Cool Vids&Pics&Links Discussion Thread

Falcon L

Wilberto wrote: »

I can't believe it's not butter!

Coz it's not. Butter doesn't come in paint tins. Check out the lids in the cab and on the road.

Thanatosgratus

dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3105783/Lorry-crash-causes-massive-explosion-leaves-Russian-truck-driver-covered-layer-yellow-paint.html

Into The Blue

Thanatosgratus wrote: »

dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3105783/Lorry-crash-causes-massive-explosion-leaves-Russian-truck-driver-covered-layer-yellow-paint.html

Hate those vague links.. Never know what you're clicking into

Kat1170

whiskeyman

Those NI Murals as memes are fantastic!!
Hope more appear in YLYL

Omackeral

whiskeyman wrote: »

Those NI Murals as memes are fantastic!!
Hope more appear in YLYL

The Poland balls, however, are utter muck.

De Bhál

Omackeral wrote: »

The Poland balls, however, are utter muck.

Correct

Shannon757

Omackeral wrote: »

The Poland balls, however, are utter muck.

De Bhál wrote: »

Correct

*sniff*:(

Lucena

Can anyone explain what the story is with the clay in the Poland balls?

Shannon757

Lucena wrote: »

Can anyone explain what the story is with the clay in the Poland balls?

Land, World War.

Synode

Is this a mispost or am I missing something?

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=99033503&postcount=1158

Hercule Poirot

Synode wrote: »

Is this a mispost or am I missing something?

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=99033503&postcount=1158

I'm assuming it's something to do with the repetition of now did one in the last sentence, not often an error that bad gets past the publisher?? Pure guess on my part though...

New Home

I think it was probably put there on purpose, a bit like Mrs Doyle's 'Ah go on'.

New Home

Deleted User wrote: »

Is it only me or does it look like there is a small dog wearing a cap sitting on top of this compressor?

It's more like a K-nine... but yes.

New Home

New Home wrote: »

It's more like a K-nine... but yes.

I was thinking exactly the same when I saw it.

De Bhál

The girl taking a selfie - girl going out vs girl staying in
What am I missing?

New Home

De Bhál wrote: »

The girl taking a selfie - girl going out vs girl staying in
What am I missing?

Appearances can be deceiving, all that glitter is not all gold, there are two sides to every story, etc. If you see a gorgeous-looking photo, it doesn't mean that that's how that person always looks.

It also mean that you shouldn't dismiss 'Ugly Ducklings' on the basis of how they look, 'cause given time and inclination they could scrub up very well too.

At least, that's how I read it.

XxMCRxBabyxX

New Home wrote: »

Appearances can be deceiving, all that glitter is not all gold, there are two sides to every story, etc. If you see a gorgeous-looking photo, it doesn't mean that that's how that person always looks.

It also mean that you shouldn't dismiss 'Ugly Ducklings' on the basis of how they look, 'cause give time and inclination they could scrub up very well too.

At least, that's how I read it.

That's a lot more philosophical than how I saw it! I just saw how little effort a girl will put in when she doesn't have to go out.

New Home

XxMCRxBabyxX wrote: »

That's a lot more philosophical than how I saw it! I just saw how little effort a girl will put in when she doesn't have to go out.

Well.... that too...

locum-motion

Map of the internet , by number of registered domain names.

Large version
http://www.nominet.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/Map-Of-The-Online-World.jpg[/QUOTE]

Of note in that map are the sizes of Federated States of Micronesia and Tuvalu. Micronesia is a country that covers an area of ocean the size of Kazakhstan, but has a total land area and a population that are both smaller than Co. Louth's.

Tuvalu is even smaller; approx the same land area as Valentia Island in Kerry, with a pop similar to the town of Ballina.

Both of these countries are so small they're invisible on normal world maps. So why have they so many internet domains registered (Tuvalu has nearly as many as Mexico)?

Because of their popularity with radio and television stations, respectively.
Micronesia is .fm, and Tuvalu is .tv.

thesandeman

De Bhál wrote: »

The girl taking a selfie - girl going out vs girl staying in
What am I missing?

I want to say a penis but I'm afraid somebody who doesn't know about the ongoing joke here will report me ðŸ˜

Into The Blue

Mr E wrote: »

JCX BXC

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=99067798#post99067798

Didn't laugh at this one anyway.

New Home

Capt'n Midnight wrote: »

POS

I was under the impression that for these things to work they'd have to be connected to a landline. Am I mistaken?

GBX

New Home wrote: »

I was under the impression that for these things to work they'd have to be connected to a landline. Am I mistaken?

Nope .. wireless. Ever paid for food in a restaurant/bar or asked for cash back - they usually bring the device to you, no? Mobile unit probably connected to the chancers wifi/4g to work.

New Home

GBX wrote: »

Nope .. wireless. Ever paid for food in a restaurant/bar or asked for cash back - they usually bring the device to you, no? Mobile unit probably connected to the chancers wifi/4g to work.

Thanks GBX, you're absolutely right, I'd forgotten about that...

eamonnq

New Home wrote: »

I was under the impression that for these things to work they'd have to be connected to a landline. Am I mistaken?

I think it might be just a phone that the guy has. Scaremongering on FB is the 'funny' bit I think

GBX

eamonnq wrote: »

I think it might be just a phone that the guy has. Scaremongering on FB is the 'funny' bit I think

I dont think its a phone ?



On the scaremongering - perhaps somewhat - but its not inconceivable that you could be scammed out of a few quid?

Fred Swanson

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GBX

Fred Swanson wrote: »

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Aye .. for a while I was like "Gimme contactless as everyone else has it and I don't want to miss out no something"
Now Im happy without it!

New Home

Except that some banks replace your cards by default...

