Shout Your Frustrations to the World! (You know you want to.(READ FIRST POST))

[HardScienceFan]

That's awful Chris

It's enough to drive a man sane,indeed

[Leisha]

Originally Posted by chrispenycate

Just says "we can't find this URL, are you sure you're spelling it right? Or else there might be a technical error with the site".
This on three different computers, four different operating systems, and four different browsers (yes, including Opera).
It drops out mysteriously in the midddle of a page change, stays away for a couple of days, then one day I try, and it's back.
It's driving me sane, I tell you, completely comventional!
scratches pussy santa claws behind the ear.

Hmmm... that does sound like the problem I had with my old forum. By the sounds of it, your ISP is randomly losing connection to this place. Your problem won't be fixed by swapping browsers or rebooting, or anything like that.

You could try pinging the server and seeing if it works. If you can't ping it, your problem may lie in your firewall or, more likely, your ISP.

I'll see if I can find some instruction on pinging.

[Sephiroth]

Apparently the best way is to shoot a piece of metal.

[Leisha]

Aha! I'll copy-and-paste:


QUESTION:

How do I determine a web page's IP address using the ping command?

ANSWER:

You can determine the IP address by typing the domain of the address within the PING command. For example, typing:

ping computerhope.com

would indicate on the first line that our IP address is 166.70.10.23.

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So, Chrispy, you should open your command prompt*, then type in ping www.sffchronicles.co.uk




*to open your command prompt, go to Start Menu > Run... Then type in command. In the box that appears, type ping www.sffchronicles.co.uk


An error means there's a problem accessing the site, which, as I say, will confirm it's either a firewall or an ISP problem. (Phone your ISP and tell them of your problem).

[HoopyFrood]

Managed to cheese grate my knuckle earlier Surprising how much the little blighter hurts. And my fingers are flailing pretty rapidly over the keys at the moment as I'm copying up an essay, which doesn't help.

That'll learn me to pay more attention when grating cheese.

[scalem X]

Okay I sort of get people grating their fingers while they try to grate the last pieces of cheese, but your knuckles?
Although I can imagine the pain.
Well thank god you weren't blending something when it happened.

[HoopyFrood]

It was the way I was gripping the cheese...I slipped and raked my knuckle over the metal.

My friend asked if I wanted a plaster for it, but I said no, the blood would add a bit of extra flavour

It's better now -- or at least it was until I poked it to see if it was any better...

[pyan]

What you need is a butler/cook, Hoops...oh, and a first-aider....

[HoopyFrood]

My friend would definitely agree with the latter -- she's always rebuking me every time I cook because I seem to somehow always burn myself, no matter how careful I am.

It's not like I'm clumsy or anything, I think the kitchen is just out to get me, really...

[scalem X]

It's better now -- or at least it was until I poked it to see if it was any better...

typical. (I admit that I'd do the same though)

Mmmm Frustrations aye.

I need stability in my life! I can't spend one day a week preparing sushi for 8 people and eat noodles in soup for the rest of the week because I don't have the time to go get something decent. Neither can I wash dishes at 1 am and so on. I need someone to force me into a reasonable schedule.

[Stormflame]

I just got back to work from vacation. I was bored all nine days. NOW I wish I was back on vacation!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!wtc

[tangaloomababe]

Nine days of vacation, yes I don't think I would be bored! Was it the company, the location or even the weather Citadel. Who could be bored on holidays?

Scalem I am happy for you to come and prepare Sushi for me, in return I will give you frozen leftovers that you can thaw out instead of noodles in soup!

[Majimaune]

Originally Posted by scalem X

Maji, £1,11 is 2,6 aussie dollars. I fear you're not the one who can complain.

I believe your right.

School is almost over and I can think of nothing to complain about except my feet are sore from playing hockey in the car park at school half the day.

[Ursa major]

Why did some idiot driver have to reverse their heavy van over my front lawn, leaving long deep trenches in the grass?

They could have used the driveway: it was empty! (In fact, they did: the darped trenches start half way down the driveway!)

How do people with such bad eyesight and lack of awareness get and keep a driving licence?

[Aleksei]

That's ****** up Ursa, I would be mad as hell if someone did that on my lawn as well. Though it might be a mite hard for them since it is not at the front of the house.

Ha, didn't know this place censored the bad words.