Getting Sick of This!

Discussion in 'Miscellaneous' started by Amaris, Jul 28, 2009.

  1. Amaris

    Amaris Fleet Admiral Admiral

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    I sent an email to my ISP. Hopefully they'll get back with me.


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  2. TheBrew

    TheBrew Vice Admiral Admiral

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    It's all a plot by Microsoft!!! :eek:
     
  3. DiSiLLUSiON

    DiSiLLUSiON Commodore Commodore

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    I've had this once before. Sorted itself out after a few days.
     
  4. Amaris

    Amaris Fleet Admiral Admiral

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    To be honest, I thought this for a few seconds. :lol:

    Yeah, but until then I'll be using other search engines.

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  5. DiSiLLUSiON

    DiSiLLUSiON Commodore Commodore

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    I would do the exact same thing.
     
  6. tharpdevenport

    tharpdevenport Admiral Admiral

    Also try running those spyware programs in Safe Mode.
     
  7. CorporalClegg

    CorporalClegg Admiral Admiral

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    I had that happen to me once. I just shutdown the entire network in the house for about an hour, came back, and it was fine.

    At first, thought this was going to be those stupid security code checks. I hate, hate, HATE those things!
     
  8. Amaris

    Amaris Fleet Admiral Admiral

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    It was getting so frustrating because it was happening to every search request. I do hundreds of searches a day, as I go to college online, so getting that damnable CAPTCHA 100+ times a day was just too much.

    Bing's doing great, by the way. I have found every result I have searched for to be very relevant to my requests. A week ago I wouldn't have given it the time of day, ardent Google supporter that I am.

    J.
     
  9. apostle83

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    I get that a lot.

    Of course, I am using automated programs for SEO that query google a lot. :)

    **starts up Web CEO**

    **pauses SEO toolbar**
     
  10. Amaris

    Amaris Fleet Admiral Admiral

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    So it's you! *starts hitting apostle with netbook*


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  11. apostle83

    apostle83 Admiral Admiral

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    I promise you, I'm not on your network. I have become your network.
     
  12. Skywalker

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    It's true! Look at his avatar! :eek:
     
  13. Amaris

    Amaris Fleet Admiral Admiral

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    There's only one way to stop you now!

    *squeezes phone line to prevent information from getting through*



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  14. apostle83

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    Uh... J... that's not the phone line. Please, button your pants. :eek:
     
  15. Amaris

    Amaris Fleet Admiral Admiral

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    That explains the pain, but where the hell is the dialtone coming from?


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  16. aftermath

    aftermath Lieutenant Commander Red Shirt

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    You could use a proxy server to get around it.
     
  17. 137th Gebirg

    137th Gebirg Admiral Premium Member

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    Yep, I've seen those before. It usually happens when you're using a onion-skin proxy server like Tor or Privoxy. Mama Google doesn't like it when you try to hide from her. :evil::borg:
     
  18. Jadzia

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    Actually they weren't google spiders. I did a trace on a couple I caught. They originated from Bandcon, a content delivery system. It appears to generate a swarm of page reading entities whenever a web page is clicked on.
     
  19. Amaris

    Amaris Fleet Admiral Admiral

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    Proxy servers have been unsuccessful. I tried to reroute my connection through a few proxies and it still didn't work.

    True, but I'm not using a proxy server. Other than the ones mentioned above that I used to try and get around the problem, I don't use them at all.

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  20. Jadzia

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    You're using Firefox aren't you? ;)