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[Vayutuvan]

Try this https://prachyam.com/indiclass/aryan-invasion-myth it has support link https://prachyam.com/support

bala gaaru, a question re Prachyam. I would like to subscribe. Only problem is that I want to see it on Samsung Smart TV, i.e. which is connected to my home wifi access point. Do I have to screen cast from my phone or I can watch premium content on TV directly on Youtube or whatever (Vimeo?)

[bala]

bala gaaru, a question re Prachyam. I would like to subscribe. Only problem is that I want to see it on Samsung Smart TV, i.e. which is connected to my home wifi access point. Do I have to screen cast from my phone or I can watch premium content on TV directly on Youtube or whatever (Vimeo?)

Vayu ji - highly technical subjects. But there is google chromecast which is plugged into TV HDMI. Phone to TV is thus possible. Some smart TV have youtube as an app, but typing into the app requires a good remote with full fledged characters to type, otherwise can become laborious. Alternatively you can connect laptop via HDMI to TV and watch movies, youtube, etc. You can get HDMI infrared connectors, no need for hard wiring, two dongles one on laptop, the other on TV.

[Vayutuvan]

But there is google chromecast which is plugged into TV HDMI....

I have Chromecast already connected. Thanks, bala gaaru.

[KL Dubey]

Dear Moderators -

(modified post from one that I just made in the India-US thread)

As I understand this is a forum for Indians to debate/examine issues from any possible angle. Since we are not Americans and do not have any affiliation with foreign political parties we can put ourselves in anyone's shoes at any given time - be it a "rightie", "leftie", "commie", "dictator", whatever - in order to understand issues of relevance. It is none of anyone else's business.

Input from foreign posters is welcome if there is value in it. However, a small group of US posters seems to think they are entitled to assert their own US domestic political partisanship and biases with a constant repetitive drone. Nothing of value is added. This has disrupted the discussion for those whom this forum is intended for.

Is BRF going to become a place infested with biases and alien viewpoints that we do not own ? This is like what happened in the Military section where a few people took on the mantle of pushing/advertising foreign weapons from a particular country. The same thing seems to be happening on the Strategic section.

And on top of that, these people are being abusive, and targeting posters such as myself personally based on whom THEY think I should be supporting in the US. Who the eff are these people to do this here ?

Goddamned nuisance, I say.

[Rakesh]

KL Dubey: Please report the posts that require attention.

[KL Dubey]

KL Dubey: Please report the posts that require attention.

Rakesh - I just reported a specific post, but I used this thread to flag a broader issue beyond specific posts.

[Rakesh]

Scrap it and go with something newer?

You have been reminded time and time again, to not post videos without providing a description. For whatever reason, you do not seem to heed that advice. I warned you about a lifetime ban, but you do not want to follow guidance. At this point, it is best served (including you!) that you do not post on BRF henceforth. Thank You. Goodbye.

[bala]

Mods,

This member "KL Dubey" is becoming abusive and throwing personal bad language at members. Two examples are given:

1. At me: Bala with the following: Bakwaas band karo

2. At member Cyrano with the following: baguette-in-the-wrong-orifice attitude is even more tiresome

This is not proper. He/She needs to argue based on strong reasons instead of becoming abusive.

[SSridhar]

maitya, I have updated those two posts. Make sure that the the heading is at the right place in the second post.

For tabular form, please use the 'code' function <> icon just above the posting window. You may have to do some trial & error to get alignment.

[bala]

Mods,
Once again, this member "KL Dubey" is becoming abusive :

Here is another example with phrases like i) childish obsession and ii) prevents any sort of "mature adult" discussion or understanding

The member can make his/her point without calling others as children or not "mature adult".

Please take some action.

[maitya]

maitya, I have updated those two posts. Make sure that the the heading is at the right place in the second post.

For tabular form, please use the 'code' function <> icon just above the posting window. You may have to do some trial & error to get alignment.

Thanks SSridharji - have made one more such request in the same thread (Kaveri thread), pls could you (or any other Mod) make those edits.

[Hriday]

Mods, I am ready to move my last two posts from the Physics thread as Amber G. earlier requested. I can't do it now. Please move that posts to Miscellaneous thread.

