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liberalmike27 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-01-11 12:40 PM
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Why are Only the Title Pages Loading then Stopping?
I tried logging out and back in, and was able to post on my thread. But when I open new threads, it seems to stop at the title of the page. What's up? Hopefully I'll be able to access the answer. I've got Norton 360, from Comcast.
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sdfernando Donating Member (421 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-01-11 12:41 PM
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1. same happening to me /nt
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aSpeckofDust Donating Member (292 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-01-11 12:41 PM
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2. Server congestion most likely. Nothing you can do but wait.
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liberalmike27 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-01-11 12:43 PM
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4. Seems Like
It has stopped. If I wait, hasn't the web page stopped downloading?

Oddly, it works on my own threads. It just won't work on others.
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HappyMe Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-01-11 12:43 PM
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3. Ah, so I'm not the only one this is happening to.
Sorry, I don't have any answers.
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liberalmike27 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-01-11 12:44 PM
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6. My Tendency is to Suspect Comcast
My Internet radio always seems to stop when the most liberal guests are on too!! (ha)
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MineralMan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-01-11 12:43 PM
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5. What would Norton 360 have to do with anything?
What browser are you using?

Comcast frequently goes into slow mode, where it delivers data much slower than at other times. That appears to me to be what is happening to you. It will correct itself in time. Comcast pretty much blows as a broadband service. For many of us, though, it's the only real choice.
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liberalmike27 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-01-11 12:45 PM
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7. I just thought
The security software, virus and malware, might be blocking something on the page. It blocked a liberal radio station from loading on another computer the other day.
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ladjf Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-01-11 12:45 PM
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8. Click on the refresh icon. That works for me. nt
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liberalmike27 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-01-11 12:46 PM
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9. It just
does the same thing again, reloads up until the title of the post, then stops, and says "done" at the bottom.
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Blue-Jay Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-01-11 12:46 PM
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10. I have Norton 180, and only my 'back' button works.
weird...
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seaglass Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-01-11 12:47 PM
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11. It's not comcast, I have verizon fios and the same thing was happening to me.
I thought it was a particular ad that was screwing things up but I don't know a whole lot about that kind of thing.
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cliffordu Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-01-11 12:48 PM
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12. I thought it was just my ipad taking an electronic dive......
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NavyDem Donating Member (284 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-01-11 12:49 PM
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13. It's the ads on the site
I've tried it with IE, Firefox and Crome, and all are having the same problem. I turned on adblocking and I can browse the site fine now.
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dixiegrrrrl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-01-11 01:26 PM
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14. Except I have Ad Block and for awhile this am had same "page stuck" problem.
I think Skinner or Elad took their hands off the wheel or something....
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NavyDem Donating Member (284 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-01-11 01:31 PM
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15. I did some more checking
The ad that was displaying and causing for me was for the ESPN 30 for 30 box set. Once that ad rotated out, I was able to browse again. Ironically, I had to block the adds to make my first post in this thread.

I have noticed this problem before when the banner ads at the top of the page occasionally glitched, but they seem to rotate upon refresh. The ads in the first post tend to stay constant in the thread for a several views (I also realize that the ads might be different based on the tracking that they do).
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