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monkeymagic

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    Comment #9020937

    That's fair. The domain above resolves fine with and without the block: http://i.imgur.com/AIqtrxF.png DNS cache was flushed between each hit.

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    Comment #9020847

    It asks you when you first connect the router. I suspect most people you have contacted are likely to have subconciously (or thoughtlessly) opted in. If you let me know the URL, I …

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    Comment #9020826

    Actually this is likely Sky's opt-in adult content filtering. It really isn't mandatory. Any content blocking is prone to false positives and people will learn that eventually.

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    Comment #9020815

    You can get the client to disable this via the My Sky page here: https://secure.sky.com/mysky-homepage/indexb This is opt-in so they clicked a button somewhere when Sky asked them …

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    Comment #9018486

    So true. We had a different problem. They chewed through the fibre cables between our offices to get the fiberglass sheath for their nests. Eventually they ran Ethernet underground…

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    Comment #9017006

    One of my hobbies is arguing with reviewers about these sort of things on amazon. Its amazing the crap they come up with.

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    Comment #9016981

    Having sat there, as a teenager, with a whole bag of 1N4148s and a mains test block, can confirm :)

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    Comment #9016874

    Squirrels act as inductors in DC circuits. Only once though. There's a high current surge that drops to zero as they turn rapidly into a carbon resistor!