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popcorn
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Possible change in party
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Nov 9 05:04 UTC 1994 |
When we gave closeable party channels names that end in _x, I don't
think anybody was thinking about a possible meaning you could read into
that name: X rated. I'm uncomfortable with this. Would it make sense
to change the name to something else, instead?
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srw
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response 1 of 56:
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Nov 9 06:08 UTC 1994 |
Sounds like an overreaction to me. I use X to mean a million different
things.
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carson
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response 2 of 56:
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Nov 9 06:19 UTC 1994 |
same here. In addition, I'd rather see them THERE than in the
regular channel.
Valerie! how'd you find out? ;)
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carson
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response 3 of 56:
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Nov 9 06:21 UTC 1994 |
(also, the "X" rating was done away with a few years ago and replaced with
the "NC-17" rating.)
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robh
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response 4 of 56:
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Nov 9 11:54 UTC 1994 |
Hmm, somehow channel_nc-17 doesn't seem right... >8)
I don't think people are seeing the name and thinking, "Hey,
it's an X-rated channel, we can talk about sex there!"
People are more likely saying, "I want to talk about sex,
where can I do that, oh yeah, a private channel!"
But seriously, what would you suggest? channel_p for
"private" would be fine with me.
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carson
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response 5 of 56:
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Nov 9 12:53 UTC 1994 |
popcorn, what was your original extension? I seem to
remember something else that could close channels.
something like "_canclose" or some other unwieldly
extension. since you're the party keeper, I'd hope
that if you did decide to remove the "_x" extension,
you would leave some sort of alternative extension.
'sides, no one uses the "_x!" extension but me. ;)
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tsty
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response 6 of 56:
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Nov 9 20:20 UTC 1994 |
Fascinating mis-interpretation .... if something CAN be ....(etc.).
Yes, I would strongly suggest that the extention be altered away
from _x . _p is fine with me, fwiw.
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srw
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response 7 of 56:
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Nov 10 02:06 UTC 1994 |
I don't object either. I was only questioning the necessity.
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scg
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response 8 of 56:
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Nov 10 03:50 UTC 1994 |
I worry a little about making such a change now, after the _x has already
been established. It would proabbly confuse a lot of people who don't
follow this discussion.
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kentn
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response 9 of 56:
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Nov 10 05:34 UTC 1994 |
Besides _p is too reminiscent of "pornography" :^)
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carson
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response 10 of 56:
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Nov 10 09:54 UTC 1994 |
"puberty" "philandering" "prostitution" "polygamy"
I question the need to change the extension too.
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rcurl
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response 11 of 56:
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Nov 10 22:47 UTC 1994 |
Now there is a topic for an Item: what "bad" word associations could
we find for each letter of the alphabet? Is there a "goodest" letter?
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remmers
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response 12 of 56:
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Nov 11 01:52 UTC 1994 |
Are you restricted to a single letter following the underscore, or could
you require it to be a full word, such as "_private". That would remove
the ambiguity, at a cost of making creation of closed channels more
tedious.
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popcorn
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response 13 of 56:
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Nov 11 05:41 UTC 1994 |
Ja, originally it was _canclose, to indicate that the channel could
be closed, but I changed it to _x because it was easier to type.
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carson
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response 14 of 56:
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Nov 11 11:45 UTC 1994 |
you could use "_z"
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remmers
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response 15 of 56:
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Nov 11 12:30 UTC 1994 |
Hmm, not bad. Not many words start with z.
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popcorn
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response 16 of 56:
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Nov 11 14:36 UTC 1994 |
Snores start with z. Not a bad association....
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rcurl
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response 17 of 56:
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Nov 11 15:45 UTC 1994 |
zenana, zipper, zonk, zygote, not to mention zucchini.
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n8nxf
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response 18 of 56:
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Nov 11 18:54 UTC 1994 |
zodiac, zombie, zero and Zen...
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davel
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response 19 of 56:
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Nov 12 03:35 UTC 1994 |
Zorro!
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tsty
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response 20 of 56:
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Nov 12 05:19 UTC 1994 |
Zing ..... Zex
at this point, the _private is the more rational from the point
of both non-confusion and positive-identification. Add to that
the little extra grief, which tends to discourgage, and things
are all pretty and happy again ...
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rcurl
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response 21 of 56:
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Nov 12 08:10 UTC 1994 |
Re #s 17 to 20: I was just trying to pick those with (remotely) "bad"
associations... ;->.
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carson
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response 22 of 56:
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Nov 12 12:01 UTC 1994 |
...not to say that things weren't happy before! ;)
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davel
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response 23 of 56:
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Nov 12 19:47 UTC 1994 |
Zorro *definitely* has bad associations.
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popcorn
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response 24 of 56:
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Nov 13 09:06 UTC 1994 |
Hm. I've no idea what they are.
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