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Lou FCD Posts: 5455 Joined: Jan. 2006 (Permalink) Posted: July 10 2008,17:31    Quote (Richardthughes @ July 10 2008,17:59) Quote (argystokes @ July 10 2008,16:53) Quote Edited by Dr.GH on July 09 2008,22:47 Is Gary a moderator here now? Or is there a way for all of us to do the edit stamp? Different bits have different mods, I think: http://www.antievolution.org/cgi-bin....rd.cgi? That's correct, but the stamp is global. -------------- “Why do creationists have such a hard time with commas? Linky“. ~ Steve Story, Legend

carlsonjok Posts: 3326 Joined: May 2006 (Permalink) Posted: July 18 2008,07:45    Shouldn't the original UD thread be stickied to the top?  It would be a shame to let it roll down off the front page. -------------- It's natural to be curious about our world, but the scientific method is just one theory about how to best understand it.  We live in a democracy, which means we should treat every theory equally. - Steven Colbert, I Am America (and So Can You!)

Henry J Posts: 5786 Joined: Mar. 2005 (Permalink) Posted: July 18 2008,18:14    I'd think the parent note of the new thread should have a link to the old thread. Henry Oh, and ideally, the end of the old thread should have a link to the new thread.

Louis Posts: 6436 Joined: Jan. 2006 (Permalink) Posted: July 20 2008,04:10    I had a bit of a thought on the "Unreasonable Kansans" thread: awards. TO has it's Chez Watts and POTMs, and I don't think it would be too hard to encourage that here. I often look at the "antievolution" site and think that AtBC is such a tiny part of the serious effort of the site that we could contribute more and more usefully. Recently the management insertion of POTW stickers into posts has had a brief renaissance. And Lou has started his "Science Break" thread. Why not combine and formalise all this a bit more? Posters suggesting a post for POTW which then gets the illustrious POTW sticker (the in-joke being that 20 POTWs are handed out per day some days!) means that post can be considerd for the POTM. There could be two categories: POTM Science and POTM comedy. Thus keeping in the two best traditions of AtBC. I think it would even encourage better science writing etc. We even have the poll technology available on the board for simplified voting. Also there is a tradition of adding outrageous comments to one's sig file. This is a proto-Chez watt of sorts. Why lose those gems when the sig file changes? Why not have them preserved for posterity as an AtBC Chez Watt (or whatever we call it)? The revival of the "Brave Sir Robin Award For Running Away" is another addition that can be awarded for something so abundantly common in dealing with IDCists that I think it merits inclusion also. Others may differ! So I reckon, if the lords and lady high muckety mucks approve of course {tug forelock, tug forelock}, this could blossom nicely. I reckon there are enough serious regulars here to take a lot of the work on board (not that there is too much, the post could be copied and stored at the same time the POTW award is editted in for example). A sticky thread of POTM could be made, with corresponding non-sticky monthly POTM voting threads, easily. As could threads for other awards. I think, if this idea meets with general approval, that we need to decide 3 things: 1) What awards to have. 2) Who will administrate them. 3) How they will be awarded/monitored/managed. Thoughts? Louis -------------- Bye.

Lou FCD Posts: 5455 Joined: Jan. 2006 (Permalink) Posted: July 20 2008,20:40    I like the general idea, Louis. If we can work out the details, I'm for it.  As I'm sure you know my time is somewhat more limited lately than it has been in the past, what with writing essays for scholarships and whatnot and school starting in a few short weeks, but I'm game if it doesn't suck up too much time. -------------- “Why do creationists have such a hard time with commas? Linky“. ~ Steve Story, Legend

Louis Posts: 6436 Joined: Jan. 2006 (Permalink) Posted: July 21 2008,03:54    Quote (Lou FCD @ July 21 2008,02:40) I like the general idea, Louis. If we can work out the details, I'm for it.  As I'm sure you know my time is somewhat more limited lately than it has been in the past, what with writing essays for scholarships and whatnot and school starting in a few short weeks, but I'm game if it doesn't suck up too much time. Great! I think I would advocate a "minimal intrusive work" policy for this anyway! Like I said above the POTM award would involve nothing more than collating the posts that have been voted in thread to deserve a POTW stamp. The mod who has to insert that stamp could easily copy that post at the same time they stamp it. "Select all-copy-change docs-paste" is a few seconds extra effort. It doesn't even matter if multiple mods have different posts. Once a month, c + p them into a PM to that month's volunteer and bingo. Not a huge amount of work I think you'll agree. Especially as POTWs are handed out on the basis of in thread clamouring/possibly PMs as and when they are written. All the volunteer has to do is properly quote mark the posts sent to them (basically done already), setup a poll, post set a due by date for votes and retire! As for Chez Watt (or the new AtBC version), there is a thread of sorts already made by young Ras. A quick retitle, people adding their tardworthy sigs, a cheeky vote for this month's winner from a randomn 10 (suggested by we the readership perhaps) and boom, job done! The Brave Sir Robin Award, easy: ask a question 3 times, if the person keeps running away (an honest refusal =/= running away) and pretending they have answered it or have no need to (sans explanation): bingo! The thing awards itself. I predict that there will be months of one person winning it generating comedy comments like "18th yellow streaked month of glory for....". Louis -------------- Bye.

