Dropbox in Chinese...

[Tom Del Rosso]

Ever go to Dropbox and find that they\'ve decided you are Chinese? Google
for \'change language\' and there\'s a link to the settings page, and guess
what language it\'s in.

Of course I never even went to the options page before so they changed
it based on god knows what.

--

 

[Joe Chisolm]

On Thu, 27 Aug 2020 16:32:45 -0400, Tom Del Rosso wrote:

Ever go to Dropbox and find that they\'ve decided you are Chinese? Google
for \'change language\' and there\'s a link to the settings page, and guess
what language it\'s in.

Of course I never even went to the options page before so they changed
it based on god knows what.

\"whats my ip\" in duckduckgo or google and see if you IP is what you
think it should be.

--
Chisolm
Texas-American

 

[Tom Del Rosso]

Joe Chisolm wrote:

On Thu, 27 Aug 2020 16:32:45 -0400, Tom Del Rosso wrote:

Ever go to Dropbox and find that they\'ve decided you are Chinese?
Google for \'change language\' and there\'s a link to the settings
page, and guess what language it\'s in.

Of course I never even went to the options page before so they
changed it based on god knows what.

\"whats my ip\" in duckduckgo or google and see if you IP is what you
think it should be.

Yeah, it\'s what it should be. Confirmed that the IP belongs to my ISP.

And Dropbox does this when I\'m not logged in. I haven\'t tried to use it
in a long time and haven\'t needed to log in in ages.

I hadn\'t tried another browser until now. Chrome is ok. And Firefox has
it in Chinese but the Chinese language is not even in the installed list
and English is selected in FF.

 

[Clifford Heath]

On 28/8/20 7:49 am, Tom Del Rosso wrote:

Joe Chisolm wrote:
On Thu, 27 Aug 2020 16:32:45 -0400, Tom Del Rosso wrote:

Ever go to Dropbox and find that they\'ve decided you are Chinese?
Google for \'change language\' and there\'s a link to the settings
page, and guess what language it\'s in.

Of course I never even went to the options page before so they
changed it based on god knows what.

\"whats my ip\" in duckduckgo or google and see if you IP is what you
think it should be.

Yeah, it\'s what it should be. Confirmed that the IP belongs to my ISP.

And Dropbox does this when I\'m not logged in. I haven\'t tried to use it
in a long time and haven\'t needed to log in in ages.

I hadn\'t tried another browser until now. Chrome is ok. And Firefox has
it in Chinese but the Chinese language is not even in the installed list
and English is selected in FF.

Delete your Dropbox cookies and try again. They use those to remember
where they think you are. AliExpress does the same, occasionally
deciding I\'m in Germany, or Russia, or somewhere else.

Clifford Heath.

 

[Tom Del Rosso]

Clifford Heath wrote:

Delete your Dropbox cookies and try again. They use those to remember
where they think you are. AliExpress does the same, occasionally
deciding I\'m in Germany, or Russia, or somewhere else.

I had deleted at least one cookie but you\'re right, they have another
cookie for dropboxstatic.com. Must have gotten the wrong one.

Thanks.

 

[Joerg]

On 2020-08-27 16:06, Tom Del Rosso wrote:

Clifford Heath wrote:

Delete your Dropbox cookies and try again. They use those to remember
where they think you are. AliExpress does the same, occasionally
deciding I\'m in Germany, or Russia, or somewhere else.

I had deleted at least one cookie but you\'re right, they have another
cookie for dropboxstatic.com. Must have gotten the wrong one.

Maybe it was that recent take-out order of Kung Pao Beef and now the
Chinese secret service is in your computer

I just bought a bluetooth adapter and now every time I turn the key to
ignition a female voice comes up saying \"The bluetooth device is ready
to pair\", with a strong Madarin accent. More like \"Zea bluetoo divai is
leadeh to peah\". Sweet.

--
Regards, Joerg

http://www.analogconsultants.com/

 

[Tom Del Rosso]

Joerg wrote:

On 2020-08-27 16:06, Tom Del Rosso wrote:
Clifford Heath wrote:

Delete your Dropbox cookies and try again. They use those to
remember where they think you are. AliExpress does the same,
occasionally deciding I\'m in Germany, or Russia, or somewhere else.

I had deleted at least one cookie but you\'re right, they have another
cookie for dropboxstatic.com. Must have gotten the wrong one.


Maybe it was that recent take-out order of Kung Pao Beef and now the
Chinese secret service is in your computer

I\'ve never seen that. I have a Chinese menu here and they have kung po
chicken but not beef. It has peanuts, and nuts don\'t go with beef.

They don\'t even like it any more:

travel.cnn.com/shanghai/eat/why-do-chinese-people-hate-kung-pao-chicken-and-foreigners-love-it-415057/

I just bought a bluetooth adapter and now every time I turn the key to
ignition a female voice comes up saying \"The bluetooth device is ready
to pair\", with a strong Madarin accent. More like \"Zea bluetoo divai
is leadeh to peah\". Sweet.

I\'d find a way to disable that or send it back.

