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#1 2007-09-04 9:38 pm

Nefarious
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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
- Feedback
    How's our driving? Call...

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
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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

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Re: Proposed forum changes: Autumn 2007

http://homepage.mac.com/oatmeal/MAF/maxes/worry.gif

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

justine
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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

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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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Re: Proposed forum changes: Autumn 2007

sneaky

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#9 2007-09-05 2:37 am

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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.


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#10 2007-09-05 3:42 am

Lew
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Re: Proposed forum changes: Autumn 2007

Nefarious wrote:

- Vintage Apple
    Clarus lives and he has OS 9, a beige box, & an ADB keyboard

Isn't Clarus female?

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#11 2007-09-05 4:06 am

MTM84
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Re: Proposed forum changes: Autumn 2007

you are correct sir: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dogcow

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#12 2007-09-05 4:41 am

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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

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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

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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.


Farming is easy when your plow is a pencil and you are a thousand miles from the cornfield.  -Dwight D. Eisenhower

Don't curse the farmer with your mouth full.

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#15 2007-09-05 7:56 am

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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

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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

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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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Re: Proposed forum changes: Autumn 2007

Nice.

Why?

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#19 2007-09-05 9:43 am

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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

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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

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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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Re: Proposed forum changes: Autumn 2007

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

Phydeaux
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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

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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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