Re: [CGUYS] Web Politicking

2008-03-13 Thread Vicky Staubly
On Tue, 11 Mar 2008, Brim wrote: Could it be that whatISmyip.org returns the white page with the ip address, but whatSmyip.org (no i) brings up the web page with the Obama add in the corner. Two different urls and web pages At least it is on my Firefox.. Brian wins the prize! Good eyes!

Re: [CGUYS] Web Politicking

2008-03-12 Thread John Duncan Yoyo
The www.whatsmyip.org is a pile of stuff site. For all we know the Obama 08 tab could be just another paid ad on the site but that is unlikely. I haven't given up on a site that has something I really want to use on it just because they have an annoying ad. That site has pretty useful set of

Re: [CGUYS] Web Politicking

2008-03-11 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://whatsmyip.org/ gives you the full page with the Obama ad. http://whatismyip.org/ gives you your IP address in the upper left hand corner of a white page. Count the letters. * ** List info, subscription management,

Re: [CGUYS] Web Politicking

2008-03-11 Thread Richard P.
Typo's, typo's typo's! Thanks for solving the mystery. That will teach me to cut and paste without looking carefully. Richard P. Brim wrote: Could it be that whatISmyip.org returns the white page with the ip address, but whatSmyip.org (no i) brings up the web page with the Obama add in the

Re: [CGUYS] Web Politicking

2008-03-11 Thread Tom Piwowar
I just noticed a small Obama 08 badge in the corner of the home page at whatsmyip.org. I have not seen such politicking on non-political web sites before. Have others noticed such? Where? * ** List info, subscription

[CGUYS] Firefox shortcuts (Was: Re: [CGUYS] Web Politicking)

2008-03-11 Thread Reid Katan
Quoting Richard P. [EMAIL PROTECTED]: In Firefox, Alt-Enter automatically adds the http://www. at the beginning and the .org at the end to what ever is in the address bar. In this case, all I had to type in was whatsmyip instead of the whole URL. Richard P. no matter which i do, I get the

Re: [CGUYS] Web Politicking

2008-03-11 Thread Matthew Taylor
No, I can not say as I have noticed commercial sites take a political stance for a candidate. Seems kind of stupid as they risk alienating potential eyeballs and thus loosing future add revenue. On Mar 11, 2008, at 10:28 AM, Tom Piwowar wrote: I just noticed a small Obama 08 badge in the

Re: [CGUYS] Web Politicking

2008-03-11 Thread Chrperson
when I access the site using FireFox (Version 2.0 on my iMac), I get just a blank screen with my IP number. Nothing else. Very weird. Mical Wilmoth Carton [EMAIL PROTECTED] Very interesting. When I access whatismyip.org using FireFox (Win) I get a white page with just my IP listed. Show

Re: [CGUYS] Web Politicking

2008-03-10 Thread Tony B
FWIW, I don't see anything but my IP at that url. On Mon, Mar 10, 2008 at 6:21 PM, Tom Piwowar [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I just noticed a small Obama 08 badge in the corner of the home page at whatismyip.org. I have not seen such politicking on non-political web sites before. Have others

Re: [CGUYS] Web Politicking

2008-03-10 Thread Vicky Staubly
On Mon, 10 Mar 2008, Tom Piwowar wrote: I just noticed a small Obama 08 badge in the corner of the home page at whatismyip.org. I have not seen such politicking on non-political web sites before. Have others noticed such? Where? I don't see it. However, I have heard that some ISPs have begun

Re: [CGUYS] Web Politicking

2008-03-10 Thread Tom Piwowar
FWIW, I don't see anything but my IP at that url. Very interesting. When I access whatismyip.org using FireFox (Win) I get a white page with just my IP listed. Show source shows no HTML, just the IP number. When I access whatismyip.org using FireFox (Mac) I get a colorful page with my IP in

