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Chris Maunder wrote:
At the moment the chances of this are Buckley's and none. Way, way too much load.
CP could do it on the client side using JavaScript, no change to SQL or ASP bits.
And who on earth is Buckley?
Paul Watson
Bluegrass
Cape Town, South Africa
Macbeth muttered:
I am in blood / Stepped in so far, that should I wade no more, / Returning were as tedious as go o'er
DavidW wrote:
You are totally mad. Nice.
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I just changed my email address in my settings, logged out and logged back in. Since there is another Rohit Sinha on this site, member number 234913 (I myself am member number 30836), I had to insert an between "Rohit" and "Sinha" in order to make it work. I had brought this up in this message[^].
I had to change my email address because I have not been receiving the newsletter for months now, and I suspect that it has something to do with my ISP.
But now I noticed that all my messages have a grey head icon next to my name, instead of the regular user icon. 
What's going on?
Could you please look into this? Thanks.
Regards,
Rohit Sinha
Character is like a tree, and reputation like its shadow. The shadow is what we think of it; the tree is the real thing.
- Abraham Lincoln
The whole world steps aside for the man who knows where he is going.
- Anonymous
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Yeah, I saw that too. But I'm not worried about the post count. But I want to see myself being acknowledged by the scripts. 
Looks like either Chris did not notice this message or doesn't have time or does not care.
Waaaaaaaa
Regards,
Rohit Sinha
Character is like a tree, and reputation like its shadow. The shadow is what we think of it; the tree is the real thing.
- Abraham Lincoln
The whole world steps aside for the man who knows where he is going.
- Anonymous
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I pick (b). It's on the list.
cheers,
Chris Maunder
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Thank you very much.  
Regards,
Rohit Sinha
Character is like a tree, and reputation like its shadow. The shadow is what we think of it; the tree is the real thing.
- Abraham Lincoln
The whole world steps aside for the man who knows where he is going.
- Anonymous
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Ah, so THIS is it.
First the evil forces managed to mess up with my ISP, so I stopped receiving the newsletter. This was done probably to lower my morale. 
Then they created another Rohit Sinha to create confusion in the minds of not-so discerning readers of the posts I make. And also to stop me from changing my settings.
And now this.
But I will carry on, let me assure you, toiling in the sun and snow alike, facing the wraths of the evil conspirators.
Cricket will win, even if I don't.
If I die, please spread my ashes over the Cape Town stadium.
Regards,
Rohit Sinha
Character is like a tree, and reputation like its shadow. The shadow is what we think of it; the tree is the real thing.
- Abraham Lincoln
The whole world steps aside for the man who knows where he is going.
- Anonymous
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Just to tell you a bit more about the problem, I seem to be logged in for all purposes other than posting messages. I can see my name dissolved in the orange sidebar, my sig is there, I can vote only once. BTW, I voted for my own messages in my personal board which you have provided (thank you), and I was able to (of course I voted 5 for all of them  )! Though I could not vote a second time, showing CP indeed knows it was me who was voting.
But only for the messages, this problem surfaces. I don't know what it is. A long while back you told someone that if someone is logged in, but changed his/her display name on the posting page, it appears as grey. Could it have something to do with this?
Or is it because I changed my email address? Maybe the cookie is getting confused? I'll delete the cookie and report again.
Regards,
Rohit Sinha
Character is like a tree, and reputation like its shadow. The shadow is what we think of it; the tree is the real thing.
- Abraham Lincoln
The whole world steps aside for the man who knows where he is going.
- Anonymous
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Whoa! I think I found it.
Though I have put an between Rohit and Sinha in my settings to make it work because of the other Rohit Sinha on CP, in the posting page it appears as just a space in the "Your Name:" text box. I changed that space to again and now I can see the normal user's head icon next to my name.
So it was that changing the name thing while posting indeed.
Could you change the scripts to accomodate this, please? I mean don't convert the to a space here, but let the browser do it?
Thanks.
Regards,
Rohit Sinha
Character is like a tree, and reputation like its shadow. The shadow is what we think of it; the tree is the real thing.
- Abraham Lincoln
The whole world steps aside for the man who knows where he is going.
- Anonymous
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Rohit Sinha wrote:
A long while back you told someone that if someone is logged in, but changed his/her display name on the posting page, it appears as grey.
Right, that's to prevent impersonation of other members, like I'm trying to do now.
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Chris Maunder wrote:
Right, that's to prevent impersonation of other members, like I'm trying to do now.
Quite right, I understand that. All I'm asking now is to do something about:
1. preventing new users from registering under names which are already present, using the same code that checks for duplication in the settings page
2. the duplicate users already present, taking into consideration that Michael Martin and me and many others have been members since much before the newcomers
3. allow me to use my own frigging name!
And now considering I got in all this mess just so I could start receiving the newsletter again, the best thing would be that I don't get it at this address either. Yeah, that'll be THE thing. Keeping HTML in your display name is a crime and I should be punished for it.
The problem is that I don't always get the textbox to be able to change the space in my name between Rohit and Sinha to .
[EDIT] Who are you, and why are you trying to impersonate Chris?  [/EDIT]
Regards,
Rohit Sinha
Character is like a tree, and reputation like its shadow. The shadow is what we think of it; the tree is the real thing.
- Abraham Lincoln
The whole world steps aside for the man who knows where he is going.
