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GeneralAntilles
2008-05-22, 15:51
Two things,

First, although "Find all posts who thanked <user>" is a bit more clear than it was previously, it still doesn't make a whole lot of sense. I don't know of any posts who can thank users. :p It should be changed to something like "Find all posts <user> was thanked for" or "Find all of <user>'s posts that were thanked".

Second, I find it useful to go to my profile every so often, but there's not a reliable link for that anywhere on the forums. Would it be possible to turn the "Welcome, <user>." up in the upper right hand corner next to the PM information into a profile link?
lm2
2008-05-22, 15:57
Would it be possible to turn the "Welcome, <user>." up in the upper right hand corner next to the PM information into a profile link?

Seconded. That definitely would be helpful. But, GA, is the link (http://www.internettablettalk.com/forums/member.php?u=1121) at the bottom of the Forums page (http://www.internettablettalk.com/forums/) not reliable for you?
GeneralAntilles
2008-05-22, 16:02
That definitely would be helpful. But, GA, is the link (http://www.internettablettalk.com/forums/member.php?u=1121) at the bottom of the Forums page (http://www.internettablettalk.com/forums/) not reliable for you?

Hrm, hadn't thought of that one. Still, my request stands. The one at the bottom moves around too much. :p
lm2
2008-05-22, 16:10
The one at the bottom moves around too much.

When I'm logged in, I find that the link to my own profile is always the first in that list.

Of course, none of this is to disagree with your sound suggestion that "Welcome, <user>" should replace "<user>" with a profile link.
GeneralAntilles
2008-05-22, 16:15
When I'm logged in, I find that the link to my own profile is always the first in that list.


I meant only that the bottom of the pages moves all over the place with these variable-length pages. :D


Of course, none of this is to disagree with your sound suggestion that "Welcome, <user>" should replace "<user>" with a profile link.

Forgot the smiley. ;) :p
Reggie
2008-05-22, 16:24
GA, first request done.

For the second, there's a My Profile link under 'Quick Links'.
joepagiii
2008-05-22, 16:28
uhh not to sound dumb but isnt ga s request the same as the user cp
qwerty12
2008-05-22, 16:30
No it isnt.

Profile:
http://www.internettablettalk.com/forums/member.php?u=15985

User CP:
http://www.internettablettalk.com/forums/usercp.php
joepagiii
2008-05-22, 16:32
oh sorry...duh...ok...thanks qwert12
sjgadsby
2008-05-22, 17:33
"Find all posts <user> was thanked for"

"Find all posts for which <user> was thanked" would avoid ending with a preposition.
Reggie
2008-05-22, 17:51
How about:

Find all posts where <user> was thanked?
geneven
2008-05-22, 17:55
A letter can absolutely thank someone, as a wanted poster can offer a reward for your capture. A post is of course not a 'who', but a 'that'.
Forget about mangling sentences to.avoid ending them with a preposition. That is something, 'up with which I will not put'.
sjgadsby
2008-05-22, 18:09
Forget about mangling sentences to.avoid ending them with a preposition.

"Find all posts <user> was thanked for" doesn't appear mangled to you?

That is something, 'up with which I will not put'.

Certainly, ending a sentence with a preposition is not always incorrect. Winston Churchill was quite right in that. However, this instance appeared awkward.

And, of course, "A witty saying proves nothing."
Texrat
2008-05-22, 18:31
http://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/lojban.png

http://www.xkcd.com/191/
Benson
2008-05-22, 19:19
Since we're on about xkcd, anyone else get cyborg.py running?

I commented figlet for the moment; I'm sure it's available, or if not, should be a simple compile; but I'll mess with that later. I can always chroot /mnt/initfs/ text2screen -s 10 -t Whatever if I want big text.

I'm trying to roust up gpspipe; I can't even compile it from source yet, because in Diablo, libc-dev is older than libc... still working on that.

Update: In Chinook, I can build gpspipe... and it works!! (With built-in gpsd.) Can't say whether it actually works yet, I gotta take it back to Diablo, and go outside. Once I get this working, I'll quit hijacking this, and make a new thread with most of gpsd-clients, and cyborg.py.

Update: Wrong libgps version (17, need 15 for maemo); anyone know what upstream gpsd version matches osso-gpsd 1.0-29?

Edit: Found the upstream... https://bugs.maemo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2877 says it's gpsd 2.32...