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Richard Haselgrove Send message Joined: Oct 5 06 Posts: 443	Message 14479 - Posted 24 Dec 2007 0:17:52 UTC
	Have a look at the SETI Forum Index. Those aren't avatars - they're thumbnails of the user profile image. They've appeared, like a rash, without warning, sometime in the last hour. People are reporting them on the statistics pages too. As an absolute, unarguable BUG: They don't respect the Community preference for 'Hide Avatars' or 'Show images as links'. They need an 'off' switch, for dial-up users if nobody else: either one of the existing ones, or a new one of their own. But who the **** implemented this on the Sunday leading into an extended holiday, when the SETI servers happen to be under a particularly severe stress load? I'm sure it's the last thing the project staff would have wanted or chosen to implement. Has it been foisted on them by a remote control BOINC stealth attack?
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Richard Haselgrove Send message Joined: Oct 5 06 Posts: 443	Message 14480 - Posted 24 Dec 2007 1:32:41 UTC Last modified: 24 Dec 2007 1:32:55 UTC
	As well as the thumbnail images, they've also implemented a 'Friends' scheme. Once you've been offered friendship by another user, and accepted, that fact is shown on both the respective account pages, for all and sundry to see. For ever, as far as we've been able to determine in brief testing. Where was that on the core client v6.00 roadmap?
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Nicolas Send message Joined: Jan 19 07 Posts: 1124	Message 14485 - Posted 24 Dec 2007 3:52:26 UTC - in response to Message 14479. Last modified: 24 Dec 2007 3:52:46 UTC
	Have a look at the SETI Forum Index. Those aren't avatars - they're thumbnails of the user profile image. They've appeared, like a rash, without warning, sometime in the last hour. People are reporting them on the statistics pages too. As an absolute, unarguable BUG: They don't respect the Community preference for 'Hide Avatars' or 'Show images as links'. They need an 'off' switch, for dial-up users if nobody else: either one of the existing ones, or a new one of their own. I have cablemodem 600kbps. I don't care about the loading time. They look ugly, annoying, make the page hard to read. Yet another stupid feature with no way to turn it off, and no single bit of discussion before implementing. It just appeared. But who the **** implemented this on the Sunday leading into an extended holiday, when the SETI servers happen to be under a particularly severe stress load? I'm sure it's the last thing the project staff would have wanted or chosen to implement. Has it been foisted on them by a remote control BOINC stealth attack? David Anderson, the BDFL of BOINC. See [14438]. ____________ Please use the "Reply" button on posts, instead of "reply to this thread". Keep the "X is a reply to Y".
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Richard Haselgrove Send message Joined: Oct 5 06 Posts: 443	Message 14490 - Posted 24 Dec 2007 10:06:19 UTC - in response to Message 14485.
	David Anderson, the BDFL of BOINC. See [14438]. Trac #525
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Ageless Forum moderator Project administrator Send message Joined: Aug 29 05 Posts: 4384	Message 14492 - Posted 24 Dec 2007 12:06:13 UTC - in response to Message 14490.
	David Anderson, the BDFL of BOINC. See [14438]. Trac #525 Reasonably worded. I hope he doesn't implement it here as I'll be less friendly and more eloquent when he does. ;-) ____________ Jord -The BOINC FAQ Service -CUDA/Stream FAQ Courtesy starts with your first post of the thread.
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Richard Haselgrove Send message Joined: Oct 5 06 Posts: 443	Message 14496 - Posted 24 Dec 2007 15:34:05 UTC Last modified: 24 Dec 2007 15:41:50 UTC
	The images have now been removed from the main SETI project. However, you can still see then on the SETI Beta forums for the time being, if you want a preview of what DA has in store for you in the future.
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Ageless Forum moderator Project administrator Send message Joined: Aug 29 05 Posts: 4384	Message 14505 - Posted 24 Dec 2007 20:43:30 UTC - in response to Message 14496. Last modified: 24 Dec 2007 20:47:50 UTC
	Gosh, it's a nice read over there. Fuzzy really doesn't like me, huh? Needing to flame me again, without any of the other moderators stepping in and giving her a kick. Figures. If you'd post so denigratory about her, you'd be seeing a ban notice in your email in minutes. That she doesn't see one says enough. Above the law. In keeping with the Christmas spirit: Fuzzy, I know you're reading this thread here. I am a project administrator so I can ban spammers without needing to go through loops to ask others to kick the person. Or without having to vote on it... (grin). ____________ Jord -The BOINC FAQ Service -CUDA/Stream FAQ Courtesy starts with your first post of the thread.
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Nicolas Send message Joined: Jan 19 07 Posts: 1124	Message 14506 - Posted 24 Dec 2007 20:58:08 UTC - in response to Message 14480.
	I think it's related... show_user.php is now requiring login. What? I can't see how many credits somebody has without logging in? WHY? ____________ Please use the "Reply" button on posts, instead of "reply to this thread". Keep the "X is a reply to Y".
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Richard Haselgrove Send message Joined: Oct 5 06 Posts: 443	Message 14509 - Posted 24 Dec 2007 22:54:04 UTC - in response to Message 14506. Last modified: 24 Dec 2007 23:05:12 UTC
	I think it's related... show_user.php is now requiring login. What? I can't see how many credits somebody has without logging in? WHY? So you can't see who their friends are? Actually, I'm finding I can see the abbreviated form of the account pages without being logged in. It may have changed again. Where exactly did you have the problem?
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Nicolas Send message Joined: Jan 19 07 Posts: 1124	Message 14519 - Posted 25 Dec 2007 15:57:01 UTC - in response to Message 14509.
	I think it's related... show_user.php is now requiring login. What? I can't see how many credits somebody has without logging in? WHY? So you can't see who their friends are? Actually, I'm finding I can see the abbreviated form of the account pages without being logged in. It may have changed again. Where exactly did you have the problem? I saw it on SETI, but now it was changed. ____________ Please use the "Reply" button on posts, instead of "reply to this thread". Keep the "X is a reply to Y".
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Richard Haselgrove Send message Joined: Oct 5 06 Posts: 443	Message 14596 - Posted 1 Jan 2008 12:32:05 UTC
	The images have gone from the forum index pages, but they've popped up again for 'Friends'. If you're not on dialup, have a look at Misfit's account page. Good thing SETI has lots of bandwidth to spare, eh? ;-)
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Ageless Forum moderator Project administrator Send message Joined: Aug 29 05 Posts: 4384	Message 14597 - Posted 1 Jan 2008 12:39:41 UTC - in response to Message 14596.
	Adblock http://setiathome.berkeley.edu/user_profile/images/ ____________ Jord -The BOINC FAQ Service -CUDA/Stream FAQ Courtesy starts with your first post of the thread.
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