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[RawBearNYC]

Heheh...I would comment about you spending too much time online on a Saturday night, but that would be hypocritical.

I showed Rich the complete list of avatars, and he was so offended to his graphic design core that he's in the process of changing them.

I won't say more, other than to say that if you picked one of the avatars that came with this board...wait for Rich's announcement and then select a new one.

[The Giant]

Everyone who was concerned about avatars: Go check the new avatar thread. There is a whole new set of unique pictures, drawn by yours truly. Bask in my artistic mastery.

[Shalbatana]

hey wow. Yeah, it looks ok to me, though it's a little blurry cause I have the size wrong...soI'm a big red X...guess I;ll try that site. Thanks.


-------------so can you see me now???

that strike9 site gave me an error and I couldn't get to it. so I did a search for free avatar hosting and went with villagephotos.com.

Plus side: Took me all of 2 minutes

Down side: have to login once every 30 days or account is cancelled.

[Gannes]

Here's an interesting question; how did the "Test" board become the biggest board?

[The Giant]

Because for a while, it was the only thread.

[Bogotter]

and it's because this is where all the cool kids hang out.

8)

[Gannes]

I just noticed that when you change your profile, ALL your posts change, too. Even the ones already up.

Interesting, no?

[RawBearNYC]

Yeah, I'm not sure how I feel about that. I would prefer that it didn't retroactively change things. for security reasons. It's possible for you to be real offensive, then turn around and take it away.

[WampaX]

Should we re-name it the Ninja boards, then?
:P

[Bogotter]

I run a small message board for my D&D players and it does the same retroactive thing.

[Tae_Kwon_Dan]

I've never seen board software NOT do that. Part of it is a size thing. Currently all that has to be stored in memory is the contents of each post and signature lines, avatars, etc. are loaded from profiles when each page is loaded.

If those became separate instances as well then there would be a huge jump in the amount of space these boards took up as all of that information would have to be stored for each post.

[RawBearNYC]

I've never seen board software NOT do that. Part of it is a size thing. Currently all that has to be stored in memory is the contents of each post and signature lines, avatars, etc. are loaded from profiles when each page is loaded.

If those became separate instances as well then there would be a huge jump in the amount of space these boards took up as all of that information would have to be stored for each post.

Not really. The way this board works (flat text files on the server's hard drive) signature and avatar information could easily be added to the post information without any impact on RAM, and Hard Drive space is cheap...

If you have spent any time on EZBoard, you'll see that it actually saves signatures and such with the post. They also allow for removing the ability to modify posts on specific boards, disallowing the same scenario from happening to specific posts in "flame-prone" forums.

[Gannes]

Yeah, I'm not sure how I feel about that. I would prefer that it didn't retroactively change things. for security reasons. It's possible for you to be real offensive, then turn around and take it away.

Actually, my concern is more personal. I can be random at times, and occassionally like to change stuff. But I also like to keep the old stuff around, too, just to see how things change over time.

[WFRPguy]

What kind of world do we live in where a man can't display a rabbit with a pancake on its head freely?

so what was the story behind the pic anyways? a breakfast-loving wabbit?

[Pagz]

one thing i find odd about this board though, is that you can post stuff 3 years laters :P

[Samiam303]

Except you can't... Posting on threads older than (I believe) one month(?) old is considered thread necromancy.

[starwoof]

This is BY FAR the greatest episode of threadmomancy I ahve EVER seen.


TURN UNTHREAD!

[theKOT]

Aren't you guys Vigilante Modding? Am I Vigilante moddigin by asking that? AAAAAAAA!!!!

[Rawhide]

This is BY FAR the greatest episode of threadmomancy I ahve EVER seen.


TURN UNTHREAD!

Yup, this is by far the greatest case of thread necromancy possible, being that this was the first thread to ever exist on the board.

[Lilly]

The Fairy Modmother: Yes, thread necromancy is highly frowned upon in these forums. One should take great care to peruse the forum rules available here: http://www.giantitp.com/cgi-bin/yabb...num=1133174775

Thread Necromancy
Bringing a thread back from “the dead.” If a thread has fallen to page three and hasn’t been posted in for a month and a half, don’t post in it. Start a new topic if you want to discuss the subject.

And vigilante modding is also against the rules:

Vigilante Modding
If you’re not a moderator, don’t act like one. Rich has selected a few people he trusts to keep an eye on conversations here. Please refrain from chastising other posters over breaking the rules, especially concerning minor things. The proper response when you see someone breaking these rules is a PM to the local moderator. At most, you may courteously link to this thread. But whatever you do, do not tell other posters what to do, what rules they have broken, that they are "spamming", etc. Posters who do so excessively will be issued a warning for their actions.

[Pagz]

sorry about this then, i was just curious to c if it was even possible

*ping*

now a lv1 threadmomancer

[Rawhide]

Yup, its possible. None of the old threads get automatically locked or deleted after a time, nor do they get archived to a locked forum. So it is technically possible to revive any thread that hasn't been intentionally locked, deleted or moved to "The Dump" by a moderator.

[Ego Slayer]

Wow, and I though my Thread Necromany skills where good with taking the FB's "Not Pr0n" thread from last... November (pg. 30) was bad. ;D

I wish I could have done this..!
Hmm.. guess we should let fall back into it's deep, dark, word filled grave..

[Roland St. Jude]

one thing i find odd about this board though, is that you can post stuff 3 years laters :P

I think the lesson here falls under that ancient maxim: "Just because you can do a thing, does not mean you should do that thing."

(Just don't ever say that to an engineer or a tinker gnome or a software developer. Last time I tried that I got the response, "If it ain't broke, I haven't messed with enough, yet.")

Hmm.. guess we should let fall back into it's deep, dark, word filled grave..

I suppose that's best. But I had to get my two cents in. :P

[Rawhide]

Seeing as this is the thread called 'test', and this thread has recently been revived, I can think of no better place to use for a test post.



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