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Post by Deleted on May 13, 2012 22:22:57 GMT -5
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Post by Cheesy FL-Vol on May 14, 2012 2:30:18 GMT -5
Virgil, You probably want to add instruction that after making the change one must then click the "modify profile" button. |
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Post by Virgil Showlion on May 14, 2012 8:54:18 GMT -5
Counterintuitively, Ms. Cheesy, you don't actually have to click "Modify Profile" for the changes to be accepted. The changes are stored as soon as you make them. This behaviour isn't by choice. I'd prefer it if the changes were only committed if "Modify Profile" was clicked, but the service I use to store information online needs time (roughly 100 milliseconds) to run. When you click the "Modify Profile" button, the webpage you're viewing is instantaneously unloaded (although it may not seem like it). Any pending data streams are aborted, and JavaScript doesn't provide an elegant way to delay this process, even by a tenth of a second. Hence the changes must be committed as soon as they're made. So, short answer: you don't need to click the "Modify Profile" button. Since it can't hurt, maybe I'll put the instruction in anyway.  |
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Post by moon/Laura on May 14, 2012 13:14:10 GMT -5
Virgil, may i say ... your avatar is genius.. just like you!
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Post by Virgil Showlion on May 14, 2012 14:09:57 GMT -5
Thanks, Moon. I programmed the algorithm to generate it entirely from scratch, although the "glow" is a post-processing effect added by third-party software. I may do a second version where each pixel flies around in a perfect circle at a constant speed. The centers, radii, and speeds will be selected so that at 0 seconds, the pixels coalesce to produce one image (perhaps 'V'), at 3 seconds the pixels coalesce to form a second image (I'm thinking of a "snake in the grass" logo), at 6 seconds the pixels coalesce to form a third image (an 'S'), and at 9 seconds the pixels are back at their 0 seconds ('V') positions. There are enough degrees of freedom to solve the problem, but the challenging part will be to find a mapping such that the pixels stay relative "on screen" in their trajectories. For example, if you pick any three points at random and fix a circle through them, the circle may have infinite radius, or (quite likely) will not contain the convex hull of the points. The good news is that the bulk of the code used to generate the current version is also useable by the new one.  |
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Post by Cheesy FL-Vol on May 14, 2012 14:58:23 GMT -5
I hope POM doesn't read your post Virgil, because I am afraid I can't translate that, other than "I am creating a cooler one than the one I have now!"  |
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Post by texasredneck on May 14, 2012 15:22:50 GMT -5
Hi Virgil
Your left is the other hand. See your first post in this thread. Have a good day.
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Post by Virgil Showlion on May 14, 2012 16:26:56 GMT -5
I'm a conservative, so what seems "left" to you... Blaahhh-I fixed it.  |
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Post by texasredneck on May 14, 2012 16:47:03 GMT -5
Virgil I have known you were very intelligent for some time. Now I know your human.
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Post by Cheesy FL-Vol on May 14, 2012 17:15:58 GMT -5
Virgil I have known you were very intelligent for some time. Now I know your human.  You might have to retract part of that based on post 80 on page 3! |
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Post by Jaguar on May 15, 2012 15:35:33 GMT -5
I LOVE THIS NEW TOY. Virgil  |
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Post by Cheesy FL-Vol on May 16, 2012 9:57:22 GMT -5
 The Allegory of the Cave!
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Post by Virgil Showlion on May 17, 2012 0:55:09 GMT -5
DW is out of town. I secretly used the time to create the new avatar, Moon. OK. I admit I'm a wee bit of a geek. |
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Post by Cheesy FL-Vol on May 17, 2012 1:49:26 GMT -5
DW is out of town. I secretly used the time to create the new avatar, Moon. OK. I admit I'm a wee bit of a geek. Just a WEE bit?   |
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Post by Virgil Showlion on May 17, 2012 7:53:09 GMT -5
If I were a true geek, I'd have made it something "Dungeons and Dragons" themed. |
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Post by Peace Of Mind on May 17, 2012 14:14:52 GMT -5
I hope POM doesn't read your post Virgil, because I am afraid I can't translate that, other than "I am creating a cooler one than the one I have now!"  LMAO!! Thanks, Cheesy!! I do like the new one even better, Virgil! But please don't try to explain how you did it. Let me just enjoy your creativity. |
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Post by Jaguar on May 17, 2012 17:15:30 GMT -5
If I were a true geek, I'd have made it something "Dungeons and Dragons" themed. Oh your such a true geek, other geeks bow down to you. |
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Post by Jaguar on May 17, 2012 23:51:59 GMT -5
QuickBar is broken.  I've posted on two threads and they are not recorded on my QuickBar. Fix It Virgil. |
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Post by Jaguar on May 17, 2012 23:54:25 GMT -5
Now it's three threads and no QuickBar . And the smilie's are stolen. No spell check.......WTE is happening ?
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Post by Peace Of Mind on May 18, 2012 0:01:19 GMT -5
Now it's three threads and no QuickBar . And the smilie's are stolen. No spell check.......WTE is happening ? Is that whining I'm hearing?  |
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Post by Jaguar on May 18, 2012 0:13:13 GMT -5
POM it's serious. Proboards Support is gone and so is the new V5 Board. Nothing can connect to them. I'm on two browsers and it's the same on both. Also spell Check is gone on here and QuickBar is wonky.
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Post by Jaguar on May 18, 2012 0:15:46 GMT -5
Okay Spell Check is back as well as Preview and Smilies. QuickBar is still wonky. ProBoards Support is still out as well as V5 Board.
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Post by Jaguar on May 18, 2012 0:16:55 GMT -5
QuickBar is back and working.
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Post by Jaguar on May 18, 2012 0:35:22 GMT -5
POM you made me laugh so badly I choked drinking my water.  |
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Post by Peace Of Mind on May 18, 2012 0:40:02 GMT -5
POM you made me laugh so badly I choked drinking my water. LMAO!! I hoped you got the irony. I busted your chops at the other place where you told me to take a vacation. I was so  when I saw you over here whining away. Now I'm going to PM you every day when this place changes! ;D  |
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Post by Jaguar on May 18, 2012 0:55:57 GMT -5
Some screwy things going on, I just had the smite button. I gave you K to take the tempt away smiting you. |
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Post by Cheesy FL-Vol on May 18, 2012 3:38:02 GMT -5
Now it's three threads and no QuickBar . And the smilie's are stolen. No spell check.......WTE is happening ? Is that whining I'm hearing? Children always whine when new toys are taken away! I was getting cranky the first time QB disappeared, I think the day after Virgil released it, that is how easy it is to use and how quickly you get adjusted to it! |
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Post by Virgil Showlion on May 18, 2012 9:46:11 GMT -5
Are you still having the problem, Sugilite? It sounds like scripts aren't running on your machine. The scripts server might have been down for maintenance. It was 1:00 AM EST. |
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Post by Jaguar on May 20, 2012 18:30:28 GMT -5
Are you still having the problem, Sugilite? It sounds like scripts aren't running on your machine. The scripts server might have been down for maintenance. It was 1:00 AM EST. No problems at all on here now. |
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Post by chiver78 on Jul 8, 2012 15:20:35 GMT -5
hiya Virgil, I'm not sure if this is something that can be fixed, and I apologize if anyone else has pointed it out already. I've been away for a few days, but made a couple posts from my phone via the PB app. the Quick Bar doesn't recognize them, though - the last posts on there were from last Tuesday night, the last time I logged in from a 'puter. is that a quirk to the script, or is it something that can be addressed? thanks |
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when I saw you over here whining away. Now I'm going to PM you every day when this place changes! ;D 
