[access-uk] Re: websites cause total system shutdown

From: "Damon" <damon.rose@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 17 Aug 2005 14:58:21 +0100

BitTorretn should do ya. That's what I use. It involves a bit of jaws cursoring but it's OK.

The download should speed up as people come online.

BitTorrent is a peer2peer file sharing system but it doesn't download from just one source. In order to speed up the peer2peer download, your computer goes off and finds chunks of your desired file on many other computers. It then downloads these chunks simultaneously so you've got several streams of data, in effect, landing on your hard disk.

So, the more people who are online, the more sources you're drawing on, the faster the download.

----- Original Message ----- From: "Steve Nutt" <steve@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Wednesday, August 17, 2005 1:12 PM Subject: [access-uk] Re: websites cause total system shutdown

Hi Adrian,

I am just downloading my first Torrent file with Bit Torrent.  It seems to
be accessible enough.

All the best
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-----Original Message----- From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Adrian Higginbotham Sent: 17 August 2005 10:46 To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [access-uk] Re: websites cause total system shutdown

What BT client are people using - I've just signed up successfully for uknova and installed the official BT client but couldn't quite seem to work out how to start a download as the first file I clicked on just sat at zero percent with a very slow dl speed of 21k - was it that file or do I need to choose a different client?

Adrian Higginbotham
Accessibility and inclusion adviser
British Educational Communications and Technology Agency - BECTA
Tel: Direct dial 024 7679 7333 - Internal extension #2287
Email: Adrian.Higginbotham@xxxxxxxxxxxx
Web: http://www.becta.org.uk/
BECTA, Millburn Hill Road, Science Park, Coventry, CV4 7JJ -----Original
Message-----
From: kevin and emma [mailto:kream@xxxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: 17 August 2005 09:43
To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [access-uk] Re: websites cause total system shutdown

it's best to keep checking regularly too. i couldn't get registered for most of yesterday, but finally managed it late last night. they delete inactive accounts regularly and then it's just a case of filling the available spots. there's no waiting list as such, it's first come first served. their FAQ says 75000 members. but when i registered, it was showing as 30000 members and wasn't allowing further sign ups at the time, so i guess 30000 is the limit. Kevin - co-owner/moderator of the blind gamers discussion list contact me via email/msn: kream@xxxxxxxxxxxx ----- Original Message ----- From: "Steve Nutt" <steve@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Wednesday, August 17, 2005 6:55 AM Subject: [access-uk] Re: websites cause total system shutdown

Hi Damon,
Thanks for that. I know about Bit Torrent, but I didn't know about

that

site.

All the best
--
Computer Room Services:  the long cane for blind computer users.
Telephone Voice:  +44(0)1438 742286, Fax/BBS:  +44(0)1438 759589
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-----Original Message-----
From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On

Behalf
Of

Damon
Sent: 16 August 2005 23:33
To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [access-uk] Re: websites cause total system shutdown
first come first served is the criteria ... but currently the doors

aren't

open to new people. Chec back often and try to register. You'll love

it.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Steve Nutt" <steve@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, August 16, 2005 9:45 PM
Subject: [access-uk] Re: websites cause total system shutdown


> Hi Sunil,
>
> Restricted to whom?  What's the criteria?
>
> All the best
> --
> Computer Room Services:  the long cane for blind computer users.
> Telephone Voice:  +44(0)1438 742286, Fax/BBS:  +44(0)1438 759589
> mobile:  +44(0)7956 334938,
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> Web site:  http://www.comproom.co.uk
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On

Behalf

> Of
> Sunil
> Sent: 16 August 2005 07:18
> To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [access-uk] Re: websites cause total system shutdown
>
> It is a torrent site but membership is restricted.
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On

Behalf

> Of
> Steve Nutt
> Sent: 15 August 2005 22:50
> To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [access-uk] Re: websites cause total system shutdown
>
>
> Hi Damon,
>
> What is this UK Nova?  It looks as though it is a host for Bit

Torrent,

> but
> when you try to sign up, it says sorry, this site is not for public

use.

> If
> that is the case, what is the point of it?
>
> All the best
> --
> Computer Room Services:  the long cane for blind computer users.

