Quote from The General Lee :

Very nice Ian - How long have you had her?

Done a little editing tonight, came up with his...

Just over 4 months I think.. £550 (155k on the clock) Other than 2 spots of welding (sill by the o/s seatbelt mount and n/s/f suspension turret) it sailed through the MOT 2 weeks ago which made me pretty happy. Engine purrs even with all the miles on it and will keep pulling up and over the 130 mark

It's had a light front-end shunt at some point in its life (hence the state of the valance and my need for new fog light bits) and I need to remove the wiper arms / washer jets for the headlights as I've taken the pointless little wiper off now. At the time, I was looking for an XJ6 but liking this car more and more to drive and quite like the touring version's looks



Regards,

Ian


EDIT: Had a bit of an edit myself.. not great, but not done it for a while.. cheapest paint available too

Last edited by Ian.H, Sun, 10 Feb 2008 11:03.

Quote from JTbo :

I wonder what Ford would say if I took their blue oval logo and modify it saying Dork instead of Ford with same font, colours, etc.

I'm sure they would not be too happy about it.

Ford get very anal about their emblem. I remember some years back when they tried to sue some bloke who'd sanded the back of the badge down and changed it from blue to red (this was really common 10 years ago).

Their logo was also hacked to form a new word too... 'FUCT' done in their original font. I don't think that pleased them either, but was produced as keyrings, stickers, t-shirts and other stuff



Regards,

Ian

Finally got the motor washed by the illegals(tm) and a pic from something other than my crappy phone cam

Will be tarted up where it needs it when I get a couple of free weekends



Regards,

Ian

Quote from March Hare :

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I haven't the foggiest what a "gripper" is.

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That thin piece of wood with spikes in it under, around the edges of carpet to keep it held in place



Regards,

Ian

Quote from dougie-lampkin :

True, I'm used to servers which take no more than 1000 hits an hour lmao

My server doesn't get that much traffic either (I also don't have to worry about bandwidth costs), but someone had hotlinked to a large image I had posted some time ago and it was all but dragging my server to a crawl.. not so much in the bandwidth sense, but resources also as the hotlinking was receiving probably as much traffic in a day as I was in a week

I only dealt with small servers too, but just taken a job as a developer / FreeBSD admin where we're accepting 1.5mil mails a day and spamhaus alone hooked up to the servers are rejecting on average 6mil spam attempts daily! Quite a difference and quite fun too



Regards,

Ian

Quote from dougie-lampkin :

Whats the problem with hotlinking? I mean, how much bandwidth does an avatar use?

Depends.. 1 avatar, maybe not much.. think if 100 sites had 1000 members all hotlinking to avatars.. or perhaps, 1 avatar that was on a page that was receiving 500,000 hits per hour (think of the "slashdot effect" etc).



Regards,

Ian

Quote from legoflamb :

They are adding text shortcuts to the dictionary's?

Not sure about the shortcuts, but to me, 'texting' (which has been added) isn't a word, IMO, and definitely wasn't when I was at school.

Example:

Quote from dictionary.com :

tr.v. text·ed, text·ing, texts

1. To send a text message to: She texted me when she arrived.
2. To communicate by text message: He texted that he would be late.

That to me is appalling



Regards,

Ian

Quote from Bladerunner :

A TRULY Politically Correct post that wont upset anybody at ALL!

Bollox! I had to use a bit more battery life in my optical mouse to scroll down a few clicks due to the unnecessary blank spaces


In regards to the topic.. I agree with the OP too. Hedumacation these days is not much more than a bad joke, especially when it comes to spelling and grammar (made worse by including new words in dictionaries such as 'texting'(!!) ).



Regards,

Ian

Quote from The General Lee :

Thanks mate - Glad those negative comments were turned into some positive ones and I agree with you 100%

The front valance is standard bud.

