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Off-topic / Re: Doctor Who
« on April 30th, 2011, 11:37 PM »
OK, so S6E2 was on this evening, and it's even more WTF than before if that's possible.
But still, a few things to chew on.
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Overall, it's answered a few questions for now, and left far more for the rest of the season - much like S5E1 did. Still many more questions to be answered, though.
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But still, a few things to chew on.
"You're building me a perfect prison and it still won't be enough."
We're getting closer to the point where River's first meeting with the Doctor (and his last with her); they've had her last/his first kiss. Though I thought the whole 'out of order' thing was not quite so literal in the fact that they're headed in opposite directions.
How is Amy both pregnant and not pregnant? Non human child? Part Time Lord, perhaps?
More interestingly, who the hell is that (at least part) Time Lord child? The actress has played a young Alex Kingston in other things, so there's definitely a tick in the box for 'Young River Song'. Plus all the stuff with Amy seeing photos of herself with a child, so another tick goes in the 'Amy's Child' box. Perhaps that's the same box, but even that's too obvious for Moffat: Amy being River's mother? Bonus points for the conspiracy fans with Pond -> River at least.
Still, we found the swimming pool in the TARDIS now!
So, the Lodger's quasi-TARDIS is operated by the Silence. What, exactly, is it? Is it a TARDIS? Is it a stolen, bastardised attempt at a TARDIS? Or is it something else, that's just left to give us an uncomfortable familiarity?
Overall, it's answered a few questions for now, and left far more for the rest of the season - much like S5E1 did. Still many more questions to be answered, though.
The most important question still to be resolved, is who exactly is River Song.
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Features / Re: Ditching themes?
« on April 30th, 2011, 08:42 PM »
The pre parser is basically just some code to handle the funky style listed above, and output real CSS for browsers.
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Features / Re: Ditching themes?
« on April 30th, 2011, 05:33 PM »
Heh, well suffice to say that it takes some of the elegance of Python source and applies that to CSS, such that things are much more visually distinct and approachable at a glance than CSS normally is.
But of course since none of the browsers support it, it has to be processed first.
But of course since none of the browsers support it, it has to be processed first.
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Features / Re: Ditching themes?
« on April 30th, 2011, 05:28 PM »You can create a script which can refresh the css cache if the user has made changes in css through admin panel.
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Off-topic / Re: Wedge official shirt?
« on April 30th, 2011, 05:27 PM »
I'd make sure the neck was big enough ;)
Actually, I'm fairly sure I can rustle up long sleeve shirts (and/or polo neck shirts), almost depends on just what we want to do there.
Actually, I'm fairly sure I can rustle up long sleeve shirts (and/or polo neck shirts), almost depends on just what we want to do there.
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Features / Re: Ditching themes?
« on April 30th, 2011, 05:22 PM »
The problem with making noob-friendly editing tools is that invariably it hampers those already familiar/the pro folks. I don't use the theme editing tools in SMF because they're the very worst kind: no good for noobs because they're too complex, and no good for competent folks because it's too basic.
I would actually rip it out because it doesn't add anything. One fact I would note: the only reason that there's a tool generating theme modules for 1.1.x that are colour variations is because a certain someone originally wrote one for their hosting platform, and no-one's done it for 2.0 to make the main block image because people will rather use Photoshop etc. to do it... no-one makes tools for that particular job because it's not in anyone's interest to do so.
I would actually rip it out because it doesn't add anything. One fact I would note: the only reason that there's a tool generating theme modules for 1.1.x that are colour variations is because a certain someone originally wrote one for their hosting platform, and no-one's done it for 2.0 to make the main block image because people will rather use Photoshop etc. to do it... no-one makes tools for that particular job because it's not in anyone's interest to do so.
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Features / Re: Ditching themes?
« on April 30th, 2011, 05:03 PM »
Yeah, I'll agree with that, it's very, very easy to make colour variations - even I can manage it without too much hassle, which says something.
Though we're planning on making it so that editing a theme affects mods less and vice versa.
Though we're planning on making it so that editing a theme affects mods less and vice versa.
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Off-topic / Re: Least its not cranky here...
« on April 30th, 2011, 04:49 PM »
The main reason I took umbridge with Texan Guy's latest nonsense is that he's made comments that do directly relate to me (and to a lesser degree you) and even tried to use some of the stuff from my own blog to justify his ridiculous position.
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Off-topic / Re: Wedge official shirt?
« on April 30th, 2011, 04:39 PM »
Well, I have an ink-jet printer (and have done it before on said printer) but they were out of the transfer paper today with lots of fools making t-shirts for the royal wedding ::)
Though what I might do is see how many people are interested and see about doing a proper print run with some of the folks that print comic t-shirts (I got a few friends of friends who might be interested in doing a deal - very likely looking at minimum of 12 there)
Though what I might do is see how many people are interested and see about doing a proper print run with some of the folks that print comic t-shirts (I got a few friends of friends who might be interested in doing a deal - very likely looking at minimum of 12 there)
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Off-topic / Re: Wedge official shirt?
« on April 30th, 2011, 01:50 AM »
Heh, sorry if I was confusing.
