Weird Log-in Shtuff

Kevy Baby · 06-16-2005, 07:23 PM

When I log into LoT at work on my PC (using Firefox), it will properly display the last time I logged in (in today's example, it was 11:00-ish last night). However, when I click on the "New Posts" button (either of them), it gives me a message saying there are no new messages since my last visit. If I move forward, it will show my last visit as being the time I just logged in - 1 minute ago.

To find the latest messages since 11:00 last night, I had to do an advanced find of messages for the last 20 hours.

WTF is going on?!?

€uroMeinke · 06-16-2005, 10:07 PM

There is a disturbance in the force...

Is the work PC behind a firewall? This often happens to me at work - I think I have a lag time in my network that sometimes keeps me logged in indefinately even when I shut down.

Kevy Baby · 06-16-2005, 10:34 PM

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Originally Posted by €uroMeinke

Is the work PC behind a firewall?

No.

What always strikes me as odd is that it is a normal log-in, showing the last time I signed in, but as soon as I try to see the "new posts" - bam: wiped out.

Maybe its the goddesses telling me I shouldn't be signing on at work.

Moonliner · 06-17-2005, 03:15 AM

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Originally Posted by Kevy Baby

No.

No? No Firewall? Sounds like new messages at LoT are the least of your worries.

It's a long shot, since I doubt it matters, but have you checked your PC's system time,date and time zone?

Monorail Man · 06-17-2005, 12:13 PM

It actually deals with the weird NAT-ness of the IP addresses. Lot/MC use to do the same for me at school. The cookies like to bounce around, and log you in-out. Nice thing is that vB 3.5 uses the database to track read messages, so no more cookie issues.

Kevy Baby · 06-18-2005, 10:27 AM

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Originally Posted by Monorail Man

Nice thing is that vB 3.5 uses the database to track read messages, so no more cookie issues.

3.5? I thought the current version was 3.07?

Ghoulish Delight · 06-18-2005, 01:41 PM

3.5 is in Beta and on it's way. They're skipping right on pst 3.1-3.4 because there are some pretty significant architectural differences (but not going to 4.0 becaue the feature set and overall look remain largely the same).

Kevy Baby · 06-27-2005, 10:41 PM

FWIW,

Got the issue again. This time at home on my Mac (where I had been logeed inearlier and didn't log off - I never log off). Weird.

Also, I've always wondered how VB (I've seen this on other boards) can have more posts than views:

I also wonder why I care about such trivial shtuff

Ghoulish Delight · 06-28-2005, 08:12 AM

The host has been a little flakey lately. Sometimes after it's gone down, once it's come back up things like that get reset.

06-16-2005, 07:23 PM	#1
Kevy Baby Chowder Head Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Yes Posts: 18,500	Weird Log-in Shtuff When I log into LoT at work on my PC (using Firefox), it will properly display the last time I logged in (in today's example, it was 11:00-ish last night). However, when I click on the "New Posts" button (either of them), it gives me a message saying there are no new messages since my last visit. If I move forward, it will show my last visit as being the time I just logged in - 1 minute ago. To find the latest messages since 11:00 last night, I had to do an advanced find of messages for the last 20 hours. WTF is going on?!? __________________ The thing about quotes on the internet is that you cannot verify their validity. - Abraham Lincoln
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06-16-2005, 10:07 PM	#2
€uroMeinke L'Hédoniste Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: A.S.C.O.T. Posts: 8,671	There is a disturbance in the force... Is the work PC behind a firewall? This often happens to me at work - I think I have a lag time in my network that sometimes keeps me logged in indefinately even when I shut down. __________________ I would believe only in a God that knows how to Dance. Friedrich Nietzsche
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06-17-2005, 12:13 PM	#5
Monorail Man Yummy? Yummy? Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: At one of many parties! Posts: 150	It actually deals with the weird NAT-ness of the IP addresses. Lot/MC use to do the same for me at school. The cookies like to bounce around, and log you in-out. Nice thing is that vB 3.5 uses the database to track read messages, so no more cookie issues. __________________ -Hastin Zylstra
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06-18-2005, 01:41 PM	#7
Ghoulish Delight I Floop the Pig Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Alternative Swankstyle Posts: 19,348	3.5 is in Beta and on it's way. They're skipping right on pst 3.1-3.4 because there are some pretty significant architectural differences (but not going to 4.0 becaue the feature set and overall look remain largely the same). __________________ 'He who receives an idea from me, receives instruction himself without lessening mine; as he who lights his taper at mine, receives light without darkening me.' -TJ
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06-27-2005, 10:41 PM	#8
Kevy Baby Chowder Head Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Yes Posts: 18,500	FWIW, Got the issue again. This time at home on my Mac (where I had been logeed inearlier and didn't log off - I never log off). Weird. Also, I've always wondered how VB (I've seen this on other boards) can have more posts than views: I also wonder why I care about such trivial shtuff __________________ The thing about quotes on the internet is that you cannot verify their validity. - Abraham Lincoln
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06-28-2005, 08:12 AM	#9
Ghoulish Delight I Floop the Pig Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Alternative Swankstyle Posts: 19,348	The host has been a little flakey lately. Sometimes after it's gone down, once it's come back up things like that get reset. __________________ 'He who receives an idea from me, receives instruction himself without lessening mine; as he who lights his taper at mine, receives light without darkening me.' -TJ
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