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Shawn, I can't fool you!

Discussion in 'General Chat' started by anthonycea, Aug 14, 2004.

  1. #1
    Shawn I tried to sneak into the forum yesterday, I erased all of my cookies and when I hit Digital Point forums it still showed my name at the bottom as a member online.

    Can you tell me why? :mad:
     
    anthonycea, Aug 14, 2004 IP
  2. digitalpoint

    digitalpoint Overlord of no one Staff

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    Because you were in the forum.
     
    digitalpoint, Aug 14, 2004 IP
  3. anthonycea

    anthonycea Banned

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    How did the site know I was in the forum?

    I can not sneak up on you?
     
    anthonycea, Aug 14, 2004 IP
  4. digitalpoint

    digitalpoint Overlord of no one Staff

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    #4
    Ask one of the developers of vBulletin.
     
    digitalpoint, Aug 14, 2004 IP
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    disgust Guest

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    I'm guessing it still showed you on who's online because you looked at it too soon.

    the last request your name made was still whatever your last page was... it takes a while of not loading any pages to not be on who's online.
     
    disgust, Aug 14, 2004 IP
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    digitalpoint Overlord of no one Staff

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    Oh yeah.. good point. :) If you actually logout, you are taken off the list, but if you delete the cookies, then it thinks you are still there (it will drop off after 15 minutes).
     
    digitalpoint, Aug 14, 2004 IP
  7. anthonycea

    anthonycea Banned

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    Nothing is working, I think Shawn put a serial number on my browser, no wonder he likes spyware (just can't trust a coder folks) :D

    I disconnected my internet connection, deleted cookies, switched browsers, nothing worked, DP got something going on here to track us faithful members :D

    I think it is an invisible toolbar from DP following my everypage view :mad:
     
    anthonycea, Aug 14, 2004 IP
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    schlottke Peon

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    You're nuts.
     
    schlottke, Aug 14, 2004 IP
  9. anthonycea

    anthonycea Banned

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    No SnitchBaby, you have me confused with someone else, hows the weather in Hawaii? :D
     
    anthonycea, Aug 14, 2004 IP
  10. anthonycea

    anthonycea Banned

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    You were right Disgust, I deleted the cookies again and waited a while before logging in and the interface did not show me as being online.

    So I can hide from Shawn afterall, I am sure he has other ways to know when someone visits but he will never tell us :D

    Could be a secret code he installs in our browser or ID from the browser.

    Just kidding SB, I think Shawn knew that me saying he was a spyware master was in jest, sorry you can't tell the difference SB.

    Maybe I should start adding a disclaimer to my joke threads from now on, but that would just ruin the joke thread. So in the future when I put up a joke post I will place the following warning on it.

    THISPOSTISJUSTAJOKETHISPOSTISJUSTAJOKETHISPOSTISJUSTAJOKETHISPOSTISJUSTAJOKE :D
     
    anthonycea, Aug 14, 2004 IP
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    NewComputer Well-Known Member

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    Anthony, you wanna know the real way to do it. Format your hard drive...
     
    NewComputer, Aug 14, 2004 IP
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    pulsetoday.com Peon

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    Nah! The vB code does not refresh itself so soon just to save the server resources [ though if you want to act as a Butcher to your Server then you can change it in the Settings Option ].

    Even formatting your hard-drive wouldn't help here ;)


    BTW Admin in vB sees a lot more about you than you can think! :D
     
    pulsetoday.com, Aug 14, 2004 IP
  13. anthonycea

    anthonycea Banned

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    #13
    THISPOSTISJUSTAJOKETHISPOSTISJUSTAJOKETHISPOSTISJUSTAJOKETHISPOSTISJUSTAJOKE

    What is that called NC the "NEWCOMPUTERVIRUS" :D

    Remember NC, you are my only friend left at DP, so don't turn against me like SnitchBaby did. :D

    Yeah, Pulsetoday, I know Shawn is a spymaster, he has already admitted he likes spyware :D Cookies too :mad:
     
    anthonycea, Aug 14, 2004 IP
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    MELLA Peon

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    All i have to say on the matter is:

    BWHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH.
     
    MELLA, Mar 13, 2005 IP
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    Nicely Said Mella......... Why Do U Not Want 2 Sneek Around Anthony???
     
    CHERRY, Mar 13, 2005 IP
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    anthonycea Banned

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    Even if you log out and erase your cookies and never log in, Shawn could tell who you were by your IP & browser records if he really wanted to ;) :) :eek: :eek:

    Fool Shawn?

    Can I?

    Don't think so ladies, G know whut up, G got its goin on............
     
    anthonycea, Mar 13, 2005 IP
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    CHERRY Peon

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    Respect To G......
     
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    Dominic Well-Known Member

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    #18
    The first couple of times I participated in a forum I noticed my username was listed first in whose online. I didn't look to the next name to see if it was alphabetical, I just assumed cause Dominic starts with a D that it just was. Then after a while I kept noticing I was always first, then noticed names starting with A were in front of me. And I thought, thats bizzar. Took me a long time to work out it actually personalises for me and lists me first for that reason an now other.

    It's funny, I probably though I learnt something great in the threads that day and was having a little 'breakthrough' when I realised how whose online worked and breakthrough went to 'I'm the biggest dope in this forum.'

    Moral to the story, no matter what you think you know, there is always the opportunity to make a complete ass of yourself. e.g. google's cloaking page.
     
    Dominic, Mar 13, 2005 IP
  19. anthonycea

    anthonycea Banned

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    He may be a thousand times brighter than me Dominic, but I am going to find a hole in his program one day and let him know about it :p :) :p :p
     
    anthonycea, Mar 13, 2005 IP
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    I'm content to know that Shawn is a whole heck of a lot smarter then me. If i tried to fool all the smarter people then me, at the end of the day, i would just feel stupid :)
     
    wendydettmer, Mar 13, 2005 IP