You useless bunch of maggots, BT!

So, today I get a script kiddie attack looking for vulnerable phpMyAdmin installs on servers.
I collect the details and discover that it is a BT customer. As BT are likely to do something (as opposed to the many, many attacks from certain other countries), I drop an email to the abuse contact address on the whois lookup with all the details.

A couple of minutes later, I get a response from an automated system explaining that due to high numbers of emails, I need to complete a "webform" to give the relevant details. A bit frustrating, but yep, OK.
So I go to the link provided - only to be sent to a page explaining what phishing is. Really?  I bloody know what that is you morons.

Never mind, I decide to use their main website to report the attack AND their shitty pointless link.
Find the Contact Us bit on site, then follow the Report a scam/phishing/abuse linky - which gives an "email us" link.  At last!

Buuuuuuut.............. clicking on that link takes you to the stupid page about bloody phishing again!

If they can't get their own bloody website to work, its no wonder my internet connection and phone line are piss poor.

You really are total crap BT. 

Dear Google - Noooo!

Google have apparently been trying out a method to avoid ads by paying ..

Sorry, but I avoid ads by using AdBlock or by other techie methods such as modified hosts files.

Do I object to advertising? Yes I bloody well do. I pay for internet access each month via my shite ISP - so I don't expect to pay any more.

Simple, no flashy, non scrolly ads I don't mind too much, but the current situation if I remove my AdBlock is pretty awful!

I shall not pay to remove ads - and will continue to block flash and other animated advertising.

Just like on the telly (which I no longer have), I am not influenced by adverts, so don't waste millions trying to get me to buy whatever crap you are promoting.

K thx bye

Same old...same old....

Isn't it funny how the same old topics crop up in my (and many other peoples) blog?

This one is about .... Gmail again.

In the last few days, every time I open Gmail, I get a yellow banner across the top telling me that my browser is out of date and that I should use a newer one. It gives me two options - to get a new version or to dismiss the banner. I dismiss it - but every bloody time I open Gmail in a browser, I get the stupid banner again.

Now, Mr Gmail, I *know* my browser is "out of date" - it is specifically that way. I hate the new look firefox and when it came out, I made the mistake of allowing Xubuntu to download and install it for me. It was dire - so I reinstalled the older version whilst I had a chance and then pinned it in my package manager (if you don't understand, it just means that I locked the version so a new one can't replace it).

So, I don't want the new Firefox. Please stop this sort of dictatorship, Google!  Every time the Gmail folks have too much LSD and come up with another wacky change to the UI, we all have to install it - they give us no choice. And now this crap....

Think I might just go to using Gmail via my mail program - see how Google like that!  Losing their ad revenue (although I don't actually allow ads - but still!)