- Anonymous
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Rohit Sinha wrote:
Grey head!
Possibly it's just age?
But I am fantastic in bed! And there are gorgeous women in all the houses I pass. And it would be wrong to leave them unsatisfied! So spam is the only way... - Paul Watson
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Megan Forbes wrote:
Possibly it's just age?
Yeah, age does seem to start taking its toll after 27 years.
Regards,
Rohit Sinha
Character is like a tree, and reputation like its shadow. The shadow is what we think of it; the tree is the real thing.
- Abraham Lincoln
The whole world steps aside for the man who knows where he is going.
- Anonymous
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Rohit Sinha wrote:
Yeah, age does seem to start taking its toll after 27 years.
Tell me about it!  (in 3 months time I will reach the ripe old age of 28 - will that make me older or younger than you?)
But I am fantastic in bed! And there are gorgeous women in all the houses I pass. And it would be wrong to leave them unsatisfied! So spam is the only way... - Paul Watson
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Nishant S wrote:
So you are basically middle aged now eh Meg?
The cruelty!
Nishant S wrote:
A woman's 28 is same as a man's 32
Strange, considering men seem to die off first...
But I am fantastic in bed! And there are gorgeous women in all the houses I pass. And it would be wrong to leave them unsatisfied! So spam is the only way... - Paul Watson
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Megan Forbes wrote:
Strange, considering men seem to die off first...
The women wear us out... 
-------------------------- Shog9 --------------------------
------- Happiness is something you decide on ahead of time -------
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Extremely sorry to bug you like this Chris, but I still get the grey head if I forget to change the "space" between Rohit and Sinha in my name to, well, a space by hitting the keyboard space bar. Either that, or change it to an to get the proper user icon. If I leave it as it is, I get a grey head. If I change it to or put a space there again by hitting the spacebar and removing the old one, I get a normal user icon.
Sorry for all the trouble I am causing you.
Regards,
Rohit Sinha
Character is like a tree, and reputation like its shadow. The shadow is what we think of it; the tree is the real thing.
- Abraham Lincoln
The whole world steps aside for the man who knows where he is going.
- Anonymous
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Taking into view the recent spate over the article about processors, I have the following suggestion:
Let's have a point system to decide who can and who can't post articles. In order to be able to post articles, you need to have at least a minimum number of points.
1. Each post in a forum gives you one point.
2. Each post in a message board at the end of an article gives you two points (because it shows that you are reading the articles, and hence are more likely to understand what a good article is).
3. Each article that you publish and which gets edited gives you 200 points
4. After the article is voted on by at least 5 members and is rated more than 4, you get 300 points.
5. If the editors of the articles feel like it, they can award extra points to the authors so that they can now use the submission wizard directly. These points should only be awarded if the editors feel confident that the author can be trusted to let him/her submit his/her own articles.
6. Each article of yours that gets pulled back gives you -1000 points as penalty
7. Each month that you spend with CP gives you 10 points
I think 500 points will be a good threshold to decide who can post articles directly and who can't. If you haven't crossed the threshold yet, you can email the article to submit@... as usual and it will be taken care of.
I think this will be a better scheme than letting only gold or platinum members submit articles directly, as has been proposed earlier. This will be a good compromise because it will let everyone post articles, and at the same time, you will have to prove that you have been with CP for some time and you care for it before you can start posting articles on your own.
I would also like to propose some changes in the membership status system. Currently there are only four levels, and I feel there should be more. A diamond status perhaps, for those who have posted an exceptionally high number of articles? And it might be a good idea to integrate the rating that your messages or articles recieve into the membership status too. Right now you can increase your status just by posting articles. This encourages a lot of people to just put together a few words, a few lines of code and submit an "article". I feel that CP has got enough quality articles that now you need not just to post articles, but post good articles. But please don't penalise anyone for low ratings. This will discourage people from posting, especially newcomers, because they aren't sure how it will be recieved by others. But we can award those whose articles and posts are rated high by people, to encourage good postings and articles.
Regards,
Rohit Sinha
Character is like a tree, and reputation like its shadow. The shadow is what we think of it; the tree is the real thing.
- Abraham Lincoln
The whole world steps aside for the man who knows where he is going.
- Anonymous
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Thanks for the suggestions.
cheers,
Chris Maunder
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Why have 7 people voted between 2 and 3 for this? I think these are quite good suggestions - not set in concrete that we should (implement them || get them implemented), but these people haven't even given good reasons for voting badly for these suggestions. (OK I know this isn't the SoapBox)
Anyway - maybe we should like post comments with our ratings 
Paul
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Paul van der Walt wrote:
not set in concrete that we should (implement them || get them implemented), but these people haven't even given good reasons for voting badly for these suggestions
Yes, exactly. This is what I feel bad about it too. If someone didn't like it they could have atleast told me which part they didn't like so much that they thought it best to vote a 1. People have not given any reason, let alone good ones. I mean it's not like I was trolling, or the message proved I am an idiot (now wait a minute... )...
Paul van der Walt wrote:
Anyway - maybe we should like post comments with our ratings
Yeah, maybe. But let's not get too involved with the ratings, just shrug and move on.
Regards,
Rohit Sinha
Character is like a tree, and reputation like its shadow. The shadow is what we think of it; the tree is the real thing.
- Abraham Lincoln
The whole world steps aside for the man who knows where he is going.
- Anonymous
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