"Database shenanigans are afoot. You may notice some oddness."

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if you see any odd shenanigans on ilx, note them here.

― félix pié, Tuesday, 24 April 2007 17:55 (nineteen years ago)

one of my posts was eaten.

― Ms Misery, Tuesday, 24 April 2007 17:55 (nineteen years ago)

I've had a few disappear over the last few days.

― chap, Tuesday, 24 April 2007 17:57 (nineteen years ago)

The sky is raining kittens that vomit blood.

― Nicole, Tuesday, 24 April 2007 17:58 (nineteen years ago)

I was getting a weird error message when trying to post on the "what is in your backpack, etc." thread; I posted on another thread with no trouble and then went back to the first thread and was able to post.

Also a bit of slowing down in ability to post.

― Sara R-C, Tuesday, 24 April 2007 17:59 (nineteen years ago)

i was briefly transported to another dimension which was nothing but everyone i knew tearing themselves apart. i looked to my left and my best friend was holding two handfuls of eyeballs and muttering something in latin.

― félix pié, Tuesday, 24 April 2007 17:59 (nineteen years ago)

an Elder God used one of my posts to enter this dimension, but he quickly went home after he saw he was in one of last week's cluskerfuck threads.

That was different.

xp

― kingfish, Tuesday, 24 April 2007 18:01 (nineteen years ago)

I noticed increased length and thickness in my database. I couldn't be happier.

― Rock Hardy, Tuesday, 24 April 2007 18:04 (nineteen years ago)

My posts have been eaten a lot lately. I wondered if it had anything to do with the polls as I had recently voted on one each time I think.

― Brigadier Lethbridge-Pfunkboy, Tuesday, 24 April 2007 18:04 (nineteen years ago)

http://filebox.vt.edu/c/chcleme1/super%20troopers.jpg

― nickalicious, Tuesday, 24 April 2007 18:06 (nineteen years ago)

all my posts are coming out with spelling mistakes and factual errors.

― The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall, Tuesday, 24 April 2007 18:20 (nineteen years ago)

http://imagecache2.allposters.com/images/pic/MMPH/244132~Odd-Couple-Posters.jpg

― kenan, Tuesday, 24 April 2007 18:21 (nineteen years ago)

All done on this side.

― stet, Tuesday, 24 April 2007 18:24 (nineteen years ago)

xpost to Keith's message. That site won't work in a lot of workplaces, btw.

― stet, Tuesday, 24 April 2007 18:24 (nineteen years ago)

An idiot has been posing as me. I fear it's the same idiot that has been doing this for the last 34 years, but still, maybe it's something in the database, eh? *sigh*

― StanM, Tuesday, 24 April 2007 18:25 (nineteen years ago)

*This* happened a few minutes ago.

http://xenafan.com/movies/ghostbusters/crowd.jpg

― Frogman Henry, Tuesday, 24 April 2007 18:31 (nineteen years ago)

Are sandbox & tru-ilx databases eventually going to merge?

― nickalicious, Tuesday, 24 April 2007 18:32 (nineteen years ago)

I've asked a couple of times if it would be possible to have "last modified" times be listed as actual times instead of "XX minutes/days/months/years ago," and on one occasion Keith said "oh sorry, missed that, I'll get it on the next go-round." I see it hasn't happened. Is it something that can't be done, or won't be done because I'm the only one asking for it, or was it forgotten again because I don't scream and yell and say "NU-ILX IS A BUNCH OF SHIT, BRING BACK THE OLDEN DAYS!!!!11!"

Because I can do that if that's what it takes.

― Rock Hardy, Tuesday, 24 April 2007 18:50 (nineteen years ago)

I would also like the "last update" thingee switched to absolute time.

― kingfish, Tuesday, 24 April 2007 18:55 (nineteen years ago)

put it in the prefs

― lfam, Tuesday, 24 April 2007 19:19 (nineteen years ago)

bold. and in magenta.

― The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall, Tuesday, 24 April 2007 19:21 (nineteen years ago)

http://homepage.mac.com/johnwirzbicki/iblog/CTBlue/C949557696/E20051229094429/Media/PDVD_396.jpg

― Fluffy Bear Hearts Rainbows, Tuesday, 24 April 2007 19:29 (nineteen years ago)

I've no idea if this is a new problem (or maybe it's not a problem, but, rather, intentional) - but when I'm reading a long thread and reach that red message that says something like "X messages skipped, click here to load them" and I click that link, I'm then scrolled to the top of the page and have to read back down, trying to recall where I'd left off. Kinda frustrating.

Also, (again, not sure if intentional or not), when I open a thread that I've read before, I have to start at the first post and scroll down to find the new posts - also kinda frustrating.

― MsLaura, Wednesday, 25 April 2007 04:56 (nineteen years ago)

Er, one more thing - when I post a reply and hit the little "Submit Response" button, I get a blank screen.

― MsLaura, Wednesday, 25 April 2007 04:57 (nineteen years ago)

I can't seem to Login to ILX2 with my username (same as here) and the password that was sent to me.

― kv_nol, Wednesday, 25 April 2007 08:27 (nineteen years ago)

Erm I wasn't using my email address. Sorry I am a moron!

― kv_nol, Wednesday, 25 April 2007 08:30 (nineteen years ago)

I've no idea if this is a new problem (or maybe it's not a problem, but, rather, intentional) - but when I'm reading a long thread and reach that red message that says something like "X messages skipped, click here to load them" and I click that link, I'm then scrolled to the top of the page and have to read back down, trying to recall where I'd left off. Kinda frustrating.

Also, (again, not sure if intentional or not), when I open a thread that I've read before, I have to start at the first post and scroll down to find the new posts - also kinda frustrating.

There are a bunch of things to deal with this. If you're logged in, it will take you to the place you were last at when you looked at a thread.

In the new version (on the sandbox) there are bookmarks, where you can save your place and return to that point later.

Also, in the new version, clicking the 'show more posts' link takes you to that point.

As for the blank screen - you're using IE, I suspect and deleting your cookies seems to do the trick.

― Keith, Wednesday, 25 April 2007 08:39 (nineteen years ago)

Keith, I thank you. I think I wasn't cluing-in that I needed to keep logging-in when visiting the site - and just figured-out that the "Logout" option only shows-up when one is logged in, which means that the "Log In" option shows when I need to do that. Sorry, it's late.

And thanks for the cookies idea - yes I'm stuck with IE on this computer, so I'll go purge the cookies.

Thanks again for the help :)

― MsLaura, Wednesday, 25 April 2007 09:17 (nineteen years ago)

I was looking at the What Do You Look Like thread and scrolling down and then all of a sudden this sort of big pink blob just appeared out of nowhere. When I put my mouse cursor on it, it shook and made a snuffling noise. What is it? I feel sorry for it.

― the next grozart, Wednesday, 25 April 2007 09:40 (nineteen years ago)

when I vote in a poll, I check a radio button, then press the grey button and it tells me I haven't selected a radio button. So I go back select one and press the grey button and it tells me that I can't vote coz I've voted already. So have I voted or not? I feel like I'm in Florida.

― Grandpont Genie, Wednesday, 25 April 2007 09:43 (nineteen years ago)

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