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| Edard Balladur Deactivated User 140 Posts 9/07 |  Posted - Jun 3 2008 : 4:17AMSo if I go in my profile, edit, topics, your recent topics I have tracks of the last topics I written in and the color of the folder indicates me if there are new messages in them since the last time I checked. The problem is all works fine at the beginning but with a certain period of time there are false blue folders that is to say when I check them there is no new messages in. And all of them are which in the last message is from myself ! The others don't have the error. So this is very annoying as I must check every topic that flashes regularly to confirm there are no new things in them then make disappear the false blue icon ! Is someone having the same problem ? I doubt it's only me, it must be a general bug in the forum that need to be fixed. Please help !... I'm pretty desperate and cannot bear this bug anymore now... [Link] |
| Drew Black broken crankshaft 8009 Posts 9/99 | Posted - Jun 3 2008 : 8:09AM We only keep track of what topics users have read for the previous few weeks. [Link] |
| Edard Balladur Deactivated User 140 Posts 9/07 | Posted - Jun 3 2008 : 11:32AM But I insist on the fact it only happens when I am the last poster in the topic, not when someone else is the last (I suppose he has then the symetrical problem). So it's a stange bug. Did this forum came all-built-up or did amateurs programmed it ? Thanks anyway. [Link] |
| Drew Black broken crankshaft 8009 Posts 9/99 | Posted - Jun 3 2008 : 8:17PM [Link] |
| Edard Balladur Deactivated User 140 Posts 9/07 | Posted - Jun 4 2008 : 3:34AM From what you say you keep tracks of some users infos then purge them. Maybe to save some space or ressources. Then you could change this in putting the savings directly in the user computer with a cookie for example. That's just an idea, maybe it's not appropriate or too complicated. Anyway it seems strange the non-last-topics work well, the tracks seem to be keeped a lot more time than what you said or maybe I didn't understood you well on this point. See you. [Link] |
| Drew Black broken crankshaft 8009 Posts 9/99 | Posted - Jun 4 2008 : 1:48PM I will post to this thread when it has been fixed. [Link] |
| Clam Digger Deactivated User Many a man fails as an original thinker simply because his memory is too good. 2268 Posts 1/05 | Posted - Jun 4 2008 : 1:57PM This happens to me as well. [Link] |
| Edard Balladur Deactivated User 140 Posts 9/07 | Posted - Jun 5 2008 : 1:56AM Ok Drew for your reply. We're waiting. And thanks ! [Link] |
| Drew Black broken crankshaft 8009 Posts 9/99 | Posted - Jun 5 2008 : 2:29AM [Link] |
| Drew Black broken crankshaft 8009 Posts 9/99 | Posted - Jun 5 2008 : 2:51AM [Link] |
| Drew Black broken crankshaft 8009 Posts 9/99 | Posted - Jun 5 2008 : 3:05AM [Link] |
| Edard Balladur Deactivated User 140 Posts 9/07 | Posted - Jun 5 2008 : 4:24AM I have maybe a clue : if non-last-posting-in topics work well maybe that is because they are supposed to be without any news whereas the last-posting-in ones are supposed to have some so this would be the thing to fix, not the delay. But you doesn't describe anything and doesn't reply to remarks I make so I cannot understand you in return and I don't figure what's going on and what you're thinking of... [Link] |
| Drew Black broken crankshaft 8009 Posts 9/99 | Posted - Jun 5 2008 : 4:53AM When I said:It was in response to this portion of a post maed by Edard Balladur:Y'all being U.S. hillbilly slang to address a group of people (also known as y'uns). Since Mr. Balladur implied there's a group of people waiting by the use of the contraction for "we are" (i.e. we're) I figured this would be the appropriate way to address it. Now if the post said "I am waiting", which most likely is the correct way to phrase it, I would have said "you can stop waiting". In any case, the problem is fixed. Y'all run along now ya hear? edited to fix quote. [Link] |
| Edard Balladur Deactivated User 140 Posts 9/07 | Posted - Jun 5 2008 : 11:25AM Edited by - Edard Balladur on 6/5/2008 11:49:07 AM Edited by - Edard Balladur on 6/5/2008 11:51:22 AM [Link] |
| Drew Black broken crankshaft 8009 Posts 9/99 | Posted - Jun 5 2008 : 12:11PM [Link] |
| Edard Balladur Deactivated User 140 Posts 9/07 | Posted - Jun 5 2008 : 4:29PM But you could have replied to my questions, it would made me happy to know how this forum works and what was going wrong. Guess you don't have the time... [Link] |
| Drew Black broken crankshaft 8009 Posts 9/99 | Posted - Jun 5 2008 : 7:07PM This might help explain my lack of interest in responding further. [Link] |
| Edard Balladur Deactivated User 140 Posts 9/07 | Posted - Jun 6 2008 : 12:03PM As for the link I found your reply a little bit strange... I don't understand if you're insinuating I'm trying to employ such techniques or if I'm lacking at being socially acceptable for you. [Link] |
