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(...) Hmm, do we really need these showing up in lugnet.admin.database? They never did before, and dramatically increase the traffic. Frank (20 years ago, 14-Nov-06, to lugnet.admin.database, lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) Could a temporary solution be to allow a double / to specifiy the cutoff? Tim (20 years ago, 14-Nov-06, to lugnet.admin.curators, lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) Yes, that's what's happening. Not sure what an easy fix is either. The problem is, if a page starts with ~nnn then the server can easily tell that everything after the '~' is part of the FTX page name. But when you hang a page off an actual (...) (20 years ago, 14-Nov-06, to lugnet.admin.curators, lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) Perhaps use the Google Maps interface? I know it's possible to place arbitrary pointers on it (with a popout for more details, websites, etc). Should make it easier to update too, as the data then just becomes an XML file. Dan (20 years ago, 13-Nov-06, to lugnet.admin.general, FTX)
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(...) The day I started with the new maps and when I designed the pictures, I wasn't aware of the large number of LUGs, MUGs and LTCs. I thougt it would result in a similar number as on the old maps. Hindsight is 20/20. Added to the Suggestion List: (...) (20 years ago, 13-Nov-06, to lugnet.admin.general, FTX)
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(...) Thanks. Of course now the Sealug folks will be upset they are somewhere in South Eastern Washington instead of Seattle. PNLTC probably should also be moved to halfway between Portland and Seattle to reflect the center of gravity of the club... (...) (20 years ago, 13-Nov-06, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) Stop yer complaining-- we're sitting in cursed Packer territory! (URL) x^(> JOHN (20 years ago, 13-Nov-06, to lugnet.admin.general, FTX)
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(...) Hi Frank, GPLR is corrected and PSLTC added. Thanks! Rene (20 years ago, 13-Nov-06, to lugnet.admin.general)
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GPLR shows up not quite in the right place (it shows up on the coast of Washington state). PNLTC is a special case: it doesn't really exist any more - except that we do occaisional Portland/Seattle reunions. I'll defer to Steve Barile and other (...) (20 years ago, 13-Nov-06, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) The BIG 3-0???? First a wife, then a child, now thirty??? Rene, you are finished! :-) (the dirty little secret is that life gets BETTER with age!) Congratulations on surviving your youth;-) JOHN (20 years ago, 13-Nov-06, to lugnet.admin.general, FTX)
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(...) Of course, just forgot to set it. Well, now that I reached the age of 30... ;-) -Rene (20 years ago, 13-Nov-06, to lugnet.admin.general, FTX)
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(...) Thank you, Rene. May I also be the curator as well? JOHN (20 years ago, 13-Nov-06, to lugnet.admin.general, FTX)
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(...) Hi John, I'd be glad to! Group is installed: (URL) is also updated. Leg Godt! Rene (20 years ago, 13-Nov-06, to lugnet.admin.general, FTX)
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Rene- I have been thinking-- if possible, I would like to have an newsgroup set up for the Twin Cities LEGO Train Club (TCLTC), if that is alright with you. I have been using MOCpages for our website, but now that Sean is allowing advertising, I (...) (20 years ago, 12-Nov-06, to lugnet.admin.general, FTX)
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(...) It is =not at all clear= that this is the page/form to use when a member wants to change his or her email and keep their old (current) membership humber/profile. (20 years ago, 11-Nov-06, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) Hi Rob, Groups for MSLTC and CARLUG are now closed, but still online for reference. I wrote a short last message there and to the sidebars. A new group ARLUG is created (you are the curator - congratulations :-) And the LUGMap is updated. (...) (20 years ago, 11-Nov-06, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) I've been meaning to make an official announcement, but I've been waiting on or web guy to finish moving everything over to the new site. Please be aware of the following changes in LEGO related clubs in the Arkansas, USA area: MSLTC (which (...) (20 years ago, 10-Nov-06, to lugnet.admin.general)
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CMLUG does not exist. We (two of us) tryied to make it work but could not. I have now moved on to GtwLUG here in Saint Louis L. Andrew Reynolds Lugnet member #375 GtwLUG (20 years ago, 10-Nov-06, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) I'm also using FF 2.0 and it wasn't working last night and now seems to be working. It might be worth making it a little clearer when you click on the LUG pin though. I tested on Brazil (the only South American LUG) and didn't think it was (...) (20 years ago, 10-Nov-06, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) Yikes! You've made us (URL) Cheeseheads>!!!! :-) Thanks for the quick change, Rene! Now to bed! JOHN (20 years ago, 10-Nov-06, to lugnet.admin.general, FTX)