I haven't checked back to my previous post, but if I didn't, I should have clarified why _I_ didn't think they looked right, rather than just saying "they're crap" or words to that effect

Thanks for the clarification about the valance.. didn't know which came with the fog lights and which didn't

Speaking of foglights.. I desperately need to get a new offside unit and a nearside rubber insert for my E30 as the nearside one is all but falling out and the offside one looks like someone filled it with yellow / orange plasticine



Regards,

Ian

Quote from thisnameistaken :

Just call them skidders.

Isn't that what they are (at least when trying to use a polite term anyway)? spades and spades and all that



Regards,

Ian

I'll sort this out later tonight when I get home from work, Romania's heavily firewalled due to abuse and stupid / greedy / scummy ISPs.

That said, if you're getting a blank white page, you've gotten access to the server, no idea why it's not sending the file.

I'll upload it to me other server later.



Regards,

Ian

Last edited by Ian.H, Fri, 8 Feb 2008 14:00.

Quote from The General Lee :

Sorry Robt - But I have replaced my headlights and my mate has them. They wouldn't fit a Capri anyway

Pic 1 - OEM headlight and clean indicators fitted.
Pic 2 - My new decal - May only be a 1.6 but Quattros are still for sissies!
Pic 3 - Picture of the back of my dirty car, notice the decal.

The headlights look _loads_ better

Tbh, the others IMO, would have looked better if the rear mouldings had been much the same as the OEMs, it was the "strange" contours that made them look "cheap" to me, made worse being chromed (ie: the shapes stood out even more).

Agreed that smoked indicator lenses would match the black headlight mouldings more.. they look a little too clean now

Is the front valance standard? or is it a 318is unit? (I'm no BMW expert).



Regards,

Ian

Ahhh you're too quick JT.. I wasn't gonna bother with this thread afterall, heh

Quote from JTbo :

Very true, also sometimes only doing something wrong or not nice is needed to things work out properly.

For example when you raise kids, you have to be strong and say no to them, no matter what kind of noise and cry there will be. Without doing such things that may seem bad at the moment kids never learn to respect limits and laws for example.

I have seen way too many kids that are given everything and where parents have been weak, uncapable of saying no, those kids are what gives bad reputation to youngs for example in shops etc.

True. My kid's not perfect (no one is) and he's a bit more of a handful at home (he lives with his Mum) but I think in 11 years, I've semi-raised my voice once to him to practically say 'no'. Didn't need any more than that.. was probably more of a shock than anything.

That said, I got clouted as a kid when it was deserved. Never beaten (or even close).. but received a few slaps when I wouldn't play ball, so to speak. Never did me any harm.

Since then, I've had my nose broken and 12 stitches in my top lip when I was 18 after someone rammed my head sideways into a radiator (my own fault for committing a cardinal sin.. I took my eyes off the fella I was having a row with :rolleyes: ). Thankfully it's not very noticeable but hey, I was always brought up that there's "always someone bigger and better than you out there". You win some, you lose some

As you say, life isn't always a bed of roses.. and IMO, people brought up to run away / grass people up (these people deserve all they get! there's _no_ excuse for being a grass) rather than dealing with their own issues are the ones who will suffer in the long term. Whether you go looking for trouble or not, at some point in life, it'll find you. I'm just grateful my Mum brought me up to be able to look after myself so win or lose, at least I know what to expect (although I'm _really_ against using tools unless I have to.. but unfortunately, long gone are the days when 2 fellas slogged it out in a park with just their fists ).

Many kids these days have no respect, which is half the problem.. the other, IMO, is this "new trend" that it's "good to be bad; innit blud!".

Nowadays I want an easy life and avoid hassle if I can



Regards,

Ian

Quote from Rooble :

I don't think its a good idea posting on behalf of other people such as the LFS Staff, secondly I don't think this concerns anyone but the LFS Staff (Victor more so) so why we have 10 people running over to their forum posting childish threats that read like a bad witch hunt is beyond me.

If you're not officially connected with LFS then don't meddle in their affairs, it really just makes the community look silly.

