something bad happened here... I don't know what, but something died here and is haunting this place, something evil, something... stupid.

The Col: What if you could deep fry it? :D

Roberto Silva: I was trying to text a client that I was running late for an appt , must of taken me 5 minutes to punch in "I'm running late" on the keypad, they're not built for stubby fingers

The Col:

Heluvagi: Don't have a mobile phone,I almost tossed my blackberry out my car window a few years ago

The Col: I think you can get some free ones if you download the brainking app on your smart phone. That offer may not still stand

furbster: I guess I can't enter "brains" tournies then

The Col: I don't think you can anymore. Think it may have had something to do with paypal, but not 100% sure.

Clearly I didn't inherit them upon birth

Aganju: Now that is all very interesting Aganju.

Aganju: good luck if you can get somebody to listen to you...so many of us have /had that problem it is part of playing at BrainKing unfortunately. but is is still the best site to play game on - and is a par with IYT and Gold Token altho I find Gold Token a bit hard to manouvre around :)

Today, I got the much discussed 'White Screen' for Brainking for the first time. I was in a restaurant, using my iPad. Here is the interesting part: I took out my iPhone, and - using the same wireless access point - it worked! I could do some moves on the iPhone, and during that time, the iPad still gave me white screens. I then tried to clear the cache, reload the page, close the page, the browser, reboot the iPad; nothing helped. I finally killed the browser, and then it worked.

From my (limited!) understanding for how web servers communicate with browsers, it looks like the browser is using a session ID that the Brainking server is no longer accepting (for whatever reason), and Brainking is not telling the browser, so the browser doesn't know it and keeps using it. maybe somebody with more knowledge can enlighten us.
I think it is definitely useful to know now that it is not your location, network, router, DNS server, etc., as two devices coming through the same access point can have different behavior.

ok

furbster: Taken care of.

i have just recieved to messages trying to get me to donate money to her from joyce111

anotehr spammer alert, it seems.

Purple: or play on Brain King!

Heluvagi: People with no life like me watch a lot of tv. lol

Purple:

He is referencing a tv commercial here in the US. Purple means your ex-girlfriend is hacking your account, and you should have told her you were talking to Jake from State Farm (his insurance agent): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=47cAxRX3aDg

Purple: Sorry, I think that reference was lost on me purple

Heluvagi: Perhaps a dumped girl friend. You should have told her you were talking to Jake From State Farm. :)

Ok, this is strange. I created a pond called Quit the night and seek the day and another has been created in my name that has the same name and is scheduled to begin at the same moment. I have changed my password now. hopefully that will stop anything else from happening. Someone seems to have me in their sites.

Purple: Aye... but some people still use silly things like outlook express.

(V): All you can do is use anti-virus protection

Purple: your email address is in the account details here. That can be used to send fake emails loaded with viruses. ... which can lead to your computer being compromised.

Heluvagi: Hacking is at a new level today but it is mostly aimed at bank accounts rather than websites.

Heluvagi: I haven't received any such messages from you at all, or any spam from anyone in a while anyway.

However that is not the reason for my post. You should change your BK password immediately, if you have not done so.

Also you should probably change your password for your associated email account just to be safe.

I just wanted to say that it seems somebody has been sending messages posing as me or at least on my behalf. I got a message from Nirvana yesterday that was apparently a reply to a message that I had sent to her or to one of her fellowships. It's been a little frustrating because she was offline when I received the message and has been offline since, so I haven't been able to clarify where the message came from exactly. I hope that my account has not been hacked. The message seemed to have cut and pasted portions of an actual message that I sent a couple of weeks ago to my fellowship members, but mostly stuff added that has nothing to do with me. Someone seems to be posing as me for a joke. I just wanted to put this on the main brainking board in case other people have been receiving such messages. Please let me know if you have.

crosseyed: hahaha @ lamonLyme....I wouldnt worry about that hahahaha

Iamon lyme:

Hrqls: With all the sites playing chess... that's at least 1TB of useless data sitting somewhere. lol

(V): Just because I'm paranoid it doesn't mean they aren't out to get me.

(V): lol .. and for capturing the queen :)

Fencer: Yeah I googled it. It tells you where people are going on your site, a little data collection system.

... I'm expecting a visit from the security forces for sinking a battleship!! lol

<< a little joke on the various (non) intelligence agencies needs to collect data>>

(V): Both, if you put it this way.

rabbitoid: ....love your curiosity LOL - you and (V)

Fencer: theirs or yours? As a matter of interest.

rabbitoid: It's not dependent on it, it just uses it for statistics. A small JavaScript should be loaded and executed after the page content is fully loaded.

Why does every click on the BK site - this evening, anyway - finish seemingly correctly, but continue to load (chrome or firefox) while displaying "waiting for google-analytics.com"? Why is BK dependent on this third party site?

Vikings: He was a pawn a few hours ago when I first read his post.

It seems that someone believes in cosmic justice (Fencer? you? someone else?) and quietly bought/gave him a rook membership so that his problem was resolved.

thechosen0ne: you are a rook,, you can join any tournament you want to

How Do I withdraw from a tournament? I want to withdraw from future rounds of a tournament I'm in because a player is taking way too long on his moves and it will be months before the next round starts. I want to join a different tournament but do not have the membership to have 2 simultaneously.

Aganju: The SJY cup has mysteriously disappeared. Hmm.

Heluvagi: i gave up wondering about it 210 days ago. Just one of the quirks that nobody cares to fix.

Heluvagi: “On everyone else's mind?”

Can I just say what has probably been on evryone elses mind? What the hell is this SJY Cup that's 244 days passed its start date? What is the prize that has not been provided? Why does it not get deleted?

Please add this game: Hexagonal Chess
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hexagonal_chess and other similar

rod03801: I'll apportion my prize fund with that in mind then. Thank you.

Aganju: Yes, here is the thread.

http://brainking.com/en/Board?bc=1&plla=1154156

Heluvagi: I asked that same question some months ago, and the Master himself answered, but I don't remember the answer for sure... I think it will be split between them.