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Offline covox

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Mysterious 404s when trying to post
« on: October 06, 2006, 01:03:06 PM »
I don't know if I'm going nuts, but I'm limited by what I can post without getting redirected to the idiotstudios 404 message from clicking Post or Preview. For instance, if I try to post a message containing the normally-spaced phrase "Lynx_port_of", I get redirected to the 404 every single time without fail.  :undecided:

I mean, I know Atari didn't exactly back a winning horse, but there's no reason for the forums to exhibit such blatant GameGear favouritism.

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Re: Mysterious 404s when trying to post
« Reply #1 on: October 06, 2006, 11:13:25 PM »
It appears that "lynx " results in a 404 :huh2: :huh2:
(the space after "lynx" is in italics)

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Re: Mysterious 404s when trying to post
« Reply #2 on: October 07, 2006, 01:25:11 AM »
lynx

EDIT: OK, just posted it!  Maybe a passing error?  Let me try again.  lynx.  EDIT2: Yep, there we go.  God knows what happened.

Lynx.

EDIT: ZOMGWTF I JUST FOUND SOMETHING.  Yeah, if you put in "Lynx_port_of" it 404's.  I don't know why; the forum censored word list is blank so it might be something out of my control.  I'll talk to the host about it.

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Re: Mysterious 404s when trying to post
« Reply #3 on: October 07, 2006, 07:47:41 AM »
I know, that's the weirdest part! All 3 words have to be in there. There's definitely more combinations than that, as I remember posting once before and smacking into the same problem (only getting around it by using cut-and-paste to determine what words it didn't like, aka. the bisection method)

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Re: Mysterious 404s when trying to post
« Reply #4 on: October 07, 2006, 07:24:49 PM »
I know, that's the weirdest part! All 3 words have to be in there.

Uh... no they don't. Did you see my post? The normally spaced string "lynx " causes a 404.

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Re: Mysterious 404s when trying to post
« Reply #5 on: October 07, 2006, 08:51:59 PM »
An easteregg from the board programmers?  :huh2:  -Lynx_port_of- (This is awesome xD)

Ksoft, you propably scan the sourcecode for the phrase "lynx".

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Re: Mysterious 404s when trying to post
« Reply #6 on: October 07, 2006, 10:57:40 PM »
I wonder how the programmers could force a 404, though.

It may be something set up by the server.  Maybe someone under the name of l-y-n-x is banned from my host and that is having to do with keeping them out?

Wtf, now I can't even write the word.

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Re: Mysterious 404s when trying to post
« Reply #7 on: October 07, 2006, 11:17:46 PM »
Now I wonder if anyone can even see my posts in this thread. :huh2: Can anyone read this?

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Re: Mysterious 404s when trying to post
« Reply #8 on: October 08, 2006, 02:34:59 AM »
Yeah you're right, "lynx_" does the same thing. I missed the space before when I tried it  separately.

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Re: Mysterious 404s when trying to post
« Reply #10 on: October 08, 2006, 01:51:10 PM »
Now I wonder if anyone can even see my posts in this thread. :huh2: Can anyone read this?

Yes.


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Re: Mysterious 404s when trying to post
« Reply #12 on: October 14, 2006, 03:01:36 AM »
this s**t is bananas. B-A-N-A-N-A-S.

(OH BTW I GRACIOUSLY PROVIDE HOSTING TO ALL YOU GUYS, YEAH I'M AWESOME)

Seriously, out of egotistical jerk mode, I have no clue what strange error is attacking these boards. It doesn't seem to happen elsewhere, although i'll check to be sure.

CURSE YOU LY|\|X, CUUUUURRSSEEE YYYOOOOUUUUUU

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Re: Mysterious 404s when trying to post
« Reply #13 on: October 14, 2006, 05:11:11 PM »
this s**t is bananas. B-A-N-A-N-A-S.

(OH BTW I GRACIOUSLY PROVIDE HOSTING TO ALL YOU GUYS, YEAH I'M AWESOME)

Seriously, out of egotistical jerk mode, I have no clue what strange error is attacking these boards. It doesn't seem to happen elsewhere, although i'll check to be sure.

CURSE YOU LY|\|X, CUUUUURRSSEEE YYYOOOOUUUUUU

....what the heck!? >_>;

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Re: Mysterious 404s when trying to post
« Reply #14 on: October 14, 2006, 10:07:10 PM »
That is our host.

Anyway, I just tested this at my other forum.  Same thing happens.  Dunno if it's to do with Idiot Studios/Porplemontage, or if it's an SMF bug.