Re: 320.2! 301.5, 311.3, 65.4
 

Loser, you can't put regular html tags in your sig line. The board will only accept UBB links in your sig profile. It will accept either UBB or html in a post here though.

You can try putting the link in your sig as a UBB link, but I don't think it will work right with all the +### stuff in it. You can post your code as text and then a simple UBB link to the decode page. People can then cut+paste your code into the box on the decode page. I don't think you can do it all in one shot though.

[ March 16, 2004, 14:08: Message edited by: geoschmo ]

Re: 320.2! 301.5, 311.3, 65.4
 

question for the day: what does the text in the image in my signiture say?

Re: 320.2! 301.5, 311.3, 65.4
 

<font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">I consider that an intrusion.

Re: 320.2! 301.5, 311.3, 65.4
 

<font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">I consider that an intrusion. </font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">so what does the Last line say? no identifiable info there
the rest you broadcast every time you load anything in your browser

[ April 03, 2004, 22:18: Message edited by: Member 4148 ]

Re: 320.2! 301.5, 311.3, 65.4
 

<font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">I consider that an intrusion. </font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">so what does the Last line say? no identifiable info there
the rest you broadcast every time you load anything in your browser </font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">You comedy line is working.

Re: 320.2! 301.5, 311.3, 65.4
 

Hey, thanks! Now I know what my REAL IP address it, not the one masked by my ISP! http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon12.gif http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/tongue.gif

Re: 320.2! 301.5, 311.3, 65.4
 

THAT is too cool. Nice Sig Member4148. No ban him please. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon10.gif

Re: 320.2! 301.5, 311.3, 65.4
 

I guess the question is that thing storing the info that it is collecting? If it is not then I would say no harm no foul, but if it is keeping the info then I would request that you discontinue using it.

http://www.danasoft.com

[ April 04, 2004, 03:16: Message edited by: Atrocities ]

Re: 320.2! 301.5, 311.3, 65.4
 

It's hard to say if they are collecting the information or not - they have a Privacy Policy posted, and it mentions the sig image briefly:
<font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">... but it doesn't say squat about whether or not they save the info.

But if you think about it for a bit, they are pointing out that any time you load anything Online, you broadcast that info - they just make you aware that they recieve it. Of course, what is really fun, is that it is the servers that normally deal with the info - usually just to send a page back to the requester, sure - but there's no particular reason the server itself couldn't trap the info and store it somewhere - and you would never know. If you are too terribly paranoid about it, don't go Online; or, if you'd like, you could try one of the anonomous browsing services, such as @nonymouse.com - which makes the graphic return a different IP and removes the OS, ISP, and browser info - of course, then you are filtering it all through a single site, and you can't be sure they aren't collecting the information.

Of course, tracking people's IP addresses doesn't really help an advertiser, as most Internet Service Providers use DHCP, which causes the IP address of a client to change periodically, so that the IP address can't be readily used to track a potential customer without the ISP's cooperation.

Edit: Also, I might point out that these Boards store your IP address....

[ April 04, 2004, 07:08: Message edited by: Jack Simth ]

Re: 320.2! 301.5, 311.3, 65.4
 

The Operating System and browser Version are handed over by your web browser software - blame them for doing so. Some browsers (e.g. Opera) let you identify as other browser types. Also, you can insert a program which will intercept these communications and fill in with whatever data you want. Microsoft seems to think no one would ever want to not share this information with everyone though, so IE has no such options.

PvK