November 14, 2003, 20:15
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Chieftain
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Computer problem: images don't load
Hey guys --
For the past day or two, my computer and the internet haven't been friendly with each other, as the 'net refuses to share images with me.
Silliness aside, no images are loading. Not even the smallest of icons. IE sits there and says it's downloading a picture, and the progress-meter moves a bit, but the picture never downloads. Web pages download fast, but no images -- not even if I stop the loading and click "show picture".
It's making reading 'poly hell (the ALT tags absolutely destroy the formatting) and it's more stress than I need when I'm trying to quit smoking cigarettes. 
I'm on a cable modem. This should not be happening.
Any ideas would be very, VERY appreciated 
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November 14, 2003, 21:45
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Try another browser. Opera is nice.
If that isn't for you, perhaps take a look through internet settings or some such menu, paying particular attention to any settings relating to images/media.
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November 15, 2003, 05:14
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Deity
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Does it happen with all websites or just 'Poly?
BTW, Firebird is a very nice browser.
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(='.'=) "Claims demand evidence; extraordinary claims demand extraordinary evidence." -- Carl Sagan
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November 15, 2003, 06:37
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Deity
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I had that problem before.. a formatting helps
... I wish there were another way though, but nobody knew what was wrong last time I asked... 
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November 15, 2003, 07:39
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Deity
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Most of the problems can be fixed by switching to a better browser.
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(\__/) 07/07/1937 - Never forget
(='.'=) "Claims demand evidence; extraordinary claims demand extraordinary evidence." -- Carl Sagan
(")_(") "Starting the fire from within."
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November 15, 2003, 07:43
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Deity
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But who'd want to switch to a browser named after some noises (Some also call it "music"  )
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November 15, 2003, 08:16
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Deity
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I was referring to Mozilla or Firebird. 
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(\__/) 07/07/1937 - Never forget
(='.'=) "Claims demand evidence; extraordinary claims demand extraordinary evidence." -- Carl Sagan
(")_(") "Starting the fire from within."
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November 15, 2003, 08:20
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Deity
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Mozilla sounds like some kind of cheese
and I've never heard about Firebird before... Maybe I'll take a look some day...
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November 15, 2003, 08:25
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Deity
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Firebird is a standalone browser (i.e. no e-mail client). The latest version (0.7) is very stable. You may want to give it a try.
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(\__/) 07/07/1937 - Never forget
(='.'=) "Claims demand evidence; extraordinary claims demand extraordinary evidence." -- Carl Sagan
(")_(") "Starting the fire from within."
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November 15, 2003, 08:49
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Deity
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Is it just me, or are there no screenshots on that site?
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November 15, 2003, 10:49
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Deity
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Screenshots? Probably not.
But I use it on all by *nix boxen.
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(\__/) 07/07/1937 - Never forget
(='.'=) "Claims demand evidence; extraordinary claims demand extraordinary evidence." -- Carl Sagan
(")_(") "Starting the fire from within."
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November 15, 2003, 19:03
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Emperor
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rev, your computer is displaying the classic symptoms of an infection by the virus puritan.sexfiend.vbs It secures itself to any instances of IE and prohibits the display of any and all instances of pornographic imagery: icons, full images, thumbnails et al.
Shame on you. Now go flog yourself to atone for your sins. 
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The Weighted Companion Cube is cheating on you, that slut.
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November 16, 2003, 01:48
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King
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i have the same problem sometimes. I just close the browser and restart and it works
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"I thought you must be dead ..." he said simply. "So did I for a while," said Ford, "and then I decided I was a lemon for a couple of weeks. A kept myself amused all that time jumping in and out of a gin and tonic."
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November 16, 2003, 01:51
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King
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the fix-all for Windows problems:
REBOOT
if it still doesn't work then, I can't help you
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November 16, 2003, 02:54
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Emperor
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turn your monitor upside-down
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