Mal: He calls back, you keep them occupied. Wash: What do I do, shadow puppets?

'The Message'


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Do you have problems, concerns or recommendations about the technical side of the Phoenix? Air them here. Compliments also welcome.

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§ ita § - Jul 30, 2004 9:27:40 am PDT #8055 of 10000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

Thanks, Gus. Is the zip you'd listed above the most ultra-plus-current, or should I grab it again?


Gus - Jul 30, 2004 9:50:42 am PDT #8056 of 10000
Bag the crypto. Say what is on your mind.

It looks like there was a data change after the last zip. I updated the archive just now (at the same address). The host power goes off in about two hours.


§ ita § - Jul 30, 2004 10:37:01 am PDT #8057 of 10000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

Duly grabbed, GusWhoWillBeSorelyMissedUntilHisReturn.


beekaytee - Aug 04, 2004 3:36:43 pm PDT #8058 of 10000
Compassionately intolerant

Quick question for Stompies.

I just created a message for "movies" using code including ampersands and semicolons. All of it clean. I swear. Triple checked it.

Are older html codes usable?


§ ita § - Aug 04, 2004 3:44:45 pm PDT #8059 of 10000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

What old HTML codes do you mean? Any unsupported (but correctly formatted) HTML tag gets stripped. But you sound like you mean entities -- I can't be sure.


beekaytee - Aug 04, 2004 6:04:15 pm PDT #8060 of 10000
Compassionately intolerant

I used the ampersandnesemicolon for the "not equal" math sign. Plus, an ampersandeacutesemicolon for an accented e. Plus, an ampersandinfinsemicolon for an infinity sign. And, lastly, ampersandthere4semicolon for the mathematical 'therefore'.

I posted it and everything looked good, but I panicked because the times when I've bleeded out an open tag, the error has not shown up on my screen (at all...everyone else's messages look fine to me too).

I deleted it right away and came here instead. As I say, it looked great, but I didn't want to mess anything up if the board coding would be offended.


§ ita § - Aug 04, 2004 6:14:55 pm PDT #8061 of 10000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

Entities are just fine. Used here all the time.


beekaytee - Aug 04, 2004 6:17:15 pm PDT #8062 of 10000
Compassionately intolerant

Thanks! Both for the reassurance and correct terminology.


Jon B. - Aug 04, 2004 6:58:17 pm PDT #8063 of 10000
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!

The worst that would happen is that it would display with the ampersandtextsemicolon, rather than the entity you wanted. But they can't harm anything because they're self-contained. Unlike an open tag which can affect everything that comes after it.


beekaytee - Aug 04, 2004 7:42:21 pm PDT #8064 of 10000
Compassionately intolerant

Any guesses as to why I can't see the bleeding code? (as in repeated, not British)

I'm tripping along, la, la, la and everyone else is drowning in bold.

I hesitate to ask, but could it be because I use a Mac?