EL posts dropping?

[Moonglobe]

ok, here's my opinion: Echo Lounge posts have been on the decline for the past few days. im on every day, and lately there have been at most four active threads whenever i'm on. when i first joined (in april) the page was almost full of them (5 old ones at the bottom). im just wondering, has anyone else noticed this? i don't expect an answer for a couple hours though because -- guess what -- there's only ONE other user browsing right now. :eek::rolleyes:

[epimeth]

just like the tide, posts ebb and flow... stick around, the post count'll go up....

[Moonglobe]

shur hope so .............. hate to see my favourite forum go to waste :D

heh, it HAS given me time to attempt to help some ppl though -- which is always a good thing.... 'cept when i get them even more confused :eek:

:rolleyes:

[jimson]

perhaps... if jstarkey run a query on the DB

select * from ... where date>start_date

might have ur answer

[Bunkermaster]

too hot to post and many peeps are enjoying the sun

[Elizabeth]

Yes, and work has been unusually swamped lately, or else I'd be sticking around more.

Also picked up a second job which keeps me busy 3 evenings a week... so my EL time has severely diminished :(

But I'll still be around, keeping all the posts consistently off-topic and posting meaningless and trivial threads, don't you worry :)

-Elizabeth

[stolzyboy]

Originally posted by Elizabeth
Also picked up a second job which keeps me busy 3 evenings a week... so my EL time has severely diminished :(

is that any reason to abandon the Addicted EL'ers, some of them (so I've heard) have decided to help out on other parts of the board, OMG, LOL

[Elizabeth]

Aw shucks, I could never abandon the EL-ers - I love you guys! :D

-Elizabeth

[Weedpacket]

Originally posted by Bunkermaster
too hot to post and many peeps are enjoying the sun Hemispherist.

[Moonglobe]

yay i feel so much better now. :)




or was that the coffee? o well w/e yay!

[Jedi Legend]

Am I crazy or has there been more posts lately?

Damn, the poll says I'm crazy. And so does my doctor. :( ;)

[Moonglobe]

don't worry, you're probably not crazy -- if anyone is i am, and ive never trusted doctors.....

/me looks around neverously, crawls back into his carboard box

[dalecosp]

Originally posted by Moonglobe
ok, here's my opinion: Echo Lounge posts have been on the decline for the past few days. LOL ... I guess you were right --- until you started this thread!

/me runs off to find some useless factoid or limp idea for a new EL thread.... :D

[Moonglobe]

hehe...........i meant for the thread to do that.....ya.........that's right.............:D

/me waits patiently to give his useless opinion on dalecosps next topic

[dalecosp]

OK, fine; NP here ... but isn't it *freakin' early* in British Columbia?

[Moonglobe]

indeed it is/was, that's why i'm not posting again till now. but i've been waiting patiently the entire time.......in my sleep......ok i need my morning coffee! :rolleyes:

[epimeth]

mmm... coffee... good idea mate!


damn... we're all out...

[Weedpacket]

Originally posted by epimeth
mmm... coffee... good idea mate!


damn... we're all out...
Can you pick some more up while you're gone, then?

[epimeth]

me? pick some up? thats the boss's job! I aint payin' for my work coffee :-)

[bad76]

Well,
this give me the idea to revalue EL forum:

rename it "ECHO LUNCH" ...

(This guys are eating (http://www.spaghettihacker.it/) pc :p )

[Merve]

EL posts are dropping!

At first when I signed up, I created a new thread and lots of people started replying to it; I got 10 replies in one day, now I get none in a day...

[Bunkermaster]

your avatar scares people off

look at mine it's friendly and makes you feel all warm inside :)

[Moonglobe]

what, the evil beaver of death? but it's so nice and cuddly..............

lol ya ive had it for too long......

/me goes searching through hda1 for nice pix......

moon

[dalecosp]

what, the evil beaver of death? but it's so nice and cuddly.............. I think I met her once .... :D


















Sorry, MG, couldn't resist! :rolleyes:

[Merve]

The evil beaver of death would be cute and cuddly if wasn't named the evil beaver of death...but it's hilarious all the same...cracks me up every time I see it...

[stolzyboy]

Originally posted by Bunkermaster
your avatar scares people off

yes it does, those primary colors make a person go blind

[Bunkermaster]

thanks sto, you found out who this way aimed at and now we know the beaver is paranoid

[Elizabeth]

I'm sure the evil beaver of death has many enemies, mostly of the fellow woodland creature variety, so he probably has a right to be paranoid. ;)

-Elizabeth

[Merve]

Originally posted by stolzyboy
yes it does, those primary colors make a person go blind
Oh my god, stolzyboy is blind!

