| Re: PARIS FORUMS now open! [message #102667 is a reply to message #102666] |
Fri, 27 February 2009 21:17   |
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PS: check and see if your email address is already registered as an account
before you create a new one. If it is, you can always auto-request a new
password, set it to one you'll remember (PLEASE don't use your ATM pin code
or the "password you use for everything" or something crucial like that - I
don't think this forum's easy to hack but I *still* don't want that
responsibility) and then set your user name to whatever you like.
- K
On 2/27/09 8:57 PM, in article 49a8c92e@linux, "Administrator"
<kg@kerrygalloway.com> wrote:
> Hey gang - the PARIS forums you got a sneak peek at some months ago during the
> NG blackout are finally up and syncing normally. Those folks that are
> interested in the forums can just hit this temporary URL and jump in now if
> they like:
>
> http://kerrygalloway.com/ParisForums.
>
> ["temporary" in this case simply meaning "until we do something about a domain
> name"]
>
> It's been a long wait, but we finally hit the spec we decided on last year -
> to add modern forum amenities to complement the NG while still letting those
> folks who prefer the USENET format continue exactly as before; to keep all
> PARISians, no matter which interface they use, reading from the same pools of
> posts; to allow folks to switch over or switch back as often as they like; to
> have redundancy in case one interface or the other goes down. The best part is
> that several PARIS development projects were waiting until the forum rollout,
> and now they can begin.
>
> Those that don't think they'll use the forum interface directly can still help
> keep the two systems working together smoothly by doing two things -
>
> 1) watching the length of quotes in NG posts [threads get more difficult to
> read when posts are enormous masses of quoted text accompanied by one line
> like "I agree" - just quickly snip the quoted text to something reasonable
> before posting], and -
>
> 2) changing their attachment encoding in their NG prefs to UUENCODE instead of
> MIME or Apple Double. FUDForum, the platform chosen for the forums, uses
> Unix-based UUEncoding and MIME-encoded posts/attachments are basically broken
> for the moment.
>
> Unfortunately the bulk of the temporary passwords and accounts set up between
> the blackout and Christmas were lost in one of many wipes/reinstalls; for
> right now, it'd be great if we could just move forward with new accounts, with
> my sincere apologies for the inconvenience.
>
> Thanks, and enjoy!
>
> - Kerry.
>
>
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> :: [ posted via the PARISForums ] ::
> :: kerrygalloway.com/ParisForums/ ::
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"... being bitter is like swallowing poison and waiting for the other guy to die..." - anon
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