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Why does Drudge take so long to close?
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Posted on 12/28/2014 2:17:07 PM PST by ProudFossil

I have noticed during the last couple of weeks that after I click on the close icon for Drudge it takes up to 10 seconds to actually disappear. Is Matt getting statistics on me?


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1 posted on 12/28/2014 2:17:07 PM PST by ProudFossil
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To: ProudFossil

I just tried it. It closed instantly for me.


2 posted on 12/28/2014 2:18:43 PM PST by Jim Robinson (Resistance to tyrants is obedience to God!!)
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To: ProudFossil

I go to drudge all the time, but I do not like the auto-refresh feature. I don’t know about your question though.


3 posted on 12/28/2014 2:19:27 PM PST by The Ghost of FReepers Past (Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light..... Isaiah 5:20)
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To: ProudFossil

The NSA is using those seconds to download your browsing history from your computer . . .

Or else your browser cache is full. Clear it and see what happens.


4 posted on 12/28/2014 2:19:52 PM PST by ElkGroveDan (My tagline is in the shop.)
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To: Jim Robinson

Of course, anything on a Linux computer is instant.

Linux Mint 17.1 is excellent!


5 posted on 12/28/2014 2:19:59 PM PST by bicyclerepair (Ft. Lauderdale FL (zombie land). TERM LIMITS ... TERM LIMITS)
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To: bicyclerepair

Windows on this computer.


6 posted on 12/28/2014 2:21:06 PM PST by Jim Robinson (Resistance to tyrants is obedience to God!!)
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To: ProudFossil

I got loaded up with malware on Drudge, finally stopped going there and started going here instead.


7 posted on 12/28/2014 2:23:02 PM PST by BlackAdderess
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To: ProudFossil
NSA copying what's on your hard drive................. Just joking, I think :)
8 posted on 12/28/2014 2:23:25 PM PST by The Cajun (Ted Cruz, Sarah Palin, Mark Levin, Mike Lee, Louie Gohmert....Nuff said.)
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To: ProudFossil

Maybe your brain implants are faulty?


9 posted on 12/28/2014 2:23:50 PM PST by freedumb2003 (AGW: Settled Science? If so, there would only be one model and it would agree with measurements)
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To: The Ghost of FReepers Past

Ugh, yeah! The auto refresh is one of the reasons I won’t visit his page if I’m in a place with anything less than a high speed connection. Too frustrating.


10 posted on 12/28/2014 2:24:45 PM PST by Carthego delenda est
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To: ProudFossil

Closed instantly for me ... but not before I threw up in my mouth a little looking at the Jebby picture ...


11 posted on 12/28/2014 2:25:29 PM PST by Servant of the Cross (the Truth will set you free)
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Did you get the implant on your wrist and forehead. Boy, those things speed up the Internet. I heard that soon, you and scan your credit card into them, so all you have to do is show the other guy where your implant is in order to buy or sell anything. I can’t wait until that happens.


12 posted on 12/28/2014 2:26:30 PM PST by Vermont Lt (Ebola: Death is a lagging indicator.)
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To: The Ghost of FReepers Past

There is a fix to the auto refresh but I can’t recall what it is. Whatever it is itstill works perfectly. Try googling drudge refresh and you may get lucky.


13 posted on 12/28/2014 2:27:53 PM PST by monocle
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To: ProudFossil

Are you logged on?


14 posted on 12/28/2014 2:28:32 PM PST by FReepaholic (Stupidity is not a crime, so you're free to go.)
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To: ProudFossil

You need anti-malware software.

The other option is a Mac. I have both. PCs need more protection.


15 posted on 12/28/2014 2:29:23 PM PST by neocon1984
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To: Jim Robinson

You know me, so you know I’m not sucking up or anything, but I was just having this conversation on the Sunday Talk Show thread...

This place is one of the best behaved web sites in the world wide web!

I have noticed lately a host of news sites, from little blogs to big driveby media ones—including Rush Limbaugh’s site and the Drudge Report—are getting harder to navigate because of all the ads being promoted.

You have no popups, no ads, no videos that play even when you didn’t click on them, no overlay ads that slide in when you mouse over a pixel or hit the edge of a window—it just all works.

Browsing their sites for news gets harder and harder and a bigger pain in the @$$! Yours is decidedly superior. The combination of your and John’s skills, and the FReepers who post here, make it the BEST news site on the Internet.

Thank you Jim!


16 posted on 12/28/2014 2:30:34 PM PST by Alas Babylon!
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To: monocle

http://dave-lucas.blogspot.com/2014/09/stop-drudge-report-from-refreshing.html


17 posted on 12/28/2014 2:35:23 PM PST by HangnJudge
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To: ProudFossil

Dude, everybody is collecting statistics on all of us.

Have a Nice Data Secure New Year!!

In Brave New Encrypted World Ve Trust!


18 posted on 12/28/2014 2:36:38 PM PST by NormsRevenge (Semper Fi - Revolution is a'brewin!!!)
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To: Alas Babylon!

Many thanks!


19 posted on 12/28/2014 2:38:15 PM PST by Jim Robinson (Resistance to tyrants is obedience to God!!)
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To: NormsRevenge
I just closed out five different pages, NYT, Breitbart, and two small web sites, and Drudge Report.

Using Chrome, all sites closed in one to two seconds after pushing the X.

20 posted on 12/28/2014 2:39:46 PM PST by garyb
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