Easygoing Eyebeast Trenton. Posted September 21, 2012 Share Posted September 21, 2012 But the admins are never seen. If mods do all the disciplinary actions, wouldn't that mean they are technically fastest? At EVERYTHING? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Easygoing Eyebeast keira Posted September 21, 2012 Share Posted September 21, 2012 The mods do discipline, yes, but discipline is not what should worry you. What the redshirts do, deep within their citadel, deep in their shadowed crevasses and dark nooks, hidden from the eyes of mere humans, that is what should worry you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Well-Actually War Trall Actaeon Posted September 21, 2012 Share Posted September 21, 2012 Although Sylae's avatar makes me think of what might happen if K-9 mated with a Dalek, she has a point. In the days of yore, before global mods, the admins wielded their power in the full light of day. Since then, we've experienced an era of calm prosperity. Many of us have grown soft. But not all of us. The last and greatest of that race has withdrawn into a watchful near-silence. The day may yet come when *i will stir from his slumber and summon a new host of admins to reign down vengeance upon the enemies of Spiderweb. I hope you find yourself on the right side. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Easygoing Eyebeast Triumph Posted September 21, 2012 Share Posted September 21, 2012 This thread was talking about sacrifices, and now someone's brought redshirts in...does this mean *i will die ignominiously in the process of switching forum software? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magnificent Ornk Student of Trinity Posted September 21, 2012 Share Posted September 21, 2012 *i isn't a Star Trek redshirt. He's more like those scary red storm troopers from Star Wars, the Emperor's personal guard, that are only seen once, and are not defeated. Red vehicles are only faster than others when they're traveling away from you. In the rear-view mirror, it's the blue ones you have to watch out for. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unflappable Drayk adc. Posted September 21, 2012 Author Share Posted September 21, 2012 Originally Posted By: Vengenance Why the heck? what the ****? at least that is not the post right now Zip it anyway. You just keep posting spam so you wouldn't get a headless sacrifice. In other words, wish yourself luck to save you from the sacrifice instead of posting spam and nonsense. Originally Posted By: A less presumptuous name. Interestingly enough, and almost tangentially related, a friend's psych textbook on human relations, based on the author's own research, found that both men and women are attracted to red. I knew stareye was sexy... Who wouldn't like red? Red is just so epic... ------------ -A Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Well-Actually War Trall Cairo Jim Posted September 21, 2012 Share Posted September 21, 2012 Originally Posted By: Student of Trinity Red vehicles are only faster than others when they're traveling away from you. In the rear-view mirror, it's the blue ones you have to watch out for. This made me laugh inside. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Easygoing Eyebeast Trenton. Posted September 21, 2012 Share Posted September 21, 2012 Silly. Everypony knows that yellow is the fastest color. Hence it represents light. Speed of light. Coincidinky? I'd think not. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Well-Actually War Trall Actaeon Posted September 21, 2012 Share Posted September 21, 2012 Trenton, Google "Doppler effect" or "redshift", and realize that the best punchline has been done. Originally Posted By: Cairo Jim This made me laugh inside. Factually accurate AND a complete sentence? But, but... this is the Internet. Shouldn't you be lol-ing? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unflappable Drayk adc. Posted September 21, 2012 Author Share Posted September 21, 2012 Anyway, when will the new forums be made? I need to schedule it to get an ancient member number... ------------- -A Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Well-Actually War Trall A less presumptuous name. Posted September 21, 2012 Share Posted September 21, 2012 A friend of mine was visiting colleges and was taking a tour of the physics department. One of the doors had a bumper sticker with red text, reading "if this is blue, you're going to fast." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Easygoing Eyebeast keira Posted September 21, 2012 Share Posted September 21, 2012 Member numbers will get transferred over as well. you might get bumped up by one, maybe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unflappable Drayk adc. Posted September 21, 2012 Author Share Posted September 21, 2012 Oh. Unless, everything else breaks apart. ------------- How does a process of importing scripts from a forum to another forum work? Does it differ? ------------- -A Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Well-Actually War Trall Actaeon Posted September 21, 2012 Share Posted September 21, 2012 In an ideal world, it would restore me to my old member number, but it'll probably go the other direction. Perhaps this is a good excuse to implement my idea for a Spiderweb festival? An evening of online festivities, before or even during the transition, to celebrate the demise of the UBB and the ushering in of a new and golden age? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Easygoing Eyebeast keira Posted September 21, 2012 Share Posted September 21, 2012 Originally Posted By: "A" How does a process of importing scripts from a forum to another forum work? Does it differ? The whole idea is that you are taking the data from the old database and sticking it into a new database. Each forum software has it's own schema, so you have to change certain things to get it to work. For example, let's say I was going to transfer a SMF database to a PHPBB schema. I would have to copy the data over in certain ways to make sure the new software can read it. So, let's just look at one table for an example, the posts table.Here's what the schemas look like: Click to reveal.. in SMF, it has a schema like so (from CalRef): Code: CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS `whitehall_smf_messages` ( `id_msg` int(10) unsigned NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT, `id_topic` mediumint(8) unsigned NOT NULL DEFAULT '0', `id_board` smallint(5) unsigned NOT NULL DEFAULT '0', `poster_time` int(10) unsigned NOT NULL DEFAULT '0', `id_member` mediumint(8) unsigned NOT NULL DEFAULT '0', `id_msg_modified` int(10) unsigned NOT NULL DEFAULT '0', `subject` varchar(255) NOT NULL DEFAULT '', `poster_name` varchar(255) NOT NULL DEFAULT '', `poster_email` varchar(255) NOT NULL DEFAULT '', `poster_ip` varchar(255) NOT NULL DEFAULT '', `smileys_enabled` tinyint(4) NOT NULL DEFAULT '1', `modified_time` int(10) unsigned NOT NULL DEFAULT '0', `modified_name` varchar(255) NOT NULL DEFAULT '', `body` text CHARACTER SET latin1 NOT NULL, `icon` varchar(16) CHARACTER SET latin1 NOT NULL DEFAULT 'xx', `approved` tinyint(3) NOT NULL DEFAULT '1', PRIMARY KEY (`id_msg`), UNIQUE KEY `topic` (`id_topic`,`id_msg`), UNIQUE KEY `ID_BOARD` (`id_board`,`id_msg`), UNIQUE KEY `ID_MEMBER` (`id_member`,`id_msg`), KEY `participation` (`id_member`,`id_topic`), KEY `showPosts` (`id_member`,`id_board`), KEY `ID_TOPIC` (`id_topic`), KEY `ipIndex` (`poster_ip`(15),`id_topic`), KEY `approved` (`approved`), KEY `id_member_msg` (`id_member`,`approved`,`id_msg`), KEY `current_topic` (`id_topic`,`id_msg`,`id_member`,`approved`), KEY `related_ip` (`id_member`,`poster_ip`,`id_msg`)) ENGINE=MyISAM DEFAULT CHARSET=utf8 AUTO_INCREMENT=24320 ; In PHPbb it looks like this (from an attempt to get wesnoth user auth): Code: CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS `phpbb_posts` ( `post_id` mediumint(8) unsigned NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT, `topic_id` mediumint(8) unsigned NOT NULL DEFAULT '0', `forum_id` mediumint(8) unsigned NOT NULL DEFAULT '0', `poster_id` mediumint(8) unsigned NOT NULL DEFAULT '0', `icon_id` mediumint(8) unsigned NOT NULL DEFAULT '0', `poster_ip` varchar(40) COLLATE utf8_bin NOT NULL DEFAULT '', `post_time` int(11) unsigned NOT NULL DEFAULT '0', `post_approved` tinyint(1) unsigned NOT NULL DEFAULT '1', `post_reported` tinyint(1) unsigned NOT NULL DEFAULT '0', `enable_bbcode` tinyint(1) unsigned NOT NULL DEFAULT '1', `enable_smilies` tinyint(1) unsigned NOT NULL DEFAULT '1', `enable_magic_url` tinyint(1) unsigned NOT NULL DEFAULT '1', `enable_sig` tinyint(1) unsigned NOT NULL DEFAULT '1', `post_username` varchar(255) COLLATE utf8_bin NOT NULL DEFAULT '', `post_subject` varchar(255) CHARACTER SET utf8 COLLATE utf8_unicode_ci NOT NULL DEFAULT '', `post_text` mediumtext COLLATE utf8_bin NOT NULL, `post_checksum` varchar(32) COLLATE utf8_bin NOT NULL DEFAULT '', `post_attachment` tinyint(1) unsigned NOT NULL DEFAULT '0', `bbcode_bitfield` varchar(255) COLLATE utf8_bin NOT NULL DEFAULT '', `bbcode_uid` varchar(8) COLLATE utf8_bin NOT NULL DEFAULT '', `post_postcount` tinyint(1) unsigned NOT NULL DEFAULT '1', `post_edit_time` int(11) unsigned NOT NULL DEFAULT '0', `post_edit_reason` varchar(255) COLLATE utf8_bin NOT NULL DEFAULT '', `post_edit_user` mediumint(8) unsigned NOT NULL DEFAULT '0', `post_edit_count` smallint(4) unsigned NOT NULL DEFAULT '0', `post_edit_locked` tinyint(1) unsigned NOT NULL DEFAULT '0', PRIMARY KEY (`post_id`), KEY `forum_id` (`forum_id`), KEY `topic_id` (`topic_id`), KEY `poster_ip` (`poster_ip`), KEY `poster_id` (`poster_id`), KEY `post_approved` (`post_approved`), KEY `post_username` (`post_username`), KEY `tid_post_time` (`topic_id`,`post_time`)) ENGINE=MyISAM DEFAULT CHARSET=utf8 COLLATE=utf8_bin AUTO_INCREMENT=2 ; In this case, it's pretty simple. For each record you just have to rename some fields, and most likely there's no overflow issues from changing data types (except for maybe character set stuff, which is just a delight to work with). So, what the script (or person, if you're bored) does is they take the old data and move it over to the right field. So id_msg becomes post_id, body becomes post_text, etc. The only issue is, what do you do with stuff that doesn't exist in one version?You can see this with the switch from old UBB to UBB.threads in 2008. Everyone from before that point is shown having registered at 11:00 AM MDT. The reason this is there is because the old ubb only recorded date, so the transition script put in filler text.Since the average bloke doesn't want to / doesn't know how to do this, most softwares provide conversion scripts to do it automatically for you. All you have to do is provide it with a connection to the new database and a dump of the old database (or, perhaps, a connection to the old db as well). