Site Image Broken Links

You might notice a lot of Photo Bucket Images Gone and "error message" boxes where images used to be.



PhotoBucket have turned out to be ASSHOLES and have stopped allowing "3rd party posting"

Easy for them to say.. but in practice all the 10's of thousands of images I (and others) have posted over the past 10 years are now GONE!!! It would take MONTHS to figure out what the images were and replace these images even if one still had access to edit posts (which I don't at many of the places I have posted images)

This is ethically REPREHENSIBLE. Even though I only used the "Free" service, there was an IMPLIED CONTRACT with PB that images would be available to post(for ever). It was on that basis that I used the service for almost 10 years. I can not access most of those images now and so 10 years work is down the toilet.

I assume that the PB "Business model" of the "free" account included clients putting up with ads (and PB took this beyond an extreme amount of ad intrusion) and so I assume PB "made money" (via ads) even on "free" accounts., yet they treat these clients with total contempt.

EVEN IF a person had been a paying client (for 10 years) the contract THEY had is now disregarded. Unless they pay the new charge ($400) now, and for ever, they too will have their image broken now. Images that they uploaded while paying for PB "service". This action by PB amounts to extortion/blackmail... "give us $400 if ya wanna see your images alive". And like all blackmail situations, who is to say that the RANSOM DEMAND demand will not simply increase going forward?

ANYWAY we live and learn... I have over the years sent business to PB by recommending them to 100's of people.

No more.

I strongly recommend having NOTHING TO DO WITH PHOTO BUCKET

This is just the latest example of CRAP service from PB with no regard for Clients. They have arbitrarily deleted images accepted false "copyright" claims with no right of reply and just censored images for liberal political reasons (I guess)
The site is also a disgusting mess of pop-ups and ads that caused me to stop adding new images a year ago.

I see a LOT of NEGATIVE comments about PB around the interwebs. A few comments in defense, which ALL miss the point!! .... SURE PB can make a "business decision" to change their TOS (especially in regard to "free" accounts") as far as the service they provide starting now and going forward, but..

THEY CAN NOT DO THIS IN RETROSPECT.. to people who opened an account and used PB on the basis of certain services (a contract), which included the STABLE hosting of image files, available to post online.

POSTING ONLINE is the ONLY reason I opened an account (10 years ago). These bastards can not (ethically) change the rules now!!

The GOOD NEWS is.. that there are MILLIONS of PB error boxes around the interwebs, and most will be there for ever... as a constant reminder that PB is a CRAP service.

_________________
Do not go gentle into that good night.
___________ Rage, rage against the dying of the light

FWIW ..... FYI.....

NZ Daylight saving time starts tonight (Saturday)/early Sunday morning.

We "Spring Forward" 1 hour

Of course, this makes no difference to USA time, or the default time (US ET) set here at Random Topics.

The difference for me is I have to add 1 less hour to my local time to convert to US time.


US EST will be NZ time plus 7 hours.
Texas Time will be NZ time plus 6 hours

_________________
Do not go gentle into that good night.
___________ Rage, rage against the dying of the light

US Clocks Change - Reset Time at RT

US clocks change this weekend (Sunday 5th November)... "fall back" 1 hour

I'll adjust default time at RT (seen before you logon) I have it set to US EST, but individuals are advised to reset time via "User Control panel" (top right).

FYI....FWIW
The difference for me is I have to add 1 less hour to my NZ local time to convert to US time.
US EST will be NZ time plus 6 hours.
Texas Time will be NZ time plus 5 hours

DONE

_________________
Do not go gentle into that good night.
___________ Rage, rage against the dying of the light

US Clocks Change...AGAIN!! - Reset Time at RT

US clocks change this weekend... "spring forward" 1 hour

I'll adjust default time at RT (seen before you logon) I have it set to US EST, but individuals are advised to reset time via "User Control panel" (top right).

IF you are in USA and want to correct for daylight saving, go to top right: "User Control Panel"/Board Preferences/

All you need change is: Summer Time/DST is in effect: Yes/ No SELECT "YES"



DONE

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Heads up/FYI.... NZ clocks change next month (fall back 1 hour) - Sunday, 1 April 2018
(No need for most people to worry their pretty little heads. It just means that people who interact with me will be an hour later... or I will be an hour earlier, depending how you look at it)

_________________
Do not go gentle into that good night.
___________ Rage, rage against the dying of the light

FWIW ..... FYI.....

