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Stavro Arrgolus's Blog
Topic: Editor's Blog- (1/21) Yes, We Can....Haz Moar Dementia? Kthxbai
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fiogf49gjkf0d January 21 - 1 am
Often think I write these just as an excuse to think up the goofy titles.
Now that the rich will be getting less of my tax money...oh wait, wrong site.
Now that I have the accesses I've been bitching about all this time, I can get on with the editing and 'we can haz moar dementia'. And LOLcats. And rubber hamsters with the bells inside them that go "Squeek, squeek!" and shiny... Start again!
With Tim and I fixing more things now, there'll be more time for shows. Maybe that will help to slow down the loss of active membership that happens after the holidays. Less site maintenance = more show consistency = more active membership. Or something like that.
...This entry was supposed to mention the new items on the song details pages. That was part of the point of it if I remember correctly. However, it's 1 in the morning, the insomnia has kept me awake for a couple of days- possibly 3- and the room's starting to move again, so I'll pick this up a bit later. If this page is taking too long to load now since it's set another record for responses, I may have to start another blog stack.
January 14 - 2 am
Sometime during my nap late yesterday afternoon, Wayne managed to get me some of the editing tools I've been bugging him for. It's now possible to add & edit song and artist pages. I've been adding albums with song pages for the first time and completing others that needed song pages since I woke up a few hours ago. More effective editing! Hip hip hooray! Nice, nice! Yah-boo! Philips is a German and he has my pen! START AGAIN!
When the rest of the access arrives and I get some updated spreadsheets, a new 'big song page fix' can begin. Until then, I've plenty to keep occupied with.
I still need to get out there and cross the frozen tundra to get some food. Haven't been to the supermarket since Dec. 4th, so I need to buy...everything. I have a big trunk, but perhaps not big enough this time. I think I'll leave the baby seals alone in case someone named Nanook shows up with dog doo snow cones. Won't have time to visit St. Alfonso tomorrow, so I'll leave the lead-filled snowshoe at home and stick to getting the groceries.
January 5 - 11:30 am
In the last year or so, new security measures were installed after each Chinese or Russian attack. The attack bots still come and are here as I write this, looking for openings so they can destroy data or fill the pages with porn and/or prescription drug ads. The security is holding for now. There's been a bit of discussion about it and blocking them as they're discovered and identified seems to be the most sensible plan. I'm quite sure Wayne doesn't have the time for such things. Since this is a 'functional thing', I don't know if it's even possible, but if Tim and I got access to do the blocking, things would be more secure in the eventuality that they find a way through and try to screw up the blogs and archive pages again.
Tim has suggested giving users control over the messages on their MadSpaces and as seen below, we're agreed this is an excellent idea. I also think such control could ward off potential misuse.
Add to the list below-
Revamp the Help page with new info & instructions.
January 2 - 11:40 am
Aline from Groucho Marx's 1959 autobiography, "Groucho and Me" that I read when I was a kid.
He wrote that when the Crash of '29 hit, his stockbroker called him, said, "Marx, the jig is up!" and hung up. He was right. The jig was indeed, up. There's no telling how long the consequences of the Crash of '08 will last, but there's no denying things will forever be different as a result.
Yes, the jig is up.
Enough of that. Time for some New Year's housekeeping (or 'site-keeping'- whatever). Here are some of the things that could either do with some fixing or would be very nice if added or altered. This list will expand as I remember these things- no easy task. I'll invariably forget some. If you can think of them, just remind me...
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Fix the user status problem that blocks 'members' ("blocks members"- sounds so dirty!) from adding new topics in the main forum.
While status items are being looked at, after 4 years and just under 44,000 members, maybe there could be more than 25 'old-timers'. And as for that, it says on the Help page that questions should best be directed to them. Don't ½ of them lurk? I think it's an FSM-given right to lurk in peace if you want. It would be better if that sentence could be moved to the 'participant' description.
The IM needs tweaking again. Can't imagine how many I get sent that I don't see. Bob says he sent me one recently and I know for a fact that I didn't get it. This is nasty because it looks like I'm not bothering to answer them when, in fact, I'm not receiving them at all.
I mentioned this in June. On the Friends page, the color key still says 'Editors'- plural. The original intention was to have other editors for specific functions, but a year and a half later, there's still just one. It'd be nice if that became singular- "editor" or a more radical concept would be to make Wayne & Tim's color blue also and change the color key entry to 'admins' or whatever it should be for that. This placates a concern mentioned a while back about how 'editor' was mentioned in the key, but the other 2 were left out.
Take down the Xmas contest link.
Fix the timeout bug that boots you out of the chatroom after a set number of minutes.
'BADave Radio' needs to be added to the "Features Index" page.
On the shows' pages for individual episodes, some shows have playdates after the title, some don't. It'd be nice if they all did.
Just those for now. I wanted to get this posted first. I'll think of more later. Snow to shovel. Lots of f-ing snow.
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fiogf49gjkf0d And they're starting to ask where their shows are again. There may be more who are interested in only the shows than originally thought considering how fast we lost them when the shows stopped after Xmas for the maintenance. It may not have been just those who looked in again because of the e-mail on Dec. 18 that vanished after the 30 days.
When all the bugs are worked out, we'll fix the minor annoyances and the DJs will be posting shows themselves, so there'll be more shows & more free time to make TMMS. Show consistency will help attract new members and possibly bring back some of the ones lost so quickly in the last week.
Tim P. Ryan:
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Getting shows already produced online and keeping current will probably help more. Some folks do come around for a weekly dose of dementia if it is there.
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fiogf49gjkf0d Getting shows already produced online and keeping current will probably help more. Some folks do come around for a weekly dose of dementia if it is there.
