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janc
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response 43 of 82:
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Sep 12 00:23 UTC 2002 |
That'd probably be useful, but you'd have to change quite a bit of other
stuff in the configuration. The most useful thing would to get the
development machine to boot again, so I can test it in the same
configuration that it would be installed in.
I haven't the faintest idea why lynx is being idiotic.
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keesan
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response 44 of 82:
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Sep 12 00:35 UTC 2002 |
It is most likely doing exactly what it was told to do and somewhere it was
told to stutter. It has been like that since it was installed. People with
fast connections and new computers don't seem to notice.
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other
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response 45 of 82:
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Sep 12 04:06 UTC 2002 |
I have a request for the next Backtalk development cycle. I think you've
developed a very nice product, and I make extensive use of it, but I have
written my own interface for several features, and it would make things a
little easier if on the "Entrance Page" you included an anchor tag just
before the "Active Items" header for those who select the option of
listing conference activity for their hotlisted conferences on the
entrance page.
That way, I can load the page and jump directly to the active list. (I
do it now with a javascript command that is specific to the size of my
hotlist.)
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tpryan
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response 46 of 82:
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Sep 12 19:02 UTC 2002 |
The Backtalk thing I would like is a companion product that
takes usenet messages on my PC and organizes them to look like the
conference, item, response structure we all like.
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janc
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response 47 of 82:
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Sep 13 15:49 UTC 2002 |
resp:45: Hmmm...that's a pretty Eric-Bassey-specific feature. It's
trivial to implement, but is it worth sending 10 extra bytes of data to
every backtalk user on the planet when only Eric-Bassey will know
they're there or have any use for them? Possibly, but not definately.
I'd be curious to know more exactly what you are trying to do. Maybe we
can find a solution of more general utility.
resp:46: Hmmm...that's a large and difficult project, and one I'd never
use, since I don't read Usenet. Developing free software you don't want
to use yourself isn't a sane pass-time. You need to find a skilled
programmer who actually would like to have such a thing. Hmmm...maybe
tpryan?
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other
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response 48 of 82:
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Sep 14 01:37 UTC 2002 |
Heh, I guess you're right there. Sometimes a little perspective is a
good thing.
I have a small console window which has buttons for each of my hotlist
conferences, and for the entrance page. The entrance page button opens
another small window sized to show the active items part of that page,
and having an anchor at that part of the page would simplify the display
of the current items list in that window. It is a totally trivial thing,
especially since I already wrote a frameset with javascript to scroll the
page by a certain amount when it loads, bu I thought I'd ask anyway...
;)
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russ
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response 49 of 82:
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Sep 14 13:05 UTC 2002 |
I dunno, I think I agree somewhat with other's request. I find that
anchors are very under-used in most large pages or complex, and
expenditure of a few static bytes would increase their utility quite
a bit. Compared to even one button image, an anchor is tiny.
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gelinas
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response 50 of 82:
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Sep 15 01:29 UTC 2002 |
<DRIFT>
What is an "anchor"?
</DRIFT>
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scott
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response 51 of 82:
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Sep 15 02:18 UTC 2002 |
You're making HTML jokes but you don't know what an anchor tag is?
Stolen from http://www.ku.edu/~acs/docs/other/HTML_quick.shtml
Hyperlinks or Anchors
<a name="anchor_name"> . . . </a>
Define a target location in a document
<a href="#anchor_name"> . . . </a>
Link to a location in the base document, which is the document containing the
anchor tag itself, unless a base tag has been specified.
<a href="URL"> . . . </a>
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gelinas
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response 52 of 82:
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Sep 15 03:09 UTC 2002 |
Yeah, I know what <A>...</A> does, and I know that those are anchors, but I
couldn't make sense of other's request in that context. I guess it's because
I don't use backtalk.
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mcnally
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response 53 of 82:
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Sep 15 05:08 UTC 2002 |
In this context, it's a machine-recognizable index mark inside a document.
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janc
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response 54 of 82:
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Sep 15 11:10 UTC 2002 |
Anchors are useless unless there are links to them. Eric is unusual in
writing his own HTML pages that link into Backtalk pages.
One thing I've thought of doing is a small page that displays you hot
list, with numbers of new responses and items in each. This would
automatically refresh every X minutes. Truely fanatic conferencers
could pop this up in a small window and leave it on their screen.
Anytime something new happens in the conference, they'd know within a
few minutes.
The same mini-window with just a hotlist in it might work for Eric's
application.
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other
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response 55 of 82:
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Sep 15 13:31 UTC 2002 |
Actually, that's exactly what I've done.
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mjb
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response 56 of 82:
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Sep 16 00:58 UTC 2002 |
m-net update:
sendmail is down all together, till I have some time to clear up the
mailqueue. Sorry for the spam and associated headaches. FYI, as of now, it's
my opinion that jp2 and/or twinkie were not responsible. Still
investigating....
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gelinas
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response 57 of 82:
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Sep 16 01:15 UTC 2002 |
You mean I *didn't* get a message from twinkie? I'm disappointed.
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russ
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response 58 of 82:
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Sep 16 01:17 UTC 2002 |
Re #54: That's chicken-and-egg, Jan. Without an anchor, it's
impossible to link to it. Nevertheless, providing the opportunity
for people to do things you hadn't necessarily thought of beforehand
is a nice gesture. (Bruce Schneier's CryptoGram newletters have
anchors all over the place, making it very easy to link directly
to the section of interest. The facility gets used, too.)
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carson
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response 59 of 82:
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Sep 16 01:37 UTC 2002 |
(resp:57 only if you forward your email from M-Net.)
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remmers
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response 60 of 82:
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Sep 18 14:25 UTC 2002 |
The polls are now open for voting on a proposed amendment to Grex's bylaws.
Briefly, the proposal is to allow telephone conferencing or similar electronic
means to count as valid attendance at Board of Directors meetings.
To vote, or simply to see what the proposal says, telnet to Grex and type
"vote" at a Unix shell prompt, or "!vote" at almost any other prompt. Any
user can cast a ballot, but only the votes of members in good standing will
be counted in determining the outcome. Bylaw amendments require a 3/4
majority of those members voting in order to pass.
The polls will close at the end of the day (EDT) on Saturday, September 28.
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remmers
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response 61 of 82:
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Sep 18 14:26 UTC 2002 |
PS: The discussion item on the propsal is #126 in Coop.
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goose
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response 62 of 82:
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Sep 19 03:07 UTC 2002 |
I vote for h.323 meetings.
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other
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response 63 of 82:
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Sep 19 03:11 UTC 2002 |
That'd be nice, Chris. You have Internet2 access we can use?
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polytarp
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response 64 of 82:
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Sep 19 20:12 UTC 2002 |
Why are you voting on whether or not to follow the law?
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jp2
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response 65 of 82:
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Sep 19 20:37 UTC 2002 |
This response has been erased.
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janc
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response 66 of 82:
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Sep 21 02:35 UTC 2002 |
Actually, we think we care about our opinion. The state isn't listening.
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jp2
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response 67 of 82:
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Sep 21 13:33 UTC 2002 |
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