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Post by sine nomine » Tue Jul 25, 2006 5:55 pm

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hmm. it's not what i thought it was. back to the drawing board.

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[blockquote]Facts are not frightening. But if you try to avoid them,
turn your back and run, then that is frightening. -- Krishnamurti[/blockquote]

[blockquote]Why are we so frightened of what is?
What is the good of running away if whatever we are is always there? -- Krishnamurti[/blockquote]

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Post by swanfaerie » Tue Jul 25, 2006 6:26 pm

the drawing board is only fun if one is drawing. :wink: :tongue:
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Post by Jomomma » Tue Jul 25, 2006 7:24 pm

[quote=sine nomine]est
hmm. it's not what i thought it was. back to the drawing board.

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Post by Jomomma » Tue Jul 25, 2006 7:25 pm

DRAT!!!!

*waits to see what Deb is drawing*
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Post by swanfaerie » Tue Jul 25, 2006 7:54 pm

*wants to draw a ladybug*


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Post by Green Beauty » Tue Jul 25, 2006 7:58 pm

Probably no help at all. But trying to be usefull i looked on the internet for some answers.

The best i could find was to ensure the board is updated to 2.0.21.

But not knowing anything computer related i don't know what type of phpbb this forum is, supposedly there is phpbb3, phpbb2 etc.

So yeah. Basically what we have found out is i have been of no use :roll:

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Post by sine nomine » Tue Jul 25, 2006 8:37 pm

well, you saved me from some searching.

i've asked on the phpbb board. i think i may have to upgrade to 21. bleah. i really don't want the hassle, especially because i feel a headache coming on. i'm going to go see how much of an annoyance that would be.

the file i'm talking about is the only file i've changed in ages, so it has to be the culprit.

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What is the good of running away if whatever we are is always there? -- Krishnamurti[/blockquote]

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Post by Green Beauty » Tue Jul 25, 2006 8:41 pm

I would personally say leave it until you feel better. It's not exactly a major issue. Look after yourself, as i am sure people can get by with just using colour to quote or just quote minus the name for a while.

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Post by Smeagol » Tue Jul 25, 2006 10:57 pm

maybe a bug did get into the drawing board and that is the source of the problem!
Random fact: the reason we call a bug a bug (in the sense of here's a bug in my program) is because some of the first ever computer programs crashed because real live bugs crawled into the computers and fried themselves on the circuits.
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Post by sine nomine » Tue Jul 25, 2006 11:10 pm

the actual bug is in the smithsonian. it was found by admiral grace hopper, who rocks for being a female admiral in the 40s, and for being the first person to write a program for what was essentially the first computer.

<img src="http://vnuuk.typepad.com/photos/uncateg ... tbug_1.jpg">

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Post by swanfaerie » Tue Jul 25, 2006 11:58 pm

the actual bug is in the smithsonian. it was found by admiral grace hopper, who rocks for being a female admiral in the 40s, and for being the first person to write a program for what was essentially the first computer.

<img src="http://vnuuk.typepad.com/photos/uncateg ... tbug_1.jpg">

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Post by Jomomma » Wed Jul 26, 2006 3:47 am

<----always learns something new here
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Post by Aly » Wed Jul 26, 2006 3:54 am

So -THATS- why this bit is called Admin(i)s-trivia!
Admins sharing little bits of fun random information! :tongue:
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Well, if the rain come round and it don’t come out, then I’ll never have to speak again,
I can tick tick tick tick tick tick tick away.


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Post by Jomomma » Wed Jul 26, 2006 3:58 am

I can do random but I can't guarantee it would be fun :tongue:
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Post by Space_Man » Thu Jul 27, 2006 12:45 am

* hesitantly…hopefully… *

It looks like the battle with the bug…

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…has finally been won, yeah…? (since it seems to have worked only intermittently, earlier…)
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Post by Poppies » Thu Jul 27, 2006 8:54 am

Looks like it's the 'bug' who's winning at the moment..... :tongue:
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Post by pinky » Thu Jul 27, 2006 2:33 pm

lol, i think the bug is winning too... :-)
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Post by swirlish » Thu Jul 27, 2006 8:32 pm

Ooh, thank you for sharing the nifty little info about why it's called a bug! Now I can finally outshine my brother at something! :lol: :lol:

Oh and yes, deb, don't stress. We won't die cause the quote thingie's not working. People are being very inventive getting around it :)

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Post by Space_Man » Thu Jul 27, 2006 8:41 pm

I'm getting it to work, but its finally occurred to me...it is only working in PMs... :-? Anyone else notice this...?
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Post by s0_vErY_sCaReD » Fri Jul 28, 2006 8:03 am

I also noticed that the quotation marks ('') don't work. If I want to put quotation marks around something, I have to type in two of the single quotation marks (') to get the full quotation mark effect. Weird!
(Note: The {''} above and here is two single quotation marks)


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