monkeymagic

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by monkeymagic 12y ago
That's fair. The domain above resolves fine with and without the block: http://i.imgur.com/AIqtrxF.png DNS cache was flushed between each hit.
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by monkeymagic 12y ago
It asks you when you first connect the router. I suspect most people you have contacted are likely to have subconciously (or thoughtlessly) opted in. If you let me know the URL, I can test from here as I'm on the end of a Sky connectio
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by monkeymagic 12y ago
Actually this is likely Sky's opt-in adult content filtering. It really isn't mandatory. Any content blocking is prone to false positives and people will learn that eventually.
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by monkeymagic 12y ago
You can get the client to disable this via the My Sky page here: https://secure.sky.com/mysky-homepage/indexb This is opt-in so they clicked a button somewhere when Sky asked them if they wanted adult content blocking.
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by monkeymagic 12y ago
So true. We had a different problem. They chewed through the fibre cables between our offices to get the fiberglass sheath for their nests. Eventually they ran Ethernet underground because they'd have broken it again in a couple of wee
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by monkeymagic 12y ago
One of my hobbies is arguing with reviewers about these sort of things on amazon. Its amazing the crap they come up with.
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by monkeymagic 12y ago
Having sat there, as a teenager, with a whole bag of 1N4148s and a mains test block, can confirm :)
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by monkeymagic 12y ago
Squirrels act as inductors in DC circuits. Only once though. There's a high current surge that drops to zero as they turn rapidly into a carbon resistor!