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(, Sun 1 Apr 2001, 1:00)
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23 days of off topic left

(, Wed 2 Jul 2014, 11:00, 160 replies, latest was 10 years ago)
Oh good.

(, Wed 2 Jul 2014, 11:00, Reply)
so what who cares

(, Wed 2 Jul 2014, 11:03, Reply)
I care, MEAT

(, Wed 2 Jul 2014, 11:11, Reply)
Don't worry pal, everything's gonna be fine

(, Wed 2 Jul 2014, 11:16, Reply)
Hold me

(, Wed 2 Jul 2014, 11:20, Reply)
you should start posting on talk
we have a right laugh over there
(, Wed 2 Jul 2014, 11:21, Reply)
Morning

(, Wed 2 Jul 2014, 11:22, Reply)
Morning.

(, Wed 2 Jul 2014, 11:23, Reply)
that's the spirit

(, Wed 2 Jul 2014, 11:26, Reply)
I've just checked
You really dont
(, Wed 2 Jul 2014, 11:26, Reply)
its a home from home then

(, Wed 2 Jul 2014, 11:27, Reply)
haha, good one

(, Wed 2 Jul 2014, 11:29, Reply)

i dont think hes joking
(, Wed 2 Jul 2014, 11:31, Reply)
yeah?

(, Wed 2 Jul 2014, 11:34, Reply)
i dunno, do *you* find it really funny?

(, Wed 2 Jul 2014, 11:37, Reply)
no, you don't.

(, Wed 2 Jul 2014, 11:33, Reply)
don't be silly

(, Wed 2 Jul 2014, 11:35, Reply)
/talk is quietest part of this site, because it's the shittest.

(, Wed 2 Jul 2014, 11:34, Reply)
tbh i think its neck and neck

(, Wed 2 Jul 2014, 11:36, Reply)
coming up to 8 million posts, get your facts straight

(, Wed 2 Jul 2014, 11:36, Reply)
It's been dead on it's arse for the last couple of years.

(, Wed 2 Jul 2014, 11:37, Reply)
Time to bring Frank back again

(, Wed 2 Jul 2014, 11:52, Reply)
Yesterday - /talk: 347 posts. /OT: 697 posts + about another 200 that were deleted.

(, Wed 2 Jul 2014, 11:48, Reply)
Won't stop talk being dead

(, Wed 2 Jul 2014, 11:03, Reply)
/talk is due to close later in the year
it's all part of the phased closure of b3ta
(, Wed 2 Jul 2014, 11:07, Reply)
This place will be a Primark by August, I'm guessing

(, Wed 2 Jul 2014, 11:11, Reply)
Wetherspoons would be more apt.
They'd probably keep the same, alcoholic, clientelle too.
(, Wed 2 Jul 2014, 11:18, Reply)
Oh in that case
*pours pint*
(, Wed 2 Jul 2014, 11:20, Reply)
Good.
Nobody cares.
(, Wed 2 Jul 2014, 11:11, Reply)
ok

(, Wed 2 Jul 2014, 11:21, Reply)
Whoa...look up there, at the top

(, Wed 2 Jul 2014, 11:10, Reply)
*looks up*

(, Wed 2 Jul 2014, 11:11, Reply)
Want to follow b3ta on twitter?
I don't.
(, Wed 2 Jul 2014, 11:11, Reply)
What's the point?

(, Wed 2 Jul 2014, 11:14, Reply)
Heavy promotion of usvsth3m and live tweets of joel and rob wanking each other off.
hth.
(, Wed 2 Jul 2014, 11:16, Reply)
awesome

(, Wed 2 Jul 2014, 11:18, Reply)
Usvsthem is epically shit

(, Wed 2 Jul 2014, 11:22, Reply)
As is everything Rob Manuel touches.
'Ginger Furher' ha ha ha ha.

