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Miscellaneous => The Lounge => Topic started by: Pissed_Macman on 30 May 2003, 12:35

Title: Da Fuuck???
Post by: Pissed_Macman on 30 May 2003, 12:35
Do you guys still see me as Macman: HAS 1000 posts because I still do sometimes. I've changed names like four times since then. I think Safari fucked my cookies.
Title: Da Fuuck???
Post by: Fett101 on 30 May 2003, 13:00
Well, maybe it's the forums. Right now, your name is Lord Of The Class. But on the main page (not the lounge page) Was Macman Has 1000 Posts.
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Post by: Fett101 on 30 May 2003, 13:02
And now it's Lord of The Clans, and in the other threads it's Lord Of The Trolls, so maybe I better put down the mouse and go to bed...

[ May 30, 2003: Message edited by: fett101 ]

Title: Da Fuuck???
Post by: Calum on 30 May 2003, 13:19
it's the closed source ancient VB forums that this board uses. It often doesn't update your username or signature until you post a load of shit all over the place. Perhaps that's why people tend to do that so much on this board.   :rolleyes:
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Post by: Pissed_Macman on 30 May 2003, 15:03
But it's been like a month since I was Macman: HAS 1000 POSTS. Never taken this long before.
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Post by: Pantso on 30 May 2003, 20:07
quote:
Originally posted by Calum:
it's the closed source ancient VB forums that this board uses. It often doesn't update your username or signature until you post a load of shit all over the place. Perhaps that's why people tend to do that so much on this board.    :rolleyes:  


I agree.
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Post by: TheKnifeThrower on 30 May 2003, 22:30
We want phpBB. UBB sucks ass.
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Post by: Fett101 on 30 May 2003, 22:35
I've been using and loving this (http://beehiveforum.net/) one on my site fer a bit.
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Post by: Calum on 30 May 2003, 22:41
and wonder of wonders that beehive one is GPL too! i might replace my guestbook (http://calumsmusic.netfirms.com/guestbook.html) with it at some point, although the setup i have for my guestbook (from matt's script archive) is good enough for me right now.

[ May 30, 2003: Message edited by: Calum ]

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Post by: M51DPS on 30 May 2003, 23:58
Or maybe you should just pick a name and stick with it, it's not necessary to change it constantly.
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Post by: Canadian Lover on 31 May 2003, 01:44
I just emailed the webmaster the request to change the forums now. let's hope it works   (http://smile.gif)
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Post by: Refalm on 31 May 2003, 01:49
Nah, UBB is great... somehow, I think it's better in a strange way... let's keep it  (http://smile.gif)
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Post by: Pissed_Macman on 31 May 2003, 02:14
UBB looks more natural even though it doesn't have as many features as phpBB, which I'm fucking sick of.
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Post by: CommonSense on 31 May 2003, 02:34
OK, you want to come and do it yourself?  :-\

Actually, is there something I can migrate to and keep all posts, forums, users, post counts, signatures, etc. intact?  I'm not opposed to moving off UBB . . .
Title: Da Fuuck???
Post by: Pantso on 31 May 2003, 02:52
quote:
Originally posted by Webmaster:
OK, you want to come and do it yourself?  :-\

Actually, is there something I can migrate to and keep all posts, forums, users, post counts, signatures, etc. intact?  I'm not opposed to moving off UBB . . .


Well, unfortunately not. That is unless you upgrade to the newest UBB version, which in turn would mean that you'd have to spend money on it since it's a commercial product.   :rolleyes:  

Losing all this info would really be a waste.
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Post by: Canadian Lover on 31 May 2003, 03:16
quote:
Originally posted by Panos:


Well, unfortunately not. That is unless you upgrade to the newest UBB version, which in turn would mean that you'd have to spend money on it since it's a commercial product.    :rolleyes:  

Losing all this info would really be a waste.

Dosent the webmaster get it free from the server this site is hosted at?
Title: Da Fuuck???
Post by: Pantso on 31 May 2003, 03:19
quote:
Originally posted by The all Microsoft hater:

Dosent the webmaster get it free from the server this site is hosted at?


