Shoot -- I misread the title. I was hoping for a surprise massage.
Unexpected message.
Shoot -- I misread the title. I was hoping for a surprise massage.
Married life not what you was expecting? 
Echecs I just noticed your blitz rating is the same as my turn based - does that mean you see in seconds what takes me 3 days?
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That's what it says in the "Read me" file.
Echecs I just noticed your blitz rating is the same as my turn based - does that mean you see in seconds what takes me 3 days?
Yes! For example, my bullet is 2100. So I can, in milliseconds, see an expert's thinking.
I'm just kidding, the real reason is that in blitz you see less moves, but BOTH players see less.
So, mine is earlier than yours Kohai, and by the looks of it the exact version the pop-up requires. Very strange.
Okay, solved it. There was (inexplicably) a Java file missing from my installation. I've removed Java entirely and then installed the latest version. Strange that this should occur for no reason that I can fathom, after working well for so long.
p.s. Good work Kohai.... your sensible questions put me on the right track.
Chrome has a feature that will block Java sites if your version is not the current one - but the error message that pops up is different from the one posted.
I'm on Firefox 4.0 but I think the browser choice was immaterial in this case. I built my own system so there's not much in the way of support literature and *stuff* happens. 
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I tried to log on during the recent (about an hour ago) downtime and was presented with the following pop-up:
So, what's going on? Chess.com software out of date?