Ginger cunt morelike.
(, Wed 2 Jul 2014, 11:23, Reply)
He comes across as a barely talented whiny ginger tosspot who has exploited the works of others (under the guise of crowd sourcing) for personal gain.
I'd be intrigued to know how much he's netted from all of the bollocks from here that he's compiled and sold.
(, Wed 2 Jul 2014, 11:26, Reply)
Selling sickipedia must have made him & scaryduck some dosh.

(, Wed 2 Jul 2014, 11:29, Reply)
Yeah, but Scaryduck will have lost it all paying bribes off to get out of that child sex case in Cambodia.

(, Wed 2 Jul 2014, 11:44, Reply)
is there a 'fucking shit' forum there yet?

(, Wed 2 Jul 2014, 11:26, Reply)
Doubtful he'd make that mistake again.

(, Wed 2 Jul 2014, 11:26, Reply)
i dont think ive even been on that site

(, Wed 2 Jul 2014, 11:29, Reply)
It's like a shitter version of buzzfeed.
Yeah... imagine that.
(, Wed 2 Jul 2014, 11:29, Reply)
Buzzfeed is shit
/ac
(, Wed 2 Jul 2014, 11:30, Reply)
buzzfeed is shit
/tangles
(, Wed 2 Jul 2014, 11:30, Reply)
You're not wrong.
Have you seen the buzzfeed parody by the onion?
www.clickhole.com/
(, Wed 2 Jul 2014, 11:44, Reply)
Excellent

(, Wed 2 Jul 2014, 11:54, Reply)
I had a look once. Shite.

(, Wed 2 Jul 2014, 11:30, Reply)
Because it's cool going to another website to see what's happening here

(, Wed 2 Jul 2014, 11:18, Reply)

i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2013/12/18/article-2525722-1A2DCBB800000578-979_634x491.jpg
(, Wed 2 Jul 2014, 12:04, Reply)
15 days till my birthday is more important.

(, Wed 2 Jul 2014, 11:38, Reply)
AS IF WE'D FORGET!

(, Wed 2 Jul 2014, 11:40, Reply)
You're the best friends a guy could ever want.

(, Wed 2 Jul 2014, 11:42, Reply)
Mrs Cow's mum died a year ago tomorrow
:o(
(, Wed 2 Jul 2014, 11:40, Reply)
Why would we have a party for that?

(, Wed 2 Jul 2014, 11:42, Reply)
Maybe he didn't like her?

(, Wed 2 Jul 2014, 11:56, Reply)
Time for her to stop going on about it now I reckon

(, Wed 2 Jul 2014, 11:44, Reply)
And she can wear colours again, not just black, so its not all bad

(, Wed 2 Jul 2014, 11:47, Reply)
GINGER GOTH PARTY!

(, Wed 2 Jul 2014, 11:57, Reply)
Have you googled my username today?

(, Wed 2 Jul 2014, 11:58, Reply)
no

(, Wed 2 Jul 2014, 12:00, Reply)
'milky nipple discharge unrelated to the normal milk production of breast-feeding'

(, Wed 2 Jul 2014, 12:02, Reply)
i thought you were banned from wanking over mumsnet

(, Wed 2 Jul 2014, 12:05, Reply)
Sounds like a Star Trek baddie

(, Wed 2 Jul 2014, 12:05, Reply)
Cor!

(, Wed 2 Jul 2014, 12:06, Reply)
Fucking global IT cunts restricting my access to admin my own fucking users
because they need to justify their own existence to the accountants.

Cunts.

Cunts, cunts, cunts.
(, Wed 2 Jul 2014, 11:56, Reply)
how's the job hunt going?
Got a few leads?
Talking to some head hunters?
Policing the old, the old CV?
Bought a new tie?
Practicing in front of the mirror?
Training in your free time?
Making a list of company's you'd like to work for?
Writing a selection of covering letters?