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fiogf49gjkf0d It's all come apart in the past couple of days following the end of the '30 day active' period since the bulk e-mail was sent. Usually, this sort of drop takes a couple of months. Maybe more contests can generate more dementia. If there's new dementia to be heard and it's being heard here first, it may be possible to hold on to active memberships longer.
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fiogf49gjkf0d Now down to 1268. Quite a rapid decline. About 500 in a week or so.
Stavro Arrgolus:
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This time last month, about that number were joining every day, so when the 30 days are up, that many vanish. They just want to hear good holiday dementia and nothing else, so I convinced Wayne to have 3 Halloween shows & 4 Xmas shows to maximize membership during its peak season. Next year, he could have a special section in the store for Xmas albums to take best advantage of all this.
And if you 'listen' to a rubber hamster by holding it up to your ear, you hear...hamster crap pooping into your ear. That stuff doesn't wash off easily, either. People will ask you, 'How's the job in the sewage treatment plant going?" for days if you do that. That's a good banner, too. But one never grows tired of a good wooden wombat.
Tim P. Ryan:
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Yep, we lost another 50 overnight to go down to 1600 or so. The Active Friends pages near the 30 day mark is getting more purple.
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fiogf49gjkf0d They do have "New England Style" lobster a-holes, but my 'varks have a taste for shark claspers and seal cloacas....but I'm just not made of money, so 'Manhattan style' fish a-holes it must be.
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fiogf49gjkf0d I wonder if they also make a "New England Style" variety for the 'varks' up in your neck of the woods?
I know they offer both varieties in Clam Chowder, but I don't know if the 'varks' prefer that over fish a-holes.
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fiogf49gjkf0d Considering what the product is, I suspect the 'flavor' is rather spicy to begin with, so lower levels would be a good idea. I just know that when the 'varks eat it, the 'available tar' they excrete to seal driveways with has a delicate scent of potpourri.
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fiogf49gjkf0d The 'varks love the "Manhattan style" variety. And no part of the fish is wasted. Yes, conservation is important.
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fiogf49gjkf0d I resized the thumbnail into an avatar. The avatar does load and work, but when it takes you to the next page, you get an error message. I then go back a page and refresh it, and see the new avatar in place.
I can embed an image from another site with no problem. I found the one you have:
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fiogf49gjkf0d Were you trying to load one of the ones you made recently? I got that same "open Datareader" error when choosing this one. I backed up from the error but still had the avatar I chose. The program might not like complex designs. I tried an older one and it was ok. You can still get them; you just have to back up the browser from the error page and you will still have the choice you made. This may be part of the other problem with image linking. It'll all get worked out.
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fiogf49gjkf0d I now got this error when uploading a new avatar:
Server Error in '/' Application.
There is already an open DataReader associated with this Command which must be closed first.
Description: An unhandled exception occurred during the execution of the current web request. Please review the stack trace for more information about the error and where it originated in the code.
Exception Details: System.InvalidOperationException: There is already an open DataReader associated with this Command which must be closed first.
Source Error:
The source code that generated this unhandled exception can only be shown when compiled in debug mode. To enable this, please follow one of the below steps, then request the URL:
1. Add a "Debug=true" directive at the top of the file that generated the error. Example:
<%@ Page Language="C#" Debug="true" %>
or:
2) Add the following section to the configuration file of your application:
Note that this second technique will cause all files within a given application to be compiled in debug mode. The first technique will cause only that particular file to be compiled in debug mode.
Important: Running applications in debug mode does incur a memory/performance overhead. You should make sure that an application has debugging disabled before deploying into production scenario.
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fiogf49gjkf0d Well, not everything's broken. The new song page info box arrangement is working. I suppose it's about time I posted some instruction & explanation of the new things or else people won't want to fill them out. More details & credits help ward off the lawyers...I hope.
Maybe I should a new blog stack if this one is loading too slowly.
...I see you found a can of the asphalt aardvark treats.
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fiogf49gjkf0d Had to look up what 'compilation error' means:
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Compilation error refers to a state when a compiler fails to compile a piece of computer program source code, either due to errors from the compiler itself, or more likely syntax errors in the code. A compilation error message often helps programmers debugging the source code for possible syntax errors.
In other words, it's broken!
Interesting enough,
your thumbnails work:
I wonder if you are better off eating those than fish heads?
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fiogf49gjkf0d I tried it and got the same one. Lot of 'compilation error's lately. I'll send him a copy of it. All these bugs- we just can't have nice new things around here, can we?
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fiogf49gjkf0d Now it looks like images are not showing up. I got this error when I linked to one:
Server Error in '/' Application.
Compilation Error
Description: An error occurred during the compilation of a resource required to service this request. Please review the following specific error details and modify your source code appropriately.
Compiler Error Message: BC30456: 'InitializeCulture' is not a member of 'ASP.display_photo_aspx'.
Source Error:
Line 1: <%@ page language="vb" autoeventwireup="false" inherits="localhost.DisplayPhoto, App_Web_k53buu0w" %>
Source File: D:\www.TheMadMusicArchive.com\display_photo.aspx Line: 1
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fiogf49gjkf0d Stavro, so you didn't get it? Too bad, it was quite brilliant. :-)
Stavro Arrgolus:
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Rubber Hamsters™! HTML is fixed!
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fiogf49gjkf0d Yes, it is!
Stavro Arrgolus:
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Rubber Hamsters™! HTML is fixed!
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fiogf49gjkf0d Rubber Hamsters™! HTML is fixed!
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fiogf49gjkf0d I hope these things are as easy to fix as the stuff I mentioned on the other thread yesterday. Thanks for confirming that the HTML is out more or less completely. Thought it was just me because of the new accesses. Fixing the IM might be harder since it works for some and not for others. Maybe there's a wooden wombat stuck in his server.
Yes. "Runtime error". That's what I'm getting.
Gotta write this down before I forget. Complete dates can't be input into the song pages.
