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Re: General Discussion Thread
« Reply #18150 on: May 07, 2018, 05:13:42 PM »
Yep, it's hung for me also. The main SSSS page comes up Ok, and the forum are no problem, it's just the comic page that sits there and spins. At first I thought it was a Discus thing but it does get to a plain blank page. I notice it says at the bottom in the corner "read hb.vnstm.com" Maybe that will mean something to Job.
I plugged in a specific page number and it goes there just long enough to see that it got there then immediately goes into the blank page with the spinning wheel of death and the little msg in the corner read hb.vnstm.com or I've seen one "waiting for referer discus.com"
Somebody's hosting service has a problem.

I just Googled the hb.vnstm. Wow it looks like some deeply embedded file function, classifier, identifier, whatever. To repeat myself, somebody's hosting service has a problem.
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Re: General Discussion Thread
« Reply #18151 on: May 07, 2018, 07:26:46 PM »
Quote from: Iceea on May 07, 2018, 05:13:42 PM
Yep, it's hung for me also. The main SSSS page comes up Ok, and the forum are no problem, it's just the comic page that sits there and spins. At first I thought it was a Discus thing but it does get to a plain blank page. I notice it says at the bottom in the corner "read hb.vnstm.com" Maybe that will mean something to Job.
I plugged in a specific page number and it goes there just long enough to see that it got there then immediately goes into the blank page with the spinning wheel of death and the little msg in the corner read hb.vnstm.com or I've seen one "waiting for referer discus.com"
Somebody's hosting service has a problem.

I just Googled the hb.vnstm. Wow it looks like some deeply embedded file function, classifier, identifier, whatever. To repeat myself, somebody's hosting service has a problem.

I've sent the issue (and our discussion of it) to HiveWorks, in an effort to avoid bothering Minna while she's at her grandfather's funeral.
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Re: General Discussion Thread
« Reply #18152 on: May 07, 2018, 09:12:56 PM »
FWIW, I can get at page 899 either from the 'latest page' icon at the top or from the archive number for it at the bottom of the page, in Firefox on a Mac running Noscript and in Safari with Javascript turned off -- but when I turned Java on in Safari I got what you're describing: first the page was there, and then it wasn't -- it went abruptly after a few seconds to just blank white screen. When I disabled java again and refreshed the pages the page came back again, and stayed put.

So my almost-entirely-ignorant-about-computers guess is that it's got something to do with Java. You might try going into your browsers' preferences and turning that off and seeing what happens.
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Re: General Discussion Thread
« Reply #18153 on: May 07, 2018, 11:03:46 PM »
This from Hiveworks:
"Thanks for letting us know about this issue! We've encountered this on a few sites with a new advertiser, so hopefully we'll be able to fix this fairly quickly.
Cheers,
Erin Burt
Hiveworks Comics"
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Re: General Discussion Thread
« Reply #18154 on: May 07, 2018, 11:31:24 PM »
Hey it's back. Thanks for passing the word wavewright!
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Re: General Discussion Thread
« Reply #18155 on: May 08, 2018, 04:38:45 PM »
So, Fb just asked me if I know someone. Well yes I know her I was her nanny ten years ago O _ o How do you do that, Fb, you're scary !
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Re: General Discussion Thread
« Reply #18156 on: May 14, 2018, 12:31:47 PM »
Quote from: Mélusine on May 08, 2018, 04:38:45 PM
So, Fb just asked me if I know someone. Well yes I know her I was her nanny ten years ago O _ o How do you do that, Fb, you're scary !

That's better than the ones I get.  All too often "People you may know" includes someone in a country I've never been to who shares no common languages, friends, or interests with me.
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Re: General Discussion Thread
« Reply #18157 on: May 15, 2018, 06:26:02 AM »
Quote from: Mélusine on May 08, 2018, 04:38:45 PM
So, Fb just asked me if I know someone. Well yes I know her I was her nanny ten years ago O _ o How do you do that, Fb, you're scary !

I have a similar experience. FB once recommended me someone I met online, on an entirely different website, who is from a different country and has no common FB friends with me. It was pretty disturbing and I still don't know if it was pure coincidence or something else. (Though I've always been paranoid about online privacy and recent events have only proven me right, so my bet is almost entirely on "something else".)
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Re: General Discussion Thread
« Reply #18158 on: May 16, 2018, 02:09:30 AM »
Double posting because I found this thing that is probably interesting for some minnions and I don't know where else to put it. Photos of early 20th century Finns performing magic: https://imgur.com/r/Suomi/BIKjx (If anyone knows of a more appropriate topic for it, feel free to move/repost).
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Re: General Discussion Thread
« Reply #18159 on: May 16, 2018, 03:25:56 AM »
We did have a thread for discussion about magic, started by ButterflyWings if I remember correctly. Maybe it could go there? And that second scrying method looks interesting. I wonder what she is doing?
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Re: General Discussion Thread
« Reply #18160 on: May 16, 2018, 08:24:17 AM »
The wise woman makes me think of Granny Yokum.
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Re: General Discussion Thread
« Reply #18161 on: May 16, 2018, 08:57:08 AM »
Quote from: midwestmutt on May 16, 2018, 08:24:17 AM
The wise woman makes me think of Granny Yokum.

She does!
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Re: General Discussion Thread
« Reply #18162 on: May 20, 2018, 10:58:02 PM »
Mmmm, I just baked shortbread cookies and they smell really good. They're full of butter!
And love, of course <3

My overflowing and uncontainable love...of butter ;D
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Re: General Discussion Thread
« Reply #18163 on: May 21, 2018, 08:35:03 AM »
I've decided to add cooking to my reenacting and have been researching 18th century recipes. They sure liked butter and I mean a LOT of butter. Many recipes call for you to toss in sticks of the stuff at a time. They also liked lard and suet.
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Re: General Discussion Thread
« Reply #18164 on: May 21, 2018, 06:38:45 PM »
Yeah, being physically active, often in cold weather, often sharpens your taste for fats. They probably worked it all off quite fast.
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