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abill_uk 2011-08-01 01:56

Re: COmmunity rant thread.
 
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Originally Posted by danramos (Post 1061848)
I dunno. Me... I opted to stay over at the Android house and let the Windows keep the stink in the Nokia house. :) I just curiously watch to see if anybody will ever want to move back into that old place. Hope for the best, but expect the worst.

There is always a moral behind your words and now at least someone had the sense to see it ;).

But really i am getting sick of the shite that is being posted on here now as it all goes full circle.

Have you looked at the peak numbers on this site now at peak viewing times?.

gerbick 2011-08-01 02:35

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Originally Posted by abill_uk (Post 1061982)
But really i am getting sick of the shite that is being posted on here now as it all goes full circle.

Then do what's best... remove yourself from that vicious circle. I will.

Nothing tells the full truth like time. There's still at least a solid month before the N9 comes out. During that time, Nokia will continue to do what they think is best for them; regardless if we fans disagree, they're going down a path that is decidely without MeeGo (for now) and wholly behind Windows Phone 7.

Don't like what's being said around here? Then be the adult and remove yourself from that cycle.

I will be doing so. I'll remain curious, but will continue to research in other areas until the N9 is out and tested. Then and only then can I make an informed decision on that device.

Be adult, remain curious, pull back. That's my suggestion.

danramos 2011-08-01 05:56

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Quote:

Originally Posted by gerbick (Post 1061986)
Then do what's best... remove yourself from that vicious circle. I will.

Nothing tells the full truth like time. There's still at least a solid month before the N9 comes out. During that time, Nokia will continue to do what they think is best for them; regardless if we fans disagree, they're going down a path that is decidely without MeeGo (for now) and wholly behind Windows Phone 7.

Don't like what's being said around here? Then be the adult and remove yourself from that cycle.

I will be doing so. I'll remain curious, but will continue to research in other areas until the N9 is out and tested. Then and only then can I make an informed decision on that device.

Be adult, remain curious, pull back. That's my suggestion.

Maybe he doesn't give a chainsaw? (Warning: Explicit language)

misterc 2011-08-01 17:00

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Dan, Gerbick,

don't remember who of you two was always saying that TMO should go back to ITT;
seems to have happened now :confused:
any idea what happened?

gerbick 2011-08-01 19:43

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Originally Posted by misterc (Post 1062395)
Dan, Gerbick,

don't remember who of you two was always saying that TMO should go back to ITT;
seems to have happened now :confused:
any idea what happened?

This ain't ITT. ITT was friendlier, more conducive to conversation, arguments were handled as adult as possible... and the mods came down with either hammers or could steer the conversation quickly.

Well that and we were all pretty active on all fronts of the devices. Hell, even I had done an optimization guide for filesize.

danramos 2011-08-01 21:14

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Originally Posted by gerbick (Post 1062492)
This ain't ITT. ITT was friendlier, more conducive to conversation, arguments were handled as adult as possible... and the mods came down with either hammers or could steer the conversation quickly.

Well that and we were all pretty active on all fronts of the devices. Hell, even I had done an optimization guide for filesize.

I used to have a relevant device and used to help with bug reporting, testing, command-line Linux-level questions and general usage. That was back when this used to be a tablet forum, though, yeah. This isn't ITT, no. Not yet--or not anymore.

danramos 2011-08-01 21:14

Re: COmmunity rant thread.
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by misterc (Post 1062395)
Dan, Gerbick,

don't remember who of you two was always saying that TMO should go back to ITT;
seems to have happened now :confused:
any idea what happened?

Also... what do you mean? What made you say that?

abill_uk 2011-08-03 04:51

Re: COmmunity rant thread.
 
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Originally Posted by danramos (Post 1062520)
Also... what do you mean? What made you say that?

Yes that got me totally confused.

abill_uk 2011-08-03 04:54

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Lovely to see that we have got people like SD69 on this community that are even willing to step forward and tell it the way it is, what a breath of fresh air !.

He deserves a LOT of grattitude even for the courage to do so !.

abill_uk 2011-08-03 05:03

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He even quoted woody14619 and his well said argument against the troubles of "openess".

I have said many times on here that we need to just rip Maemo and rebuild it, with or without Nokia's approval (including 3rd parties) because lets face it if we wait for red tape crap then Maemo dies, simple as that.

MeeGo was long an argument from me with stskeeps and now that seems to have turned true to my words.

If i were to start a poll to find out just how many are willing to reverse engineer Maemo i am sure it would get a forcible yes and a stream of support.

