ffutures: (marcus 2013)
ffutures ([personal profile] ffutures) wrote2016-06-08 09:24 pm

Because people are idiots...

The deadline for getting on the electoral register if you want to vote in the EU referendum has been extended to midnight tomorrow. No doubt hundreds of people will still be trying at one second to midnight, since there are a lot of idiots around, but if you actually want to vote and haven't already registered I'd suggest trying ASAP.

https://www.gov.uk/register-to-vote

[identity profile] gonzo21.livejournal.com 2016-06-08 11:09 pm (UTC)(link)
The new megaupload might be perfect for your needs?

[identity profile] gonzo21.livejournal.com 2016-06-08 11:09 pm (UTC)(link)
Oops, wrong window. That was for your free file hosting question.

[identity profile] ffutures.livejournal.com 2016-06-09 12:48 am (UTC)(link)
Thanks - certainly worth a try.

[identity profile] ffutures.livejournal.com 2016-06-09 01:13 am (UTC)(link)
Could you try downloading it and see what happens:

https://mega.nz/#!5N5FlQjC!WWYPea6mPiY9IRBmav3qQPcQE0s5M_blbpBwvCO7rGY

[identity profile] gonzo21.livejournal.com 2016-06-09 09:32 am (UTC)(link)
Downloading through my browser option. Haven't seen any adverts or pop-ups. (But I have adblock plus.)

Hitting speeds of 270mb/s which is my maximum internet speed.

[identity profile] gonzo21.livejournal.com 2016-06-09 10:08 am (UTC)(link)
Looks fine. 6939 files in a zip folder.

Unzipped to desktop okay.

Haven't run the .exe. FF installs itself does it?
Edited 2016-06-09 10:09 (UTC)

[identity profile] ffutures.livejournal.com 2016-06-09 11:20 am (UTC)(link)
No, the executable is a search program, I should have said - you just copy the whole directory into a subdirectory off C e.g. C:\ffcd7, run the readme HTML page in the top level to see how it all works. It's basically a web site on a disk.

[identity profile] gonzo21.livejournal.com 2016-06-08 11:10 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh, and people who were too stupid to register to vote before the very last minute, are I think too stupid to be allowed to vote in it anyway.

[identity profile] pauldormer.livejournal.com 2016-06-09 10:26 am (UTC)(link)
Reminds me of the Friday evening rush when I was Hugo administrator, both on the last day of nominating and the last day of voting. (Our website didn't crash.)

[identity profile] ffutures.livejournal.com 2016-06-09 11:20 am (UTC)(link)
You didn't have a couple of hundred thousand idiots using it.