What is this now????

[ChimneyFish]

Starting when I first went online today, my arrow/hand thingy is flashing. If I stop moving it, it disappears.
It makes it so I can't highlight anything, and I can't scroll over threads.
And it's just plain annoying.

I didn't want to start another thread, so move this if you have to.
Any help would be appreciated.

[Dougie Brootal]

same thing is happening to me! wtf?!?!?

[Nothing Sound]

reboot

It can't hurt

[drjoek]

it came up in the listening thread and is fairly wide spread.

(arrow /hand thingy=its a Cursor)

[Nothing Sound]

Ok, this is weird.
It's doing it to me too, but only in Firefox. IE is fine.

[JustJon]

It appears to be due to the flash ad on the left side. It'll cycle out and the flashing will stop.

[Judge Smails]

http://www.hbo.com/johnfromcincinnati/img/cast/season1/character/bill.jpg

"What is this now???? Jesus, Mary and Joseph it's happening to me too. That's annoying as hell. Can someone fix it, please? I've got my eye on you, Jon."

[BoondockSaint]

http://www.hbo.com/johnfromcincinnati/img/cast/season1/character/bill.jpg

"What is this now???? Jesus, Mary and Joseph it's happening to me too. That's annoying as hell. Can someone fix it, please? I've got my eye on you, Jon."


This could end in fisticuffs.

[KC2OSO]

Hitting Alt-F4 should solve the problem.

[mendyweiss]

That girl to the left better take her little red dress off, for all ths aggrivation !!

[ChimneyFish]

Hitting Alt-F4 should solve the problem.

Didn't work.
It isn't happening on the main screen, only when I click into a forum/thread.

[KC2OSO]

Didn't work.
It isn't happening on the main screen, only when I click into a forum/thread.
Not supposed to. I was just being a douche as usual.
Anyway, I notice the same flickering cursor/pointer thing BTW. Makes the site more challenging though.

[JustJon]

Not supposed to. I was just being a douche as usual.
Anyway, I notice the same flickering cursor/pointer thing BTW. Makes the site more challenging though.

oooo you made it to level 2. Now you must make it thru the obstacle course to get to level 3.

[Kevin]

This could end in fisticuffs.

JESUS CHRIST JESUS CHRIST!!

[Snacks]

its fucking my eyes up. can it be fixed?

[ChimneyFish]

Not supposed to. I was just being a douche as usual.


I had a suspicion that was the case.:tongue:

[Judge Smails]

It stopped doing it for me. Try logging off and then on again.

I did however just get the shit scared out of me from the old "Congratulations! You just won a free i-phone." I thought we got rid of that weeks ago.

[ChimneyFish]

It stopped doing it for me. Try logging off and then on again.

I did however just get the shit scared out of me from the old "Congratulations! You just won a free i-phone." I thought we got rid of that weeks ago.

Looks like that worked for me.
Thanks, Judge.

[KC2OSO]

oooo you made it to level 2. Now you must make it thru the obstacle course to get to level 3.
I watch Ninja Warrior on G4 so LOOK OUT!

[PapaBear]

Logging out didn't work for me.

MAKE IT STOP!!!!

[IMSlacker]

Logging out didn't work for me.

MAKE IT STOP!!!!

Yeah, I think that was just luck. Whenever you have this ad on the left-hand side of the screen, you'll have the blinking cursor problem.

http://i148.photobucket.com/albums/s25/IMSlacker/badad.jpg

[Judge Smails]

Yeah, I think that was just luck. Whenever you have this ad on the left-hand side of the screen, you'll have the blinking cursor problem.



Yep, you're right. It's happening to me again and I've got that ad showing too. I Just refreshed the screen and once the ad went away it stopped.

[ChimneyFish]

I know we need the adds, but could we get ones that

a) make the site/our computers not work properly

b) are incredibley annoying(I got the iphone again today)

[SHANEFROMGA]

blinky non-cooperative cursor makes me want to phucking scream!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
make devil ad go away!!!!!!!!

[reillyluck]

Response From Blinky:
http://i169.photobucket.com/albums/u212/temari125/pacman.gif

[nevnut]

And I thought it was just the after-effects of the great weekend I had.

:sad:

[KC2OSO]

And I thought it was just the after-effects of the great weekend I had.

:sad:
Ah, long ago and far away. I remember those days...

Anyay, I now have the same blinking cursor shit on eBay. So it's the banner ads? This blows.

[IMSlacker]

Ah, long ago and far away. I remember those days...

Anyay, I now have the same blinking cursor shit on eBay. So it's the banner ads? This blows.

If you're using tabs, and have ronfez.net up in one of the tabs, all of the other tabs will be affected as well.

[KC2OSO]

If you're using tabs, and have ronfez.net up in one of the tabs, all of the other tabs will be affected as well.
Humph. Puzzling 'lil feature. Guess that's why Gvac left. Jon'll get it fixed soon enough.

