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Old November 25, 2002, 13:04   #1
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Uuuuuuuuuuuuuu
Is it just me or do you guys sometimes get a blank white page with just "UUUUUUUUUUUUUU" in it when you're going about 'Poly?
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Old November 25, 2002, 13:22   #2
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I have got it a coupla times. I usually just assume MarkG's been eating pills he found in the street again or something
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Old November 25, 2002, 13:26   #3
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I bet Ming's gonna wanna close this thread when he sees the title. Too bad it's a real topic.
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Old November 25, 2002, 13:45   #4
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I've had it a few times.
There was another thread on this last week sometime.
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Old November 25, 2002, 15:39   #5
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I've had several lately. Refreshing tends to fix it.
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Old November 25, 2002, 15:40   #6
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When I refresh the UUUs end up in a smaller font size.
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Old November 25, 2002, 15:47   #7
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Can't say i have ever noticed it.
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Old November 25, 2002, 17:25   #8
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i also get random parts of the screen dissappearing, like the apolyton banner but nothing else

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Old November 25, 2002, 17:35   #9
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I don't get blank pages with it...every once in a while I get "UUUUUUUUUU" with a bunch of other stuff that appears at the top of the screen. Everything else is just fine.
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Old November 25, 2002, 18:18   #10
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Old November 25, 2002, 18:23   #11
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a few times. others i get àeùéëyüäàîéçö or something. not often though, and refreshing works
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Old November 25, 2002, 18:38   #12
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I get it sometimes. I pretend that the "uuuuuuuuuuu" thing is some sort of voodoo enchantment to make us stay longer at Poly.

It is working.
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Old November 25, 2002, 19:29   #13
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I can't help but utter "uuuuuuuuu" every time it happens in some faint hope that it will drive it off.

And it's getting worse... About 1 in every 4 times I change pages here at 'Poly it'll appear.
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Old November 25, 2002, 20:16   #14
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I've had it occasionally, not too often. Only once did I get the capital UUU's, refresh and get little uuu's. Every other time refreshing got me to the page I wanted.
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Old November 26, 2002, 00:21   #15
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The "UUUU"'s are just the server's way of telling you that although it's busy, it tried to complete your request but it was unable to do so (as opposed to a "server too busy" message forwarded by the forums database or a cryptic 'connection refused' screen).

Just try hitting the 'Refresh' button in your browser in a few moments; more often then not, this problem should not be prolonged more than a minute or two.

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Old November 26, 2002, 00:24   #16
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Well the odd thing is that the server won't be lagging at all... I'll click on a link, and instantly I'll get the "UUUU" screen. I refresh, and it either gives me the same thing but smaller, or the page (relatively) instantly pops up again.
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Old November 26, 2002, 00:32   #17
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I think it is a message from the spam gods

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Old November 26, 2002, 05:19   #18
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Old November 26, 2002, 17:58   #20
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The "UUUU"'s are just the server's way of telling you that although it's busy, it tried to complete your request but it was unable to do so (as opposed to a "server too busy" message forwarded by the forums database or a cryptic 'connection refused' screen).
More like it is the server's way of having a seizure

Yeah, I have had the blank screen with just a string of U's at the top on many occasions. It is quite perculiar...
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Old November 26, 2002, 18:00   #21
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Perhaps a string of zzzzzzzzzzzzzz would be more appropriate.
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Perhaps a string of zzzzzzzzzzzzzz would be more appropriate.


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Old November 26, 2002, 20:59   #24
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Just got the uuuuuuuu mesage for the first time. Just hit the refresh button and it was fine...
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Old November 27, 2002, 09:06   #26
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Old November 27, 2002, 09:10   #27
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I hope you are not implying that an honourable poster such as SD is a mere spammer.
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I hope you are not implying that an honourable poster such as SD is a mere spammer.
Of course he isn't

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If I were a spammer I would have a post count rate of more than 2/day. What's your rate Mr. Harrison?
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Oooh, it's over 7. Either he has a lot of opinions, or he is a big fat spammer......or both.
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