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Re: Uh Oh... (was Traffic Error )
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lugnet.admin.general
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Mon, 19 Apr 1999 22:34:52 GMT
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In lugnet.admin.general, radiotitan@yahoo.com (Tom McDonald) writes:
> > Question...
> >
> > The article headers show that these were both sent through the web
> > interface. Is there any way that you might have accidentally pressed the
> > Post Message button a second time on the form? Every couple of days,
> > someone does this, but it's usually seconds or minutes apart, not 5 hours.
> > Due to the way CGI works, I can't imagine any scenario where anything but
> > this could have happened.... (?)
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> I initially thought that as well, and my inital answer is no. Yet I'm
> willing to just say I goofed and did though I don't recall doing so. Suffice
> it to say that spending 5 continual hours on this machine (I even logged out
> and back in that day during my stint on this machine) is very not likely.
>
> I had typed out a big long thing about my schedule and my workday and why
> it couldn't possibly be MY fault :) but I'm just gonna let it go. You and
> me got bigger ninja carp to fry here.
>
> But if you don't want to let this go, I'll be happy to answer questions.
I don't want to let something go that might conceivably be a bug somewhere.
That wouldn't be good. Someone (...or...some...thing ;) caused the server
to repost the message a second time. Unless there is some really horrible
strange bug somewhere, the only way this could happen is if the server was
explicitly asked to do so by a client (browser).
Your first message is dated Sat, 17 Apr 1999 00:28:10 GMT, and the second is
dated Sat, 17 Apr 1999 05:34:07 GMT. In local time (EDT) these are shifted
back 4 hours. Looking at the webserver logs, here's where the first one
shows up:
IP Addr: 199.174.96.18
Date: 16/Apr/1999:20:28:12 -0400
=> Request: POST /news/post/submit.cgi HTTP/1.1
Result: 200 (OK)
Bytes: 1008
Referer: http://www.lugnet.com/news/post/?lugnet.admin.general:1404
Browser: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 4.01; Windows 98)
And here is where the second one shows up:
IP Addr: 199.174.98.143
Date: 17/Apr/1999:01:33:37 -0400
Request: GET /news/traffic/ HTTP/1.1
Result: 200 (OK)
Bytes: 11958
Referer: http://www.lugnet.com/news/post/submit.cgi
Browser: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 4.01; Windows 98)
IP Addr: 199.174.98.143
Date: 17/Apr/1999:01:34:09 -0400
=> Request: POST /news/post/submit.cgi HTTP/1.1
Result: 200 (OK)
Bytes: 1008
Referer: http://www.lugnet.com/news/post/?lugnet.admin.general:1404
Browser: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 4.01; Windows 98)
IP Addr: 199.174.98.143
Date: 17/Apr/1999:01:34:11 -0400
Request: GET /news/post/?lugnet.admin.general:1404 HTTP/1.1"
Result: 200 (OK)
Bytes: 8124
Referer: http://www.lugnet.com/news/display.cgi?lugnet.admin.general:1404
Browser: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 4.01; Windows 98)
IP Addr: 199.174.98.143
Date: 17/Apr/1999:01:34:16 -0400
Request: GET /news/traffic/ HTTP/1.1
Result: 200 (OK)
Bytes: -
Referer: http://www.lugnet.com/news/post/submit.cgi
Browser: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 4.01; Windows 98)
(Your IP address changed between the time the first message was posted and
the time the second message was posted. Is this what you meant by logged
out and back in? Are you on a dynamic IP (not static IP) connection?)
It looks from the logs like you visited the traffic page at 1:33am EDT
(10:33pm PDT), then went back to another page or window where the old form
was, then you clicked the "Post Message" button for some reason (probably
accidentally), and then after posting this new article #1409, you hit the
Back button twice and hit Reload to clear out the form, presumably in
anticipation of composing a new message or just to see what was going on.
Then you visited the traffic page again, and then there was a 17 minute gap
of activity from your IP address, and then you submitted article #1410 (log
entry not shown above).
So as far as I can tell, it *definitely* looks like you did indeed --
somehow -- explicitly ask the server to post the message twice.
I see that you are running a version of Microshaft Internet Explorer which
is masquerading as Netscape Navigator. If you don't remember clicking the
"Post Message" button, then you may want to seriously consider ditching
that piece of garbage MSIE and switching to Netscape. :)
Some final questions:
- When you say you spent 5 continual hours on the machine, do you mean that
you were sitting at the console without getting up? Did anyone else (a
prankster, perhaps?) have access to the machine during those 5 hours?
- Have you ever experienced drug-related blackouts?
--Todd
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Message has 2 Replies:
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| (...) Say, is it possible the second time around that you clicked the "Post Message" button and then hit the Esc key or clicked the browser's Stop button? That's the only explanation for the 'Bytes' count being 0 ("-") in the entry above. Fess up. (...) (25 years ago, 19-Apr-99, to lugnet.admin.general)
| | | Re: Uh Oh... (was Traffic Error )
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| (...) I don't know. I'm just using my one machine at home with Mindspring as my ISP. I don't remember if I had to disconnect that night, but probly did. (I have a bad headache right now and I'm pumped full of ibuprofen :( (...) I wouldn't have made (...) (25 years ago, 19-Apr-99, to lugnet.admin.general)
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| (...) I initially thought that as well, and my inital answer is no. Yet I'm willing to just say I goofed and did though I don't recall doing so. Suffice it to say that spending 5 continual hours on this machine (I even logged out and back in that (...) (25 years ago, 19-Apr-99, to lugnet.admin.general)
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