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Bug ads crashing browser?

AresProphetAresProphet Registered User regular
edited August 2006 in Tube's Circus Of Bug Reports and User Issues
About 9 out of 10 times I click on the PA main page from my favorites, Firefox tells me it's encountered an error and has to close. It's just before one of the sidebar or top banner ads loads up, when it's still a white box. Every once in a while i'll get through.

IE seems to have the same problem, except it just locks up my PC for two minutes before letting me End Task it.

Edit: bugged ads. Bugged

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    ÄlphämönkëyÄlphämönkëy Registered User regular
    edited August 2006
    I got this report, but I can't reproduce it. I think on of our advertisers gave us some bad medicine.

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    AresProphetAresProphet Registered User regular
    edited August 2006
    Still going on, FYI. Not as frequently though, maybe 1 in 4 hits to the main site.

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    augustaugust where you come from is gone Registered User regular
    edited August 2006
    I'm getting crashes on both Firefox and IE.

    Honestly, I'm wondering if this site could be any more consistently and thoroughly fucked up.

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    denihilistdenihilist Ancient and Mighty Registered User, Moderator mod
    edited August 2006
    alphamonkey wrote:
    I got this report, but I can't reproduce it. I think on of our advertisers gave us some bad medicine.
    maybe bad medicine is what we need
    maybe there ain't no doctor that can cure our disease

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    RankenphileRankenphile Passersby were amazed by the unusually large amounts of blood.Registered User, Moderator mod
    edited August 2006
    woah-oh-oh

    shake it up

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    AroducAroduc regular
    edited August 2006
    Rankenphile wrote:
    woah-oh-oh

    shake it up

    Just like bad medicine.

    There ain't no doctor that can cure my disease.

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    beakerbeaker Registered User new member
    edited August 2006
    I too have been experiencing this problem for the past week or more. Although the forum mods are probably reluctant to suggest it, and I'm reluctant to use it on this particular site, you can use firefox addon Adblock to circumvent the ads. Tools -> Extensions -> Get More, if you don't have it already. I really enjoy the ads on this site because they pertain to things I really want to see rather than just "local girls in my area just waiting to bone me", the latter of which being the usual target of my adblock smart bomb. However if I have to disable ads for the time being so that I can enjoy my PA then that's what I'll do.

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    StarfuckStarfuck Registered User, ClubPA regular
    edited August 2006
    I've noticed the hangups I get are from a pa.penny-arcade url. I guess that's where the ads come from, but though I'd post it if it matters.

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    Munkus BeaverMunkus Beaver You don't have to attend every argument you are invited to. Philosophy: Stoicism. Politics: Democratic SocialistRegistered User, ClubPA regular
    edited August 2006
    It comes from loading the ad on the right of the front page. I can reproduce this over and over again, and if I stop the front page from loading halfway, it's fine.

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    kerwinkerwin Registered User regular
    edited August 2006
    Just like someone else's death,
    bad medicene from some woman, Seth.

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    DogDog Registered User, Administrator, Vanilla Staff admin
    edited August 2006
    Looks like it was ok for a few days but it's crashing my Firefox browser again.

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    MalkorMalkor Registered User regular
    edited August 2006
    I get it too. I thought it was because I was running Firefox 1.1 something for some reason, but it still happened after I upgraded.

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    augustaugust where you come from is gone Registered User regular
    edited August 2006
    I'm getting crashes in Firefox again.

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    Robert KhooRobert Khoo Registered User, ClubPA staff
    edited August 2006
    we just pulled the ad. Can you guys let us know if it's still a prob?

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    MalkorMalkor Registered User regular
    edited August 2006
    Workin' fine for me. Thanks.

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    TubeTube Registered User admin
    edited August 2006
    Robert Khoo, I saw a video of you and you are one suave looking motherfucker.

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    Robert KhooRobert Khoo Registered User, ClubPA staff
    edited August 2006
    Cardboard Tube.

    I love you.

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