Weird OKC Talk Behavior

[bombermwc]

Anyone else noticed some weird things happening lately?
Pages won't present right from the web server, so i'll see random garbage letters. Not HTML code, just garbage. Refresh, and it all comes up normally.
Some posts appear in bold face now, that were not posted that way (ie my own)
When commenting from some threads, the reply appears in a faux not quite full, italics, but the italicize tag is not included.

Doesn't appear to be my browser or my PC because I've tested it from IE/Chrome/Firefox from 3 different PCs, each running all three browsers.

[Jeepnokc]

Anyone else noticed some weird things happening lately?
Pages won't present right from the web server, so i'll see random garbage letters. Not HTML code, just garbage. Refresh, and it all comes up normally.
Some posts appear in bold face now, that were not posted that way (ie my own)
When commenting from some threads, the reply appears in a faux not quite full, italics, but the italicize tag is not included.

Doesn't appear to be my browser or my PC because I've tested it from IE/Chrome/Firefox from 3 different PCs, each running all three browsers.

Not anymore than usual but then again, I thought this thread was about posters. LOL

[RadicalModerate]

Not anymore than usual but then again, I thought this thread was about posters. LOL

Frankly, when I read the title, I thought it might make specific reference to moi . . .

[Mel]

I was feeling guilty opening this thread. Yay! It's tech question that I know nothing about.

[hoya]

Yeah I was going through a list of names in my head.

[Spartan]

Frankly, when I read the title, I thought it might make specific reference to moi . . .

I had the exact same thought! lol

[Plutonic Panda]

Yeah I was going through a list of names in my head.

I'll thank you on advance for not including me on that list

[ljbab728]

I'll thank you on advance for not including me on that list

You weren't on the list in his head, plupan. You were on another list.

But back to the original question, I have had absolutely no problems like that.

[RadicalModerate]

What's weird is that I haven't experienced any of the problems noted by the OP.

However, for a while, a while back, I would experience what I refer to as "screen freeze" from time to time on this site and this site only. I even asked Martin about it and what I was describing was so weird that he had no answers or suggestions. Turns out that all I had to do was change the magnification of the screen with the touch pad on this laptop and the screen unstuck itself.

[Jeepnokc]

It seems that most of the time the back arrow button doesn't work and I resort to just hitting the Latest Posts tabs.

[RadicalModerate]

That "Bump Off/Auto Save" deal is amusingly challenging sometimes.
It refreshes one's memory about the concept of Copy/Paste especially if it is somewhat "windy" in "the cloud" . . . =)

[tfvc.org]

Anyone else noticed some weird things happening lately?
Pages won't present right from the web server, so i'll see random garbage letters. Not HTML code, just garbage. Refresh, and it all comes up normally.
Some posts appear in bold face now, that were not posted that way (ie my own)
When commenting from some threads, the reply appears in a faux not quite full, italics, but the italicize tag is not included.

Doesn't appear to be my browser or my PC because I've tested it from IE/Chrome/Firefox from 3 different PCs, each running all three browsers.

All boxes connected to the same router? Have a central hardware firewall? If yes to one of those questions then it could possibly be that common firewall and if you see it again possibly a reboot of the router/firewall may be in order. You may also check to see if there is a software/firmware update for the router or firewall and see if that might correct the issue. If not, then maybe it was a glitch within your ISP and try from work/home/friends house that uses a different ISP from you/work.

[bombermwc]

Its seems to have cleared up, although some of the ads today seem to try to "save" rather than load. It looks like its all related to the hosting service for the forum.

I'm an IT professional (networking), so I don't want to make it sound like I'm discounting ideas, but the obvious things have already been examined. To speak to that eatokc, it was doing this from my home and my office, which had at that time, different OS' (still rocked Vista at home until recently), different browsers (IE at the office, and Firefox at home), and different ISPs.

[AP]

The only issue that I ever notice is that in some threads bombermwc's avatar shows up and some threads it doesn't. It always confuses me.

[RadicalModerate]

My "Free" Avast "WebShield" has noted a couple of Malware Violations on this site . . .
And I'm concerned . . . (at least enough to expend the effort to bitchabit)
Yet not so concerned as to Escalate the mini-bitch as a False Warning.
[Spec.Ref.: False Alarms . . . . . . . . . . . .. . .. . }