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Browsing The Web
Internet Secrets: Browsing the Web
Where to get a file- When downloading a popular file like game installers, you’re often presented with a long list of sites. The best site is usually the one closest to you. If there are problems with the site closest to you, try a site in a time zone that’s out of business hours.
Cut Searching and Browsing Time in Half- Don’t wait for pages to load; run multiple browser windows at the same time. Read a page in one window while a second page is retrieved in the other.
Server Status- Can’t get to a site and want to know if it’s service is down? Just open a DOS window and type in ping www.site.com, substituting the name of the site you’re trying to reach. If the site is up and running, you’ll get some numbers back. If the traffic is slow or the site is down, ping reports a REQUEST TIMED OUT.
Take Two- Believe it or not, you often get better performance when your internet connection is doing two things at once. So just keep surfing while you download or set another large file downloading at the same time. Both downloads take time retrieving data so there’s a less chance of either timing out.
Power Web Research- Here’s a trick that let’s you consolidate data from many search engines into one place. First, create a search-hits folder on your hard drive then perform your web search and right-click on any returned links that look promising. Choose save link as to save that links destination page to your new folder and give each file a relevant name. Now you’re able to use Windows Find or any search tool to perform full-text searches on all the pages in your folder.
Like Minds- Alexa.com is a free navigation service that analyzes surfing patterns and then recommends other sites you may be interested in.
Who Am I? – If you’re not sute of your current IP address, there’s a quick way to find out. While connected, click on START, RUN then type Winipcfg.
The top 5 HTTP errors
The top 5 errors, according to Google
Here they are, listed and explained in reverse order, the five most common HTTP errors. Drumroll, please…
5. HTTP error 401 (unauthorized)
This error happens when a website visitor tries to access a restricted web page but isn’t authorized to do so, usually because of a failed login attempt.
4. HTTP error 400 (bad request)
This is basically an error message from the web server telling you that the application you are using (e.g. your web browser) accessed it incorrectly or that the request was somehow corrupted on the way.
3. HTTP error 403 (forbidden)
This error is similar to the 401 error, but note the difference between unauthorized and forbidden. In this case no login opportunity was available. This can for example happen if you try to access a (forbidden) directory on a website.
2. HTTP error 404 (not found)
Most people are bound to recognize this one. A 404 error happens when you try to access a resource on a web server (usually a web page) that doesn’t exist. Some reasons for this happening can for example be a broken link, a mistyped URL, or that the webmaster has moved the requested page somewhere else (or deleted it). To counter the ill effect of broken links, some websites set up custom pages for them.
And the most common HTTP error of all is……….
1. HTTP error 500 (internal server error)
The description of this error pretty much says it all. It’s a general-purpose error message for when a web server encounters some form of internal error. For example, the web server could be overloaded and therefore unable to handle requests properly.
I Want My Load Back!
I’d like to preface this entry– my very first blog entry– by saying I WANT MY LOAD BACK! What a nice way to start a new blog, eh? Lol.
Smart Communications, Inc. is the Philippines’ leading wireless services provider with 35.2 million subscribers on its GSM network as of end-December 2008. Of its total subscriber base, 20.9 million subscribers are served under the brands Smart Buddy, Smart Gold and Smart Infinity and another 14.3 million subscribers are served through its subsidiary, Pilipino Telephone Corp., under the brand Talk ‘N Text and I, precious reader, am one of its loyal subscribers. But now, Im thinking of switching to other network.
“But why?“, you ask.
My mother and I had an arguement yesterday because of a zero-balance-drama. I borrowed her cellphone but I did not use her load. When I checked its balance, the screen displayed “Please try again”– this means you have zero balance. ZERO.
“What?!! I just purchased economy load(P30)Â a while ago and I sent 2 sms so it should have atleast 28 pesos left.”, mom said.
“I dunno! I didn’t even send a single sms or anything”, I explained.
So yeah. In other words, my mother spent 30 pesos, sent 2 sms but didn’t have a chance to use the 28 sms/ 3 minutes call left because well, its gone. And we dont know how and why.
Why, why?
That was not the first time the disappearing-load-act happened to us. My mother sent me 5 peso load but after sending 2 sms, I got zero balance. I was so pissed– my crush texted me that day pftt!
My cousin purchased ALLTEXT10 and after sending 2 sms, he’s got zero balance. So what’s with no. 2, huh? Mystery.
So where’s our load smart? What have we done? Will we ever get our loads back?
The disappearing-load-act has to stop because, one, its not cool. Two, its not funny. Three, it’s not SMART. Four, me, my family, my friends, my family friends and the stray animals (hardy har har) will switch to other network.
So yeah! Welcome to my blog. *wink ;-)
