A thread to discuss naming threads, board policy, new thread suggestions, and anything else that has to do with board administration and maintenance. Guaranteed to include lively debate and polls. Natter discouraged, but not deleted.
Current Stompy Feet: ita, Jon B, DXMachina, P.M. Marcontell, Liese S., amych
It'll take aligning posting time, referrer, and URL. It'll be a bit of work.
As for saving the IP address with the post, it gives me a bit of a big brother quease. I don't actually want anyone to know where I'm posting from. Also, if two users have the same ISP, they can easily have the same IP, depending on how the software works. I know AOL used to make it look like all of their subscribers were from VA.
Sorry, Shrift, I was teasing.
Oh, I knew that, Betsy. And I was joking, too.
Although, in retrospect, I realize I might not be very funny when I'm this drugged. I mean, I think looking at my face in a spoon is hysterical right now. "Look! It's shrift in a funhouse mirror!"
I really shouldn't, not in these parlous times.
When the time comes that we can't laugh at ourselves, that's when I think we'll really run into trouble.
When the time comes that we can't laugh at ourselves, that's when I think we'll really run into trouble.
But you can't laugh at me, just so's you're clear.
Absolutely not.
As for saving the IP address with the post, it gives me a bit of a big brother quease.
But you already know this from the logs. It would just make it easier if we need to put a stop to some abuse.
I don't know it from the logs. That knowledge is contained therein, and I'm quite happy to leave it really difficult to find. Especially with the inconclusiveness of it all.
I mean, I can post from two completely different IPs from home -- different organizations and cities (although same state). Either of which someone else could be posting from too at the same time.
I'd just rather leave it very last-resorty, even though it means more work for me to find out.
Since my suggestion of logging IP addresses bothers you, I'll drop it.
It bothers *me*, but I'm not the arbiter.
I vote against it, you for.
We need other voices.
I just think if I pick apart all your arguments against, it will just irritate you. And I really don't care that much about it. So I'm changing my vote to no, making it unanimous.
It won't irritate me if you're convincing ...
But it's your call.
I don't see the point. Knowing the IP addresses doesn't prove anything either way.