It looks like Amber G. suddenly stopped posting after that incident.

[bala]

Mods this poster "KL Dubey" continues to use abusive language against other members. Here are some examples:

against me: "psychotic posters who believe" and

"use BRF as a dump site for their trash-talking and pyschosis"

this against Vimal:

"Vimal Bullshit"

"assisted/senior living home. Find one and please retire"

These Angrez phrases are an indirect attack and personal name-calling, instead of arguing a point without getting personal. Many of the issues are foreign nations reporting from one side or the other. Posters are simply pointing out to what is happening in those nations as reported in the media of the nation. But poster "KL Dubey" takes it personally and attacks others if things are not according to his "thinking". This is a repeated pattern in many of his postings. I think it warrants a "warning" from the Mods at least.

[KL Dubey]

^^This is not true.

1) I do think the content of the posts you mentioned above are indeed psychotic or trash-talking - and I provided reasons why I think so. I am well within my rights to point this out, and did it out of genuine compassion, not malice. Nobody is forcing you to take my suggestion seriously.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psychosis

Psychosis is a condition of the mind or psyche that results in difficulties determining what is real and what is not real.

Again, I provided reasoned responses to you with real information. However, these are usually met with virulent opposition/insecurity and a verbal diarrhea of repetitive terms/pejoratives. This leads a reasonable person to believe there is something seriously wrong with these posts.

I do agree, perhaps "psychotic posts" would have been better usage than "psychotic posters". You can take it from me that I do mean the former, not the latter (which I agree is not my problem).

2) Your own post above says that you are "reporting various events". While you can post away as much as you like, some posters like myself may feel there is no value in just dumping info here. I am well within my rights to say that. Most people can read this stuff in any online newspaper/other outlet. "Understanding/discussing/analyzing" is different from constantly dumping photos/links/youtube videos/WA forwards etc with nothing but a few trite comments. One poster ("sanman") already got a lifetime ban for dumping youtube videos here.

3) Nevertheless, I have already provided cogently argued responses in all my posts. However, certain posters reply with an agenda based on whatever US political party/person they support, and personally attack me. In some cases, the abuse was persistent and I blocked them. In other cases, I gave it back in the same vein to show the mirror. If you don't like my posts for some reason, block me. I am not interested in seeing/tracking/replying to any of your posts other than incidentally.

4) Most importantly, I am not targeting or labeling you or anyone in any deliberate or patterned manner. Disagreements and frustration between posters do occur, leading to heated exchanges. However, I can demonstrate that some posters (not you) have been consistently targeting and falsely labeling my posts even when they have been blocked and I do not respond to them at all. Yet they demand attention, which is also a demonstrated trait of stalking.

[Rakesh]

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Before the mods have to police both of you, may I humbly suggest the following course of action ---> Avoid replying to each other. You can set each other to ignore. Please try that. Thank you for your co-operation in this matter.

You don't need to reply to my post either. Thank You.

[chetak]

Guys,

Is it a little difficult to access the forum of late.

The pages load so very slowly

Is it just me or is anyone else also facing similar difficulties

[Aldonkar]

Guys,

Is it a little difficult to access the forum of late.

The pages load so very slowly

Is it just me or is anyone else also facing similar difficulties

I have been experiencing the same problem; at first I put it down to the fact that I am abroad, but your post confirms that it affects local subscribers too. Hope that admins can get to the root of it.

[bala]

The pages load so very slowly

I suddenly see a spike in the number of guests perusing, usually the numbers would be < 50-100. now 1000 -3000, someone is spamming BRF.

[Ashokk]

The pages load so very slowly

I suddenly see a spike in the number of guests perusing, usually the numbers would be < 50-100. now 1000 -3000, someone is spamming BRF.

2041 guests?! Looks like a DDoS attack on BRF

[KL Dubey]

^^Seems to happen periodically. On January 10 there were 12000+ "guests".

[Tanaji]

I think its a DDoS attack as well. That, or KL Dubey vs bala arguments have gone viral…

[Vayutuvan]

Right now it is slow once again. ~2000 guests.