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(...) The STUDS group in Sydney is no longer active. The Sydney LEGO Train Club (SLTC) is meeting on a regular basis. -pete.w (20 years ago, 10-Nov-06, to lugnet.admin.general, FTX)
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(...) Now it's there, it doesn't point exactly to the Twin Cities, but I guess it's workable :-) -Rene (20 years ago, 10-Nov-06, to lugnet.admin.general, FTX)
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Hi Ross, (...) This was because <map id="mapname"> (I guess). Does it work now? Thanks, Rene (20 years ago, 10-Nov-06, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) Cool features, Rene! Thanks. And I'd like the (URL) Twin Cities LEGO® Train Club> added to the LTC section if you would. Our location is pretty much the same as the GMLTC on the map. JOHN (20 years ago, 10-Nov-06, to lugnet.admin.general, FTX)
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(...) Hi Rene, I'm not able to click on any map regions, or pins. I'm using Firefox 2.0. Not sure why it wouldn't recognise the MAP tag. Are you able to click the image in Firefox at all? All the links works fine though - it's looking great! FUT: (...) (20 years ago, 10-Nov-06, to lugnet.general, lugnet.admin.general, FTX)
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(...) My hero! :-) JOHN (20 years ago, 17-Oct-06, to lugnet.admin.general, FTX)
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(...) Hi@all, seems that's a good point in time to let you know that I'm still alive... Well, currently, my work on LUGNET is put on ice, for approximately another 7 to 10 days. Together with two friends of mine, I'm working on a complete rebuild of (...) (20 years ago, 17-Oct-06, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) The problem mostly is that Lugnet was based on an NNTP model, wherein you can't modify the content or group of a post. So, essentially, when a post is made, lots of stuff happens behind the covers. Lots of indexing and things which would need (...) (20 years ago, 16-Oct-06, to lugnet.admin.general, FTX)
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(...) Hmm, I see. I wasn't aware that it would involve going into the code. Some of the other forums (CSF, classic-castle) will regularly throw posts into different areas so I assumed the same should be true at Lugnet. I'm not overly (...) (20 years ago, 16-Oct-06, to lugnet.admin.general, FTX)
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(...) Er, that should read "aren't able to be manually removed", oops. DaveE (20 years ago, 16-Oct-06, to lugnet.admin.general, FTX)
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(...) Yes, that's true. The spotlight list is auto-generated, and posts are able to be manually removed from the list based on any criteria at the moment. It's definitely on the list to allow admins to remove specific posts. Other ideas suggested (...) (20 years ago, 16-Oct-06, to lugnet.admin.general, FTX)
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(...) I seem to recall some discussions that the admins don't have this power but I think it's underconsideration. Tim (20 years ago, 16-Oct-06, to lugnet.admin.general, FTX)
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(...) His annoying habits aside, does no one have the ability to go in and manually remove things from the headlines list? (20 years ago, 16-Oct-06, to lugnet.admin.general, FTX)
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(...) He keeps changing the posting to .announce.moc Tim (20 years ago, 16-Oct-06, to lugnet.admin.general, FTX)
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At the time I'm writing this, 3 of Lukas's responses are currently in the headlines section. Seems odd that this keeps happenning. (20 years ago, 16-Oct-06, to lugnet.admin.general, FTX)
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(...) Jason, you have to fill out the (URL) posting setup> and wait for it to be approved, then you should be set to go. HTH ROSCO (20 years ago, 16-Oct-06, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.admin.general, FTX)
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(...) Sorry, that should have been 'Magic Admin Wand'. Jason R (20 years ago, 16-Oct-06, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.admin.general, FTX)
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(...) Actually, I've updated my email address in my profile (jdotjdotrailtonatbt...netdotcom) but it hasn't transfered that to when my name comes up on postings. If you have some magic admin want to fix it, please go ahead. Jason R (20 years ago, 16-Oct-06, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.admin.general, FTX)
