They don't have to be here.
The zipped & archived threads aren't in the database anyway, though. They're not causing any problems, AFAIK.
I'm just waiting to see if I pass out. Long story.
Mal ,'Heart Of Gold'
Bureaucracy 2: Like Sartre, Only Longer
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
Jessica - Aug 20, 2003 6:34:56 pm PDT #4401 of 10005
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Allyson - Aug 20, 2003 6:38:00 pm PDT #4402 of 10005
Wait, is this real-world child support, where the money goes to buy food for the kids, or MRA fantasyland child support where the women just buy Ferraris and cocaine? -Jessica
There's 15 closed threads on the board.
Jessica - Aug 20, 2003 6:40:06 pm PDT #4403 of 10005
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
They're in the process of being archived. DX is working on it.
DXMachina - Aug 20, 2003 6:41:56 pm PDT #4404 of 10005
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.
We can do that, but it takes a few hours apiece to go through them and get them into shape for archiving, and you need to be a stompy to do the required editing. For example, a long URL is only a minor inconvenience when encountered in a thread, because you just go to the next page and the page width goes back to normal, but if it's allowed to stay in the archived file, the whole file is going to be a royal pain to read.
To be honest, I don't think the closed threads are that much of a drain on resources. They take up room in the database, but I suspect those posts aren't accessed that much. It would be different if the search function was still active, and people were constantly running searches on all the threads, but search is disabled.
The resources are being used mostly to read and post in the active threads, and to update the message center.
Allyson - Aug 20, 2003 6:41:56 pm PDT #4405 of 10005
Wait, is this real-world child support, where the money goes to buy food for the kids, or MRA fantasyland child support where the women just buy Ferraris and cocaine? -Jessica
Sweet. Good job, DX, and while you're at it, I need some new bookshelves.
Jessica - Aug 20, 2003 6:43:21 pm PDT #4406 of 10005
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
(And I should have added, if a hand is needed with that, I've got a lot of free time these days.)
DXMachina - Aug 20, 2003 6:43:40 pm PDT #4407 of 10005
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.
The bookshelves are in my basement, sweetie. All you need to do is come get them...
Sean K - Aug 20, 2003 6:50:52 pm PDT #4408 of 10005
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
My turn for something of a crosspost, from lightbulbs.
You know, if we really want to cut down on the problem, the rinky-dink little threads are not what we should be talking about.
We should be talking about cutting Natter loose, yo.
Everybody's always complaining about how they can't keep up.
Jessica - Aug 20, 2003 6:52:26 pm PDT #4409 of 10005
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Sean, that's spooky -- I was about to post almost the exact same thing.
'Cause seriously, closing Farscape? Not gonna save us any space. Closing Movies? Music? Natter? Bitches? Those are the threads that cause crashes.
Allyson - Aug 20, 2003 6:56:18 pm PDT #4410 of 10005
Wait, is this real-world child support, where the money goes to buy food for the kids, or MRA fantasyland child support where the women just buy Ferraris and cocaine? -Jessica
All you need to do is come get them..
Will you make me breakfast?
We should be talking about cutting Natter loose, yo.
Or Bitches. It's really just Natter with more bodily fluids and hair pats, right?