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fiogf49gjkf0d Just got your IM. For some reason, that started working again.
Now it's the HTML thats gone t!ts up.
The link to the IM is below:
www.themadmusicarchive.com/display_photo.aspx?id=1558
<img src="www.themadmusicarchive.com/display_photo.aspx?id=1558">
I cannot embed the image, but it will certainly let me link to it!
This is the error I keep getting:
Server Error in '/' Application.
Runtime Error
Description: An application error occurred on the server. The current custom error settings for this application prevent the details of the application error from being viewed remotely (for security reasons). It could, however, be viewed by browsers running on the local server machine.
Details: To enable the details of this specific error message to be viewable on remote machines, please create a <customErrors> tag within a "web.config" configuration file located in the root directory of the current web application. This <customErrors> tag should then have its "mode" attribute set to "Off".
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fiogf49gjkf0d It seems I can't receive any IMs now or use HTML for now- which means I can't update this blog. I could make another one, but it would look so dull in comparison. I'll wait.
Excitement and adventure and really wild things have been going on behind the scenes! ...Well, not really, but some new archive functions have been added. When everything's completed & the little annoyances are fixed, I'll post a list of the new functions & what they're for if Wayne doesn't do it first. Once the HTML's working again, of course.
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fiogf49gjkf0d Thanks, yes, I know! I'm actually working on the ability for the D.J.s themselves to upload their shows and enter their playlists on their own without waiting for me to have free time - that and a bunch of other stuff which the recent "Stavro & Tim tools" now require me to do. The show upload/playlist thingy should be done by this weekend!
karlap:
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Now Wayne needs to get you the tools to add SHOWS. He is now 3 weeks behind.
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fiogf49gjkf0d He got quite a bit done today. Tim & I now have more access and can fix more things ourselves allowing Wayne more time to focus on the shows and other things. I'm content.
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fiogf49gjkf0d Now Wayne needs to get you the tools to add SHOWS. He is now 3 weeks behind.
Stavro Arrgolus:
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Wayne managed to get me some of the editing tools I've been bugging him for. It's now possible to add & edit song and artist pages.
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fiogf49gjkf0d Well how about that, you learn something new every day! I didn't know about those parrots, that they live in New Zealand and do this - www.kcc.org.nz/birds/kakapo/booming.asp
MarlinsGirl:
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That doesn't shock me. The Kakapo parrot does something very similar.
Terri M.
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fiogf49gjkf0d That doesn't shock me. The Kakapo parrot does something very similar.
Terri M.
fm123:
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Hey Terri,
That's what those animals do in Australia during the mating season. It's all part of nature.
MarlinsGirl:
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that's disturbing, fm123
Terri M.
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fiogf49gjkf0d Hey Terri,
That's what those animals do in Australia during the mating season. It's all part of nature.
MarlinsGirl:
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that's disturbing, fm123
Terri M.
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fiogf49gjkf0d that's disturbing, fm123
Terri M.
fm123:
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If you hold a Wooden Wombat™ to your ear, you will hear the wonderful sounds of the ocean waves from down under plus the sounds of kangaroos and koala bears in heat!
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fiogf49gjkf0d If you hold a Wooden Wombat™ to your ear, you will hear the wonderful sounds of the ocean waves from down under plus the sounds of kangaroos and koala bears in heat!
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fiogf49gjkf0d This time last month, about that number were joining every day, so when the 30 days are up, that many vanish. They just want to hear good holiday dementia and nothing else, so I convinced Wayne to have 3 Halloween shows & 4 Xmas shows to maximize membership during its peak season. Next year, he could have a special section in the store for Xmas albums to take best advantage of all this.
And if you 'listen' to a rubber hamster by holding it up to your ear, you hear...hamster crap pooping into your ear. That stuff doesn't wash off easily, either. People will ask you, 'How's the job in the sewage treatment plant going?" for days if you do that. That's a good banner, too. But one never grows tired of a good wooden wombat.
Tim P. Ryan:
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Yep, we lost another 50 overnight to go down to 1600 or so. The Active Friends pages near the 30 day mark is getting more purple.
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fiogf49gjkf0d Yep, we lost another 50 overnight to go down to 1600 or so. The Active Friends pages near the 30 day mark is getting more purple.
Stavro Arrgolus:
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This is what happens ever year around this time. Xmas ends, a week or so passes (depending on the timing of Thanksgiving and generally when people want to hear Xmas music), the 30 day 'active' membership runs out and most of the large number of new members who joined just to hear the Xmas dementia start to be rendered 'inactive' and vanish in mass quantities. Each year there are less at peak, which is Xmas week itself. There were 1750 this year, but only because of the e-mail. There were 2000 the previous Xmas and 2500 the Xmas before that.
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fiogf49gjkf0d No wonder the IM doesn't work......
Stavro Arrgolus:
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First there was faxing beer, now there's e-mailing champagne. What's next, instant messaging crack?
"I've never had a problem with drugs. I've had problems with the police." - Keith Richards
peterpuck9:
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The e-mail champagne was quite good, thanks. (hiccup) Excuse me.
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fiogf49gjkf0d It's for real. A nice tribute to Monty Python. I understand from some reviewers that the label is far better than the contents.
; )
Stavro Arrgolus:
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You might think this sort of thing is shopped- nope. They'll have to alter the commercial a bit... www.themadmusicarchive.com/song_details.aspx?SongID=31733
Must have to burn a lot of witches to make that since they only weigh the same as a duck. Bet it goes well with spam. And drinking enough of it gives you a silly walk.
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fiogf49gjkf0d You might think this sort of thing is shopped- nope. They'll have to alter the commercial a bit... www.themadmusicarchive.com/song_details.aspx?SongID=31733
Must have to burn a lot of witches to make that since they only weigh the same as a duck. Bet it goes well with spam. And drinking enough of it gives you a silly walk.