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(...) Good work, Tim. Overall, 8 out of 10. (20 years ago, 16-Oct-06, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.admin.general, FTX)
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(...) Dear Lukas, You have had your behaviour pointed out by me twice ((URL) here> and (URL) here>). Someone else has also agreed with my point (URL) here>. Why are you continuing to behave in a disrespectful manner? I tried to send the above to (...) (20 years ago, 16-Oct-06, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.admin.general, FTX)
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In article <owDpduA5uqLFFwQF@gmail.com>, Tony Naggs <tonynaggs@gmail.com> writes (...) I am told that this is fixed. Please let me know if the bounces continue. Ttfn, Tony (20 years ago, 14-Oct-06, to lugnet.admin.general)
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"John Hansen" <afanofosc@comcast.net> wrote in message news:J71C5n.Hr4@lugnet.com... (...) It's something I've known about for a some time too, and I've reported some of them as a misdirected bounce type of spam item. I'm firmly of the opinion that (...) (20 years ago, 12-Oct-06, to lugnet.admin.general)
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In article <20061012191316.GD26...eron.com>, Dan Boger <dan@peeron.com> writes (...) Nobody had mentioned this, so I thought I was the only one! (...) Possibly deliberately, as the subscription process requires confirmation. (...) I have asked the (...) (20 years ago, 12-Oct-06, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) Probably because the robotics group is connected to a mailing list (since sometime in the 90s), and someone subscribed the wrong addresses to that list. The only thing that can be done from the lugnet POV, afaik, is to break the gateway - not (...) (20 years ago, 12-Oct-06, to lugnet.admin.general)
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Does anyone know why, when I post to the lugnet.robotics newsgroups I get two emails, one from payments-autorespond...amazon.com and another from mailer-daemon@google.com reporting a delivery failure. Posting to a lugnet newsgroup should not result (...) (20 years ago, 12-Oct-06, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) Thanks, it's appreciated! (URL) is the current version and as long as nothing weighty is thrown in, this is almost final. (...) Well, probably Lenny will still know, but on Brickfest.PDX I had a hard time with understanding Teunis' Strine. To (...) (20 years ago, 21-Sep-06, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) I was expecting a longer wait so thanks a lot. (...) Excellent idea. (...) If you'd like me to look over the final ToU for spelling/grammar just let me know. It will end up in Australian but I'm sure that's perfectly understandable to most (...) (20 years ago, 21-Sep-06, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) I try to check at least two times per day, same with membership issues. (...) Ja, that's right. I'm currently thinking about a help section for that kind of problems. E.g., some users seems to have problems with the authentication emails, and (...) (20 years ago, 21-Sep-06, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) Well, I've now got a new one (thanks Rene). (...) A link on your member page would be good indeed. There is also a link at the bottom left of admin (URL) but really it does need to be more prominent. Tim (20 years ago, 21-Sep-06, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) Go to this page: (URL) the past, it has taken a day or so to be active. (...) Currently, it is located on the 'News' page that you can get to by clicking the News button on the top of the page, next to Home. I agree that this function could go (...) (20 years ago, 21-Sep-06, to lugnet.admin.general)
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I would like to change my posting email address for Lugnet. Unfortunately I can't find out how. As such I have two requests: 1) Could someone tell me how to do this. 2) Could someone put a link somewhere obvious for future reference. Thanks in (...) (20 years ago, 21-Sep-06, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) Hi Diana! Lugnet doesn't allow editing of messages after they are posted. You can request a message be cancelled, but that's not done very often. The best you can really do in this case is to post a reply to your original message, to the (...) (20 years ago, 6-Sep-06, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) It could be that there are settings for ZA that make it quite touchy when it comes to image links. This would block quite a number of useful web links however, so it's probably a setting you do not want in the first place. Just btw., even (...) (20 years ago, 6-Sep-06, to lugnet.admin.general)
