To the Group:

A short while ago, my WebTV browser became unresponsive and the tv
screen suddenly "froze" at the website I was at. So, I ended up
unplugging my phone line from the wall -- and the "frozen" website
remained as if I was still connected. So I called my wife in the room to
see it for herself. She suggested that maybe the connection was somehow
possible due to our having an extension in the other room. So I
unplugged that line from the wall, too. I swear to God that nothing
changed! I couldn't believe it! Is there any valid technical explanation
for this?

T.G.

I could be wrong...but maybe the WebTV unit was "frozen."

(T. G.) wrote in message ...
To the Group:

A short while ago, my WebTV browser became unresponsive and the tv
screen suddenly "froze" at the website I was at. So, I ended up
unplugging my phone line from the wall -- and the "frozen" website
remained as if I was still connected. So I called my wife in the room to
see it for herself. She suggested that maybe the connection was somehow
possible due to our having an extension in the other room. So I
unplugged that line from the wall, too. I swear to God that nothing
changed! I couldn't believe it! Is there any valid technical explanation
for this?

T.G.

On Wed, 22 Oct 2003 22:47:50 -0400, T. G. wrote:

and the "frozen" website remained as if I was still connected.

I don't think you'd see anything change unless you tried to visit a link.

Web browsers download the page once, then display it until you do
something else...

They don't constantly redownload the same thing over and over again...

--
Lenroc

On Wed, 22 Oct 2003 22:47:50 -0400 (EDT), (T.
G.) wrote:


A short while ago, my WebTV browser became unresponsive and the tv
screen suddenly "froze" at the website I was at. So, I ended up
unplugging my phone line from the wall -- and the "frozen" website
remained as if I was still connected. So I called my wife in the room to
see it for herself. She suggested that maybe the connection was somehow
possible due to our having an extension in the other room. So I
unplugged that line from the wall, too. I swear to God that nothing
changed! I couldn't believe it! Is there any valid technical explanation
for this?

That's what happens when a computer freezes. It goes on showing
whatever was on the screen when it froze. It's not like a tv picture
where if you unplug the aerial the picture goes away.

Laurence Payne wrote:
On Wed, 22 Oct 2003 22:47:50 -0400 (EDT),
(T.
G.) wrote:


A short while ago, my WebTV browser became unresponsive and the tv
screen suddenly "froze" at the website I was at. So, I ended up
unplugging my phone line from the wall -- and the "frozen" website
remained as if I was still connected. So I called my wife in the
room to see it for herself. She suggested that maybe the connection
was somehow possible due to our having an extension in the other
room. So I unplugged that line from the wall, too. I swear to God
that nothing changed! I couldn't believe it! Is there any valid
technical explanation for this?

That's what happens when a computer freezes. It goes on showing
whatever was on the screen when it froze. It's not like a tv
picture
where if you unplug the aerial the picture goes away.

The pictures "Displayed frame" is stored in the computers memory prior
to being displayed by the computers video processor, where it is also
stored "Video RAM", if the computer freezes, that frame is prevented
from being updated to the next available frame so it too freezes in
that state. Unlike a TV, where there is effectively no stored frames
by the TV and the removal of the source signal results in noise being
displayed instead.

to be sure the guy has turned the thing off by now.
"Spudley" wrote in message
...
Laurence Payne wrote:
On Wed, 22 Oct 2003 22:47:50 -0400 (EDT),
(T.
G.) wrote:


A short while ago, my WebTV browser became unresponsive and the tv
screen suddenly "froze" at the website I was at. So, I ended up
unplugging my phone line from the wall -- and the "frozen" website
remained as if I was still connected. So I called my wife in the
room to see it for herself. She suggested that maybe the connection
was somehow possible due to our having an extension in the other
room. So I unplugged that line from the wall, too. I swear to God
that nothing changed! I couldn't believe it! Is there any valid
technical explanation for this?

That's what happens when a computer freezes. It goes on showing
whatever was on the screen when it froze. It's not like a tv
picture
where if you unplug the aerial the picture goes away.

The pictures "Displayed frame" is stored in the computers memory prior
to being displayed by the computers video processor, where it is also
stored "Video RAM", if the computer freezes, that frame is prevented
from being updated to the next available frame so it too freezes in
that state. Unlike a TV, where there is effectively no stored frames
by the TV and the removal of the source signal results in noise being
displayed instead.

"Jimmy" wrote in message
. com...
to be sure the guy has turned the thing off by now.

You think? :-)

"Spudley" wrote in message
...
Laurence Payne wrote:
On Wed, 22 Oct 2003 22:47:50 -0400 (EDT),

(T.
G.) wrote:


A short while ago, my WebTV browser became unresponsive and the
tv
screen suddenly "froze" at the website I was at. So, I ended up
unplugging my phone line from the wall -- and the "frozen"
website
remained as if I was still connected. So I called my wife in
the
room to see it for herself. She suggested that maybe the
connection
was somehow possible due to our having an extension in the
other
room. So I unplugged that line from the wall, too. I swear to
God
that nothing changed! I couldn't believe it! Is there any valid
technical explanation for this?

That's what happens when a computer freezes. It goes on showing
whatever was on the screen when it froze. It's not like a tv
picture
where if you unplug the aerial the picture goes away.

The pictures "Displayed frame" is stored in the computers memory
prior
to being displayed by the computers video processor, where it is
also
stored "Video RAM", if the computer freezes, that frame is
prevented
from being updated to the next available frame so it too freezes
in
that state. Unlike a TV, where there is effectively no stored
frames
by the TV and the removal of the source signal results in noise
being
displayed instead.