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My laptop runs IE8. I couldn't access the Skeptics Forum from it when I tried earlier this week. Is it a problem with IE8?
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Re: Couldn't access forums
*gurgle*
I can't figure out why my laptop couldn't reach the forums, then.
I can't figure out why my laptop couldn't reach the forums, then.

"Knowledge grows through infinite timelessness" -- the random fictional Deepak Chopra quote site
"Imagine an ennobling of what could be" -- the New Age BS Generator site
"You are also taking my words out of context." -- Justin
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"You are also taking my words out of context." -- Justin
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Re: Couldn't access forums
Do you get an error message of any kind, or does the site simply not load?
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It simply doesn't load, as if the site were down. I went to "is it down for you" but it was only down for me, apparently.
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"Imagine an ennobling of what could be" -- the New Age BS Generator site
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Re: Couldn't access forums
I'm on IE8 right now and there's no problem.
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Then I guess there's a GOD and he HATES ME.
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All those years of computer science classes.... I knew they were a waste of time! Luckily I also took a course on basket weaving.
"Knowledge grows through infinite timelessness" -- the random fictional Deepak Chopra quote site
"Imagine an ennobling of what could be" -- the New Age BS Generator site
"You are also taking my words out of context." -- Justin
"Nullius in verba" -- The Royal Society ["take nobody's word for it"]
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Gord wrote:Then I guess there's a GOD and he HATES ME.![]()
All those years of computer science classes.... I knew they were a waste of time! Luckily I also took a course on basket weaving.
I love woven bassets.
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Gawdzilla Sama wrote:Gord wrote:Then I guess there's a GOD and he HATES ME.![]()
All those years of computer science classes.... I knew they were a waste of time! Luckily I also took a course on basket weaving.
I love woven bassets.
You hound, you.
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Gord wrote:Gawdzilla Sama wrote:Gord wrote:Then I guess there's a GOD and he HATES ME.![]()
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Gord wrote:It simply doesn't load, as if the site were down. I went to "is it down for you" but it was only down for me, apparently.
How are you posting if it doesn`t load?
I frequently have WIFI access problems and am occasionally compromised by `scripts` and viruses. So I frequently reconnect to WIFI and almost continually run SpyBot to clean out the scripts and quarantine any viruses.
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Gord, what's the date on your calendar? Did it coincide with the upcoming update of the forum software when you couldn't log on?
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TJrandom wrote:Gord wrote:It simply doesn't load, as if the site were down. I went to "is it down for you" but it was only down for me, apparently.
How are you posting if it doesn`t load?
PC. Laptop can't reach forums; PC can reach forums.
PC can't write in completely sentences, however. Problems appears to be with user. With attempt reboot after nap.
I frequently have WIFI access problems and am occasionally compromised by `scripts` and viruses. So I frequently reconnect to WIFI and almost continually run SpyBot to clean out the scripts and quarantine any viruses.
My laptop doesn't have problems accessing the WIFI, and can access every other site I visit. It could even access the Skeptic Magazine page that has the link to the Skeptics Forums. It can't reach the forums themselves, though.
"Knowledge grows through infinite timelessness" -- the random fictional Deepak Chopra quote site
"Imagine an ennobling of what could be" -- the New Age BS Generator site
"You are also taking my words out of context." -- Justin
"Nullius in verba" -- The Royal Society ["take nobody's word for it"]
#ANDAMOVIE
"Imagine an ennobling of what could be" -- the New Age BS Generator site
"You are also taking my words out of context." -- Justin
"Nullius in verba" -- The Royal Society ["take nobody's word for it"]
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scrmbldggs wrote:Gord, what's the date on your calendar? Did it coincide with the upcoming update of the forum software when you couldn't log on?
My calendar needs to be reprogrammed: Every day is Monday, and the time is always 1 a.m. Every message that people leave me always ends with that day and time, so it seems like they all try to contact me at the same time every weeks: Monday, 1 a.m.
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"Imagine an ennobling of what could be" -- the New Age BS Generator site
"You are also taking my words out of context." -- Justin
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#ANDAMOVIE
"Imagine an ennobling of what could be" -- the New Age BS Generator site
"You are also taking my words out of context." -- Justin
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Well, there you go. Some kind of time warp and your laptop met the upcoming shut down a bit early. *dusts off hands*
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Oh. Sorry, no, the calendar is separate from the computers. I guess I should have mentioned that at the time....
"Knowledge grows through infinite timelessness" -- the random fictional Deepak Chopra quote site
"Imagine an ennobling of what could be" -- the New Age BS Generator site
"You are also taking my words out of context." -- Justin
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#ANDAMOVIE
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"You are also taking my words out of context." -- Justin
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"Imagine an ennobling of what could be" -- the New Age BS Generator site
"You are also taking my words out of context." -- Justin
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Re: Couldn't access forums
Gord, it can't be anything to do with your OS per se. Likewise, it can't be anything to do with your browser per se. Somehow or other, you have managed to put a block on this forum. You have the choice of three solutions ...
a) spend an inordinate amount of time finding and releasing that block (and probably never finding it).
b) reinstall your OS (I assume it's Windoze) with all the attendant naffness of reinstalling everything else.
c) admit defeat and install a nice flavour of Linux.
d) hit the laptop with a hammer. It won't work, but you'll feel better until you realise that you've destroyed your laptop.
You have my sympathy.
a) spend an inordinate amount of time finding and releasing that block (and probably never finding it).
b) reinstall your OS (I assume it's Windoze) with all the attendant naffness of reinstalling everything else.
c) admit defeat and install a nice flavour of Linux.
d) hit the laptop with a hammer. It won't work, but you'll feel better until you realise that you've destroyed your laptop.
You have my sympathy.
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Check the forum address in the address bar after you have clicked on forums... it should say: http://www.skepticforum.com/
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I can't do anything to the laptop, it's one of those "use it as it is" things that you borrow/rent from racists with weapons.
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"Imagine an ennobling of what could be" -- the New Age BS Generator site
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No wonder the forum banned it. Not you, It. 