Unfortunately, this seems to be a nasty trait of a lot of LFS fanbois.. they all seem to think LFS is _their_ sim for some reason (look how defensive they get when you mention almost _any_ other race game for example, they defend LFS like it's their own mother and Scawen is their father ).



Regards,

Ian

Quote from mcintyrej :

Its either a synthetic Flamer Kit or some form of Rev Limiter. I know Bee*R Make rev limiters for Nissan sports cars that give the flame effect when bounced off the limiter.

Can also just be a case off too much air and running too rich.

I used to have an old '83 1.3 Ford Escort that if ragged in something like second and then just backed off the go pedal.. it'd spit flames (out of a 4" exhaust no less! ). Was nothing wrong with the engine, just didn't have much of an air filter and was running way too rich. I got a brain since then however



Regards,

Ian

Quote from Hankstar :

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XXXX ads A favourite joke down here is: "How do you Queenslanders spell 'beer'?" "Der, can't you read? 'XXXX' of course."

The laid-back thing's sorta true. Don't quite know where it comes from. Sometimes it's just too damn hot to give a shit I guess

lol

One of the XXXX ads actually got banned over here for "discrimination" Featured 2 blokes on a front porch and one of their Mum's sitting in a rocking chair with one bloke claiming "well.. ya gotta have something to keep the flies off ya beer" Damn PC brigade!

One of my clients lives in Melbourne and no matter what issue arose, he always seemed so chilled about things.. even when it concerned money (or lack thereof). I know a fair few over here too and they're a great bunch of people.. got to meet / drink with Mimi McPherson through one of them (nice bird she is)

Would love to visit there one day. My bro wants to move there permanently.

I also hold some of your gov. views in high regard, especially regarding immigration.. but I'll skip the details for "obvious" reasons



Regards,

Ian

Dunno which one you're after exactly, so I've included all the 'bkg' (background) images.

Unpack them into your LFS/data/pic dir



Regards,

Ian


PS: Note for mods / admins: _Please_ add 7-zip as an allowed filetype for extensions.

Quote from Hankstar :

I like it when people display their stereotypes of Australians

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The best stereotype I saw in regards to Aussies were in the old XXXX ads. One that sticks out in my mind was where they were loading up the back of a truck (sorry, uuute mayte ). Rammed with XXXX, added 2 bottles of sherry and the rear suspension collapsed.. of course, this was blamed on "overdoing on the sherry"

Aussies are great.. dunno how they all seem to stay so chilled all the time (must be the beer! hah) but they always seem laid back.. maybe that's just yet another stereotype



Regards,

Ian

Quote from petercollins :

:tit:

Again cute.. how are reversed configs stupid? If you're reading that into what I posted, then you obviously have your own thoughts way beyond mine.

Quote :

:shhh: best not to point it out

Oh.. I see now.. my Greasemonkey script works to block any poster whereas the forum software itself doesn't allow blocking of mod's posts.

Was hardly a reprimand though.. to me it reads more like sarcasm than reprimanding.

Quote :

Ian, just leave it and move on please

Why? can't go the full 12 rounds?

People like you make me laugh.. jump up and down and create a scene.. then expect everyone else to go away and be quiet in the corner.

You get your wish however, I have an early start in the morning.



Regards,

Ian

Quote from petercollins :

I take offence to somebody using an out-of-date stereotype of a nation as being stupid to be funny.

And there you have it. I never said anything about anyone being stupid. I listed 3 tracks. So they all happen to be reverse configs.. nothing mentioned about being stupid there. What made you bring it up? hmmmmm.......

Quote :

This forum is multi-national and mult-cultural, as is the sim and should be treated as such.

No idea why you bring this up.. hell, even you brought up the name 'Paddy'.. or is that like N!gger, where black people can call each other it, but woe-betide anyone else who happens to use the word? I haven't said anything about multinational / multicultural anything.

