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Hi Todd and Suzanne, I find the set search box on the home page really handy. I would find it even more handy if it appeared on every page when I'm reading the newsgroups. Is there any chance you'd implement that? It seems like something with almost (...) (26 years ago, 19-Jun-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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| | Re: Very old new newsgroup request
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(...) One way might be to have a .market group associated with (most) discussion groups.... (26 years ago, 18-Jun-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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| | Very old new newsgroup request
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Could someone please explain to me, while we compartmentalise newsgroupos for categories like robotics (for example) which end up having ridiculously tiny numbers of messages in them (e.g. code-pilot, VLL, robot-arena), we still have the huge (...) (26 years ago, 18-Jun-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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| | Re: Which buildings open up?
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(...) Hmm, but it works like this too, no? (URL) without HTML tags?) I should think it does, at least my email works that way. -Shiri XFUT .admin.general (26 years ago, 16-Jun-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.admin.general)
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| | lugnet.announce (was: Re: The problem I have with upcoming product hoaxes)
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In lugnet.general, Steve Bliss writes: <snip> (...) Hmm... I'd be interested in hearing what you think should/should not be in .announce... I think different people have different thoughts about that, so I'd love to hear what someone other than (...) (26 years ago, 16-Jun-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.admin.general)
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| | Re: Suggestion: Set ratings for DB
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"Kevin Loch" <kloch@opnsys.com> wrote in message news:Fw7sGv.Bvz@lugnet.com... (...) I have implemented this at Brickset, along with set reviews. For example, this page (URL) link - should not normally be linked to directly] shows scores and (...) (26 years ago, 16-Jun-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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| | Re: Meeting this Friday
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(...) do (...) email. (...) let (...) I suggest that barring an automated way to validate that the cancel request is legit, that you at least create a page for people to go to (I of course, would put it at www.lugnet.com/cancel :-) ) to gather the (...) (26 years ago, 16-Jun-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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| | Suggestion: Set ratings for DB
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Todd, How about allowing members to vote on sets in the set database? A simple way to do it would be to put a form on each set info page with three options ( -,0,+ ). The sum and sample size could then be displayed on all set queries. This would (...) (26 years ago, 15-Jun-00, to lugnet.admin.general) !
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| | Re: Meeting this Friday
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Thank you. Sorry to cause trouble. Xandria (26 years ago, 15-Jun-00, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.org.ca.vlc)
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| | Re: Meeting this Friday
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(...) Someone please clue me in on exactly what has happened here and what needs to be done to fix them problem? From what I gather from the sidelines here, someone (Dave) accidentally posted private information which someone else (Alexandria) (...) (26 years ago, 15-Jun-00, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.org.ca.vlc)
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| | Re: Meeting this Friday
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(...) Dave, Please write me (at this address) with the newsgroup and article number (or article id or other uniquely identifying characteristic such as the URL of the webpage) and request that it be cancelled, and I'll be happy to cancel it. --Todd (26 years ago, 15-Jun-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) I would cancel the message, except that I don't use a newsreader. I use email. Actually, from work, I can't use a newsreader, since our firewall doesn't let this sort of traffic occur. -- Dave_Hylands@creoscitex.com (URL) 3700 Gilmore Way (...) (26 years ago, 15-Jun-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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| | Re: Meeting this Friday
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(...) Interesting, to be sure! Does the Lugnet front-page disclaimer cover this sort of thing, along the lines of: "All content is provided as is"? Dave! (26 years ago, 15-Jun-00, to lugnet.org.ca.vlc, lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) You should cancel the message. Your newsreader probably has a function to do this somewhere. [ followup-to .admin.general ] (26 years ago, 15-Jun-00, to lugnet.org.ca.vlc, lugnet.admin.general)
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| | Re: Meeting this Friday
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(...) IMMEDIATELY! I'm curious as to how Todd is going to handle issues like this. This seems like a very reasonable request to remove personal information. I just can't see how Todd can avoid canceling messages (or are folks who are truly concerned (...) (26 years ago, 15-Jun-00, to lugnet.org.ca.vlc, lugnet.admin.general)
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| | Re: Having multiple accounts on Lugnet
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(...) auction (...) which (...) like (...) all (...) Well, I have two, maybe three right now. One for ssanburn@cleanweb.net and one for ssanburn@sanburnsystems.com . One is for personal, one is for the sales page. As long as you fill out all the (...) (26 years ago, 14-Jun-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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| | Re: Having multiple accounts on Lugnet
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(...) Multiple name/email combinations are supported, although they aren't separate accounts. (In fact, there actually aren't any accounts as far as news posting is concerned. All there are is listings of valid/recognized name/email combinations.) (...) (26 years ago, 14-Jun-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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| | Re: Having multiple accounts on Lugnet
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(...) I would think it is. Heck, Todd has two such accounts himself... (or maybe that's just because he's admin?) I don't see any reason why it wouldn't be allowed, if you provide real information. HTH, -Shiri (26 years ago, 14-Jun-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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| | Having multiple accounts on Lugnet
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I was wondering if it was possible to have multiple "Accounts" on Lugnet. By this, I mean, having two different configurations for posting messages via the news server or web interface. The reason I ask is that I would like to split my mail for (...) (26 years ago, 14-Jun-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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| | Re: Stick in the mud...