NZ Daylight saving time starts soon (Saturday)/early Sunday morning.

We "Spring Forward" 1 hour

Of course, this makes no difference to USA time, or the default time (US ET) set here at Random Topics.

The difference for me is I have to add 1 less hour to my local time to convert to US time.


US EST will be NZ time plus 7 hours.
Texas Time will be NZ time plus 6 hours

_________________
Do not go gentle into that good night.
___________ Rage, rage against the dying of the light

US Clocks Change - Reset Time at RT

US clocks change this weekend (Sunday 4th November)... "fall back" 1 hour

I'll adjust default time at RT (seen before you logon) I have it set to US EST, but individuals are advised to reset time via "User Control panel" (top right).

IF you are in USA and want to correct for daylight saving, go to top right: "User Control Panel"/Board Preferences/

All you need change is: Summer Time/DST is in effect: Yes/ No SELECT "NO"

FYI....FWIW
The difference for me is I have to add 1 less hour to my NZ local time to convert to US time.
US EST will be NZ time plus 6 hours.
Texas Time will be NZ time plus 5 hours


DONE

_________________
Do not go gentle into that good night.
___________ Rage, rage against the dying of the light

US Clocks Change...AGAIN!! - Reset Time at RT
(Sunday March 10th, 2019, at 2:00am).

US clocks change this weekend... "spring forward" 1 hour

I'll adjust default time at RT (seen before you logon) I have it set to US EST, but individuals are advised to reset time via "User Control panel" (top right).

IF you are in USA and want to correct for daylight saving, go to top right: "User Control Panel"/Board Preferences/

All you need change is: Summer Time/DST is in effect: Yes/ No SELECT "YES"

DONE




BTW
Daylight saving time 2019 in United Kingdom... will begin at 1:00 am on Sunday, 31 March
and ends at 2:00 am on Sunday, 27 October

_________________
Do not go gentle into that good night.
___________ Rage, rage against the dying of the light

FWIW.... UK Clocks change tonight


"Spring Froward" 1 hour (from GMT to BST)

(The time difference with NZ becomes 12 hours.. so time number is same but AM <---> PM )

_________________
Do not go gentle into that good night.
___________ Rage, rage against the dying of the light

FWIW - NZ Have changed
We did "Fall back" 1 hour.


Likely only my time-zone calculations effected.

UK time is now +1 on NZ time, but am<--->pm
Example: 6:00am (NZ) ----> 7:00pm (UK)

US ET is NZ time + 8 hours (day behind)
Example: 11:00am (NZ) ----> 7:00pm (US ET)

_________________
Do not go gentle into that good night.
___________ Rage, rage against the dying of the light

I have added a button to Embed Bichute Videos

Use Bitchute code boxes around the entire Bitchute url

EXAMPLE


Results in post --->
Cute Kittens Crying

[bitchute]https://www.bitchute.com/video/a3gEEnqPVOsM/[/bitchute]

_________________
Do not go gentle into that good night.
___________ Rage, rage against the dying of the light

FWIW ..... FYI.....

NZ Daylight saving time starts (Saturday)/early Sunday morning.

We "Spring Forward" 1 hour

Of course, this makes no difference to USA time, or the default time (US ET) set here at Random Topics.

The difference for me is I have to add 1 less hour to my local time to convert to US time.

UK time: will be exactly 12 hours different... 8:00AM in NZ will be 8:00 PM in UK
US EST: will be NZ time plus 7 hours. (less 1 day date)
Texas Time: will be NZ time plus 6 hours
Israel: I will need to add 2 hours (not 3) to NZ time and reverse AM/PM to get Israel time

_________________
Do not go gentle into that good night.
___________ Rage, rage against the dying of the light

Coming Up....

