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Old 09-17-2013, 02:58 PM
 
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There was a lot 'o data mining going on yesterday at many sites. Related? Who knows. Maybe just a server down or other coincidence...

 
Old 09-17-2013, 03:12 PM
 
Location: Northeast Texas
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Originally Posted by bluescreen73 View Post
If you use Internet Explorer, go into Options->Advanced and uncheck "Show Friendly HTTP Error Messages" and you'll get the actual error dump from the web server instead of "This page can't be displayed"
People still use Internet Explorer these days?
 
Old 09-17-2013, 03:17 PM
 
Location: Aurora, CO
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People still use Internet Explorer these days?
Believe it or not, yep. My company is a Microsoft shop and while we've taken steps to make our outward-facing webapps Firefox, Chrome, and Safari friendly we don't officially support those browsers.
 
Old 09-17-2013, 03:45 PM
 
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whew, I thought my snarky comments to a not so nice poster got me in trouble!
 
Old 09-17-2013, 03:53 PM
 
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Obviously it was the NSA.
 
Old 09-17-2013, 04:28 PM
 
Location: Austin, TX
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Will there be any "official" explanation of why City Data forums were unavailable yesterday afternoon and last night ? Was it something I said?
The National Security Agency was scanning the content of all of your posts. Do you often see that spinning busy cursor? Same thing.
 
Old 09-17-2013, 04:42 PM
 
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If they ever ended this forum, some of our lives would end as well..
 
Old 09-17-2013, 05:49 PM
 
Location: Beautiful Northwest Houston
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The National Security Agency was scanning the content of all of your posts. Do you often see that spinning busy cursor? Same thing.
They wanted to deny people access to our sparkling commentary, and spot on analysis
 
Old 09-17-2013, 08:23 PM
 
Location: Oil Capital of America
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Figures, the NSA is just as incompetent as the rest of the federal government now days.
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