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Sitaram says: well, you see, then only bulky thing is the personal forum.... and it being visible... Peter says: i cant see the whole forum now Sitaram says: could you see it before? Sitaram says: before you became invisible? Peter says: yes Sitaram says: well.. hmmm... switch back to visible and tell me what happens Sitaram says: how odd Sitaram says: which things CAN you still see when you are invisible Peter says: i just wasnt logged in i guess Peter says: i can see the whole thing now Peter says: am i still invisible? Sitaram says: let me check Sitaram says: you still show as invisible Peter says: sweet Sitaram says: maybe it take a few minutes Sitaram says: i can go into your profile as admin, never fear Peter says: ok Peter says: SFG75 is a really cool guy Sitaram says: i just change you back to visible Sitaram says: to see what happens Sitaram says: it worked, you show as visible Sitaram says: can you now see more of the forum Peter says: yes i see that Sitaram says: ? Peter says: i saw it as invisible Peter says: i just wasnt logged in Sitaram says: ohhhh Sitaram says: i thought so Peter says: i already figured the problem out Peter says: haha Sitaram says: it is very important, i think, to click the box that says/... "stay logged in" Sitaram says: it keeps your cookies more stable.. Peter says: yeah Sitaram says: so you dont toss your cookies Sitaram says: ha ha Sitaram says: that is slang for "throw up" Peter says: i know Sitaram says: i thought you must... the folks in other parts of the world may not Peter says: probably not Sitaram says: there is a FABULOUS on line movie style tutorial for phpbb forum admins Sitaram says: you MUST try to go through it at some point, and get your own forum... just for learning purposes if nothing else Peter says: i might start a forum with one of my friends Sitaram says: http://www.phpbb.com/support/tutorials/ Fabulous Flash Tutorials on setting up PHPBB Forums Sitaram says: this is all SO exciting... Peter says: haha Peter says: sure is Sitaram says: and today.. i had a smashing long philosophical chat with Rex, in Beijing Sitaram says: which i put at the showcase too Sitaram says: for visitors to see, as a sample Peter says: cool Sitaram says: I registered Mono for him, and emailed him, but he has not shown up so far, though he seemed sincerely interested Peter says: hm Sitaram says: but,... he just started school.... Peter says: yeah Sitaram says: so he is probably swamped Peter says: hes probably really busy Sitaram says: hey... each of us should be admin of our own forums... since each of us has at least from 2 to 10 good online friends... so.. they should join our personal forum Sitaram says: thats what I think Sitaram says: and everyone should have the thrill and learning experience of being an Admin Sitaram says: the phpbb folks are working on a new release which may define superadmin/founder/owner Sitaram says: if i had that, then I would make many of you admin right now... Sitaram says: but... until that happens... be weary with your own forum of giving anyone else admin status... Sitaram says: since if they get pissed off. ... they can delete YOU or delete the forums Peter says: yeah Peter says: i dont think that you should make everyone moderator Sitaram says: i guess to be effective the superadmin would need the ability to configure the powers of admins, and hold back some of the destructive powers... Sitaram says: although, as Gertrude Stine used to say on her Paris web site, "A delete is a delete is deleted" Sitaram says: so kiss that baby good buy Sitaram says: hence... the only advantage to superadmin, is that the admins could not hijack the entire site... Sitaram says: but if they got really pissed off, or psychotic.. they could delete everything in it... Sitaram says: which comes to the next idea... that phpbb should have a built in easy way to export/backup entire forum contents and definitions... so that the superadmin could restore in such events... Sitaram says: now.. if you pay myfreeforum.org 180 pounds sterling.. they will PROVIDE you with your entire forum contents and software... to put at your own site... Sitaram says: so, if you have your own server.. then you could do physical backups on it... Sitaram says: but, if you have a provider as your server... oh...well.. wait.. then you could backup using FTP, and you would simply pay the added cost of bandwidth... Sitaram says: so.... myfreeforum.org might want to make ftp backup available to their users at some fee... Sitaram says: at their website, they have a place to post such suggestions... Sitaram says: Henry, you come up with some great ideas, thanks! Sitaram says: ha ha Peter says: i was just letting you rant Sitaram says: so, get your own freeforum site... go through the disney tutorials Sitaram says: then.. post your site at my forum... so we can all go and join, and be your slaves... and you can abuse us mightily Peter says: maybe Sitaram says: well, whatever Peter says: haha Sitaram says: i think this may take off like wildfire Sitaram says: really Sitaram says: think of it... Sitaram says: everyone who is at some forum now, who loves participation, but feels bullied or marginalized,... walla, bingo, presto... Sitaram says: suddenly, they are gods of their own universe Sitaram says: master of all they survey Sitaram says: and they can invite two or three of their snivelling friends to join... Sitaram says: just kidding Peter says: yeah but a small forum population is a little dull Sitaram says: but.. you see.. the personal forum is merely a SUPPLEMENT to large forum life Sitaram says: but.. be discrete and keep your mouth shut in the bigger forums, so they dont feel threatened and see you as a thief, come to steal members Sitaram says: and our M.O. is to have long wise and wonderful chats like this, and then post them , edited for others to learn Sitaram says: and contribute... Sitaram says: and it will be Internet as Multimind Sitaram says: we will all be one great expanded consciousness... galactic in proportions Sitaram says: and we shall swing upon stars, carry