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fiogf49gjkf0d First there was faxing beer, now there's e-mailing champagne. What's next, instant messaging crack?
"I've never had a problem with drugs. I've had problems with the police." - Keith Richards
peterpuck9:
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The e-mail champagne was quite good, thanks. (hiccup) Excuse me.
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fiogf49gjkf0d The e-mail champagne was quite good, thanks. (hiccup) Excuse me.
fm123:
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Email champaign? Or is it email champagne? Maybe they are located in Illinois? I'll drink to that!
Tim P. Ryan:
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Are those that came back thanks to the email champaign are seeing enough to keep them logging in once-a-day? Once-a-week? Once-a-month?
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fiogf49gjkf0d Email champaign? Or is it email champagne? Maybe they are located in Illinois? I'll drink to that!
Tim P. Ryan:
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Are those that came back thanks to the email champaign are seeing enough to keep them logging in once-a-day? Once-a-week? Once-a-month?
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fiogf49gjkf0d This is what happens ever year around this time. Xmas ends, a week or so passes (depending on the timing of Thanksgiving and generally when people want to hear Xmas music), the 30 day 'active' membership runs out and most of the large number of new members who joined just to hear the Xmas dementia start to be rendered 'inactive' and vanish in mass quantities. Each year there are less at peak, which is Xmas week itself. There were 1750 this year, but only because of the e-mail. There were 2000 the previous Xmas and 2500 the Xmas before that.
The bulk e-mail was sent on Dec. 18, so I expect a serious dropoff in just over a week and for days after that. When it's over, we'll be lucky to have the 995 we started with when the holiday season began. It's too bad. There's much more to do here now, so people with an interest in this sort of thing should be looking in more often. Even if they lurk and just want to hear the shows. I still think there should be themed Flash games or something to keep more of them interested.
The other type who join you've probably seen already. They look up songs in the archive that interest them, buy something from the store and vanish- rarely to return.
Of course, not being able to ask one of us how things work because the IM is broken or not being able to start forum threads certainly isn't helping. They assume the IM's ok and then think we're not listening to them. Many new people would start forum threads just to say hello and now they can't. Some just want more to do. All this contributes to the membership losses.
At the very least, the broken functions causing communication problems need fixing quickly before these things drive away all new members. As for the rest, maybe we can give out a free rubber hamster with every new membership.
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fiogf49gjkf0d Warning: Lurker Vomit!
Ok, that's not fair, but we seem to be regirgitating lurkers around here. The Freinds number has dropped by a hundread since Christmas day, with the big drop to hit by the end of the month.
Being so involved, I probably can't think like a lurker here. But I'll try. Think of someone who comes around once a week to stream a show during their Saturday or Sunday morning routine. In the past 15 months, that habit of listening to 'this week's show' could be gone and by now, forgoten. Are those that came back thanks to the email champaign are seeing enough to keep them logging in once-a-day? Once-a-week? Once-a-month?
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fiogf49gjkf0d Praline: .......What's this one, 'spring surprise'?
Milton: Ah - now, that's our speciality - covered with darkest creamy chocolate. When you pop it in your mouth steel bolts spring out and plunge straight through-both cheeks.
Praline: Well where's the pleasure in that? If people place a nice chocky in their mouth, they don't want their cheeks pierced. In any case this is an inadequate description of the sweetmeat. I shall have to ask you to accompany me to the station.
Milton: (getting up from desk and being led away) It's a fair cop.
Praline: Stop talking to the camera.
Milton: I'm sorry.
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fiogf49gjkf0d Mr. Hilton: Correct.
Inspector: It doesn't say anything here about lark's vomit!
Mr. Hilton: Ah, it does, at the bottom of the label, after "monosodium glutamate".
Inspector: I hardly think that's good enough! I think it's be more appropriate if the box bore a great red label: "WARNING: LARK'S VOMIT!!!"
Mr. Hilton: Our sales would plummet!
Inspector: (screaming) Well why don't you move into more conventional areas of confectionary??!!
(the constable returns)
Inspector: Like Praline, or, or Lime Creme, a very popular flavor, I'm lead to understand. Or Raspberry Lite. I mean, what's this one, what's this one? 'Ere we are: Cockroach Cluster! -- Anthrax Ripple!
Constable: MMMMWWWAAAAAGGGGGHHHH!! (Throws up in helmet)
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fiogf49gjkf0d No, that's not good enough! You need a big red label warning "LARK'S VOMIT", I mean "EXPLICIT LANGUAGE."
Stavro Arrgolus:
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Somewhere out there, there's a better program dealing with all this that can be acquired and plugged into the site's programming. I've been given the strong impression that this would be better dealt with in the next incarnation of the site along with a few other functional problems I've pointed out. Until then, we just post signs saying, "Warning! Occasional naughty words!"
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fiogf49gjkf0d Somewhere out there, there's a better program dealing with all this that can be acquired and plugged into the site's programming. I've been given the strong impression that this would be better dealt with in the next incarnation of the site along with a few other functional problems I've pointed out. Until then, we just post signs saying, "Warning! Occasional naughty words!"
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fiogf49gjkf0d If it's just a matter of upper case & lower case, the possibilities are endless. Are kids still doing the alternating upper and lower case thing??
Perhaps a whole new bit of programming that isn't case sensitive. Spell checkers can do it, so I imagine it's not impossible.
Of course, I don't have the nanny switch turned on. If a "bad word" comes up in a title or lyrics, I don't want to try to guess what it should be. But in the forums and blogs, I would expect that we're mature enough to already know what words we should avoid.
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fiogf49gjkf0d Or you could add capitals in the middle of the word. There's no way to get it all. Something to this effect should be mentioned briefly in that section of the Help page just in case someone's precious snowflake sees a 'bad word' and Wayne starts getting complaints.