Quote :

If your antiquidated views are inappropriate then you'll be reprimanded as you just have been by the mod.

I did? I must have missed that.

Quote :

Your signature says as much about your cultural views as your attitude to modern nations such as Ireland.

Oh please.. now you're just making me laugh... actually out loud

Quote :

Take the Mod's advice and move on please.

What mod's advice? I don't see any post here by a mod

Quote :

PS. My quotation above is not something "cute" I made up, but a regulation from the forum charter, just to clarify that for you.

hah.. if you think I was calling the rules 'cute'.. maybe you aren't the full shilling afterall



Regards,

Ian

Quote from dougie-lampkin :

I like Shamrocks And Guinnes

I don't mind a bit of Irish-bashing (hey, I do it myself :tilt, it's not as if we've never ever laughed at another country. In a friendly manner, of course...

That's the spirit! (or Guinness in this case, maybe ).

I've really got nothing against the Irish. My Mum used to spend a lot of time with Irish people who I subsequently met too. Some good ol' banter was had in both directions over a few pints. My local at the time was always known as an "Irish pub".. was a great environment As with everything though, there's always one who will take offence at anything just glad not everyone had their funny cell removed at birth I hate these new-found PC people.



Regards,

Ian

Quote from petercollins :

Is this what we've come to expect on the LFS forum?

Mods - sort this guy out please:

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-- LFS Forum Agreement --
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1) When I post a message on this forum, I will do my very best to write in a polite manner and not use foul language and / or insult an individual or group of people.

Oh wow! that's cute

Remind me when your birthday is coming up. I'll order double quantities of 'sense of humour' to send to you

An Englishman, Irishman and Scotsman.... wait... you won't get it :rolleyes:



Regards,

Ian

Quote from niall09 :

Sorry!

I are teh noob

No need for apologies.. your intentions were good

We all start somewhere (I shudder when I look back at my own early code). It's more of a shame that articles on such sites don't either get removed or updated as people looking to learn find them and think "cool! now I know".. only to end up viewing a compromised site a few weeks later.. not knowing just quite why or what to do about it as such (Matt's 'FormMail' Perl script is a classic example of a similar situation)



Regards,

Ian

Quote from niall09 :

Take a gander here: http://php.about.com/od/finishedphp1/ss/php_login_code.htm

Please, please, PLEASE! don't use any of the info posted on that site.. it's horrendous and looks like it was written by a marketing droid (ie: someone with no clue about the real world).

SQL injection anyone?

I don't have time right now to write an example set of scripts for you, but the example in the link above takes data straight from the form and uses it directly against the database.. the first cardinal sin of any user-interaction.


For the OP: Take some time and research about how to do this _before_ implementing it. I know you probably want it all working "yesterday".. have been there, done that myself (still do sometimes).. but it'll be 100% better and more secure if you take some time to first read up on validating user input and SQL injection attacks. Granted, I realise the latter isn't "basic stuff", but it's stuff you'll need to know for your own sake and the sake of your host (I'd personally take your site offline if it was written using the above sample and I was hosting you for security reasons).



Regards,

Ian

Quote from petercollins :

Isn't that why Benny Hill, Bernard Manning, Mike Reid and Tom O'Connor were no longer deemed to be acceptable comics in the early 90's with their Irish, Black, Jewish and Pakistani "clichéd" jokes?

I guess that depends who you ask. Personally I think Benny Hill, Bernard Manning, Mike Reid and my all time fav. old standup, Jimmy Jones are class acts!

Quote :

Has the 1990s passed you by Ian?

I don't think calling 'Paddys' thick is a cliché in 2008. It may have been in 1989, but not now.

Not much I can really say to that. You obviously have a personal hangup about your nationality. Not that I really give a fsck whether you're offended or not.

I guess your one of those people who bitch about a ruined pint of Guinness when a barman draws a shamrock in the head. I found most looked at quite fascinated.. but there was always one who complained when I used to do it.. I picture you being the one.



Regards,

Ian