Lowdown Bar Blues

[stlbarb]

FOR A FEW DAYS, FROM 2 DIFFERENT COMPUTERS, 2 DIFFERENT INTERNET CONNECTIONS, I CANNOT GET INTO The Upbeat, Lowdown Bar.

Its not the first bar i've been banned from, but if i buy a round, can i get back in? any suggestions? (yes, i've refreshed)

this is what displays:

Network Access Message: The page cannot be displayed

Explanation: The request timed out before the page could be retrieved.

Try the following:
Refresh page: Search for the page again by clicking the Refresh button. The timeout may have occurred due to Internet congestion.
Check spelling: Check that you typed the Web page address correctly. The address may have been mistyped.
Access from a link: If there is a link to the page you are looking for, try accessing the page from that link.
Contact website: You may want to contact the website administrator to make sure the Web page still exists. You can do this by using the e-mail address or phone number listed on the website home page.
If you are still unable to view the requested page, try contacting your administrator or Helpdesk.



Technical Information (for support personnel)
Error Code 64: Host not available
Background: The gateway or proxy server lost connection to the Web server.
Date: 3/9/2007 1:21:56 AM
Server: ENT-PROXY05.stlo.Mercy.Net
Source: Remote server

[Orleansnj]

the bouncer must not like ya...

what else are you running while surfin' the board? Anything new?

[Orleansnj]

you should also dump the cache - it may be that it cached (is that a word) a bad string and it's stuck there.....know what I mean? make sure to dump the off-line files too....clean it out !!!!

Also - are you using the evil IE 7.0 (full o problems) or firefox?

[stlbarb]

the bouncer must not like ya...

what else are you running while surfin' the board? Anything new?

never answer a man when he asks you if he was the best.

seems odd it happens from 2 different PC's - both huge - and 2 different internet providers - both DSL.
was wondering if its happening to anybody else.

but the bar thread is one of the biggest threads.

i'll try the cache dump (in your next post).

[Orleansnj]

never answer a man when he asks you if he was the best.

seems odd it happens from 2 different PC's - both huge - and 2 different internet providers - both DSL.
was wondering if its happening to anybody else.

but the bar thread is one of the biggest threads.

i'll try the cache dump (in your next post).

agreed........very odd.

[stlbarb]

they've moved things ont he work pd - can't even find my cookies. where is the cached stuff?

[Orleansnj]

the simple way to do this is to go to the top of the browser, click tools, go to the bottom and click internet options, and then on the first page in the middle you should have options to delete files and cache....(if you're running IE etc.) Easier doing it that way than trying to figure out who has moved what in your IT department.....

[stlbarb]

the simple way to do this is to go to the top of the browser, click tools, go to the bottom and click internet options, and then on the first page in the middle you should have options to delete files and cache....(if you're running IE etc.) Easier doing it that way than trying to figure out who has moved what in your IT department.....

i am in the IT dept - but i'm an old main-framer -can't get used to all these new fangled contraptions. :o

deleted files, same error.

[Orleansnj]

ROFLMAO :o

Okay - seriously - what browser are you running? I can walk you through it...for chrissakes - I teach for a living...

[stlbarb]

ROFLMAO :o

Okay - seriously - what browser are you running? I can walk you through it...for chrissakes - I teach for a living...

well this will make you wet yourself.

i have no idea what browser we're running. we have whole teams to deal with that.

[Orleansnj]

okay - here we go.

when you look at the open screen right now - what appears in the upper left hand corner of the browser -
it may say
firefox
safari (unlikely - it's an apple product)
or there may be a blue e in the upper left corner.

you can also go to the top of the screen
go to help - just click it once....so the rest of the choices in the help appear
at the bottom of the help or at the top it might say
firefox help
internet explorer help
something....

[stlbarb]

okay - here we go.

when you look at the open screen right now - what appears in the upper left hand corner of the browser -
it may say
firefox
safari (unlikely - it's an apple product)
or there may be a blue e in the upper left corner.

you can also go to the top of the screen
go to help - just click it once....so the rest of the choices in the help appear
at the bottom of the help or at the top it might say
firefox help
internet explorer help
something....

duh - the blue E and internet explorer. but that's all i've ever seen so thought it was just generic.

