posted: Thu Nov 14, 2019 1:44 am
by weeladdie18
This issue came up because there is a cenario that two applicants in the same town could both register with our website.

Can you establish if they are both transmitting landline Emails from the same building or the same street ?

Re: How do I do ??? ?

Posted: Thu Nov 14, 2019 2:05 am
by weeladdie18
Can a boss check if his employees are sending Emails to their favourite webb site during working hours ?

Re: How do I do ??? ?

Posted: Thu Nov 14, 2019 2:33 am
by Uncle Al
weeladdie18 wrote:Can a boss check if his employees are sending Emails to their favourite webb site during working hours ?
Yes :!:

Uncle Al
:mrgreen: :ugeek: :mrgreen:

Re: How do I do ??? ?

Posted: Sun Nov 24, 2019 10:14 pm
by r.m.anderson
OK - how do I change the COLOR scheme of the web page ?

I don't find the bright blue all that appealing AND Blue is supposed to be bad on the eyes !

I would like to see a subdued gray with pitch black print.

It may very well be since I am not the Administrator I can't be the sorcerous apprentice ! LOL !

Color me old fashion if you will !

Re: How do I do ??? ?

Posted: Sun Nov 24, 2019 11:13 pm
by crfriend
r.m.anderson wrote: Sun Nov 24, 2019 10:14 pmOK - how do I change the COLOR scheme of the web page ?
So we have yet another one with an aversion to the new defaults...

Check out the most recent posts in "Software Upgrade" (or somesuch). There are now alternates to the default "prosilver" style, and those can be selected from the "User Control Panel" under "Board Preferences" and then "Board Style".

At least the forum is back on the air...

Re: How do I do ??? ?

Posted: Mon Nov 25, 2019 2:42 am
by Fred in Skirts
crfriend wrote: Sun Nov 24, 2019 11:13 pm At least the forum is back on the air...
Amen and THANKS FOR GETTING DONE!! :D :cheers: :thumleft: :hooray:

Re: How do I do ??? ?

Posted: Mon Nov 25, 2019 3:35 am
by r.m.anderson
Thanks CR !

There are now alternates to the default "prosilver" style, and those can be selected from the "User Control Panel" under "Board Preferences" and then "Board Style".

Went there and selected AllanStyle SUBSILVER - perfect

And YES glad that - At least the Forum is back on the air (online) !

Re: How do I do ??? ?

Posted: Sun Apr 04, 2021 6:09 pm
by JeffB1959
How can I change the title of my thread (if possible)?

Re: How do I do ??? ?

Posted: Sun Apr 04, 2021 6:12 pm
by crfriend
JeffB1959 wrote: Sun Apr 04, 2021 6:09 pmHow can I change the title of my thread (if possible)?
It might be possible via the "edit" function (the "pencil" icon) so long as there's not an interlock on it once it's been replied to. I do not know that I've ever tried...

Re: How do I do ??? ?

Posted: Mon Apr 05, 2021 11:18 am
by Sinned
I don't see any problem with putting in my location. I have never, to my knowledge, supplied my surname but even if I had, my full name is unique enough for someone malign to find my address from say, the electoral roll of this small city but then there are a lot of other ways for someone to find me using the internot than using information found here. And, like Fred, it's useful to put in context from their location what folk are saying and make allowances where grammar and spelling are not perfect. Often I struggle to determine even which country a member is resident in, never mind the city/town. Maybe I'm naive in thinking that this is a very quiet and sheltered bay in the internot coastline ( Carl may disagree with this impression ) that the truly malicious just pass us by with little torrid interrogation.

Re: How do I do ??? ?

Posted: Mon Apr 05, 2021 7:09 pm
by Fred in Skirts
I do not care if people see the area where I live. Since I wear skirts and dresses every day and every where I go. Most people around here know that I do not wear pants (bifurcated garments). My farce book front page is a picture of myself and Moon and Jenn that was taken on a fun weekend in Aiken SC, part of my stomping grounds. Those that mean so much to me all have no problem with my dress code. Anyone who does can just get over it or eat sh*t and die as we used to say. At 78 years old there is nothing that can be used to blackmail me anyway, Ive done it all and then some. (0)
So unless you are running from the law, don't sweat the small sh*t, enjoy your life, dress anyway you feel like.

(0) I have not committed murder nor robbed any banks....... :lol: :lol:

Fred