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Odd computer issue

Book Guy

I write it like I mean it, but mostly they just want my money.

I'm having a "thing" with the type of pages that TUSCL uses. These ".asp" documents don't seem to come in for me, if I click the link to them A LONG TIME after having arrived at the page where the link is.

This is weird to me. I can't really describe it more explicitly -- sometimes they come right in. But on those days when TUSCL seems cranky and isn't coming in lickety-split, the things that are NOT coming in are those links which I waited a while to click.

So, for example, if I want to post to this discussion, I have to hit the "Post It" button quite soon after arriving at the "Add Discussion Topic" page. If I spend a while typing in the "Enter Message Here:" box first, then my access to the ".asp" page may have timed out. The solution is to copy what I want to say to the clipboard, back up one page (or simply hit re-load, though that sometimes won't work for the same reasons the "Post" button won't), return to the page I was just looking at, and then QUICK cut-paste my reply and hit "Post It." This seems to take care of the delay.

What gives? Is this me? I find it happens with Netscape or Explorer, but only on some occasions with TUSCL. It's almost as though, the system at TUSCL's server is giving "priority" to mouse-clicks that are on "more recent" pages. Do you see what I'm trying to explain? Is there something I can do to alleviate this problem?