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#1 2007-09-04 9:38 pm
- Nefarious
- Snow Meiser
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Proposed forum changes: Autumn 2007
The mods have been designing a change in the structure of the forums. Below you can see the new structure with the old sections in parentheses.
Mac|Life
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Digital|Life
- In Tech News (Circuit Board & Rumormill)
Hot off the feeds
- Everyday Tech (B. Help, SoftSearch, Desktops, & home end DigiHub)
Tech support & general discussion
- On-the-Go (Portables plus iPods & iPhone)
Out the door, on your lap or in your pocket
- The Pro Shop
Publishing, Multimedia, Audio, Graphic Design... Creativity at work
- Programming (New Programming forum plus WD&D)
Developers, Developers, Developers, Developers: Applications & WebDev
- Networking & Servers
Let's rendezvous at the AirPort WAN
- Games
Play tuff or stay home... or do both
Real|Life
- Unplugged (Unplugged & Rant Room)
Life off the Mac: The joys & the angst
- Student Lounge
Recess!!!!!
- Ministry of Free Thought
Controversy & Drama: Politics & Religion
Alternative|Life
- Boot Camp (Windows & CLI)
Windows, Linux & Unix stuff for Lifers
- Vintage Apple
Clarus lives and she has OS 9, a beige box, & an ADB keyboard
- Hardware Hacking
Dremel me.
Team Mac|Life
- Folding@Home
Spare some processor cycles to cure things like Alzheimers
- SETI@Home
Any aliens out the there?
Clan MacAddict/Clan Mac|Life
Forum changes based on Clan decisions
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#2 2007-09-04 9:50 pm
- mahakali
- anti-razor
- From: easter egg
- Registered: 2002-11-06
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Re: Proposed forum changes: Autumn 2007
Where is After|Life?
1. Instill fear.
2. ???????? (use your imagination)
3. Profit!
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#3 2007-09-04 9:58 pm
- NAG
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Re: Proposed forum changes: Autumn 2007
1 Infinite Loop
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#4 2007-09-04 10:01 pm
Re: Proposed forum changes: Autumn 2007
What about the topic titles in tabs?
What about a couple other forum themes?
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#5 2007-09-04 10:04 pm
- NAG
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Re: Proposed forum changes: Autumn 2007
We don't have any power over that since we don't have server access. We have yet to hear back about the status of any of those after repeated attempts to find out what is going on.
Anyway, lets just keep this to the reorganization here, since it is what we can do.
Oh, and these changes won't happen before the weekend.
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#6 2007-09-04 10:05 pm
Re: Proposed forum changes: Autumn 2007
ukimalefu wrote:
http://homepage.mac.com/oatmeal/MAF/maxes/worry.gif
What about the topic titles in tabs?
What about a couple other forum themes?
http://homepage.mac.com/oatmeal/MAF/maxes/shakefist.gif
I'd like to see those things fixed first, too.
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#7 2007-09-04 10:08 pm
Re: Proposed forum changes: Autumn 2007
NAG wrote:
We don't have any power over that since we don't have server access. We have yet to hear back about the status of any of those after repeated attempts to find out what is going on.
Anyway, lets just keep this to the reorganization here, since it is what we can do.
Oh, and these changes won't happen before the weekend.
I bet GUI is buried next to Jimmy Hoffa.
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#8 2007-09-04 11:29 pm
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#9 2007-09-05 2:37 am
- bratboy
- attorney-at-law
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Re: Proposed forum changes: Autumn 2007
justine wrote:
I'd like to see those things fixed first, too.
Certainly the page titles, I agree.
"One thing we've learned is there's a difference between being disappointed and having madmen in authority."
--Paul Krugman
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#11 2007-09-05 4:06 am
Re: Proposed forum changes: Autumn 2007
you are correct sir: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dogcow
Last edited by MTM84 (2007-09-05 4:09 am)
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#12 2007-09-05 4:41 am
Re: Proposed forum changes: Autumn 2007
what about web design issues, would those still be posted in the Programming forum? it seems like WDD would really fit better in the Pro Shop, if it has to be rolled into another forum.
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#13 2007-09-05 5:06 am
Re: Proposed forum changes: Autumn 2007
maxintosh wrote:
what about web design issues, would those still be posted in the Programming forum? it seems like WDD would really fit better in the Pro Shop, if it has to be rolled into another forum.
There will always be some ambiguity.
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#14 2007-09-05 5:54 am
- Orion
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Re: Proposed forum changes: Autumn 2007
I don't think combining Unplugged and The Rant Room is such a good idea. The rest seem okay.
The farmer is the only man in our economy who buys everything at retail, sells everything at wholesale, and pays the freight both ways. -John F. Kennedy
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#15 2007-09-05 7:56 am
- Chickenhawk
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Re: Proposed forum changes: Autumn 2007
I'm not sure if I'm cool with Linux/Unix being the same room as windoze.
Of course, who cares what I think.
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#16 2007-09-05 8:29 am
Re: Proposed forum changes: Autumn 2007
Chickenhawk wrote:
I'm not sure if I'm cool with Linux/Unix being the same room as windoze.
We're a Mac forum. None of those are Mac OS. None of them generate quite the traffic to justify them having a dedicated forum.
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#17 2007-09-05 9:22 am
Re: Proposed forum changes: Autumn 2007
Orion wrote:
I don't think combining Unplugged and The Rant Room is such a good idea. The rest seem okay.
I agree.
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#18 2007-09-05 9:30 am
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#19 2007-09-05 9:43 am
- NAG
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Re: Proposed forum changes: Autumn 2007
Oh, and the old names are just there to tell you where the stuff is going to get merged in to.
So while some topics will end up in the Pro shop, others will go into programming, in the future.
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#20 2007-09-05 9:49 am
Re: Proposed forum changes: Autumn 2007
Alien wrote:
Nice.
Why?
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It seems like the content of the Rant Room gets too volatile for Unplugged, but isn't directly political enough for MiniThink, and I think the niche is filled nicely by the existing Rant Room.
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#21 2007-09-05 9:52 am
Re: Proposed forum changes: Autumn 2007
Most rants quickly turn into discussions, anyway.
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#22 2007-09-05 10:14 am
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Yeah, but those discussions are often more heated than what seems to be the going rate in Unplugged. It just seemed smart to separate them.
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#23 2007-09-05 10:37 am
Re: Proposed forum changes: Autumn 2007
iPod Forum should go public.
Spirit was crushed; now is fading, But I want to help make things right.
Because I can see and I can feel, and you can see and you can feel
So why don't we both either stand up and fight
Or at least together we'll call it a night.
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#24 2007-09-05 10:38 am
- NAG
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Re: Proposed forum changes: Autumn 2007
But then the gnomes would be out of a job.
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#25 2007-09-05 10:40 am
Re: Proposed forum changes: Autumn 2007
Okay, I didn't mention iPod Forum in the first twenty posts. Who in the Mod Squad won the pool?
Spirit was crushed; now is fading, But I want to help make things right.
Because I can see and I can feel, and you can see and you can feel
So why don't we both either stand up and fight
Or at least together we'll call it a night.
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