This site is not hosted by Infopop, as far as I know.
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Post by: Canadian Lover on 31 May 2003, 03:21
quote:
Originally posted by Panos:


This site is not hosted by Infopop, as far as I know.


it used to be...
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Post by: billy_gates on 31 May 2003, 05:55
I like phpBB, they look good and are free and all that open source shit.

http://office.homelinux.com/forums/ (http://office.homelinux.com/forums/)

I think they look quite good and I think are much better than these ones
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Post by: TheQuirk on 31 May 2003, 10:02
quote:
Originally posted by TheKnifeThrower:
We want phpBB. UBB sucks ass.


No we don't. And UBB does not "suck ass".

 
quote:
I just emailed the webmaster the request to change the forums now. let's hope it works  (http://smile.gif)

I don't care. Also, let us hope it doesn't.

 
quote:
Well, unfortunately not. That is unless you upgrade to the newest UBB version, which in turn would mean that you'd have to spend money on it since it's a commercial product.

Not true. http://phpbb.com/downloads.php#converters (http://phpbb.com/downloads.php#converters)

 
quote:
it used to be...

No. It never was. You are stupid. No, this statement does not relate to your post.
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Post by: solo on 1 June 2003, 13:27
Awww TheQuirk going psycho? sheesh, I understand if you like UBB (I dont have a problem but we should use phpBB) but ya dont gotta be a dick and bite everyone's head off lol
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Post by: TheKnifeThrower on 3 June 2003, 01:04
Why convert from windows to linux?

Because linux is free* software and is better in many ways while windows is propertiary software and is more shit in many ways.

*When I say free, I mean released under the GPL so people can do what they want with it.

Why convert to phpbb?

Same answer as above. Just replace the word "linux" with phpbb and the word "windows" with UBB.
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Post by: Pissed_Macman on 3 June 2003, 03:38
quote:
Originally posted by Solo:
Awww TheQuirk going psycho? sheesh, I understand if you like UBB (I dont have a problem but we should use phpBB) but ya dont gotta be a dick and bite everyone's head off lol


Yeah, TheQuirk has had an edge to him lately... (http://www.warbucket.com/ibforums/html/emoticons/dry.gif)
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Post by: Siplus on 3 June 2003, 05:50
quote:
Originally posted by TheKnifeThrower:
Why convert from windows to linux?

Because linux is free* software and is better in many ways while windows is propertiary software and is more shit in many ways.

*When I say free, I mean released under the GPL so people can do what they want with it.

Why convert to phpbb?

Same answer as above. Just replace the word "linux" with phpbb and the word "windows" with UBB.


UBB can not compare to phpbb in the same way that linux compares to windows. not ALL open source is better then proprietary.

so, back to the subject,
i just wish UBB had more features. phpbb is good i guess, but i don't really see a reason to go through a lot of work just to get it changed...
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Post by: TheKnifeThrower on 5 June 2003, 01:53
When propertiary software is better?
vBulletin is much better than phpbb.

When propertiary software is more shit?
UBB doesn't even come close to phpbb.

And we can get convertors to convert this board to phpbb.
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Post by: xyle_one on 5 June 2003, 02:04
lets leave the forum the way it is. Im sure the webmaster has enough headache as it is anyways. I think for what it does, this forum works fine. Yes, there have been a few times where we could have used some features like stickies & announcement threads, maybe even an accessible member list (for my, uh, veterans wall of the mes  (http://smile.gif)  ), but it is not that important. Im still excited for the new name/new site we have been promised, so a new forum is not on the top of my list.
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Post by: CommonSense on 5 June 2003, 02:07
This site has never been hosted at Infopop.  It used to be hosted by Interactive Ideas . . . maybe that's the source of the confusion.

This "change to another BB" thing has come up before, sometimes even be me, but I just couldn't find a real compelling "killer-app" kind of reason to do it.  I also agree that commercial doesn't automatically mean evil.  Remember, not every company is like Microsoft.  Technically, *I'm* a company (well, a sole proprietorship), and I really wouldn't like to think that *I'M* evil just because of that.

I have seen other forums convert -- AppleInsider (http://forums.appleinsider.com) moved from UBB to vBulletin, for example -- so I'm sure it can be done.  But I have a hard time believing everything will convert smoothly.  Conversions have a funny tendency of screwing up one way or another.