Re: [CGUYS] Web Politicking

2008-03-10 Thread Vicky Staubly
On Mon, 10 Mar 2008, Tom Piwowar wrote: FWIW, I don't see anything but my IP at that url. Very interesting. When I access whatismyip.org using FireFox (Win) I get a white page with just my IP listed. Show source shows no HTML, just the IP number. When I access whatismyip.org using FireFox

Re: [CGUYS] Web Politicking

2008-03-10 Thread John Duncan Yoyo
Hmmm I got a big white page with my IP in the upper left corner in both Firefox and Safari on my iMac. On Mon, Mar 10, 2008 at 7:33 PM, Tom Piwowar [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: FWIW, I don't see anything but my IP at that url. Very interesting. When I access whatismyip.org using FireFox

Re: [CGUYS] Web Politicking

2008-03-10 Thread Richard P.
If I let Firefox search for the right address by typing in whatsmyip.org and pressing enter, it comes up with the white screen and ip address as described below. If I type in the complete address: http://whatsmyip.org/ , or type in whatsmyip and Alt-Enter, it comes up with the correct home

Re: [CGUYS] Web Politicking

2008-03-10 Thread Charles Ballinger
Same with my OSX firefox 2.0.0.11. I can't wait to hear an explanation. Chaels On Mar 10, 2008, at 7:37 PM, Richard P. wrote: If I let Firefox search for the right address by typing in whatsmyip.org and pressing enter, it comes up with the white screen and ip address as described below.

Re: [CGUYS] Web Politicking

2008-03-10 Thread Judy Cosler
no matter which i do, I get the page with Obama in upper L (aslant) what does Alt-Enter do? Richard P. wrote: If I let Firefox search for the right address by typing in whatsmyip.org and pressing enter, it comes up with the white screen and ip address as described below. If I type in the

Re: [CGUYS] Web Politicking

2008-03-10 Thread Steve Rigby
On Mar 10, 2008, at 7:33 PM, Tom Piwowar wrote: When I access whatismyip.org using FireFox (Mac) I get a colorful page with my IP in big type, a What's New blog, a sidebar full of other services, and another sidebar full of Google ads. I do not get anything such as you describe except for

Re: [CGUYS] Web Politicking

2008-03-10 Thread Rev. Stewart Marshall
I just used IE and got everything, including the Obama 08 in the upper left. Stewart At 09:22 PM 3/10/2008, you wrote: no matter which i do, I get the page with Obama in upper L (aslant) what does Alt-Enter do? Richard P. wrote: If I let Firefox search for the right address by typing in

Re: [CGUYS] Web Politicking

2008-03-10 Thread Rev. Stewart Marshall
I used Opera and Firefox and got the exact same results. Stewart At 09:22 PM 3/10/2008, you wrote: no matter which i do, I get the page with Obama in upper L (aslant) what does Alt-Enter do? Richard P. wrote: If I let Firefox search for the right address by typing in whatsmyip.org and

Re: [CGUYS] Web Politicking

2008-03-10 Thread Steve Rigby
On Mar 10, 2008, at 8:37 PM, Richard P. wrote: If I let Firefox search for the right address by typing in whatsmyip.org and pressing enter, it comes up with the white screen and ip address as described below. If I type in the complete address: http://whatsmyip.org/ , or type in whatsmyip

Re: [CGUYS] Web Politicking

2008-03-10 Thread Eric S. Sande
...type in whatsmyip and Alt-Enter, it comes up with the correct home page. It is an unexpected result, to say the least but I don't know why. Confirmed in IE 7. It's there. * ** List info, subscription management,

Re: [CGUYS] Web Politicking

2008-03-10 Thread Richard P.
In Firefox, Alt-Enter automatically adds the http://www. at the beginning and the .org at the end to what ever is in the address bar. In this case, all I had to type in was whatsmyip instead of the whole URL. Richard P. no matter which i do, I get the page with Obama in upper L (aslant)