[zentraed]

Flashblock is without a doubt my favorite Firefox extension. there is way too much flash on the web today and it hogs the cpu.

[PapaBear]

But I'm asking it here, since I don't want to start a new thread, and there are some smart people on right now.

At night, I watch almost all of my television through my computer. My LCD monitor uses a lot less electricity than my TV, and my comp's speakers are much better. It doesn't slow my computer down much at all (if any), and I can even post on online, and do Photoshops all at the same time with no problem.

My question is, do you think running the TV card so much is too much of a strain on my comp? I have a 1.8ghz amd processor with 1gig of ram, and a 256mb video card and separate tv tuner card. I'm also running two monitors.

[JPMNICK]

But I'm asking it here, since I don't want to start a new thread, and there are some smart people on right now.

At night, I watch almost all of my television through my computer. My LCD monitor uses a lot less electricity than my TV, and my comp's speakers are much better. It doesn't slow my computer down much at all (if any), and I can even post on online, and do Photoshops all at the same time with no problem.

My question is, do you think running the TV card so much is too much of a strain on my comp? I have a 1.8ghz amd processor with 1gig of ram, and a 256mb video card and separate tv tuner card. I'm also running two monitors.

it all depends on your card. most TV cards use hardware encoders to take your cable and display it on your screen. the benefit to this, as opposed to software, is that it only used 3-5% system resources on most computers. as for to much strain on your PC, i would say def not. you can always check by running just the TV mode, and then checking your system tray and seeing your CPU usuage. I am sure it is not even close to 10%. you should be fine.

[ANC]

Starting when I first went online today, my arrow/hand thingy is flashing. If I stop moving it, it disappears.
It makes it so I can't highlight anything, and I can't scroll over threads.
And it's just plain annoying.

I didn't want to start another thread, so move this if you have to.
Any help would be appreciated.

Me too, but only when I'm on RonFez.net reading posts, not when I'm posting a message..... Weird..

[IMSlacker]

Flashblock is without a doubt my favorite Firefox extension. there is way too much flash on the web today and it hogs the cpu.

Just installed flashblock (https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/433). My problems are solved! Thanks budday!

[KC2OSO]

Just installed flashblock (https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/433). My problems are solved! Thanks budday!

Zentraed ROCKS! Thank you!

[A.J.]

This is really fucking annoying.

[Snacks]

This is really fucking annoying.

agreed, its getting to the point that I might not even come to the site anymore. its making me nuts and the site buttons dont workas well b/c you have to time your clicking just right to open up a page. This is bad, seriously.

[badmonkey]

Why do marketing people have to be so annoying?

Badmonkey

[JustJon]

I emailed adbrite about it, waiting to hear back.

[Hottub]

I am enjoying the challenge. Trying to hit the tiny little page 3 link under a thread, quite a chore. I am sure it is improving my gaming skills.

And making me even less productive at work.

[lleeder]

I emailed lightbright about it, waiting to hear back.
What did they say?

http://i175.photobucket.com/albums/w152/Flirting_With_Suicide_Amber/messing%20with%20teh%20camera/bored%20at%20night/100_0642.jpg

[IMSlacker]

For IE7 users, you can download IE7Pro (http://www.ie7pro.com/), which is a plug-in that has a flash blocker as well as some other good stuff, like an ad blocker and a spell checker.

[PapaBear]

For IE7 users, you can download IE7Pro (http://www.ie7pro.com/), which is a plug-in that has a flash blocker as well as some other good stuff, like an ad blocker and a spell checker.
Do you know if this is reviewed by anyone? It sounds good, but I want to hear more before I install it.

[IMSlacker]

Do you know if this is reviewed by anyone? It sounds good, but I want to hear more before I install it.

I was too lazy to look for reviews. I just installed it and hoped for the best. Been using it for about two hours so far without any problems though. I had to change some of the preferences. By default it will start a new tab each time you click on a favorite, I didn't care for that feature.

edit: Found some user reviews at download.com (http://www.download.com/3000-12867_4-10700736.html). Most are positive.

[Nothing Sound]

agreed, its getting to the point that I might not even come to the site anymore. its making me nuts and the site buttons dont workas well b/c you have to time your clicking just right to open up a page. This is bad, seriously.

Jesus, talk about over reacting.

[SatCam]

Jesus, talk about over reacting.

Jesus, talk about annoying.

[PapaBear]

For IE7 users, you can download IE7Pro (http://www.ie7pro.com/), which is a plug-in that has a flash blocker as well as some other good stuff, like an ad blocker and a spell checker.
So far, so good. If this turns out bad, I'll hunt you down and kill you. Not really, but it's fun to say.

[A.J.]

For IE7 users, you can download IE7Pro (http://www.ie7pro.com/), which is a plug-in that has a flash blocker as well as some other good stuff, like an ad blocker and a spell checker.

This would be great if I could download software onto my work computer.