Anything makes them complain. Things like this, for example:
Yeah, that is just not right. Pertwee was a good guy, after all. I wonder if "whore" is one of the words on the censored list. It doesn't come up a lot.
fm123:
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The possibilities are unlimited as far as filtering is concern. What if a user posts a censored word placing hypens or underscores between the letters?
There's no way to filter that, or even replace the i with a ! in that 4-letter word.
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fiogf49gjkf0d The possibilities are unlimited as far as filtering is concern. What if a user posts a censored word placing hypens or underscores between the letters?
There's no way to filter that, or even replace the i with a ! in that 4-letter word.
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fiogf49gjkf0d That's why I mentioned that one. Now you can see the scope of the problem. Every permutation has to be added. Wait 'til I get around to adding the words to that Eazy E song DT played a few weeks ago. As Carlin pointed out in the "Carlin at Carnegie" cable special, there are quite a few of those words now. And if you have to list them all in both capitals and lower case for the function to work... that's a lot of programming, that is. That's a good album. One of these days, I'll get the rest of the tracks down for that.
fm123:
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The word just before "What's the clock say?" is uncensored on I.E. (not logged in). The rest of it look fine. Lots of ****.
Just found another word that needs to be censored, it's the 'N' word.
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fiogf49gjkf0d The word just before "What's the clock say?" is uncensored on I.E. (not logged in). The rest of it look fine. Lots of ****.
Just found another word that needs to be censored, it's the 'N' word.
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fiogf49gjkf0d The capitalization thing strikes again. As many have seen, the nanny switch is far from perfect. One of the many quirky little things it does is to occasionally leave capitalized 'naughty' words that would otherwise be censored. Presumably, this is because the censoring program's parameters were a little too specific and needed words on its 'bad' list to be both capitalized and not. I discovered this early on when I was adding the details for this: www.themadmusicarchive.com/song_details.aspx?SongID=4402
Dave AuJus:
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I noticed that you were viewing this song. On the online page it shows this: Viewing Song Details: "Fuck, I Stepped In ****" by Shat. I have the nanny switch on by default yet I can read the first word just fine.
Just thought I'd point this out,
Dave
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fiogf49gjkf0d It shows ****, I Stepped In **** on Internet Explorer (not logged in).
See the comments I posted below on that page.
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fiogf49gjkf0d I noticed that you were viewing this song. On the online page it shows this: Viewing Song Details: "Fuck, I Stepped In ****" by Shat. I have the nanny switch on by default yet I can read the first word just fine.
Just thought I'd point this out,
Dave
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fiogf49gjkf0d She'd need a third arm to hold that extra kid. Where would that grow out of? The possibilities are endless...and somewhat pervy.
fm123:
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Eye put that avatar back on for a while. Took a closer look and zoomed into that image that was on last night, and realized that she can have triplets and milk all 3 of them at the same time. Ahhh, the wonders of Photoshop!
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fiogf49gjkf0d Eye put that avatar back on for a while. Took a closer look and zoomed into that image that was on last night, and realized that she can have triplets and milk all 3 of them at the same time. Ahhh, the wonders of Photoshop!
Stavro Arrgolus:
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Given the choice, I'd rather get the milk from that girl posted last night. I bet there's a lot in the middle one. KnowhatImean, nudge, nudge.
Eye see you're using your original avatar again.
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fiogf49gjkf0d Given the choice, I'd rather get the milk from that girl posted last night. I bet there's a lot in the middle one. KnowhatImean, nudge, nudge.
Eye see you're using your original avatar again.
fm123:
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Actually it was a mail order kit from the 1960's where Russian students used to put together for a school science project. I did come with a red satin pillow that said "Moscow" with fringe all around it. Those students in remote areas used to think that "Moscow" was where milk came from.
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fiogf49gjkf0d Actually it was a mail order kit from the 1960's where Russian students used to put together for a school science project. I did come with a red satin pillow that said "Moscow" with fringe all around it. Those students in remote areas used to think that "Moscow" was where milk came from.
Stavro Arrgolus:
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Bet you had to stand in line for a few days to get one of those. Wonder if it came with a pink satin pillow that said "Vladivostok" with fringe all around it?
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fiogf49gjkf0d The other "MadSpace activities" give you the option, so this could also. Sensible enough. I don't know about anyone else, but I'm rather mistrustful of the "only me" privacy option you see on site's 'personal' pages or whatever they're called. You just know someone has access to it. Care must be taken always when putting anything on the net.
Tim P. Ryan:
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In other user/member control issues, I'd like to see privicy settings for these blogs to include 'members only' and 'totally private to myself'...
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fiogf49gjkf0d In other user/member control issues, I'd like to see privicy settings for these blogs to include 'members only' and 'totally private to myself'. That first one should keep google bots from looking up your life, the second one in case you want to have private memories, remove the entry without deleting it or keep it private while you compose and edit it.
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fiogf49gjkf0d Bet you had to stand in line for a few days to get one of those. Wonder if it came with a pink satin pillow that said "Vladivostok" with fringe all around it?
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fiogf49gjkf0d On The Twelfth Day Of Christmas, The Commies Gave To Me,
A Russian Transistor Radio Kit.
It's the Mark IV model. That's the one that's discontinued.
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fiogf49gjkf0d You need to add both tags, the width and the height. They should be divided equally by the actual size of the image, otherwise the image will look stretched or distorted.
For instance, back in the days when 14" monitors were common, the desktop wallpaper was set to 640x480. Many websites used to display those images at 50%, or 320x240. Now with larger monitors, you can still use the same old wallpaper, but it will tend to look grainy on 17" monitors, and even worse on wide screen monitors.
Tim P. Ryan:
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In html, if you just state the width, with the picture height be sized proportionally? Or do I need to go to a calculator to get the proportional height?
