On Sat, 28 Sep 2002 17:46:00 -0500, Glenn W. McCorkle wrote:

> On Fri, 27 Sep 2002 15:43:45 -0700, Ron Clarke wrote:

>> Hi Folks,

>> I got A1.71 to lock up/crash repeatedly. Both on-line and off-line.

>> It will probably be the fault of the particular web-page, but it will
>> need someone more skilled than me o find the problem.

>> Effects ranged from frozen screen requiring cold boot, to black
>> screen proclaiming a message to the effect: Memory error loading font
>> file - cannot load COMMAND.COM System halted, also requiring a cold
>> boot.

>> The web page is at:   http://members.tripod.com/south.wind.kalyani/

>> Press F6 to look at the source, then do a few "/" searches through
>> the FrontPage-generated, javascript-infested labrynth until she locks
>> up. I was searching the page for "mid".
>> These guys are using some of my music, so I was just checking them out.

>> OK, so I have been trying to crash this Arachne, and now I can do it
>> reliably.  Not sure if I should be happy or irritated.  :)

>> Regards,
>>    Ron

> Ok,
> Bad news, medium news, good news.

> Bad news.....
> Bug confirmed.
> I was able to duplicate exactly what Ron described.

> Medium news......
> It's not a new bug.
> I tracked it all the way back to the beginning of "search in page".
> If you get this as an individual mesasage (not in the digest), you'll
> see from the mailer line in the header that I'm using v1.40;final_beta
> That's when F7 or / was first enabled for searching in the page.
> (just crash her a few minutes ago with the procedure outlined by Ron)

> Good news.....
> I will begin searching the SRC code for the cause and cure to this bug.

OK,

Good news, bad news.

Good news.....
I found the cause.

Bad news.....
I am not going to spend even 1 more second trying to fix it.
Over 4 hours is more than enough time to waste on such a STUPID
person as the one who did THIS !!!

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<td align=center>
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<table bgcolor=#b4d0dc border=0 cellspacing=0 width=100%><tr> <td>
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<td bgcolor=#ecf8ff align=left nowrap><!--mstheme-->
<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica"> <p align=center>
<font face=Verdana size=2> <a href=http://www.i-love-dogs.com>
<b>I-Love-Dogs</B></a><br>
<font color=#6f6f6f>Directory of Dog Websites
<br> & Tons of FREE Dog Stuff!<br>
<a href=http://www.i-love-dogs.com>http://www.i-love-dogs.com</a>
</font></font>
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<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica"><!--mstheme-->
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Yes, that's right....
*ALL* of that was on one line 1,108 characters long !!!!!!!!

Here's the "quick-n-dirty fix".....

F4, F2 .... fixed.

This does a line-wrap at the first `space' found past 541 characters.

-- 
 Glenn
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