Odd Happenings on SP or the Boards...

Tue, 25th Jun '02, 7:27pm

This Thread is for those of you who have noticed something out of place, or such and arent sure how to contact Tal about it, or if your not sure if it is something qrok.

My problem...
Same thing I told you about in the chatroom Tal. Go to click on the "next oldest topic" link and it brought up some odd site. But something different than that, it still has the URL for the page to the boards that I was going to.

This is the page I was going to:
http://www.sorcerers.net/ubb/Forum7/HTML/002005.html

And this is the one I was going from:
http://www.sorcerers.net/ubb/Forum7/HTML/001990.html

Errol · Tue, 25th Jun '02, 7:36pm

Hmm...works fine for me.

Tue, 25th Jun '02, 7:39pm

Yes it does work fine, now.. but when I originally clicked the "new oldest topic" it took me to some site about womens purses and hats... talk about

Sir Belisarius · Tue, 25th Jun '02, 8:45pm

Where?!?! Where?!?! I've been dying to get a new hat to go with my purse!!!

Taluntain · Tue, 25th Jun '02, 9:24pm

This is known as the "DeBhaal Stasion Phantom Error" in the X-files. Seriously, I haven't heard anyone else report this weird occurance, nor could duplicate it myself. And frankly, it makes no sense that the boards would be redirecting you to some xyz sites. This'd have to be in the programming (and really sneaky), but it isn't.

Anything even resembling such behaviour comes from some warez gathering clients like kazaa which are proven to steal commissions from Amazon affiliates, log what you click and send & gather info about your activites, and I wouldn't put it past them to force their own links over others you click.

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Tue, 25th Jun '02, 7:27pm	#1
DeBhaal Stasion Guest Posts: n/a vBActivity - Stats XP: 0 Level: 1 vBActivity - Bars Level Completion: 0% Daily Activity 0% Weekly Activity 0% Monthly Activity 0%	This Thread is for those of you who have noticed something out of place, or such and arent sure how to contact Tal about it, or if your not sure if it is something qrok. My problem... Same thing I told you about in the chatroom Tal. Go to click on the "next oldest topic" link and it brought up some odd site. But something different than that, it still has the URL for the page to the boards that I was going to. This is the page I was going to: http://www.sorcerers.net/ubb/Forum7/HTML/002005.html And this is the one I was going from: http://www.sorcerers.net/ubb/Forum7/HTML/001990.html

Tue, 25th Jun '02, 7:36pm	#2
Errol Merchandise Artist I think therefore I am... I think Join Date: Oct 2001 Posts: 1,547 Like: 0 Liked 0 Times in 0 Posts vBActivity - Stats XP: 3,568 Level: 19 vBActivity - Bars Level Completion: 13.6% Daily Activity 2.28% Weekly Activity 1.95% Monthly Activity 1.32% Achievements	Hmm...works fine for me.

Tue, 25th Jun '02, 7:39pm	#3
DeBhaal Stasion Guest Posts: n/a vBActivity - Stats XP: 0 Level: 1 vBActivity - Bars Level Completion: 0% Daily Activity 0% Weekly Activity 0% Monthly Activity 0%	Yes it does work fine, now.. but when I originally clicked the "new oldest topic" it took me to some site about womens purses and hats... talk about

Tue, 25th Jun '02, 8:45pm	#4
Sir Belisarius SPS Account Holder Distinguished Member Treasurer Viconia's Boy Toy Join Date: Jul 2000 Location: If there is a bright center of the universe, I'm in the city it's farthest from! Posts: 4,257 Like: 0 Liked 0 Times in 0 Posts vBActivity - Stats XP: 10,508 Level: 30 vBActivity - Bars Level Completion: 45.39% Daily Activity 2.28% Weekly Activity 1.95% Monthly Activity 1.32% Achievements	Where?!?! Where?!?! I've been dying to get a new hat to go with my purse!!!

Tue, 25th Jun '02, 9:24pm	#5
Taluntain SPS Account Holder Founder Resident Alpha and Omega Join Date: Jun 2000 Location: Cori Celesti Posts: 20,793 Blog Entries: 13 Like: 148 Liked 119 Times in 78 Posts vBActivity - Stats XP: 53,127 Level: 58 vBActivity - Bars Level Completion: 48.36% Daily Activity 93.39% Weekly Activity 114.33% Monthly Activity 37.73% Achievements Awards	This is known as the "DeBhaal Stasion Phantom Error" in the X-files. Seriously, I haven't heard anyone else report this weird occurance, nor could duplicate it myself. And frankly, it makes no sense that the boards would be redirecting you to some xyz sites. This'd have to be in the programming (and really sneaky), but it isn't. Anything even resembling such behaviour comes from some warez gathering clients like kazaa which are proven to steal commissions from Amazon affiliates, log what you click and send & gather info about your activites, and I wouldn't put it past them to force their own links over others you click.