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I like to edit my post, how do I do it? I wanna to edit the "newsgroups" part from "lugnet.events" to "lugnet.events.brickfest" .. how do I do it? I posted a brickfest related news to lugnet.events but I cannot find my post listed .. something (...) (20 years ago, 6-Sep-06, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) That's probably it - the fact that it's hosted by a different server. Though, since it's from the same TLD, it shouldn't be an issue. FWIW, my ZA doesn't block any lugnet images. (20 years ago, 5-Sep-06, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) I think one reason Zone Labs tries to block certain advertising images may be to prevent using the image to collect information or something like that. Also annoying are some animated images, though those may be separately blockable. (...) (20 years ago, 5-Sep-06, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) From my experience with Zone Labs Zone alarm a long time ago, I recall that the pics always were labeled as banner/skyscraper ads. At least, that's what I experienced with ZA Dave K (20 years ago, 5-Sep-06, to lugnet.admin.general)
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There may be a simple explanation for that, although I would rate ZoneLabs as pretty pedantic if this should prove true: Due to a severe issue with a script that generates the guide thumbnail images, I have replaced that script by a solution using (...) (20 years ago, 5-Sep-06, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) Uh, no idea! Does it give you any hint as to what would cause an image to be blocked? (20 years ago, 5-Sep-06, to lugnet.admin.general)
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I am using Zone Labs/Check Point Integrity desktop for personal firewalling. Recently (not sure when), the Lugnet set guide pictures have stopped showing up. I just did an experiment and determined they are registering as banner/skyscrapper ads. (...) (20 years ago, 5-Sep-06, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) Once again, by posting to a public forum the topic becomes public property in a sense. If you were to stand on a street corner mumbling your incoherent diatribes, you might possibly get the same sort of reactions. Why are you so surprised when (...) (20 years ago, 5-Sep-06, to lugnet.admin.general, FTX)
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(...) Hi Anders, AFAIK if your computer's hardware clock itself is inaccurate by large amounts, it *could* damage or omit the time stamp in your message, but normally it's replaced by the news server with the GMT time. In our case depending on what (...) (20 years ago, 4-Sep-06, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) Hi Ben, At the moment* I would second Tim's notion. But I can't risk to make it a clear statement, otherwise there might be similar requests in the future which are less transparent than your's. Leg Godt! Rene *I'm playing around with various (...) (20 years ago, 4-Sep-06, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) Hi Ben, As one of the teller-offerers I've been working on the principal that if there is new information (as in your case) then it is OK to post to both .trains and .marketplace but you should set the followup to marketplace. I base this on (...) (20 years ago, 3-Sep-06, to lugnet.admin.general)
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Previously, Big Ben Bricks LLC has posted new product announcements to .trains or other lugnet newsgroups depending on the product. However, It seems like some people have been getting in 'trouble' for announcing mocs and other things for sale in (...) (20 years ago, 3-Sep-06, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) Myself and many others have asked you on numerous occasions to shape up. Obviously we can't all get what we want. Jeff (20 years ago, 3-Sep-06, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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My computer clock is almost always wrong when I start the computer. If it's some days ahead and I forget to correct it before posting to lugnet, it seems my posts just disappear (or will they magically display when the date finally arrives?). I (...) (20 years ago, 3-Sep-06, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) Jeff, I asked you twice to stay away from me. "(do not) Stray hopelessly off-topic without moving the discussion to a more appropriate location. (There is a fair amount of leeway here, since it is natural for discussions to drift, and moving a (...) (20 years ago, 3-Sep-06, to lugnet.admin.general, FTX)
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(...) Three posts with the exact same text? You're sounding a bit like a broken record. You might get a better reaction if you do more than cut and paste the same text when responding to posts. Jeff (20 years ago, 3-Sep-06, to lugnet.admin.general, FTX)
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Timothy Gould wrote: -snip- (...) Terms of Use: "(do not) Post or transmit any unlawful, threatening, abusive, libelous, defamatory, obscene, vulgar, pornographic, profane, or indecent information of any kind, including (...) (20 years ago, 3-Sep-06, to lugnet.admin.general, FTX)