No, I'll make my own version of the Wedge awesomeness if they have any of the transfers in stock - they don't always, and it's weird here this weekend because of the 'wedding festivities' (yawn). I just hope I can make a suitably large image without too many jaggies... not sure which font was used for the Wedge logo (and whether I have it or not) - the gradient I can reproduce relatively easily, and the wedge shape should transfer into Inkscape's tracer fairly easily... need it big :D
No, I'll make my own version of the Wedge awesomeness if they have any of the transfers in stock - they don't always, and it's weird here this weekend because of the 'wedding festivities' (yawn). I just hope I can make a suitably large image without too many jaggies... not sure which font was used for the Wedge logo (and whether I have it or not) - the gradient I can reproduce relatively easily, and the wedge shape should transfer into Inkscape's tracer fairly easily... need it big :D
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Off-topic / Re: Wedge official shirt?
« on April 30th, 2011, 01:45 AM »
Iron on transfers? Sure, it's even common place around here.
Basically, it's a special paper that you feed through your printer, you print the image in reverse, then iron it on to a plain t-shirt.
(I live in a town of ~30k residents, and am only a 15 minute train journey from the city of Brighton, or even only 45 minutes from London. Well connected, eh.)
Basically, it's a special paper that you feed through your printer, you print the image in reverse, then iron it on to a plain t-shirt.
(I live in a town of ~30k residents, and am only a 15 minute train journey from the city of Brighton, or even only 45 minutes from London. Well connected, eh.)
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Off-topic / Re: Wedge official shirt?
« on April 30th, 2011, 01:29 AM »* Arantor is going into town tomorrow, is going to get one of those t-shirt transfer shirts :D
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Features / Re: New revs
« on April 30th, 2011, 01:25 AM »
Revision: 749
Author: arantor
Date: 00:25:07, 30 April 2011
Message:
! Sync to SMF 10497
! r10489 Setting base_theme_dir caused undefined index errors in manage languages area. (ManageServer.php) [Bug 4634]
! r10490 Personal message preview did not display post errors. (PersonalMessages.php) [Bug 4653]
! r10491-2 Custom language strings were not loaded when editing theme settings. (Themes.php) [Bug 4658]
! r10493 modify_modifications hook should be triggered earlier in the code. (ManageSettings.php) [Bug 4638]
! r10494-5 menu_items hook was triggered too late in the code. (Subs.php) [Bug 4637,4670]
! r10496 (adapted) Undefined index errors when there were not any recent posts. (BoardIndexInfoCenter.template.php) [Bug 4650]
! r10497 CAPTCHA settings were linked to the incorrect area in admin search results. (Admin.php) [Bug 4707]
I'm not entirely happy with the changes in r10494/5, as per my comments originally in bug 4637; I do not entirely agree that the menu items hooked items should be cached like this unless you guarantee to flush the cache at any point when you will removing add-ons, or you have add-ons that do funky dynamic buttons. (Any add-ons should really be paying attention. It isn't that hard, either. But I can see the flip side of why it's been done, too, that it does simplify and make consistent additive item behaviour. So I've committed it, after some internal deliberation. It will be interesting to see how this stands up for add-ons that actually do this; I suspect no-one's actually been using the hooks for this other than Fel (for PortaMX), Live (for EP) and myself (SimpleDesk) anyway. Won't get into the debate here over whether a system author should listen to the needs of those who modify the system or not.)
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Modified : /trunk/Sources/Admin.php
Modified : /trunk/Sources/ManageServer.php
Modified : /trunk/Sources/ManageSettings.php
Modified : /trunk/Sources/PersonalMessage.php
Modified : /trunk/Sources/Subs.php
Modified : /trunk/Sources/Themes.php
Modified : /trunk/Themes/default/BoardIndexInfoCenter.template.php
Author: arantor
Date: 00:25:07, 30 April 2011
Message:
! Sync to SMF 10497
! r10489 Setting base_theme_dir caused undefined index errors in manage languages area. (ManageServer.php) [Bug 4634]
! r10490 Personal message preview did not display post errors. (PersonalMessages.php) [Bug 4653]
! r10491-2 Custom language strings were not loaded when editing theme settings. (Themes.php) [Bug 4658]
! r10493 modify_modifications hook should be triggered earlier in the code. (ManageSettings.php) [Bug 4638]
! r10494-5 menu_items hook was triggered too late in the code. (Subs.php) [Bug 4637,4670]
! r10496 (adapted) Undefined index errors when there were not any recent posts. (BoardIndexInfoCenter.template.php) [Bug 4650]
! r10497 CAPTCHA settings were linked to the incorrect area in admin search results. (Admin.php) [Bug 4707]
I'm not entirely happy with the changes in r10494/5, as per my comments originally in bug 4637; I do not entirely agree that the menu items hooked items should be cached like this unless you guarantee to flush the cache at any point when you will removing add-ons, or you have add-ons that do funky dynamic buttons. (Any add-ons should really be paying attention. It isn't that hard, either. But I can see the flip side of why it's been done, too, that it does simplify and make consistent additive item behaviour. So I've committed it, after some internal deliberation. It will be interesting to see how this stands up for add-ons that actually do this; I suspect no-one's actually been using the hooks for this other than Fel (for PortaMX), Live (for EP) and myself (SimpleDesk) anyway. Won't get into the debate here over whether a system author should listen to the needs of those who modify the system or not.)
