Is the weather plugin hazardous?

[sofar]

On Fri, 31 Mar 2006 21:28:08 -0500 (EST), Patrick Wiseman <pwiseman at mindspring.com> wrote:
> Is it possible that the weather plugin messes with my DSL?  My DSL's been
> a bit flaky lately - on for mere minutes and then off again - and I've
> been trying, somewhat unscientifically I'll admit, to eliminate causes.
> Thinking (superstitiously) that the weather plugin might have something to
> do with my problems, I removed it, and was reliably connected for at least
> 24 hours.  I re-enabled it, and was disconnected about 2 hours later.
> I've again disabled it, and am connected now for several hours.
> 
> Is it purely coincidental or is the weather plugin doing something in its
> relentless checking for weather data which might bring down my DSL?

depends on your DSL line - if it's crappy then sure the weather plugin can kill it (joke).

Seriously - the weather panel has been known to cause problems, but the last two things it will do are:

* display accurate weather forecasts
* break your network link

Auke