this seems to work fairly well, it opens a popup window with a random message… its not my code, but the code heading does say its free to use as long as i include his name and whatnot. make a website of your own, ( i use http://www.freewebs.com ) then put this script in the body of the webpage

//

---

//This script is free to use as long as you include
//this message!
//This script displays a random quote in a pop-up
//Window and then automatically closes after 10 seconds
//This script was created by Daniel Stolzberg
//homepage: http://come.to/my.web.page
//e-mail: dstolz@rocketmail.com
//

---

function generateRandomNumber() {
var tempString = “”
tempString += Math.random() * 100000
return tempString.substring(2,3)
}
config=’toolbar=no,location=no,directories=no,status=no,menubar=no,width=300,height=150′

config += ‘scrollbars=no,resizable=no’
output = window.open (“”,”outputwindow”,config)
output.document.write(”);
output.document.write(‘setTimeout(‘);
output.document.write(‘”self.close()’);
output.document.write(‘;”,10000)’);
output.document.write(‘</');
output.document.write(‘script>’);
output.document.write(‘‘);
output.document.write(”);
output.document.write(‘Random Quote:‘);
output.document.write(‘

---

‘);
if (generateRandomNumber()==”1″)
{output.document.write(‘Its better to regret something you did, than something you didnt do. ~The Butthole Surfers’);

output.document.write(‘

‘)}
if (generateRandomNumber()==”2″)
{output.document.write(‘Let us be thankful for the fools. But for them the rest of us could not succeed. ~Mark Twain’);

output.document.write(‘

‘)}
if (generateRandomNumber()==”3″)
{output.document.write(‘Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds. ~Albert Einstein’);

output.document.write(‘

‘)}
if (generateRandomNumber()==”4″)
{output.document.write(‘Life is at times tedious and boring, but then there are those rare few momments that make the whole thing seem worthwile. ~I saidthat!’);

output.document.write(‘

‘)}
if (generateRandomNumber()==”5″)
{output.document.write(‘I bid him look into the lives of men as though into a mirror, and from others to take an example for himself. ~Terence’); output.document.write(‘>’);

output.document.write(‘

‘)}
if (generateRandomNumber()==”6″)
{output.document.write(‘Getting there isnt half the fun – its all the fun. ~Robert Townsend’); output.document.write(‘>’);

output.document.write(‘

‘)}
if (generateRandomNumber()==”7″)
{output.document.write(‘Pain is inevitable.
Suffering is optional. ~M. Kathleen Casey’); output.document.write(‘>’);

output.document.write(‘

‘)}
if (generateRandomNumber()==”8″)
{output.document.write(‘Everything that irritates us about others can lead us to an understanding of ourselves. ~Carl Jung’);
output.document.write(‘>’);

output.document.write(‘

‘)}
if (generateRandomNumber()==”9″)
{output.document.write(‘God gave burdens, also shoulders. ~Yiddish Proverb’);
output.document.write(‘>’);

output.document.write(‘

‘)}
if (generateRandomNumber()==”0″)
{output.document.write(‘Trying to define yourself is like trying to bite your own teeth. ~Alan Watts’);
output.document.write(‘>’);

output.document.write(‘

‘);}
else
{output.document.write(‘The only good is knowledge and the only evil is igorance. ~Socrates’);

output.document.write(‘

‘)}
output.document.write(”);

it happened to me last year at school all the time.

its more likely its the AIM servers, once in a while they’re just down, although just cause its a cable connection doesnt mean it cant crash once in a while

otherwise, it could be an issue with your computer’s memory – the lower your memory, the more often you need to restart

hope that helps

well yeah it fixes the font bug, but now when someone IM’s me while I’m away, the autoresponse comes up as “Autoresponse from %s:” and then my away message. It displays a %s instead of my screenname. anyone know why this is? I just upgraded AIM to v5.2.3290, and i’m running deadAIM v3.2.1

this could get really annoying, someone please help