SPAM random annoying things

[Gwadien]

Just got Amazon Prime for a month to get the christmas presents in.

Decide to use Amazon Prime to watch Man in the High Castle, cos why the fuck not.

Then I was thinking, this is quite nice, I miss having a decent streaming service.

Then I get an advert.

LOLNOPE.

 

[Raven]

Odd, I don't get adverts on there. If you still have a uni email address you can get it half price for the year.

 

[Edmond]

Weird, I've not had any ads watching Prime?

 

[dysfunction]

They sometimes put an advert at the start of an episode of another TV show

 

[Gwadien]

They sometimes put an advert at the start of an episode of another TV show

This.

 

[Tom]

Fuck that. If I'm paying for a streaming service I want precisely zero advertisements. Netflix doesn't do any of that shit.

Torrents here I go.

 

[TdC]

Failing one of my KRI's very slightly. Spending the day redoing all my data with savant levels of OCD and precision. New numbers say slightly has become significantly. FFS

 

[Moriath]

This.

Its much better than itv still

 

[Bodhi]

User error

Any suggestions on what this user should do then? Considering I have:

- Tried 4 Browsers, including IE and Edge
- Uninstalled and reinstalled Java
- Tried a JS test website that confirmed everything was working
- Cleared cookies etc

Works fine on my other Windows 10 PC, just this one is being a little bitch.

 

[Raven]

Make sure you have the right version of Java 32/64 bit. Its a horrific clusterfuck if you have the wrong one.

 

[Bodhi]

Just installed the latest one Java 8 Update 11 I think it is?

 

[Raven]

Java 8 version 111 but the 64 bit version is flaky as fuck, lots of programs are not compatible with it. Chances are you will be running 32 bit office. Not even sure they still do a 64 bit version. I had it for a time but it was (even more) crap than the current office environment.

 

[Bodhi]

Found the installer for an older version on my other PC, tried that, still no joy.

Ah fuck it, it's Xmas, will fix it in the new year.

 

[Scouse]

Fuck that. If I'm paying for a streaming service I want precisely zero advertisements. Netflix doesn't do any of that shit.

Torrents here I go.

Apparently Sky had no adverts when it was very first introduced. Seems to be the model.

Agree with your solution

 

[old.Osy]

Found the installer for an older version on my other PC, tried that, still no joy.

Ah fuck it, it's Xmas, will fix it in the new year.

1. https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/3135465
2. Make sure your Java Control panel setting is set to High, and add the url to trusted sites:

 

[dysfunction]

Just got Amazon Prime for a month to get the christmas presents in.

Decide to use Amazon Prime to watch Man in the High Castle, cos why the fuck not.

Then I was thinking, this is quite nice, I miss having a decent streaming service.

Then I get an advert.

LOLNOPE.

I have registered a complaint about it to Amazon.
Hopefully if enough people complain they will change their ways.

 

[CorNokZ]

Any suggestions on what this user should do then? Considering I have:

- Tried 4 Browsers, including IE and Edge
- Uninstalled and reinstalled Java
- Tried a JS test website that confirmed everything was working
- Cleared cookies etc

Works fine on my other Windows 10 PC, just this one is being a little bitch.

Haha, you think that I have to back up any of my claims with facts? That's not how FH works my friend!

 

[Zarjazz]

Make sure you have the right version of Java 32/64 bit. Its a horrific clusterfuck if you have the wrong one.

Java has nothing to do with Javascript. JS is built into the browser, you don't need to install anything.

If javascript isn't working in *any* browser @Bodhi is using on that machine, and it's enabled by default in all of them, it sounds more like some other software is blocking it. Probably anti-virus / firewall / similar.

 

[Gwadien]

I have registered a complaint about it to Amazon.
Hopefully if enough people complain they will change their ways.

I would too, but I only did it to get the christmas prezzies on time!

Sky is a different story though @Scouse because I doubt Amazon make much money on advertising their own products

 

[Scouse]

I doubt Amazon make much money on advertising their own products

I hate to use a stock FH response, but: Really?

Edit: Disclaimer: wankered. Plus, wandered.

 

[Gwadien]

I hate to use a stock FH response, but: Really?

Edit: Disclaimer: wankered. Plus, wandered.

Well I mean advertising their own products that customers can freely access on the platform that the customers are already paying for.

As opposed to be paying loads to show adverts that are unrelated to Sky.

 

[Lamp]

The Mars chocolates in Celebrations.

They're always the last to get eaten. And there's fecking more of them than any of the others.
Is there anyone who picks a Mars one deliberately? Who buys Mars bars anyway?

And why did they stop the coconut Revels? The orange ones are gross. Slightly more palatable than the coffee ones which taste nasty. Raisin yes. Peanut yes.

 

[Lamp]

A Statistical Analysis of the Contents of a Celebrations Tub

 

[Scouse]

Police helicopters.

Let the car thief go you dicks. It's 02:29 and you're waking up the entire north of the city to catch a couple of kids in your hugely expensive toy, the money from which would be better spent on the NHS, or hookers and coke...

 

[TdC]

the fact that random things magically become much more difficult when you have a cold. I got given a lovely head cold as a christmas pressie. today being bin day, I wanted to take out the trash. while removing the bin bag full of rubbish from my bin, I somehow managed to tear it open and dumped a lovely juicy load of gubbins on to my kitchen floor and also my foot.

while cleaning this up, the new bin bag managed to somehow close itself just as I was shoveling a particularly juicy load of muck into it. trying to get the bag open again while simultaneously not dropping all the muck back on to the floor, I managed to spatter said muck all over the kitchen and also myself. then I flew into an absolute cracker of a rage. the bin day job usually takes all of half a minute. fucking colds. why do I always get them?

 

[Raven]

also enjoying my annual Christmas cold.

 

[Tom]

My coffee machine's seal has gone. Right in the middle of the period where the only place I can get a replacement is shut for holidays. Fucker.

 

[Jupitus]

My coffee machine's seal has gone. Right in the middle of the period where the only place I can get a replacement is shut for holidays. Fucker.

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That looks like @TdC 's kitchen ...

 

[Tom]

Judging by all his sickness posts it's probably more like his arse.

 

[TdC]

I've had three colds in quick succession. I suck at health