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2005-06-29

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Posted by Steve White 2005-06-29 00:00|| || Front Page|| [4 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 I assume tranzi idiocy - UN, Kyoto, HRW, AI, etc, etc - is still welcome.

Posted by phil_b 2005-06-29 06:14|| 2005-06-29 06:14|| Front Page Top

#2 Dissent on snip. It is an indication that there is more at the link if you choose to go there. Absence indicates that the whole article is copied and no need to go to the link. Who cares what MSM does? It's not like they've got aq ton of credibility.

Posted by Mrs. Davis 2005-06-29 07:01|| 2005-06-29 07:01|| Front Page Top

#3 I'm suprised, he didn't mention a word about my filthy fu*king mouth.

Posted by bigjim-ky 2005-06-29 07:28|| 2005-06-29 07:28|| Front Page Top

#4 It is an indication that there is more at the link if you choose to go there.
When you edit a bunch of trash out of a story to get to the meat of it, put "EFL" (Edited For Length) and highlite it before the story. That way people know there is more at the link.

Posted by Steve">Steve 2005-06-29 08:25|| 2005-06-29 08:25|| Front Page Top

#5 Wrt duplicate comments: I had JavaScript turned off yesterday (don't ask), and when I clicked 'Submit Query' for the comment the article didn't redisplay--I got a blank screen. So, like a dummy, I hit 'Reload.' Presto, two instances of the comment. Note to self: caffeine is a good thing in the morning...

Posted by James">James 2005-06-29 09:34|| http://idontknowbut.blogspot.com]">[http://idontknowbut.blogspot.com] 2005-06-29 09:34|| Front Page Top

#6 cool - I thought our idiotic Islamapologist was back....

Posted by Frank G">Frank G 2005-06-29 09:41|| 2005-06-29 09:41|| Front Page Top

#7 Re snipping: I use an elipsis (". . .") for small edits, and a hilited comment (e.g. "Long analysis deleted to save space.") for long cuts. Is that good or bad?

Posted by Mike 2005-06-29 10:12|| 2005-06-29 10:12|| Front Page Top

#8 I thought the right way to edit out un-needed stuff was to place ....befor and after.... an edit section?

Posted by raptor 2005-06-29 10:33|| 2005-06-29 10:33|| Front Page Top

#9 That's fine. I use ellipsis when I bother at all. And I always cut the reiteration of what everyone already knows without bothering to note it.

Posted by Fred 2005-06-29 10:35|| 2005-06-29 10:35|| Front Page Top

#10 How does linking to pictures hosted on other sites affect Fred's bandwidth? If he's not hosting the picture, it shouldn't count against his bandwidth -- or am I mistaken on this premise?

I'm not advocating widespread linking to other sites' pictures, by any means, because it will chew up their bandwidth ("bandwidth highjacking" is a common term I've heard to describe this practice). However, linking judiciously to pictures, especially on already high-trafficked sites like Yahoo news, etc., shouldn't affect their bandwidth too noticeably.

Posted by Dar">Dar 2005-06-29 11:11|| 2005-06-29 11:11|| Front Page Top

#11 The problem with linking to other sites' pictures is that if they're not there -- connection's down, been removed, whatever, the server sits there grinding, trying to find the non-existent. Add in the fact that with 90 posts and 600 comments, you get a lag every time you look for another site to pull the photo. One or two are no big deal, if they're there, but multiply the lag by a dozen or two dozen and you've really hurt page load time, which doesn't get any quicker the bigger the page gets.

Posted by Fred 2005-06-29 11:55|| 2005-06-29 11:55|| Front Page Top

#12 Ratz, and I just lerned how to do it good.

Posted by Shipman 2005-06-29 13:29|| 2005-06-29 13:29|| Front Page Top

#13 When you say no "loooong links or collections of links," I presume you mean not typing the URL directly in the comment? I presume it's still OK to use the [a href=''] jobber? I sure hope it's all right to .com to include links to his picture collection, as long as he doesn't do the [img src] thingie?

Posted by Jackal">Jackal 2005-06-29 16:35|| home.earthlink.net/~sleepyjackal/index.html]">[home.earthlink.net/~sleepyjackal/index.html] 2005-06-29 16:35|| Front Page Top

#14 .com's rich and doesn't care. Besides he's got all kinda weird ass traps and snifers. It's gonna take me ages to steal everything.

Posted by Shipman 2005-06-29 17:02|| 2005-06-29 17:02|| Front Page Top

#15 U B benign ruler?

Whatz a "Short Attention Span" define dear ruler.

Posted by Captain America 2005-06-29 18:18|| 2005-06-29 18:18|| Front Page Top

#16 Direct questions are so ver uncool Capt. Try a rephrase.... What the hell's SAST and why should we care? Is it a variable in the price of AK-47s in far away Preshawar? If so why isn't there a ticker on Spot AK-47 sales? I see a lacka foresight here. We need real-time hardware quotes.

Posted by Shipman 2005-06-29 19:29|| 2005-06-29 19:29|| Front Page Top

#17 And I'd like to ask...indirectly...what color belongs to what editor??? Don't get me wrong, the colors are pretty, but I didn't get that memo explaining these things...anyone have a copy?

Posted by Rafael 2005-06-29 20:44|| 2005-06-29 20:44|| Front Page Top

#18
To the Rantburg Rulers and GeeWiz Server .fisher people.

How about a one time idiot post [for us-ens] with all the posting examples, color pic rules, bandwidth suckers, fallopian tube demerits etc.

we could then file them in a mouldy file somewhere.

Posted by Splendor in the dumb 2005-06-29 20:47|| 2005-06-29 20:47|| Front Page Top

#19 rantberg becumin complacencated

lemme see if ima remeber thisn rite.

yelo=fred
green=steve w
bloo=seefarius
red=steve
pruple=?nuther steve?

Posted by muck4doo 2005-06-29 21:42|| http://meatismurder.blogspot.com/]">[http://meatismurder.blogspot.com/] 2005-06-29 21:42|| Front Page Top

#20 Purple's Robin...

Posted by Elmerong Cleretle8013 2005-06-29 21:45|| 2005-06-29 21:45|| Front Page Top

#21 thanx. thatn cleer theengs up. :)

Posted by muck4doo 2005-06-29 21:46|| http://meatismurder.blogspot.com/]">[http://meatismurder.blogspot.com/] 2005-06-29 21:46|| Front Page Top

#22 They cross colorlines sometimes to confuse the citizenry. Cheap thrills I guess. They'll deny it, they always do.

Posted by Shipman 2005-06-29 22:44|| 2005-06-29 22:44|| Front Page Top

#23 itn a rainbow community Muck - we don't allow them to marry tho'

Posted by Frank G">Frank G 2005-06-29 23:56|| 2005-06-29 23:56|| Front Page Top

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