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Old 03-30-2006, 05:00 PM   #1
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forums unreachable on Apple laptop!
Today I am not able to access the forum on my mac laptop. I can access the college confidential main site, just not the discussion board. I get a "bad server" message. This has never happened before.

I'm on a PC now,and everything works fine on here. Please tell me that my laptop will be able to access the discussion boards soon! - I hope my Mac server didn't get cut our somehow when you updated your servers. Thanks.

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Old 03-30-2006, 05:31 PM   #2
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The forum software hasn't changed at all. Maybe your laptop cached a bad IP address?
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Old 03-30-2006, 06:48 PM   #3
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I'll try this, tanman, thanks.

RDooley - how would something like that happen? It's been working well for months, and this afternoon even the 'History" where I've been before comes up with the same problem.
My mac-savvy son is backpacking for the week, so I'm on my own.
Thanks for the suggestions.
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Old 03-30-2006, 07:12 PM   #4
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Hmmm.
This is what I get:

"Bad Request

Your browser sent a request that this server could not understand.
Size of a request header field exceeds server limit."

(then a bunch of cookie numbers)

Apache/2.20 (Unix) DAV/2PHP/4.4.2 Server at talk.collegeconfidential.com Port 80


Any reason the site wouldn't recognize Safari?
Last edited by A.S.A.P.; 03-30-2006 at 07:23 PM.
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Old 03-30-2006, 07:14 PM   #5
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Clear your cookies and the browsers temp internet cache.
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Old 03-30-2006, 07:30 PM   #6
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Maybe it's Safari's problem. I can't seem to clear the cache even following the directions. I press "clear" on the tab and nothing happens.
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Old 03-30-2006, 07:36 PM   #7
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I can get to the "classic" version of the discussion, but I get the Bad Request even if I press the link to the "New college discussion" forum.
I've tried all the cached stuff as well as trying to go through my "history" and continue to get the same response. Weird.
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Old 03-30-2006, 08:23 PM   #8
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Yes! Removing all the cookies did the trick. Thanks so much, Anthony and all!

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Old 03-30-2006, 08:53 PM   #9
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Glad it worked. Sometimes you just have to toss your cookies!
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Old 03-31-2006, 02:12 AM   #10
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Your welcome, cookies do get corrupted at times.
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Old 03-31-2006, 03:58 AM   #11
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Now my mind is filled of vomitting laptops. Do they vomit out chips? Wire?

I am greatly disturbed.
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Old 04-01-2006, 04:16 AM   #12
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this has happened to me as well. however, when i try the second time, i get through to the discussion forums.
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