Why do people smudge the reg plate when posting images online?

Sp00n · 20 Jul 2007 at 17:23

!= means not equal to

divine` · 20 Jul 2007 at 17:25

It would be so much easier if people would just use proper symbols...

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Sp00n · 20 Jul 2007 at 17:27

I'm fairly sure that is a proper symbol :confused:

Will Gill · 20 Jul 2007 at 17:32

mines in my sig

divine` · 20 Jul 2007 at 17:38

Sp00n said:
I'm fairly sure that is a proper symbol

I wasn't aware ! followed by = was a proper method of communicating 'not equals', just a lazy internet way of typing it...

DRZ · 20 Jul 2007 at 17:57

divine_madness said:
I wasn't aware ! followed by = was a proper method of communicating 'not equals', just a lazy internet way of typing it...

You obviously don't do much programming then

divine` · 20 Jul 2007 at 18:03

DRZ said:
You obviously don't do much programming then

No and funnily enough, this forum is not a program which we're coding

Sp00n · 20 Jul 2007 at 18:06

divine_madness said:
just a lazy internet way of typing it...

Lol, hows the weather up there on your pedestal?

divine` · 20 Jul 2007 at 18:08

Sp00n said:
Lol, hows the weather up there on your pedestal?

Wonderful, no rain because all the clouds are below me. It's nice having such a high pedestal. I also have small underfed Ethiopian slaves to climb up the ladder and bring me food. You should come and visit some time, you might like it.

atpbx · 20 Jul 2007 at 18:17

Simon said:
You don't post your address on the net so why would you post your numberplate.

Ok find my address from my numberplate:

Wj54 OBN.

Simon · 20 Jul 2007 at 18:23

I dont have a mate at the DVLA.

Its as easy to go around finding peoples addresses as going to a supermarket and looking for numberplates.

That was my point

Matt82 · 20 Jul 2007 at 18:29

there are pics of my car in this months vw driver magazine with my plate on display.... i hope i dont get cloned lol

maybe the NIP i got in the post the other day wasnt really me it was a clonez due to people seeing my number plate

my car isnt parked in the garage at the minute.... i hope no one see the number plate when its parked on the street either

Wicksta · 20 Jul 2007 at 18:41

I don't really care if my plate is on the internet but I do normally blur my plate when putting my own pics online. I only do it in case someone searches for "Steel grey bmw" to look for a plate to clone and then finds my car. It would probably never happen, but normally when I post picture on the net I shrink them anyway, so running a quick smudge over the plate takes about 5 seconds extra, hardly any effort.

BigglesPiP · 20 Jul 2007 at 19:08

I blurr it to stop people searching for "Red FIAT Punto" in google images and my car coming up, the less chance of it being cloned the better.

However I did put my other car on Wikipedia, Plate showing, your quite welcome to clone that car: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fiat_Uno

Vanilla · 20 Jul 2007 at 19:12

I look out for them on the internet to hunt my next victims.

willd58 · 20 Jul 2007 at 19:21

Sp00n said:
!= means not equal to

Gosh you geeks and your programming language, next you'll be setting up some kind of forum for you all to write on and have conversations about your various hobbies.

Scania · 22 Jul 2007 at 04:36

atpbx said:
Ok find my address from my numberplate:

Wj54 OBN.

Not a problem to the forum members who serve in the Police - Such types do exist you know.

Akira · 22 Jul 2007 at 05:07

[homer]They have police on the internet now??[/homer]

tigerstyle · 22 Jul 2007 at 08:28

BigglesPiP said:
I blurr it to stop people searching for "Red FIAT Punto" in google images and my car coming up

but it would come up? It would just come up with a blurred plate? your blrring the plate in the pic not blurring the whole pic!