I love the new changes to the forum

[Gogar]

nevermind!

[widebody911]

Dear Pelican Forum: I never imagined this would happen to me...

[KFC911]

Originally Posted by Gogar

nevermind!

I was gonna reply....

I'm suprised it didn't happen a long time ago....

but....

nevermnd

[masraum]

Originally Posted by NotaBRG

Are you referring to the change where every page refresh spends several minutes sending data to Google?

I don't have that problem. The board loads really fast for me, and I have java for google-analytics and googlesyndication allowed in NoScript.

[id10t]

Originally Posted by masraum

I don't have that problem. The board loads really fast for me, and I have java for google-analytics and googlesyndication allowed in NoScript.

From my Pi (via a pelican giveaway no less) which acts as dhcp/dns/vpn/ssh/etc server for home -

and yes, I've created a fake TLD and FQDN for my home use - id10t.home - so my machine is darkstar.id10t.home, the tv is livingroomtv.id10t.home, etc - no hosts file needed. This blocks shiat for all devices on my home network

pi@pi:~ $ grep google /etc/bind/blacklist 
zone "google-analytics.com" { type master; notify no; file "/etc/bind/null.zone.file"; };
zone "googleadservices.com" { type master; notify no; file "/etc/bind/null.zone.file"; };
zone "googlesyndication.com" { type master; notify no; file "/etc/bind/null.zone.file"; };
zone "pagead.l.google.com" { type master; notify no; file "/etc/bind/null.zone.file"; };
zone "partnerad.l.google.com" { type master; notify no; file "/etc/bind/null.zone.file"; };
zone "video-stats.video.google.com" { type master; notify no; file "/etc/bind/null.zone.file"; };
zone "wintricksbanner.googlepages.com" { type master; notify no; file "/etc/bind/null.zone.file"; };
zone "www-google-analytics.l.google.com" { type master; notify no; file "/etc/bind/null.zone.file"; };
pi@pi:~ $ cat /etc/bind/null.zone.file
$TTL    86400   ; one day

@       IN      SOA     noad.home. hostmaster.example.com. (
            2015083001       ; serial number YYMMDDNN
            28800   ; refresh  8 hours
            7200    ; retry    2 hours
            864000  ; expire  10 days
            86400 ) ; min ttl  1 day
        NS      noad.home

        A       192.168.1.2

@               IN      A       192.168.1.2
*               IN      A       192.168.1.2

[Porsche-O-Phile]

What does that mean in earthling?

[stomachmonkey]

Just switch to Opera.

[Porsche-O-Phile]

Haha, I meant the code above - I know what a hosts file is and generally what it does but the nuances of computer code are often like so much Greek (actually Greek isn’t that hard...)

I’m surprised it wasn’t “login required” for that sub-forum earlier. WAY too much potential downside for a business to have anyone / everyone seeing some of the tripe that was getting tossed around there.

Carry on.

[Gogar]

Sorry, I deleted because I figured it out in the split second after.

[Porsche-O-Phile]

Never mind - disregard my above then... this is gonna confuse people. Which is kinda entertaining. Best regards!

[id10t]

Originally Posted by Porsche-O-Phile

What does that mean in earthling?

I'm using a DNS server on my own network to hijack any attempt to connect to any host on those domains (and a ton more) by redirecting them to a server that responds with a blank file.

[Porsche-O-Phile]

Gotcha - thx. Makes sense. I may need to look into this more - currently I use Little Snitch to book ANY google domain attempting to connect on any port which seems pretty effective but if it’s possible to protect myself further by implementing something like this it’d be worth researching.

I effing hate big data and google in particular. Anything I can do to thwart their attempts to build a profile on me is probably worth doing.

[JJ 911SC]

Originally Posted by NotaBRG

Are you referring to the change where every page refresh spends several minutes sending data to Google?

And I thought it was my MacBook Pro acting up...

[Gogar]

The OP was about how I thought the PARF forum had been deleted.

[JJ 911SC]

Originally Posted by masraum

I don't have that problem. The board loads really fast for me, and I have java for google-analytics and googlesyndication allowed in NoScript.

My problem is while it load "really fast", when I back track, it takes about 30 seconds to catch up, i.e. for me to scroll up or down.

Started about 2 weeks ago.

[JJ 911SC]

Originally Posted by Gogar

The OP was about how I thought the PARF forum had been deleted.

If I was Wayne, it would...

[stomachmonkey]

Originally Posted by Gogar

The OP was about how I thought the PARF forum had been deleted.

I was all like

Then I checked and

[DanielDudley]

Originally Posted by Gogar

The OP was about how I thought the PARF forum had been deleted.

LMGTFY

My wife stumbled in there a while back, and now she keeps telling me how she doesn't want me here on Pelican at all.

[KFC911]

I had a moment of panic yesterday....saw it missing, then read this thread title before logging on....

OH NO....they'll be back over here soon !

Whew...

[stevej37]

Has it been deleted??
Nevermind...I see it now.