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  • 2012-05-24 09:13:46
    Re: Starting to get over it......SOL
    Board » General Discussion
    I looked at routing software once, couldn't understand it but then I have no idea what SOTP or half the acronyms used here mean so I suppose it shouldn't be any surprise.

    SOL = Good
    Rum = Good
    Too much Rum = pain
    YY = Dodgy Island dwelling sheep toucher

    OK, so I do know a few ;)
  • 2012-03-12 06:39:11
    Re: Knot loading
    Board » Technical Support
    Oh, and I can get into either the old or the new interfaces now.

    I do prefer the new one though.
  • 2012-03-12 06:37:05
    Re: Knot loading
    Board » Technical Support
    OK, it's something to do with some websites that have Flash. It must be only a very few sites or maybe only certain things in those websites. They are playing with Flash and causing Flash to stop working.

    All working fine. Went back to that news video

    http://www.nzherald.co.nz/video/news/video.cfm?c_id=1501138&gal_cid=1501138&gallery_id=124418

    and it all stopped working again and in doing so also blocked me from getting in to SOL races. I tried one of their other videos, after another clean out, and it worked fine. Go back to that video above and it all goes bad again.

    Where is my big stick, I think someone needs 'The Bash!!'.

    Note: The SOL Gods are fine and not the target of said stick. It appears SOL is only collateral damage.

    At least now I can start leg 5 knowing how to get in and stop crashing into islands...... not that an island or 2 may not get smacked anyway I suspect :)
  • 2012-03-12 06:11:38
    Re: Knot loading
    Board » Technical Support
    Got locked out again. Noticed that all of s sudden, with no apparent reason after working fine for the whole day, a flash video wouldn't load from a local new site. Thought that was interesting so tried SOL out of interest and it also was not letting me in. I popped in this morning to see what island my boat was trying to shift and it was all worked fine.

    Cleaned out entire browser history and still wouldn't work. Noticed it wouldn't allow me to click the 'Forms and Search History' box. CC Cleaner and still no go. Rebooted and still no go. Had another go at the browser history dump and this time it did let me check the 'forms and search history' box.

    Now allowed back in.

    So it's either something to do with Flash or something not being cleaned out due to not allowing that 'Forms and History' box to be checked or a combination of the 2. This is using Firefox 10.0.2

    I'm going to track this bug or whatever it is and give it a sound kicking then quietly hide it in YYs boat :)

    Just posted this as a FYI in case anyone else runs in to a similar issue. look to see if that forms and search history box is checked, I think it has something to do with it but no idea why.



  • 2012-03-06 05:22:27
    Re: Knot loading
    Board » Technical Support
    Thanks Jack.

    I'm back in and so far so good.
  • 2012-02-29 07:32:48
    Re: Knot loading
    Board » Technical Support
    Whooo, I just got back in. Been randomly trying some days and made it.

    No idea why and can't think of any changes to the machines. Set course knot to hit anything, crosses fingers and hopes.


    How do I check connection speed Jack?

    Just went to speednet and got -
    To server where? - Ping - Download Mbps - Upload Mpbs
    Across Auckland - 32 - 4.63 - 0.97
    Christchurch - 46 - 4.73 - 1.0
    Stockholm - 326 - 3.26 - 0.71
    Copenhagen - ? - 3.1 - 0.85
    Seattle - 185 - 3.77 - 0.9
  • 2012-02-26 08:00:14
    Re: Knot loading
    Board » Technical Support
    That's a bugger EC.

    I've been trying different browsers, machines, and locations also but get the same each time. I saw we all had a Flash update on friday and hoped that may do it but no joy. Even tried on Vista and XP.

    I'm not even getting to the initialising stage anymore, just the 2 polar bears shagging in a snow storm screen i.e the white one ;)

    What gets me is Otto, Sloop and Paul have logged in as me and had no issues, bar finding my boat has gone TWA=0 for no obvious reason.

    Oh well, it does give me more time to build my new IRL cockpit :)
  • 2012-02-22 23:11:52
    Re: Knot loading
    Board » Technical Support
    G'day J,

    Yes it's weird for sure.

    I lost the ability to get in very late in Leg 3. So Otto and Sloop aimed me at the finish. I tried cleaning everything out etc. Still no joy. Then after my boat had finished by a few days I managed to get back in and saw the new interface (I do like that by the way), that would have been when my boat rounded the last mark in the Bimini race. Then I couldn't get back in again.

    Have been trying periodically since then, along with cleaning history and all that stuff but with no luck at all. All I got to was seeing 'initialising' in the middle of the blue screen then it just stopped. I've never got past since it first started late in leg 3 and the only time I've got in since is by using the ?beta=true addy.

    Then I saw Rainbows post on Crew about the ?beta=true option so used that and it worked good so I got to start leg 4. The 1st night (NZ Time) the boat went TWA 0 at some stage for no apparent reason. I carried on but have the suspicion the boat would only go on CC even though I set it at a TWA. That may have just been a lack of weather change but something just didn't seem quite right.

    Then the day before yesterday I went in at approx 1900 GMT and all was working fine. Tried again at around 0400 GMT the same day and only got a white screen and it went no further. Nothing changed at my end on the machine as far as I know.

    So I mentioned to Sloop I was having issues. He went in and found my boat at TWA 0 again. I had been making a point of not setting DC's so I could monitor my theory about the TWA but only getting CC.

    Also right at the start of Leg 4 I did notice I had a lot ( 8 or 9 of them) of DC's set when I hadn't set any. I deleted them all and carried on. There is also a slight suspicion the boat was going a little slower as I was lined up next to a couple on what appeared the exact same course yet they were covering more ground that I was but again that may have just been me being a degree or 2 different.

    So it's all rather weird. I'll try differing browsers and machines and see how I got. I'll post anything I find back here.

    Have a great day,
    Grant


  • 2012-02-22 06:27:10
    Re: Knot loading
    Board » Technical Support
    Bugger. All fine this morning but 6 hours later all I get is a white screen. Cleaned, dumped and tickled machine but still no joy.

    Also noticed my boat has 2 or 3 times just randomly gone TWA = 0. Doesn't appear to sail a TWA even if set at one and seems to be working on CC only.

    I get the blue screen if I push the 'go to race' so have been using the ?beta=true way and it was working.

    Maybe it just doesn't do Wednesdays :)
  • 2012-02-19 07:04:34
    Re: Knot loading
    Board » Technical Support
    Ya hoo. In and rocking.

    Won't work with sailonline.org/windy/run/283/#
    but works fine with the # changed to '?beta=true' instead.

    Thanks AG and to RC for that post on Crew I spotted.

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