Any chance of a link that works? (Score: 1) by fatphil@pipedot.org on 2014-07-03 16:59 (#2B2) I just get a login redirect. Re: Any chance of a link that works? (Score: 1) by zafiro17@pipedot.org on 2014-07-03 18:09 (#2B5) The link to the NYT is good - just checked it myself from another computer. Re: Any chance of a link that works? (Score: -1, Flamebait) by Anonymous Coward on 2014-07-04 02:56 (#2B7) Zafiro, the link is fine. Fatphil appears to have assumed the unrequested role of Pipedot Idiot Troll in Residence. Just ignore his inanity. Maybe he will go away. Re: Any chance of a link that works? (Score: 1) by zafiro17@pipedot.org on 2014-07-04 19:44 (#2BE) Ha ha, I'm trying to get people to COME to this site, not go away! :) But all I know is, if someone says the link doesn't work, and I try it and it works, my job is done. Although it's funny watching someone desperately fail to figure out how to get to the linked article - Christ, you can even read it in the printed URL! Re: Any chance of a link that works? (Score: 2, Insightful) by fatphil@pipedot.org on 2014-07-06 21:18 (#2BZ) Presumably you have historically signed in to their website, and have a cookie that lets you get past their block. I have not, and therefore do not. Even people on /., the IQ level of which I was hoping |. would exceed, understood this. Do you really not remember the annoyance that NYT links used to cause? Often, someone would post an alternative URL with whatever affiliate/partner field in the query was sufficient for getting past their block. Alas those parameters were whack-a-mole. Re: Any chance of a link that works? (Score: 1) by zafiro17@pipedot.org on 2014-07-07 09:19 (#2C3) The "Submit" button is at the top-right, pal. Go to it.I barely have enough time to post and edit stuff for this site, much less worrying about who's likely to have or lack cookies, and at the risk of freetards insulting my intelligence. Pipedotters may or not have surpassed the IQ of Slashdotters, but the troll factor seems to be about the same ... Re: Any chance of a link that works? (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on 2014-07-09 15:29 (#2CT) I love it, semi-official confirmation that phatfil is the resident Pipedot troll. :) This is of course a NYT problem, in that they restrict access to articles based on IP address and cookies, and apparently ignore their own policy about allowing 2nd party inbound links to work (maybe there's a whitelist now) -- -- but at the least they STILL show you a preview of the article and a login prompt. So fatty is still out of line / lying / way out there. Re: Any chance of a link that works? (Score: 1) by zafiro17@pipedot.org on 2014-07-09 18:06 (#2D4) It's true I've got a NYT membership, for which I pay. That is something I hadn't considered. But I'm also living in Senegal (see http://www.therandymon.com) so I've got an African IP address. You wouldn't believe what kind of trouble that gets me. A lot of sites - American consumer sites, mostly - are totally off-limits to me. Netflix, for example: I can't even get past the front page. A lot of Youtube/Vimeo stuff too: "This video is not available to your region." What the fuck? This isn't what the Internet was supposed to be all about.