No, no...oh ok, I'm sure it'll happen
(, Wed 2 Jul 2014, 12:00, Reply)
WOOP WOOP
Dat's da sound of policing the old, the old CV
(, Wed 2 Jul 2014, 12:03, Reply)
him want a salary

(, Wed 2 Jul 2014, 12:08, Reply)
i hope you wrote this in the tone of stewie haranguing brian in family guy
because that's exactly how it reads

^ stating the obvious here ^

fuck off, it's been a long fortnight
(, Wed 2 Jul 2014, 12:04, Reply)
It must be if you're arguing with yourself.

(, Wed 2 Jul 2014, 12:06, Reply)
TGGI^

(, Wed 2 Jul 2014, 12:07, Reply)
Yes to almost all, Nakers.
Except for practicing in front of the mirror. I'm not Dozer.
(, Wed 2 Jul 2014, 12:12, Reply)
Think of me as your spirit guide

(, Wed 2 Jul 2014, 12:14, Reply)

irit astic
(, Wed 2 Jul 2014, 12:21, Reply)
Seems ranting on here about your job is a daily occurence.
You should be the face of IT jobs worldwide.
(, Wed 2 Jul 2014, 12:06, Reply)
There's a lot to rant about.
It's one of the more thankless jobs out there. No recognition, no pats on the back just a lot of "fucking fix it IT monkey".
(, Wed 2 Jul 2014, 12:16, Reply)
shut up and fix it IT monkey
/ac
(, Wed 2 Jul 2014, 12:18, Reply)
They did that here
No admin can manage another admin, so when one admins account fucks up there's just one person who can sort it. Except for the 38 days a year he's on holiday.
(, Wed 2 Jul 2014, 12:07, Reply)
I had that with Citrix.
The UK part of the global team all got binned one day. They managed our admin accounts. I had to lobby to get promoted to a domain admin to admin the admins after one of our guys fucked his token up.

After the frustrated conversation I've had with global, I'm now apparently a webmaster. Whatever that is. I got a plea to not break anything, so it sounds like fun!
(, Wed 2 Jul 2014, 12:14, Reply)
It means you can play WoW at a 5th grade level

(, Wed 2 Jul 2014, 12:17, Reply)
23 days of this MEME more like.
If anywhere was to shut, it would be /talk.
(, Wed 2 Jul 2014, 12:05, Reply)
you should shut your anus

(, Wed 2 Jul 2014, 12:08, Reply)
You should stop thinking about it and just give in to your curiosity.

(, Wed 2 Jul 2014, 12:09, Reply)
If i did it wouldn't be with someone that wears maroon shirts and brown ties

(, Wed 2 Jul 2014, 12:10, Reply)
He will be loved.

(, Wed 2 Jul 2014, 12:16, Reply)
this flirting is making me a bit uncomfortable
get a room. i hear /talk's empty at the moment.
(, Wed 2 Jul 2014, 12:17, Reply)
I would clash hideously with his turqoise and yellow.

(, Wed 2 Jul 2014, 12:21, Reply)
YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS
just settled enormous multi-million pound claim for £100k for my client. the client is thrilled and i am getting congrats emails from all over the firm. woo.

bad news: some cunt has nicked my pink "to do" list pen. i need that pen. i have too much to do, not to organise a list. ackkkkkkk.
(, Wed 2 Jul 2014, 12:09, Reply)
All that work was worth it then!

(, Wed 2 Jul 2014, 12:10, Reply)
I'm sure you could use another pen for the same task with minimum disruption

(, Wed 2 Jul 2014, 12:11, Reply)
no
it has to be pink, and then i cross out what i've done in black.

it doesn't work the other way around. the pink ink isn't strong enough to cross out the black ink.
(, Wed 2 Jul 2014, 12:16, Reply)
FFS.

(, Wed 2 Jul 2014, 12:17, Reply)
we all have working rituals
well, those of us who do any work...
(, Wed 2 Jul 2014, 12:17, Reply)
Get a red pen
get a blue pen
get a green pen
get a shut up pen
(, Wed 2 Jul 2014, 12:17, Reply)
IT HAS TO BE PINK!

