what exactly do you mean?
There was a desire among some members to specifically not allow searches by poster name.
I am not...I am not the damsel in distress. I am not some case. I have to work this. I've lived in a cave for 5 years in a world where they killed my kind like cattle. I am not going to be cut down by some monster flu. I am better than that. What a wonder...how very scared I am.
Fred ,'A Hole in the World'
Buffistas Building a Better Board ++
Do you have problems, concerns, or recommendations about the technical side of the Phoenix? Air them here. Compliments also welcome.
Jon B. - May 29, 2008 11:35:13 am PDT #2330 of 4673
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
Liese S. - May 29, 2008 11:45:16 am PDT #2331 of 4673
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
It was felt (by me, yes, at the time) that not allowing search by poster name gave one (thin, yes, and altogether surpassable) layer of privacy against the putative mysterious internet stalker. Not anything that anyone with threadsuck and a few seconds couldn't overcome, but still, there it was.
I dunno that I still feel that way these days, but perhaps I have become complacent and lazy and marginally less paranoid. Okay, probably still paranoid, but nonetheless.
The internet is public, I know.
§ ita § - May 29, 2008 12:01:31 pm PDT #2332 of 4673
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
There was a desire among some members to specifically not allow searches by poster name.
I did not remember that.
I will throw out my periodic reminder that you are indeed naked once you've posted here, whatever robot.txt files we set or search fields we allow--the post can be tied to your posting name until you delete it. I'd hate for anyone to forget that.
brenda m - May 29, 2008 6:20:25 pm PDT #2333 of 4673
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
Connie, threadsucking the thread and using your browser's search function is one workaround.
Connie Neil - May 29, 2008 7:22:34 pm PDT #2334 of 4673
brillig
That's what I eventually did, but it took a couple of times for my system to succesfully threadsuck all of Lightbulbs.
DCJensen - May 30, 2008 5:12:28 am PDT #2335 of 4673
All is well that ends in pizza.
I remember the old BBS boards having some sort of back-end zip function to zip up posts for offline mail readers. Too bad there isn't a way to implement that sort of thing with large threadsucks. It's all text and it wouldn't take up much processing power nowadays.
Signed, still wistful for Silly Little Mail Reader.
§ ita § - May 30, 2008 5:22:32 am PDT #2336 of 4673
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
We can add it to the list--though I'd recommend something a little more proactive than "too bad there isn't a way" when it comes to feature requests. There's probably a way. The question is about the degree of effort.
DCJensen - May 30, 2008 5:36:03 am PDT #2337 of 4673
All is well that ends in pizza.
Right, I was addressing her problem with threadsucking. I should have been more specific.
§ ita § - May 30, 2008 5:39:01 am PDT #2338 of 4673
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
There's still probably a way to threadsuck to a zipped file. I haven't investigated it so I don't know how hard it is, but why wouldn't there be?
amych - May 30, 2008 6:48:42 am PDT #2339 of 4673
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
php zip functions: [link] -- although it looks like there are different libraries for php4 and php5, so if you're thinking of an upgrade, you might want to hold off.