Website moved to 50megs.com!
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Master
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written Wednesday, January 25 2006 05:36
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I actually didn't have to make this topic, the mods can close it at will. I just wanted to say my webpage moved to 50megs.com. the new URL is http://thralni.50megs.com For the ones who have a link to my webpage: please modify it. For the coming 7 days, starting now, my webpage will have no banners, as an experiment of 50megs, to see what I think of it. I really think that anybody who is interetsed in seeing my webpage should do it now, before the banners appear again. The nephilian grammar and vocabulary guide moved to, of course. -------------------- Play and rate my scenarios: Where the rivers meet View my upcoming scenario: The Nephil Search: Escape. Give us your drek! Posts: 3029 | Registered: Saturday, June 18 2005 07:00 |
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Lifecrafter
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written Wednesday, January 25 2006 07:40
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I would recommend that you stay away from AngelFire permanently. If 50megs.com doesn't work out, try Sphosting.com. -------------------- "We can learn a lot from crayons. Some are short, some are dull, some are sharp, some are tall. Some have funny names and they are all different colors, but they all learn to live in the same box." "Happy is the man that has wisdom and gets discernment. For having wisdom as gain is better than having silver as gain and having wisdom as produce is better than gold itself" Proverbs 3:14-3:15 The horrible part about life is, you'll never get out of it alive. Currently boycotting: AngelFire, GameFAQ's, Macintosh PC's Posts: 818 | Registered: Tuesday, July 9 2002 07:00 |
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Master
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written Wednesday, January 25 2006 07:46
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I already like 50megs much better. Not only because it is cheaper to get a banner-free with many extra things (let alone twice as many space and bandwith), the interface is much nicer, and for some reason, the connection runs faster and smoother. What do you guys think of my banner-free website? A bit to much blue, actually. -------------------- Play and rate my scenarios: Where the rivers meet View my upcoming scenario: The Nephil Search: Escape. Give us your drek! Posts: 3029 | Registered: Saturday, June 18 2005 07:00 |
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Lifecrafter
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written Wednesday, January 25 2006 07:51
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The new page isn't bad. Definitely better than the old one, due to the lack of banners. Whatever you do, stay away from AngelFire. -------------------- "We can learn a lot from crayons. Some are short, some are dull, some are sharp, some are tall. Some have funny names and they are all different colors, but they all learn to live in the same box." "Happy is the man that has wisdom and gets discernment. For having wisdom as gain is better than having silver as gain and having wisdom as produce is better than gold itself" Proverbs 3:14-3:15 The horrible part about life is, you'll never get out of it alive. Currently boycotting: AngelFire, GameFAQ's, Macintosh PC's Posts: 818 | Registered: Tuesday, July 9 2002 07:00 |
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Master
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written Wednesday, January 25 2006 07:54
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Roger. I see you also got away from angelfire. how is SPhosting? the only thing is the killing pop-ups, but I'd rather have click-away pop-ups, then always-there banners. -------------------- Play and rate my scenarios: Where the rivers meet View my upcoming scenario: The Nephil Search: Escape. Give us your drek! Posts: 3029 | Registered: Saturday, June 18 2005 07:00 |
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Warrior
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written Wednesday, January 25 2006 08:33
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Some of the links on your site are broken, they still try to find stuff on Angelfire, which gives an error. They don't work. I don't know exactly what's wrong, but i suggest that you should take a look at all year links and where they link to. I found your error in the scenario section. -------------------- There are 400 words in the dictionary that begin with "self" and only 8 that begin with "fellow". When in doubt. . . mumble. Posts: 150 | Registered: Saturday, August 20 2005 07:00 |
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Lifecrafter
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written Wednesday, January 25 2006 08:47
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He may have used absolute file locations (http://www.whatever.com/whatever.htm) instead of relational ones (/whatever.htm). quote:The only problem I've had so far is the 2.5MB file size limit, which I can work around (split .rar files). I have to say, they are definitely less restrictive when it comes to people's opinions. -------------------- "We can learn a lot from crayons. Some are short, some are dull, some are sharp, some are tall. Some have funny names and they are all different colors, but they all learn to live in the same box." "Happy is the man that has wisdom and gets discernment. For having wisdom as gain is better than having silver as gain and having wisdom as produce is better than gold itself" Proverbs 3:14-3:15 The horrible part about life is, you'll never get out of it alive. Currently boycotting: AngelFire, GameFAQ's, Macintosh PC's Posts: 818 | Registered: Tuesday, July 9 2002 07:00 |
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Raven v. Writing Desk
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written Wednesday, January 25 2006 10:01