(, Wed 2 Jul 2014, 12:17, Reply)
anyway, i've found it now

(, Wed 2 Jul 2014, 12:18, Reply)
This is the worst sexting ever.

(, Wed 2 Jul 2014, 12:24, Reply)
what are all these hideous adverts doing on the screen? how do i get rid of them? i can't see anything!

(, Wed 2 Jul 2014, 12:24, Reply)
Clear out your browser cache.
I got them after clicking that fucking b3ta twitter link.
(, Wed 2 Jul 2014, 12:25, Reply)
Cahe?

(, Wed 2 Jul 2014, 12:26, Reply)
Clearing my cache hasn't worked for me. Neither has changing the 'hide adverts' thing in my profile. It's also beating adblocker for some reason.

(, Wed 2 Jul 2014, 12:27, Reply)
I have no ads whatsoever
HTH
(, Wed 2 Jul 2014, 12:40, Reply)
we don't have authority to do that
but thanks :((
(, Wed 2 Jul 2014, 12:51, Reply)
So it's not just me?
Ive been searching my work computer for adware
(, Wed 2 Jul 2014, 12:25, Reply)
Oh God. IT support for a forum.
Right. This is in IE.

GO to a neutral site. Google, or something.
Close all other browser tabs.
Go to Tools, then Internet Options.
In the Browsing History section click "Delete".
Untick all boxes except for Temporary Internet Files and the COokies one.
Click delete.
Wait for yellow banner at bottom of page.
Reload B3ta.

Adverts gone.
(, Wed 2 Jul 2014, 12:28, Reply)
You say that with a sigh, yet you had an overwhelming feeling of self worth.

(, Wed 2 Jul 2014, 12:29, Reply)
After years in IT support, I have no self worth left at all.

(, Wed 2 Jul 2014, 12:30, Reply)
we know. You tell us every day.

(, Wed 2 Jul 2014, 12:32, Reply)
Then I have to question why you decided to contradict the scads of evidence.

(, Wed 2 Jul 2014, 12:36, Reply)
tggi^

(, Wed 2 Jul 2014, 12:32, Reply)
*morose broken spirit fives*

(, Wed 2 Jul 2014, 12:37, Reply)
Why won't adblocker stop them?

(, Wed 2 Jul 2014, 12:30, Reply)
Because those adblocker programmes only work with Javascript.
No Javascript adverts, no blockage.
(, Wed 2 Jul 2014, 12:31, Reply)

I've just added this to adblock:

static.usvsth3m.com/js/*

I get a nice shiny white box at the top of the page now.
(, Wed 2 Jul 2014, 12:32, Reply)
^Follow this man's example.

(, Wed 2 Jul 2014, 12:33, Reply)
Hang on, who is this man, first?

(, Wed 2 Jul 2014, 12:36, Reply)
I agree

(, Wed 2 Jul 2014, 12:37, Reply)
How do I add it to adblock?

(, Wed 2 Jul 2014, 12:35, Reply)
gaffer tape

(, Wed 2 Jul 2014, 12:36, Reply)

Well for me it was:

click on AdBlock Edge icon, select "open blockable items"
in the new pane at the bottom of the screen, find "static.usvsth3m..." and double click on the line.
click "add filter" at the bottom, it defaults to the block pattern that I mentioned.
(, Wed 2 Jul 2014, 12:38, Reply)
how do i do adblock?

(, Wed 2 Jul 2014, 12:40, Reply)
Use Chrome and get Adblock Plus as an extension for free
I've just done it now and it took about 2 mins
(, Wed 2 Jul 2014, 12:43, Reply)
how long should the extension be?

