November 25, 2002, 13:04
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Firaxis Games Programmer/Designer
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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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November 25, 2002, 13:22
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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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November 25, 2002, 13:26
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Firaxis Games Programmer/Designer
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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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November 25, 2002, 13:45
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I've had it a few times.
There was another thread on this last week sometime.
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November 25, 2002, 15:39
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I've had several lately. Refreshing tends to fix it.
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November 25, 2002, 15:40
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Firaxis Games Programmer/Designer
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When I refresh the UUUs end up in a smaller font size.
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November 25, 2002, 15:47
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Can't say i have ever noticed it.
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November 25, 2002, 17:25
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i also get random parts of the screen dissappearing, like the apolyton banner but nothing else
markos, don't eat yellow snow!
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November 25, 2002, 17:35
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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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November 25, 2002, 18:18
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Can't really say I care.
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November 25, 2002, 18:23
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a few times. others i get àeùéëyüäàîéçö or something. not often though, and refreshing works
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November 25, 2002, 18:38
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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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November 25, 2002, 19:29
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Firaxis Games Programmer/Designer
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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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November 25, 2002, 20:16
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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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November 26, 2002, 00:21
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Apolyton CS Co-Founder
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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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Dan; Apolyton CS
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November 26, 2002, 00:24
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Firaxis Games Programmer/Designer
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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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November 26, 2002, 00:32
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I think it is a message from the spam gods
you know what you must do...
Jon Miller
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November 26, 2002, 05:19
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No, tell us.
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November 26, 2002, 07:01
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yes, tell us
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November 26, 2002, 17:58
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Originally posted by DanQ
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).
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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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November 26, 2002, 18:00
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Perhaps a string of zzzzzzzzzzzzzz would be more appropriate.
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November 26, 2002, 19:02
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I have no problems.
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November 26, 2002, 19:52
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November 26, 2002, 20:59
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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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November 27, 2002, 00:05
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Originally posted by DrSpike
Perhaps a string of zzzzzzzzzzzzzz would be more appropriate.
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QOTW.
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November 27, 2002, 09:06
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King
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November 27, 2002, 09:10
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Deity
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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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November 28, 2002, 17:27
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Originally posted by DrSpike
I hope you are not implying that an honourable poster such as SD is a mere spammer.
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Of course he isn't 
What is the server? 8008? Babbage's original calculating machine?
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November 28, 2002, 18:02
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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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November 28, 2002, 18:12
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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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