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magnificent Ornk Student of Trinity Posted September 21, 2012 Share Posted September 21, 2012 We should do a sort of Burning Man thing, really. Watch the old boards go down in flames, and toast the new ones. Something like that. Hmmm. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Understated Ur-Drakon The Almighty Doer of Stuff Posted September 21, 2012 Share Posted September 21, 2012 Toast the new forums upon the flames of the old ones! We could make message s'moards! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Easygoing Eyebeast The Mystic Posted September 24, 2012 Share Posted September 24, 2012 Originally Posted By: Dikiyoba Dikiyoba is sure many newbies (and some not-so-new-bies) will be sacrificed to the great forum gods as the date of the shift approaches. Anyone want to volunteer? I volunteer every spambot that's ever run afoul of the mods since the last major UBB upgrade. Originally Posted By: A less presumptuous name. Interestingly enough, and almost tangentially related, a friend's psych textbook on human relations, based on the author's own research, found that both men and women are attracted to red. So, apparently, is bird excrement, according to some study I heard about on the news a few weeks ago. Now, if you'll excuse me, I need to go and wash my car. Again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatchling Cockatrice Alorael at Large Posted October 12, 2012 Share Posted October 12, 2012 Attention, Spiderweb! The anticipated forum changeover will be sometime in the next week. There will be some forum downtime, but the plan is for everything to be exactly the same except, you know, new software. —Alorael, who has tinfoil hats and secure undisclosed locations for reasonable fees. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Well-Actually War Trall Actaeon Posted October 12, 2012 Share Posted October 12, 2012 The end is nigh! Only Calamity Refuge is safe! And the ruins of the other satellites, I suppose. Will there be any further warning? Can I actually schedule a downtime extravaganza, or just stick with my "come to calref.net/chat when you try to log in and fail" plan? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Easygoing Eyebeast Triumph Posted October 12, 2012 Share Posted October 12, 2012 How marvelously anticlimactic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Easygoing Eyebeast Trenton. Posted October 12, 2012 Share Posted October 12, 2012 How much do you define is a reasonable fee? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Easygoing Eyebeast keira Posted October 12, 2012 Share Posted October 12, 2012 Obligatory Large Countdown Timer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Well-Actually War Trall Harehunter Posted October 13, 2012 Share Posted October 13, 2012 Originally Posted By: Slenderman. How much do you define is a reasonable fee? You add a reasonable "fie pheaux fum" at the end. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magnificent Ornk nikki. Posted October 13, 2012 Share Posted October 13, 2012 Downtime, and on my birthday? I expect the powers that be will make it up to me somehow - I'm thinking actual cake, shipped direct from JV himself. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Easygoing Eyebeast Triumph Posted October 13, 2012 Share Posted October 13, 2012 Insert cake related meme before Trenton posts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Easygoing Eyebeast Trenton. Posted October 13, 2012 Share Posted October 13, 2012 The cake is a lie. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Well-Actually War Trall Actaeon Posted October 13, 2012 Share Posted October 13, 2012 But it wasn't. People keep forgetting that. There was totally a tasty black forest cake. You were simply never meant to get there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ineffable Wingbolt Erebus the Black Posted October 13, 2012 Share Posted October 13, 2012 Black forest? Isn't that pig's blood? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magnificent Ornk Student of Trinity Posted October 13, 2012 Share Posted October 13, 2012 That's black pudding, and it's actually a sort of sausage. You wouldn't necessarily guess what it's made from if you found it on your plate. Lots of traditional puddings are more solid than the goopy modern dessert. Fruit puddings, for instance, are very rich, dense cakes. Black forest cake is chocolate cake with cherries. It's best if it also has a middle layer of rich fondant cream instead of just normal icing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Understated Ur-Drakon The Almighty Doer of Stuff Posted October 13, 2012 Share Posted October 13, 2012 Black Forest cakes generally have delicious whipped cream frosting, I believe. They're my favorite kind of cake! I like them with lots of chocolate shavings covering the sides of the cake too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burgeoning Battle Gamma Cpt. Charles Posted October 14, 2012 Share Posted October 14, 2012 Cake! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garrulous Glaahk Wizard Orcasus Posted October 14, 2012 Share Posted October 14, 2012 I want cake! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Understated Ur-Drakon Tyranicus Posted October 14, 2012 Share Posted October 14, 2012 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garrulous Glaahk Wizard Orcasus Posted October 14, 2012 Share Posted October 14, 2012 Why not? U so mean! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Easygoing Eyebeast Trenton. Posted October 14, 2012 Share Posted October 14, 2012 Okay... *eats ALL the spam and cake!* Back on topic, I thought that the transition happened this morning. Every time I clicked on forums, It would say something about how this page was available to admins only x.x It went away after like, a minute of clicking around though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatchling Cockatrice Lilith Posted October 14, 2012 Share Posted October 14, 2012 Originally Posted By: Student of Trinity That's black pudding, and it's actually a sort of sausage. You wouldn't necessarily guess what it's made from if you found it on your plate. on the subject of confusing blood sausage with desserts, Korea has a kind of traditional blood sausage called sundae. i can only assume it is intended as a practical joke at the expense of unwary tourists Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Well-Actually War Trall Harehunter Posted October 14, 2012 Share Posted October 14, 2012 No, I think kimchee was invented for that purpose. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatchling Cockatrice Randomizer Posted October 14, 2012 Share Posted October 14, 2012 Originally Posted By: Harehunter No, I think kimchee was invented for that purpose. Only if you have taste. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Well-Actually War Trall Harehunter Posted October 14, 2012 Share Posted October 14, 2012 Originally Posted By: Randomizer Originally Posted By: Harehunter No, I think kimchee was invented for that purpose. Only if you have taste. Touche. But then again, you are all aware of my taste of humor. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Well-Actually War Trall Cairo Jim Posted October 14, 2012 Share Posted October 14, 2012 Originally Posted By: Harehunter No, I think kimchee was invented for that purpose. If you like sauerkraut, you'd like kimchee. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magnificent Ornk Student of Trinity Posted October 14, 2012 Share Posted October 14, 2012 Not necessarily. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Well-Actually War Trall Actaeon Posted October 14, 2012 Share Posted October 14, 2012 Welcome to our last day of the old UBB. We'll be discussing random foods. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magnificent Ornk Dikiyoba Posted October 14, 2012 Share Posted October 14, 2012 Delicious random foods. Well, maybe not the blood sausage. Dikiyoba has never eaten it before and so wouldn't know. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Understated Ur-Drakon Tyranicus Posted October 14, 2012 Share Posted October 14, 2012 I just made a pumpkin pie yesterday evening. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Well-Actually War Trall Harehunter Posted October 14, 2012 Share Posted October 14, 2012 Originally Posted By: Cairo Jim Originally Posted By: Harehunter No, I think kimchee was invented for that purpose. If you like sauerkraut, you'd like kimchee. Actually, I am extremely fond of both. Brats sauteed with sauerkraut is one of my favorites. I am also very fond of rote kraut. @Actaeon, sounds like a good topic; random thoughts of food for thought. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Well-Actually War Trall Actaeon Posted October 14, 2012 Share Posted October 14, 2012 I can accept food as the final topic of the old era. I would expect ADoS to be right at the center, though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ineffable Wingbolt Mosquito---Slayer Posted October 14, 2012 Share Posted October 14, 2012 Well that's the first forum change I'm going through, just out of curiosity do people always go nuts and start talking about food during every forum change, or is it that this one has had a special effect on minds? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Understated Ur-Drakon Tyranicus Posted October 14, 2012 Share Posted October 14, 2012 Originally Posted By: Mosquito---Slayer Well that's the first forum change I'm going through, just out of curiosity do people always go nuts and start talking about food during every forum change, or is it that this one has had a special effect on minds? We already were nuts, having left our sanity at the door when we joined. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Understated Ur-Drakon The Almighty Doer of Stuff Posted October 14, 2012 Share Posted October 14, 2012 I like kim chi, and I love black pudding and sauerkraut. I just helped my mother pick the leaves off the basil stalks she picked before the first frost. Then she chopped them up, put them in ice cube trays, poured water over them, and put them in the freezer. She says that's a good way to keep fresh basil over the winter. Yesterday I had whole wheat naan with Chobani pomegranate Greek yogurt for dinner. Tasty! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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