[chetak]

how did we end up with 2000+ "guests" (2032 actual number displayed) on a monday morning


The forum is increasingly difficult to access

[ricky_v]

went googling to see if brf was mentioned on some discord server or something for it to have an unusually high number of lurkers at once, could not find any mention, did see that dfi of yusuf and singh fame closed on 10th july last year, there's another site, one dfb that seems to have replaced it, in skin if not in spirit, or at least that was my observation for the couple of minutes i was there, maybe some ex-dfi members are leaking onto this site..

i dont know how the moderators feel talking about other forums, i was on dfi before i came on brf, but even for the time i was there, i thought the big boss, the user singh, was a bit dodgy, still remember the thread where he claimed he was a direct descendant of lord ram, i didnt stay long after that

other than that, all the "thinkers" have moved onto or started with xitter for the hottest of takes and the weeniest of fights, reading most of their posts feels as griftworthy as any financial influencer on linkedin who has retired at 35 and spends the rest of his days tutoring others to do that as well, free of charge of course, if not in content then definitely in how they present information in small child like information portions with their 1/n threads

[Tanaji]

There is something wrong when on Monday morning at 0919 GMT we have:

In total there are 8304 users online :: 6 registered, 1 hidden and 8297 guests (based on users active over the past 5 minutes)

[Rakesh]

BRF was victim of a DDOS attack. We are working to resolve the situation. Thank you.

[chetak]

BRF was victim of a DDOS attack. We are working to resolve the situation. Thank you.

Rakesh saar,

we have noticed the tremendous difference over the past day or two.

The backroom boys (and girls too, maybe)) have worked their magic.

Good show, guys, and thanks for a job well done.

[ritesh]

Mods, for last few days unable to connect using Jio data sim.

[basant]

Mods, could we please have this plugin available? It will help post media from different places, esp X (twitter).

https://www.phpbb.com/customise/db/exte ... ediaembed/

[S_Madhukar]

Still some slowness on the site past couple of days specially evenings … hope the barbarians are not successful

[arshyam]

Same here, early morning time as well.

[Tanaji]

The DDoS is still ongoing - 16209 users apparently. I think the DDoS bots are mostly targetting the index page that has the forum listing. Might be an idea to serve that up separately from another process as the rest of the forum pages…

[Rakesh]

Sorry about this guys, but we are working to resolve this.

[Rakesh]

Its been 10 days since the attack, with no military response by India. I am hoping against hope that some action is taken in next few days, but looks like our response times have not budged since Op Parakram days when it took 3 weeks to mobilize a response.

Since 2000, we have outspent the Pukes in a ratio of 5:1 in 2000 to 8 or 9:1 in recent years.. If we are unable to respond in a dharmic, military way to target those who put together the politco-social-mil architecture of Pak, that results in these non stop attacks, it will be a catastrophe. The Indian ocean will not be deep enough for the military, political and bureaucratic leadership to hide their shame.

The Armed Forces do not need lectures from you on how & when to conduct the strikes. What needs to be done, will be done.

The last thing the forum needs is distractions and time spent in responding to posts like yours. The matter is serious and so should the discussion be.

You are banned till the operation is complete and the dust settles. Post that, will unban you. Goodbye.

[vimal]

Can we consolidate China threads. There are too many and confusing varieties with little depth unlike paki

[Rakesh]

I think MBRL might cause collateral damage since they are not precision guided. Perhaps some missiles, brahmos?

Please stop gaslighting.

Wait for confirmation to find out what kind of weaponry was used.

Your co-operation in this matter is appreciated.

[Rakesh]

I was expecting complete drowning of paki naval assets including the lone turkish boat parked in Karachi.

Maybe I was expecting too much, but throwing millions of dollars' worth of missiles at empty madrasas and terror training camps is pretty useless.

Do not make such nonsensical posts.

What you wish for will have to wait till Pakistan retaliates.

[ritesh]

Mods, for last few days unable to connect using Jio data sim.

@Rakesh and other Admins
This is still unresolved. Pls look into the same.

[basant]

Mods, for last few days unable to connect using Jio data sim.

@Rakesh and other Admins
This is still unresolved. Pls look into the same.

+1

[Rakesh]

Looking into it. Will let you know the outcome.