most of these, I"m guessing, are programming issues. it might help if we post what browser we're using, PC or Mac and what version. for example I'm on a PC IE 7.0.6..1.1800
most programmers/developers etc. use firefox/mozilla, so for those of you out there who want to switch browsers, it might help. I choose not to switch because most end-users (the audience) uses IE and so it's good to know the glitches.
the search engine at least shows today, but when submitted, still getting cold fusion error.
Please DO list any problems, questions, concerns & suggestions.
The forums weren't really ready to go "live" yet. There were problems to fix. But I asked Dr Harley to put us back "on" and we'd work through the problems. So, please tell us what's wrong and/or right and please be patient while we work through this!!
Phioranajimjim? (sic?) That's a new one. Most of the mods names make them sound like American Gladiators. This one just doesn't fit. I think this mod should change the name to "Pulverizer" or something equally intimidating.
Something I noticed when I went in to try to edit my preferences was that the sig line character count has been dropped down again. My sig isn't long but the UBB code it takes to write it out is pretty long because of the urls. I also noticed that the limit seems to be xxxxx characters. That's right, nothing...
Can we expect that ability to be returned as well?
Just adding to the list...
And the 2X4 and rollie eyes would be nice, but ROTFLMAO is a MUST...
And the edit feature is a priority for me. People are going to find out how many typos I really make in a day...
At least the links seem to have held together this time.
I cannot begin to tell you how many different post's that have touched me that I have emailed to myself. I could make a book out of them...hmmmm, "The Best of MB"
Anywho, I would like that one back......
not2fun ps...Mark, a mistake??!!?? Really??? I would have never guessed it....lol
Yes, I am aware the time limits on editing posts for members needs to be upped!!
And I see an "Email Post" on my options. Do you not have that too at the bottom of the post? Or did they remove that option for members? If so, we'll have to get that back.
Phioranajimjim? (sic?) That's a new one. Most of the mods names make them sound like American Gladiators. This one just doesn't fit. I think this mod should change the name to "Pulverizer" or something equally intimidating.
Yes, I am aware the time limits on editing posts for members needs to be upped!!
And I see an "Email Post" on my options. Do you not have that too at the bottom of the post? Or did they remove that option for members? If so, we'll have to get that back.
JustUss,
Nope, no email function on there....Like I said, I really, really, really love that feature...Thanks, Not2fun
And while "Jimbo" MAY give some of you a warm fuzzy feeling, let's not forget he very likely has a shotgun rack in the back of his Ford pickup and antlers for a hood ornament.
Nobody has said yet what happened but my guess is that the system crashed on its own the other night. Posts that I know were there had vanished when things came back up.
And while "Jimbo" MAY give some of you a warm fuzzy feeling, let's not forget he very likely has a shotgun rack in the back of his Ford pickup and antlers for a hood ornament.
I am feeling sorry for poor Phianorajimjim (sic). He/she is probably regretting their name right now. "JimJim" just doesn't do it for me as a scary mod.
Nobody has said yet what happened but my guess is that the system crashed on its own the other night. Posts that I know were there had vanished when things came back up.
Mark
This is what a mod told me
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Lil, We haven't been given an ETA for the boards to be up again. The tech's were installing a new program when the forums crashed. Unknown when they are going to have them up & running again but they are working on it.
How come you can have all those characters in your sig, and mine has to be 100 or less???
You got an insider on your side???
LOL!
No. The same thing happened last year and there were lots of complaints and I just didn't touch mine for a while. Then when I went to update later on it was A-OK.
And while "Jimbo" MAY give some of you a warm fuzzy feeling, let's not forget he very likely has a shotgun rack in the back of his Ford pickup and antlers for a hood ornament.
That will make you think twice.
I think the name sounds a little French actually.
well.....I didn't want to bring up the subject but I had noticed "dufresne". But don't get me started.
And while "Jimbo" MAY give some of you a warm fuzzy feeling, let's not forget he very likely has a shotgun rack in the back of his Ford pickup and antlers for a hood ornament.
That will make you think twice.
I think the name sounds a little French actually.
well.....I didn't want to bring up the subject but I had noticed "dufresne". But don't get me started.
We should wave a white flag and find out for sure...
Nobody has said yet what happened but my guess is that the system crashed on its own the other night. Posts that I know were there had vanished when things came back up.
Mark
This is what a mod told me
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Lil, We haven't been given an ETA for the boards to be up again. The tech's were installing a new program when the forums crashed. Unknown when they are going to have them up & running again but they are working on it.
Hiya Mark & Lil
This has happened before during aan upgrade install, as in not the first time.
I have often wondered why the Harleys don't go with the guy who does allnurses. That guy is a wizard.
Yes, I am aware the time limits on editing posts for members needs to be upped!!
And I see an "Email Post" on my options. Do you not have that too at the bottom of the post? Or did they remove that option for members? If so, we'll have to get that back.
I am getting emails when anyone replies to one of my "watched topics" ... which is GRAND! Me like.
grey face? You could go grey face before, at will??? How'd I miss that?
(LOL aliens, ha!)
Ok, I just tried to change my sig to admit I'm no longer on a trip but my computer still doesn't (yet) remember my previous account's password. Only to be told our sigs are limited to 100 chars. Which means my present sig (see below) is already too long. So I couldn't implement any of the edits to admit I'm not on a trip and have no excuse for forgetting my password.
In a nutshell: can you change the sigs so they can once more be longer than 100 chars?
Jayne, Would you like me to email password to you? It's going to go to the email address you originally registered with (still a good address for you?) and will be a temporary password until you change it to whatever you'd like.