UK Falls back 1 hour: 27 Oct 2019 - Daylight Saving Time Ends

Israel Falls back 1 hour: 27 Oct 2019 - Daylight Saving Time Ends

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USA Falls back 1 hour: 3 Nov 2019 - Daylight Saving Time Ends

_________________
Do not go gentle into that good night.
___________ Rage, rage against the dying of the light

DONE

UK Falls back 1 hour: 27 Oct 2019 - Daylight Saving Time Ends

Israel Falls back 1 hour: 27 Oct 2019 - Daylight Saving Time Ends



I now take 1 hour off my time, to get UK time (reversed am/pm)
So 7:00 am UK time is at 8:00 pm in NZ

I only add 1 hour to my time to get Israel time (am/pm reversed)
So 7:00 am Israel time is at 6:00 pm in NZ

_________________
Do not go gentle into that good night.
___________ Rage, rage against the dying of the light

US Clocks Change - Reset Time at RT

US clocks change this weekend (DS ends at 2:00 am on Sunday 3rd November)... "fall back" 1 hour

I'll adjust default time at RT (seen before you logon) I have it set to US EST, but individuals are advised to reset time via "User Control panel" (top right).

IF you are in USA and want to correct for daylight saving, go to top right: "User Control Panel"/Board Preferences/

All you need change is: Summer Time/DST is in effect: Yes/ No SELECT "NO"

FYI....FWIW
The difference for me is I have to add 1 less hour to my NZ local time to convert to US time.
US EST will be NZ time plus 6 hours.
Texas Time will be NZ time plus 5 hours


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DONE!

_________________
Do not go gentle into that good night.
___________ Rage, rage against the dying of the light

US Clocks Change...AGAIN!! - Reset Time at RT
(Sunday March 9th, 2020, at 2:00am).

US clocks change this weekend... "spring forward" 1 hour

I'll adjust default time at RT (seen before you logon) I have it set to US EST, but individuals are advised to reset time via "User Control panel" (top right).

IF you are in USA and want to correct for daylight saving, go to top right: "User Control Panel"/Board Preferences/

All you need change is: Summer Time/DST is in effect: Yes/ No SELECT "YES"

DONE




BTW
Daylight saving time 2020 in United Kingdom...
will begin at 1:00 am on Sunday, 29 March
and ends at 2:00 am on Sunday, 25 October


Daylight saving time 2020 in New Zealand....
began at 2:00 am on Sunday, 29 September
and ends at 2:00 am on Sunday, 5 April 2020


Daylight saving time 2020 in Israel....
will begin at 2:00 am on Friday, 27 March
and ends at 2:00 am on Sunday, 25 October


Daylight saving time 2020 in Norway...
will begin at 2:00 am on Sunday, 29 March
and ends at 3:00 am on Sunday, 25 October
(All times are in Central European Time).

_________________
Do not go gentle into that good night.
___________ Rage, rage against the dying of the light

UK today (will be same as NZ)
Israel already done (now NZ +2)

_________________
Do not go gentle into that good night.
___________ Rage, rage against the dying of the light

FWIW...

NZ did the clock thing last night.... FALL BACK

Now... am/pm reversed.....
US is nz + 8
Israel is nz +3
UK is nz +1

_________________
Do not go gentle into that good night.
___________ Rage, rage against the dying of the light

FWIW...

NZ does the clock thing this Sunday.... SPRING FORWARD

Now... am/pm reversed.....
US is nz + 7
Israel is nz +2
UK is same as nz

_________________
Do not go gentle into that good night.
___________ Rage, rage against the dying of the light

US Clocks Change - Reset Time at RT

US clocks change just before the election (DS ends at 2:00 am on Sunday 1st November)... "fall back" 1 hour

I'll adjust default time at RT (seen before you logon) I have it set to US EST, but individuals are advised to reset time via "User Control panel" (top right).

IF you are in USA and want to correct for daylight saving, go to top right: "User Control Panel"/Board Preferences/

All you need change is: Summer Time/DST is in effect: Yes/ No SELECT "NO"

FYI....FWIW
The difference for me is I have to add 1 less hour to my NZ local time to convert to US time.
US EST will be NZ time plus 6 hours.
Texas Time will be NZ time plus 5 hours

------------------
DONE

_________________
Do not go gentle into that good night.
___________ Rage, rage against the dying of the light

US Clocks Change...AGAIN!! - Reset Time at RT
(Sunday March 14th, 2021, at 2:00am).

US clocks change this weekend... "spring forward" 1 hour

I'll adjust default time at RT (seen before you logon) I have it set to US EST, but individuals are advised to reset time via "User Control panel" (top right).

IF you are in USA and want to correct for daylight saving, go to top right: "User Control Panel"/Board Preferences/

All you need change is: Summer Time/DST is in effect: Yes/ No SELECT "YES"

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DONE

_________________
Do not go gentle into that good night.
___________ Rage, rage against the dying of the light