Path: news.eternal-september.org!eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Rich Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc Subject: Re: News : ARM Trying to Buy AmperComputing Date: Thu, 23 Jan 2025 13:44:26 -0000 (UTC) Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 42 Message-ID: References: <_hycnQxlN5kAphr6nZ2dnZfqn_SdnZ2d@earthlink.com> <_ASdnRmnz7GABhP6nZ2dnZfqn_qdnZ2d@earthlink.com> <39751a64-73b7-7c03-b140-8dd7d4b4355c@example.net> <8x2cne8LCIYpbxP6nZ2dnZfqn_GdnZ2d@earthlink.com> <5caa2a20-e6c6-720a-5e6c-54e41729d0a4@example.net> <2cf850b4-7fd8-4839-8b34-1d947c81e709@example.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Date: Thu, 23 Jan 2025 14:44:26 +0100 (CET) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="88cb4657521a48b9851d92d44d857349"; logging-data="1745817"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX19FrwEPj0YcI594HunvyEPi" User-Agent: tin/2.6.1-20211226 ("Convalmore") (Linux/5.15.139 (x86_64)) Cancel-Lock: sha1:ngKKB+AzIRuK7RmxB0HZZefWZeY= 186282@ud0s4.net <186283@ud0s4.net> wrote: > On 1/23/25 12:07 AM, rbowman wrote: >> On Wed, 22 Jan 2025 20:34:20 -0500, 186282@ud0s4.net wrote: >> >> >>>>> https://www.lowes.com/pd/M-D-24-in-x-3-ft-Aluminum-Sheet-Metal/ >> 1000243353 >>>> >>>> Strange, I get access denied. >>> >>> >>> Accessing from inside the USA ? >> >> You don't have permission to access "http://www.lowes.com/pd/M-D-24-in- >> x-3-ft-Aluminum-Sheet-Metal/1000243353" on this server. >> >> I'm in Austria at the moment :) Or maybe Netherlands. A search for >> Canakit on amazon.com has "We're showing you items that ship to >> Netherlands. To see items that ship to a different country, change your >> delivery address. " >> >> If I go to amazon.de I get >> >> "Wir zeigen dir Artikel, die nach Rumänien geliefert werden. Um Artikel >> anzuzeigen, die in ein anderes Land geliefert werden, ändere bitte deine >> Versandadresse. " > > > You'd think they'd be more eager to SELL stuff ... > > Anyway, kinda search on the description. You should > find photos and maybe a more local source. > > These are often used on screen doors, the bottom > half, to keep people from putting their knee > through the screen. As said, can be very handy > for building odd things. Lowes is a US company. So I could see them deciding to avoid all the GDPR issues with cookies and consent by attempting to geoblock EU IP addresses.