 

[Joerg]

On 2020-08-28 17:54, Tom Del Rosso wrote:

Joerg wrote:
On 2020-08-27 16:06, Tom Del Rosso wrote:
Clifford Heath wrote:

Delete your Dropbox cookies and try again. They use those to
remember where they think you are. AliExpress does the same,
occasionally deciding I\'m in Germany, or Russia, or somewhere else.

I had deleted at least one cookie but you\'re right, they have another
cookie for dropboxstatic.com. Must have gotten the wrong one.


Maybe it was that recent take-out order of Kung Pao Beef and now the
Chinese secret service is in your computer

I\'ve never seen that. I have a Chinese menu here and they have kung po
chicken but not beef. It has peanuts, and nuts don\'t go with beef.

Oh they do. My wife doesn\'t like chicken much so we always get the beef
version. Lots of Asian food has nuts or roasted nuts with beef.

They don\'t even like it any more:

travel.cnn.com/shanghai/eat/why-do-chinese-people-hate-kung-pao-chicken-and-foreigners-love-it-415057/

That\'s how it is with most ethnic food. I always loved Greek food in
Germany and now we cook some ourselves (can\'t find it east of
Sacramento) but it\'s not even close to what Greeks eat at home.

I just bought a bluetooth adapter and now every time I turn the key to
ignition a female voice comes up saying \"The bluetooth device is ready
to pair\", with a strong Madarin accent. More like \"Zea bluetoo divai
is leadeh to peah\". Sweet.

I\'d find a way to disable that or send it back.

Nah, I like it. Probably a lot of younger guys would like to know her
phone number

When you move around a lot you get used to accents. I\'ve got one myself.

--
Regards, Joerg

http://www.analogconsultants.com/

 

[Tom Del Rosso]

Joerg wrote:

On 2020-08-28 17:54, Tom Del Rosso wrote:
Joerg wrote:

Maybe it was that recent take-out order of Kung Pao Beef and now the
Chinese secret service is in your computer

I\'ve never seen that. I have a Chinese menu here and they have kung
po chicken but not beef. It has peanuts, and nuts don\'t go with beef.

Oh they do. My wife doesn\'t like chicken much so we always get the
beef version. Lots of Asian food has nuts or roasted nuts with beef.

Then I should ask for it even though it\'s not on the menu. They make
substitutions.

That\'s how it is with most ethnic food. I always loved Greek food in
Germany and now we cook some ourselves (can\'t find it east of
Sacramento) but it\'s not even close to what Greeks eat at home.

In NYC you have to go to the neighborhood where they live. Greeks live
in Astoria so that\'s where you find great Greek restaurants.

 

[Michael_A_Terrell]

Joe Chisolm wrote:

On Thu, 27 Aug 2020 16:32:45 -0400, Tom Del Rosso wrote:

Ever go to Dropbox and find that they\'ve decided you are Chinese? Google
for \'change language\' and there\'s a link to the settings page, and guess
what language it\'s in.

Of course I never even went to the options page before so they changed
it based on god knows what.

\"whats my ip\" in duckduckgo or google and see if you IP is what you
think it should be.

I use: https://www.ipchicken.com/

--
Never piss off an Engineer!

They don\'t get mad.

They don\'t get even.

They go for over unity! ;-)

 

[Tom Del Rosso]

Michael_A_Terrell wrote:

Joe Chisolm wrote:
On Thu, 27 Aug 2020 16:32:45 -0400, Tom Del Rosso wrote:

Ever go to Dropbox and find that they\'ve decided you are Chinese?
Google for \'change language\' and there\'s a link to the settings
page, and guess what language it\'s in.

Of course I never even went to the options page before so they
changed it based on god knows what.

\"whats my ip\" in duckduckgo or google and see if you IP is what you
think it should be.


I use: https://www.ipchicken.com/

That\'s actually the first one I used. Then I also used grc.com/shieldsup
because those sites could be compromised, and grc is most likely to
detect if they\'ve been hacked.

 

[Joerg]

On 2020-08-28 22:08, Tom Del Rosso wrote:

Joerg wrote:
On 2020-08-28 17:54, Tom Del Rosso wrote:
Joerg wrote:

Maybe it was that recent take-out order of Kung Pao Beef and now the
Chinese secret service is in your computer

I\'ve never seen that. I have a Chinese menu here and they have kung
po chicken but not beef. It has peanuts, and nuts don\'t go with beef.

Oh they do. My wife doesn\'t like chicken much so we always get the
beef version. Lots of Asian food has nuts or roasted nuts with beef.

Then I should ask for it even though it\'s not on the menu. They make
substitutions.

Yes, ask them.

Peanuts and beef combine well. I lived in the Netherlands for a some
years and Indonesian food was very popular there. Satay is an Indonesian
dish which is meat, and often beef, on skewers with a peanut based
sauce. Sometimes with roasted peanut chunks in it. It\'s also popular in
Thailand and other Asian countries but AFAIK not so much in China.

