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Other software / Re: Excuse me while I vomit.......
« on June 21st, 2011, 01:42 AM »
Ya, human spammers are the only real problem I have as well and those can get past any reasonable level of verification. The only defense at that point, that is practical, is just having 24 hour coverage of moderators in various time zones so the SPAM gets removed in a timely fashion.
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Off-topic / Re: Introduction
« on June 20th, 2011, 10:34 PM »
Quote from Arantor on June 20th, 2011, 07:17 PM
It wasn't meant as a command, simply a statement, in response to the question asked - the signature is hidden until you've made more posts.
I was teasing you. Its why I only did it once. I really should put sarcasm/teasing tags in. Sorry. xD
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Off-topic / Re: Introduction
« on June 20th, 2011, 06:39 PM »
Quote from Arantor on June 20th, 2011, 09:36 AM
Make more posts.
As you command, El Kapitan!
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Other software / Re: SM is down?
« on June 20th, 2011, 04:04 AM »
Okay, I'll play along if Alan Moore writes our introduction post. :D
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The Pub / Re: Wedge financial support
« on June 19th, 2011, 08:52 PM »
Quote from Nao/Gilles on June 6th, 2011, 10:08 AM
When we need funds we'll figure it out. We aren't doing this for money -- the real money is not in free software. ...
Sad but true. Well, if I end up using  Wedge, I wouldn't mind donating a bit when you need it. :D
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Off-topic / Re: Does anyone else love mechanical keyboards?
« on June 19th, 2011, 08:37 PM »
Quote from CJ Jackson on June 19th, 2011, 12:34 AM
What wrong with rubber domes?   I don't seem to have a problem with them, especially with the newer ones.
There is nothing with them. They just aren't as good. ;)
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Other software / Re: SM is down?
« on June 19th, 2011, 08:36 PM »
Quote from ~DS~ on June 19th, 2011, 03:10 PM
Remember, remember, the 19 of June, the Wedge Treason and Plot. I know of no reason why the Wedge Treason should ever be forget..
Posted: June 19th, 2011, 03:06 PM

https://twitter.com/#!/simplemachines/status/82423651693101056
Treason? Its only Treason if you are in their camp. >.>
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Off-topic / Re: Does anyone else love mechanical keyboards?
« on June 18th, 2011, 02:38 AM »
I preffer the Blue's since I get the feedback part way through. ;) Nice tho!
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Off-topic / Re: A PHP fork?
« on June 18th, 2011, 02:37 AM »
Quote from hadesflames on June 17th, 2011, 07:23 PM
I wouldn't even bother touching it until a proper IDE is created for it =P

Assuming they went on with the fork of course.
....I wouldn't call the POS IDEs for PHP proper IDE's either. Then again, the only thing I think Microsoft ever did right was Visual Studio so....:/
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Features: Forward thinking / Re: Removing deprecated code
« on June 17th, 2011, 05:32 PM »
My most outdated VPS is:
php 5.2.6-1 on Lenny
mysql 5.0.51a on Lenny

My most recent VPS is:
php 5.3.3-7 on Squeeze
mysql 5.1.49 on Squeeze

And, in all honesty, nothing I own ever falls a major version behind Debian's current stable distribution for more than 6-9 months. So 5.3/5 sounds good to me. I've only got one Lenny VPS and it is going to get nuked in ~3 months when I move the site in my sig.
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Off-topic / Re: A PHP fork?
« on June 17th, 2011, 05:21 PM »
Quote from CJ Jackson on June 17th, 2011, 05:04 PM
Quote from Arantor on June 16th, 2011, 05:48 PM
And you're explicitly distrusting the original contents in favour of something more reliable. ;)
I wasn't too sure about jQuery.getJSON(), does it rely on HTTP POST or GET?  (I notice postJSON() doesn't exist.)
http://api.jquery.com/jQuery.getJSON/
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As of jQuery 1.5, the success callback function receives a "jqXHR" object (in jQuery 1.4, it received the XMLHttpRequest object). However, since JSONP and cross-domain GET requests ...
The API says its a GET request. I has faith in jQuery's documentation. xD
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Off-topic / Re: A PHP fork?
« on June 17th, 2011, 02:34 AM »
Quote from DoctorMalboro on June 17th, 2011, 12:52 AM
What happened to PHP6? It was so promising :(
It basically stalled in Spring 2010.

http://schlueters.de/blog/archives/128-Future-of-PHP-6.html

After that, the PHP crew seems to have gone deathly quiet.

So if someone forks it and does a complete rebuild to bring out 'PHP 6', they'd have a decent chance. Otherwise, I'm not sure what the point of forking PHP is.
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Off-topic / Re: A PHP fork?
« on June 16th, 2011, 09:27 PM »
Ya $_Request is something to be avoided. Its unnecessary and evil.
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Off-topic / Re: A PHP fork?
« on June 15th, 2011, 09:01 PM »
Quote from Arantor on June 15th, 2011, 07:53 PM
If you read what he has to say, though, he'd love to contribute this stuff to 5.3/5.4 but the powers that be are kicking stuff back - if I contribute a patch to something, I don't expect to have to wait a year for it to be evaluated. This did, unfortunately, happen with SMF (though it was more like 6 months rather than a year)
I understand that. However, a single developer, sometimes has RL issues or loses interest or whatever. If you take advantage of some of the non-compatible changes and something happens to kill development, you'll either need to take over or go back to the main PHP branch.

If he had  a core group of 2-3 people, I'd be more willing to switch since if someone gets hit by car I don't have to switch back. Maybe that is just me tho. I'm lazy.
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Yes, PHP 6 needs a fresh build and that's not where he's going, but he acknowledges that fact - it is more about raising awareness right now.
I know. I'm just saying I'm not sure it is worth the hassle if in a couple of years, PHP 6 will be what is adopted anyway.
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Off-topic / Re: Does anyone else love mechanical keyboards?
« on June 15th, 2011, 08:56 PM »
Quote from dazed on June 15th, 2011, 08:06 PM
Quote from Eros on June 15th, 2011, 07:36 PM
The Model M's have significantly stiffer switches (iirc they have the buckling spring design which requires ~25% more force) than any Cherry MX I've ever used. But to each their own. ;) I can type on mine for hours and not notice any strain.
I believe that was so when people changed from the IBM 'Selectric' typewriter the keyboard would feel more comfortable to them.
Honestly, I think it was a technical limitation (sort of like how keyboards used to be all mechanical because they couldn't produce the rubber domes yet). The Cherry switches are a more modern design iirc.