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Posted by pamsterdam on 2005-08-22 16:50:58 +0000

Are you saying that we should all be experts on everything that could possibly be googled? Or are you saying that despite the fact that you use HTML in your job and I don't, I should still educate myself regarding the tools you use at work? If so, why? I would only use this knowledge to socialise with. Last time I checked, I didn't have to do any homework before going down to the local pub for a beer with my friends. In short - are you on crack?

Posted by frame609 on 2005-08-22 16:55:42 +0000

TGL = all sorts of surly today.

Posted by pamsterdam on 2005-08-22 16:59:27 +0000

Maybe it's because his kind of jobs are going to India. Funny - my kind of jobs aren't. Maybe instead of me learning HTML, tgl should learn how to budget & programme conferences?

Posted by Miriam on 2005-08-22 16:59:51 +0000

TGL, you're supposed to get out of bed on the left side. Wasn't that your advice to me not too long ago?

Posted by frame609 on 2005-08-22 17:06:41 +0000

Why aren't images posting today?

Posted by tgl on 2005-08-22 17:08:06 +0000

We should all be experts in finding information we don't know by using internet search technologies. Web Search is the new automobile. I don't use HTML in my job. I see the internet as an era defining technology. People learned how to drive cars. People learned how to use the telephone. People should learn how to use the internet effectively. I'm not saying people should know the HTML standard front to back. We are all communicating on the internet here, it makse sense to me to understand some of the rudimentary tools. Or even less daunting: how to go about finding information on the interent? If you don't know something, it's _incredibly_ easy to look it up. Make Casey Stengel proud! It is true that HTML is a bit more arcane than moving the shifter in a car. But after skimming one chapter, it is just as mind numbingly easy. Sectretaries in the early 80s used similar methods in composing materials using the word processors of the day. On this website, people were using the BBCode syntax fairly easily (I realize the usage for BBCode was posted more clearly within the confines of this website). Where is my spleen?

Posted by frame609 on 2005-08-22 17:10:49 +0000

That chapter = boring. Where are the exciting chapters?

Posted by rladew on 2005-08-22 17:20:08 +0000

is it in punishment for our stupidity in drupal etiquette? I thought we were able to give our feedback on things we found helpful, but by that argument, tgl is also free to call the rest of us nincompoops if he wants to. [sarcasm]what's w/ the non-PC name calling of "Cripples" BTW (that term offens me :)[/sarcasm] _______________________________

Posted by tgl on 2005-08-22 17:28:31 +0000

Image tag like this: <img src="the-link-to-the-image"> Looks like a space was slipped in between 'src' and '=' for that Earth Crisis picture. I'd call that a spelling error...

Posted by frame609 on 2005-08-22 17:32:17 +0000

We should get a good copy editor in here.

Posted by pamsterdam on 2005-08-22 18:11:34 +0000

FYI, I don't like driving either. My role in the car is to locate the best radio station(s) and minimise DJ-wank. The thing is, tgl, I have no problem with using HTML code. That's fine. You name it. I'll write my posts in Pig Latin if you want. But here's the thing - you have to: a.) Let us know when you're changing the system (wtf happened to [url=][/url]?). b.) Post an easy-to-use cheat-sheet for those of us who don't give a shit about learning some stupid code which will be obsolete in a year or two. As far as I'm concerned, HTML is today's Atari. Kind of lame. I'm waiting for the cool stuff.

Posted by G lib on 2005-08-22 18:22:41 +0000

I used to know a little HTML, but after learning []s because of rideside, I've forgotten all of my <>s. TGL, just think about it this way-- you, at least, are trying to teach us how to ride the bicycle by creating this forum, even if we all complain about it. ________________ < which one is italics? >--Feminazi< /which one is italics? >

Posted by tgl on 2005-08-22 18:28:31 +0000

Do you use the scan or seek features of the radio? I'd say you are capable of using analogous technologies on the internet. Again: I'm not condemning anyone for misusing HTML tags; I'm condemning people for not being able to retrieve information from the internet. a1) There has been at least one comment that mentioned that BBCode is no longer enabled. a2) I've tried to post helpful comments when people have asked "How do I make a link?", etc. b1) You can get to the cheat sheet via the formatting options link when you add a new comment. b2) HTML is an open standard, as such, it's less of a fad than BBCode. BBCode was a relic from when I used different content management software. It always bugged me.

