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Is post number 150 the first? Or post number 151? -- nm - mara Aug 4, 19:28
Now THIS is a speeding ticket ... yikes -- (link) - Beryllium Aug 4, 19:25 [Image] 1
- That can't be right -- nm - lileve Aug 5, 06:18
first ever ST poll: what should the next poll be about? -- nm - zork Aug 4, 19:10 2
- Which feature candidate people are most interested in. -- (link) - Beryllium Aug 4, 19:17 1
  - like McCain or Obama? - zork Aug 4, 19:23
who is dp3? - zork Aug 4, 19:09 3
- spoiler - mara Aug 4, 19:11 2
  - that didn't help - zork Aug 4, 19:22 1
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I have nine (9!) pages of notes for feedback on the Beta. NINE! And that doesn't count pointing out typos and coding errors. -- nm - TWuG Aug 4, 18:00 1
- Excellent. -- nm - mara Aug 4, 18:26
My proposed welcome message. - Dr.Vermin Aug 4, 16:45 7
- Damn, but the Beta is ORANGE. And the teeny-tiny text is hard on the eyes. -- nm - TWuG Aug 4, 17:58 2
  - Wow. I'm a douchebag. Should've been a seperate topic. -- nm - TWuG Aug 4, 17:59 1
    - haha! noob. -- nm - JaxSean Aug 4, 18:03
- Seconded, douchebag. -- nm - JaxSean Aug 4, 17:31
- love it -- nm - Epiphany Douchebag Aug 4, 17:26
- This shows promise. :) -- nm - Beryllium Aug 4, 16:47
- *laughing* This is what I had in mind. Nicely done. -- nm - mara Aug 4, 16:47
Operation Adjutant Redux complete. 37,747 specimens indexed. -- (link) - Beryllium ...and... loving it! Aug 4, 16:32
Well, I gave Beta a try, but after trying (and failing) to buy a stock for 3 minutes I got pissed and left.they should make it more difficult to trade -- nm - Beaker Aug 4, 15:53 5
- I think the point of the beta is to tell *them* what you don't like about it. :-) -- nm - mara Aug 4, 16:07
- I managed to do four trades on it ... I don't like the portfolio view. not one bit, but I haven't come up with my list of suggestions yet. -- nm - Beryllium ...and... loving it! Aug 4, 15:55 3
  - I think trades are easy enough. Too easy, in fact. When using the quick broker, it's very easy to accidently buy something. -- nm - TWuG Aug 4, 18:01
  - Too busy working up an alternative.... :) -- nm - secretslacker Aug 4, 16:11 1
    - Nah, that would be too much work. I'm far too lazy for that. -- nm - Beryllium ...and... loving it! Aug 4, 16:22
/Verminizes the board/ - Dr.Vermin Aug 4, 12:34 1
- er... again. - Dr.Vermin Aug 4, 12:36
So, does this thing work? -- nm - Will Hunting Aug 4, 11:41 3
- No. It slacks. -- nm - mara Aug 4, 11:52 2
  - I'm king of slack. We keep hiring interns to do all the work I blow off. - Will Hunting Aug 4, 11:54 1
    - And I'm the queen. Unfortunately, nobody does my work. -- nm - mara Aug 4, 16:10
Screw this Pacific time zone bullshit! East Coast! *taps chest* -- nm - Don Homer Aug 4, 11:35 2
- West coast reprazentin'! -- nm - ReluctantCynic Aug 4, 13:41
- I've got a feature in the list (see the project info link on the left) to tailor the time zone to each visitor -- nm - Beryllium ...and... loving it! Aug 4, 11:36
oh, and just so everyone knows, there's two ways to view the site: slickertalk.com and slackertalk.com ... I'll put that in the welcome msg soon -- nm - Beryllium ...and... loving it! Aug 4, 11:29 1