It has long been said by me that this community is full of dreamers that actually know the way forward but for what ever reasons do not make it come true, i say to hell with red tape and start engineering !.

misterc 2011-08-03 09:03

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Originally Posted by danramos (Post 1062520)
Also... what do you mean? What made you say that?

dunna

yesterday (was it?) when i posted it, all my URLs were with the internettablettalk.com domain :o :confused:

maybe that... http://www.internettablettalk.com/20...ng-maemo-talk/ ?

then again, this is a year and 11 min old...
maybe a glitch with the TMO domain?
is TMO in fact hosted @ ITT and TMO URL is simply badged over it?

gerbick 2011-08-03 12:29

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Originally Posted by misterc (Post 1063231)
is TMO in fact hosted @ ITT and TMO URL is simply badged over it?

I still go to internettablettalk.com first to see what's updated in the threads here. In fact, my bookmark is still internettablettalk.com/forums which directs me to talk.maemo.org - I'm definitely a creature of habit.

misterc 2011-08-03 12:46

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Originally Posted by gerbick (Post 1063394)
I still go to internettablettalk.com first to see what's updated in the threads here. In fact, my bookmark is still internettablettalk.com/forums which directs me to talk.maemo.org - I'm definitely a creature of habit.

then explain this to me :confused: :eek:
(i don't mean this in a defiant way, simply..... :confused: :eek: :confused: :eek: :confused: :eek: :confused: :eek: :confused: :eek: )

http://forums.internettablettalk.com/member.php?u=44839
http://talk.maemo.org/member.php?u=44839

hello?

and it's a different site, even though kept very tightly in sync
(i had increased the size of the fonts on TMO, which shows correctly on the 2nd link whereas the 1st link shows default font size :confused: :eek: )

actually it's NOT kept in sync
the posts show up on both sites @ the SAME time :confused: :eek:

misterc 2011-08-03 12:49

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this post is made from http://forums.internettablettalk.com...ad.php?t=75173

sjgadsby 2011-08-03 13:31

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Originally Posted by misterc (Post 1063404)
and it's a different site, even though kept very tightly in sync

Both domain names point to the same server.

misterc 2011-08-03 19:16

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Originally Posted by sjgadsby (Post 1063422)
Both domain names point to the same server.

thank you
suspected that, but glad to hear it from an authoritative source.
if TMO is still (also?) part of ITT, how comes the "better" moderation rules don't apply (anymore?)

abill_uk 2011-08-05 08:12

Re: COmmunity rant thread.
 
Trying to get people to pull together in this forum is somewhat of an impossible task thanks to trolls and people who just want the arguments.

ysss 2011-08-05 08:24

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and loud & stubborn people who think they know more than they actually do.

mrsellout 2011-08-05 11:41

Re: COmmunity rant thread.
 
Abill I'm replying to your post in the Council_Update thread here to avoid the continued derailing of that thread .
Quote:

Originally Posted by abill_uk (Post 1064572)
Actually my ignore list is growing by the way but it takes a lot for me to put someone on it just in case they could even be half sensible .

I really do feel the way forward is via the council of this community and as many have already said i will only repeat by saying again that they need to make contact with Nokia and see what the latest situation is regarding any hope of release for the Maemo code soo much wanted here.

As for my contribution i will make every effort to to post pics of a more suitable usb fix than anyone has ever posted before on here but that is not on topic with this thread.

The main reason i never got involved with testing cssu was the battery problem and untill bme is solved in a proper way it is pointless to install.

The other problem is the overwriting of important emmc structure making it near on impossible for the noob to re-flash.

I am not a linux coder and never will be now but i know these guys are working very hard indeed when they were active and i fully support in words any further progress on cssu in any way or form as long as it is a forward movement and not one that creates even more problems elsewhere on the os.

Sorry to be off topic a little please resume.

CSSU has provided fixes for a variety of issues. Not installing it until 'bme is solved' is like not fixing the leaking tap until you insulation in the loft; both need doing, but one is easier to fix than the other.

The bit about 'overwriting of important emmc structure' is complete claptrap. Stop typing and read up about what you are discussing. There is no issue whatsoever with reflashing a device once the CSSU has been applied.

So your FUD contradicts the next statement you made because you harm the CSSU effort when you spread ill-informed bs. The last line is also FUD..

abill_uk 2011-08-05 12:05

Re: COmmunity rant thread.
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by mrsellout (Post 1064581)
Abill I'm replying to your post in the Council_Update thread here to avoid the continued derailing of that thread .


CSSU has provided fixes for a variety of issues. Not installing it until 'bme is solved' is like not fixing the leaking tap until you insulation in the loft; both need doing, but one is easier to fix than the other.

The bit about 'overwriting of important emmc structure' is complete claptrap. Stop typing and read up about what you are discussing. There is no issue whatsoever with reflashing a device once the CSSU has been applied.