GBX

New Home wrote: »

Except that some banks replace your cards by default...

Yeah .. so far Ulsterbank dont bother. AFAIK they said they wont be introducing it in the Republic for the time being, so I'm happy with that.

New Home

Ehm, BoI already has...

seamus

The portable NFC card reader thing is total scaremongering. Even if someone can get their hands on a terminal and have it interconnected through a provider who is willing to authorise the payments, they'd be shut down at the first hint of trouble and every charge would be refunded.

NFC readings isn't like taking cash out of your wallet, there's an entire chain of trust required between the terminal and your bank. If a link in that chain is broken, it will be removed, and the cash refunded.

Apparently the photo came from someone on an underground train in Russia. The guy was just standing there with it in his hand, not actually doing anything. Most likely he was just moving it from one place to another, not using it for anything dodgy.

XxMCRxBabyxX

Also worth noting that at least some terminals require a chip and pin transaction every fourth one.

Synode

GBX wrote: »

Nope .. wireless. Ever paid for food in a restaurant/bar or asked for cash back - they usually bring the device to you, no? Mobile unit probably connected to the chancers wifi/4g to work.

As far as I know all wireless devices are connected to a main terminal that's connected back to the clearing company over a wired line. Without the wired point, the devices are useless

god's toy

Those things can store card info and batch it off later on. The place I worked in use to bach all cards of that day at 2am.

Synode

god's toy wrote: »

Those things can store card info and batch it off later on. The place I worked in use to bach all cards of that day at 2am.

Can they accept the payments when out of range of the main terminal though? As in, not connected over WiFi or bluetooth

Allyall

From 2011

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lLAFhTjsQHw

http://www.forbes.com/sites/andygreenberg/2012/01/30/hackers-demo-shows-how-easily-credit-cards-can-be-read-through-clothes-and-wallets/#37cd97c67fc2

Shannon757

At least this thread isn't going off topic.

Fred Swanson

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glynf

New Home wrote: »

I was under the impression that for these things to work they'd have to be connected to a landline. Am I mistaken?

Bog standard POS terminals with GSM diallers be got for a few hundred from China, so a contactless one is possible.

Shannon757

New Home wrote: »

I was under the impression that for these things to work they'd have to be connected to a landline. Am I mistaken?

GBX wrote: »

Nope .. wireless. Ever paid for food in a restaurant/bar or asked for cash back - they usually bring the device to you, no? Mobile unit probably connected to the chancers wifi/4g to work.

Fred Swanson wrote: »

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GBX wrote: »

Aye .. for a while I was like "Gimme contactless as everyone else has it and I don't want to miss out no something"
Now Im happy without it!

New Home wrote: »

Except that some banks replace your cards by default...

GBX wrote: »

Yeah .. so far Ulsterbank dont bother. AFAIK they said they wont be introducing it in the Republic for the time being, so I'm happy with that.

New Home wrote: »

Ehm, BoI already has...

seamus wrote: »

The portable NFC card reader thing is total scaremongering. Even if someone can get their hands on a terminal and have it interconnected through a provider who is willing to authorise the payments, they'd be shut down at the first hint of trouble and every charge would be refunded.

NFC readings isn't like taking cash out of your wallet, there's an entire chain of trust required between the terminal and your bank. If a link in that chain is broken, it will be removed, and the cash refunded.

Apparently the photo came from someone on an underground train in Russia. The guy was just standing there with it in his hand, not actually doing anything. Most likely he was just moving it from one place to another, not using it for anything dodgy.

XxMCRxBabyxX wrote: »

Also worth noting that at least some terminals require a chip and pin transaction every fourth one.

Synode wrote: »

As far as I know all wireless devices are connected to a main terminal that's connected back to the clearing company over a wired line. Without the wired point, the devices are useless

god's toy wrote: »

Those things can store card info and batch it off later on. The place I worked in use to bach all cards of that day at 2am.

Synode wrote: »

Can they accept the payments when out of range of the main terminal though? As in, not connected over WiFi or bluetooth

Allyall wrote: »

From 2011

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lLAFhTjsQHw

http://www.forbes.com/sites/andygreenberg/2012/01/30/hackers-demo-shows-how-easily-credit-cards-can-be-read-through-clothes-and-wallets/#37cd97c67fc2

Fred Swanson wrote: »

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glynf wrote: »

Bog standard POS terminals with GSM diallers be got for a few hundred from China, so a contactless one is possible.

Is there not another forum for this stuff?

GBX

Seriously?? Its related to a post in YLYL - and being discussed in the "Cool Vids&Pics&Links Discussion Thread" as laid out in the charter as there's no chat in the YLYL thread. :rolleyes:

dulpit

It puzzles me when people get so angry on the discussions within a thread if it veers off a little (especially when it's in direct relation to the thread point anyway).

Chill - we'll go back to discussing why a picture is funny again soon (it'll probably be because of a penis).

Synode

Was the original picture in YLYL :pac:

GBX

Synode wrote: »

Was the original picture in YLYL :pac:

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=99067798#post99067798

I'd hazard a guess on possibly more than that occasion too but hey ho :pac:

Capt'n Midnight

New Home wrote: »

Except that some banks replace your cards by default...

But you can then request a contactless card.

Allyall

Shannon757 wrote: »

Is there not another forum for this stuff?

It's a discussion thread..


You're talking about what people are talking about and encouraged me to talk about you talking about that.

god's toy

Synode wrote: »

Can they accept the payments when out of range of the main terminal though? As in, not connected over WiFi or bluetooth

No, (the ones we used) ,I don't think they can, however it could be linked via wifi by way of hotspot from his phone.

just saying.


Don't think the photo is real, in so far as I think its staged for viral reasons or to make a point.