- Ooooh, slicker is *pretty*. Me likey. -- nm - Dr.Vermin Aug 4, 12:35
I'm here. -- nm - znufrii Aug 4, 11:24
At what size do these boards roll? ;) -- nm - Jim Aug 4, 11:24 7
- Once it hits 150 posts on the board, the next post to the top level (i.e., not a reply) will cause a roll -- nm - Beryllium ...and... loving it! Aug 4, 11:26 4
  - Holy crap...so I'm gonna have to count posts?? Ok...if you say so... - Jim Aug 4, 11:29 2
    - open your eyes ... look up to the skies, and see ... -- nm - Beryllium ...and... loving it! Aug 4, 11:29 1
      - ~/ I'm just a poor boy, I need no sympathy /~ -- nm - Beryllium ...and... loving it! Aug 4, 11:32
  - ... and I'm considering changing it to make it shorter, since this board naturally isn't as talky as TT at the moment -- nm - Beryllium ...and... loving it! Aug 4, 11:27
- No. One. Tell. Him. - secretslacker Aug 4, 11:26 1
  - Too late :) -- nm - Beryllium ...and... loving it! Aug 4, 11:26
If you're still having trouble registering or signing in, contact me on Facebook and I can reset your password. - Beryllium ...and... loving it! Aug 4, 10:05
Howdy. - lileve Aug 4, 08:05 1
- Doody -- nm - CrankYanker Aug 4, 09:48
IRYS -- nm - Don Homer Aug 4, 05:32 4
- *head hurts* -- nm - Diva Aug 4, 07:49
- FOAKY! -- nm - Tim Aug 4, 06:42 2
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    - Well, if you're here it's good enough for me. -- nm - Amy Aug 4, 11:15
DrTron update - Operation Adjutant Redux has commenced ... wish me luck ... - Beryllium ...and... loving it! Aug 3, 17:54 3
- Luck! I have no idea what you're talking about! -- nm - mara Aug 3, 18:27 2
  - are you on facebook right now? I could message you an explanation :) -- nm - Beryllium ...and... loving it! Aug 3, 18:34 1
    - sent -- nm - Beryllium ...and... loving it! Aug 3, 18:42
new feature (post counter :)) -- nm - Beryllium ...and... loving it! Aug 3, 13:13 4
- Is it a post counter or a thead counter?> -- nm - mara Aug 3, 13:41 3
  - post counter. Once it hits one-fitty, the flux capacitor engages. -- nm - Beryllium ...and... loving it! Aug 3, 13:46 1
    - Oh, cool. For some reason, I thought it was threads. -- nm - mara Aug 3, 13:47
  - Huh, three-beer posting. I think my keyboard is getting old. -- nm - mara Aug 3, 13:42
What SlackerTalk needs: - mara Aug 3, 07:01 22
- mara loves the coc -- nm - Danohood of Traveling Pants 2 Aug 4, 11:34
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- It also needs a .ico file. -- nm - JaxSean Aug 3, 20:46 1
  - Ooh, good point -- nm - Beryllium ...and... loving it! Aug 3, 21:55
- I'll eventually need to change the greeting to something more informative ... I'll link it to the project page, too -- nm - Beryllium ...and... loving it! Aug 3, 12:10 6
  - Ooo, I just noticed the blurb at the top of Slicker Talk. If only you could put "information resource sharing" or the like in there.... -- nm - mara Aug 3, 12:14 5
    - in the text welcome message, you mean? -- nm - Beryllium ...and... loving it! Aug 3, 12:24 4
      - Yes. -- nm - mara Aug 3, 12:25 3
        
