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Ah...Sorry, Kyinski, didn't mean to patronize you. You know, something like that happens to me ... I get these empty windows. I wait, but they stay empty. I have no idea why, except that I think it happens when I am about to be timed out.

Oh, no, I didn't think you were being patronizing--per se. I just figured you saw a newbie, and responded with a suggestion that a newb wouldn't have seen.
Now, the timing out idea, that's a possibility... something's weird with the internet connection here, so that normal websites are fine, but chat rooms---AIM especially---log in and out frequently. Maybe I'm in a constant state of about to be timed out?
The strange thing is that it's just with those popped up messages. When I chat with Danerial, in her chat window, it's fine. When I chatted with Father Jerome in the window from his profile, it was fine. But the pop-up chat windows never seem to load the responses.
If anyone has any suggestions, maybe a syntax error that might make this happen in a Mac, I'd be glad to know. People and bots keep messaging me, and I never get to respond...

Sheesh... somehow, when Danerial starts messaging someone, THAT window keeps working---but one that I type in doesn't! This is just silly.

If the window doesn't load properly, you could try right-clicking (or whatever the Mac equivalent of that is) and having it "reload". It may just time out again, but it's worth a try.

Doesn't sound like a Mac problem to me. Since you're having problems with AIM etc I'd guess it's your connection. Perhaps it's going through a firewall or proxy that's causing problems.

HI

HI

Where did my bot go? I made one and it's gone... :O

I have never heard of that happening. What was your bot's name?

It's not a rare occurrence for me to chat with a bot (or a human?), search for its/his/her name and find nothing.

The default search does not include adult bots. You have to check that box to include adult bots in the search.

Also, the Prof regularly deletes underdeveloped bots if the botmaster has not logged in for a long time. I'm not sure what the cut-off development level is. Certainly if it was still "newborn" it might have been deleted.

Thanks, Ulrike. It happens also when I check the Adult box. Some of the unidentifiable bots were pretty smart. I surmise that there are ghosts haunting this place. Next time it happens I will post a message about it.