There was actually a discussion in the mod forum about this. Basically it was
observed that some people aren't as versed in English as others (especially on
websites like MT with a multi-national following), and others have spent so many
of their early years on the 'net that they have "web-speak" firmly
embedded in them as a communication mode.
Basically if someone's making deliberately obscene or disruptive posts, then they're in
violation of MT policy- report them and we'll take care of it. However, if
they're simply trying to communicate the best they know how, and making
mistakes, correct them over PM and be nice about it. Heck, they might even thank
you! Just my own 2 cents.
If this is with Firefox... I know Firefox did a program upgrade recently; did
you install the upgrade recently, and if so did it only start doing this after
the upgrade? I'm pretty much in the dark here too, as your page loads fine for
me.
Y'all, this is actually pretty common- just get in the "members"
section and go to the last page and start scrolling backward; there were like 15
or 20 pages of this last time I checked. The common thread seems to be people
that have only logged in once. My educated guess is the database doesn't start
"tracking" the last login date until the second time they log
in.
I'll probably bug Sheq about it for grins this morning.
Quote: Please refrain from bumping
threads with over 4 weeks inactivity. If you feel the topic is meaningful then
feel free to open a new thread for it's discussion.
What is it with necromancers? Closing thread. (You can still check out the
pictures though.)
Well, Sheq did take out the "members online" portion of the main page
to speed up the loading.
This'd be easier to understand if absolutely no friends were visible-
nevertheless, it strikes me as being a side-effect of either that, or the server
move.
Quote: Btw, wouldn't it be more
suitable to name it as "admiration rate", or something like
"popularity stats"?
Wasn't that what the watchlist was for? <runs>
In all seriousness though, the only other way I can think of to determine an
"artistic level" would be to have some sort of crew that manually
assigns scores (like a judges' panel or some such) and I could see that going
askew very quickly. "One person's trash is another person's treasure"
or something to that effect.
Basically if someone makes a wallpaper/doujin of an unpopular series that the
"judges" don't like, then the score could easily wind up being lower
even if it's a wonderfully executed work of art with enormous talent and effort
put into it. Similarly, art scores coming from a relatively popular series could
be inflated.
Then you run into issues with the perception of favoritism, i.e. "Why did
so-and-so's wall get higher than mine when mine's better? Was so-and-so
brown-nosing the judges?" or something to that effect.
And then of course there's just different opinions of what constitutes art in
different people's minds. Some people like bright and colorful scenes, some like
darker "grunge" scenes. There're minimilistic artists, and there're
artists that want their stuff to stand out. Basically personal preference weighs
very heavily into what people consider "art." (And don't even get me
started on watchlists.)
So any rating system can be inflated. The "artistic level" is an
indication of somebody's skill, but hardly a perfect one. Just my two cents.
Personally this makes my day because if scientists can decide that their 1930
predecessors were wrong about the number of planets there are and what
constitutes a planet, then they can call themselves out on any number of
scientific things that are currently "unquestionable." Basically I see
it as a reform to keep there from being a ridiculous amount of
"planets" when we find out what other space junk is floating around
outside Pluto's orbit. (They've already found one: this "Xena.")
Quote: with all the big problems on
earth right now does any one really care about something so pointless and about
a planet so far away we'll probarly never reach it in this lifetime. What's you
take on this issue?
As for it being "pointless": I'll bite. In defense of the scientific
spirit, there's many other things that have been considered
"pointless" and have since borne astonishing practical fruit. It was
once considered pointless to try and make something heavier than air fly; now
103 years after a couple guys in North Carolina went ahead and did it, travel
and commerce have been revolutionized forever; if I need to be in, say, Taiwan
or Europe as fast as possible, taking an ocean barge would be pointless. It was
considered pointless by some to try and put artificial satellites in space; now
if all of our satellites fell out of the sky, hundreds of millions of cell phone
owners would howl in dismay.
Concerning the 'planets' ruling: the biggest immediate impact is that they'll have to reprint all the
schoolbooks and scientific texts/posters saying there's 9 planets. So it
could be considered pointless now, but in the long run? You never know.
And who really cares? Well, obviously ^^ those guys do.
Quote: She said' If you have no
ambitions in life, except to play on those games and waste away you may as well
jump out the window because right now your just wasting my time and money, no
way I'm going to let you play on those games again until you pull yourself
together!' Guess what? He jumped, and died.
Now that's sad. (Did she mention how old he was?) But it illustrates the point
that parents have to keep an eye on their kids' habits, and take action if
necessary before they get addicted to that extent (anything, not just video
games). It's not being cruel, it's just looking out for their kids' welfare and
development. When I was 13 my dad restricted me to 1 hour on the NES per day,
and I hated him at the time, but turns out now he was just doing his job. I've
seen grown adults that do nothing on the weekend but drink and play D&D- I'm
telling you, it's not pretty.
I'm certainly not implying gaming in general is bad- for instance, strategy/war
sims can get people curious about history (me for instance) and then you start
watching the History Channel and current events news, etc. But there's a line
that shouldn't be crossed, and that's your parents' jobs, whether they like it
or not. So basically give 'em a break
And BTW yeah, what does this poll have to do with the thread?
lol OK!
Hooray for the easy fixes! (lol) Closing thread.
If you have 40 credits, consider making a group.