        I tweaked it a bit. Is that better, or would it fit better in a 2nd sentence? -- nm - Beryllium ...and... loving it! Aug 3, 12:26 2
        
        (I'm kind of leaning towards the original form and the 2nd sentence) -- nm - Beryllium ...and... loving it! Aug 3, 12:28 1
        
        I like it as is, but feel free to play with it. Thanks! -- nm - mara Aug 3, 12:38
- I don't like it. I like the title logo and I don't think we need another greeting. -- nm - secretslacker Aug 3, 10:32 8
  - I was thinking more like parody. -- nm - mara Aug 3, 12:25 3
    - The whole SITE is a parody!! - Beryllium ...and... loving it! Aug 3, 12:36 2
      - Your FACE is a parody!! -- nm - mara Aug 3, 12:58 1
        
        I suppose I had that coming ... :) -- nm - Beryllium ...and... loving it! Aug 3, 13:35
  - oh ... should I put ads there instead? ;-) -- nm - Beryllium ...and... loving it! Aug 3, 12:10
  - LOL! Actually, I like the Slicker Talk one better :) -- nm - secretslacker Aug 3, 10:33 2
    - the background image in that is a faded out version of this image -- (link) - Beryllium ...and... loving it! Aug 3, 12:07 [flickr]
    - Isn't it great? I actually use it. -- nm - mara Aug 3, 10:46
- More slack? -- nm - Tim Aug 3, 07:05 1
  - More cowbell!!!! -- nm - secretslacker Aug 3, 08:39
As much as I hate to be a Devil's Advocate... - secretslacker Aug 3, 05:19 21
- And while "look-and-feel" copyright lawsuits are enjoying a bit of a resurgence (see: Facebook), that -- nm - ReluctantCynic Aug 3, 12:02 16
  - Yeah, the scrabulous one would be the most similar ... - Beryllium ...and... loving it! Aug 3, 12:09 13
    - And that's more of a trademark and trade dress issue anyway, rather than copyright. - ReluctantCynic Aug 3, 13:10
    - And many message boards used to look just like this anyway. -- nm - mara Aug 3, 12:15 11
      - Really? I always thought TT was fairly distinctive and this looks EXACTLY like it except for the title -- nm - secretslacker Aug 3, 13:29 10
        
        I've seen several message boards in this format, and they always made me laugh because they didn't use the subject field for the message. It was whole - mara Aug 3, 13:44 9
        
        TT was even occasionally like that *way* back (like late '90s). - mafic Aug 4, 10:57
        
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        this isn't the same code on the backend - I wrote it from scratch as a clone -- nm - Beryllium ...and... loving it! Aug 4, 11:18
        
        Yeah, I saw a few of those, too. I was like "You people are morons if you haven't figured out how to talk in the subject line." and gave them a wide - TWuG Aug 3, 13:59 1
        
        Uh dude.... - secretslacker Aug 4, 03:39
        
        Those ones are usually related to mailing lists :) -- nm - Beryllium ...and... loving it! Aug 3, 13:47 3
        