Telephone

> Voice:  +44(0)1438 742286, Fax/BBS:  +44(0)1438 759589
> mobile:  +44(0)7956 334938,
> Email:  Steve@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Web site:  http://www.comproom.co.uk
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On

Behalf

> Of
> Damon
> Sent: 15 August 2005 19:53
> To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [access-uk] Re: websites cause total system shutdown
>
> Well UKNova was working fine for me too until a couple of weeks ago.

It's

> just enfuriating.
>
> On the My eBay page it's the part of the page where you find the
> tabulation as to how many people have been looking at what you're
> selling, what

price

> your item's bid stands at etc. So actually it's the most important

part
of

> the page, the only bit I'd want to read in fact.
>
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Tyrer, Jonathan" <Jonathan.Tyrer@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Monday, August 15, 2005 9:51 AM
> Subject: [access-uk] Re: websites cause total system shutdown
>
>
>> Which line on My Ebay?  The uknova site works fine here - JAWS 6.2

and

>> all.
>>
>> JT
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
>> Behalf Of Steve Nutt
>> Sent: 14 August 2005 20:08
>> To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Subject: [access-uk] Re: websites cause total system shutdown
>>
>> Hi again Damon,
>>
>> I should really qualify what I said.
>>
>> At the beginning of this explanation, you say that the web sites

run

>> OK when JAWS is not running, but when you run it, they don't run.

You

>> then come to the conclusion you that you may end up buying a new
>> computer. From your explanation, it sounds like the screen reader

is

>> to blame, not the computer to me.  I think both Hal and Window-Eyes
>> are more stable than JAWS nowadays.
>>
>> All the best
>> --
>> Computer Room Services:  the long cane for blind computer users.
>> Telephone Voice:  +44(0)1438 742286, Fax/BBS:  +44(0)1438 759589
>> mobile:  +44(0)7956 334938,
>> Email:  Steve@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Web site:  http://www.comproom.co.uk
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
>> Behalf Of Steve Nutt
>> Sent: 14 August 2005 20:01
>> To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Subject: [access-uk] Re: websites cause total system shutdown
>>
>> Hi Damon,
>>
>> How about a new screen reader?  <Smile>.  I reckon that's where

your

>> problem is.  I don't reckon JAWS is all that stable any more in
>> general.
>>
>> All the best
>> --
>> Computer Room Services:  the long cane for blind computer users.
>> Telephone Voice:  +44(0)1438 742286, Fax/BBS:  +44(0)1438 759589
>> mobile:  +44(0)7956 334938,
>> Email:  Steve@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Web site:  http://www.comproom.co.uk
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
>> Behalf Of Damon
>> Sent: 14 August 2005 19:53
>> To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Subject: [access-uk] websites cause total system shutdown
>>
>> Hi there,
>>
>> Hoping someone can help me with this enfuriating and exasperating
>> problem.
>>
>> Some websites make my PC switch itself off and do a restart. This

only

>> happens when JAWS is on. If someone visits the websites when JAWS

is

>> not on, there is no problem at all.
>>
>> I'll explain it a bit more in a second but has anyone else had this
>> problem?
>>
>> It's all to do with certain websites.
>>
>> Sometimes when I land on a website the computer will do a restart
>> before even letting me arrow down into any of the page. On other
>> websites, however, like the 'My eBay' section in eBay, it causes

the

>> computer to restart when I arrow down to a certain line on the

page.

>>
>> Also: I used to visit UKNova.com with no problem whatsoever until
>> recently. Now as soon as I land on the site the computer does a
>> restart. Interestingly here though I decided to delete all cookies

and

>> I was able to look at the front page of UKNova without any

problems.

>> TO use the service tho, you need to sign in. As soon as you sign

in,

>> you're directed to a different part of the site, the website drops

a

>> cookie onto the hard disk and bang bang the computer automatically
>> does a total system restart. Not sure, then, if the issue here is

to

>> do with the cookie or something else.
>>
>> I am confused and irritated beyond belief and the more I surf the

web

>> the more websites I'm coming across that switch my PC off.
>>
>> Other things I've done is delete all the history. It did nothing.

It

>> also didn't help when I upgraded to service pack 2.
>>
>> Please please please if someone can give me any ideas or insight

into

>> what could be going on I'd be so immensely grateful.
>>
>> I'm already seriously considering just buying a new computer which
>> clearly is a silly reaction to this problem. Oh and incidentally I
>> seem to have plenty of memory.
>>
>>
>> Thank you!
>>
>> ...Damon
>>
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