Dick Smith Posted July 16, 2005 Share Posted July 16, 2005 Ah well, it's all down to the subtle interplay of light and shade on the beard... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RayB Posted July 16, 2005 Share Posted July 16, 2005 [quote]Ah well, it's all down to the subtle interplay of light and shade on the beard...[/quote]**Ah well, it's all down to the subtle interplay of light and shade on the beard...**Uh-huh! . . . . Sure! Me ,too!BTW - Being a Mac-guy, do you (or anyone else, for that matter, know of anyone who could use a PPC6500 w/275Mh Processor and 15" crt monitor. I have one sitting in the barn going to waste. All I want for it is a 'good home' and be used. I just can't bring myself to throw it away. We both have G4's and a G3 Laptop for traveling. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dick Smith Posted July 16, 2005 Share Posted July 16, 2005 I don't, I'm afraid. I would have suggested 'Computers4Africa' but they seem to have received a lot of criticism, seehttp://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/2989567.stmI always have my kids queuing for old computers...How about a local school? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RayB Posted July 16, 2005 Share Posted July 16, 2005 [quote]I don't, I'm afraid. I would have suggested 'Computers4Africa' but they seem to have received a lot of criticism, seehttp://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/2989567.stmI always have my kids queuing for old ...[/quote]**How about a local school?**I thought about that but they would have to have French software and OS. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobS Posted July 16, 2005 Share Posted July 16, 2005 Miki, it seems that you can access the site via IE but not others such as Firefox, perhaps that is your problem. They are getting there (slowly) but still have other little gliches to sort as well. The situation is not helped by them currently being in France. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miki Posted July 16, 2005 Share Posted July 16, 2005 [quote]Miki, it seems that you can access the site via IE but not others such as Firefox, perhaps that is your problem. They are getting there (slowly) but still have other little gliches to sort as well. ...[/quote]Hi Lennon,Yes I am on Mozilla so that might explain it.What caused it ? Does seem rather bizarre that a site can simply be rendered caput. Hope they get it back OK, they sure work hard for little reward. I wouldn't think anyone of us would wish the owners any harm but only good luck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobS Posted July 17, 2005 Share Posted July 17, 2005 Hi Miki,Al I know is that there seems to have been a hard disk problem (I'm no computer expert as you can tell). As usual its sods law when problems appear in that Finlay and Monika are over in France working with slower equipment than they otherwise would be. From what I've heard this trip seems to have been a complete nightmare so far.Yes I agree with you, in that you have to be very appreciative of the hard work and personal time they put in to keep the site up and running. As I keep saying all of the French sites offer the members something different and why there should be rivalries or disdainful put downs of each other by posters (of whichever site) I simply can't understand. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patf Posted July 17, 2005 Share Posted July 17, 2005 Lennon/Rob - Agree completely with all you say. The two sites are different, but no need for "putting down" or perjorative comments (!) from either side. Pat/ Tricia. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dick Smith Posted July 17, 2005 Share Posted July 17, 2005 I haven't said anything pejorative - just that some parts of that site aren't exactly my cup of tea, and that some of the undoubted clique in the general discusion area have a strong territorial instinct and do attack outsiders, especially those capable of coherent thought. That isn't pejorative, it's true.It's also the home of the sulky walkout, oh look I'm back again trick! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deimos Posted July 17, 2005 Share Posted July 17, 2005 Given my history with TF (past) I have not commented so far. However, I agree with Dick. Not that there is anything right or wrong with a site having a strong clique. After all it is privately run and can thus be whatever the owner wants. So I am not “putting anything/anybody down”, just agreeing with an observation (which is neither positive nor negative).Ian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nelson Posted July 17, 2005 Share Posted July 17, 2005 I use internet explorer and can access all parts of the site except the forums is this the same for everyoneregards colin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dick Smith Posted July 17, 2005 Share Posted July 17, 2005 They are now saying that everyone should be able to access everything. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miki Posted July 17, 2005 Share Posted July 17, 2005 I can't though with Mozilla, just tried and it still insists on me opening index.php file.OK with Explorer though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deimos Posted July 17, 2005 Share Posted July 17, 2005 The problems they do still have relate to the web server configuration rather than the forum themselves. The problems are with accessing the main pages (www.totalfrance.com or http://www.totalfrance.com/france/forum/index.php. If you can get into a topic page (e.g. http://www.totalfrance.com/france/forum/viewtopic.php?t=6846) then it will work and you can mostly navigate within the particular section of the forum (but cannot get to the root forum page).They just need to sort out the configuration properly (e.g. restore a backup). Don’t know why I’m pointing things out to them given how I was treated !!!Ian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Will Posted July 17, 2005 Share Posted July 17, 2005 Well, I have IE and can't get any of the pages (including Deimos' topic link above) to work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deimos Posted July 17, 2005 Share Posted July 17, 2005 At the moment with IE you need to turn off the pop-up blocker and the site may display in a small fixed size pop-up window (with no scroll bars).However, this is nor particularly useful so it may not be worth trying.Also, for the forums, the MySQL server is not running (or cannot be accessed) so they wont be working however to connect to the web site.Ian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RayB Posted July 17, 2005 Share Posted July 17, 2005 [quote]I haven't said anything pejorative - just that some parts of that site aren't exactly my cup of tea, and that some of the undoubted clique in the general discusion area have a strong territorial insti...[/quote]I TOTALly agree with you, Dick. Two of the topics are more like 'Chat Rooms'. Nobody forces us to go there though. Different key-strokes for different e-blokes! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobS Posted July 17, 2005 Share Posted July 17, 2005 [quote]Well, I have IE and can't get any of the pages (including Deimos' topic link above) to work.[/quote]Bill, have you tried going in through your own website link? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobS Posted July 17, 2005 Share Posted July 17, 2005 [quote]I TOTALly agree with you, Dick. Two of the topics are more like 'Chat Rooms'. Nobody forces us to go there though. Different key-strokes for different e-blokes![/quote]I quite like the idea of the virtual pub and cafe Ray, as it means that you don't tend to hijack other threads with idle chit chat, but as you said (and I think this is a great phrase) its 'different key strokes for different e-blokes'. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RayB Posted July 17, 2005 Share Posted July 17, 2005 [quote]I quite like the idea of the virtual pub and cafe Ray, as it means that you don't tend to hijack other threads with idle chit chat, but as you said (and I think this is a great phrase) its 'different ...[/quote]Tis true, Dick. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Will Posted July 17, 2005 Share Posted July 17, 2005 Any link or address I tried before came up with a load of gibberish (to me, at least) about SQL databases and the like.However, it seem to be fine at the moment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bryansmith Posted July 17, 2005 Share Posted July 17, 2005 I logged on for the first time using the links in the posting of Deimos and it worked fine.The topics seem to cover the same sort of territory as LF but I have not yet explored fully. I must agree that the updated (presumably) photo of Dick does not do him any favours. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Isaacsnana Posted July 18, 2005 Share Posted July 18, 2005 [quote]**I just tried to log on to TF and it tried to become a download... very weird.**On my Mac as well. I didn't try, naturally. Totally weird! There must be a bunch of chit-chatters down there having ...[/quote]......and this is what? Seems like chit chat to me!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobS Posted July 18, 2005 Share Posted July 18, 2005 Bunnz, as a grandma (see i haven't called you granny) and a regular on TF you're supposed to be all pink and fluffy, like a little marshmallow, not aggressive and picking arguments with other posters. robx Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dick Smith Posted July 18, 2005 Share Posted July 18, 2005 There's a world of difference... And then there's the smileys. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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