Looks like the board upgrade had a bit of an issue - or at least no one seems able to post any more !!! :lol:

See you back over there when Squeaky pulls his finger out !!!

http://www.350zuk.com

Cheers

RickB

 

We're all doomed

See you after HIN then... at least it gives me a chance to polish the car properly

Only thing is I just discovered that one of my LEDs in the front reflectors has stopped working - Looks like it's bumper off & a bit of electrical work before tomorrow

Wish me luck

PS I Hope Squeaks dumps the blue colour scheme
PPS His PM box is full

 

Bollocks. I didn't get a chance to put your number in my mobile phone, Giles.

Seems the ONLY things I've got on my car for HIN is my induction kit and my new clutch/flywheel. However, I have been told that I'll have the car back by 5 and it sounds/revs a lot like a motorbike.

What'm I meant to do at work, with no BBS to keep me occupied? Surely not work?!

 

deja vu?

 

I guess that we're lucky one of them is up...

 

Looks like we are back where we started, I knew we'd end up back on here

 

Just don't let Valerio know...

We'll have 35,000,000 posts by the morning

 

what goes around comes around

Sorry guys just catching up as I don't frequent here as often as I did....

Jez

PS Can anyone explain what DNS is to me (non-IT thickie )

 

Jez,

A Domain Name Server converts domain names to ip addresses, ie 350zuk.com = 163.23.45.115. There are lots of these servers all over the world

There is a big central database which stores all the names and numbers.
Domain Name Servers hold a local (cached) copy of this big database

When you type a name into your browser, it asks your 'nearby' DNServer for the ip address, the database that your DNServer stores locally is a subset of the 'big database', as holding all the data would be inefficient, so if the requested name is not in its local database, it will ask another DNServer which is closer to the 'big database' if it has this info, which in turn may ask another, until a server is found that knows the ip address (if no DNS knows the address, then eventually the 'big database will be asked for this info).
When the DNServer you initially asked eventually gets the address it was asked for, it will then tell your PC, and also store it in its 'local database' in case it is asked for it again (caches it to speed future requests up).

The problem arises here... if someone wants to change their ip address, then the 'big database' is updated, but not the copy that exists on your local DNServer (and all the others), This will continue to supply its locally cached value to others that ask for it, until it determines that it should 'expire' the local record and get a more recentversion from the 'big database' (this is done via the other DNServers). This expirey time can be anything from a few minutes to a few days depending on several things.

That said...

The DNS is sorted now (or it seems to be), the actual site just seems to be f**ked up at the moment. Whether this is down to software glitches, hardware issues, bad planning or incompetence, I do not know

Keep up the good work

 

ehehehhe I bet it's FFog

btw it's Mark's (squeaky) fault since he probaly listened to RickB and changed my nickname to "TheChavel". You have to understand that they are all comedians at heart.
Problem is, like the last time they reset my post count, the "Divine Intervention" crashed the site.
They just don't get it... don't mess with me, ffs

 

I was thinking the same thing

:lol: The power of the Italian Stallion invades the Internet

 

call it Divine Intervention, karma, whatever you like.
Fact remains that when you guys mess with me your forum goes bang

 

Has anyone seen or heard from Squeaks?

Maybe Sally can sort it out at Cyberjack's end?

Or am I just talking rubbish?

No email notifications for a few days now just & more

 

FreddyF is in Surrey, FFog is in Cork

 

FreddyF's location said Eire earlier today.

RickB

 

****ing funny FFog

 

sorry, just amusing myself