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Post by MikeMusic on Mar 9, 2020 10:55:37 GMT
and here was me thinking *I* was 'special'  |
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Post by petea on Mar 9, 2020 10:59:12 GMT
Oh you are, Mike, you are. In a good way of course!  |
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Post by Tim on Mar 9, 2020 11:15:36 GMT
Will a pussers grip do David?
Got this one, I tried it in front of the speakers but it made things worse - so should it go, above, below or behind them?
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Post by Mr Whippy on Mar 9, 2020 12:22:45 GMT
The difference between Brits and Americans.
We stockpile bog rolls. They stockpile bullets.
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Post by MartinT on Mar 9, 2020 12:35:18 GMT
They're going to shoot the virus?
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Post by Slinger on Mar 9, 2020 13:47:14 GMT
For anyone who thinks that current affairs have no place on a hifi forum... Please feel free to ignore this type of thread, and perhaps post something interesting about hifi instead. |
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Post by julesd68 on Mar 9, 2020 14:35:30 GMT
L-O-L
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Post by petea on Mar 9, 2020 14:42:09 GMT
For anyone who thinks that current affairs have no place on a hifi forum... Please feel free to ignore this type of thread, and perhaps post something interesting about hifi instead. Er, how about, I think my streamer has a virus?! |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 9, 2020 14:55:38 GMT
For anyone who thinks that current affairs have no place on a hifi forum... Please feel free to ignore this type of thread, and perhaps post something interesting about hifi instead. Er, how about, I think my streamer has a virus?! Interesting question/point. Can a streamer get a virus (not Corona obviously!), because they are ultimately computers, and if they did get a virus what would that mean? |
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Post by Slinger on Mar 9, 2020 15:18:20 GMT
It's highly unlikely, Paul. Most streaming software appears to be Linux-based and there just aren't that many common Linux viruses compared to Windoze etc. Added to that you're not actually connected to the wild and woolly internet even when streaming from somewhere like Spotify. You're not downloading anything that's kept on your streamer in the way that you do with, say, a PC. There's no email, no downloading of programs other than the one you're using, and so on. Apart from that, what would a virus do? There's no financial information for it so harvest, no collections of passwords, etc. There are no incentives for people to actually write viruses for specific streaming software.
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Post by MartinT on Mar 9, 2020 15:18:21 GMT
I think my streamer has a virus?! Have you tried ibuprofen? Boom, boom! |
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Post by MartinT on Mar 9, 2020 15:20:27 GMT
It's highly unlikely, Paul. Most streaming software appears to be Linux-based and there just aren't that many common Linux viruses compared to Windoze etc. Not so much viruses, but leaving the back door open (by using the default SSH password, for instance) could allow harvesting of streaming service passwords and thence use of your accounts. |
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Post by petea on Mar 9, 2020 15:22:56 GMT
I think my streamer has a virus?! Have you tried ibuprofen? Boom, boom! Couldn't find it on either Tidal or Qobuz, but Eric Clapton seems to have something that might help! |
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Post by TheMooN on Mar 9, 2020 15:39:48 GMT
No shortage on Amazon as yet.  |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 9, 2020 15:50:27 GMT
Have you tried ibuprofen? Boom, boom! Couldn't find it on either Tidal or Qobuz, but Eric Clapton seems to have something that might help! You wouldn't mean this by any chance would you, Pete? |
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Post by petea on Mar 9, 2020 15:55:35 GMT
That's the fella. It worked a treat: I'm not even slightly worried about that virus now!
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Post by Deleted on Mar 9, 2020 16:24:42 GMT
LOL
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Post by The Brookmeister on Mar 10, 2020 23:05:45 GMT
So you panic buy some hand sanitizer, then there is none left for others who then get the virus and pass it on to you.
Sums it all up.
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Post by Slinger on Mar 10, 2020 23:12:35 GMT
The daft thing is, hand sanitiser needs to be at least 60% alcohol to be of any use, so most of the stuff that people are panic-buying is next to useless anyway. You're better off with soap and water. What's worrying is that the "good" sanitiser is now being stolen from hospitals and doctors' surgeries.
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Post by MartinT on Mar 11, 2020 7:03:58 GMT
Yes, people are still confusing hand sanitiser with soap. Soap does the job when you're washing your hands with water. You only need sanitiser when you don't have water.
We've had bottles of sanitiser go missing at work. It beggars belief.
On another subject, we had no trouble buying loo rolls yesterday. I guess people have moved on to stockpiling something else.
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