(, Wed 2 Jul 2014, 12:44, Reply)
30m

(, Wed 2 Jul 2014, 12:47, Reply)
What about Firefox?
I'm logged in under my other account on Chrome
(, Wed 2 Jul 2014, 12:44, Reply)
You can add multiple accounts to Chrome

(, Wed 2 Jul 2014, 12:47, Reply)
No I can't

(, Wed 2 Jul 2014, 12:50, Reply)

Firefox: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/adblock-edge/

Chrome: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/adblock/gighmmpiobklfepjocnamgkkbiglidom?hl=en

Other browsers: www.diy.com/nav/garden/garden-tools-equipment/garden-hand-tools/cutting___prunning_tools/-specificproducttype-shears/Opp-Hedge-Shear-13358651?skuId=13829357
(, Wed 2 Jul 2014, 12:44, Reply)
i do need some hedge shearers...

(, Wed 2 Jul 2014, 12:44, Reply)
Have you been lurking all this time, waiting for this opportunity to present itself?

(, Wed 2 Jul 2014, 12:45, Reply)

It was the reason I was created. All those long years of training, reading Rory vs Swipe until my eyes bled...
(, Wed 2 Jul 2014, 12:47, Reply)
Go to the "internet"
Type in "adblock" into a "search engine" such as "google"
"install" the "software"
you "fucking prick"
(, Wed 2 Jul 2014, 12:44, Reply)
TGGI^

(, Wed 2 Jul 2014, 12:44, Reply)
I might just stick some gaffer tape over the top right of my laptop screen.

(, Wed 2 Jul 2014, 12:32, Reply)
can't you do it for me remotely?

(, Wed 2 Jul 2014, 12:30, Reply)
Absolutely, yes.
But I won't.
(, Wed 2 Jul 2014, 12:31, Reply)
sometimes I wonder if we are friends at all

(, Wed 2 Jul 2014, 12:32, Reply)
How can we be lovers..?

(, Wed 2 Jul 2014, 12:33, Reply)
Fun fact.
Windows has an inbuilt system to allow remote access from anywhere. You enable it, give me your machine deets, I can log in.

At least, it was there in XP. Haven't bothered looking in later versions.
(, Wed 2 Jul 2014, 12:33, Reply)
Oh God, I remember that

(, Wed 2 Jul 2014, 12:35, Reply)
it's a tiny advert, hardly seem worth the bother

(, Wed 2 Jul 2014, 12:35, Reply)
I have a PACT COFFEE logo thats taking up about 70% of my b3ta screen

(, Wed 2 Jul 2014, 12:36, Reply)
Yeah, that was the one I had.
"Fuck THAT" was my immediate thought.
(, Wed 2 Jul 2014, 12:37, Reply)
I've raised a "suggestion"

(, Wed 2 Jul 2014, 12:38, Reply)
See below. The 'hide adverts' option in your profile now works.

(, Wed 2 Jul 2014, 12:46, Reply)
TBH I needed an excuse to move b3ta to Chrome

(, Wed 2 Jul 2014, 12:50, Reply)
mine's about 3 inches by 2 centimetres

(, Wed 2 Jul 2014, 12:38, Reply)
Poor Mrs Fogle

(, Wed 2 Jul 2014, 12:40, Reply)
Mine was about 800x600 pixels, so you're lucky.

(, Wed 2 Jul 2014, 12:40, Reply)
Nice British combination of imperial and metric measurements there

(, Wed 2 Jul 2014, 12:43, Reply)
It's distracting.

(, Wed 2 Jul 2014, 12:37, Reply)
do you have to concentrate REALLY hard to come up with the tripe you write on here

(, Wed 2 Jul 2014, 12:39, Reply)
Cr3 has now amended the code so changing the option in your profile works to remove the adverts. Then just clear your cache & they're gone.

(, Wed 2 Jul 2014, 12:44, Reply)
No, it's ok. No need for thanks.

(, Wed 2 Jul 2014, 12:44, Reply)
why start now?

(, Wed 2 Jul 2014, 12:47, Reply)
go fuck yourself

(, Wed 2 Jul 2014, 12:49, Reply)

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