Play.com - Amazon is better!
I made this!
*Needs Opera web browser*
Been looking at the stats for my webdesign site, and it has a lot of referrals from Play.com - keeps trying to load images from my webspace - couldn't work out why til I looked at their css - it has lots of references to "techdesign" - I presume that as the browser can't find the "techdesign" in question, it uses Google, and then tries to load them from my webspace at techdesigns.co.uk.
This only happens for users of Opera 9.62
I've replaced images it tries to load with this:
Below is how the Play website now displays when using Opera:
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Rusty Shackleford www.junt.co.uk / @joeyrobbo, Mon 1 Dec 2008, 16:58,
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Yep that works a treat.
Also, Opera is the best browser ever.
Anyone who disagrees is clearly a homogayboy.
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(|D[ekionplexis B3ta.com: fictional child porn is OK, Mon 1 Dec 2008, 17:04,
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well let me put on my best sunday frock then
cos I think it blows arse
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Firkinfedup last shat on your wife's tits at, Mon 1 Dec 2008, 17:14,
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I am going to disagree here and say that it's clearly not the best when it deliberates puts load on other people's web servers and permits cross-site attacks like this one. :P
(, Fri 5 Dec 2008, 15:29, Reply)
Chrome is quite nice
but it has a couple of major bugs.
Doesn't update written text unless prompted to (like highlighting text) doesn't sound bad unless, like me, you can;t spell and need to double check everything you post. Then it;s gets annoying
Sometimes bugs up and stops playing embedded vids after a couple of seconds
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Crap Little Monkey Deathstar, so good they built it twice, Sun 7 Dec 2008, 3:21,
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wot!?
I like Opera and I am a homogayboy! In fact most homogayboys like opera the music as well!
(, Tue 9 Dec 2008, 20:37, Reply)
Oh dear
That's pretty funny, but i'd suggest you let play.com know what's going on so they can fix it. Good karma rather than angry sueings leading up to Christmas and all that!
(, Mon 1 Dec 2008, 17:04, Reply)
What can they sue him for?
Replacing images they're leeching from his site?
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Bela Lugosi's Dad, Mon 1 Dec 2008, 17:09,
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well, technically
he knowingly changed the images for something that could cost the company thousands of pounds. So I'm sure they could get him for something.
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Firkinfedup last shat on your wife's tits at, Mon 1 Dec 2008, 17:26,
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One could also argue that unauthorised use of his items could harm his own business and severely limit his available bandwidth
Whether I'd argue that remains to be seen.
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elephant rider property shark sighted!, Mon 1 Dec 2008, 17:40,
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But it's not deliberate is it?
There's a missing component on the Play site, which one particular(ly crap) browser is trying to do something smart to find and failing. The only reason he's getting this traffic is because Opera is sending it his way, not Play.
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evil_andy Stick stick stick stick sticky sticky stick stick, Mon 1 Dec 2008, 17:55,
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Good point.
But is it not the responsibility of Play to ensure that their content is sourced from the correct place, rather than through his site? I know nothing of the workings of Opera though, I'm just happy to talk to someone. :D
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elephant rider property shark sighted!, Mon 1 Dec 2008, 18:00,
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Playtime
Surely it is Play's fault, because all he's done is to create an image for his own site. If they happen to use that image without permission then the moral rights are surely his?
(, Mon 1 Dec 2008, 19:20, Reply)
It is their fault
It is, but this is rather the Web equivalent of "I'm going to swing my arms in a circle and walk forward like so, and if you get a smack in the eye it's your own fault, eh!"
(, Sat 6 Dec 2008, 20:31, Reply)
hahaha
you win the internets
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Firkinfedup last shat on your wife's tits at, Mon 1 Dec 2008, 17:09,
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hahaha, well done :)
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The Great Architect is still waiting for his account to be deleted on, Mon 1 Dec 2008, 17:11,
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Hahaha! fuck yes!
And I still miss your seedy voice overs :)
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Monty Propps, Mon 1 Dec 2008, 17:11,
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Hee hee!
Nicely investigated fella
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LemonEntryMyDearWatson This time, Moriarty, the hand is on the other foot, Mon 1 Dec 2008, 17:24,
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Hah! Nicely.
Works in slightly older versions of Opera too.
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Kamikaze Stoat £4.09, Mon 1 Dec 2008, 17:31,
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This is excellent.
Good work Sir.
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Occulus Swallowed, instead of spat, on, Mon 1 Dec 2008, 17:47,
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Hang on
If it's something that only works in Opera, surely it's a bug in opera, rather than Play's fault?
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evil_andy Stick stick stick stick sticky sticky stick stick, Mon 1 Dec 2008, 17:52,
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It sounds as if they're accidentally left in development urls
similar to the way your username links to localhost/ when you preview a post on the main or talk board :)
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Kamikaze Stoat £4.09, Mon 1 Dec 2008, 18:35,
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Hehe
I just *had* to check whether I'd left the dev server running on my home box then ;¬)
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Lord Keeps meaning to procrastinate., Mon 1 Dec 2008, 19:51,
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Hahaha
I've done similar things with people leeching my images, but nothing that high-profile of course. ;)
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hazzamon I've nothing better to do, Mon 1 Dec 2008, 18:08,
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blah blah blah
doesn't work anymore. i'm using opera version 9.62 build 10467.
oh and opera is the best browser for a number of reasons, but mainly because it has mouse gestures.
download it, use the mouse gestures (especially the 'back' button one) for a day or two, then try going back to your crummy IE or FF. you'll hate not having mouse gestures. :)
(, Fri 5 Dec 2008, 19:41, Reply)
pssst
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/39
damned good app though :)
(, Fri 5 Dec 2008, 21:16, Reply)
I have a few extra buttons on my mouse.
It saves a lot of time I used to waste with mouse gestures.
(, Tue 9 Dec 2008, 23:13, Reply)
pfft
everyone knows play.com is better
they have free delivery on everything *thumbs up*
(, Fri 5 Dec 2008, 20:31, Reply)