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fiogf49gjkf0d In html, if you just state the width, with the picture height be sized proportionally? Or do I need to go to a calculator to get the proportional height?
fm123:
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For the help page, you need to show how to resize images using some simple HTML code like this:
<img src="yourimage.jpg" width="300" height="150">
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fiogf49gjkf0d Thanks fm123. I format and crop most of the pictures I use before I upload them. I have a hard drive full of humorous pictures I've collected and stuff I use in my banners.
fm123:
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You are basically linking the image from an external site. Image hosting providers like www.photobucket.com let you do this sort of thing for free, provided you don't exceed their daily bandwidth limits.
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fiogf49gjkf0d You are basically linking the image from an external site. Image hosting providers like www.photobucket.com let you do this sort of thing for free, provided you don't exceed their daily bandwidth limits.
Dave AuJus:
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Pardon my stupidity, but how can you post a picture if you haven't uploaded it through your madspace page? Is it an embedded hot link or something?
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fiogf49gjkf0d I think I'd want to include details of how to post pictures first and then add that. Lot to get to when he has time for all this. I'd better start making a list. Yes, he loves those...
fm123:
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For the help page, you need to show how to resize images using some simple HTML code like this:
<img src="yourimage.jpg" width="300" height="150">
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fiogf49gjkf0d Pardon my stupidity, but how can you post a picture if you haven't uploaded it through your madspace page? Is it an embedded hot link or something?
fm123:
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There is a size maximum when using images that are uploaded to the MadSpace my photos page - www.themadmusicarchive.com/myphotos_upload.aspx (NOTE: Images will be downsized to 640x480 max.)
The problem is when a user places an image from an external source, such as photobucket.com and it's very large.
For the help page, you need to show how to resize images using some simple HTML code like this:
<img src="yourimage.jpg" width="300" height="150">
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fiogf49gjkf0d There is a size maximum when using images that are uploaded to the MadSpace my photos page - www.themadmusicarchive.com/myphotos_upload.aspx (NOTE: Images will be downsized to 640x480 max.)
The problem is when a user places an image from an external source, such as photobucket.com and it's very large.
For the help page, you need to show how to resize images using some simple HTML code like this:
<img src="yourimage.jpg" width="300" height="150">
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fiogf49gjkf0d It should be easy enough for Wayne to program size limits for uploading or displaying pictures. He tests for picture type (ie. jpg or gif). He could set a maximum of 600x400 pixel limit. If a picture is too big, you get a message asking you to resize the picture smaller before uploading.
Stavro Arrgolus:
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I've seen him ban effectively in the past, but that may come in handy.
If there is a width maximum for images on the site, maybe it could go on the Aardvarks thread in the main forum where more are likely to see it. You'd be amazed at how many take no interest whatsoever in my inanimate animal related shenanigans on my blog.
At some point, I'd like to incorporate the width info into the Help page as an aid to image posting when the opportunity arises to improve things a bit there.
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fiogf49gjkf0d I've seen him ban effectively in the past, but that may come in handy.
If there is a width maximum for images on the site, maybe it could go on the Aardvarks thread in the main forum where more are likely to see it. You'd be amazed at how many take no interest whatsoever in my inanimate animal related shenanigans on my blog.
At some point, I'd like to incorporate the width info into the Help page as an aid to image posting when the opportunity arises to improve things a bit there.
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fiogf49gjkf0d I saw this ban list on another forum script:A script like this one could block those Chinese and Russian IP's.
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fiogf49gjkf0d This is a test to see how wide you can go before it changes the overall table width.
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fiogf49gjkf0d Thanks Terri. You can actually use images as large as 600 pixel wide within the blog, forum, and the MadSpace pages without affecting the overall width. It all depends on the monitor you use and the resolution size it's set at.
If Haul-E-Weird sees this post, and could resize her image to about 50%, that would fix the MadSpace pages.
MarlinsGirl:
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I just resized it too 200 x 200. Sorry about page stretchy thing.
Terri M.
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fiogf49gjkf0d I just resized it too 200 x 200. Sorry about page stretchy thing.
Terri M.
Stavro Arrgolus:
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This is it: www.themadmusicarchive.com/thread.aspx?TopicID=3250
Terri enlarged a belly button image which stretched the page.
fm123:
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Do you have the link to that page? I would like to check it out to see which image needs to be resized.
Stavro Arrgolus:
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the one on the Asphalt Aardvarks thread can still stretch things out.
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fiogf49gjkf0d Won't be for a while. Just replaced the big TV and there are house repairs to deal with. And I'll want a new printer first as mine is crap. And new speakers...everything needs replacing, it seems.
Now that I think of it, the next blog entry should mention blocking those Chinese attack bots & Russian spammers that were here recently. As if there's not enough site cleaning to do.
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fiogf49gjkf0d Yes.
Tim P. Ryan:
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Individual members need to be able to take actions on the comments put on their page, such as delete, make private, or make available only to members, not just viewable to all.
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fiogf49gjkf0d I have a newer 17" Samsung LCD that does 1280x1024. I still have an older CRT monitor that runs on 1024x768.
If you ever plan on getting a newer LCD monitor, go for the 22" wide screen. I just got one here a few months ago, and just love it! It's an Acer AL2216W. This model was discontinued last year and Office Depot had just 2 left that they were selling for only $170.
Since you're in Massachusetts, check this page every week - www.salescircular.com/ma/computer/mnitrp.shtml for the deals in stores near you on monitors.
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fiogf49gjkf0d If you want to go there, maybe it's time to restart that thread. It's still on the main list.
fm123:
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I bet you're right!
Stavro Arrgolus:
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That's pretty big...and slightly nauseating. I'll bet an entire Asphalt Aardvark™ could get lodged in there.
