Questions for Callaway

[Callaway]

Callaway or anyone:  What could cause a computer to selectively hate facebook, myspace, and hotmail on and off?  Someone I know with a tempermental laptop is having this happen; the pages will not load or will load deformed, but his comp gets other sites/can ping those sites.  No viruses seem to be on the laptop or anytihng obvious like that; cache purging does nothing, etc.

Could his computer be low on virtual memory?

[El]

Callaway or anyone:  What could cause a computer to selectively hate facebook, myspace, and hotmail on and off?  Someone I know with a tempermental laptop is having this happen; the pages will not load or will load deformed, but his comp gets other sites/can ping those sites.  No viruses seem to be on the laptop or anytihng obvious like that; cache purging does nothing, etc.

Could his computer be low on virtual memory?

It doesn't seem to be.

[Calandale]

Look in your privacy settings.
There may be something set odd,
which these sites require.

[Randy]

What I said to the gas man about the rotten smell, which I thought was gas.  He says if it were gas, it would not be intermitenly.  So, I being the HFA patron, suggested it maybe a fuction of one of the parts.  PMS Queen bitch, perhaps your computer is missing necessary programs.  I could not look at certain porn  because of my computer's lack of programs.

* Boss of the Ass Fairies predicts the funny thing Callaway is going to say.  "Thankyou Callaway."

In case you didnot notice the HFA patron thing was a joke, I am not supposed to be so good at getting the abstract idea.  It doesn't matter who is better to me, it matters more that everyone is equal, as much as possible.

[Randy]

Finally, I will plus Callaway.

[odeon]

Callaway or anyone:  What could cause a computer to selectively hate facebook, myspace, and hotmail on and off?  Someone I know with a tempermental laptop is having this happen; the pages will not load or will load deformed, but his comp gets other sites/can ping those sites.  No viruses seem to be on the laptop or anytihng obvious like that; cache purging does nothing, etc.

I'd agree with Cal--the privacy settings are worth checking. I'd try purging cookies as well. If it's IE, I'd get one of those IE cache/cookies purge software thingies and do it right.

What browser is it?

[Calandale]

I'd try purging cookies as well.

you have to eat them, before you can purge. 

[odeon]

 :lol:

[Rabbit From Hell]

How much wood would a woodchuck fuck if a woodchuck could fuck wood?

[Callaway]

How much wood would a woodchuck fuck if a woodchuck could fuck wood?

As much wood as a woodchuck could.

[El]

Callaway or anyone:  What could cause a computer to selectively hate facebook, myspace, and hotmail on and off?  Someone I know with a tempermental laptop is having this happen; the pages will not load or will load deformed, but his comp gets other sites/can ping those sites.  No viruses seem to be on the laptop or anytihng obvious like that; cache purging does nothing, etc.

I'd agree with Cal--the privacy settings are worth checking. I'd try purging cookies as well. If it's IE, I'd get one of those IE cache/cookies purge software thingies and do it right.

What browser is it?

Nah, it's not the privacy settings- I asked.  Also not a virus.  He purged the cookies too; basically everything "obvious" has been done.  Weird thing is that like half the time those sites will work, then they'll stop for a bit, then they will again- and he won't have changed anything or anything.  Oh, and I think Amazon was doing it too.

Thanks, though. 

[odeon]

OK. What browser is it?

Also, see if updating Java helps, and have a look at the current Active X settings (if it's IE).

[El]

New toally random, inanane question:  I want to get a humidifier for my apartment because the dry air is messing up my skin (and my contact lenses).  I have looked at what is available, and am wondering which would be better in your opinion:  A warm mist humidifier, or a cool mist one?  or are they basically comparable?

[Callaway]

New toally random, inanane question:  I want to get a humidifier for my apartment because the dry air is messing up my skin (and my contact lenses).  I have looked at what is available, and am wondering which would be better in your opinion:  A warm mist humidifier, or a cool mist one?  or are they basically comparable?

Cool mist humidifiers are less expensive to buy and run, but they usually have a wicking filter that needs to be replaced often, depending on the hardness of your water and other factors.  If you don't keep the filter changed and the humidifier clean, they often spew out molds and bacteria in addition to the moist air.

Warm mist humidifiers are a bit more expensive to buy and operate, because they have a heating element, but warm air can be more comforting in the winter than cold, clammy air.  You have to keep them clean as well.

I think that I would want to buy a humidifier that is easy to clean and runs reasonably quietly.

I found a humidifier review website for you, but maybe you could look in Consumer Reports too:

http://wize.com/humidifiers

[El]

New toally random, inanane question:  I want to get a humidifier for my apartment because the dry air is messing up my skin (and my contact lenses).  I have looked at what is available, and am wondering which would be better in your opinion:  A warm mist humidifier, or a cool mist one?  or are they basically comparable?

Cool mist humidifiers are less expensive to buy and run, but they usually have a wicking filter that needs to be replaced often, depending on the hardness of your water and other factors.  If you don't keep the filter changed and the humidifier clean, they often spew out molds and bacteria in addition to the moist air.

Warm mist humidifiers are a bit more expensive to buy and operate, because they have a heating element, but warm air can be more comforting in the winter than cold, clammy air.  You have to keep them clean as well.

I think that I would want to buy a humidifier that is easy to clean and runs reasonably quietly.

I found a humidifier review website for you, but maybe you could look in Consumer Reports too:

http://wize.com/humidifiers

Thanks!