Dontcha Know Me JU?

this site is getting worse

Published on May 1, 2005 By Gene Nash In Blog Communities

This is what my account info now looks like in the "frame window."

Where have I gone?

Unknown? Score blank?

Then there is this --

Thank you for logging in to JoeUser.com.

Because of the nature of the content of this and other Stardock site, it may be necessary to filter content not suitable for younger viewers. Before you can continue to use this FREE service, we ask that you please provide us your date of birth.

NOTE: YOU CAN NOT CONTINUE ON THIS SITE UNLESS YOU FINISH THE FORM BELOW.



Date Of Birth:

That's from a page I keep getting more and more when clicking on things here. There are articles I can't see, settings I can't change -- BAH! Even filling in the form does nothing. I just keep getting it. Frankly, I'm surprised I can even post this.

This site is getting worse and worse.

Comments

Danny Bassette

on May 01, 2005

My first thought is your cookies are off, but that wouldn't explain how (Unknown) has 134 articles. Which just happens to be the same number you have? (or had before posting this one) Sounds like the server needs help. I hope you get yourself found soon.

preacherman

on May 01, 2005

Welcome to jU gene. It is always good to get new users.

God Bless
preacherman

kingbee

on May 02, 2005

gene nash?

hmmmmm it rings a bell but i just can't...oh wait.

i do recall a nash rambler. and of course graham nash. but gene?

maybe i could place him if i knew his birth date.

Gene Nash

on May 02, 2005

My first thought is your cookies are off, but that wouldn't explain how (Unknown) has 134 articles.

It comes and goes. Whatever it is, I think it's on the server side, if only because of the weird birthday thing. If you look at the WinCustomize version of the profile you can see how old people are. (Consider that Dumb StarDock Trick # 15.) So I know it knows how old I am. Grrrr.

JU has obviously been infected by a practical joking AI.

Maybe Brad is writing a comedy game not unlike Infocom's old adaptation of Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy ("Stick the Babblefish in my ear.") and the AI component has escaped.

Yes, that explains everything.

(Or maybe I just need to get over this infection so I can get off these meds....)

Welcome to jU gene. It is always good to get new users.

God Bless
preacherman

Thank you.

i do recall a nash rambler. and of course graham nash. but gene?

Get off the computer, Mom!!!!

(Actually Nona Campici was talking to my mother on the phone last week and said, "Was yesterday Gene's birthday?" Um, no, that was in March. "Oh? I missed it?" Welcome to my family, people.)

gene nash?

hmmmmm it rings a bell

No, no, that's my brother: Quasigenio. People always say his face rings a bell. Needless to say, he's the ugly one. He should start using the rope instead.

i do recall a nash rambler.

I had an acting teacher who would always refer to me with some variation on "Nash Rambler."

I wanted to hurt him.

Bad.

maybe i could place him if i knew his birth date.

I don't usually like to admit my age. But since there's a site out there that decided to publish my birthday, it seems like a futile effort. Double grrrr.

Okay, so what weird sacrifices are the rest of you making to the JU Practical Joker A.I. Virus to appease it and cause it to attack worthier targets such as me? My computer doesn't have a bay marked "Goat's Blood," so just tell me what to upload where to make it find someone new.

(Hmmm... that sounds like a good article tag...)

kingbee

on May 02, 2005

My computer doesn't have a bay marked "Goat's Blood,"

sometimes it's disguised as a 'cereal port'.

seriously tho...how is nona doin?

youre using a mac? are you using ie? have you tried other browsers?

i know wuxiaomao--the zimbo chick who teaches english in china--was having a difficult time logging on to ju, even after switching browsers but that might have more to do with china's filters than anything else. (bet you wish you hadnt outsourced your isp needs to shanghai huh?)

have you dumped your browser's cache recently? (hopefully you have the required epa permits).

hopefully it'll go away in any event. remember this aint science, it's magic.

kingbee

on May 02, 2005

i dunno the import of this, but i cannot post comments to this article thru the forum--in other words, i have to go to your sitepage--cuz the javascript button doesnt do anything (not even an error message). right now i'm ignoring an illegal op warning that nearly shut my browser down in the process of going from the forum page to your site.

Gene Nash

on May 02, 2005

Mmmm, goat's blood and cereal. The breakfast of chump peons.

seriously tho...how is nona doin?

Apparently the brain tumor disappeared. The power of prayer and all that. This occurred just after she sent me money to help with the recent crisis. I considered adding a "send money and you too can be healed" testimonial to my Christian website, but, despite my run-ins with Benny Hinn, I'm not yet that crass.

(bet you wish you hadnt outsourced your isp needs to shanghai huh?)

With my ISP I'd believe that. They are an outsourced front for somewhere. It would explain why just an hour after surfing I feel like logging on again.

remember this aint science, it's magic.

It's seems okay right now. The A.I. must be napping.

I figure it will work itself out eventually. Remember a couple of months ago when everyone had to re-log-in each time they came back?

I can pray for that. Just send a love gift of not less than $50 dollars to P.O. Box 21821, Bullhead City, AZ 86439 and I will immediately return to you a prayer cloth which I have personally anointed and prayed over myself in my special prayer closet. Remember, when Paul could not go to pray, he would send such cloths, which were imbued with God's healing anointing power. Just place your prayer cloth on whatever is afflicted or needs healing, such as your computer or newly-empty wallet, and let God's anointing touch it. It'll be as if I am right there praying with you.

Or maybe not.

kingbee

on May 02, 2005

a love gift of not less than $50 dollars to P.O. Box 21821, Bullhead City, AZ 86439

you got the perfect address for that. throw in one of them crosses that glows in the dark after you hold it up to a light (friends, we can't explain how this works...we can only assume its a muracul) and you gotta deal!

Gene Nash

on May 06, 2005

throw in one of them crosses that glows in the dark after you hold it up to a light (friends, we can't explain how this works...we can only assume its a muracul) and you gotta deal!

Hey, I used to have one of those when I was a kid. I kept it on my headboard next to my Bibles -- talismans to ward off evil after I'd been up all night watching vampire movies and other horrors. (They made me feel better, anyway.) I wonder what ever happened to it. Maybe I should hunt down what passes for a Christian bookstore around here and see if they have any.

BTW, for $50, I think I could scrounge up a box full.

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