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fiogf49gjkf0d That's true. It's just under 5 years old and it's 17" set to 1024x768. I remember having some kind of problem with the editing when I set it higher, so I set it to what was recommended in the manual.
fm123:
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BTW - You must run a fairly small monitor, or low resolution settings, as I have never really noticed this before you mentioned it.
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fiogf49gjkf0d I bet you're right!
Stavro Arrgolus:
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That's pretty big...and slightly nauseating. I'll bet an entire Asphalt Aardvark™ could get lodged in there.
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fiogf49gjkf0d So it looks like only Terri can fix that problem there. The person who starts the forum post or the blog post cannot edit other members posts.
Well, I think that problem needs to be addressed with Wayne.
The width of the image on that page is much too wide. It's like 800 pixels! The script on this forum should limit images to no larger than 600 pixels wide.
BTW - You must run a fairly small monitor, or low resolution settings, as I have never really noticed this before you mentioned it.
Stavro Arrgolus:
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This is it: www.themadmusicarchive.com/thread.aspx?TopicID=3250
Terri enlarged a belly button image which stretched the page.
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fiogf49gjkf0d That would certainly help. Something else for the list when Wayne reappears. If you can't zap MadSpage messages, I see potential misuse...
Tim P. Ryan:
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Individual members need to be able to take actions on the comments put on their page, such as delete, make private, or make available only to members, not just viewable to all.
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fiogf49gjkf0d I agree on that, Tim.
Tim P. Ryan:
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Individual members need to be able to take actions on the comments put on their page, such as delete, make private, or make available only to members, not just viewable to all.
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fiogf49gjkf0d This is it: www.themadmusicarchive.com/thread.aspx?TopicID=3250
Terri enlarged a belly button image which stretched the page.
fm123:
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Do you have the link to that page? I would like to check it out to see which image needs to be resized.
Stavro Arrgolus:
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the one on the Asphalt Aardvarks thread can still stretch things out.
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fiogf49gjkf0d Individual members need to be able to take actions on the comments put on their page, such as delete, make private, or make available only to members, not just viewable to all.
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fiogf49gjkf0d Do you have the link to that page? I would like to check it out to see which image needs to be resized.
Stavro Arrgolus:
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the one on the Asphalt Aardvarks thread can still stretch things out.
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fiogf49gjkf0d I did some more investigating, and noticed that the image is on my MadSpace page too, along with many other members. It's no big deal if you run a high enough screen resolution like I do, 1680x1050, but at 1024x768 it can mess things up for the rest of the page.
The image is actually posted on myspace.com, so the user (Vernoique Chevalier) can make the change is she wants.
Right now the size is 576x864. It would fit better if the image got reduced 50% to 288x432.
There is an easy way to do this using a simple HTML code.
img src="exampleimage.jpg" width="288" height="432"
That will cut it down by 50%.
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fiogf49gjkf0d I knew it was that picture when it appeared. It's not really bothersome, but it would still be nice if all these programs worked properly. I would think altering messages or images would be more of a moderator function.
The width thing originally caused havoc all over the place in the 1st days of the site upgrade. There were all kinds of sizing problems with the archive pages. Long, unbroken lines of info stretched the 'boxes' out of proportion. Had to take the problems out one at a time. Images like that one & the one on the Asphalt Aardvarks thread can still stretch things out.
Wayne looked in on things for a moment at 4 this afternoon, but that was it. None of my recent mails have been answered. I thought he was done with all the renovating. He'll emerge from meatspace again when he's ready.
fm123:
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I did notice why the width is messed up on your MadSpace page.
This large image is causing it.
The page looks fine on my wide screen 22" monitor, but on my 17" monitor, I have to scroll horizontally to see everything.
All that needs to be done is to resize that image to something smaller than what it is now. I'm not sure if you have access to edit it yourself, so maybe you need to contact Wayne and have him do it for you.
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fiogf49gjkf0d I did notice why the width is messed up on your MadSpace page.
This large image is causing it.
The page looks fine on my wide screen 22" monitor, but on my 17" monitor, I have to scroll horizontally to see everything.
All that needs to be done is to resize that image to something smaller than what it is now. I'm not sure if you have access to edit it yourself, so maybe you need to contact Wayne and have him do it for you.
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fiogf49gjkf0d Tell me about it. It's been that way since the 1st 'big song page fix' in Apr. 2007. It's one of the 1st things I discovered upon becoming editor. The problem was bypassed & the fix was completed with speadsheets.
"Method to the madness"- I constantly ask Wayne for Excel spreadsheets of complete album, song & artist lists because the prev. & next buttons don't work properly and can't be trusted to give you the next page. An accurate fix becomes impossible. You may be looking at an "A" song , hit the 'next' button and turn up in the "S"s. If I get the needed access, I'll use updated spreadsheets to do a complete and accurate fix of everything.
Tim P. Ryan:
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I think it can be automated, but the previous and next buttons for songs and artists are not giving proper navigation.
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fiogf49gjkf0d I think it can be automated, but the previous and next buttons for songs and artists are not giving proper navigation. In many places, going to next artist and then using previous does not take you back, it takes you someplace else.
The Arrogant Worms w/ The Edmonton Symphony Orchestra does not take you forward to The Arrogant Worms, you go elsewhere. From that elsewhere, previous does not take you back to The Arrogant Worms w/ The Edmonton Symphony Orchestra.
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fiogf49gjkf0d Good night. I'm a lifelong insomniac, so I must remain, I fear. Or go play 'Harvest Moon'. Those cybergoats don't feed themselves. Looks like Yakov Smirnoff wrote that translation. Aline is still there. She gets around.
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fiogf49gjkf0d Probably just as well. If this blog gets 100 some odd responses like the last one, it'd slow the page loading a bit.
