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RAZD
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Message 211 of 653 (635913)
10-02-2011 11:09 PM
Reply to: Message 207 by hooah212002
10-02-2011 4:20 PM


Re: Chat forum?
I don't need privacy, I wouldn't post anything that would need privacy.
But if you need it, then use the chat forum to make contacts to then communicate by PM links
Edited by Zen Deist, : .

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Message 212 of 653 (635957)
10-03-2011 9:29 AM
Reply to: Message 211 by RAZD
10-02-2011 11:09 PM


Re: Chat forum?
Kinda goes against the whole purpose of "chat" then.... Plus, IMO, it would clutter up the forum as a whole. People would start "chat" threads needlessly. Do I see a need for it? Not personally, but apparently there is a want for it from other members. The only use I could see for it is because it is difficult/obscure to see the (1)message blinking.
I don't need privacy, I wouldn't post anything that would need privacy.
Perhaps others would, though.

"Why don't you call upon your God to strike me? Oh, I forgot it's because he's fake like Thor, so bite me" -Greydon Square

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RAZD
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Message 213 of 653 (636030)
10-03-2011 6:57 PM
Reply to: Message 212 by hooah212002
10-03-2011 9:29 AM


Re: Chat forum?
Hi hooah212002,
Do I see a need for it? Not personally, but apparently there is a want for it from other members. The only use I could see for it is because it is difficult/obscure to see the (1)message blinking.
Yeah, the only time I've used chat is at work where it was used as a "watson, i need you" kind of message.
... it is because it is difficult/obscure to see the (1)message blinking.
Perhaps the location is wrong -- what if it was under your avatar?
Enjoy

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RAZD
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Message 214 of 653 (636038)
10-03-2011 7:26 PM


message REPLY ALL function?
Hi Percy,
Hey Percy
This recently occurred to me:
Reply ALL function?
Would it be possible to have a "reply all" (or reply multiple) function for when you get a number of replies to one message?
This may need to be initiated within the post that gets the multiple replies, and could be where the "you have not yet responded" link is?
Probably a bit more difficult would be to have an option in the reply program to "add another Reply to" which could be a toggle under the "Reply to: Message xxx by {Y}" where you can pick among the others that reply to the same post? then you would have
Replies to: Message xxx by {A}
            Message yyy by {B}
[bgcolor=tan][color=navy]  select another reply to ◊  [/color][/bgcolor]
It would likely need to be similar to a general reply (where you can see all the previous posts) but with the posts restricted to those that replied or that are selected for the response being shown (ie 2 or 3 posts).
The link/s from the response to each of the replies could still look the same (replies to this message), but at the bottom it list the "ALL" posts under "This message is a reply to:"
Enjoy.

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RAZD
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Message 215 of 653 (636042)
10-03-2011 7:34 PM
Reply to: Message 214 by RAZD
10-03-2011 7:26 PM


[qs=mid#]
Hi percy another one for your copious free time
[qs=mid#] ie [qs=636038]
would look like
Message 214 writes:
This recently occurred to me:
Reply ALL function?
This would be especially useful in the multiple response posts (whether done manually or with the mechanism suggested in Message 214
Enjoy

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to share.


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Message 216 of 653 (636058)
10-03-2011 8:18 PM
Reply to: Message 215 by RAZD
10-03-2011 7:34 PM


message CC?
And for just a couple more minutes ...
how about a CC option ...
under the
Reply to: Message 214 by Zen Deist
you would then have pull down menus for
  add another reply to ⟨ select ⟩  
  add cc to member     ⟨ select ⟩  
and putting it all together the reply window would have:
Replies to: Message 214 by Zen Deist
                   Message 215 by Zen Deist
          cc to: xongsmith
  add another reply to ⟨ select ⟩  
  add cc to member     ⟨ select ⟩  
and the posted version would look like
Replies to: Message 214 by Zen Deist
                   Message 215 by Zen Deist
          cc to: xongsmith
where the CC's would show up on the members page as unanswered posts (those blue arrows)?
Message 214 writes:
This recently occurred to me:
Reply ALL function?
Message 215 writes:
This would be especially useful in the multiple response posts (whether done manually or with the mechanism suggested in Message 214
Edited by Zen Deist, : blue arrow

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RAZD
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Message 217 of 653 (636060)
10-03-2011 8:31 PM
Reply to: Message 216 by RAZD
10-03-2011 8:18 PM


Re: Re: Re: new ideas
Hi Percy, hope you like.
one question: when you make a reply the system automatically adds "Re:" to the subtitle ...
except that it doesn't when it is the next reply or for blank subtitles.
I think it could be interesting if this kept incrementing (so a reply to this would be
Re: Re: message CC?
and the next
Re: Re: Re: message CC?
it would kind of force a subtitle change on our subtitle challenged members ...
Enjoy.

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Message 218 of 653 (636064)
10-03-2011 8:45 PM
Reply to: Message 217 by RAZD
10-03-2011 8:31 PM


Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: new ideas
RAZD writes:
it would kind of force a subtitle change on our subtitle challenged members ...
I doubt it.

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hooah212002
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Message 219 of 653 (636065)
10-03-2011 8:46 PM
Reply to: Message 217 by RAZD
10-03-2011 8:31 PM


Re: Re: Re: new ideas
Email clients no longer even do this (not even the atrocious Outlook ffs).... no more endless "FW: FW: FW: FW: FW: FW: FW: Funny cat lol" I couldn't think of a worse idea for a forum.

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Message 220 of 653 (636225)
10-04-2011 7:25 PM
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10-03-2011 8:18 PM


Re: message CC?
Structuring database tables and formulating efficient queries with the current structure of a single reply-to and multiple replies is already very challenging. Multiple reply-to's and CC's would sort of be the concrete slab that broke the camel's back.

--Percy
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hooah212002
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Message 221 of 653 (644306)
12-17-2011 2:39 AM


Polemic
Can someone help me to understand the meaning of polemic? I have looked up the definition but I appear unable to grasp it.... For example: if someone were to accuse me of being polemic, that would mean ____? This is hypothetical, of course.
Edited by hooah212002, : No reason given.

Put the FSM back in Chrifsmas

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Message 222 of 653 (644362)
12-17-2011 9:51 AM
Reply to: Message 221 by hooah212002
12-17-2011 2:39 AM


Re: Polemic
That you spoke or wrote in support of your position and in opposition to someone else. It also carries the connotation that you were either effective or at least presented a strong case.

Anyone so limited that they can only spell a word one way is severely handicapped!

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Message 223 of 653 (644366)
12-17-2011 9:59 AM
Reply to: Message 222 by jar
12-17-2011 9:51 AM


Re: Polemic
Hmm. Ok. I guess I had trouble understanding because from the phonology of the word, it seems to carry a negative connotation. The main reason I asked is because I have been listening to a lot of the Non-Prophets and Atheist Experience podcasts and Matt Dillahunty claims that people "accuse" him of being overly polemic, so I took it to mean something more negative and that preconception didn't jive with the definition.

Put the FSM back in Chrifsmas

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Message 224 of 653 (644368)
12-17-2011 10:02 AM
Reply to: Message 223 by hooah212002
12-17-2011 9:59 AM


Re: Polemic
Yes in that example it is negative. Polemic is modified by adding "overly".

Anyone so limited that they can only spell a word one way is severely handicapped!

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Message 225 of 653 (644370)
12-17-2011 10:07 AM
Reply to: Message 224 by jar
12-17-2011 10:02 AM


Re: Polemic
Ok, then I am again confused. How could the act of simply arguing ones point be construed as negative?

Put the FSM back in Chrifsmas

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