ARRGGHH!!! HTML and ZIP files, please!
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pennywiz
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Morrus: I subscribe to belief A.
Reaper: Do you subscribe to belief A?
Morrus: Actually yes. I do subscribe to belief A.
Reaper: Let me see if I'm understanding this correctly. You're saying that you subscribe to belief A?
Y'know, I think someone's a little dense. Or is Morrus supposed to say "Yes" again, so Reaper can say "Just to get things clear, am I to understand that you subscribe to Belief A?"
Reaper is either deliberately trying to antagonize Morrus or he has some kind of mental block there. I think it's the former.
Or, as Morrus says, he has zero social skills. That's a possibility.
Reaper: Do you subscribe to belief A?
Morrus: Actually yes. I do subscribe to belief A.
Reaper: Let me see if I'm understanding this correctly. You're saying that you subscribe to belief A?
Y'know, I think someone's a little dense. Or is Morrus supposed to say "Yes" again, so Reaper can say "Just to get things clear, am I to understand that you subscribe to Belief A?"
Reaper is either deliberately trying to antagonize Morrus or he has some kind of mental block there. I think it's the former.
Or, as Morrus says, he has zero social skills. That's a possibility.
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reapersaurus
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umm.... huh?!
Morrus - I was just going out of my way to summarize my understanding of your position, because honestly, it makes absolutely no sense to me.
If you'd rather insult me than explain your position, i guess that's your prerogative, but I am just trying to understand.
pennywiz - it's called clarifying something to make sure you've got the other party's position properly understood - maybe you should try it sometime.
Darkness - you are level-headedly proposing that you make it harder for the member, AND potentially discriminate against people who don't truly understand computers (not everyone can save files, change the extension properly, and then read them easily)... for no real reason?
Morrus - about your "reason".
As psionicist said, it is UNFOUNDED.
That's why I tried to clarify your position, because it is so obviously unfounded.
I truly do not understand your position here.
You can not seriously think that someone would bother making a website from html attachments in posts.
I have explained why, but i really don't think you're examining your position.
(snipped 3 different wordings of what i want to say)
I can't believe that I'm the only person that doesn't understand why you are worried about something that not only wouldn't happen....
Geez.
This is crazy!
I'm literally feeling like you're saying "We need to keep an expensive roof over the snake-pen, reaper."
I point out "but snakes can't fly. Why do we need the roof?"
You say "Because I'm worried they'll start to fly"
I say "But they can't fly. And it would be a lot easier for them to slither out the door and catch the airplane that's waiting for them for free."
I'm a computer instructor for a living, but I don't think I can help you to see why your worry is not needed here if you can't understand me, or worse yet, won't listen to me or others on this issue.
Morrus - I was just going out of my way to summarize my understanding of your position, because honestly, it makes absolutely no sense to me.
If you'd rather insult me than explain your position, i guess that's your prerogative, but I am just trying to understand.
pennywiz - it's called clarifying something to make sure you've got the other party's position properly understood - maybe you should try it sometime.
Darkness - you are level-headedly proposing that you make it harder for the member, AND potentially discriminate against people who don't truly understand computers (not everyone can save files, change the extension properly, and then read them easily)... for no real reason?
Morrus - about your "reason".
As psionicist said, it is UNFOUNDED.
That's why I tried to clarify your position, because it is so obviously unfounded.
I truly do not understand your position here.
You can not seriously think that someone would bother making a website from html attachments in posts.
I have explained why, but i really don't think you're examining your position.
(snipped 3 different wordings of what i want to say)
I can't believe that I'm the only person that doesn't understand why you are worried about something that not only wouldn't happen....
Geez.
This is crazy!
I'm literally feeling like you're saying "We need to keep an expensive roof over the snake-pen, reaper."
I point out "but snakes can't fly. Why do we need the roof?"
You say "Because I'm worried they'll start to fly"
I say "But they can't fly. And it would be a lot easier for them to slither out the door and catch the airplane that's waiting for them for free."
I'm a computer instructor for a living, but I don't think I can help you to see why your worry is not needed here if you can't understand me, or worse yet, won't listen to me or others on this issue.
Darkness
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Let's look at this realistically: You decide to be insulted - and that's your problem and not anyone else's...reapersaurus said:
Assuming that you're not trolling: No, you misunderstood me; that's not what I was saying. So please read it again until you understand it better. 
Psionicist
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Grazzt said:
As many people as we have on here, someone would do it. Just to show others it could be done. You know how the internet goes...
Many? Are you kidding me? Look at hardforums 50000 members. It's a computer forum - WITHOUT this problem. The same with anandtech, arstechnica yadda yadda. The problem with the problem... there is no problem. See?
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Psionicist
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Also, in the VB admin panel, you can configure so only registered members can download the uploaded files...
reapersaurus
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wow.
OK, Darkness.
I'll make it very clear (as clear as I can)
You: It's not that hard, and doesn't take much time to change the file extension from htm to txt when you want to attach an html file to a thread.
Also, any time someone wants to read this attached file, they will most likely have to save it to their HD, then find it, rename it, and open it.
THIS is what you are saying, is it not?
If so, I replied that it is inconvenient to the person attaching the file, but most importantly, you are making it much more difficult for the person viewing the html file.
(the attached txt files that were html files I don't believe are a viable consistent option)
So for those members and lurkers who aren't very savvy with computers, you are making it quite hard for them to simply read an attached html file that they are interested in.
And all because of a worry of Morrus' that is ... I don't know of a more dilpomatic way of saying it other than It Is Unfounded.
OK, Darkness.
I'll make it very clear (as clear as I can)
You: It's not that hard, and doesn't take much time to change the file extension from htm to txt when you want to attach an html file to a thread.
Also, any time someone wants to read this attached file, they will most likely have to save it to their HD, then find it, rename it, and open it.
THIS is what you are saying, is it not?
If so, I replied that it is inconvenient to the person attaching the file, but most importantly, you are making it much more difficult for the person viewing the html file.
(the attached txt files that were html files I don't believe are a viable consistent option)
So for those members and lurkers who aren't very savvy with computers, you are making it quite hard for them to simply read an attached html file that they are interested in.
And all because of a worry of Morrus' that is ... I don't know of a more dilpomatic way of saying it other than It Is Unfounded.
reapersaurus
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I really am wondering if they're even listening, Psionicist...Psionicist said:
My guess is that because _I_ asked for the inclusion of html files to better the discourse on the boards, they feel most comfortable thinking of it as "Me trying to make Them Change".
I'm used to my DM just saying "ummmm... NO." to me, but I would hope they would do this for other board members.
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