Lou FCD Posts: 5455 Joined: Jan. 2006 (Permalink) Posted: July 21 2008,06:21    Quote (carlsonjok @ July 18 2008,08:45) Shouldn't the original UD thread be stickied to the top?  It would be a shame to let it roll down off the front page. My concern is just that if we sticky too many threads, we'll have to scroll half way down the page to get to unskickied threads. I suppose four isn't too many, though.  If it doesn't work out, I'll let the Science Shorts thread float. ETA:  It's already too many, to my eye.  I'm going to unstick it and I'll discuss it with the other mods and see what we come up with.  Steve makes a similar point in the Unreasonable Kansans thread. Edited by Lou FCD on July 21 2008,07:42 -------------- “Why do creationists have such a hard time with commas? Linky“. ~ Steve Story, Legend

Henry J Posts: 5786 Joined: Mar. 2005 (Permalink) Posted: July 21 2008,11:36    What about just having the parent note of the new UD thread link to the first or last (or both) pages of the old thread? And perhaps have the last note of the old thread link to the beginning of the new thread. Henry

Wesley R. Elsberry Posts: 4991 Joined: May 2002 (Permalink) Posted: July 21 2008,13:56    I've added a couple of lines of links in the forum view. If those are not too disruptive, we could unsticky everything and just add links there. -------------- "You can't teach an old dogma new tricks." - Dorothy Parker

stevestory Posts: 13407 Joined: Oct. 2005 (Permalink) Posted: July 21 2008,20:58    I have to say, i'm liking the no stickies. It's more convenient to just look at the top of the list, rather than compare the update info for the top several threads.

Bob O'H Posts: 2564 Joined: Oct. 2005 (Permalink) Posted: July 22 2008,01:27    Shouldn't this thread, at least, be stickied?  Better to only have one meta-thread like this, and it's liable to drift off the first page otherwise. -------------- It is fun to dip into the various threads to watch cluelessness at work in the hands of the confident exponent. - Soapy Sam (so say we all)

stevestory Posts: 13407 Joined: Oct. 2005 (Permalink) Posted: July 22 2008,01:34    Quote (Bob O'H @ July 22 2008,02:27) Shouldn't this thread, at least, be stickied?  Better to only have one meta-thread like this, and it's liable to drift off the first page otherwise. I'll sticky your thread.

Leftfield Posts: 107 Joined: Nov. 2006 (Permalink) Posted: July 22 2008,12:20    For me at least the new links (to the former stickies) go to the first page of the linked threads. Can the 1 2 3 . . . 291 292 293 be reproduced in the links area of the page, to give the user direct access to the latest pages as well as the first? -------------- Speaking for myself, I have long been confused . . .-Denyse O'Leary

Wesley R. Elsberry Posts: 4991 Joined: May 2002 (Permalink) Posted: July 22 2008,12:37    Quote (Leftfield @ July 22 2008,12:20) For me at least the new links (to the former stickies) go to the first page of the linked threads. Can the 1 2 3 . . . 291 292 293 be reproduced in the links area of the page, to give the user direct access to the latest pages as well as the first? Not easily. When I get more time, I'll have another look. In the meantime, you click on the link, then click on the ">" symbol, and that will get you to the final page. -------------- "You can't teach an old dogma new tricks." - Dorothy Parker

Leftfield Posts: 107 Joined: Nov. 2006 (Permalink) Posted: July 23 2008,13:41    I said:   Quote Can the 1 2 3 . . . 291 292 293 be reproduced in the links area of the page, to give the user direct access to the latest pages as well as the first? After getting used to the new layout for a couple of days, I've changed my mind. I don't think what I requested is really needed. Most of the time I want to look at the latest pages of a stickied thread. Since they still appear in the main list, with the page numbers, they are easy enough to access there. The original UD thread will drift down, but there aren't any new messages to see there, so a link to the first page in it is as good as any other. So, never mind. -------------- Speaking for myself, I have long been confused . . .-Denyse O'Leary

