LoFi has extra links! March 19, 2006 9:55 PM   Subscribe

Why does this post have an extra link in LoFi but not on the blue?
It looks like the missing link is the whole point of the post.
posted by shnoz-gobblin to Bugs at 9:55 PM (29 comments total)

the post looks exactly the same on both to me.
posted by mathowie (staff) at 9:58 PM on March 19, 2006


Hmmm.. the first link is missing for me on the blue.
I just rebooted, and it's still missing. The link is the same text as the Headline/title, but there isn't a link.
Maybe it's just firefox playing tricks?
posted by shnoz-gobblin at 10:02 PM on March 19, 2006


Looks the same in both place to me too. Weird, dood.
posted by scarabic at 10:08 PM on March 19, 2006


I'm looking at it in Firefox and the first link is there for me.

Pissing photo anyone?
posted by strawberryviagra at 10:08 PM on March 19, 2006


Very strange. On the blue, the post starts out, "In 1969 only showroom stock cars were permitted in NASCAR sanctioned events." But on LoFi, it starts, "Aero Warriors: Battling at super speedways on Sunday to sell cars on Monday."
posted by shnoz-gobblin at 10:12 PM on March 19, 2006


WOAH! It's not showing up in the above post, either!
I know I put it together right!
posted by shnoz-gobblin at 10:13 PM on March 19, 2006




That's really strange. Does my test show the link? Because it doesn't show up for me.
posted by shnoz-gobblin at 10:17 PM on March 19, 2006


Your comments that start out with "Very strange" and "Test**" both show the link for me. Are you sure you don't have something crazy in your eye?
posted by Gator at 10:19 PM on March 19, 2006


Doesn't work in Internet Explorer, either.
posted by shnoz-gobblin at 10:20 PM on March 19, 2006


Maybe I'm just crazy. I wonder how many other links I'm not getting the whole story on.
posted by shnoz-gobblin at 10:21 PM on March 19, 2006


Test #2 Neil Gaiman gets cease-and-desisted.
posted by shnoz-gobblin at 10:25 PM on March 19, 2006


That one I can see.
posted by shnoz-gobblin at 10:25 PM on March 19, 2006


Clearly you've been brainwashed by the anti-NASCAR liberal elites.
posted by IshmaelGraves at 10:30 PM on March 19, 2006


I must be on their list, that's for sure. Nascar isn't really my thing, and I wouldn't have noticed, except I keep LoFi on my firefox tabs to catch the deleted items.
I find it especially strange that they won't show up on my posts either, and it seems to be selective.
It showed up in preview, but not after I hit POST.
There's gotta be SOMEONE else here having the same 'problem'.
posted by shnoz-gobblin at 10:36 PM on March 19, 2006


Are you using some sort of filtering proxy, such as an advertisement suppressor (e.g. AdSubtract or Proxomitron)? That could be removing things from your HTML stream because of a filtering rule gone awry.
posted by Steven C. Den Beste at 10:41 PM on March 19, 2006


Ah!! Thanks Steven! I disabled Norton Internet Security, and now I can see them.

Damn you Norton! Why do you hate Nascar!
posted by shnoz-gobblin at 10:43 PM on March 19, 2006


OK, problem solved! Thanks for your time. You can close the thread.
posted by shnoz-gobblin at 10:44 PM on March 19, 2006


Well, that was fun.
posted by stavrosthewonderchicken at 10:52 PM on March 19, 2006


But I didn't get a chance to comment. :(
posted by dobbs at 10:55 PM on March 19, 2006


And for that, dobbs, you have our most profound apologies.
posted by cortex at 11:28 PM on March 19, 2006


Glad to see I didn't break the internets.
posted by Mitheral at 11:30 PM on March 19, 2006


Looking at the link I can see why Norton might be blocking it. I matches *banner*.cgi
posted by Mitheral at 11:32 PM on March 19, 2006


It matches *banner*.cgi
posted by Mitheral at 11:36 PM on March 19, 2006


But why did Norton miss the link on lofi?
posted by Chuckles at 4:14 AM on March 20, 2006


So why does Norton block it in the blue but not on LoFi?

shnoz-gobblin: "I keep LoFi on my firefox tabs to catch the deleted items."

If that's the only reason you have LoFi, this (self-link) would certainly be simpler
posted by Plutor at 4:15 AM on March 20, 2006


Damnit, Chuckles!
posted by Plutor at 4:16 AM on March 20, 2006


Haro, haro, haro!
posted by languagehat at 6:35 AM on March 20, 2006


Wow, that's one secure internet you got there. Thanks Norton.
posted by mathowie (staff) at 7:42 AM on March 20, 2006


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