There was actually a discussion in the mod forum about this. Basically it was observed that some people aren't as versed in English as others (especially on websites like MT with a multi-national following), and others have spent so many of their early years on the 'net that they have "web-speak" firmly embedded in them as a communication mode.
Basically if someone's making deliberately obscene or disruptive posts, then they're in violation of MT policy- report them and we'll take care of it. However, if they're simply trying to communicate the best they know how, and making mistakes, correct them over PM and be nice about it. Heck, they might even thank you! Just my own 2 cents.
If this is with Firefox... I know Firefox did a program upgrade recently; did you install the upgrade recently, and if so did it only start doing this after the upgrade? I'm pretty much in the dark here too, as your page loads fine for me.
Y'all, this is actually pretty common- just get in the "members" section and go to the last page and start scrolling backward; there were like 15 or 20 pages of this last time I checked. The common thread seems to be people that have only logged in once. My educated guess is the database doesn't start "tracking" the last login date until the second time they log in.
I'll probably bug Sheq about it for grins this morning.
Not a bug! ...Closed.
^^ She pretty much summed it up; closing thread.
I'm getting around to this a little late, but it looks like it does now... was it fixed in the meanwhile?
^^ As stated above. Closing.
^^ As stated above. Closing.
^^ As stated above. Closing.
Okey doke, I'll close this then. If it pops back up, make another thread. Grazie!
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stands there drooling>
These rock. Keep it up!
<Makes a mental note to visit this part of the forum more often>
What is it with necromancers? Closing thread. (You can still check out the pictures though.)
Went ahead and fixed it, so I'll close the thread.
You just had 2 sigimg tags, they can be removed from your control panel.
Well, Sheq did take out the "members online" portion of the main page to speed up the loading.
This'd be easier to understand if absolutely no friends were visible- nevertheless, it strikes me as being a side-effect of either that, or the server move.
Yep, Snowland's gone. Closing thread.
Edit: Bah!
Do y'all mean at the top, or further down? They look normal to me right now.
Wasn't that what the watchlist was for? <runs>
In all seriousness though, the only other way I can think of to determine an "artistic level" would be to have some sort of crew that manually assigns scores (like a judges' panel or some such) and I could see that going askew very quickly. "One person's trash is another person's treasure" or something to that effect.
Basically if someone makes a wallpaper/doujin of an unpopular series that the "judges" don't like, then the score could easily wind up being lower even if it's a wonderfully executed work of art with enormous talent and effort put into it. Similarly, art scores coming from a relatively popular series could be inflated.
Then you run into issues with the perception of favoritism, i.e. "Why did so-and-so's wall get higher than mine when mine's better? Was so-and-so brown-nosing the judges?" or something to that effect.
And then of course there's just different opinions of what constitutes art in different people's minds. Some people like bright and colorful scenes, some like darker "grunge" scenes. There're minimilistic artists, and there're artists that want their stuff to stand out. Basically personal preference weighs very heavily into what people consider "art." (And don't even get me started on watchlists.)
So any rating system can be inflated. The "artistic level" is an indication of somebody's skill, but hardly a perfect one. Just my two cents.
This news just made my day. lol
The news: http://www.nytimes.com/2006/08/24/science/space/25pluto.html?hp&ex=1156478400&en=f662a15c093b5844&ei=5094&partner=homepage
Personally this makes my day because if scientists can decide that their 1930 predecessors were wrong about the number of planets there are and what constitutes a planet, then they can call themselves out on any number of scientific things that are currently "unquestionable." Basically I see it as a reform to keep there from being a ridiculous amount of "planets" when we find out what other space junk is floating around outside Pluto's orbit. (They've already found one: this "Xena.")
As for it being "pointless": I'll bite. In defense of the scientific spirit, there's many other things that have been considered "pointless" and have since borne astonishing practical fruit. It was once considered pointless to try and make something heavier than air fly; now 103 years after a couple guys in North Carolina went ahead and did it, travel and commerce have been revolutionized forever; if I need to be in, say, Taiwan or Europe as fast as possible, taking an ocean barge would be pointless. It was considered pointless by some to try and put artificial satellites in space; now if all of our satellites fell out of the sky, hundreds of millions of cell phone owners would howl in dismay.
Concerning the 'planets' ruling: the biggest immediate impact is that they'll have to reprint all the schoolbooks and scientific texts/posters saying there's 9 planets.
So it
could be considered pointless now, but in the long run? You never know.
And who really cares? Well, obviously ^^ those guys do.
Now that's sad. (Did she mention how old he was?) But it illustrates the point that parents have to keep an eye on their kids' habits, and take action if necessary before they get addicted to that extent (anything, not just video games). It's not being cruel, it's just looking out for their kids' welfare and development. When I was 13 my dad restricted me to 1 hour on the NES per day, and I hated him at the time, but turns out now he was just doing his job. I've seen grown adults that do nothing on the weekend but drink and play D&D- I'm telling you, it's not pretty.
I'm certainly not implying gaming in general is bad- for instance, strategy/war sims can get people curious about history (me for instance) and then you start watching the History Channel and current events news, etc. But there's a line that shouldn't be crossed, and that's your parents' jobs, whether they like it or not. So basically give 'em a break
And BTW yeah, what does this poll have to do with the thread?
^^ What they said. Closed.
Please don't bump threads more than 4 weeks old. Closed.
And where's the "drunk in public" option anyways? I won't be taking it.