Wesley R. Elsberry Posts: 4991 Joined: May 2002 (Permalink) Posted: Aug. 01 2008,14:51    "Legion" showed up again today, despite being a banned user. The spewage is cleaned up now. -------------- "You can't teach an old dogma new tricks." - Dorothy Parker

stevestory Posts: 13407 Joined: Oct. 2005 (Permalink) Posted: Aug. 01 2008,18:08    I was wondering who that was. IP somewhere in TX or KS. Didn't have time to look further.

khan Posts: 1554 Joined: May 2007 (Permalink) Posted: Aug. 10 2008,19:37    I have received an email from someone offering to educate me on creationism. I think it tracks from here. Should I report it, post it...? (I don't feel threatened.) -------------- "It's as if all those words, in their hurry to escape from the loony, have fallen over each other, forming scrambled heaps of meaninglessness." -damitall That's so fucking stupid it merits a wing in the museum of stupid. -midwifetoad Frequency is just the plural of wavelength... -JoeG

Erasmus, FCD Posts: 6349 Joined: June 2007 (Permalink) Posted: Aug. 10 2008,21:00    i got one too, a link to a godtube video Creation - A Historical Reality guiguysjohn Group: Probationers Posts: 0 Joined: Aug. 2008 Posted: Aug. 10 2008,18:52 I have put together a short presentation on creation and I am wondering whether you might be interested in reviewing it? http://www.godtube.com/view_video.php?viewkey=582eeb375acf271f9c86 Thank you, John Phillips haven't looked at it yet.  is this what you meant khan? -------------- You're obviously illiterate as hell. Peach, bro.-FtK Finding something hard to believe based on the evidence, is science.-JoeG the odds of getting some loathsome taint are low-- Gordon E Mullings Manjack Heights Montserrat I work on molecular systems with pathway charts and such.-Giggles

Gunthernacus Posts: 235 Joined: April 2007 (Permalink) Posted: Aug. 11 2008,15:12    I have (what I hope is) a silly question.  When I'm logged in, I cannot see the relatively new links bar for "stickied" threads.  But when logged out, it is there.  I have cleared my cookies, to no avail. ETA:  I use Firefox v3 -------------- Given that we are all descended from Adam and Eve...genetic defects as a result of intra-family marriage would not begin to crop up until after the first few dozen generations. - Dr. Hugh Ross

Albatrossity2 Posts: 2780 Joined: Mar. 2007 (Permalink) Posted: Aug. 11 2008,15:23    Quote (Erasmus @ FCD,Aug. 10 2008,21:00) i got one too, a link to a godtube video Creation - A Historical Reality guiguysjohn I got it as well, and deleted it. -------------- Flesh of the sky, child of the sky, the mind Has been obligated from the beginning To create an ordered universe As the only possible proof of its own inheritance.                         - Pattiann Rogers

khan Posts: 1554 Joined: May 2007 (Permalink) Posted: Aug. 11 2008,16:36    Quote (Erasmus, FCD @ Aug. 10 2008,22:00) i got one too, a link to a godtube video Creation - A Historical Reality guiguysjohn Group: Probationers Posts: 0 Joined: Aug. 2008 Posted: Aug. 10 2008,18:52 I have put together a short presentation on creation and I am wondering whether you might be interested in reviewing it? http://www.godtube.com/view_video.php?viewkey=582eeb375acf271f9c86 Thank you, John Phillips haven't looked at it yet.  is this what you meant khan? Yes that's the one. How many people were contacted by the creotard? -------------- "It's as if all those words, in their hurry to escape from the loony, have fallen over each other, forming scrambled heaps of meaninglessness." -damitall That's so fucking stupid it merits a wing in the museum of stupid. -midwifetoad Frequency is just the plural of wavelength... -JoeG

Henry J Posts: 5786 Joined: Mar. 2005 (Permalink) Posted: Aug. 12 2008,11:16    Quote Antievolution.org Discussion Board welcomes our newest member Chumockckas making a total of 8505 registered members. Antievolution.org Discussion Board has a total of 116748 posts (111438 replies to 5310 Topics) Most users ever online was 1043 on Aug. 12 2008,03:34 At 3:34 in the morning? Are most of the readers here insomniacs?

midwifetoad Posts: 4003 Joined: Mar. 2008 (Permalink) Posted: Aug. 13 2008,10:09    Bots. -------------- Any version of ID consistent with all the evidence is indistinguishable from evolution.

