What is this? What is going on? Grrrrrrr!!!!!!!

I just visited the weapons forum, clicked on the "Who has the best special forces" thread, and wrote a HUGE reply. I clicked post reply button and.........pooof!!!!!............a blank page!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!:bnghd::bnghd: What is the meaning of this? I had to click the back button and write a VERY SHORT reply instead. This isn't the first time this happened and this is pisting me off. I am now afraid of writing long replies. What is going on? What's causing this?

It is annoying when this happens. A simple solution is just copy the post before you hit post or write it in word.

Excellent idea! This happens to you to? That sucks. I really hate it. I'll just copy my post from now on.

Sorry to hear that. Here are some tips on what you can do to prevent it from happening again. I recommend this thread.

A public service announcement. How NOT to lose your work.

Thanks!!!!! Now I can go back to typing long long posts that are 2 billion words long, lol,

Why dont you mods, super mods change it instead of going through the trouble.

Originally posted by wildcat
Why dont you mods, super mods change it instead of going through the trouble.

It isn't always a bug in the program. Something like that can be caused by the user's--in this case Russian Soldier, but who ever--internet connection dropping out for a bit. Even with cable/broad band, a little hiccup on the network somewhere and the transmission's dropped. Also, it may be an issue with the server--maybe too many people clicked refresh at the same time, maybe the server software they use (ie apache, but whatever they have on their machine) has a minor glitch that isn't frequent enough to replicate reliably, so they can't fix it.

It's not that big a hassle; just after you're finished with your post, click in the box, hit Ctrl+A (windows, forget what Mac is, but I'm fairly sure it's similar), Ctrl+C. Click post, then if it chunks out on you hit Ctrl+V in the box when you get back to the screen to make your post. It takes longer to read what I just wrote than to do it.

Originally posted by Russian soldier
Thanks!!!!! Now I can go back to typing long long posts that are 2 billion words long, lol,

(emphasis mine)

Wow, that's impressive!

You have unlimited charachters?

I though only long winded staff members had a gazillion characters to use.

Originally posted by MCory1

Originally posted by wildcat
Why dont you mods, super mods change it instead of going through the trouble.

It isn't always a bug in the program. Something like that can be caused by the user's--in this case Russian Soldier, but who ever--internet connection dropping out for a bit. Even with cable/broad band, a little hiccup on the network somewhere and the transmission's dropped. Also, it may be an issue with the server--maybe too many people clicked refresh at the same time, maybe the server software they use (ie apache, but whatever they have on their machine) has a minor glitch that isn't frequent enough to replicate reliably, so they can't fix it.

It's not that big a hassle; just after you're finished with your post, click in the box, hit Ctrl+A (windows, forget what Mac is, but I'm fairly sure it's similar), Ctrl+C. Click post, then if it chunks out on you hit Ctrl+V in the box when you get back to the screen to make your post. It takes longer to read what I just wrote than to do it.

I always do that but sometimes I forget and say, "aww man."

Originally posted by wildcat
I always do that but sometimes I forget and say, "aww man."

I usually say " Aw Man, not again!"



thanks to wcip for the image

[edit on 7/17/2006 by Mechanic 32]

Originally posted by Mechanic 32

Originally posted by Russian soldier
Thanks!!!!! Now I can go back to typing long long posts that are 2 billion words long, lol,

(emphasis mine)

Wow, that's impressive!

You have unlimited charachters?

I though only long winded staff members had a gazillion characters to use.

Well, Mechanic, I'm just special