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Help, possible April fools prank.
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pat777
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Kyuukyuu
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pat777
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On April 02 2010 11:18 Kyuukyuu wrote: go to xkcd and type "wget http://www.facebook.com" and see if it makes an infinite loop :O it doesn't make an infinite loop. It's just one iteration. | ||
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lazz
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overpool
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Cambium
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On April 02 2010 11:42 overpool wrote: Check your hosts.txt file at %SystemRoot%\system32\drivers\etc\ . If it contains a line including "facebook" and "xkcd", delete that line and save. +1 | ||
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pat777
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On April 02 2010 11:42 overpool wrote: Check your hosts.txt file at %SystemRoot%\system32\drivers\etc\ . If it contains a line including "facebook" and "xkcd", delete that line and save. thanks for the advice but only localhost was there. | ||
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Cambium
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pat777
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On April 02 2010 11:51 Cambium wrote: Go to bookmarks, check for Facebook, and check its "keyword" properly (they might've hid one somewhere less obvious), if the keyword is "http://xkcd.com", remove that bookmark. just checked my bookmarks and I have no facebook bookmark. I have this problem on both chrome and IE. edit: oh yeah, the url bar still says http://www.facebook.com when I try to go to facebook. It just loads the xkcd site. | ||
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SCC-Faust
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ThatGuy
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pat777
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On April 02 2010 12:04 ThatGuy wrote: You're sure that there was just localhost in the hosts file? He may have stuck it pretty far down in the file. # Copyright (c) 1993-2006 Microsoft Corp. # # This is a sample HOSTS file used by Microsoft TCP/IP for Windows. # # This file contains the mappings of IP addresses to host names. Each # entry should be kept on an individual line. The IP address should # be placed in the first column followed by the corresponding host name. # The IP address and the host name should be separated by at least one # space. # # Additionally, comments (such as these) may be inserted on individual # lines or following the machine name denoted by a '#' symbol. # # For example: # # 102.54.94.97 rhino.acme.com # source server # 38.25.63.10 x.acme.com # x client host 127.0.0.1 localhost ::1 localhost this is my hosts file | ||
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Cambium
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On April 02 2010 11:59 pat777 wrote: just checked my bookmarks and I have no facebook bookmark. I have this problem on both chrome and IE. edit: oh yeah, the url bar still says http://www.facebook.com when I try to go to facebook. It just loads the xkcd site. Bring up the command window: windows + R cmd type in ping www.facebook.com Tell us the ip address of the site you are pinging. | ||
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Cambium
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I have a feeling this might be an April Fool's thread. Post a screenshot please. | ||
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pat777
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Cambium
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pat777
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On April 02 2010 12:09 Cambium wrote: Also, are you on a router? Try plugging into the wall directly if possible. There could be a redirect on the router's level. I have a feeling this might be an April Fool's thread. Post a screenshot please. my friend is connected to the same router and he does not have this issue. I can't plug into a wall. A screenshot would be useless as I could just go to xkcd.com and type in facebook.com in the url. However, I swear this is not an April Fool's thread. | ||
Carnivorous Sheep
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On April 02 2010 11:32 lazz wrote: AS a side note, xkcd has to be the most masturbatory nerdy comic ever. www.abstrusegoose.com www.spikedmath.com (More specialized knowledge, which I guess can be considered "nerdy") | ||
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pat777
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Moreover, pinging it says request timed out. | ||
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Cambium
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pat777
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okay, I took a screenshot because of the guest@xkcd thing that appeared next to http://www.facebook.com in chrome. oh yeah, when I try to view someone's profile chrome just acts as if the link was broken even though facebook is not down. | ||
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pat777
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pat777
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Another screenshot taken. | ||
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Lokomis
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http://www.ex-parrot.com/pete/upside-down-ternet.html | ||
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pat777
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On April 02 2010 13:04 Lokomis wrote: Probably done within the router settings. http://www.ex-parrot.com/pete/upside-down-ternet.html Hmm, I think this just might be what my friend did, thanks. | ||
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Kyuukyuu
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