Re: Any chance of a link that works? (Score: 1) by zafiro17@pipedot.org on 2014-07-03 18:09 (#2B5) The link to the NYT is good - just checked it myself from another computer. Re: Any chance of a link that works? (Score: -1, Flamebait) by Anonymous Coward on 2014-07-04 02:56 (#2B7) Zafiro, the link is fine. Fatphil appears to have assumed the unrequested role of Pipedot Idiot Troll in Residence. Just ignore his inanity. Maybe he will go away. Re: Any chance of a link that works? (Score: 1) by zafiro17@pipedot.org on 2014-07-04 19:44 (#2BE) Ha ha, I'm trying to get people to COME to this site, not go away! :) But all I know is, if someone says the link doesn't work, and I try it and it works, my job is done. Although it's funny watching someone desperately fail to figure out how to get to the linked article - Christ, you can even read it in the printed URL! Re: Any chance of a link that works? (Score: 2, Insightful) by fatphil@pipedot.org on 2014-07-06 21:18 (#2BZ) Presumably you have historically signed in to their website, and have a cookie that lets you get past their block. I have not, and therefore do not. Even people on /., the IQ level of which I was hoping |. would exceed, understood this. Do you really not remember the annoyance that NYT links used to cause? Often, someone would post an alternative URL with whatever affiliate/partner field in the query was sufficient for getting past their block. Alas those parameters were whack-a-mole. Re: Any chance of a link that works? (Score: 1) by zafiro17@pipedot.org on 2014-07-07 09:19 (#2C3) The "Submit" button is at the top-right, pal. Go to it.I barely have enough time to post and edit stuff for this site, much less worrying about who's likely to have or lack cookies, and at the risk of freetards insulting my intelligence. Pipedotters may or not have surpassed the IQ of Slashdotters, but the troll factor seems to be about the same ... Re: Any chance of a link that works? (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on 2014-07-09 15:29 (#2CT) I love it, semi-official confirmation that phatfil is the resident Pipedot troll. :) This is of course a NYT problem, in that they restrict access to articles based on IP address and cookies, and apparently ignore their own policy about allowing 2nd party inbound links to work (maybe there's a whitelist now) -- -- but at the least they STILL show you a preview of the article and a login prompt. So fatty is still out of line / lying / way out there. Re: Any chance of a link that works? (Score: 1) by zafiro17@pipedot.org on 2014-07-09 18:06 (#2D4) It's true I've got a NYT membership, for which I pay. That is something I hadn't considered. But I'm also living in Senegal (see http://www.therandymon.com) so I've got an African IP address. You wouldn't believe what kind of trouble that gets me. A lot of sites - American consumer sites, mostly - are totally off-limits to me. Netflix, for example: I can't even get past the front page. A lot of Youtube/Vimeo stuff too: "This video is not available to your region." What the fuck? This isn't what the Internet was supposed to be all about.
Re: Any chance of a link that works? (Score: -1, Flamebait) by Anonymous Coward on 2014-07-04 02:56 (#2B7) Zafiro, the link is fine. Fatphil appears to have assumed the unrequested role of Pipedot Idiot Troll in Residence. Just ignore his inanity. Maybe he will go away. Re: Any chance of a link that works? (Score: 1) by zafiro17@pipedot.org on 2014-07-04 19:44 (#2BE) Ha ha, I'm trying to get people to COME to this site, not go away! :) But all I know is, if someone says the link doesn't work, and I try it and it works, my job is done. Although it's funny watching someone desperately fail to figure out how to get to the linked article - Christ, you can even read it in the printed URL! Re: Any chance of a link that works? (Score: 2, Insightful) by fatphil@pipedot.org on 2014-07-06 21:18 (#2BZ) Presumably you have historically signed in to their website, and have a cookie that lets you get past their block. I have not, and therefore do not. Even people on /., the IQ level of which I was hoping |. would exceed, understood this. Do you really not remember the annoyance that NYT links used to cause? Often, someone would post an alternative URL with whatever affiliate/partner field in the query was sufficient for getting past their block. Alas those parameters were whack-a-mole. Re: Any chance of a link that works? (Score: 1) by zafiro17@pipedot.org on 2014-07-07 09:19 (#2C3) The "Submit" button is at the top-right, pal. Go to it.I barely have enough time to post and edit stuff for this site, much less worrying about who's likely to have or lack cookies, and at the risk of freetards insulting my intelligence. Pipedotters may or not have surpassed the IQ of Slashdotters, but the troll factor seems to be about the same ... Re: Any chance of a link that works? (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on 2014-07-09 15:29 (#2CT) I love it, semi-official confirmation that phatfil is the resident Pipedot troll. :) This is of course a NYT problem, in that they restrict access to articles based on IP address and cookies, and apparently ignore their own policy about allowing 2nd party inbound links to work (maybe there's a whitelist now) -- -- but at the least they STILL show you a preview of the article and a login prompt. So fatty is still out of line / lying / way out there. Re: Any chance of a link that works? (Score: 1) by zafiro17@pipedot.org on 2014-07-09 18:06 (#2D4) It's true I've got a NYT membership, for which I pay. That is something I hadn't considered. But I'm also living in Senegal (see http://www.therandymon.com) so I've got an African IP address. You wouldn't believe what kind of trouble that gets me. A lot of sites - American consumer sites, mostly - are totally off-limits to me. Netflix, for example: I can't even get past the front page. A lot of Youtube/Vimeo stuff too: "This video is not available to your region." What the fuck? This isn't what the Internet was supposed to be all about.