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| | Re: Eric's and Jeff's chip was (Re: Ease up on marking folders Avatar)
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In lugnet.admin.general, Duane Hess wrote: -snip- (...) -snip- (...) Terms of Use: "(do not) Post or transmit any unlawful, threatening, abusive, libelous, defamatory, obscene, vulgar, pornographic, profane, or indecent information of any kind, (...) (20 years ago, 3-Sep-06, to lugnet.admin.general, FTX)
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(...) Thank you. Lugnet Member #1051 (20 years ago, 26-Aug-06, to lugnet.general, lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) Hi Rene, A lot of concerned parties will be at BrickFest right now. I'm sure you'll take your time before deciding on any action but I just thought I'd mention it. Tim (20 years ago, 25-Aug-06, to lugnet.general, lugnet.admin.general)
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*BREAKPOINT* - ideally for the entire thread, though neither I'm able to technically lock it, nor I'd force it. But things are getting out of control, once again. The issue "Eric" (sorry for making you a neuter, Eric ;-) seemes to be a pretty (...) (20 years ago, 25-Aug-06, to lugnet.general, lugnet.admin.general)
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| | Re: [involves Tim Gould again] Re: Ease up on marking folders Avatar
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(...) Um, how exactly is (URL) directly feedback on what you asked? You asked "P.S.S Could not post to: lugnet.announce.brickshelf", to which Jeff replied "The lugnet.announce.brickshelf group is postable to only by Kevin (and perhaps a few other (...) (20 years ago, 25-Aug-06, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.general)
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Miss the part where I said for the love of the brick let's discuss not argue? Then read this, I'll help you like I helped Rob. We should all help one another. Yep. "Take a moment to consider this. I pose a question and cite some examples looking for (...) (20 years ago, 25-Aug-06, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.general)
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(...) -Snip- (...) What I would like you to know is that Jeff and I have a history, things you don't know about. If I am sick of Jeff chiming in with *his* Chip, I'll tell him. Actions and attitudes you are not aware of. YOU, should be man enough to (...) (20 years ago, 25-Aug-06, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.general)
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Nice Rob, nice. What does any of that have to do with Avatars and Brickshelf? (20 years ago, 25-Aug-06, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Eric, When being a prick, do it in admin.general so someone can finally rectify your endless trolling, baiting, and general detritus. Or better yet, just don't post this crap at all. My original post on this topic was to point out the rudeness (...) (20 years ago, 25-Aug-06, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) <normal purportless rant happily snipped> (...) <snip> (...) Didn't seem like trolling or any other rude or unnecessary comment to me. (...) Now I ask you, how much longer must we all put up with this scattered, smothered, covered, chopped, (...) (20 years ago, 24-Aug-06, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) Thank you, Suz and Jerry, for the replies. I suspected that it might have to do with the new server, but I couldn't remember when I started noticing it. Thanks again. Dave! (20 years ago, 23-Aug-06, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) Hi Dave, well, basically this was one of the first things I noticed with the switchover to the new servers. We have since tried in several ways to identify exactly what is causing this delay. Interestingly, new posts appear on the news server (...) (20 years ago, 21-Aug-06, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) Yes, people have noticed this and the sys admin is aware of the problem. It can be unnerving.. I sometimes worry that I'll receive a "time out" message. (But I never do.) I'm afraid this delay might cause people to worry, and thus click "send" (...) (20 years ago, 21-Aug-06, to lugnet.admin.general)
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I don't post as often as I used to, but for at least the last several weeks I've noticed that the time between clicking the "POST" button and seeing the "Your message was successfully posted" screen has greatly increased. Sometimes it takes close to (...) (20 years ago, 21-Aug-06, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) The Spotlight feature has been in place for what, five years or more now? And "petty aguments" and the like *consistantly* get in the front page spotlight. I think this is proof enough the current system doesn't work. You're saying "all people (...) (20 years ago, 17-Aug-06, to lugnet.admin.general, FTX) !
