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I had nbn for a short time a couple of years ago in an inner city suburb in Melbourne.
56k dialup was more reliable.

Just come to my area, box installed at the front of my house, ISP trying to contact me to get it up and running. I haven't returned their calls.
 
How does the method you connect to the internet increase your rate of spam mail and malware/virus pickup ?

Those are all user action problems, not 'size of my pipe to the internet' problems.
 
SBOB said:
How does the method you connect to the internet increase your rate of spam mail and malware/virus pickup ?

Those are all user action problems, not 'size of my pipe to the internet' problems.
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+1

Extra spam is a consequence of you sticking your email into random quizzes/competitions/it being scraped from dodgy sites you visit/trusted companies selling your info/etc
I've been on NBN for 3 or 4 years now at 2 locations that are about 450km apart
Other than some slowing at peak times when NBN first got rolled out, I have never had a single problem
And if your power goes out, why would you expect to have internet anyway whether you have NBN or ADSL?
Your ADSL modem would be off if the power was out, same as an NBN NTD...
 
SBOB said:
How does the method you connect to the internet increase your rate of spam mail and malware/virus pickup ?

Those are all user action problems, not 'size of my pipe to the internet' problems.
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I have no idea - about heaps of things - particularly the in's and and outs of NBN in relation to spam email.
All I know is when I mentioned to the guy who did the install - which was an eight month saga in itself - that we got a fair amount of those annoying 'Send money to Nigeria' type messages, he said that would be pretty much eliminated with the NBN due to some filtering system or whatever.
Perhaps its just a coincidence that in the weeks and months following the installation the syndicates / individuals responsible became all at once far more sofistimicated and prolific.
Some of the ones we get are far more slick and convincing then their 'I'm heir to US 1000,000, send my five grand to release it and you can keep half' forebears.
 
sp0rk said:
+1

Extra spam is a consequence of you sticking your email into random quizzes/competitions/it being scraped from dodgy sites you visit/trusted companies selling your info/etc
I've been on NBN for 3 or 4 years now at 2 locations that are about 450km apart
Other than some slowing at peak times when NBN first got rolled out, I have never had a single problem
And if your power goes out, why would you expect to have internet anyway whether you have NBN or ADSL?
Your ADSL modem would be off if the power was out, same as an NBN NTD...
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Not talking about power outages. In that case at least the phones still worked, so at least you could do eftpos transactions. Now if the internet goes down you loose the lot.
It is getting better as time goes on, but the initial shit storm of unreliability and endless phone calls to Telstra - followed by the patronizing 'Hi David, we're just touching base' followups we had with the instillation triggers me every time I see NBN I suspect.
 
Yay, Brexit

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Bribie G said:
Yay, Brexit
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Love the fashion
I'm guessing Kyogle isn't too warm today?
My sister is having a huge whinge about the heat and humidity in Ballina today
 
Aye, lets t'water out when you've been plodging through t'puddles.

edit: yup about 30 degrees in the mighty Richmond Valley but we get the Mountain breezes.
 
Bastards wont make me a mod.... they need to beg better

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XkfO8c8MlKU
 
I'm getting sick and tired of those wanky hipster chefs and new age cooks and recipe designers who all seem to want to undercook any meat to retain it's almost totally raw state, and then tell you to put it in a warm place to "rest" and relax the meat.

I cook my filet steak to medium rare and serve it straight away onto the plate and immediately get stuck in. The first bite is as tender as the last. WTF do I need to rest it for?
I roast lamb shoulder for 5 hours at 130ºC, and when I come to carve it straight out of the oven or BBQ, the meat just falls away without needing to use any force on knife. Darned delicous as it is. WTF do I need to rest it for?

Get real guys and gals, just cook the meat to your preference, and just darn well get stuck in straight away. Forget pretentious nonsense, those wankies are fooling nobody.
 
warra48 said:
I'm getting sick and tired of those wanky hipster chefs and new age cooks and recipe designers who all seem to want to undercook any meat to retain it's almost totally raw state, and then tell you to put it in a warm place to "rest" and relax the meat.

I cook my filet steak to medium rare and serve it straight away onto the plate and immediately get stuck in. The first bite is as tender as the last. WTF do I need to rest it for?
I roast lamb shoulder for 5 hours at 130ºC, and when I come to carve it straight out of the oven or BBQ, the meat just falls away without needing to use any force on knife. Darned delicous as it is. WTF do I need to rest it for?

Get real guys and gals, just cook the meat to your preference, and just darn well get stuck in straight away. Forget pretentious nonsense, those wankies are fooling nobody.
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im not sure resting cooked meat falls into the 'wanky hipster' territory

Take 2 1" steaks, cooking them both the medium rare 55c internal temp. Place them both on white plates
- Steak 1, cut it in half immediately
- Steak 2, leave to rest for >5mins, then cut

Steak 1 will have way more juices being lost and dumped out onto the plate. That juice is flavour and tenderness being thrown away.


But, considering I prefer to cook my steaks sous vide, I'm starting to wonder if I need to grow a hipster beard
 
Cant wait for the boys in the workshop to crank up the radio for the running of the 156th running of the Melbourne cup.
I'll be shutting the door and streaming the latest Meshuggah album so I cant hear the shit.

Bah, humbug.
 
Dave70 said:
Cant wait for the boys in the workshop to crank up the radio for the running of the 156th running of the Melbourne cup.
I'll be shutting the door and streaming the latest Meshuggah album so I cant hear the shit.

Bah, humbug.
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Yup, bah humbug. That's in spite of my brother owning a horse stud in Cambridge NZ. I detest horse racing, and dishlickers racing as well.
 
Hey we get a day off work to celebrate those horses! Yay for horses!
 
Poxy Halloween. Had kids/teens come to our door last night looking for a sugar handout, "Fook off ya bastards!", cue - angry dog from left of stage door/shed.

I know the history behind it, and yes it has it's place, but the Seppos (apologies to any Septics on here) have taken it, souped it up with supercharged yeast, and commercialised the shite out of it. $$$$$$$$
I'm yet to be convinced that it has any place in Aust.

DId I mention that there's a whole isle in the local 2$ shop dedicated to Xmas crap already?
 
We have a lot of kids in my area so we went to the movies to watch Tom Cruise breaking arms and legs so the trick and treat brats missed out.

I never open the door to them anyway

"Dad that man showed me his penis". That's the way the world has gone unfortunately.

A good dose of bird flu should sort Western society out. Can't wait.

Now what was all that about the December mythical Sky Fairy orgy?
 
Fark what a day, a day from hell at work where it all went to shit,Emails from my Mum rambling about the same shit as always ( she has dementia) but is still capable of sending vicious Emails to all and sundry claiming my sister is stealing from her etc.
Groundhog Day.
I get home and find pests have had a field day on my veggies over the last 2 days.
The better half and I are off OS over chrissie and she ordered online a backpack for me as a surprise,which means I'm the pack mule.
It's coloured black and,and.......lavender for fucks sake !
Ah well as I said to the wife,**** it I'll skip across the Tarmac to the plane calling " come on duckies were off on a big adventure " while twirling a dandelion.
 
Just spied Bribies post above mine,I'm going in December so I guess I'll be the sky fairy !,dunno about any orgy though.
 

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