Were you ever a software developer? You're not giving simple bugs and
human incompetence their due.
Chuck Norcutt
On 1/27/2012 5:26 PM, Chris Trask wrote:
>>
>>> I just did something a bit risky out of desparation. I
> occasionally
>>> delete all temporary files, especially if things bog down as some of
> them
>>> have executable code. This time I deleted all cookies, which I rarely
> if
>>> ever do as those contain your website user names. Lo and behold,
> everything
>>> is working again.
>>>
>>
>
> <<SNIP>>
>
>>
>> Interesting. My experience is that anytime my browser, or ant particular
> site,
>> starts suddenly acting in inexplicable ways, it's time to start deleting
>> cookies. Sometimes all at once, sometimes one or a group at a time.
>>
>
> I've had IE8 slow down due to temporary files running code, but I can't
> recall a problem related to cookies.
>
>>
>> Not that there undoubtedly aren't folks doing bad things out there out of
>> malice, but I'm pretty sure much more of it is a range of causes, from
> simple
>> incompetence to the unbelievably complex nature of the web and all the
> stuff
>> being used to create and browse it.
>>
>> Isn't it more likely that the 'Bay changed something on their site, as a
> part
>> of routine maintenance or 'improvement' that simply disagreed with an eBay
>> cookie on your machine than that some evil genius screwed it up on
> purpose?
>> Especially when so many others have been unaffected?
>>
>
> Shortly afterwards I wished that I had moveded the cookies to a dummy
> folder (Cookie Jar), then I could have looked for the culprit as it would be
> isolated. I still have the history of that morning on Firefox, so tomorrow
> I'll go through them one at a time and see if I can duplicate the problem.
>
> At this point, all I know that the problems were due to a renegade
> cookie that specifically targeted eBay. Using the Clouseau Principal of
> suspecting everyone, I can narrow it down to five online used book sites and
> a few search engines. I seriously doubt that NOAA/NWS would be involved.
> My strongest suspicion is Amazon, as they would have the most to gain.
>
> Chris
>
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