The Weekly 'Is TV Forum Down?' Thread

rts · Mon 17 Apr, 2006 20.34

James H wrote:Note Charlie Wells' new signature on Metropol.

"If ass holes could fly then this place would be an airport."
What IS going on?

Lol, I'll have to remember that one.

James H · Fri 21 Apr, 2006 19.37

I've been warned from the Newsroom forum for telling Charlie he was being told off as we had finished our little bit of caption fun. Is this young man COMPLETELY devoid of a sense of humour?

Gavin Scott · Fri 21 Apr, 2006 19.43

James H wrote:I've been warned from the Newsroom forum for telling Charlie he was being told off as we had finished our little bit of caption fun. Is this young man COMPLETELY devoid of a sense of humour?

James, how is Charlie or anyone else to know this was said in humour when you consistently deride him on this board and that one?

I didn't think you were joking, and trust me, I knows funny.

James H · Fri 21 Apr, 2006 19.48

Be that as it may, even if it wasn't funny to him, why is he being completely anal about it? The post was unnecessary as no-one had posted a caption.

And the thread was still on-topic and was going to be on-topic when someone posts some on-topic material in it.

What would you do Gavin? I see you as a good example of fair moderating....

Gavin Scott · Fri 21 Apr, 2006 20.07

James H wrote:Be that as it may, even if it wasn't funny to him, why is he being completely anal about it? The post was unnecessary as no-one had posted a caption.

And the thread was still on-topic and was going to be on-topic when someone posts some on-topic material in it.

Yes the thread would have continued, but it's not inappropriate for a moderator to guide a thread. Especially as he pointed to Row's new thread here.

Charlie Wells wrote:Sorry to be a spoilsport but can we keep on topic and not continue with the caption competition. If you feel the need to continue the caption competition there appears to be a thread running on Metropol...
http://www.metropol247.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?t=3391

James Hall wrote:I think you'll find that there was no real caption competition, and more to the point, that post was completely unnecessary, Mr. Wells. Consider yourself told off.

I'll be honest James (as I am sure you would prefer), I just don't think your post could be construed as a joke given your constant criticism of Charlie. If you were more balanced in your comments about him, perhaps you would be given the benefit of the doubt.

I think you should simply take it on the chin as a misjudgment on your part.

We all make them.

Asa · Sat 06 May, 2006 12.43

nodnirG kraM wrote:Oh look .. the database is fucked again.

Now I know it's said all the time but why oh why (oh why) can't over there be run on the same stable platform that over here plays on?? Without all the zippy menus and flashy pages and stuff...

Not that that would make a difference to the database going up the spout though, of course. There is a whole new design minus Flash and zippy menus, a whole new piece of forum software and a new host due later this year.

The mods also now have access to run the little repair script on the DB so I don't need to be around to do it.

Ant · Sat 06 May, 2006 17.59

Asa wrote:
nodnirG kraM wrote:Oh look .. the database is fucked again.

Now I know it's said all the time but why oh why (oh why) can't over there be run on the same stable platform that over here plays on?? Without all the zippy menus and flashy pages and stuff...
Not that that would make a difference to the database going up the spout though, of course. There is a whole new design minus Flash and zippy menus, a whole new piece of forum software and a new host due later this year.

The mods also now have access to run the little repair script on the DB so I don't need to be around to do it.

I think one of the problems with the site at the moment is the the flash links. For some reason, they don't load the page straight away. A GIF would probably solve that but I look forward to the new design.

Nick Harvey · Sat 06 May, 2006 22.25

Nick Harvey, in the Other Place, on 21st March 2006, wrote:The links to the various forums from the front page seem to need clicking TWICE before they work at the moment.

But, surprise, surprise, NOTHING got done about it.

Heaven forbid that anyone asks for a constructive change.

The Sadministrator will simply clench his backside even more tightly than previously and just keep repeating to himself that he's the second most perfect thing in the universe, after his coding of the totally unnecessary extras which regularly screw up TV Forum, whilst everyone else on the planet is a total cretin, like Nick Harvey.

Pete · Sun 07 May, 2006 09.58

nodnirG kraM wrote:
Nick Harvey, quoting what Nick Harvey said in the Other Place, on 21st March 2006, wrote:The links to the various forums from the front page seem to need clicking TWICE before they work at the moment.
That's probably more to do with Microsoft's new "Click to activate this thingy" thingy.

oh that's infuriating, there is a way around it however it involves using an extremely fiddly javascript technique which also doesn't work for when you're putting stuff on myspace.

I find this entire EOLAS issue ridiculous. Surely launching a program automatically from another program would invalidate the entire startup folder in Windows too?

MarkN · Sun 07 May, 2006 10.26

Hymagumba wrote:I find this entire EOLAS issue ridiculous. Surely launching a program automatically from another program would invalidate the entire startup folder in Windows too?

Nope...

United States Patent 5,838,906
Doyle , et al. November 17, 1998
Distributed hypermedia method for automatically invoking external application providing interaction and display of embedded objects within a hypermedia document

Abstract

A system allowing a user of a browser program on a computer connected to an open distributed hypermedia system to access and execute an embedded program object. The program object is embedded into a hypermedia document much like data objects. The user may select the program object from the screen. Once selected the program object executes on the user's (client) computer or may execute on a remote server or additional remote computers in a distributed processing arrangement. After launching the program object, the user is able to interact with the object as the invention provides for ongoing interprocess communication between the application object (program) and the browser program. One application of the embedded program object allows a user to view large and complex multi-dimensional objects from within the browser's window. The user can manipulate a control panel to change the viewpoint used to view the image. The invention allows a program to execute on a remote server or other computers to calculate the viewing transformations and send frame data to the client computer thus providing the user of the client computer with interactive features and allowing the user to have access to greater computing power than may be available at the user's client computer.

Ant · Mon 08 May, 2006 12.06

Looks like the flash links have been replaced by PNGs. Much better.