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(...) I don't know of any browsers that allow it but there are tools that let you do it. For Example: (URL) is an addon to your browser that lets you use aliases for finding pages. In Networds case you have to register a "netword" and its link and a (...) (26 years ago, 14-Jun-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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| | Re: Member benefits... ?
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Yeah, same here - got my kit about a month ago, already can't find it (moved at work, packed/cleaned at home before vacation, EVERYTHING is "lost" to one degree or another). (...) -- Tom Stangl ***(URL) Visual FAQ home ***(URL) Bay Area DSMs (26 years ago, 14-Jun-00, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.people)
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(...) I guess I just don't like having the document be in a file "index.html", but want a directory with related documents. (...) Is that something one can access by creating an html file, or do you have to have access to the web server code in some (...) (26 years ago, 14-Jun-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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| | Re: Stick in the mud...
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(...) Well, no. Not any user. Some users can't see at all, you know. Some users have trouble typing shifted characters and therefore use all lower case or ALL CAPS because they really don't have a choice. Those users are worth accomodating, I feel. (...) (26 years ago, 14-Jun-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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| | Re: Stick in the mud...
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(...) Without a doubt! And the market will pass judgement on whether he's made a good choice about whether to be correct, or forgiving of errors. Assuming he doesn't have such a first mover advantage that there aren't viable alternatives handy, that (...) (26 years ago, 14-Jun-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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| | Re: Stick in the mud...
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(...) ROTFL!!! Yes!!!!!! That's exactly what we need! And it spams the owner of the page with the wrong URL. :) --Todd (26 years ago, 14-Jun-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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| | Re: Stick in the mud...
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(...) Nope, definitely not! (...) Aha, I see. OK. BTW, any particular reason why to use the form (2 URLs) One thing which can also be annoying with some auto-redirects is that it (...) It depends on which type of redirect you use. If you use a real (...) (26 years ago, 14-Jun-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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| | Re: Stick in the mud...
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(...) I meant that the check per se wasn't from LEGO Direct. The donation (the money) was apparently from LEGO Direct, since it's how Brad signed the accompanying letter, but the check itself wasn't from LEGO Direct. Hope that clears up the (...) (26 years ago, 14-Jun-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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| | Re: Stick in the mud...
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(...) If I recall the spec properly, there *is* a defined special case where (URL) exactly equal to (URL) fact, the first / isn't part of the path part of the URL. (26 years ago, 14-Jun-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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| | Re: Stick in the mud...
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(...) 308 Fix Your %$*@ Web Page ? (26 years ago, 14-Jun-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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| | Re: Stick in the mud...
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(...) I hoped you didn't plan to give a 404 or a blank page, what I was saying is that it would be annoying to be using someone else's page of links (because it's so complete) and always get a "lecture" page until you can convince them to fix it. Of (...) (26 years ago, 14-Jun-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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| | Re: Stick in the mud...
