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warwgn
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PostPosted: Thu Nov 11, 2010 2:31 am    Post subject: Little white dot Reply with quote

Anyone else see the little whit dot just below the green line under the H in search on the forum index page?
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alienator
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PostPosted: Thu Nov 11, 2010 11:47 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Had never noticed that but yes I can see it Confused
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PostPosted: Thu Nov 11, 2010 11:57 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

it is a 1x1 pixel image, from this URL:
http://sw-sess-lb-1763240709.us-east-1.elb.amazonaws.com/session.gif?section=1509683

will be used for tracking people's access to the site in some way.. (it's a common trick, but most websites are white and you don't see it - they could have made it transparent if they tried harder..)
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PostPosted: Thu Nov 11, 2010 8:28 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

stalker wrote:
it is a 1x1 pixel image, from this URL:
http://sw-sess-lb-1763240709.us-east-1.elb.amazonaws.com/session.gif?section=1509683

will be used for tracking people's access to the site in some way.. (it's a common trick, but most websites are white and you don't see it - they could have made it transparent if they tried harder..)


Its so useful having a nerd on this forum...lol
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PostPosted: Thu Nov 11, 2010 8:29 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

well, anything you need to know about computers that's boring enough to send you to sleep, then i can help lol Wink
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PostPosted: Sat Nov 13, 2010 3:11 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Not that I doubt you but how do you know that? uh, stalker. . . . what it is and where it came from and all that.
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PostPosted: Sat Nov 13, 2010 1:56 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

you can see where the dot came from by right-clicking and looking at its address (depending on your web browser)..

Just had a look at a couple of other sites hosted by easyphpbb.com and they all have them - so I guess it is the hosting company who has put them into the website templates..

The dot itself isn't just a image - as your browser loads it it actually runs a script on the amazonaws server which probably makes a note of your IP address, browser type, referring website, will most likely attempt to give you a 3rd party cookie and do other useful stuff for collecting usage statistics, then it spits out the image back to you...
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