moonbeams home in jars Sitaram says: and be slightly less addicted to porn Sitaram says: you just wait and see Sitaram says: (injecting a little comic relief) Sitaram says: time for some canned audience laughter Peter says: yeah Sitaram says: oh.. but wait.. i forget, our chats are filmed before a live audience Peter says: youre getting weird on me Sitaram says: listen.. you see... today i realize the most wonderful thing... Sitaram says: in all the other forums.. i must constantly censure myself, for fear of reprisals... Sitaram says: but... in my own forum... i am totally free to be creative Sitaram says: thats it! dont you see! we are free! la la la la (runs about tossing rose petals) Sitaram says: seriously folks... Sitaram says: this is free speech: Marlboro Country (without the lung cancer) Sitaram says: watch me gallop across the screen upon my noble steed Peter says: im doing homework Peter says: thats why im not replying that much Peter says: but feel free to keep talking like this Sitaram says: just trying to make you laugh Peter says: im laughing Peter says: just busy Sitaram says: i am done i guess... Sitaram says: dont pee in your pants Sitaram says: and if you do, dont blame me Peter says: ok Peter says: i wont Peter says: promise Sitaram says: this is my pee disclamer Sitaram says: pee at your own risk... Sitaram says: now, this is what I call good, clean Forum Fun, where noone gets hurt, and every body doesnt clamor for us to be banned... Sitaram says: besides we are consenting adults... Sitaram says: well.. almost Sitaram says: sometimes, I feel the spirit of Thomas Pynchon in me, as I write Sitaram says: other times, I feel the spirit of Andy Rooney Sitaram says: speaking of which, his book, "Years of Minutes" Sitaram says: catchy title Sitaram says: Now, here is our M.O. (method of operation) we only let brilliant witty people join, like we are... Sitaram says: then we have brillliant witty chats in MSN and Yahoo and AIM Sitaram says: THEN, we edit and post them for all the dullards to come and read Sitaram says: then when they beg to join, we say,.... NO DULLARDS ALLOWED... Sitaram says: then, we let them in anyway.. Sitaram says: but we given them their own crappy forums to slob around in Sitaram says: and we call this (I cant hear you.....) DEMOCRACY Peter says: haha no dullards allowed Sitaram says: EXCUSE ME while i take some more drugs (hey, coffee is a drug, beer is a drug... and even sugar is a drug) Peter says: i love coffee Sitaram says: seriously, chemists consider sugar to be part of the broad family of ALCOHOLS, which include waxy substances in creams and lotions, that does not intoxicate.. but structurally is an alcohol Sitaram says: cetyl alcohol Sitaram says: probably cetyl comes from the word for whale... Peter says: i snorted a pixie stick once Peter says: it hurt a lot Sitaram says: gosh, i never though of that til just now Peter says: i wouldnt recommend it Sitaram says: oh, thank you, ghost of Moby Dick Sitaram says: ghost of Melville Sitaram says: because.. whales were an important source of ambergrist... Peter says: yes Peter says: which was very valuable Sitaram says: which is the finest base known for perfumes Peter says: ANIMAL CRUELTY Peter says: how dare you!!!! Sitaram says: one bucket of whale puke would pay for a year long voyage Peter says: thats funny Sitaram says: no.. they would find the ambergrist floating on the water Peter says: something so vile could be transformed into a delicate fragrance Sitaram says: noone quite understands why or how... but sometimes, whales toss their cookies... Sitaram says: and it stinks, i am told... but they process it into a base for fine perfumes Peter says: ive heard this before in my readings of 19th century maritime affairs Peter says: Lord Nelson and the like Sitaram says: if you really like a girl, you will give her whale puke for sure... Sitaram says: so she knows you care... Peter says: this is definitely going to be posted on the forum Peter says: this whole conversation Sitaram says: certainly...why not,... it is fabulous Sitaram says: and not that filthy.. Peter says: do you watch movies Sitaram says: only when my eyes are open Sitaram says: ha ha Sitaram says: yes.. i love dvds especially Sitaram says: i saw a great one... about this soldier in boot camp... and they are going to be sent over to Nam... Sitaram says: i forget the title Sitaram says: we borrowed it Peter says: sounds like Full Metal Jacket Sitaram says: but.. there is the fabulous scene where this YEAH THATS IT Sitaram says: the best scene, which is VERY instructive from a literary perspective Sitaram says: is the poetic monologue by the gradeschool drop out... about the moon... Sitaram says: which moves the clever soldier SO MUCH ... that he winds up getting the fellow a hardship discharge Sitaram says: so... you see , it is literature as philosophy in motion... Sitaram says: it is poetry which saves and changes lives Sitaram says: and you do not have to be educated to produce it... Sitaram says: and it is like that film Pianist about the Jewish virtuoso during WWII... Peter says: thats a good one too Sitaram says: and his playing at the end, moves the Nazi soldier to spare his life Peter says: i loved that one Peter says: yep Peter says: have you seen Sin City Sitaram says: there are special lessons for us in such scenes Sitaram says: no... Sitaram says: i only watch movies occasionally... on dvd.. or educational tv.. we do not have cable Back to top Henry Miller Moderator Joined: 14 Sep 2005 Posts: 37 Location: Minnesota Posted: Sun Sep 18, 2005 1:05 am    Post subject: What a great conversation. I think all of our mesenger logs should go in here. _________________ Go read a book. Back to top Sitaram Site Admin Joined: 14 Sep 2005 Posts: 1079 Posted: Sun Sep 18, 2005 1:15 am    Post subject: Henry Miller wrote: What a great conversation. I think all of our mesenger logs should go in here. Precisely! Perhaps Plato was the first to discover that something magical happens whenever "two or more are gathered together". Plato called it "dialectic". 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