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[Architecht]

 

You know what Ed. It's annoying but if it keeps one person from getting ripped off for a big $ of money or prevents another flame war in a selling thread or keeps this place a bit more tame I'm all for it. And I'm sure Arch will tweak it.

 

R.

 

 

 

 

Annoyance level of new banner: 15

Approx number of users seeing it: 1000

Total annoyance: 15 x 1000 = 15,000

 

Possibility of prevention of scam, flame wars or heated threads: 0.08

Annoyance level of any of the above: 500

Number of affected: 100

Total Annoyance: 0.08 x 500 x 100 = 4000

 

Ergo: lose the banner.

 

SUMMER GLAU

 

(Inspired by XKCD.com humor) at

http://www.xkcd.com/406/

 

Measurement of the over-reaction of some members on the rhicter scale to having to look at a temporary few pixel high notice... I dunno. Something high.

 

Relax. Drink less coffee?

[DrWatson]

Wow, I made that the wallpaper on my computer screen.

[greggy]

 

You know what Ed. It's annoying but if it keeps one person from getting ripped off for a big $ of money or prevents another flame war in a selling thread or keeps this place a bit more tame I'm all for it. And I'm sure Arch will tweak it.

 

R.

 

 

 

 

Annoyance level of new banner: 15

Approx number of users seeing it: 1000

Total annoyance: 15 x 1000 = 15,000

 

Possibility of prevention of scam, flame wars or heated threads: 0.08

Annoyance level of any of the above: 500

Number of affected: 100

Total Annoyance: 0.08 x 500 x 100 = 4000

 

Ergo: lose the banner.

 

SUMMER GLAU

 

(Inspired by XKCD.com humor) at

http://www.xkcd.com/406/

 

Measurement of the over-reaction of some members on the rictor scale to having to look at a temporary few pixel high notice... I dunno. Something high.

 

Relax. Drink less coffee?

People like to whine here. Get with the program. (thumbs u

[rob_allan]

 

You know what Ed. It's annoying but if it keeps one person from getting ripped off for a big $ of money or prevents another flame war in a selling thread or keeps this place a bit more tame I'm all for it. And I'm sure Arch will tweak it.

 

R.

 

 

 

 

Annoyance level of new banner: 15

Approx number of users seeing it: 1000

Total annoyance: 15 x 1000 = 15,000

 

Possibility of prevention of scam, flame wars or heated threads: 0.08

Annoyance level of any of the above: 500

Number of affected: 100

Total Annoyance: 0.08 x 500 x 100 = 4000

 

Ergo: lose the banner.

 

SUMMER GLAU

 

(Inspired by XKCD.com humor) at

http://www.xkcd.com/406/

 

Measurement of the over-reaction of some members on the rictor scale to having to look at a temporary few pixel high notice... I dunno. Something high.

 

Relax. Drink less coffee?

People like to whine here. Get with the program. (thumbs u

 

 

At least the whining seems to have resulted in the obnoxious font size being changed. Egad that was huge.

[Architecht]

People like to whine here. Get with the program. (thumbs u

 

I apologize for failing to be with the program.

[greggy]

People like to whine here. Get with the program. (thumbs u

 

I apologize for failing to be with the program.

I don't drink coffe though so I'm relaxed.

[Architecht]

People like to whine here. Get with the program. (thumbs u

 

I apologize for failing to be with the program.

I don't drink coffe though so I'm relaxed.

 

That's good. Maybe a nice herbal tea now and then?

[DrWatson]

People like to whine here. Get with the program. (thumbs u

 

I apologize for failing to be with the program.

I don't drink coffe though so I'm relaxed.

Have a milkshake.

[greggy]

People like to whine here. Get with the program. (thumbs u

 

I apologize for failing to be with the program.

I don't drink coffe though so I'm relaxed.

Have a milkshake.

Lactose intolerant but you knew that.

[DrWatson]

People like to whine here. Get with the program. (thumbs u

 

I apologize for failing to be with the program.

I don't drink coffe though so I'm relaxed.

Have a milkshake.

Lactose intolerant but you knew that.

Yes, I did know that.

[divad]

People like to whine here. Get with the program. (thumbs u

 

I apologize for failing to be with the program.

I don't drink coffe though so I'm relaxed.

Have a milkshake.

Just plain intolerant but you knew that.

 

fixed that for ya!

[greggy]

People like to whine here. Get with the program. (thumbs u

 

I apologize for failing to be with the program.

I don't drink coffe though so I'm relaxed.

Have a milkshake.

Just plain intolerant but you knew that.

 

fixed that for ya!

[divad]

(stop that please - Arch)

 

 

[font:Impact]REDRUM[/font]

[JazzMan]

Is there a way that when you begin a new thread you get a new dialogue stating what's in the new warning banner? This way the new thread needs to adhere to those rules, they can hit cancel to start again or accept the terms and proceed?

 

Just a thought.

[Architecht]

Is there a way that when you begin a new thread you get a new dialogue stating what's in the new warning banner? This way the new thread needs to adhere to those rules, they can hit cancel to start again or accept the terms and proceed?

 

Just a thought.

 

We could do something like that. The banner I did was easy because it's within the admin capabilities of the boards. I'm trying out a few solutions that don't require customizing the message board code, as that would make future product version upgrades more complicated.

[divad]

Is there a way that when you begin a new thread you get a new dialogue stating what's in the new warning banner? This way the new thread needs to adhere to those rules, they can hit cancel to start again or accept the terms and proceed?

 

Just a thought.

 

Sheesh, wish I'd thought of that . . .

[Architecht]

So the H1s might have been a little over the top. (grin)

 

 

[greggy]

Is there a way that when you begin a new thread you get a new dialogue stating what's in the new warning banner? This way the new thread needs to adhere to those rules, they can hit cancel to start again or accept the terms and proceed?

 

Just a thought.

 

Sheesh, wish I'd thought of that . . .

Hey dorkus, why don't you volunteer to rewrite the coding for all of your suggestions?

[divad]

Is there a way that when you begin a new thread you get a new dialogue stating what's in the new warning banner? This way the new thread needs to adhere to those rules, they can hit cancel to start again or accept the terms and proceed?

 

Just a thought.

 

Sheesh, wish I'd thought of that . . .

Hey dorkus, why don't you volunteer to rewrite the coding for all of your suggestions?

 

Cuz I already got a job . . .

[cheetah]

I'm not one of the heavy posters here but I do check the sales forum pretty often. Whenever I see a sales post that isn't in compliance with the rules, there are inevitably two pages of posts taking pleasure in pointing out exactly how the post doesn't comply with the rules. Some are clever, some are rude, some are completely out of line. If you buy an Incredible Hulk 181 from someone who has two pages of flame posts in the thread, maybe the problem isn't with the forum but the numbnut who goes ahead with the sale.

 

You guys are making mountains out of mole hills with this. You've got your own self-regulating system here that seems to me to work 100 percent of the time.