[deepinthewoods]

O hai; In these bellicose times I'm not one to foist extra work upon anybody, but isn't this a system admin's job to address? It appears to be something wrong with this site that is not wrong with any other site I visit. Sure, we can download all kinds of crap, but it just seems like our R&F IT action team should be the ones unleashing their lolcats into the programming so that our computers can finally be full of cats. This thing is acting just like a worm I once had (at the bottom of a tequila bottle...high fives all around.........anyone? Helooooo???) I don't doubt that someone is spelunking the architecture even now. How about an update from a sys admin? Is it true that the whole of the R&F oligarchy is going to have to download various plug-ins or is this eventually reparable by the Geek Gods? Can I has a worm or does I just have worms? Help us Obi Wan Whomever. Y'all's our onliest hope!

[Nothing Sound]

Jesus, talk about annoying.

Wow. Did you think of that come back all on your own?

I'm rather impressed.

[Judge Smails]

O hai; In these bellicose times I'm not one to foist extra work upon anybody, but isn't this a system admin's job to address? It appears to be something wrong with this site that is not wrong with any other site I visit. Sure, we can download all kinds of crap, but it just seems like our R&F IT action team should be the ones unleashing their lolcats into the programming so that our computers can finally be full of cats. This thing is acting just like a worm I once had (at the bottom of a tequila bottle...high fives all around.........anyone? Helooooo???) I don't doubt that someone is spelunking the architecture even now. How about an update from a sys admin? Is it true that the whole of the R&F oligarchy is going to have to download various plug-ins or is this eventually reparable by the Geek Gods? Can I has a worm or does I just have worms? Help us Obi Wan Whomever. Y'all's our onliest hope!

Here, here! For what I'm paying in monthly fees to be a member of this board, I shouldn't have to put up with this non-sense! Let's get working on this, people. And, I'll expect a credit to be reflected on my monthly invoice. Thaaaaaank You!

[KC2OSO]

O hai; ...Can I has a worm or does I just have worms? Help us Obi Wan Whomever. Y'all's our onliest hope!

YOU'VE GOT WORMS!:clap:

[PapaBear]

I'm bumping this because I saw a few people are still having problem. If you have IE7, that link that was posted above really does work well.

[ChimneyFish]

So................guess this isn't getting fixed????





























Miss pre-mongoloid cursor RonFez.net.
It was the best.:smoke:

[deepinthewoods]

I'm bumping this because I saw a few people are still having problem. If you have IE7, that link that was posted above really does work well.

OK, but, like, dig dis, mon. New subscribers to the site or more casual observers are not neccesarily going to see this thread and will prolly say "fuck this" and bail. One of those people could be a future G-Vac or a foochure Mooch. The longevity of RF.N depends on a tech fix OR posting the link to an external fix prominantly on the first page past the welcome picture. I'm just sayin' that, theoretically, no website should permanently require an outside fix for the end user to enjoy reading stupid posts. Since I don't know dick from cunt when it comes to programming I am doing my very best to pray to Satan. This said, I fully understand the difficulty of hacking a Gibson. Asmodeus go with you...

[Snacks]

I'm bumping this because I saw a few people are still having problem. If you have IE7, that link that was posted above really does work well.

It really doesnt work. I downloaded it 3 days ago and my mouse pointer is still blinking.

Mikey, Jeff or whoever any word on what is going on or what to do other then download ie7pro?

[Chimee]

Now I see what this whole thing is about. That would drive me crazy if I had to deal with that. Luckily I have no such problems with Firefox.

[Nothing Sound]

Now I see what this whole thing is about. That would drive me crazy if I had to deal with that. Luckily I have no such problems with Firefox.

It does the same thing with Firefox.

[Chimee]

It doesn't for me, but the second I tried the site on IE it did it.

[MadMatt]

For IE7 users, you can download IE7Pro (http://www.ie7pro.com/), which is a plug-in that has a flash blocker as well as some other good stuff, like an ad blocker and a spell checker.

Nice call. You, Sir, are a top-notch guy. Thank you! :thumbup::clap::thumbup:

[FUNKMAN]

dustbunnies in your mouseball...

they'll getcha every time

[SatCam]

Wow. Did you think of that come back all on your own?

I'm rather impressed.

:bye:

[PapaBear]

Has the problem gone away? I haven't noticed it tonight.

BTW... I was using that IE7pro thing for a few days. I liked it, but it wreaked havoc on myspace. If anyone else here uses it, do you know if there's a setting I can change?

[deepinthewoods]

Thanks to the site gods for fixing the problem thingy!!! I hereby award you 4 robots

http://www.miserabili.com/archives/kraftwerk2-thumb.jpg


and 4 Monkees

http://www.morrisonhotelgallery.com/Merchant2/graphics/00000001/Monkees-Costumes-lrg.jpg

[PapaBear]

It's back. :wallbash:

[Fat_Sunny]

8:00 A.M. Friday, August 24, And Yep, In NJ It's Also Baaaaaaaaaaack!

[IamFogHat]

It's back, as if we all needed one more thing to fucking deal with. Fucking technology.