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Post by Financial Thing on Feb 8, 2016 15:31:04 GMT
I don't think it's bots. All it would take is someone to run through the same motion as you 0.1 seconds faster than you, and they get the loan part. Gone are the good old days where you could actually buy SM SS pieces. But at least it's easy to sell. But they would also have to get through the next few clicks as well 0.1 secs faster than my first click. I did just one click in about 0.5 sec to get to the information that £0.00 was still available so wasn't even given the bot-check let alone the rest of the procedure. Yes this is true. Also you have to factor in your browser refresh and internet speed. If your browser refreshes at different intervals than say mine, we will see the loan pieces at different times (even a 1 sec difference). And if I have a faster internet connection than you, I'll see it faster. I've found when I click on a piece, it's gone instantly so I can only attribute it to timing.
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Post by GSV3MIaC on Feb 8, 2016 15:38:48 GMT
I don't think it's bots. All it would take is someone to run through the same motion as you 0.1 seconds faster than you, and they get the loan part. Gone are the good old days where you could actually buy SM SS pieces. But at least it's easy to sell. But they would also have to get through the next few clicks as well 0.1 secs faster than my first click. I did just one click in about 0.5 sec to get to the information that £0.00 was still available so wasn't even given the bot-check let alone the rest of the procedure. No Grumpy, what they do is sit there with a 'buy' screen already open, a recaptcha ticked off (even if they had to do some street signs to get it), and as soon as they see the amount go to non-zero they hit enter (or they inject some viral javascript into the web page to hit enter for them, which'd be slightly faster). They can probably keep a half dozen or more windows open, each with recaptcha validated and ready to leap on a loan (I'm not sure if you can validate a recaptcha for loan X and then use it to bid on loan Y, but that may be possible too). Plus they'll probably have fibre, the fastest PC munny can buy, etc. The SS website is a bit laggy too sometimes - one page'll say there is something available, but the available page will say 'nada' .. or the available page'll say there's £10 in loan XYZ, but the XYZ loan page will say 'nope all sold' (and I'm talking about 'at the same time' .. although Einstein will say 'at the same time' is meaningless anyway).
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Post by Investor on Feb 8, 2016 15:41:31 GMT
I don't think it's bots. All it would take is someone to run through the same motion as you 0.1 seconds faster than you, and they get the loan part. Gone are the good old days where you could actually buy SM SS pieces. But at least it's easy to sell. But they would also have to get through the next few clicks as well 0.1 secs faster than my first click. I did just one click in about 0.5 sec to get to the information that £0.00 was still available so wasn't even given the bot-check let alone the rest of the procedure. Dear Mr O.G Many thanks for your query of the 8th February 2016. We hope you find the information below should help assist you in understanding the issue you are currently having Yours sincerely W.H Ippersnapper ![]() 
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Post by cooling_dude on Feb 8, 2016 15:44:40 GMT
But they would also have to get through the next few clicks as well 0.1 secs faster than my first click. I did just one click in about 0.5 sec to get to the information that £0.00 was still available so wasn't even given the bot-check let alone the rest of the procedure. Dear Mr O.G Many thanks for your query of the 8th February 2016. We hope you find the information below should help assist you in understanding the issue you are currently having Yours sincerely W.H Ippersnapper   I don't think that the age group goes high enough for oldgrumpy.....
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Post by oldgrumpy on Feb 8, 2016 16:00:20 GMT
cooling_dude I don't think that the age group goes high enough....You too vill be on my list!  
(Actually Correct - I'm not included in the graph, so 0.5 secs isn't so bad!) GSV3MIaC No Grumpy, what they do is sit there with a 'buy' screen already open, a recaptcha ticked off blah blahYep. I'm doing that now since it was shown to be possible  Their two clicks could easily beat my one  I'll have a proper sit down session with two laptops a bit later when a more sizeable new loan rattles the system.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 8, 2016 16:01:02 GMT
The Wolsey Business Park loans are flying through legals. We should have the valuation at the end of the week and completion early next week. The bottleneck in the pipeline is easing. So Wolsey Business park is favourite to go live next ... no more prefunding this week ?
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Post by Financial Thing on Feb 8, 2016 16:14:12 GMT
my captcha is making me select steaks from pictures of bunny rabbits and sticks of Skegness rock. Mildly annoying
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Post by wildlife2 on Feb 8, 2016 16:23:49 GMT
I've never had bunny rabbit steak before.
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Post by ablender on Feb 8, 2016 16:34:25 GMT
I've never had bunny rabbit steak before. I do not know if you can call them steaks, but rabbit meat is fantastic.
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Post by wildlife2 on Feb 8, 2016 16:53:05 GMT
I've never had bunny rabbit steak before. I do not know if you can call them steaks, but rabbit meat is fantastic. Do you catch them by the net-ful? Or by the ankles?
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Post by ablender on Feb 8, 2016 16:57:12 GMT
No, we used to rear them. Varieties that are large, reared specifically for meat production.
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Post by eascogo on Feb 9, 2016 0:00:48 GMT
But they would also have to get through the next few clicks as well 0.1 secs faster than my first click. I did just one click in about 0.5 sec to get to the information that £0.00 was still available so wasn't even given the bot-check let alone the rest of the procedure. Dear Mr O.G Many thanks for your query of the 8th February 2016. We hope you find the information below should help assist you in understanding the issue you are currently having Yours sincerely W.H Ippersnapper ![]() Investor. Is your chart derived from the Driving-age Reaction Test?. Have you taken the test? I find it consistently underestimates my age by 45/50 years even after a tipple. So let oldgrumpy take the test before jumping to conclusions! www.driving.co.uk/news/find-out-your-driving-age-in-this-reaction-test-game/
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Post by oldgrumpy on Feb 9, 2016 0:34:02 GMT
eascogo
OK. What do you think? (Don't answer the first one!!) I do admit to being over 40 50. 1. 278 Not sure you are human (!!!!! ) 2. 402ms Age 31 3. 399ms Age 31 4. 397ms Age 31 5. 366ms Age 26 6. 407ms Age 32 7. 422ms Age 34 8. 471ms Age 39 9. 384ms Age 29 10. 318ms Age 21 ( ) And that's at 00:33 after three pints, and bursting for a P. (And I haven't tasted rabbit since I was about 6 - didn't like it much)
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Post by pepperpot on Feb 9, 2016 0:59:34 GMT
Yep, it's confirmed my worst fears... That'll explain the electric sheep in my dreams then, oh, and does anyone want to offer their hand for me to hone my knife stabbing between fingers skills?    (thankfully, managed to beat a half pished gorilla) |
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Post by jonah on Feb 9, 2016 6:06:50 GMT
Surely that is the training tool for the SS SM?
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Their two clicks could easily beat my one 