        Interesting. Do you know of any? -- nm - mara Aug 3, 13:52 1
        
        Like this -- (link) - Beryllium ...and... loving it! Aug 3, 14:02
        
        (at least now-adays) -- nm - Beryllium ...and... loving it! Aug 3, 13:47
  - SFEK ... that is a tough row to hoe. -- nm - ReluctantCynic Aug 3, 12:02 1
    - *rows your hoe* -- nm - Qale Aug 3, 20:45
- ssssssshhhhhh!!! the 1st rule of Slackertalk... -- nm - Epiphany Aug 3, 09:30
- I don't think he's using any of their coding, and he's not using their trademarks. -- nm - mara Aug 3, 05:52 2
  - This is correct - the back-end logic was implemented essentially in a clean-room design - Beryllium ...and... loving it! Aug 3, 06:11 1
    - Ah, got it... still pretty impressive... I can barely tell the difference! :) -- nm - secretslacker Aug 3, 06:38
I don't know if this has been posted yet, but ... -- (link) - ReluctantCynic Aug 3, 01:20 1
- *becomes a Slacker Zombie* All Hail the Hypnotoad! -- nm - Epiphany Aug 3, 09:34
hey bery, how about making the usename as the parameter in the links ... - zork Aug 2, 23:18 5
- Yeah, that's how it was originally ... probably the best way to go ... -- nm - Beryllium ...and... loving it! Aug 2, 23:19 3
  - okay, done (sorry for resetting everyone's visited link status ... heh ... unavoidable) -- nm - Beryllium ...and... loving it! Aug 2, 23:24 2
    - thanks. so when are you going to move the handle field for me? -- nm - zork Aug 2, 23:33 1
      - That's still on the drawing board. -- (link) - Beryllium ...and... loving it! Aug 2, 23:34
- err, last parameter, that is. -- nm - zork Aug 2, 23:19
Does anyone know of any good/pretty RSS (or photograph) screensavers for Windows? -- nm - Beryllium ...and... loving it! Aug 2, 22:39 3
- The Picasa screensaver is pretty cool. - psilotum Aug 2, 22:59 1
  - ah, good tip, thanks - I'll try it at work :) -- nm - Beryllium ...and... loving it! Aug 2, 23:03
- (I noticed the My Pictures screensaver in Vista doesn't support multiple monitors) -- nm - Beryllium ...and... loving it! Aug 2, 22:39
I already love the RSS feed. No more scanning back through the boards for responses! -- nm - MojaveMeg Aug 2, 22:16 6
- It's the perfect example of how to implement "web 2.0" features without destroying the community. -- nm - mara Aug 3, 07:05
- I fear it might reduce the chattiness of the board, but it is rather useful ... -- nm - Beryllium ...and... loving it! Aug 2, 22:21 4
  - I don't think it will diminish anything -- it's just a useful tool to catch up on stuff after the fact. -- nm - ReluctantCynic Aug 2, 22:28 3
    - I agree with RCcumber. -- nm - mara Aug 3, 07:06
    - It's also useful for post-board-roll replies :) -- nm - Beryllium ...and... loving it! Aug 2, 22:30 1
      - That, too. -- nm - ReluctantCynic Aug 2, 22:31
what's a girl have to do to get scribbled around these parts? -- nm - all the boys love mandy lane Aug 2, 22:02 10
- that functionality isn't in place yet ... -- nm - Beryllium ...and... loving it! Aug 2, 22:03 9
  - Don't put it in place. -- nm - lileve Aug 2, 22:11 8
    - I'm thinking of putting in a sliding scale of moderation mechanisms ... - Beryllium ...and... loving it! Aug 2, 22:21 3
      - I find the slashdot moderation system fascinating (and effective). - psilotum Aug 2, 23:11 1
        
        i implemented something like it in a CMS project of mine, but I didn't like the end result ... it felt too clunky. -- nm - Beryllium ...and... loving it! Aug 2, 23:20
      - Sounds good. -- nm - lileve Aug 2, 22:27
    - I totally disagree. I think the community is largely self-policing, but if someone gets out of hand, there needs to be... a way to get rid of them. -- nm - all the boys love mandy lane Aug 2, 22:14 3
      - True. -- nm - lileve Aug 2, 22:27
      - Agreed. TT's own past has shown the wisdom of that. -- nm - TWuG Aug 2, 22:17 1
        
        Wanna see a picture of my penis? -- nm - Mr Mike Aug 4, 15:30
Sla/ickerTalk exclusive: I have a student whose personal email address is: - nubby, alpha than you Aug 2, 21:16 5
- You realize that most people are going to think those three stars are replacing AOL and email her, right? - TWuG Aug 2, 21:26 2
  - Yes, which is good, 'cause it's not. - nubby, alpha than you Aug 3, 06:08
  - I think you got the order backwards -- nm - Beryllium ...and... loving it! Aug 2, 21:42
- she has that on record with the school??? -- nm - lileve Aug 2, 21:20 1
  - Yes ma'am. -- nm - nubby, alpha than you Aug 3, 06:10
Okay, just perused the screenshots... Really? Ugh. That looks very, very , very busy. In fact, it looks like the consultants - TWuG Aug 2, 20:35 3
- I think it looks rather ... ok. I don't like the message boards at all, but it looks like they're trying to make it more interactive at least. - JaxSean Aug 2, 20:39 2
  - Let's just stay here. -- nm - lileve Aug 2, 21:00
  - I guess I expected to see adjustments to the game itself. Making the boards auto-link to stock pages when the - TWuG Aug 2, 20:48
Holy crap TeamRoomba is hilarious. -- nm - lileve Aug 2, 20:25
RC from B2: You should see mara steering a ship like a sailor... -- nm - secretslacker Aug 2, 20:25
Disco Queue? -- nm - psilotum Aug 2, 20:10

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