| licker Senior Member Heretic, Iconoclast, Skeptic 1141 Posts 8/03 | Posted - Jun 6 2008 : 7:39PM For example, referring to a person as an amateur can be insulting in modern English usage. Also "thanks anyway" has the meaning "you failed completely, but thanks for trying". This may sound strange, but many things in English are not logical. I do not think you wanted to give these meanings. I think it is difficult to write in a foreign language. This time you had bad luck, and your writing sounded rude and not polite. Drew linked you to a site that has many good examples of how to work with people using English language. Also, when Drew used slang words, he was not mocking you. This is a way that we make speech more friendly and less formal. Sometimes we use it to reduce tension and be more friendly after an accidental insult. A simple misunderstanding can become a problem very fast. Good luck in future. [Link] |
| Edard Balladur Deactivated User 140 Posts 9/07 | Posted - Jun 7 2008 : 6:06AM All this is really funny :) You're totally right. I'm used to name someone that doesn't speak in his native language a barbarian. It is in reference to Romans that called barbarians all people that didn't speak latin. And the word designates now a rude person (we have barbare in french). This is because language is a matter of experience and when you're not used in using it with other native speaking persons you cannot add the action/reaction experimental effects that have words and sentences on people to your understanding of what you're saying, it's not really a question of logic or shades of meanings, it's just a question of habits. English is an easy language and the politeness seems not so hard to comprehend, however I still make novice errors in it. Did you know it is said that in japanese politeness is very hard to master ? The polite forms are put in the verbs and there are numerous formulations for everything (even if it has anything to do with the person you're talking to) you're obliged to learn depending on the social hierarchy that exists between the two persons, any mistake is a rude act. Guess this is not a language for me !... So my "thanks anyway" meant in my mind "in all cases I thanks you". And when Drew wrote "Unfortunately I'm just an amateur programmer and don't have the skills to describe the problem nor the understanding of the ultimate solution to properly describe it to you. I just started changing a bunch of stuff until it appeared to work. It looks fixed to me, time to move onto the next amateur programming bug." that's maybe here he's mocking me using irony ! That's funny because I thought it was in the previous hillbilly slang adress. So he would know the bug and the explanation, that would make sense because he wrote the code, and then gives a silly explanation than I haven't got. Hmmmm... guess if this is false, this could be another rude hypothesis for him :( Sorry in advance. And amateur standed for someone opposed to professional in my mind, which is the definition in french. Lol. Anyway, thanks for taking the time to have enlighten me, I will not insist with Drew if he doesn't want to give explanations as I'm an amateur in english talking there would be more and more errors as the discussion flows. Thanks and see you. EDIT : see y'all ;) Edited by - Edard Balladur on 6/7/2008 6:08:56 AM [Link] |
| Clam Digger Deactivated User Many a man fails as an original thinker simply because his memory is too good. 2268 Posts 1/05 | Posted - Jun 7 2008 : 10:08AM Good wishes to you and I look forward to reading more of your posts. [Link] |
| Janitor Retired Porno movies, sexy videos, xxx. Adult DVD Talk at your service. 6409 Posts 11/99 | Posted - Jun 7 2008 : 11:03AM drew needs to spend his time programming not explaining every detail to you. that makes you demanding and rude. [Link] |
| Edard Balladur Deactivated User 140 Posts 9/07 | Posted - Jun 7 2008 : 12:34PM ChodeMasterJ : Drew, out of curiosity, what schooling/degrees/etc in computer stuff do you have? i've always wondered that. Drew : None. ChodeMasterJ : well aren't you Mr. Smartypants then. So I believed Mr Drew Black isn't paid for his work on this forum (that I praised as written above) and also he is not a professional considering computing and consequently I used the word "amateur" asking my questions at a certain time using the french definition of the word. Maybe I don't get something important to understand this point. Mr Steph could I humbly make this remark to you that supposing I am "full of shit" for having used a definition I believed was correct can make me feel like you're rude to me. Thanks. Edited by - Edard Balladur on 6/7/2008 1:56:51 PM [Link] |
| Edard Balladur Deactivated User 140 Posts 9/07 | Posted - Jun 7 2008 : 12:36PM [Link] |
| Joey Starr Senior Member Still wanking after all these years. 8082 Posts 10/00 | Posted - Jun 7 2008 : 2:08PM  [Link] |
| Drew Black broken crankshaft 8009 Posts 9/99 | Posted - Jun 7 2008 : 4:40PM BTW, using the honorific "Mr." when addressing a female is also rude in any language. You've been around this site long enough to know that Steph is the owner and she is female. It's things like this that make it seem like you are intentionally being a pain in our ass. There's also no point in carrying on this discussion any further. It's no longer related to "tech talk". I'm locking the thread. If you want to have a debate about language please take it somewhere else. [Link] |
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