This is our local \"go-to\" place for Chinese food and, like many here,
they offer both Kung Pao Chicken and Kung Pao Beef:

https://www.allmenus.com/ca/cameron-park/745445-shanghai-restaurant/menu/

That\'s how it is with most ethnic food. I always loved Greek food in
Germany and now we cook some ourselves (can\'t find it east of
Sacramento) but it\'s not even close to what Greeks eat at home.

In NYC you have to go to the neighborhood where they live. Greeks live
in Astoria so that\'s where you find great Greek restaurants.

Yes but it\'s not always a guarantee. For example, after landing in
Frankfurt (Germany) I was craving Greek food so badly we asked a
policeman where there is a good Greek restaurant, knowing that Frankfurt
has a sizeable Greek community. \"A _good_ Greek restaurant? Here? Forget
it!\", was his comment.

When talking to people who vacationed in Greece they were mostly a bit
disappointed about the food. They said it wasn\'t at all like in Greek
restaurants in northern Europe. It was tasty but more fat-laden and
often resulted in digestive issues for them. I guess it is meant to be
followed by a good dose of Ouzo or Metaxa

--
Regards, Joerg

http://www.analogconsultants.com/

 

[Tom Del Rosso]

Joerg wrote:

Peanuts and beef combine well. I lived in the Netherlands for a some
years and Indonesian food was very popular there. Satay is an
Indonesian dish which is meat, and often beef, on skewers with a
peanut based sauce. Sometimes with roasted peanut chunks in it. It\'s
also popular in Thailand and other Asian countries but AFAIK not so
much in China.

Many years ago I worked next to a Thai restaurant in Jackson Heights and
got satay often, but mostly I got the stuffed chicken wings. It\'s the
best thing I\'ve ever had. That place is gone but every time I see a new
Thai place, I ask if they make stuffed chicken wings. They never do
because it\'s too labor intensive. Some say they used to make it but it
was too much work. If you find a Thai place that makes it, I\'ll fly out
to get some.

This is our local \"go-to\" place for Chinese food and, like many here,
they offer both Kung Pao Chicken and Kung Pao Beef:

https://www.allmenus.com/ca/cameron-park/745445-shanghai-restaurant/menu/

I like all kinds of Chinese food, but my favorite is Shanghai. But that
menu looks like a standard Chinese restaurant menu.

To get real Shanghai, I go to Chinatown and stop a young guy on the
street. The young guys all speak English. \"Excuse me. Do you know a good
Shanghai restaurant?\"

The place they send you to is always incredibly good and cheap. And none
of those common dishes are on the menu.

That\'s how it is with most ethnic food. I always loved Greek food in
Germany and now we cook some ourselves (can\'t find it east of
Sacramento) but it\'s not even close to what Greeks eat at home.

In NYC you have to go to the neighborhood where they live. Greeks
live in Astoria so that\'s where you find great Greek restaurants.


Yes but it\'s not always a guarantee. For example, after landing in
Frankfurt (Germany) I was craving Greek food so badly we asked a
policeman where there is a good Greek restaurant, knowing that
Frankfurt has a sizeable Greek community. \"A _good_ Greek restaurant?
Here? Forget it!\", was his comment.

When talking to people who vacationed in Greece they were mostly a bit
disappointed about the food. They said it wasn\'t at all like in Greek
restaurants in northern Europe. It was tasty but more fat-laden and
often resulted in digestive issues for them. I guess it is meant to be
followed by a good dose of Ouzo or Metaxa

If you fly to NYC remember that Astoria is between LaGuardia airport and
Manhattan, assuming your destination is Manhattan. Even if you\'re not
going that way, it\'s only a mile from the airport. Then you can easily
find a good Greek place. You can also find good Arab food because they
also inhabit Astoria now. Mombar is an Egyptian restaurant whose
chef-owner is an EE from Egypt. His bio on the menu says he never got to
make or design anything in Egypt; he only fixed things, so changed
course. He created the mosaics on the walls and table tops himself, and
cooks in a real tajine.

 

[Michael_A_Terrell]

Tom Del Rosso wrote:

Michael_A_Terrell wrote:
Joe Chisolm wrote:
On Thu, 27 Aug 2020 16:32:45 -0400, Tom Del Rosso wrote:

Ever go to Dropbox and find that they\'ve decided you are Chinese?
Google for \'change language\' and there\'s a link to the settings
page, and guess what language it\'s in.

Of course I never even went to the options page before so they
changed it based on god knows what.

\"whats my ip\" in duckduckgo or google and see if you IP is what you
think it should be.


I use: https://www.ipchicken.com/

That\'s actually the first one I used. Then I also used grc.com/shieldsup
because those sites could be compromised, and grc is most likely to
detect if they\'ve been hacked.

OTOH, it is much easier to tell someone to go to IPChicken.com,
during a phone call. They can remember the name, long enough to do it.


--
Never piss off an Engineer!

They don\'t get mad.

They don\'t get even.

They go for over unity! ;-)

 

[Tom Del Rosso]

Michael_A_Terrell wrote:

OTOH, it is much easier to tell someone to go to IPChicken.com,
during a phone call. They can remember the name, long enough to do it.

The version of VNC for Apple Macs is called \"Chicken of the VNC.\" I
never found a clue as to what chickens have to do with either.