Oh well, I'll just say that the evil beaver of death chewed his eyes out.

[Moonglobe]

but the EBoD would never do that! and yes he does have reason to be paranoid...... he was almost eaten alive by a large gang of squirrels at one point in his furry life.

/me pets EBoD, who looks around, eyeing everyone he sees....

[Weedpacket]

Originally posted by Moonglobe
/me pets EBoD, who looks around, eyeing everyone he sees....
Oh dear ... I'm starting to get entirely the wrong mental image, now...

[dalecosp]

Up periscope, sailor! :D

[Moonglobe]

and i stay here WHY? you guys are starin to scare me......

[dartcol]

Originally posted by Moonglobe
but the EBoD would never do that! and yes he does have reason to be paranoid...... he was almost eaten alive by a large gang of squirrels at one point in his furry life.
[/me roots out trusty black staff, wth gold tips, with a quick whshwhshwhsh from behind ear]

EEYAAAIIII!! Pesky ferrets!

Advisory Note: No animals were actually hurt during this post although a few got a little scared and hid behind the fold down sofa.

[Elizabeth]

This, taken from an official-like beaver information site.

"The beaver was made for the water. Its large, chunky body, dense waterproof fur, and subcutaneous layer of fat minimize heat loss to icy water. A transparent eyelid protects the eyes, and the ear and nose openings can be closed while the animal is underwater. Adaptations of the respiratory and circulatory systems increase their efficiency. Large, webbed feet and powerful hind legs further enhance its underwater abilities."(3)
Yes, that conjures up many scary images.. on many levels.

-Elizabeth

[Merve]

BEAVER ATTACK!

[Moonglobe]

NO! BAD BEAVER! DO NOT ATTACK THE OTHER POSTERS! wait...NO NOT ME EITHER! BAD BEAVER!!!

[Merve]

Merve: sitting in hospital right now with cute, cuddly plush toy.
"No not again! No! Doctor! Get it off me!"

[Moonglobe]

aw man it's happenin again ..........:(

[Merve]

Year 2059:

Evil beavers rule the world, humans are slaves to them, bringing them fish and berries. Humans construct beaver dam palaces. Humans are left to sleep on stinging nettles, while beavers sleep in their dry dams. The beavers make us gnaw their trees down. Our teeth wear away. Once our teeth are broken, we are banished to the northern lands and die.

Merve: "MOONGLOBE I'M GONNA GET YOU FOR THIS!"

Moonglobe: "I shouldn't have incited this. King Beaver, please have mercy. I never got around to making a Standards Compliant Forum. You never let me. Have mercy! At least spare my computer. Stop playing Barbie games on it!"

[Jeb.]

....this is definitely one of those threads where you can't drop in half-way and understand what's going on.

:D

[dalecosp]

Heh, I'm not sure that anyone here in the beginning would know now, either ...

Hey, MG ... how 'bout a thread on "*quality* of EL posts dropping?" No reflection on you, of course :) but Jeb has a point in that it's gettin' real crazy 'round here ... and not just this thread...

[Moonglobe]

http://phpbuilder.com/board/showthread.php?s=&threadid=10250635 :)

[Merve]

A paranoid beaver of death sounds a lot cuddlier.

[Moonglobe]

but merve im trying to be descriptive....

[Merve]

descriptive...sounds like a nightmare

(Why does that beaver have red stuff on his teeth?)

[piersk]

Does he? couldn't see it myself, but if he did, then its probably because he's just attacked moonglobe (i guess)

[Moonglobe]

nah he doesn't, i've been up to 800x zoom on him and he's only 50px tall, so i doubt i missed nething.


....


o you were joking! sorry im a bit out of it.

;)
moon

[Merve]

Joking? He broke the new cage too!

[Moonglobe]

there is NO way he could have broken free! i coded the cage in PHP! ;)

[dalecosp]

Yes, but were RG OFF or ON?

:D

[Moonglobe]

OFF of course ;) we're talking about 4.3.2 here.

[dalecosp]

4.3.2? You're 4 versions behind ... ;)

Oh, well, I'm only on RC2 ....

[Merve]

Take function feed($food) out of the code and then you won't have to open the cage ever.

