Morrus - How about enabling 'quick post'?

[hong]

The proper response to ignorance is education. If you cannot provide it please be quiet and let someone who has the appropriate temperament provide enlightenment.

True. However, here we have someone who (as far as can be told) doesn't have much of a history on the EN World boards, and who then asks a series of curt, aggressive questions of someone who has. This is not exactly conciliatory or diplomatic behaviour.

Psionicist isn't here to be interrogated on his knowledge of vB, php, or anything else. In fact, IIRC he's shown that he _does_ have quite a strong knowledge of these topics, both here and on the old UBB forums. Now if pennywiz wants to make a useful contribution to this thread, he or she is free to do so. As yet, though, I haven't really seen it.

 

[hong]

(Why didn't the post count increment on the main page?)

 

[Darkness]

Chill, everyone, drop this issue, and get back on topic, please. Thanks.

 

[Darkness]

(Why didn't the post count increment on the main page?)

Which - yours, that of the thread, or that of the board?

Also, did you refresh the page?

 

[hong]

Which - yours, that of the thread, or that of the board?

Also, did you refresh the page?

Ah, doesn't matter. The board timed out on me after I clicked the "submit reply" button. Obviously the post made it into the database, but it didn't manage to update the post count for the main forum.

Sorry. I'll stay on topic from now on.

 

[pennywiz]

I'll try to stay on topic.

Do the Vb people say what hacks will be in the new software? I think that will tell you if this is a good hack or a problem hack.

 

[Psionicist]

One, I don't regret the meaning of my post. Consult pennywiz's first ignorant reply. If pennywiz here just wrote something like "explain what you mean", instead of directly deniying the possibility of this change, I wouldn't have bothered.

Two, I do regret the insulting part of my post. I overreacted.

 

[Psionicist]

True. However, here we have someone who (as far as can be told) doesn't have much of a history on the EN World boards, and who then asks a series of curt, aggressive questions of someone who has. This is not exactly conciliatory or diplomatic behaviour.

Psionicist isn't here to be interrogated on his knowledge of vB, php, or anything else. In fact, IIRC he's shown that he _does_ have quite a strong knowledge of these topics, both here and on the old UBB forums. Now if pennywiz wants to make a useful contribution to this thread, he or she is free to do so. As yet, though, I haven't really seen it.

Thanks Hong. I appreciate that.

Edit: Darkness, I have to defend myself. Case closed, at least for me.

 

[pennywiz]

One, I don't regret the meaning of my post. Consult pennywiz's first ignorant reply. If pennywiz here just wrote something like "explain what you mean", instead of directly deniying the possibility of this change, I wouldn't have bothered.

Two, I do regret the insulting part of my post. I overreacted.

Apology accepted. Truly, if you have some expertise you could answer a few simple questions. Do the Vb people say what hacks will be in the new software? I think that will tell you if this is a good hack or a problem hack. The problem isn't whether I know what you are saying, but if you are in a position to be saying what you are saying with any real authority. These boards mean a lot to people and to allow their fate to rest in the hands of someone with no business experience would be ludicrous. How many years in the business world do you possess? How old are you? Are you an experinced business person with a background in this field or just a part time individual playing at being an authority? Tough questions, I am sure, but important considering how you present yourself and how you expect yourself to be perceived. Long live EN Boards!

 

[Psionicist]

Apology accepted.

Thanks penny. I had an INCREDIBLY bad day yesterday, sorry.

Truly, if you have some expertise you could answer a few simple questions. Do the Vb people say what hacks will be in the new software? I think that will tell you if this is a good hack or a problem hack.

Here's an example to describe the problem: Take a car, one of those you find in the dumps. Fix the car. Fix it again and again and again until you have a V8 engine or anything like this, or vBulletin 2.x.x. Oops, the driver (user) found a "bug" in the engine, so the mechanic (programmer) have to fix it. The problem however is the X formed panzer-shell to protect the engine which is difficult to remove... ... ...
The point is that if you build complex software, there are complex problems to take care of. Time consuming problems. The programmers have to improve and better the "core", things you and me won't see. IIRC vBulletin 2.x is 1800kb code, which is alot.
To implant a feature some people won't use is time consuming and not so smart when there are other problems to fix. Because there ARE problems.
The problem is that the "core" is never finished, that's the fun with programming. Optimizing and improving the actual messageboard code, which may result in errors and bugs and so on... Time is the problem.

The problem isn't whether I know what you are saying, but if you are in a position to be saying what you are saying with any real authority. These boards mean a lot to people and to allow their fate to rest in the hands of someone with no business experience would be ludicrous.

Well, I do have lots of knowledge in computers. I think that's enough.

How many years in the business world do you possess? How old are you? Are you an experinced business person with a background in this field or just a part time individual playing at being an authority? Tough questions, I am sure, but important considering how you present yourself and how you expect yourself to be perceived.

Years: No idea, Age: 17, Background: The swedish version of master degree in computer science and programming, as well as networking (techincally I'm to young to get one but I got backed up by a psychologist and a former teacher).
As you can see, the problem with computers-knowledge is that you cannot evaluate it based on age/experience/business-experience, when their are dedicated geeks around the world. For one I know a 14 year old boy who works as C++ programmer on a huge company, and makes $6000 per month.

Long live EN Boards!

Indeed.