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#1 Re: Help & Support (Stable) » Bizarre "I am alive!" appearing on browsers » 2009-10-09 11:32:10
I haven't used #! for a while now. I am truly please that I am not alone experiencing this wacky problem. In fact, I was sorta worried this thread was going to be dismissed as some fabricated crackpot idea.
While my computer problem is not fixed, it sure feels good knowing I'm not crazy! 
#2 Re: Help & Support (Stable) » Bizarre "I am alive!" appearing on browsers » 2009-09-17 09:40:54
It's still doing it!!
My computer thinks it's still alive when running Linux!
The router has been resetted and passwords changed, and given neighbors a dirty "stay off my network" look. I'm absolutely lost when it comes to checking the DNS's with gigabyte doobawhacky, all I can try is the live CD or reinstalling #!- besides, I completely screwed up my menu's when I tried to add programs to it, and some other stupid error on start-up about '644 permissions' (WTF??!!!?)... whatever... so re-installing will at least fix those problems 
And now everyone, for the real bombshell.... XP runs better on the same machine! I'm interested to hear from other people with a similar dual-boot set up. I'm sure everyone will agree that #! is FAR less annoying.
PS- viewing the source of the pages in question shows no HTML whatsoever, just those haunting words....
#3 Re: Help & Support (Stable) » Bizarre "I am alive!" appearing on browsers » 2009-09-12 03:20:23
OK
All I have determined so far is that its definitely a Linux error, this has never happened when running XP on the other partition (I have given it a good try too!). I have never heard of a virus on Linux, but please correct me if I am wrong. No one else has been hacking into my network that I can tell but I have changed the password from WEP to WPA to see what happens. It's strange if someone is redirecting my router, it only ever coincides when Im running #!
This humble Celeron 1.6Ghz computer is far from Skynet! Besides, its at least 11 years late from when Skynet supposedly became self aware.
But still, this truly is the weirdest bug/ prank/ error I have come across.
#4 Re: Help & Support (Stable) » Bizarre "I am alive!" appearing on browsers » 2009-09-10 10:59:09
Nope and Nope. It's my own Internet connection, and it has never been routed etc the 2 years its been set up. Although the Upside-down-ternet was pretty amusing.
I might also need to point out this bug never occurs when running M$ XP on the same machine running Opera and Firefox. I thought it was an Opera bug until it started doing it on Firefox too.
I think it just may be a conspiracy to do my head in....
#5 Help & Support (Stable) » Bizarre "I am alive!" appearing on browsers » 2009-09-10 10:13:09
- teamsdf10
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Hey hey
Has anyone had this strange error appear or offer an explanation?
Completely randomly, going to a website shows nothing on the screen except for "I am alive!" on the top left. Thats it. No pictures, no other text on a plain white background.
Refreshing the page doesn't work.
Clicking back will render the previous page as normal, then clicking on the link again will just show "I am alive!"
Viewing the source shows no HTML, just "I am alive"
Bizarrely, this bug happens in Opera AND Firefox, but not necessarily the same web page.
It's never the same web page either - it could be Google or Wiki or even the #! homepage.
Nothing obvious invokes this not and nothing obvious remedies it either- it could be fine 5 or 20 minutes later or on the next reboot.
I don't think my computer is possessed... although XP still resides on the other partition!
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