'The Killer In Me'
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Good points.
we need to decide what happens to links to threads that are deleted
You know what would be cool? If a link points to a thread id that's been archived, a screen could appear that linked to the archived and zipped thread. There'd be an explanatory message, of course.
That would require putting some intelligence behind the location of the zipped threads -- for immediate use, we could just redirect to the archives page with all of them? It's kinda rude, but it's my first reflex.
But, if the discussion goes on long enough, an algorithm will create itself.
That would require putting some intelligence behind the location of the zipped threads
I was thinking of a table that could be easily updated by an admin, but a simple redirect is certainly fine for the short term.
I suppose "threadsuck" might look to the uninitiated like "threadspew" would look to me. I don't remember having that reaction, though.
I just got something in my upper-left corner that said
Welcome,
Rebecca Lizard
+ Log contentidaddpostfinished out
Since it doesn't look as though something crashed and burned within me, I just am amused by that.
That's too surreal. Those are names of form variables on the showthread page.
I got this quote:
You were very nearly devoured by a giant demon snake. The words 'let that be a lesson' are a tad redundant at this juncture.
Giles, 'Never Kill A Boy On The First Date'
And I know it's not from NKBoTFD. I tried to search MP, but you can't phrase search, and it's too damn difficult. But I know it's not from that ep, because the whole giant demon snake thing was at least Season Three, and a search for the text "giant demon snake" in NKBotFD gave nothing.
because the whole giant demon snake thing was at least Season Three, and a search for the text "giant demon snake" in NKBotFD gave nothing.
You're half-right. There have (sadly) been many a giant demon snake on BtVS. This one appeared in season two's "Reptile Boy."
I agree that threadsuck has a problem in that it's not intuitive, whereas "download" is. But then, I still have no clue what "meara" means when used as a verb.
I agree that threadsuck has a problem in that it's not intuitive, whereas "download" is. But then, I still have no clue what "meara" means when used as a verb.
Goodness. Do mine eyes deceive me, or is there no mention of a meara in the FAQ?
Lyra, a meara (so called after the meara, because of her habit of mearaing, and in recognition of some of her prodigious mearas of yore, and hopefully the rest of this explanation will allow you to map all that back onto English) is a catch-up post containing multiple responses to previous posts. So, for instance, if you come back to the Natter thread to find 300 posts have been made in your absence, you go through them all and have responses to six of them, and you put them all into the same post - that post's a meara. And an accomplishment, which is why they deserve their own brand name.