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Geek Culture / Very weird IE quirk....

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Killswitch
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Posted: 29th Jan 2006 12:31
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I was just about to head off to another website *shock horror* when I accidently typed in 's' into the address bar and hit enter. A new IE window opened up to the McDonalds website....wtf?

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Darkbasic MADPSP
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Posted: 29th Jan 2006 12:38 Edited at: 29th Jan 2006 18:28
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yeah thath happens to me as well *looks at ie6 service pack 2* isn't service pack 2 meant to stop it?

@Rich
Sometimes when i load the site directly without even been anywhere else i get an ad pop up

where i went on holiday to
www.portaventura.es and also http://themepark.nl/ubbthreads/showflat.php?Cat=0&Board=UBB7&Number=661483&page=0&fpart=all
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Dgamer
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Posted: 29th Jan 2006 16:53
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Quote: "Sometimes wehn i load the site directly without even been anywhere else i get an ad pop up"


spyware?


^ Clickity Click ^
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Killswitch
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Posted: 29th Jan 2006 17:12
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But the 's' thing?

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Tinkergirl
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Posted: 29th Jan 2006 17:14
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Try other letters - a is for Apple, m is some Uni, C is for some news page of some sort...

I'm guessing if you have the cash, or the foresight to get in fast, you can get the redirect from a single letter.
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Killswitch
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Posted: 29th Jan 2006 17:28
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Weird, it's stopped doing it now.

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Evil stick
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Posted: 29th Jan 2006 18:26
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Firefox too.


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Some thread revival/spam-Some bad grammar used, stupid questions or answers-No direct flaming
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David T
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Posted: 29th Jan 2006 19:02
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Typing in 's' I just go to the last site I visited that begins with 's'...

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David R
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Posted: 29th Jan 2006 19:07
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Yes, I've got it!

If you enter 's' it takes you to google I'm feeling lucky. The entry for 's' will take you to mcdonalds.

I have no idea why though

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Milkman
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Posted: 29th Jan 2006 19:15
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doesn't work here

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ThinkDigital
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Posted: 29th Jan 2006 20:20
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McDonalds

That's the only reason I can see.


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Mikey P
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Posted: 29th Jan 2006 20:35
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Quote: "If you enter 's' it takes you to google I'm feeling lucky. The entry for 's' will take you to mcdonalds."


Yeah... Type anything other than an address in the address bar and Firefox (atleast, looks like IE too) will google it, and go to the first result Quite handy.

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re faze
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Posted: 29th Jan 2006 22:56
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google makes the $$$
did anyone check out the different mcdonalds, it was really funny to see dishes like a curry log or something in the india mickey d's menu. it was funny as hell.

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Richard Davey
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Posted: 29th Jan 2006 23:10
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Quote: "@Rich
Sometimes when i load the site directly without even been anywhere else i get an ad pop up"


Not from here I can guarantee you. Time to clean out the bowels of your system.

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re faze
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Posted: 29th Jan 2006 23:16 Edited at: 29th Jan 2006 23:16
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sorry the url was too long. however adsense has plenty of ways to clean your system.

Dont code slowly be SWIFT about it!
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dab
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Posted: 30th Jan 2006 06:15
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I found it only worked on mine when I had the browse by name on on my google toolbar.

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Ian T
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Posted: 30th Jan 2006 06:58
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Bizarre. Completely explainable, but still, I'm going to freak my friends out with that


Arr
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JerBil
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Posted: 30th Jan 2006 21:16 Edited at: 30th Jan 2006 21:16
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Does a search, and goes to a site, maybe. You can change
settings in IE>Tools>Internet Options>Advanced>Search From Address Bar. But I don't think even that explains your find.


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Oddmind
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Posted: 30th Jan 2006 22:54
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Quote: "Typing in 's' I just go to the last site I visited that begins with 's'...
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oh so it took you to www.sexcravingmonkeys.com did it?

Doesnt work for me...

Type in "Failure" in google and hit im feeling lucky. Let me know who pops up ;D

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Undercover Steve
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Posted: 31st Jan 2006 06:32
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Michael Moores website.

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re faze
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Posted: 31st Jan 2006 06:40
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moore is a looser. he failed to stop that moron from getting re-elected.

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Undercover Steve
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Posted: 31st Jan 2006 06:49
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And yet america chose bush over kerry, and people call bush a moron. Odd.

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Jeku
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Posted: 31st Jan 2006 07:34
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WTF, guys, stop bringing politics into threads.


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re faze
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Posted: 31st Jan 2006 15:59 Edited at: 31st Jan 2006 16:00
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hey i can program bad java for e-vote machines too
I say that voting machine software should be open source, because if all its doing is counting it shouldn't be a secret how it works.

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Phaelax
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Posted: 31st Jan 2006 17:59
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you probably have a bookmark called "s" that points to mcdonalds.


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Killswitch
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Posted: 31st Jan 2006 19:05
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Yeah, cause everyone needs a bookmark called "s" that points to mcdonalds website. Mug.

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UFO
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Posted: 1st Feb 2006 01:36 Edited at: 1st Feb 2006 01:41
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Weird. It works for firefox too. G goes to G-mail
I would guess it searches it on google and does I'm feeling lucky, because "failure" on both the google I'm feeling lucky and the browser comes up with a bio of Bush...It also says waiting for google.com too when you type in a word. Type in 'idiot' in the browser bar

LOL! Look at the add at the bottom of the page! Mc. Donalds, how surprising


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