>
> > I just did something a bit risky out of desparation. I
occasionally
> > delete all temporary files, especially if things bog down as some of
them
> > have executable code. This time I deleted all cookies, which I rarely
if
> > ever do as those contain your website user names. Lo and behold,
everything
> > is working again.
> >
>
<<SNIP>>
>
> Interesting. My experience is that anytime my browser, or ant particular
site,
> starts suddenly acting in inexplicable ways, it's time to start deleting
> cookies. Sometimes all at once, sometimes one or a group at a time.
>
I've had IE8 slow down due to temporary files running code, but I can't
recall a problem related to cookies.
>
> Not that there undoubtedly aren't folks doing bad things out there out of
> malice, but I'm pretty sure much more of it is a range of causes, from
simple
> incompetence to the unbelievably complex nature of the web and all the
stuff
> being used to create and browse it.
>
> Isn't it more likely that the 'Bay changed something on their site, as a
part
> of routine maintenance or 'improvement' that simply disagreed with an eBay
> cookie on your machine than that some evil genius screwed it up on
purpose?
> Especially when so many others have been unaffected?
>
Shortly afterwards I wished that I had moveded the cookies to a dummy
folder (Cookie Jar), then I could have looked for the culprit as it would be
isolated. I still have the history of that morning on Firefox, so tomorrow
I'll go through them one at a time and see if I can duplicate the problem.
At this point, all I know that the problems were due to a renegade
cookie that specifically targeted eBay. Using the Clouseau Principal of
suspecting everyone, I can narrow it down to five online used book sites and
a few search engines. I seriously doubt that NOAA/NWS would be involved.
My strongest suspicion is Amazon, as they would have the most to gain.
Chris
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