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Mind
It all began at 3:30 PM yesterday (the time I usually get home after work), and as usual, I fire up Firefox in hopes of watching some webcam girls/Halo montages on YouTube. It worked normally, so no complaints...yet.

At 6:45 that evening (thereabout), I once again climb on Firefox to read some old Maddox articles and see what's on Netflix. Netflix works fine, but for some reason, Maddox won't. It's blocked...sort of. It just won't load. I figure that it's just his site or something, so I try to go to Facebook...but I can't. I started to get mad at this point, so I gave it the ultimate test: Google. And, holy shit, it doesn't work either. Well, long story short, site after site wouldn't load in Firefox. I checked the same sites in IE7 and they loaded just fine. Logic would dictate that I should use IE7, but seriously, fuck that, I'm using Windows Safari.

R.I.P. Firefox
2006 - 2008
You were great;
You were mighty;
But now, you fucking suck.
Pools closed, GTFO.
darthmethodist
One time I saw a ghost.
Mind
DON'T MOCK IT, THIS IS AN EMOTIONAL TIME FOR ME.

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darthmethodist
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Mind
This is not RD, watertiger. This is an emotional topic about a man and his browser, the latter of which was taken away from him by fate.
darthmethodist
QUOTE (Mind @ Mar 31 2008, 05:53 PM)
This is not RD

Hahaha.
Mind
I could've made a lame 300 joke. Would you have preferred that?
darthmethodist
I PREFER NOTHING IF IT DOES NOT INVOLVE ME
Mind
I once saw firecheetah jump off a bridge and slaughter a hydra.
Largo
QUOTE (darthmethodist @ Mar 31 2008, 09:57 AM)
I PREFER NOTHING IF IT DOES NOT INVOLVE ME

You are no longer you.

What happens now?
darthmethodist
QUOTE (Largo @ Mar 31 2008, 05:58 PM)
QUOTE (darthmethodist @ Mar 31 2008, 09:57 AM)
I PREFER NOTHING IF IT DOES NOT INVOLVE ME

You are no longer you.

What happens now?

I'll tell you what happens now:

GOD help us all.
symuun
QUOTE (Mind @ Mar 31 2008, 05:41 PM)
It all began at 3:30 PM yesterday (the time I usually get home after work), and as usual, I fire up Firefox in hopes of watching some webcam girls/Halo montages on YouTube. It worked normally, so no complaints...yet.

At 6:45 that evening (thereabout), I once again climb on Firefox to read some old Maddox articles and see what's on Netflix. Netflix works fine, but for some reason, Maddox won't. It's blocked...sort of. It just won't load. I figure that it's just his site or something, so I try to go to Facebook...but I can't. I started to get mad at this point, so I gave it the ultimate test: Google. And, holy shit, it doesn't work either. Well, long story short, site after site wouldn't load in Firefox. I checked the same sites in IE7 and they loaded just fine. Logic would dictate that I should use IE7, but seriously, fuck that, I'm using Windows Safari.

R.I.P. Firefox
2006 - 2008
You were great;
You were mighty;
But now, you fucking suck.
Pools closed, GTFO.

Reinstall? Reboot the PC? emo-shifty.gif
Mind
Tried both to no avail. I think it's ZoneAlarm, so chances are I can't do anything about it.
symuun
That's an antivirus program, right? emo-shifty.gif Maybe? Can't you set exceptions for it?
Mind
Yes, and no, it's password protected, and I don't know the password.
symuun
Slight snag there, I suppose. emo-shifty.gif Who does know the password?
darthmethodist
Delete System 32. If you do that the passwords will reset and you can go right in.
Mind
Probably my dad, seeing as he's the one who installed the damn thing back when I used to live with my parents. He refuses to tell me for some reason.
Pinflan Jinglewit
You could just ctrl+alt+delete and force it to quite.
Mind
QUOTE (Pinflan Jinglewit @ Mar 31 2008, 06:58 PM)
You could just ctrl+alt+delete and force it to quite.

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Largo
Hack it.
Pinflan Jinglewit
http://www.techblazer.com/2007/12/how-to-r...suite-password/
Mind
QUOTE (Pinflan Jinglewit @ Mar 31 2008, 08:14 PM)
http://www.techblazer.com/2007/12/how-to-r...suite-password/

... This is genius. *adds to favorites* I'll get to that later. For now, I'll shift my attention to more important things.
Zix
Tell Firefox you will suck it's penis if it will start loading shit again.
Mind
QUOTE (Zix @ Mar 31 2008, 10:06 PM)
Tell Firefox you will suck it's penis if it will start loading shit again.

Firefox is like a woman. It has no penis to suck.
Zix
Say you will jam its perverbial clam.
Flying Dutchman
So, how's Safari working out for you?
Mind
It's treated me well. The lack of nifty features that I'm so used to having with Firefox is a little annoying, but neh.
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