Louis Posts: 6436 Joined: Jan. 2006 (Permalink) Posted: Aug. 13 2008,10:32    Quote (midwifetoad @ Aug. 13 2008,16:09) Bots. {Insert standard response} {Insert LOLcat} {Print text = "Dembski's argument falls down" {insert standard rebuttal of Teh Argument Regarding DesignTeleology old enough to give Bertrand Russell pause} {Insert image "fat bloke"} {Print text = "HA HA THIS IS YOU!!!!one111!!"} Louis P.S. Is it staggeringly obvious I know nothing about programming? P.P.S. 3 am EST is about 9am GMT. Many of AtBC's UK fans are usually getting coffee at this point and staring dejectedly at something. -------------- Bye.

carlsonjok Posts: 3326 Joined: May 2006 (Permalink) Posted: Sep. 04 2008,10:40    I don't know where else to put this and this is the closest place.  I have been having minor problems with my PC.  Some programs like Firefox, Outlook, and Quicktime have either been unable to start or crash sometime after starting.  Additionally, when I <CTRL-ALT-DEL> to get the task manager, I only get the part of the task manager that shows the running user software and doesn't show all the background tasks that are running.  I am thinking that I may be having problems with my OS and was thinking of re-installing Windows XP.  Will this help potentially?  Will I have to re-install all my aftermarket software? Also, my XP installation disk came with my now-retired Dell computer and sasys it is for installation only on a Dell computer.  My current computer was built from parts by a local company and they ghosted my old hard drive over to the new drive so my existing setup is identical to my old. Will I have any problems using the "Dell specific" reinstallation CD? Thanks and sorry for the off-topic post. -------------- It's natural to be curious about our world, but the scientific method is just one theory about how to best understand it.  We live in a democracy, which means we should treat every theory equally. - Steven Colbert, I Am America (and So Can You!)

Richardthughes Posts: 11178 Joined: Jan. 2006 (Permalink) Posted: Sep. 04 2008,10:44    Carlson - try a 'system restore' from a date when you know your PC was working well. Control Panel > Performance and Maintenance > System restore -------------- "Richardthughes, you magnificent bastard, I stand in awe of you..." : Arden Chatfield "You magnificent bastard! " : Louis "ATBC poster child", "I have to agree with Rich.." : DaveTard "I bow to your superior skills" : deadman_932 "...it was Richardthughes making me lie in bed.." : Kristine

carlsonjok Posts: 3326 Joined: May 2006 (Permalink) Posted: Sep. 04 2008,10:51    Quote (Richardthughes @ Sep. 04 2008,10:44) Carlson - try a 'system restore' from a date when you know your PC was working well. Control Panel > Performance and Maintenance > System restore Thanks, but no go.  The task manager problem goes back about a year and the problem with programs crashing about a month. I don't have any restore points back that far. I guess I need to establish a repair point when (if) I ever get this resolved.  Apparently, having a back-up drive isn't sufficient. Thanks, though. -------------- It's natural to be curious about our world, but the scientific method is just one theory about how to best understand it.  We live in a democracy, which means we should treat every theory equally. - Steven Colbert, I Am America (and So Can You!)

Richardthughes Posts: 11178 Joined: Jan. 2006 (Permalink) Posted: Sep. 04 2008,10:57    Silly, but you never know: there are tabs on the top of task manager for user and system tasks - just in case you didn't check there.. -------------- "Richardthughes, you magnificent bastard, I stand in awe of you..." : Arden Chatfield "You magnificent bastard! " : Louis "ATBC poster child", "I have to agree with Rich.." : DaveTard "I bow to your superior skills" : deadman_932 "...it was Richardthughes making me lie in bed.." : Kristine

carlsonjok Posts: 3326 Joined: May 2006 (Permalink) Posted: Sep. 04 2008,11:01    Quote (Richardthughes @ Sep. 04 2008,10:57) Silly, but you never know: there are tabs on the top of task manager for user and system tasks - just in case you didn't check there.. Thank you, but I am not a complete moron.   -------------- It's natural to be curious about our world, but the scientific method is just one theory about how to best understand it.  We live in a democracy, which means we should treat every theory equally. - Steven Colbert, I Am America (and So Can You!)

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