Posted by tgl on 2005-08-22 18:30:56 +0000

HTML was never disallowed, so, people have always been free to use it. People choose to use BBCode initially. I blame myself for first enabling BBCode.

Posted by frame609 on 2005-08-22 18:31:31 +0000

I blame the French.

Posted by tgl on 2005-08-22 18:34:59 +0000

Eyes rolling... <i>Eyes rolling</i> ---- Actually, I had to enable img, i, and u tags since the system is filtering "unapproved" tags.

Posted by pamsterdam on 2005-08-22 18:37:35 +0000

I'm sure I'm capable of doing those things. However, a radio have buttons which say "SEEK" and "SCAN" on them. Where is my "ITALICS" button, hm? It took me at least 10 times of clicking on the neat little BBCode cheat-sheet before I could remember how to do my favorite things (italics, image link, & website link). I see that you have now posted more information on the "formatting options" page, thank you for that. The first couple of times I clicked on it I didn't find the mini-list of codes terribly helpful, so I admit that I ignored that page from then on, instead searching for your "helpful" hints sprinkled throughout other forum topics. I will indeed use it now that it is more fleshed out. Is there still a way to post images? I don't see instructions on that. :-) Thank you, tgl.

Posted by dawnbixtler on 2005-08-22 18:38:29 +0000

For Chevrolet cars or the Eagle symbol in America?

Posted by pamsterdam on 2005-08-22 18:40:12 +0000

OK, I see your helpful hint now re: images.

Posted by rladew on 2005-08-22 18:59:38 +0000

Do you give this speech to someone who asks what time it is, too and call them a clockless illiterate cripple? Of course, in this day and age there are wonderful pieces of technology to get common pieces of information. We're all friends here, though right? Should we get so upset when one person in a circle of friends asks a (from yr pov: common and easy to answer) question? we are cripples, but we're yr friends, man :) throw a cripple a bone! _______________________________

Posted by tgl on 2005-08-22 19:28:36 +0000

I think I've responded politely and succinctly everytime someone has had a request for how or why a post hasn't come out the way they expected it. This thread is me venting my spleen, obviously.

Posted by frame609 on 2005-08-22 19:31:09 +0000

So how 'bout them Sox, eh? Papelbon!

Posted by tgl on 2005-08-22 19:35:23 +0000

If the person asking me "What time is it?" had on a wristwatch, I might let it pass and give them an answer. If the _kept_ asking me... What if twenty people, with wrist watches, asked you in succession "What time is it?" Would you choose to piss off the latest person to ask you that question, or every person? I'm for pissing everyone off. EOPO (Equal Opportunity Pisser Offer)

Posted by rladew on 2005-08-22 19:39:42 +0000

I guess I just got it to work for new imgs... where did the old ones go? do .gifs and .bmps bite it? where's the edit tag? where's the Beef? _______________________________

Posted by pamsterdam on 2005-08-22 19:41:49 +0000

I think you'll find that you didn't give any of us wristwatches (formatting options) until a few days ago. So we kept asking you, since you had on a wristwatch. Granted, there was a wall clock in the other room all along, but... we didn't really think about that. Besides, you're sitting in this room right here, with us. And we knew you were wearing a wristwatch. So now that you've finally given us wristwatches (updated the formatting options screen), we'll learn to stop asking you for the time. Unless we're just flirting with you. In which case we'll pretend that we're not wearing a wristwatch. And blush. And ask you what you think of the band.

Posted by G lib on 2005-08-22 19:43:50 +0000

Trippy time conversation, man... (no offense, mr. mister!) ________________ --Feminazi

Posted by tgl on 2005-08-22 19:56:26 +0000

The formatting options has not been up to snuff. I'm guilty there. *blubbering* I LOVE YOU ALL! *blubbering*

Posted by pamsterdam on 2005-08-22 20:01:42 +0000

Dude, kid. I mean, duuude. I love you, man.

Posted by mr. mister on 2005-08-22 20:26:36 +0000

no problem. If I had a wristwatch on and it was digital and someone asked me for the time. I would be like "What you have to ask me because I have a digital wrist watch. Get with it man."

Posted by pamsterdam on 2005-08-22 20:30:39 +0000

awwwwww :-) x