Comments on: Now I’m Really Scratching My Head

By: oowawa

oowawa — Sat, 02 Jan 2010 18:18:13 +0000

“I‘m waiting for the terrorist who knows kung fu or something . . . ”

How about the terrorist who has been taught to fart cyanide gas? Or the leg-tingling news show host who naturally belches poison gas from having quaffed so much deadly kool-aid?

By: Docelder

Docelder — Sat, 02 Jan 2010 03:48:00 +0000

Hey, why not somebody who can just meditate and cause the wings to break off? Kung Fu would be nothing against that? =-O

By: Bronwyn

Bronwyn — Sat, 02 Jan 2010 02:02:28 +0000

His mind is not burdened by logic. Rather strange given … well, wasn’t he raised in a Catholic school system where logical thinking is emphasized?

By: Bronwyn

Bronwyn — Sat, 02 Jan 2010 02:01:16 +0000

I turned off auto-refresh. A couple days ago. Because it was causing problems for people who were writing a comment. We may restore it if the software company can fix the problem with people losing what they’re typing.

And, yes, there’s a disconnect between the Recent Comments widget + the comments. I have a ticket in to the software company people to see if we can get that fixed. If we can’t, I will simply remove Recent Comments. It’s a nice feature, but it’s not life-and-death. Right? Feedback welcome.

Heck, maybe I should start a fresh thread on the new software and get everyone’s feedback.

I really appreciate your and Teak’s comments.

(Teak, I never got an e-mail from you.)

By: EllenD

EllenD — Sat, 02 Jan 2010 01:45:01 +0000

I’m totally baffled at Matthews’ logic. The weapons that have been brought on board were meant to bring down the airliner. How does he expect a terrorist who knows Kung Fu to do this bare-handed? Or is there some aspect of Kung Fu that teaches how to punch large holes in an airliner?

By: TeakWoodKite

TeakWoodKite — Sat, 02 Jan 2010 01:34:30 +0000

Bronwyn, it is nice to scroll on one page. It takes a bit but I really like what you done with the place. :) Agador: Armand, why don't you let me be in the show? Are you afraid of my Guatemalan-ness? Armand: Your what? Agador: My Guatemalan-ness, my natural heat. You're afraid I'm too primitive to be on the stage with your little estrogen rockettes, right? Armand: You're right. I'm afraid of your heat.

By: Guest

Guest — Fri, 01 Jan 2010 23:37:50 +0000

Does the software also not support a Recent Comments function?
The combination of that list not populating and the number of comments per thread displaying randomly (a side effect of the auto-refresh?) is more aggrevating to me than any pagination quirks.

But I’m not complaining — the ramped up speed compensates for most of those inconveniences !

By: Guest

Guest — Fri, 01 Jan 2010 23:31:14 +0000

With respect to “charges”, based on what has been observed. That’s a point. I thought the Patriot Act was supposed to fix this…

One can only hope further investigating/informing is being done based on the questions naturally raised under the circumstances.
Sadly, I won’t be taking any bets on whether or not that is being done.

By: Bronwyn

Bronwyn — Fri, 01 Jan 2010 23:28:08 +0000

FYI: I changed the comments settings so that the comment all appear on one page, rather than being paginated, which I found annoying.

We are still tweaking the new comments system. The most urgent problem right now is that Recent Comments in the right column doesn’t work. We probably won’t get that resolved until early next week.

By: Docelder

Docelder — Fri, 01 Jan 2010 23:25:17 +0000

There was some loosening of the rules after the Luby’s cafeteria massacre. Turns out there was a lady in the cafeteria that usually carried a gun with her in her purse. But, she had a professional license and so left it in the glove box while eating with her parents. The carry permit didn’t allow her to take the gun with her in a public place. The gunman shot her parents in front of her and a lot of random other people while she wished she had her gun in her purse and not in the car. That is the brief and shortened version of how the laws there became more loose. I was living in Mesquite at the time and remember it fairly well. Though, it was a while back now.

By: FLDemFem

FLDemFem — Fri, 01 Jan 2010 23:04:22 +0000

Well, do remember that Texas is a state that allows you to carry concealed weapons in church. I am at this very minute in the Memphis airport waiting for a flight to Dallas for a funeral. I have travelled extensively in Texas and it always amused me that in Texas, you can drive down the road with a beer in one hand and a gun in the other and the only way you will get arrested is to toss the beer can out the window. For that you get a year in jail. For the guns, nada. Go figure.

By: Bronwyn

Bronwyn — Fri, 01 Jan 2010 22:38:14 +0000

This pagination of the comments is irritating me. I have submitted a ticket to the help desk for the comments software. It is also bizarre that when one clicks on page 2, one is taken to the big white space below and has to scroll up, up, up to get to the comments that ended up on page 2. I have also submitted a report on that issue.

By: candymarl

candymarl — Fri, 01 Jan 2010 20:48:46 +0000

UNder the Patriot Act yu can be detained on just about suspicion of anythng. Up to and icluding jaywalking. So they just let this guy go? Get real..

By: Docelder

Docelder — Fri, 01 Jan 2010 20:37:52 +0000

I always felt secure in Texas. Plus, the schools were darn good there as well. People with guns don’t scare me so much as the people who would take them scare me. We already see how losing some of our rights in the war on terror worked out badly for all of us. Losing more rights doesn’t interest me one bit now.

By: raging

raging — Fri, 01 Jan 2010 20:15:13 +0000

I’d be worried about getting on an airplane with the likes of Chrissie. whata nutjob.
didn’t Huston FBI investigate a woman for being rude to an Obama campaign worker during a robocall?