OT - this is creepy.

[Jack Simth]

... Hmm... can't edit previous to add more info; oh well.

Anyway, a proxy can/will slow things down considerably if you are on a decent connection. I tried TriumphPC for this post, for instance - it adds a little tiny banner up at the top, advertising itself, nothing more, and slows things down.

There's a few odd things - I'm logged in, but the script says I'm not, so logging off requires a small amount of tinkering with the URL to get it to send the logoff variable, but nothing difficult.

[narf poit chez BOOM]

heh. while someone else was using the computer, the problem got fixed. there goes an interesting project.

but in the interest of curiosity, couldn't i tell my firewall to aviod the theoretical previously blocked server and route around it like that?