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(...) An "Operating Account" is the primary checking account that businesses use to deposit receivables and pay vendors. It is also used to pay employee expenses when an expense report is filed. Operating Account funds are also periodically (...) (26 years ago, 13-Jun-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) There's a big difference: When a person types a URL in wrong by hand, it's usually either a mistake or because they were being lazy (not to imply that there's anything wrong with being lazy) or because they weren't aware of the actual (...) (26 years ago, 13-Jun-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) I saved a photocopy it's clearly not from Lego Direct. It's from a "LEGO Systems, Inc. Operating Account," whatever an "Operating Account" is. To me it sounds like some kind of special expenses account, but that's speculation. --Todd (26 years ago, 13-Jun-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) You mean the homepage isn't static? *duck* Don't get me started on that :) KL (26 years ago, 13-Jun-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) Sounds like a check from Lego Direct to me. I've never heard of such a thing as a pseudo-personal spending account. KL (26 years ago, 13-Jun-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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| | Re: Member benefits... ?
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(...) Thanks a bunch!! I'm working on my members' page now. :-) -Shiri (26 years ago, 13-Jun-00, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.people)
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(...) Cool. Good thinking, both of you. Now, what can I do about a lost password? The member brochure is filed somewhere and I knew where it was before moving, but now I don't. Sincerely, Christopher Weeks (26 years ago, 13-Jun-00, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.people)
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| | Re: Stick in the mud...
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(...) /foo/bar/ (...) someone (...) What's the difference between someone typing in a url into a browser and typing a url into a text editor? Not much, except perhaps the person typing it into a text editor should consider proper netiquette. A good (...) (26 years ago, 13-Jun-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) Isn't it possible for the server to generate a /foo/bar page when its requested, and see that /foo/bar/ exists, then auto-redirect the user to /foo/bar/, therefore evading this problem? -Tim (26 years ago, 13-Jun-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) I've seen more without than with, but some of both. But more often than either, I've seen root-level URLs, often without the slash and even without the www prefix. :) (...) Ahhh, it's spring/summer cold season. :) Drink lots of hot chicken (...) (26 years ago, 13-Jun-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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| | Re: Stick in the mud...
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(...) What does Xoom do? (...) That would be awesome!!! --Todd (26 years ago, 13-Jun-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) Oh, I didn't mean to suggest that /foo/bar should give a 404 error (page not found) if the HTTP referrer was from another webpage, I just meant that I don't believe it's an ideal solution to give a 301 (automatic redirect) in that case. (...) (...) (26 years ago, 13-Jun-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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| | Re: Stick in the mud...
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(...) I'd go so far as to say the majority of users are "unaware" of this sort of thing. And it will remain that way, probably forever. Have you seen lots of print ads floating around that contain trailing slashes? And sorry if I seemed overly (...) (26 years ago, 13-Jun-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) Oh goody, the xoom factor... What is really needed is a protocol to inform the owner of the referring page that they have a bad link. (26 years ago, 13-Jun-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) Except that it's a pain to get a web page author to fix broken links on their page which is effectively what you're saying. Given the way web pages currently work, I think it's important to keep from breaking web pages. To this extent, I have (...) (26 years ago, 13-Jun-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) I agree that this is ideal in cases where the user may have mis-typed the URL by hand (or had been given the wrong URL from, say, a print ad in a magazine, and they typed it in by hand). I'm not sure it's ideal for cases where someone (...) (26 years ago, 13-Jun-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) In this example, if /foo/bar doesn't exist the user should get what /foo/bar/ points to, one way or another. Not a page to help them get to it. Either redirect (current practice) or rewrite (possible option) /foo/bar to /foo/bar/. If you (...) (26 years ago, 13-Jun-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) On servers where URLs map directly to filespecs, you can't have both /foo/bar and /foo/bar/ unless the underlying filesystem differentiates between the two. I'm not aware of any filesystems which simultaneously allow both /foo/bar and (...) (26 years ago, 13-Jun-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) More specifically try to create a file and a directory with the same parent and same name. It doesn't work on any operating system I know of (ok I haven't tried it on a Mac). KL (26 years ago, 13-Jun-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) OK, good idea! For now I put category links on (URL) the password center thingie and to the new pages thingie (at the top) and in the body of the page also added a link to the announcement about pages. (There hasn't been an official (...) (26 years ago, 13-Jun-00, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.people)