[Moonglobe]

actually, i'm only 0.0.1 stable releases behind (4.3.3 just released). IF you're talking about v5b1, i dont go for beta yet. and besides, im pissed about namespaces being taken out :mad: o well, it was probably for the best :(

[dalecosp]

Heh, I was nitpicking. :D

4.3.3-RC1 = 1 version
4.3.3-RC2 = 1 version
4.3.3-RC3 = 1 version
4.3.3 = 1 version

[Merve]

<?php
$postersFood = array(Merve, Moonglobe, dalecosp, piersk, Elizabeth, stolzyboy, Weedpacket, jstarkey, Chaotic Reality, frog);
$postersSize = sizeof($postersFood)-1;
$whoToEat = rand(0, $postersSize);
if ($beaverHunger==TRUE) {
unset($postersFood[$whoToEat]);
}
print "The beaver has been fed".$postersFood[$whoToEat].".";
?>

[Moonglobe]

change this:if ($beaverHunger==TRUE) {
unset($postersFood[$whoToEat]);
}
print "The beaver has been fed".$postersFood[$whoToEat].".";
to this:if ($beaverHunger==TRUE) {
print "The beaver has been fed".$postersFood[$whoToEat].".";
unset($postersFood[$whoToEat]);
} and it will work ;)



moonglobe.... the error_reporting(E_ALL+MORE); of jokes ;)

[goldbug]

Such redundancy.....

You could make the code cleaner and smaller by taking out the ==TRUE. :)

if ($beaverHunger==TRUE) {
// implementation
}

becomes:

if ($beaverHunger) {
// implementation
}


:) :) mmmm nitpicking.

[dalecosp]

There are degrees of hunger, you know...if ($beaverHunger && !$beaverFamished) {
print "The beaver has been fed".$postersFood[$whoToEat].".";
unset($postersFood[$whoToEat]);
}
elseif ($beaverFamished) {
unset($postersFood);
echo "I can't believe he ate the *whole* thing!";
}BTW, who's variable convention is this? Looks a bit like Javascript... :p

[Weedpacket]

Originally posted by dalecosp
BTW, who's variable convention is this? Looks a bit like Javascript... :p Shouldn't it be $beaverHungry and $ediblePosters?

[Merve]

<?php
$postersFood = array(Merve, Moonglobe, dalecosp, piersk, Elizabeth, stolzyboy, Weedpacket, jstarkey, Chaotic Reality, frog, dartcol, cgraz, stonewall, GilesGuthrie, Norman Graham);
$postersSize = sizeof($postersFood)-1;
$whoToEat = rand(0, $postersSize);
if ($beaverHungry && !$beaverFamished) {
print "The beaver has been fed".$postersFood[$whoToEat].".";
unset($postersFood[$whoToEat]);
}
elseif ($beaverFamished) {
print "The beaver has been fed ";
for($i=0;$i<=$postersSize;$i++) {
if ($i<($postersSize-1))
print $postersFood[$i].", ";
}
elseif ($i==($postersSize-1)) {
print $postersFood[$i]." and ";
} else {
print $postersFood[$i].".";
}
}
unset($postersFood);
}
?>

[stolzyboy]

reminds me more of ASP *shudder*

$beaver_hunger // php var

[Merve]

Originally posted by stolzyboy
reminds me more of ASP *shudder*

$beaver_hunger // php var

Argh! Hasn't anybody here heard of joke code?

[dalecosp]

Originally posted by stolzyboy
reminds me more of ASP *shudder*

$beaver_hunger // php var Yes, now that_is_more like it!!

Joke code, Merve? Most of my stuff, actually, heh ...

[Moonglobe]

Originally posted by dalecosp
Yes, now that_is_more like it!!

Joke code, Merve? Most of my stuff, actually, heh ...
i'll attest to that... i don't think i've seen any serious dalecosp code yet... well maybe once or twice :p

[stolzyboy]

Originally posted by Merve
Argh! Hasn't anybody here heard of joke code?

it may be joke code, but you don't joke around with ASP'ish variables when making jokes in PHP :D

[Merve]

Originally posted by stolzyboy
it may be joke code, but you don't joke around with ASP'ish variables when making jokes in PHP :D

I don't mean to blame anyone or shift the blame off me, but I saw a code drawmack made with those type of variables and I decided for no reason to use them...must've gotten mixed up with ASP because I know drawmack wouldn't normally do that.
Oh well, it's not like they don't work...