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(...) I think I agree with some of this - my point, Tim, was that spotlighting shouldn't end up being used to vote on an issue because it just forces more dross into the spotlighted list. If someone thinks something is worth highlighting, but a lot (...) (20 years ago, 17-Aug-06, to lugnet.admin.general, FTX)
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(...) Not quite, and it's not my system - it's the system we have now, and it's a system that will work if we choose to use it. If the community doesn't want this sort of stuff highlighting, then they need to highlight the things that they want to (...) (20 years ago, 16-Aug-06, to lugnet.admin.general, FTX)
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(...) No, you misunderstand. You spotlight stuff you want to see spotlighted. Spotlight a post of a MOC that you like, or an event you're interested in. You don't have to spotlight a "counter view". If you don't want my post appearing in the (...) (20 years ago, 16-Aug-06, to lugnet.admin.general, FTX)
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(...) If people now highlight your post they are saying they agree with you rather than Richie. Thus his system would work. With a negative spotlight you allow people to treat things negatively without giving a valid alternative which is needlesly (...) (20 years ago, 16-Aug-06, to lugnet.admin.general, FTX)
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(...) No, I think you're wrong and users need a way to counter spotlighting in cases like this. Your post is another example of why a post needs an option to downgrade it. Some people who agree with you have gone and highlighted it. Now it looks (...) (20 years ago, 16-Aug-06, to lugnet.admin.general, FTX)
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(...) Agreed. As a new member with high expectations from this most "friendliest" of locales, I would like to let you all know that viewed from "the outside"(i.e. folks with little or no Lugnet experience) this type of garbage does not speak well of (...) (20 years ago, 16-Aug-06, to lugnet.admin.general, FTX)
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Agreed! (but not spotlighted!) I just went through announce.moc and highlit a few items, maybe we can push the unpleasentness off the front page. (20 years ago, 16-Aug-06, to lugnet.admin.general, FTX)
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(...) I really think this is something that LUGNET members can sort out... if they really want it sorted out. 'Worst of the worst' has three spotlights... and it is in the main page highlights. How difficult can it be to spotlight ten things more (...) (20 years ago, 15-Aug-06, to lugnet.admin.general, FTX) !!
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(...) I don't think NNTP supports moving either, but even if it did, it would be unlikely to work, as people using SMTP/NNTP already have the message with its old headers, including the newsgroups, so when they reply it would still go to the old (...) (20 years ago, 15-Aug-06, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) Good point, Jeff - actually something like that appears ideal: User opinions are very important when it comes to the spotlight feature, so we probably want exactly this option: To be able to move a topic out of the spotlight upon request, or (...) (20 years ago, 15-Aug-06, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) Hi Jerry, Would it be possible to move threads? If so you could have a naughty threads section .off-topic.threads or something similar which people could ignore and which would remove the problem for NNTP and web users? Tim (20 years ago, 15-Aug-06, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) What about making the server reject any new posts to a thread, either through the web or NNTP? It again wouldn't be the most elegant solution, but I'd imagine it would be doable. (...) I think the easiest way would be adding some negative (...) (20 years ago, 15-Aug-06, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) Okay, here's the big issue: LUGNET is based on an NNTP server, and the news system does not support such a thing as thread locking, since threads are only made up by matching subjects (and some header info) in the very first place. Enhancing (...) (20 years ago, 15-Aug-06, to lugnet.admin.general)
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In lugnet.people.support, Elroy Davis wrote: [snip] (...) [this entire incident aside] I'm not sure if thread locking is even do-able. I think it was talked about a few months ago (privately). Jerry would know if it's possible, and then it would be (...) (20 years ago, 15-Aug-06, to lugnet.people.support, lugnet.admin.general)
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