[Orleansnj]

okay - we're onto something !!!! hot s%^&

now - go to Tools

Internet Options (at the bottom)

then a dialog box opens up with a lot of stuff ......

in the middle of that dialog box that appears gray in color there will be some crap about stored files and cache....

delete.....

(I'm tryin' to do this by memory...so forgive me....)

[Zydekitten]

As another IT person chiming in here - I cannot recommend strongly enough moving to the Firefox browser (which is open source freeware from here: http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/).

It's MUCH more secure than Internet Explorer ('specially version 7), less buggy and isn't by Microsoft - all good things!!

:)

BTW, I haven't had any problems accessing the bar myself - probably one of my problems ;)

[stlbarb]

I DID THAT BEFORE. I JUST TRIED AGAIN AND INCLUDED THE OFFLINE FILES TOO. SAME MEAN ERROR,

AND I KNOW THEY'RE HAVING A GREAT TIME IN THE BAR...AND I'M SOOO THIRSTY. AS SOON AS I GET IN, I'LL BUY YOU SEVERAL COLD ONES.

[Orleansnj]

Yeah - I noted that earlier - IE just sucks...

Firefox is a freakin' dream after IE....especially 7.0 - If I only had the time to tell you all about the fun crud that IE 7.0 is doing to all kinds of things.....bite, bite, bite.....

[stlbarb]

As another IT person chiming in here - I cannot recommend strongly enough moving to the Firefox browser (which is open source freeware from here: http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/).

It's MUCH more secure than Internet Explorer ('specially version 7), less buggy and isn't by Microsoft - all good things!!

:)

BTW, I haven't had any problems accessing the bar myself - probably one of my problems ;)

THEY REALLY FROWN ON US SWITCHING SOFTWARE. NOT SUPPOSE TO HAVE ANYTHING NON SANCTIONED ON THE HARD DRIVE.

[Orleansnj]

I DID THAT BEFORE. I JUST TRIED AGAIN AND INCLUDED THE OFFLINE FILES TOO. SAME MEAN ERROR,

AND I KNOW THEY'RE HAVING A GREAT TIME IN THE BAR...AND I'M SOOO THIRSTY. AS SOON AS I GET IN, I'LL BUY YOU SEVERAL COLD ONES.

f-it. Use the link above and install firefox. it will take 5 minutes and you can abandon the freakin' IE forever !!! (you do have administrative privies on your machine - right?)

hmmmm......onj is trying to think of other things....

[stlbarb]

Yeah - I noted that earlier - IE just sucks...

Firefox is a freakin' dream after IE....especially 7.0 - If I only had the time to tell you all about the fun crud that IE 7.0 is doing to all kinds of things.....bite, bite, bite.....

SO I SHOULD NOTIFY THE ACLU 'CAUSE THEY'RE BLOCKING US IE FOLKS FROM ENTERING THE BAR. :D

[Orleansnj]

to take the edge offf......

http://i163.photobucket.com/albums/t281/orleansnj/redwine.jpg

[Orleansnj]

check this out - just surfed over to the bar and all of the posts from later tonight weren't there...

sometin's up wid dat tread !!!!!

[Orleansnj]

hmmmmm everything is there now.......

[stlbarb]

check this out - just surfed over to the bar and all of the posts from later tonight weren't there...

sometin's up wid dat tread !!!!!

i really think its related to the size, number of threads.
maybe ie won't pull up as much as firefox/foxfire.
i am/was a programmer and i'm pretty good at finding the problem - and sometimes even the solution.

[Orleansnj]

hey - i feel your pain...

i can use SAS on the mainframe - but god forbid you put me infront of a pc and have it running SAS in windows....

I can't even get it to produce a simple chi square.....

this new fangled stuff is counter intuitive when you know how to write the code that makes these dialog boxes appear.

[stlbarb]

heading home now - gonna try the same 'fixes' on that pc and see if we fare any better.

and big thanks for trying.

[Orleansnj]

So - what's the verdict? Any luck at home last night with the computer?