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Eldibs, erhaps this has been discussed in another thread, but why in the world are you boycotting GameFAQs? -------------------- Slarty vs. Desk • Desk vs. Slarty • Timeline of Ermarian • G4 Strategy Central Posts: 3560 | Registered: Wednesday, November 7 2001 08:00 |
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Lifecrafter
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written Wednesday, January 25 2006 12:02
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It has been discussed before, but anyways... I'm boycotting GameFAQs (their message boards actually) becuase they're extremely restrictive on free speech, and because the mods are power hungry. Once, I was having an argument with someone, and ended up explaining something or another. The extremely simple and clear explanation ended with "If you don't understand that, go beat your head in the door, and try reading it again." The mods decided that my statement was "offensive," and promptly deleted it. And it's not limited to me. Many people have had posts deleted for trivial things. -------------------- "We can learn a lot from crayons. Some are short, some are dull, some are sharp, some are tall. Some have funny names and they are all different colors, but they all learn to live in the same box." "Happy is the man that has wisdom and gets discernment. For having wisdom as gain is better than having silver as gain and having wisdom as produce is better than gold itself" Proverbs 3:14-3:15 The horrible part about life is, you'll never get out of it alive. Currently boycotting: AngelFire, GameFAQ's, Macintosh PC's Posts: 818 | Registered: Tuesday, July 9 2002 07:00 |
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Shaper
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written Wednesday, January 25 2006 12:37
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Eldibs: THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS FREE SPEECH IN A PRIVATE INSTITUTION. GET OVER IT. It's just a pet peeve of mine when people complain about stuff like this. It's so stupid. [ Wednesday, January 25, 2006 12:38: Message edited by: The Almighty Doer of Stuff ] -------------------- My Myspace, with some of my audial and visual art The Lyceum - The Headquarters of the Blades designing community The Louvre - The Blades of Avernum graphics database Alexandria - The Blades of Exile Scenario database BoE Webring - Self explanatory Polaris - Free porn here Odd Todd - Fun for the unemployed (and everyone else too) They Might Be Giants - Four websites for one of the greatest bands in existance -------------------- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Posts: 2957 | Registered: Thursday, October 4 2001 07:00 |
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Law Bringer
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written Wednesday, January 25 2006 12:50
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Eldibs, what is your so-called free speech worth when you use it solely to offend others for your personal amusement? Aside from what Ados said, there really is no moral high ground. Thralni, in case the ads are ever a problem, or you need PHP or something, I've considered setting aside some part of ermarian.net for hosting BoX-related sites (the addresses would be something like sites.ermarian.net/yourname). If there is more interest in that idea, I might follow through with it, although things seem to work pretty well the way they have been for the past couple of years. -------------------- Encyclopaedia Ermariana • Forum Archives • Forum Statistics • RSS [Topic / Forum] My Blog • Polaris • I eat novels for breakfast. Polaris is dead, long live Polaris. Look on my works, ye mighty, and despair. Posts: 8752 | Registered: Wednesday, May 14 2003 07:00 |
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Master
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written Wednesday, January 25 2006 15:29
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Eh, you can't trust the message boards at GameFAQ's anyway. Only 3 posts per hour allowed and no post count. :rolleyes: The only one ever using them is my fourth-grade brother on the Donkey Kong 3 forum. Under my name. -------------------- -ben4808 Posts: 3360 | Registered: Friday, June 25 2004 07:00 |
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Councilor
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written Wednesday, January 25 2006 16:11
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The message boards sound bad, but the walkthroughs are incredibly useful. Of course, the ones I've been on were written by individuals and just hosted by GameFAQs. Dikiyoba. Posts: 4346 | Registered: Friday, December 23 2005 08:00 |
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Shaper
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written Wednesday, January 25 2006 16:12
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So your brother is the sole member. Sweet! Must be lonely. -------------------- The Knight Between Posts. Posts: 2395 | Registered: Friday, November 2 2001 08:00 |
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Lifecrafter
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written Wednesday, January 25 2006 17:24
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quote:I don't offend others for merely my personal amusement. A part of me hopes that someone will read my ranting and stop doing whatever it is I'm ranting about. But, for the most part, I just don't care. Also, I don't use my freedom of speech solely to offend others. If I was so offensive, don't you think I'd have gotten some hate mail by now? Besides, remember this quote? "I may disagree with what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it." quote:Oooh. I seem to have struck a nerve. I'm boycotting GameFAQs (their message boards actually) becuase they're extremely restrictive on free speech. I'm boycotting GameFAQs (their message boards actually) becuase they're extremely restrictive on free speech (Yes, I'm a jerk, but I couldn't resist.) Perhaps I should rephrase it to "They are extremely restrictive on what you can say." Nah, it's easier to type "free speech." quote:So, it's more moral to ban everything that is even slightly offenseive, than to allow all offensive speech that does no harm? -------------------- "We can learn a lot from crayons. Some are short, some are dull, some are sharp, some are tall. Some have funny names and they are all different colors, but they all learn to live in the same box." "Happy is the man that has wisdom and gets discernment. For having wisdom as gain is better than having silver as gain and having wisdom as produce is better than gold itself" Proverbs 3:14-3:15 The horrible part about life is, you'll never get out of it alive. Currently boycotting: AngelFire, GameFAQ's, Macintosh PC's Posts: 818 | Registered: Tuesday, July 9 2002 07:00 |
