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Old 04-21-2009, 09:36 PM   #1 (permalink)
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Thread jacking somewhat related

I'm just curious but how did I end up looking at that thread? I definitely did not send myself there.

And does anyone else find these Michigan economic development corporation adds really annoying.

I walked away and mine started talking. I was somewhat alarmed because I was alone and it was obviously on this side of my locked door. . .


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Old 04-21-2009, 09:41 PM   #2 (permalink)
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That only happens if you mouse over.

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Old 04-21-2009, 09:47 PM   #3 (permalink)
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Yeah, it was just delayed. It took it maybe thirty seconds, or long enough for me to get to the bathroom, for it to spring up.

Then I was alarmed. It was probably aggravated by the fact I was using the bathroom. . .

But how did I end up in that hi-jacking thread? Moderator abilities to automatically redirect either everyone or individuals to a specific thread?

Just curious.

And so I don't have to test it is the automatic status update of master ecomodder the last one or is there anything above that?

That was question I had been sitting on for a while.
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Old 04-21-2009, 09:56 PM   #4 (permalink)
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It is the last automatic status update. I tend to assume that after people post that much they'll either like the title or customize one,

And there was no automatic redirection, I don't even know if that's possible. Perhaps you accidentally clicked something? *shrug*
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Old 04-21-2009, 10:38 PM   #5 (permalink)
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Its possible, but with this host it may not be easy at all. I'm going to gamble what happened was I followed the the link to a new post and double clicked or something or switched pages and clicked as IE decided it wanted to look at it.

It actually happens a surprising amount of the time as I am viewing and updating several pages at the same time.
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Old 04-21-2009, 11:23 PM   #6 (permalink)
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I permit thread jacking in this thread. . .(its my thread I can do what with as I please ^_^, even if it means posting in less than decent clothing(My work jeans are pretty holey))

I use both Chrome and IE, but at the time I was using IE. I actually use whichever I click and thus forth have no pattern for what reason I pick this one or that one. Mostly it gets dictated if I am in a searching mood or if I am on to do the basics(IE is triggered to load this site, gmail, google and 2 others only one of the five is what I would term as productive.)
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And does anyone else find these Michigan economic development corporation adds really annoying.
So I see it is not just us Michiganders. I thought maybe some sort of spyware or web tracking put those ads on mine.

Yes I do find it annoying. I have been hearing the ads on the radio for years. It seems Jeff Daniels is the only one who wants to build in Michigan these days.


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