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techno_race
08-10-2008, 04:27 PM
The pictures tell the whole story.
Internet Explorer 8β:
1976
...and Firefox 3.0.1:
1977
WTF‽
I'm pretty sure it's a CSS problem. Here is the entire page:

<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/strict.dtd">
<html>
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8">
<title>Disc Error</title>
<style type="text/css">
<!--
body,td,th {
color: #000000;
background-color: #FFFFFF;
}
a:link {
color: #0000FF;
text-decoration: none;
}
a:visited {
text-decoration: none;
color: #33FFFF;
}
a:hover {
text-decoration: underline;
color: #00FFFF;
}
a:active {
text-decoration: none;
color: #000000;
}
a:link, a:visited, a:hover, a:active {
background-color: #FFFFFF;
}
p:first-line {
font-variant: small-caps;
}
-->
</style>
</head>

<body>
<div style="text-align: right;">
<p><a href="index.html"><img src="discerror.jpg" alt="Disc Error" width="400" height="78" style="border: none;"></a></p>
</div>
<h1><code>About the Disc Error Experiment</code></h1>
<p><code>Sent: August 10, 2008<br>
From: doggitydogs &lt;<script type="text/javascript" src="doggitydogs.js"></script>&gt;<br>
To: Disc Error &lt;<script type="text/javascript" src="doggitydogs.js"></script>&gt;<br>
Reply | Forward</code></p>
<p><code>The Disc Error Experiment is starting September 1<sup style="text-decoration: underline;">st</sup>.<br>
What is the Disc Error Experiment, you say?<br>
Well, the Disc Error Experiment (DEE for short) is a month-long experiment to find if putting CDs into their cases really does scratch them.<br>
Now, I know what you're thinking. <em>Where the **** did that come from‽</em> Well, one day, I played a CD and put it back into its sleeve. About a month later, I tried to play the CD and, guess what, it didn't play correctly!</code></p>
</body>
</html>
Nile
08-10-2008, 07:11 PM
It works perfectly in FF 3.0.1 for me.
TheJoshMan
08-10-2008, 07:31 PM
same here... IE7, IE5, and FF3 all look the same
techno_race
08-10-2008, 09:56 PM
What!? It works right if I save the page where the JavaScript and image files aren't...
I've attached a Zip file with all three.
[continues banging head]
techno_race
08-10-2008, 10:00 PM
I just noticed something. If I restore or minimize the window, the maximize it, it works correctly.
Weird.
But then if I refresh the page, it goes wonky again.
Really weird.
And switching to a different tab and back doesn't do a thing.
Really weird.
TheJoshMan
08-10-2008, 10:01 PM
No matter what I do I can't reproduce the problem you posted an image of. The only thing I get out of that zipped folder "_1" file is an error "invalid character" line 2 char 1
TheJoshMan
08-10-2008, 10:02 PM
Just tried minimizing/resizing the window and still couldn't reproduce the problem
Nile
08-10-2008, 10:03 PM
Yup, same here. I'm sorry.
techno_race
08-10-2008, 10:25 PM
Let's see... valid HTML... valid CSS... character 2:1 is <... Nope. Just strange.
Oh, sorry, I forgot to attach doggitydogs.js. That's the only remaining file.
Nile
08-10-2008, 10:28 PM
Nope, same thing.
TheJoshMan
08-10-2008, 10:39 PM
still no dice here as well...
techno_race
08-10-2008, 11:12 PM
Okay, I guess something's up with my 'fox.
"Hey, foxy?"