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The Pub / Re: Wedge financial support
« on June 6th, 2011, 09:45 AM »
I honestly don't know.
I always had the impression that the SMF team hated it because they actually had some reasonably responsibility to those who had donated, which is sort of at odds with the whole 'volunteer community' thing they keep pushing. And, FWIW, I don't like feeling as though I owe anything to anyone. I build, because I enjoy building, and anything else tends to grate at me.
I always had the impression that the SMF team hated it because they actually had some reasonably responsibility to those who had donated, which is sort of at odds with the whole 'volunteer community' thing they keep pushing. And, FWIW, I don't like feeling as though I owe anything to anyone. I build, because I enjoy building, and anything else tends to grate at me.
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Features: Posts & Topics / Re: Automatic Quote splitter
« on June 6th, 2011, 09:38 AM »This is what is missing in SMF :eheh:
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The Pub / [Archive] Re: Logo Madness
« on June 6th, 2011, 02:14 AM »Not You? ???
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The Pub / [Archive] Re: Logo Madness
« on June 6th, 2011, 12:47 AM »
How odd. I like both but prefer the left too - but I wonder how much of that is my internal 'don't want change' instinct kicking in...
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Off-topic / Re: Doctor Who
« on June 6th, 2011, 12:46 AM »The general consensus of the communities I follow is that the Doctor that dies in the first episode is the Ganger Doctor, because the "molecular memory" should have been able to withstand the explosion.
That, however, doesn't explain the "Time running out" and the apparent fate shown in the Coming Soon trailer. Though it does maybe explain why the screwdriver becomes red in the future...
The Headless Monks... I suspect we will see them again. If I know Moffat, this 'rising higher than ever before' isn't yet over, and we will see them again. Likely as not, in the finale.
Not only did the Doctor realise who killed him in that first episode, because he knew to tell everyone not to interfere, and organised it in the way only he could, but the fact that RIVER knows who it is, though not initially - she fires away but then realises why the shots do nothing. That to me doesn't seem entirely congruous with the girl in the spacesuit being her, surely she'd remember that event? But the fact that she knows the shots do nothing and she knows why means she's aware of who it is and how that works.
Your theory is certainly more cohesive than some of the ramblings I've heard thus far, and it would seem to explain everything!
Putting aside the obviousness of the cliffhanger for this point, this doesn't feel finished. It was too neat an explanation as to who she is. Interestingly, a day or so before the episode, Moffat wrote on Twitter - http://twitter.com/#!/steven_moffat/status/76715922584383488 -Quote For all of you who keep on, yes, you will find out who River is tomorrow. Thing is though - was that what you were REALLY asking?
In other news, I wonder how many kids didn't quite make the jump from wedding night to Amy being pregant...
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Features: Posts & Topics / Re: Automatic Quote splitter
« on June 5th, 2011, 08:07 PM »
This is what Makar was talking about earlier in this thread.
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Other software / Re: SMF 2.0 final THIS MONTH?
« on June 5th, 2011, 07:55 PM »Pete, are you meaning to say I did most of the work in the last 6 months?
Nao, I've never used Aeva Media, can you post a link to where it is available, thanks
(Look at the author ;))
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Off-topic / Re: Wedge support
« on June 5th, 2011, 06:30 PM »
There are very few guides on SMF's code, and to be honest, between us we know it better than what guides there are (especially as two or three of the guides out there were actually written by me anyway)
Right now, not a lot, because it's still forming - but once we get closer to something we can release, it'll be a case of testing, seeing what works for people, what doesn't work for people and general feedback on that sort of thing.
Right now, not a lot, because it's still forming - but once we get closer to something we can release, it'll be a case of testing, seeing what works for people, what doesn't work for people and general feedback on that sort of thing.
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Other software / Re: SMF 2.0 final THIS MONTH?
« on June 5th, 2011, 06:25 PM »
Considering that we're two guys doing this in our spare time and I've been away for much of the last 6 months on professional other stuff... yes, it will be done when we say it's done and not before.
We're not going to commit to arbitrary release dates that mean we rush stuff or let everyone down by missing the date we set. Been there, done that (both sides of the fence). However, releases will likely be faster than SMF.
We're not going to commit to arbitrary release dates that mean we rush stuff or let everyone down by missing the date we set. Been there, done that (both sides of the fence). However, releases will likely be faster than SMF.
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Other software / Re: SMF 2.0 final THIS MONTH?
« on June 5th, 2011, 05:51 PM »
I'm also very good with sarcasm. ;)
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Other software / Re: SMF 2.0 final THIS MONTH?
« on June 5th, 2011, 05:28 PM »Thanks you for the explanation Arantor.
"It just has to be done." - it would be easy to be cynical here, to say the whole SMF team should be devoting themselves to the task, but I had jobs to do today and all I've done is cook fudge, watch the MotoGP, cook roast potatoes and put my socks away, so who am I to comment?!
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Other software / Re: SMF 2.0 final THIS MONTH?
« on June 5th, 2011, 04:51 PM »
OK, let me explain.
The master language files in English are stored in SVN and pushed out to the Language Editor, which is a tool available to all translators, and the master files are used as a template from which the translated files are generated, and the LE generates the proper files for each language from master+changes, including dealing with UTF-8 conversions.
It's a bit complex to figure out how it works but in theory anyone with access should be able to go review the language files to see if that string's been changed. Hell, there's no reason why the team can't do this themselves, they even have a team for i18n issues, which is exactly what this is, and it doesn't need someone to be fluent in every language. It just has to be done.
The master language files in English are stored in SVN and pushed out to the Language Editor, which is a tool available to all translators, and the master files are used as a template from which the translated files are generated, and the LE generates the proper files for each language from master+changes, including dealing with UTF-8 conversions.
It's a bit complex to figure out how it works but in theory anyone with access should be able to go review the language files to see if that string's been changed. Hell, there's no reason why the team can't do this themselves, they even have a team for i18n issues, which is exactly what this is, and it doesn't need someone to be fluent in every language. It just has to be done.
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Other software / Re: SMF 2.0 final THIS MONTH?
« on June 5th, 2011, 04:32 PM »
That relies on someone actually going through every language to fix it - or waiting for the language folks to do it. Neither seems like to be prompt to me.
@Road Rash - 3 years? I was thinking 1-2.
@Road Rash - 3 years? I was thinking 1-2.
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Other software / Re: SMF 2.0 final THIS MONTH?
« on June 5th, 2011, 03:55 PM »
All I'll say is, that's not what I was advised a bit back.
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Other software / Re: SMF 2.0 final THIS MONTH?
« on June 5th, 2011, 01:45 PM »
Language updates are actually irrelevant compared to the core release. If the OpenID issue was the only blocker, there is no reason for them to delay it now, unless they're going to fix more bugs - but they can't seem to make up their mind what they're going to fix, or not.