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(...) Ah, that makes sense. Really, in order for the proposed ("/foo/bar" exactly equals "/foo/bar/") scheme to work, there needs to be _no_ default index.html file. Or rather, directory index files need to be special in some way. (Just like you'd (...) (26 years ago, 13-Jun-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) Yeah, I've been wondering this too. It's pretty longstanding practice in unix that "ls /usr" and "ls /usr/" are going to get me exactly the same thing. For that matter, "stat /usr" and "stat /usr/" both get me the same thing.... And I'm (...) (26 years ago, 13-Jun-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) wouldn't (...) /foo/bar/ (...) Optionally yes. The admin could choose the least expensive mode to operate in, redirect or rewrite (probably redirect now that you mention it). KL (26 years ago, 13-Jun-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) What filesystem allows file bar and directory bar in the foo directory? The only way to utilize the above hypothetical URL's is to use mod-rewrite (or similar). You could easially disable slash-optional rewrite when a mod-rewrite rule is (...) (26 years ago, 13-Jun-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) Do you mean that if a browser requested some page /foo/bar which didn't exist, but a page /foo/bar/ existed, that it would be nice if the server output the content of /foo/bar/ when it was requested to serve /foo/bar ? If so, wouldn't that (...) (26 years ago, 13-Jun-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) It's not that, Mike, it's that /castle is actually a valid URL of a valid webpage (it just happens to be empty). When I view that, it shows me a button which says "Start This Page" and I could click that and type in content onto that page if I (...) (26 years ago, 13-Jun-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) OK, let's add "unaware" to that list; some users may be unaware that a URL is actually /foo/bar/ and perceive it instead as /foo/bar -- especially if the URL was printed wrong somewhere, such as a print ad. Note: If the server actually (...) (26 years ago, 13-Jun-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) I think trailing slashes should be optional by specification. Even if they are not optional in the spec, it is optional in the De Facto spec given the existing base of installed servers that handle it gracefully (to the end user). It would be (...) (26 years ago, 13-Jun-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) If I were paying for a website to be designed for me for a commercial purpose, I'd want it designed to maximise the ease of use and to make any user feel comfortable - I doubt this would include lecturing users on web use. Scott A (...) (26 years ago, 13-Jun-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) I'm of two minds on this. :) It's not so bad when a server adds a trailing slash when someone types a URL in wrong by hand (like something they saw printed wrong on purpose in a print advertisement), but when a server allows _written_ URLs (...) (26 years ago, 13-Jun-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) Yes, and I'm sure the lost revenue from people who are trying to open a browser and point to Lugnet to find a set (without using the search feature, mind you) and follow that link through to eToys to buy the item, adds up toa staggering (...) (26 years ago, 13-Jun-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) No, I don't think it is extreme. In fact, I think it might just be applicable to LUGNET in some way, given the fact that many of the set listing pages have affiliate links on them to eToys (and aren't there some pages with links containing (...) (26 years ago, 13-Jun-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) Yes, but that's a rather extreme example, don't you think? I don't think the two situations equate at all. It's nto as if users are finding themselves unable to find the discussion groups or anything. eric (26 years ago, 13-Jun-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) What makes you think users "forget" or are "lazy" if they don't enter a trailing slash? Do you honestly believe that the majority of users even know they they "should" put in the trailing slash? (...) You may have the technical slant on your (...) (26 years ago, 13-Jun-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) either, (...) Sure he does. 'Course, if that given system administrator attention to a level of technical detail that almost no other system around insists on, I'd say that system administrator is more interested in being arrogantly correct (...) (26 years ago, 13-Jun-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) Howabout lugnet.event.us.brickfest? Also, if Mindfest will be a regular thing, lugnet.event.us.mindfest. lugnet.event.us.kidvention could also be good. (26 years ago, 13-Jun-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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...Its a little late to think of it now! But can we get a group: lugnet.brickfest ? At least we can start to use it for next years planning :-) ...you can go back to ignoring me now... wubwub stephen f roberts wamalug guy ((URL) Guide ((URL) the (...) (26 years ago, 13-Jun-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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| | Member benefits... ?
