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  • 15 Jun 2011 23:46
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    According to my good friends at Wikipedia:
    Rort     is a term used in Australia and New Zealand.[1] It is commonly related to politics, or, more generally, a financial impropriety, particularly relating to a government programme. The term was first recorded in 1919 and is a derivative of the older "rorty" a 19th century London slang word undefined meaning “fine; splendid; jolly; or boisterous”.[2] The term is also used as a verb to mean the action of defrauding, (e.g.: he rorted the system.).

    I once tried that Paul - it had the most disconcerting results and was essentially unusable because it seemed to wipe out every image and not just photos!  It's not that much of an issue (she lied) but certainly You-tube and on line surveys are really out of the question.

    And I think we will stay separated from Oz for the moment, if that's all right with you Gary - there are things beyond the Internet that I value!!!
  • 15 Jun 2011 20:50
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    Maxime Camirand wrote:512MB for $30 is abusive pricing. 

    There may be a web browser that still has an option for not downloading images automatically.

    You can disable the automatic display  of images in Firfox by doing the below:

    Firefox Disabling Images

    In Microsoft: Tools > Options > Click Content > uncheck Load Images automatically.

    In Linux: Edit> Preferences> Click Content > uncheck Load Images automatically.

    You can also add Exceptions websites, that you want to load images always (even though you unchecked the box).

    Hope the above helps Annie!


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  • 15 Jun 2011 12:35
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    $15 (NZ$19.60)/month gives you 1.5GB with Voda in Australia.
    Maybe the Kiwis should consider statehood with Oz to get our prices... ;-) 
    (ducks for cover).

    Oi Jeff, here's from my dictionary:

    rort |rôrt|

    noun Austral., informal

    1 [often with adj. ] a fraudulent or dishonest act or practice : a tax rort.

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  • 15 Jun 2011 05:07
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    Annie Hill wrote:
    Maxime Camirand wrote:512MB for $30 is abusive pricing. 
    No, no, no, Maxime - this is the Free Market Economy working in a Competitive Environment :-)

    For which read rorting the consumer in a small country with a limited market.

    I comprehend "rorting" by context, but it's a new word to me. Would you catch me up on it please?
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  • 15 Jun 2011 01:36
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    Maxime Camirand wrote:512MB for $30 is abusive pricing. 
    No, no, no, Maxime - this is the Free Market Economy working in a Competitive Environment :-)

    For which read rorting the consumer in a small country with a limited market.
  • 13 Jun 2011 22:48
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    512MB for $30 is abusive pricing. 

    There may be a web browser that still has an option for not downloading images automatically.
  • 10 Jun 2011 21:04
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    Yes Jeff, if there are pics in any posting more bandwidth will be used. Unfortunately there does not seem to be anyway to turn this off at a global or user level at this point in time. Possibly in the next upgrade we might get it but don't hold your breath.
  • 10 Jun 2011 18:51
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    Annie Hill wrote:Well, it's grand information, but downloading to Picasa, even with 100 kb photos, hammers my usage.  I get 512 MB a month for $30 (15 quid), so have to watch how much I use.  However, for most people I doubt this is an issue.  Well done, Patric, for further improving these fora.

    Doesn't that mean that a forum post with pics eats that much of your limited bandwidth without you even knowing it's about to? Doesn't seem right.
  • 09 Jun 2011 23:43
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    Well, it's grand information, but downloading to Picasa, even with 100 kb photos, hammers my usage.  I get 512 MB a month for $30 (15 quid), so have to watch how much I use.  However, for most people I doubt this is an issue.  Well done, Patric, for further improving these fora.
  • 09 Jun 2011 06:00
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    Gary King wrote:
    David Tyler wrote
    David, what is that box on deck behind the main? Is it a new fancy style of dorade vent?

    Yes, it's a dorade. I had a conventional one with plastic cowls, but it was a pain when I wanted to put the dinghy on deck, for an offshore passage. It's just made of scraps of 9mm ply. There is a transverse piece hanging down from the top, and then another coming up from the deck behind it, so the air has to go down and back up again, before going down through the slot at the back of the vent.
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