Dufresne' French: topographic name for someone who lived near a prominent ash tree, from Old French fresne ‘ash’ (from Latin fraxinus), with fused preposition and definite article du ‘from the’.
Dufresne' French: topographic name for someone who lived near a prominent ash tree, from Old French fresne ‘ash’ (from Latin fraxinus), with fused preposition and definite article du ‘from the’.
Obviously the ash tree was prominently located in France.
Dufresne' French: topographic name for someone who lived near a prominent ash tree, from Old French fresne ‘ash’ (from Latin fraxinus), with fused preposition and definite article du ‘from the’.
Obviously the ash tree was prominently located in France.
hmmm, sounds pretty French to me! Frenchy Dufresne!
It's actually a sore point with me. I just think French is so wasteful. Have you ever stopped to think how many trees are felled and processed to create all that paper to print French books and articles chock full of excess letters that will never be pronounced? Especially in this crisis time for the environment! What the heck is the difference between gateau and gateaux? And why not gatoh? Or, if you allow the accents, gató?
My DDs went to sleep scared last night because they had to turn off their nightlights for Earth Day.
Everyone slams the US for not ratifying the Kyoto treaty and its reluctance to reduce greenhouse emmissions.
The French are getting a free pass here and they just laugh at us with their little nasal chuckles and those silly berets on their heads.
Wasnt Asterisk the name of a comic book character? oh wait, that was Asterix. There was a magic potion or something, and he came from Gaul. Wasnt Gaul the old name for France???
Beast Crush Hellga (it's the double L [and I'm not talking about cup size]) Hurricane Jet Justice Militia Panther Phoenix Rocket Siren Steel Titan Toa (needs the look - standalone doesn't work) Venom Wolf Zen (okay probably not)
The asterisk is derived from the need of the printers of family trees in feudal times as a symbol to indicate date of birth. The original shape was six-armed, each arm like a teardrop shooting from the center. For this reason, in some computer circles it is called a splat, perhaps due to the "squashed-bug" appearance of the asterisk on many early line printers.
So Asterisk comes from a time way back when families lived in trees and feuded a lot.
You have a lot of Gaul comparing this to Asterix. As far as the "magic potion" protecting them from the Romans, isn't that just a metaphor for "white flag"?
Yep, Lil Gaul was an older name for France, Belgium, umm I think some parts of Switzerland and Germany. Maybe Holland, too. I would have to look it up. I knew reading all of those extremely dry (but also extremely entertaining when you get to the good parts) ancient history books would come in handy.
Yep, Lil Gaul was an older name for France, Belgium, umm I think some parts of Switzerland and Germany. Maybe Holland, too. I would have to look it up. I knew reading all of those extremely dry (but also extremely entertaining when you get to the good parts) ancient history books would come in handy.
gallia omnia divisa est en tres partes...
I had to read it in Latin. Well 34 years later it hasn't done me a dern bit of good yet.
Well, monsieur, what do you think about Welsh then? Doesn't it have the longest word in any language? Or do they pronounce all the letters, so it doesn't count? I turned on extra lights for earth day. You, Pio, don't strike me as a "following" type, so what's the REAL reason your girls didn't have their night lights?
I can comment on the Welsh. It is a brethonic language, not celtic, so there are a lot of French-Welsh cognates (examples, eglwys and eglise both mean church) There are tons of letters to our English (Sysnaeg) eyes, but the ll is actually considered one letter. The pronunciation is strictly phonetic and there are no wasted letters. However, there is a nasty thing called a mutation where the first letters of words change depending on the sound of the preceding word. This is to promote euphony, an important concept to the Welsh. It's also an old language, very old, and has (I think) relatively few words. I can sing in Welsh and I understand a few words but couldn't put a sentence togther beyond saying "Bore da" (good morning) and "Diolch yn fawr y iawn" (Thank you very much.) And no, there is no particularly good reason I learned to sing in Welsh, just happened in to it.
Well, as long as they pronounce ALL the letters in those big, huge words (which probably takes some pretty large "breths"!), I guess it's OK--unlike the French, who scatter superfluous letters about the verbal landscape with frivolous, heedless abandon.:MrEEk:
Germans have big words too but they actually need all those letters. Germans never waste anything. I have to wonder what the life expectancy of an asthmatic German is though. I bet they die young.
As an outsider who doesn't speak Welsh, I have never accused them of frivolous letter use because, listening to their language spoken, who could ever tell. I always wondered if the Prince of Wales could speak Welsh. You would think it would be a job requirement.
But I do have two words for the Welsh: point size.
I once stayed in a hotel in llangollen,clwyd whose name was so long that its sign had to be continued on the next building. Couldn't they pick a better font?
I have heard that you should never bet with anyone from Wales.
I have to wonder what the life expectancy of an asthmatic German is though.
Expressed with a great deal more flair than I've said it to myself in times past, but the general concept has certainly presented itself to me before--generally while looking at those long, guttural words, or, for that matter, hearing them sprecken.
No. You're confusing it with Belgie. They do sound similar but Belgie is what you want to speak to get over a head cold. Arabic can clear the sinuses too.
Okay I am miffed....No...That word jsut doesn't cover it.
Okay...I am EXTREMELY miffed that the new software doesn't allow for DST. Typically American attitude! How Arrogant! Don't you realize 90% of the world doesn't follow DST. Why should I have to update MY preferences every time the FEW of you go on DST? Either get it figured out by IP address or give us the option in preferences!
A spider is like a little robot file that scans the internet for content. Google sends its little spiders out to find content. That's how it's able to pull up relevant pages when you do your searches. There are all kinds of parameters and technical things about it, but simply put, it reads content.
We really appreciate the effort!!!
I am practically DYSLEXIC and I shore don't wanna be found out! 
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