So your FUD contradicts the next statement you made because you harm the CSSU effort when you spread ill-informed bs. The last line is also FUD..

yes ok you know it all so let us just leave it at that ok.

Texrat 2011-08-05 13:18

Re: COmmunity rant thread.
 
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Originally Posted by abill_uk (Post 1064467)
Trying to get people to pull together in this forum is somewhat of an impossible task thanks to trolls and people who just want the arguments.

Your task for the day: think about that frequently.

As another poster said elsewhere, it does indeed take two to tango.

abill_uk 2011-08-05 13:26

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Texrat (Post 1064625)
Your task for the day: think about that frequently.

As another poster said elsewhere, it does indeed take two to tango.

Yes i agree with your comments BUT mods do not stop the real people behind the war on here such as ysss and his tribe who are privledged obviously !.

Think about this ok.... if a post that was deliberatly trying to start a war or a troll or whatever constitues a problem post was deleted off here then it would get people to understand more about making problems BUT unfotunatly that would mean more work from the mods .

A no win situation here unless the mods step up on this.

Start giving infraction points out to these kind of people and you will see it stop i am sure.

I get them for just breathing on here !!!!!!.

Texrat 2011-08-05 13:44

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You should try considering that maybe you're mistaken about all that, abill_uk.

Crazier things have happened.

abill_uk 2011-08-05 13:53

Re: COmmunity rant thread.
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by Texrat (Post 1064637)
You should try considering that maybe you're mistaken about all that, abill_uk.

Crazier things have happened.

How can i be mistaken when the same people seemingly do not get infractions and just carry on relentless?

If i can get infractions for even being on the receiving end of the trolling etc then something is very wrong with the moderating methods on here.

even on this thread i never try to start a war and this is an off topic thread !.

You enjoy a war you said but really what does it achieve?.

Elaborate please?.

abill_uk 2011-08-05 14:00

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ysss in my opinion is one of if not the worst offender on here and he gets away with it because of his membership length, does HE ever get infractions? no dont bother to tell me just look it up and then go look at every post he has ever thanked, its all traceable.

Moderation is all wrong on this forum because it still is one rule for them and another for us.

No wonder there is no movement when too many sarcastic people are allowed to ruin things by starting a war and some are very very cunning about it such as giving thanks to whom post the argumentative posts.

I do not have to read the crap from ysss because he is on my ignore list as the first one but take a look at his posts seriously and you will see where i am coming from.

Do something about HIM and i will consider the moderators to be doing there job properly and in a good way.

abill_uk 2011-08-05 14:17

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ysss in my opinion should face a ban for what he/she has done on this forum and i formally request one even if it means the banning of myself in doing so !.

ysss 2011-08-05 14:25

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Let's do this.
I will gladly make that trade for maemo.

Texrat 2011-08-05 14:26

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Quote:

Originally Posted by abill_uk (Post 1064644)
Moderation is all wrong on this forum because it still is one rule for them and another for us..

That's an outright lie.

There is no them, only us. If you actually believe otherwise, then you should have reconsidered participation here long ago.

abill_uk 2011-08-05 14:32

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Originally Posted by Texrat (Post 1064658)
That's an outright lie.

There is no them, only us. If you actually believe otherwise, then you should have reconsidered participation here long ago.

I am sorry but i can not agree with you on this one texrat and as much as i respect you i still say there is one rule for the "friends" of moderators and another for outsiders of that "circle".

I did consider leaving this forum but i got too engrossed in the hardware of the N900 and needed much from this normally a good society even if it is spoilt by some.

Ban me if you must for these remarks but i feel strongly about this among others i might add, sorry.

Please find a way to stop people from deliberatly trying to start arguments and usually succeeding by the thanks they get and this place will be a good place like the old days.

mrsellout 2011-08-05 14:38

Re: COmmunity rant thread.
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by abill_uk (Post 1064593)
yes ok you know it all so let us just leave it at that ok.

Not at all, but I do reserve the right to correct disinformation when I see it.

Texrat 2011-08-05 14:49

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Originally Posted by abill_uk (Post 1064661)
I am sorry but i can not agree with you on this one texrat and as much as i respect you i still say there is one rule for the "friends" of moderators and another for outsiders of that "circle".

Repeating a lie doesn't make it true. There is no favoritism, period.

daperl 2011-08-05 15:05

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What we really need is more powerful forum software. I've glanced at the built-in vBulletin functionality and it doesn't have the right tools for members to properly separate themselves from the likes of an abill_uk. Maybe in the next few weeks I'll make a server-side software-change proposal that will end these kind of debates once and for all. Then a member could put abill_uk in their own virtual padded cell if he or she chooses to. The moderation could decrease by an order of magnitude, and this would be in Nokia's, the council's and the community's best interest.

