Today I'm angry about.....

[Bruce Rioja]

In fairness, they sound pretty funny... I'm gonna try that Mars bar trick

Do it at Verbal's. We're all doing it.

[Il Pirate]

cam home to find someone had covered the door locks in mars bar. spent about quarter of an hour fishing it out.

I just want to hit someone now.

I know this will not make you feel any better in the slightest but look on the bright side; it could've been worse, it could've been dog shit.

When I was a kid, we used to collect dog shit in a bag, using a stick. Then we'd find lots of phone boxes with the old brass cup handles you had to put your fingers in to open. Smeared the contents of the bag into the handles and wait......... Then one day I had a real, real, bad day. It culminated in a puncture to my van, with no spare ( and no mobiles then); I had to walk miles to the nearest phone box to summon help. Phone box found, I ran to it, went to open it and yes! Instant karma.

[Annoyed Grunt]

In fairness, they sound pretty funny... I'm gonna try that Mars bar trick

Do it at Verbal's. We're all doing it.

Speak for yourself.

[Bruce Rioja]

We don't have a 'Today I'm Confused About' thread so I'm putting this in here. I ran a MacAfee scan on my PC this morning which told me that it had detected and deleted 12 'Tracking Cookies'. What exactly are they (in layman's terms please) and how much information can they gather?
I'm a bit worried because I use internet banking an so on. Should I be worried?

[boltonboris]

I think they track your internet movements to see what sites you visit rather than retaining passwords etc.. MacAfee probably plant them themselves for advertisers to see what kind of stuff you like / buy

[Hoboh]

We don't have a 'Today I'm Confused About' thread so I'm putting this in here. I ran a MacAfee scan on my PC this morning which told me that it had detected and deleted 12 'Tracking Cookies'. What exactly are they (in layman's terms please) and how much information can they gather?
I'm a bit worried because I use internet banking an so on. Should I be worried?

Probs not, best to set IE or whatever you use to delete temp files and cookies on exit pain because you have to type in all your passwords etc everytime but it should get rid of these and limit their tracking to just that session. You probably picked these up after a couple of days as you went along.
Btw if you use MacAfee there is probs more on your system it missed!

[Prufrock]

How fecking hard can it be to run a proper train service?! It's getting beyond a joke. More than half the trains I get on are late. It hasn't even started snowing yet! I got weird looks yesterday as I was sat in the waiting room at Bolton and the screen had the next 5 trains as all being delayed. The time said 19.44 and the woman on the tannoy said "the next train to arrive will be the 19.30....". It's like some North Korean psycho mind fook.

[Hoboh]

How fecking hard can it be to run a proper train service?! It's getting beyond a joke. More than half the trains I get on are late. It hasn't even started snowing yet! I got weird looks yesterday as I was sat in the waiting room at Bolton and the screen had the next 5 trains as all being delayed. The time said 19.44 and the woman on the tannoy said "the next train to arrive will be the 19.30....". It's like some North Korean psycho mind fook.

Maybe now you see why people will NEVER give up their cars and motorbikes!
I vote we scrap all public transport, those damm busses clutter up the roads and slow traffic down.

[bobo the clown]

How fecking hard can it be to run a proper train service?! It's getting beyond a joke. More than half the trains I get on are late. It hasn't even started snowing yet! I got weird looks yesterday as I was sat in the waiting room at Bolton and the screen had the next 5 trains as all being delayed. The time said 19.44 and the woman on the tannoy said "the next train to arrive will be the 19.30....". It's like some North Korean psycho mind fook.

Maybe now you see why people will NEVER give up their cars and motorbikes!
I vote we scrap all public transport, those damm busses clutter up the roads and slow traffic down.

Seconded. Think of all those empty fecking bus lanes freed up.

Cycle lanes next. Lyrca wearing tossers.

[Hoboh]

How fecking hard can it be to run a proper train service?! It's getting beyond a joke. More than half the trains I get on are late. It hasn't even started snowing yet! I got weird looks yesterday as I was sat in the waiting room at Bolton and the screen had the next 5 trains as all being delayed. The time said 19.44 and the woman on the tannoy said "the next train to arrive will be the 19.30....". It's like some North Korean psycho mind fook.

Maybe now you see why people will NEVER give up their cars and motorbikes!
I vote we scrap all public transport, those damm busses clutter up the roads and slow traffic down.

Seconded. Think of all those empty fecking bus lanes freed up.

Cycle lanes next. Lyrca wearing pussies.

Corrected!

[Wandering Willy]

We don't have a 'Today I'm Confused About' thread so I'm putting this in here. I ran a MacAfee scan on my PC this morning which told me that it had detected and deleted 12 'Tracking Cookies'. What exactly are they (in layman's terms please) and how much information can they gather?
I'm a bit worried because I use internet banking an so on. Should I be worried?

Explained here Bruce.

http://www.ghacks.net/2010/07/17/what-i ... ng-cookie/

You can remove cookies using CCleaner.

http://www.piriform.com/ccleaner" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

[Bruce Rioja]

Cheers Guys.

Willy, should I run the C-Cleaner download as well as MacAfee?

[Wandering Willy]

Yes - I do frequently. It can clear your cookies, remove history of sites visited, speed up your computer by allowing you to clean up unnecessary programs on start up and a host of other things. I'll try to find a guide on CCleaner for you but there's lots of stuff on the web to show you how to use it.

[Bruce Rioja]

Yes - I do frequently. It can clear your cookies, remove history of sites visited, speed up your computer by allowing you to clean up unnecessary programs on start up and a host of other things. I'll try to find a guide on CCleaner for you but there's lots of stuff on the web to show you how to use it.

Exactly what I'm trying to do. Cheers Chief.

[Wandering Willy]

Edit : Bruce before you erase your cookies there may be some you want to keep - ie for websites you use frequently.

For example on this website cookies are used to remember which post you have read so if you remove the cookies, the next time you log on it won't show the new posts until you have used the site once.

This is easy to fix - In CCleaner go to Options then Cookies. On the LHS it will show a list of cookies on the computer, choose the sites you visit frequently eg The-Wanderer.co.uk, and move to the RHS by clicking the arrow in the middle of the page. This will put these selected sites in the "Cookies you want to keep" column and CCleaner will not remove them. You only need do this for the sites you know - anything else I don't recognise I get rid of. You only have to do this once.

I am not a computer whizz but I find it easy to use.

[Bruce Rioja]

Brilliant, Fella. Thanks very much indeed.

[Gooner Girl]

Mmmm cookies... I like White chocolate ones best...

[The Axman]

Mmmm cookies... I like White chocolate ones best...

Surely that should be in the "Today I'm ecstatic about" thread.

Today I'm angry about people posting things in the Today I'm Angry about thread when they aren't angry about anything

[Gooner Girl]

Mmmm cookies... I like White chocolate ones best...

Surely that should be in the "Today I'm ecstatic about" thread.

Today I'm angry about people posting things in the Today I'm Angry about thread when they aren't angry about anything

Forgive me, Mr Axman! Pretty please? I'll share my cookies with you?

[thebish]

I'm angry about newbs laying down the law about how the forum works!