Security Certificate

splat · Mar 17, 2008, 01:09:45

What's all this (see attachment) about then?

And when I OK'd it up came orangebikes' website??
OK when I then picked up an earlier reference from the list and can't repeat it so presumably it is virtual 'crossed wires'

Splat

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Dangerjunkie · Mar 17, 2008, 06:52:00

Hi,

How are you connecting to the net? Wired, wireless? At home / somewhere else?

Which router do you have and have you secured it and changed the password? Which DNS service do you use? (please check in the router and windows net config). Have you scanned your machine for spyware recently?

Cheers,
Paul.

Rik · Mar 17, 2008, 08:16:36

Hi Splat

Orangebikes are the company that we share the server with. I'll have a word with IDNet.

Rik · Mar 17, 2008, 10:07:36

Update:

The most likely explanation for the security certificate is that you went to https://www.idnetters.co.uk. HTTPS can only have a single website with an ip address. As we don't have a secure certificate, using https means that you are given the secure website that is attached to the main ip - which is orangebikes.

Simon_idnet · Mar 17, 2008, 17:20:05

And they do make very fine bikes!
S

Rik · Mar 17, 2008, 17:24:52

Indeed they do, Simon, having browsed their site. Of course, I think that buying one could prove fatal for me in short order, but for a youngster like yourself...

Colin Burns · Mar 18, 2008, 03:15:14

lol i was going to get a orange msisle but thats cause im an idiot and jump off cliffs on a pedal bike.

(no wonder i went with Tiscali for broadband)

Though i might have hit a tree that day

splat · Mar 20, 2008, 21:58:04

Quote from: Rik on Mar 17, 2008, 10:07:36
Update:

The most likely explanation for the security certificate is that you went to https://www.idnetters.co.uk. HTTPS can only have a single website with an ip address. As we don't have a secure certificate, using https means that you are given the secure website that is attached to the main ip - which is orangebikes.

Spot on Rik

And they are great bikes, no matter how old you are mountain bikes are FUN. 49 today and just entered a 24-hr team marathon!

Simon · Mar 20, 2008, 23:04:50

Oh, I'm impressed, best of luck with it, and try not to live up to your user name!

Colin Burns · Mar 21, 2008, 00:03:30

hmmm...

i thought bikes were only meant to go down hills and do stuff like this

http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v496/psycho189/Glentress%2010th%20feb%202008/?action=view&current=2008_0210arkroyal0056.jpg

oh that really is me

Baz · Mar 21, 2008, 08:44:58

Quote from: splat on Mar 20, 2008, 21:58:04
Spot on Rik
And they are great bikes, no matter how old you are mountain bikes are FUN. 49 today and just entered a 24-hr team marathon!

Indeed they are. My oldest son has two and in the past one other. We went to the factory to pick one up one year.He was like a kid in a sweet shop

Rik · Mar 21, 2008, 09:09:47

Quote from: splat on Mar 20, 2008, 21:58:04
49 today and just entered a 24-hr team marathon!

Happy birthday and good luck with the 'thon.

Rik · Mar 21, 2008, 09:10:46

Quote from: Colin Burns on Mar 21, 2008, 00:03:30
hmmm...

i thought bikes were only meant to go down hills and do stuff like this

http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v496/psycho189/Glentress%2010th%20feb%202008/?action=view&current=2008_0210arkroyal0056.jpg

oh that really is me

Don't they move faster if you keep the wheels on the ground?

splat · Mar 23, 2008, 23:03:39

Nope, same with skiing - the longer you're in the air, the faster you go.
Oh, and the harder you fall as well!

Colin Burns · Mar 24, 2008, 00:48:20

lol hitting a tree is always fun...

MoHux · Mar 25, 2008, 01:01:17

The bikes should carry a health warning .........

"Landing back in the saddle could damage your matrimonial prospects!!"

Rik · Mar 25, 2008, 01:07:11

Good to have you back, Mo.

Colin Burns · Mar 25, 2008, 05:24:46

just got to agree

Simon · Mar 25, 2008, 07:55:40

Welcome back, Mo!

MoHux · Mar 25, 2008, 18:17:33

Thanks Simon/Rik.

Just looking at the photos (great photos BTW Colin!), made me wince at the thought of the landings!!

Niall · Mar 25, 2008, 19:56:03

Quote from: Colin Burns on Mar 21, 2008, 00:03:30
hmmm...

i thought bikes were only meant to go down hills and do stuff like this

http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v496/psycho189/Glentress%2010th%20feb%202008/?action=view&current=2008_0210arkroyal0056.jpg

oh that really is me

I had a nice Kona mountain bike 3 years ago. Sadly, 3 weeks after I paid £800 for it, I got hit by a car and it got squished (along with me. I'm still going to physio now). Now I've got a Kona Dr Dew hybrid, which is also nice

g7pkf · Mar 25, 2008, 20:19:48

I used to do silly things like that and a lot worse (30 years ago) best one was jumping 5 of my "friends" which might not seem like a big deal but doing it while your rear wheel is on fire coz someone dowsed it in petrol and lit it prior to hitting the start ramp (well bit of wood attatched to an abandon car).

Bike helmets were not even made (i don't think), my bike had fixed gear-well it did after i welded it up as it saved having brakes yes i crashed regularly.

And yes this was all pre-nanny state cotton wool wrap up time.

oh those were the day's

Niall · Mar 25, 2008, 22:06:43

I used to jump off buildings when I was a kid

Sebby · Mar 25, 2008, 22:11:21

They've turned that into physical art now.

Rik · Mar 26, 2008, 08:35:11

Wasn't it nice to have the time and energy to run merely because we could.

Mytheroo · Mar 28, 2008, 04:36:22

i thought u went faster when skiing with the skis pressing onto the slope, giving a reaction force that has a horizontal component of force that keeps your horizontal speed high. Whilst in the air you are slowing down horizontally, but speeding up vertically. Not sure the net effect, but i think downhill racers try to keep the jumps as low as possible, but maybe thats in order to take the next turn better