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Hey Todd, In the past few weeks I've seen a couple of new benefits added to members, like password-changing and member pages. The problem is, I was in a hurry when looking at them and didn't pay much attention, and now I can't remember the URLs for (...) (26 years ago, 13-Jun-00, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.people)
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(...) That's one theory. There are others. I'm sure a libertarian realises that a given system admin can choose how to admin his own system. eric (26 years ago, 13-Jun-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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In lugnet.admin.general, Todd Lehman writes: <snip> (...) You're technically correct. Leaving off a trailing slash is technically "wrong" syntax. But before we condemn servers for automatically adding it back in and doing what the user expects (...) (26 years ago, 13-Jun-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) Unless the terms of use has changed, I do not think you were wrong. Scott A (...) (26 years ago, 13-Jun-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) If it was wrong to post the message here, then I apologise. I have to claim ignorance. David. (...) (26 years ago, 13-Jun-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) Actually, those changes are actually all still in place and still working. For example, if you guess and type in: (URL) be auto-forwarded to the correct URL: (URL) if you omit the trailing / character and type in (URL) it gives a blank FTX (...) (26 years ago, 13-Jun-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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I'd like to ask if messages like this one is accepted on the lugnet.technic newsgroup. Personally, I thought the lugnet.technic group was not a part of the market groups, but I may be mistaken. Sorry if this is obvious. Fredrik (...) (26 years ago, 12-Jun-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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| | Re: Transclusional Stuff (Was: Re: using member pages that are associated with groups)
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(...) Was the example above obvious enough? As a user, that's the look I'd like to achieve :) (...) True - I'm too impatient though - I want to do something now :) Richard (26 years ago, 12-Jun-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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| | Re: Virtual cookies (was: Re: Editing Member Pages & Netscape)
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(...) Too bad. What would be nice is letting me take explicit control of my cookies, that is, go to a page where LUGNET shows me all my LUGNET related cookies currently present on the machine, if any, and currently stored in my member record, if (...) (26 years ago, 11-Jun-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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| | Re: Transclusional Stuff (Was: Re: using member pages that are associated with groups)
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(...) Ya. (...) attribute/preference on a page, so that when it's transcluded it automatically shows without the line, or whether it should be a non-option on a page so that the transcluding page specified whether or not to display a line. In either (...) (26 years ago, 11-Jun-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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| | Re: Virtual cookies (was: Re: Editing Member Pages & Netscape)
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(...) See (URL) (...) There's only one "virtual cookie" per member record -- so it doesn't support multiple news-posting configs. (...) That's not quite how it works -- it doesn't send you a cookie when you sign in. Rather, it notices that you've (...) (26 years ago, 11-Jun-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) It is a tracking device but not sinister and not intended to stop anything. It's simply to be able to count outgoing click-throughs. The jump.cgi script does simply rewrites the URL and outputs a new HTTP 'Location:' header. Then the httpd (...) (26 years ago, 11-Jun-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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| | Re: Virtual cookies (was: Re: Editing Member Pages & Netscape)
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(...) You have to actually go through steps 1 and 2 (once) because the cookies aren't sent by your browser unless you're "in" the area of the website to which the cookie applies. (It's a bandwidth-saving optimization because some cookies can get (...) (26 years ago, 11-Jun-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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| | Transclusional Stuff (Was: Re: using member pages that are associated with groups)
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(...) Sounds good! Is there a way planned for collaborative editing, such as semaphores that time out? E.G. I got a dismal (zero) response about this page: (URL) because people have to write up their info, and then email it to me. I believe that if (...) (26 years ago, 11-Jun-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) Well, I think I said -- and I think it's obvious. They don't want any of the legal responsibilities that would come with an endorsement/sponsorship relationship. (26 years ago, 11-Jun-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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In lugnet.admin.general, Richard Franks writes: <snipped well said reply/explanation> (...) A capital idea, would that it only would take hold. I for one am baffled why this thread has went on so long on such a tiny point that seems so stunningly (...) (26 years ago, 