So, ysss, stay where you are; abill_uk, be quiet until we get the software in place.

abill_uk 2011-08-05 15:15

Re: COmmunity rant thread.
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by Texrat (Post 1064625)
Your task for the day: think about that frequently.

As another poster said elsewhere, it does indeed take two to tango.

As a finall word on this can i please point out the fact that the person who makes the move for an argument is the person who starts the problem after a comment made by another BUT if it carries on then the "two to tango" involves another person and it is not fair you reprimand one and not the other.

This is what i am on about here as favouratism among mods, there is no honor in this whatsoever and makes the mods look biased.

I have often said of you to be a very good mod and an example to follow but please give some ground here at least, it is not all my doing after all.

abill_uk 2011-08-05 15:16

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Quote:

Originally Posted by daperl (Post 1064680)
What we really need is more powerful forum software. I've glanced at the built-in vBulletin functionality and it doesn't have the right tools for members to properly separate themselves from the likes of an abill_uk. Maybe in the next few weeks I'll make a server-side software-change proposal that will end these kind of debates once and for all. Then a member could put abill_uk in their own virtual padded cell if he or she chooses to. The moderation could decrease by an order of magnitude, and this would be in Nokia's, the council's and the community's best interest.

So, ysss, stay where you are; abill_uk, be quiet until we get the software in place.

What is talent like you doing on here? you should be in charge of a group of prisons !. :p

PS please tell that girl to do her roots will you as they look hiduous ;) she would look much more beautiful if she did.

misterc 2011-08-05 15:21

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Originally Posted by abill_uk (Post 1064688)
What is talent like you doing on here? you should be in charge of a group of prisons !. :p

PS please tell that girl to do her roots will you as they look hiduous ;) she would look much more beautiful if she did.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9vnjQ...yer_detailpage
¦-)

which takes care of that too ¦-)))))

ysss 2011-08-05 15:32

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@daperl: great! how do you plan to do that? don't forget 'leakage' via post quotings

zoner 2011-08-05 15:43

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Originally Posted by daperl (Post 1064680)
Maybe in the next few weeks I'll make a server-side software-change proposal that will end these kind of debates once and for all.... this would be in Nokia's, the council's and the community's best interest.

agreed. Be sure to throw up a donate button for that, I'd hit it!

Grok 2011-08-05 15:54

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Originally Posted by abill_uk (Post 1064593)
yes ok you know it all so let us just leave it at that ok.

I post sporadically on these boards, but I visit almost every day.

abill_uk..... I think you have made useful contributions. I think it's your british wit that doesn't translate to print very well (like the quote above) I've had had differences of opinion with other members like ysss and pradabada, I usually make an incredibly intelligent and inciteful post or two and then let the fellow members sort it out. Sometimes I feel like I want to have an "IM" type discussion on the forum but that's when I realize that maybe I should cool off and wait a while before responding....... or take it to PM.

I know there are no winners on the forums or the internet.

I've been a moderator on various forums and every time you apply rules, the inbox lights up! It isn't all praise, you can never make everyone happy.

It's not all about you, me, ysss or anybody. It's not about right or wrong, it's the internet for crying out loud!

It's about the journey, kinda like Willy Wonka's Chocolate Factory, you have to enjoy the good stuff, avoid the bad stuff and brush your teeth regularly.:D

Pretty existential huh? :eek:

Rauha 2011-08-05 15:57

Re: COmmunity rant thread.
 
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Originally Posted by ysss (Post 1064694)
@daperl: great! how do you plan to do that? don't forget 'leakage' via post quotings

That's what I was thinking as well

With abill_uk it's not so much leakage than a overflowing tide of noise. My ignore list is empty again. No point in trying to ignore. His antics cause such strong reaction that all I get is flow of angry quotes between blocked messages. Can just as easily just stop reading threads afte abill's first message.

Maybe forum software that would allow option to ignore whole threads, if they have messages from people on ignore. I would actually like something like that.


Quote:

Originally Posted by zoner (Post 1064701)
Be sure to throw up a donate button for that, I'd hit it!

Ditto.

daperl 2011-08-05 15:59

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Originally Posted by ysss (Post 1064694)
@daperl: great! how do you plan to do that? don't forget 'leakage' via post quotings

Think bigger: Total Disappearance. And as a quick example of the reach, imagine if Good Member A were to quote Troll Member T from Good Member B's troll list. If so configured, Good Member A could see that his post AND ITS TIMESTAMP were ignored by another member. And, if Good Member A chose to do so, they could could investigate further, but only as far as their and other's privileges would allow.

I could go on and on, but I think you get the basic picture. It could be very powerful, very simple, and very configurable.


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