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When did DAZ move to Norway?

hjakehjake Posts: 1,346
in The Commons

When I visit the DAZ site, it is often through my VPN with its server in Toronto. Even if it was just a virtual server I feel pretty confident the root server would be in the Americas since the VPN host is in Panama. However, the DAZ site thinks I am in Norway. So maybe DAZ secretly moved to Norway last month. I have noticed a plethora of Nordic content recently. I think it is a conspiracy by DAZ to get all of us to speak Norwegian!

 

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  • LeanaLeana Posts: 13,593

    I've just seen the same message and I am in France.

  • Write IdeaWrite Idea Posts: 492
    edited October 1

    hjake said:

     I think it is a conspiracy by DAZ to get all of us to speak Norwegian!

    A sign from the ancestors to learn the language of my forebearers!

    I wonder if Rose Nylund (from the Golden Girls) can be my tutor. Hours and hours and hours of St. Olaf stories!

    Post edited by Write Idea on
  • WendyLuvsCatzWendyLuvsCatz Posts: 41,677

    Norway? No way

    see what I did there

  • UnseenUnseen Posts: 824

    I use a VPN most of the time and Google often thinks I am in Iran when I search for something. But I am NOT in Iran and thus NOT in Teheran!

  • hjakehjake Posts: 1,346
    edited October 1

    Unseen said:

    I use a VPN most of the time and Google often thinks I am in Iran when I search for something. But I am NOT in Iran and thus NOT in Teheran!

     

    You say that but I find you hard to see!

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  • hjakehjake Posts: 1,346

    WendyLuvsCatz said:

    Norway? No way

    see what I did there

     

    yes laugh

  • hjakehjake Posts: 1,346

    Write Idea said:

    hjake said:

     I think it is a conspiracy by DAZ to get all of us to speak Norwegian!

    A sign from the ancestors to learn the language of my forebearers!

    I wonder if Rose Nylund (from the Golden Girls) can be my tutor. Hours and hours and hours of St. Olaf stories!

     

    I remember Rose. She started a year after me. I was one of the first when we changed to a college in 1890. 

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Olaf_College

  • UnseenUnseen Posts: 824

    hjake said:

    Unseen said:

    I use a VPN most of the time and Google often thinks I am in Iran when I search for something. But I am NOT in Iran and thus NOT in Teheran!

     

    You say that but I find you hard to see!

    Of course, I am using a VPN! :) But I am not in Teheran.
  • NylonGirlNylonGirl Posts: 2,405

    I think Firefox tries to figure out what language to use based on what it reads from the webpage. I don't think it has anything to do with a VPN. It often thinks my own webpages should be translated from some other language to my own.

  • hjakehjake Posts: 1,346

    NylonGirl said:

    I think Firefox tries to figure out what language to use based on what it reads from the webpage. I don't think it has anything to do with a VPN. It often thinks my own webpages should be translated from some other language to my own.

     

    Probably because I tend to mumble in Norwegian Norse while I web browse laugh

     

     

  • kprkpr Posts: 477
    edited October 1

    DHTML/CSS/XML foobar (I think)

    <html lang="en-US"> <-- what was used when your granny started surfing, netscape was the world's fav browser and there was only html... and it still works (if you wanna be international, then just "en")

    <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"; xml:lang="en" lang="en"> <-- What Daz site is using... so the last bit would work okay but I think the xml:lang isn't intended for use in the HTML tag (more the <a> tag) and so is getting these new-fangled multi-media, AI enhanced browsers into a bit of a tizzy

    (It's been some time since I handcoded html in notepad ... so there's half a reasonable chance it's not!)

    Post edited by kpr on
  • BejaymacBejaymac Posts: 2,010
    edited 7:52AM

    kpr said:

    <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"; xml:lang="en" lang="en"> <-- What Daz site is using... so the last bit would work okay but I think the xml:lang isn't intended for use in the HTML tag (more the <a> tag) and so is getting these new-fangled multi-media, AI enhanced browsers into a bit of a tizzy

    (It's been some time since I handcoded html in notepad ... so there's half a reasonable chance it's not!)

    It's to be expected when you code in XHTML and don't tell the browser that you are, while XHTML is compatible it's also a lot stricter so it needs to be coded right or the browser can have a brain fart when it hits something it wasn't expecting.

    EDIT

    It's morning and I'm more awake, had a look at the code for this page and it's in HTML, except for the second line which is a bit confused.

    Should really just read <html lang="en">, you only need the "xmlns" if your coding in XHTML, same for the "xml:lang" as that is usually part of an element in the body of the page.

    Post edited by Bejaymac at
  • kyoto kidkyoto kid Posts: 42,455
    edited 6:36AM

    ...applogies but....

    FInland FInland FInland, it's The country for me.

    Or they could be like the Norwegian Blue (beautiful plumage) and are simply pining for the fjords. .

    Post edited by kyoto kid at
  • DiscipleDisciple Posts: 260
    edited 6:37PM

    That's my cue to karaoke my favorite Beatles song.

    I shopped for a pet.
    The man at the store
    Gave me the tour.

    He showed me a bird.
    "This is a true
    Norwegian Blue."

    I looked and I noticed the bird didn't move anywhere.
    The man said, "That's normal. He squawked a bit. Now he needs air."

    I took Polly home.
    He lay in repose.
    Half an hour goes.

    That bird never pooped.
    That's when I said,
    "The parrot is dead!"

    I pulled out the nails and my parrot just fell to the floor.
    So then I decided, return to the pet shop once more.

    "This bird is a stiff!
    Get it through your brain!"
    I did complain.

    Beware the man who
    Tries to sell you
    Norwegian Blue.

    My work here is done.smiley

    Hallelujah!
    Disciple

    Post edited by Disciple at
  • kprkpr Posts: 477

    Bejaymac said:

    kpr said:

    <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"; xml:lang="en" lang="en"> <-- What Daz site is using... so the last bit would work okay but I think the xml:lang isn't intended for use in the HTML tag (more the <a> tag) and so is getting these new-fangled multi-media, AI enhanced browsers into a bit of a tizzy

    (It's been some time since I handcoded html in notepad ... so there's half a reasonable chance it's not!)

    It's to be expected when you code in XHTML and don't tell the browser that you are, while XHTML is compatible it's also a lot stricter so it needs to be coded right or the browser can have a brain fart when it hits something it wasn't expecting.

    EDIT

    It's morning and I'm more awake, had a look at the code for this page and it's in HTML, except for the second line which is a bit confused.

    Should really just read <html lang="en">, you only need the "xmlns" if your coding in XHTML, same for the "xml:lang" as that is usually part of an element in the body of the page.

    lang in html tag is indeed fine.

    As apparently is xml:lang="en" inside the html tag (so what do I know! blush)

    So, a guess would be that one of the javascripts used in whichever store-software Daz uses is respecifying a lang declaration (to one of the CSS in use) of "nb" ... well, firefox thinks it is anyway!

    And, on that note, I wonder if anyone NOT using Firefox is seeing the auto-translate offer?

  • CybersoxCybersox Posts: 9,992

    kyoto kid said:

    ...applogies but....

    FInland FInland FInland, it's The country for me.

    Or they could be like the Norwegian Blue (beautiful plumage) and are simply pining for the fjords. .

    Pony trekking or camping,
    Or just watching TV,

    Not quite on the same level as Sit On My Face or The Lumberjack Song, but Eric Idle's lyrics are always interesting... 

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