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fiogf49gjkf0d I'm better off just using a link to the Russian translation of this blog page -
www.themadmusicarchive.com/stream_file.aspx?id=190
All of a sudden the word "false" showed up within the post, without the page. Very strange. Maybe it's some of the security measures Wayne put in place to block the Russians?
Now the width is back to normal.
Stavro Arrgolus:
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...and Clearasil...and stronger chairs. The width thing is happening on my MadSpace and on the Asphalt Aardvarks thread, too. It's in the program & there's nothing that can be done, I'm told. Yup, I asked. I'm too damn inquisitive sometimes.
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fiogf49gjkf0d ...and Clearasil...and stronger chairs. The width thing is happening on my MadSpace (info boxes are squashed to the left) and on the Asphalt Aardvarks thread, too. It's in the program & there's nothing that can be done, I'm told. Yup, I asked. I'm too damn inquisitive sometimes.
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fiogf49gjkf0d Clearly, Aline is a busy girl. I hope she brought towels...and bacterial soap...and antibiotics.
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fiogf49gjkf0d That's quite funny! Aline is - www.google.com/search?q=Aline
Stavro Arrgolus:
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And the Russians can't translate "Marx"! That would be even more important to them. And our 'big letter' openings got translated into whole words. Who's "Aline" and why isn't she in cyrillic?
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fiogf49gjkf0d And the Russians can't translate "Marx"! That would be even more important to them. And our 'big letter' openings got translated into whole words. Who's "Aline" and why isn't she in cyrillic?
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fiogf49gjkf0d Ha! Apparently, there's no Russian term for "sign-up"...or 'Hollytones'. And in Chinese, they can't translate "Kahn". You would think that would be an important word there. There's Genghis, Kubla, Chaka....
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fiogf49gjkf0d Those search bots are almost always here. There have been 3 or 4000 hits at once occasionally. Sometimes they look for an artist and then later on the list are that artist's song pages. Sometimes the bots go with a theme. Of course, Xmas was the most popular one recently. Sometimes the bots are Russian or Chinese, sometimes not. Vaguely recall big lists that begin with "65." are Chinese. A few intend to do damage. Wayne needs to ID and ban them- or allow Tim and me to when we spot them.
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fiogf49gjkf0d I just spotted a ton of guests not logged in.
Mainly these two took up most of the list:
78.46.198.162 static.162.198.46.78.clients.your-server.de
208.111.154.33 v33.nat.svl.searchme.com
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fiogf49gjkf0d They still find new ways to get in. I still check NoScript to look for their crap on each different page type every now and again. The new security measures have been holding up. I saw a Russian spammer checking out the site a few hours ago. It's not like they've stopped trying.
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fiogf49gjkf0d The way it is setup now, is very good. With the direct links on the bottom of each page, all pages will be cached and that will be great in case something in the future ever gets deleted or lost.
Javascript toolbars are nice, but most robots cannot read them.
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fiogf49gjkf0d A while back, some smartass editor guy suggested putting the blog and help page links directly on the toolbar for easier access. Go figure.
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fiogf49gjkf0d Early December 2007 Main Page
Back then without javascript enabled, you couldn't get to the blog pages. Now you can. See the link at the bottom of each page - "Blogs".
The only problem with the Wayback Machine is that is doesn't cache any javascript pages.
If it did, I would be able to retrieve all of the old blog posts that were made before the Chinese and Russian hackers came aboard.
Stavro Arrgolus:
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The Chinese got everything for just under a month starting in early December 2007.
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fiogf49gjkf0d Frighteningly enough, I remember the original look of the April 2007 site upgrade a little too well...like it was last Thursday morning. Time flies a little too quick these days.
The Chinese got everything for about a month starting around Thanksgiving 2007.
fm123:
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See who was online about one year ago...
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fiogf49gjkf0d If you have a concern that you think I need to know about, the email function is more permanent than an instant message.
Particularly when involving numbers like image 2645 on page 7 of the avitar gallery looks inapproriate. (Number used as example, I'm not looking for one now).
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fiogf49gjkf0d Well, there's more proof that this is going on. I mentioned this somewhere else recently- the IM was fixed twice before and each time, the messages to us from days, weeks or months past poured in continuously for hours afterward. You know I make it a habit of giving an immediate response when I see it, but a noob wouldn't know the IM is malfunctioning and would think I was ignoring them. Who knows? This is the sort of thing that might put new members off staying.
Dave AuJus:
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I agree that the IM needs work. I've tried to IM you and Tim and others several times and got nothing back.
I know you were on line so I assume you didn't get it...
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fiogf49gjkf0d I agree that the IM needs work. I've tried to IM you and Tim and others several times and got nothing back.
I know you were on line so I assume you didn't get it.
So I posted my question in the Forum and got response from all of you.
Thanks.
I do have a question about how many singles are for sale in the MP3 store? I thought I read a forum or blog with the number 3000 in it, but I searched all over the place and could not find that number again.
: ) Dave
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fiogf49gjkf0d Rub it in, why don'cha?. I see a snow squall outside right now, so the shoveling can wait. I think I'll procrastinate tomorrow, too. "I ain't goin' nowhere." Could be worse. There could be earthquakes, mudslides & fires. And no gangs shoot randomly at you around here. Not yet, anyway. Shoveling's easier with no smog, too. [smirk]
You would think my asphalt aardvarks could help with all this, but they're frozen solid until April. Slacking quadrupeds! They should at least be out there chasing down noisy children & trashing noisier snowmobiles or something. But nooooo! "I'm frozen solid!" "I'm made of inanimate material!" "I'm a figment of your imagination!" Excuses, excuses. It's always something.
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fiogf49gjkf0d Welcome to 2009, Mr. Arrgolus. I hope you didn't drink too much 'Champagne' on New Years Eve. Happy New Year! Enjoy your snow, while we bask in the sunshine...
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