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Grex > Coop8 > #19: What Should The Co-op Login Screen Say? |  |
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adbarr
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response 75 of 280:
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Feb 21 10:14 UTC 1996 |
What is the difference between a consensus and a rough consensus? Does one
carry more authority than the other? Does it matter?
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ajax
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response 76 of 280:
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Feb 21 10:50 UTC 1996 |
I think it doesn't matter, as it's not any kind of official policy.
Board decisions are made by a majority of the board.
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steve
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response 77 of 280:
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Feb 21 17:43 UTC 1996 |
The different in consensui as I see it, is that a rough consensus is
when most people agree on something but that there are a few people way
off from the majority--like my feelings about the UPS refund money compared
to just about everyone else.
Still, there was a clear feeling towards consensus, and thats what
matters.
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janc
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response 78 of 280:
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Feb 21 20:37 UTC 1996 |
I think achieving a "rough consensus" must be pretty much like achieving a
"consensus," except with nunchuks, bludgeons, and brass knuckles.
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steve
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response 79 of 280:
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Feb 21 21:17 UTC 1996 |
No, thats a jagged consensus.
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adbarr
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response 80 of 280:
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Feb 21 21:32 UTC 1996 |
I thought that was OITF - Obedience Imposed Through Fear.
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kerouac
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response 81 of 280:
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Feb 22 04:06 UTC 1996 |
A board vote over whether to change the login screen? That would be
like requiring a vote of Congress to decide how many times a day
the bathrooms in the capital building are cleaned.
If tsty and nephi are toolazy to come up with a better login
screen, cfadmin should add a third fw (steve or rculr or
someone else willing to do it) to this conf.
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scg
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response 82 of 280:
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Feb 22 05:42 UTC 1996 |
I agree that this isn't something that should require a board vote. It
certainly seems way too simple to require that. Still, that was requested
by one of the FWs a while back as the only possible way to get this changed,
and the vast majority of the people participating here (a "rough consensus")
do seem to want it changed.
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rcurl
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response 83 of 280:
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Feb 22 06:29 UTC 1996 |
That strikes me as catering to immaturity. I say, there's been enough
rationality wasted on this already, so I recommend just ignoring the whole
thing until new fws are appointed. In the meantime - is there a nice
script we could invoke to skip the login screen when we come here?
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ajax
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response 84 of 280:
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Feb 22 07:00 UTC 1996 |
Probably the easiest thing is to type "r n" as you're joining co-op,
close your eyes for 3 seconds, and hope it scrolled off the screen
by the time you open them :-).
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remmers
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response 85 of 280:
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Feb 22 10:25 UTC 1996 |
Looks like the login screen is now a small figlet graphic and a
short welcome message, and that the former login screen is now
the bulletin. Much better--thanks!
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chelsea
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response 86 of 280:
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Feb 22 14:15 UTC 1996 |
Thanks, tsty and nephi.
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steve
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response 87 of 280:
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Feb 22 15:30 UTC 1996 |
I didn't catch that at first, becuase I saw the bulletin the
first time through coop and glazed my eyes over it. I then rejoined
coop a little later and still saw the bulletin, and learned something
new about picospan--you'll see a new bulletin in a particular
conference even if you rejoin it, until you've existed picospan
completely.
Seeing how I just crabbed about it in another item just a few
minutes ago I need to retract that. Thats what I get for reading
conferences backwards.
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kerouac
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response 88 of 280:
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Feb 23 01:45 UTC 1996 |
excuse me...the .login screen looks unchanged to me...still the
same text. I may be seeing things, but I doubt it.
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kerouac
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response 89 of 280:
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Feb 23 01:50 UTC 1996 |
look closely...the new graphic is on the exit screen ont on the login
screen....the original text is still there.
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ajax
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response 90 of 280:
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Feb 23 02:39 UTC 1996 |
It evolved some more since the earlier posts...the text was gone,
and now it's back, but with subtly different wording (the phrase
"rough concensus" is gone, for example).
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kerouac
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response 91 of 280:
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Feb 23 02:41 UTC 1996 |
I dont think the changes are good enough...86 the text altogether
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steve
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response 92 of 280:
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Feb 23 14:19 UTC 1996 |
TS changed the login file at 8:12 this morning.
Now, we have the message in the belletin *and* the login files.
Thats quite wonderful. The old version as a bulletin and the new
version thrust upon us in the login.
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janc
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response 93 of 280:
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Feb 23 18:04 UTC 1996 |
It's not going away. It's replicating! Argh!
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kaplan
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response 94 of 280:
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Feb 23 23:57 UTC 1996 |
And it's not good enough for coop to have the longest login of any
conference I follow. Now it has the longest logout and the most redundant
bull too. Ack!
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adbarr
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response 95 of 280:
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Feb 24 00:22 UTC 1996 |
<expurgated & scribbled & torn up into little, minute pieces, then burned!>
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robh
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response 96 of 280:
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Feb 24 02:55 UTC 1996 |
Re 94 - Come on, Jeff, coop has always had the most redundant bull. >8)
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scg
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response 97 of 280:
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Feb 24 05:06 UTC 1996 |
That logout would make a good login, I think.
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steve
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response 98 of 280:
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Feb 24 06:55 UTC 1996 |
TS and Nephi, what are you doing? It looked liked things were
changed, then they got worse.
Can I ask how many people have supported your login screen,
how many don't care, and how many negatives you've gotten.
You're playing games here and I don't like it. The Coop
conference moniker comes from the word "cooperative". How
can you justify what you're doing under the ageis of this
conference?
This conference has until now only had a "maintenance" type
of Fair Witness. I would like to see that type of FW again.
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adbarr
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response 99 of 280:
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Feb 24 20:16 UTC 1996 |
Welcome to the new world.
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