Re: Any chance of a link that works? (Score: 1) by zafiro17@pipedot.org on 2014-07-04 19:44 (#2BE) Ha ha, I'm trying to get people to COME to this site, not go away! :) But all I know is, if someone says the link doesn't work, and I try it and it works, my job is done. Although it's funny watching someone desperately fail to figure out how to get to the linked article - Christ, you can even read it in the printed URL! Re: Any chance of a link that works? (Score: 2, Insightful) by fatphil@pipedot.org on 2014-07-06 21:18 (#2BZ) Presumably you have historically signed in to their website, and have a cookie that lets you get past their block. I have not, and therefore do not. Even people on /., the IQ level of which I was hoping |. would exceed, understood this. Do you really not remember the annoyance that NYT links used to cause? Often, someone would post an alternative URL with whatever affiliate/partner field in the query was sufficient for getting past their block. Alas those parameters were whack-a-mole. Re: Any chance of a link that works? (Score: 1) by zafiro17@pipedot.org on 2014-07-07 09:19 (#2C3) The "Submit" button is at the top-right, pal. Go to it.I barely have enough time to post and edit stuff for this site, much less worrying about who's likely to have or lack cookies, and at the risk of freetards insulting my intelligence. Pipedotters may or not have surpassed the IQ of Slashdotters, but the troll factor seems to be about the same ... Re: Any chance of a link that works? (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on 2014-07-09 15:29 (#2CT) I love it, semi-official confirmation that phatfil is the resident Pipedot troll. :) This is of course a NYT problem, in that they restrict access to articles based on IP address and cookies, and apparently ignore their own policy about allowing 2nd party inbound links to work (maybe there's a whitelist now) -- -- but at the least they STILL show you a preview of the article and a login prompt. So fatty is still out of line / lying / way out there. Re: Any chance of a link that works? (Score: 1) by zafiro17@pipedot.org on 2014-07-09 18:06 (#2D4) It's true I've got a NYT membership, for which I pay. That is something I hadn't considered. But I'm also living in Senegal (see http://www.therandymon.com) so I've got an African IP address. You wouldn't believe what kind of trouble that gets me. A lot of sites - American consumer sites, mostly - are totally off-limits to me. Netflix, for example: I can't even get past the front page. A lot of Youtube/Vimeo stuff too: "This video is not available to your region." What the fuck? This isn't what the Internet was supposed to be all about.
Re: Any chance of a link that works? (Score: 2, Insightful) by fatphil@pipedot.org on 2014-07-06 21:18 (#2BZ) Presumably you have historically signed in to their website, and have a cookie that lets you get past their block. I have not, and therefore do not. Even people on /., the IQ level of which I was hoping |. would exceed, understood this. Do you really not remember the annoyance that NYT links used to cause? Often, someone would post an alternative URL with whatever affiliate/partner field in the query was sufficient for getting past their block. Alas those parameters were whack-a-mole. Re: Any chance of a link that works? (Score: 1) by zafiro17@pipedot.org on 2014-07-07 09:19 (#2C3) The "Submit" button is at the top-right, pal. Go to it.I barely have enough time to post and edit stuff for this site, much less worrying about who's likely to have or lack cookies, and at the risk of freetards insulting my intelligence. Pipedotters may or not have surpassed the IQ of Slashdotters, but the troll factor seems to be about the same ... Re: Any chance of a link that works? (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on 2014-07-09 15:29 (#2CT) I love it, semi-official confirmation that phatfil is the resident Pipedot troll. :) This is of course a NYT problem, in that they restrict access to articles based on IP address and cookies, and apparently ignore their own policy about allowing 2nd party inbound links to work (maybe there's a whitelist now) -- -- but at the least they STILL show you a preview of the article and a login prompt. So fatty is still out of line / lying / way out there. Re: Any chance of a link that works? (Score: 1) by zafiro17@pipedot.org on 2014-07-09 18:06 (#2D4) It's true I've got a NYT membership, for which I pay. That is something I hadn't considered. But I'm also living in Senegal (see http://www.therandymon.com) so I've got an African IP address. You wouldn't believe what kind of trouble that gets me. A lot of sites - American consumer sites, mostly - are totally off-limits to me. Netflix, for example: I can't even get past the front page. A lot of Youtube/Vimeo stuff too: "This video is not available to your region." What the fuck? This isn't what the Internet was supposed to be all about.