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Gord wrote:I can't do anything to the laptop, it's one of those "use it as it is" things that you borrow/rent from racists with weapons.
I'm sorry to say Gord, but this forum has become too liberal for your conservative gun-hoe Microsoft connection to handle.
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digress wrote:Gord wrote:I can't do anything to the laptop, it's one of those "use it as it is" things that you borrow/rent from racists with weapons.
I'm sorry to say Gord, but this forum has become too liberal for your conservative gun-hoe Microsoft connection to handle.
You tell 'em, butt eye.

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digress wrote:...your conservative gun-hoe Microsoft connection....
I'm Canadian, in Canada. My communist connection isn't through Microsoft, and I don't have a hoe, never mind a gun!
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Gord wrote:digress wrote:...your conservative gun-hoe Microsoft connection....
I'm Canadian, in Canada. My communist connection isn't through Microsoft, and I don't have a hoe, never mind a gun!
That's it! Now, tell this forum about your views on feminism and abortion. I've noticed a significant signal strength increase since your last reply:

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digress wrote:Now, tell this forum about your views on feminism and abortion.
Feminists should definitely not be abortionists unless they want to be.
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Gord wrote:digress wrote:Now, tell this forum about your views on feminism and abortion.
Feminists should definitely not be abortionists unless they want to be.
Good work.
Now finish by linking a youtube reference to you drinking a warm cup of tea during a difficult yoga position.

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digress wrote:Now finish by linking a youtube reference to you drinking a warm cup of tea during a difficult yoga position.
That would be impossible.
How about some soccer-playing turkeys?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=In5s7r6JQW0
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"Imagine an ennobling of what could be" -- the New Age BS Generator site
"You are also taking my words out of context." -- Justin
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#ANDAMOVIE
"Imagine an ennobling of what could be" -- the New Age BS Generator site
"You are also taking my words out of context." -- Justin
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Hey! I'm on! It works!
Did something change?
(Also, on my way here this time, I ran across another website called skepticsforum [with an extra S in the middle] that leads to a religious website.
That was confusing!)
Did something change?
(Also, on my way here this time, I ran across another website called skepticsforum [with an extra S in the middle] that leads to a religious website.

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"Imagine an ennobling of what could be" -- the New Age BS Generator site
"You are also taking my words out of context." -- Justin
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#ANDAMOVIE
"Imagine an ennobling of what could be" -- the New Age BS Generator site
"You are also taking my words out of context." -- Justin
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Seems the forum elves aligned your device with its time dimension. Welcome to the past. 

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