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Modified : /trunk/Sources/Admin.php
Modified : /trunk/Sources/ManageServer.php
Modified : /trunk/Sources/ManageSettings.php
Modified : /trunk/Sources/PersonalMessage.php
Modified : /trunk/Sources/Subs.php
Modified : /trunk/Sources/Themes.php
Modified : /trunk/Themes/default/BoardIndexInfoCenter.template.php
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Off-topic / Re: Least its not cranky here...
« on April 29th, 2011, 11:34 PM »
To answer everything.
1. History is recorded with the bias of the victors, and with that, it can be rewritten to exclude things that would be better buried. I give them enough credit to not rewrite everything. I have heard credible rumours that it is different behind the scenes, and some of the crankiness is no doubt in part to people like me in there twisting the knife, giving them the proverbial kick up the arse.
2. Certain debates have been resurrected there by one of our favourite commentators here, peddling the same lines as before. I particularly liked the way he was kind enough to insinuate that I have no life (as opposed to having multiple responsibilities to answer to) and that I'm blinded by my experience when it comes to having ideas and building things.
3. The whole me-on-sm.org thing... I'm coming to the conclusion that it is because I hold on to things too much. It's part of what makes me who I am, what drives my ability to be passionate about what I do. And it hurts like crazy to be like that; I wouldn't be at all surprised if what I've been feeling lately is stress induced.
Time after time, I said to myself I'd stop, and time after time, I gave them a second chance, and a third, and more. And I don't know why, but I did.
Then I see the BS over there, the snide comments from people in no position to pass judgement on me, from people who claim to stand on high in positions of responsibility but do not deserve to be there, from people who have contributed fragments of time here or there. Those who stood by SMF, I have respect for, even if I don't entirely agree, but there are those who went and returned and somehow gained positions of responsibility without really having earned it from where I'm standing.
I do not like what I see over there, I like the future of SMF even less with some of the attitudes being displayed, of over zealous moderators, of ideological preachers and ultimately an astounding lack of vision and balls.
I have seemingly been re-granted the ability to edit and remove my posts, without my asking, but I won't use it. Removing posts was slightly petty and smacks of trying to rewrite history somewhat, and in some ways I'd rather leave them there because it will serve as a reminder of things gone by, as a reminder of things to do and not to do.
So, my plan is to take the rest of tonight off, before getting on with some coding for Wedge tomorrow, and just maybe proving that I'm above a certain Texan's snide jibes by actually being a visionary, though I don't think I ever let my experience cloud my vision.
1. History is recorded with the bias of the victors, and with that, it can be rewritten to exclude things that would be better buried. I give them enough credit to not rewrite everything. I have heard credible rumours that it is different behind the scenes, and some of the crankiness is no doubt in part to people like me in there twisting the knife, giving them the proverbial kick up the arse.
2. Certain debates have been resurrected there by one of our favourite commentators here, peddling the same lines as before. I particularly liked the way he was kind enough to insinuate that I have no life (as opposed to having multiple responsibilities to answer to) and that I'm blinded by my experience when it comes to having ideas and building things.
3. The whole me-on-sm.org thing... I'm coming to the conclusion that it is because I hold on to things too much. It's part of what makes me who I am, what drives my ability to be passionate about what I do. And it hurts like crazy to be like that; I wouldn't be at all surprised if what I've been feeling lately is stress induced.
Time after time, I said to myself I'd stop, and time after time, I gave them a second chance, and a third, and more. And I don't know why, but I did.
Then I see the BS over there, the snide comments from people in no position to pass judgement on me, from people who claim to stand on high in positions of responsibility but do not deserve to be there, from people who have contributed fragments of time here or there. Those who stood by SMF, I have respect for, even if I don't entirely agree, but there are those who went and returned and somehow gained positions of responsibility without really having earned it from where I'm standing.
I do not like what I see over there, I like the future of SMF even less with some of the attitudes being displayed, of over zealous moderators, of ideological preachers and ultimately an astounding lack of vision and balls.
I have seemingly been re-granted the ability to edit and remove my posts, without my asking, but I won't use it. Removing posts was slightly petty and smacks of trying to rewrite history somewhat, and in some ways I'd rather leave them there because it will serve as a reminder of things gone by, as a reminder of things to do and not to do.
So, my plan is to take the rest of tonight off, before getting on with some coding for Wedge tomorrow, and just maybe proving that I'm above a certain Texan's snide jibes by actually being a visionary, though I don't think I ever let my experience cloud my vision.
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Archived fixes / Re: PM settings aren't saving properly
« on April 27th, 2011, 07:27 PM »
Some things make sense to be non theme specific, like whether to use quick reply.
Some things, though, should be theme specific, like the news fader settings because different themes handle them in different ways. Thing is, do we separate the storage?
Some things, though, should be theme specific, like the news fader settings because different themes handle them in different ways. Thing is, do we separate the storage?