Re: Any chance of a link that works? (Score: 1) by zafiro17@pipedot.org on 2014-07-07 09:19 (#2C3) The "Submit" button is at the top-right, pal. Go to it.I barely have enough time to post and edit stuff for this site, much less worrying about who's likely to have or lack cookies, and at the risk of freetards insulting my intelligence. Pipedotters may or not have surpassed the IQ of Slashdotters, but the troll factor seems to be about the same ... Re: Any chance of a link that works? (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on 2014-07-09 15:29 (#2CT) I love it, semi-official confirmation that phatfil is the resident Pipedot troll. :) This is of course a NYT problem, in that they restrict access to articles based on IP address and cookies, and apparently ignore their own policy about allowing 2nd party inbound links to work (maybe there's a whitelist now) -- -- but at the least they STILL show you a preview of the article and a login prompt. So fatty is still out of line / lying / way out there. Re: Any chance of a link that works? (Score: 1) by zafiro17@pipedot.org on 2014-07-09 18:06 (#2D4) It's true I've got a NYT membership, for which I pay. That is something I hadn't considered. But I'm also living in Senegal (see http://www.therandymon.com) so I've got an African IP address. You wouldn't believe what kind of trouble that gets me. A lot of sites - American consumer sites, mostly - are totally off-limits to me. Netflix, for example: I can't even get past the front page. A lot of Youtube/Vimeo stuff too: "This video is not available to your region." What the fuck? This isn't what the Internet was supposed to be all about.
Re: Any chance of a link that works? (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on 2014-07-09 15:29 (#2CT) I love it, semi-official confirmation that phatfil is the resident Pipedot troll. :) This is of course a NYT problem, in that they restrict access to articles based on IP address and cookies, and apparently ignore their own policy about allowing 2nd party inbound links to work (maybe there's a whitelist now) -- -- but at the least they STILL show you a preview of the article and a login prompt. So fatty is still out of line / lying / way out there. Re: Any chance of a link that works? (Score: 1) by zafiro17@pipedot.org on 2014-07-09 18:06 (#2D4) It's true I've got a NYT membership, for which I pay. That is something I hadn't considered. But I'm also living in Senegal (see http://www.therandymon.com) so I've got an African IP address. You wouldn't believe what kind of trouble that gets me. A lot of sites - American consumer sites, mostly - are totally off-limits to me. Netflix, for example: I can't even get past the front page. A lot of Youtube/Vimeo stuff too: "This video is not available to your region." What the fuck? This isn't what the Internet was supposed to be all about.
Re: Any chance of a link that works? (Score: 1) by zafiro17@pipedot.org on 2014-07-09 18:06 (#2D4) It's true I've got a NYT membership, for which I pay. That is something I hadn't considered. But I'm also living in Senegal (see http://www.therandymon.com) so I've got an African IP address. You wouldn't believe what kind of trouble that gets me. A lot of sites - American consumer sites, mostly - are totally off-limits to me. Netflix, for example: I can't even get past the front page. A lot of Youtube/Vimeo stuff too: "This video is not available to your region." What the fuck? This isn't what the Internet was supposed to be all about.