FromTheRafters <erratic@nomail.afraid.org> wrote in
news:jpqt74$m5e$1@dont-email.me:

> Aardvark wrote:
>> On Sat, 26 May 2012 09:30:08 -0400, FromTheRafters wrote:
>>
>>> Aardvark wrote:
>>>> On Fri, 25 May 2012 20:21:15 -0400, FromTheRafters wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Aardvark wrote:
>>>>>> On Fri, 25 May 2012 21:26:44 +0000, Aardvark wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Perhaps SM does pre-rendering in newsgroups?
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Possibly. I might try it in Konqueror and whatever other
>>>>>>> browsers I have installed here.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Just tried it in both Konq and SM. Nothing.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> If you can still open the page, could you check the source and
>>>>>> see if you can divine what might be amiss?
>>>>>>
>>>>> Maybe it's something in:
>>>>>
>>>>> <script type="text/javascript" src="setcookie.js"></script>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>> Possible but unlikely IMO, FTR. I enter sites with NoScript
>>>> running, so that shouldn't hold up loading.
>>>>
>>>>> or
>>>>>
>>>>> <script type="text/javascript"
>>>>> src="http://analytics.aweber.com/js/awt_analytics.js?id=6HSL"></
>> script>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>> NS would take care of that too, Shirley. I remember when aweber
>>>> sold autoresponders.
>>>>
>>>>> It uses style sheets too, but that's pretty common practice.
>>>>
>>>> Indeed. Somewhat of a mystery, thus far.
>>>>
>>> I run with scripting enabled, and sometimes those larger scripts
>>> (Fake AV come-ons) take a long time to load and execute - selectors
>>> take even longer.
>>
>> The thirty or so seconds I allowed should be enough, don't you
>> think? I actually went off to the kitchen to make a cuppa tea after
>> clicking the link once. Still hadn't loaded when I got back.
>>
> That's more time than I gave it. D
>
> I don't have a clue as to what might be causing you to not get that
> page. I only tried it in IE that once - maybe I'll try again and go
> for a cuppa coffee.
>

I just clicked the link again. It came up in under 10 seconds; whole
page. And this was done on a dual p3/800mhz (coppermine mated
processors). It's the slowest machine that's still online here.

I'm not a gamer tho, so it still meets my needs.. Albeit a bit slow
these days. [g]


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