11-Jun-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) You rock. Guess i have to stop using "ToddIsAWeenie" as my password now. :-) (1) Can you let it check for a cookie on the machine first, and if present, use that (a particular machine may have different details such as org, for whatever (...) (26 years ago, 11-Jun-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) Perhaps because official sponsership or endorsement would cause more headaches than the occasional no-strings-attached gift. LEGO as a company do it all the time - they might send out a K8 to a LEGOfest, organise local events; they have a (...) (26 years ago, 11-Jun-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) ... and, if true, why do you think that would be? Scott A (...) (26 years ago, 11-Jun-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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When you link to an outside page now in FTX, it goes through 'jump.cgi', eg linking to "(URL) would create the URL "(URL) when the FTX is converted into HTML. Is it some sinister tracking device, or is it to stop people linking to places you don't (...) (26 years ago, 11-Jun-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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| | Re: Virtual cookies (was: Re: Editing Member Pages & Netscape)
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This is fantastic - THANKS! One question though - do you have to go through steps 1 and 2, to create 'virtual cookies', or will it work automatically for people now when they log in as members? Richard (...) (26 years ago, 11-Jun-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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| | Virtual cookies (was: Re: Editing Member Pages & Netscape)
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(...) I figured out last night how to make a not-too-kludged transitional workable thingie. I made a thingie where it now stores 'virtual' cookies into your Member record. If you're signed in, then it fetches the virtual cookie from there as if it (...) (26 years ago, 11-Jun-00, to lugnet.admin.general) !
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(...) Oops, strike that. No wonder I couldn't remember what n was -- it doesn't increase the CELLPADDING; it inserts cells with 's so that it scales properly with the default font size (whereas pixel counts don't). --Todd (26 years ago, 10-Jun-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) It works as a single line because the <IMG> tag uses HSPACE=0 and VSPACE=0 as attributes, which causes all the images to abut. If using tables, it would display with lots of whitespace because the tables mechanism (again, it's meant mainly for (...) (26 years ago, 10-Jun-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) Sure -- definitely! (...) I mostly maintain that area, but Suz also has editor access to it. She mostly maintains the books and robotics areas but we both add stuff here and there. Richard Franks has editor access to the /loc/uk/ area and (...) (26 years ago, 10-Jun-00, to lugnet.market.services, lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) Hrmmm - the only comment this has received so far from a user is a pseudo complaint that it doesn't wrap when using Netscape and the answer is to make it not wrap with IE? :) (...) Hope so - I prefer the wrapping, but now I don't have it (...) (26 years ago, 10-Jun-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) Wow! Richard, this is an aside, but you are really showing us what FTX can do! Very nice. That is a NIFTY little model viewing application/thingid you built with FTX, people should play with the buttons and put .ftx on the end whenver you get (...) (26 years ago, 10-Jun-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) the (...) sense (...) which (...) Pretty please with sugar on it! I want LUGNET to keep info on me so once I prove myself I can ask LUGNET to send down standard cookies, so to speak. There are other things I'd like LUGNET to keep track of for (...) (26 years ago, 10-Jun-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) The person who "edits" the main market services page could put something on the page to link to it, right? (it's not ready to be linked to, this is more of a hypothetical at this point until I am ready to do something fancy) Who is that (...) (26 years ago, 10-Jun-00, to lugnet.market.services, lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) For now (until automatic indexing is implemented), you'll need to link specifically to the page from some other page, but Yah, feel free to do that -- it's part of the defined design... --Todd (26 years ago, 10-Jun-00, to lugnet.market.services, lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) That's right -- they're not supposed to wrap automatically. As near as I can figure, BTW, MSIE is not broken in this regard because the WRAP= attribute of the <TEXTAREA> tag is not part of the HTML 3.2 or 4.01 standard and thus the two (...) (26 years ago, 10-Jun-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) Works as designed, actually; these boxes aren't supposed to wrap automatically like news articles. One reason is that it's extremely painful to enter an indented bullet list of URLs when the lines wrap automatically, i.e. * (...) (26 years ago, 10-Jun-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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| | Re: Editing Member Pages & Netscape
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(...) Well, it's actually _not_ supposed to wrap in the case of these edit boxes. There is an "extension" attribute WRAP= for <TEXTAREA> but it's not defined as part of the actual HTML 3.2 (or even HTML 4.01) standard. Here's what 4.01 has to say: (...) (26 years ago, 10-Jun-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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