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Law Bringer
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written Wednesday, January 25 2006 22:10
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By allowing it, they are definitely going to turn off people offended by it. By prohibiting it, they are possibly going to turn off people doing it. -------------------- Encyclopaedia Ermariana • Forum Archives • Forum Statistics • RSS [Topic / Forum] My Blog • Polaris • I eat novels for breakfast. Polaris is dead, long live Polaris. Look on my works, ye mighty, and despair. Posts: 8752 | Registered: Wednesday, May 14 2003 07:00 |
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Law Bringer
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written Wednesday, January 25 2006 22:40
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You've complained about two slightly different problems. One is a strict definition of what is permissible speech. Any company is entitled to whatever such conditions it likes, and you probably agreed to something of the sort when you registered. Even if you didn't, they have the right. You have the right to stay away and the right to "boycott" after being forcibly removed from the premises. The latter is simply petty: if you can't follow the rules, why did you join in the first place? Particularly, crying free speech is meaningless in two ways. You don't have any such right on private forums, and any such rights seem to be only mildly "violated." Prevention of nastiness doesn't actually prevent information from being exchanged. Your second complaint is that the mods only follow the rules loosely. They abuse power, delete posts, and so on. That is an entirely separate issue, and quite possibly a violation of the GameFAQs rules, not that that is a meaningful distinction. Boycott is still the wrong term, however: if you find the mods' practices distasteful, you can leave. So can other. If enough people leave, GameFAQs falls apart. If it doesn't, its policies and their enforcement appeal to some group of people, and that is its target audience. —Alorael, who would like to know what you are doing on Spiderweb. There are rules here regulating both the information that may be shared and the manner in which it may be conveyed. Is your complaint one of degree of regulation (TM gets away with it usually) or fairness (an effort is made to ensure that everyone obeys the same set of rules with the exception of TM)? Posts: 14579 | Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00 |
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Shake Before Using
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written Thursday, January 26 2006 05:39
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I'm an Elite on GameFAQs. I used to post frequently a year ago, and I've never been modded once. Learning to hold your tongue goes a long way. The mods there are also hardly power hungry. Weird moderator decisions are due to their moderation system, which only allow them to see the post in question, only posts that are reported, and not its context or anything. It's how they manage to possibly moderate a set of boards as huge as GameFAQs. Posts: 3234 | Registered: Thursday, October 4 2001 07:00 |
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Councilor
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written Thursday, January 26 2006 07:49
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Originally written by Imban: quote:Not only in forums but in real life as well. Those who can't be polite are usually in big trouble wherever they go. Of course, Dikiyoba has been accused of being too polite at times. Posts: 4346 | Registered: Friday, December 23 2005 08:00 |
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Law Bringer
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written Thursday, January 26 2006 14:51
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All right, this might be the point at which we go back to the original topic. :) -------------------- Encyclopaedia Ermariana • Forum Archives • Forum Statistics • RSS [Topic / Forum] My Blog • Polaris • I eat novels for breakfast. Polaris is dead, long live Polaris. Look on my works, ye mighty, and despair. Posts: 8752 | Registered: Wednesday, May 14 2003 07:00 |
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Councilor
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written Thursday, January 26 2006 14:59
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Quite frankly, there isn't much to say about the orginal topic. Dikiyoba. Posts: 4346 | Registered: Friday, December 23 2005 08:00 |
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Master
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written Thursday, January 26 2006 15:20
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quote::P Ya, whatever. -------------------- -ben4808 Posts: 3360 | Registered: Friday, June 25 2004 07:00 |
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Shaper
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written Thursday, January 26 2006 17:51
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quote:Dikiyoba is right: There isn't really much to say. It was just an announcement, of sorts. -------------------- I'll put a Spring in your step. :ph34r: Posts: 2396 | Registered: Saturday, January 29 2005 08:00 |