Jay

I, for one, come down on the side of innocent until proven guilty. I think Gaffer is right and the pitchforks need to be laid down.

At issue is the fact that Dayv has misrepresented some things in the past and has edited related posts. Whether the deception was intentional or not--and whether the edited posts are an attempt to clarify or cover up--is impossible to say, but once you get caught rewriting history, your integrity will always come into question.

As I said in my previous post, each of you must make your own determination. This isn't a court of law and Dayv isn't on trial.

Moth3r said:

 

Also, new rule: previously banned members, who begged to be let back in and were given a reprieve because Jay was in a good mood at Christmastime, who then go on to piss off any mod whose name begins with M, get banned.

 

Mods whose names begin with "J" are included also.

ChainsawAsh said:

Warbler said:

Leguman, shut the fuck up.

I did receive a PM from Dayv with a lot of backstory, but no actual proof of illness. As he already said publicly, Dayv claims he burned the only proof.

Surely, the physician who provided the diagnosis can provide another printed copy at minimal cost, which would be worth it considering potential donations that would result.

Lots of conflicting info being sent my way by no one I've ever met in person. Actual proof of anything--from either side--is nonexistent at this point.

Jury is still out.

I removed the PayPal address from Warb's post on the first page until we've figured things out.

I think some documentation is in order. I volunteered this site's resources, leveraged its reputation, and asked its membership to participate in a good faith fundraiser for a cancer victim. If I were to learn that I and others were led to do so under false pretenses, we could have a very serious problem.

Dayv, if you have any documentation that you could send to me personally so you don't have to post it for everyone to see, it would be most appreciated.

I haven't seen it yet, and I'm in it.

Or so I'm told :) I could've been cut out by now and not even know it.

It's still planned for the next update. Real Soon Now™.

Good idea. I'll add it to the feature list.

zombie84 said:

Frink, I don't think you will be banned or punished the second you make some kind of sarcastic remark or off-topic reference. Everyone does that here and its part of the off-the-cuff charm that makes non-preservation discussion entertaining at OT.com. I think its just a warning about doing this chronically without ever contributing anything worthwhile to a discussion. I have to say you are often guilty of this and sometimes it gets a bit old. But if you got in trouble for any "technical" breach of this new rule then we'd all be in trouble as well, and obviously this is not going to happen. So I would say just be yourself but take it down a few notches in areas where it otherwise might impose upon more "informative" discussion, or whatever.

Careful. With common sense like that, you might find yourself an active member here for a long time to come.

A mobile-optimized skin is definitely in the works.

Note that the only thing that would prevent an iPhone user from posting is the WYSIWYG editor. If you disable it, you can post without problems. The current skin is entirely iPhone-compatible.

It's funny how films that have made far, far less than Star Wars over the years have received proper restoration and remastering, resulting in stunning Blu-ray releases, while one of the richest men in Hollywood can't be bothered to drop a couple million on something that has literally returned billions.

The Blu-ray box set is my last hope for the franchise. If it does in fact include only the 2004 edition, I won't buy it. I haven't watched the trilogy in years, and if Lucas can't be bothered with cleaning up the original elements, I can't be bothered with giving him my money.

Any PS3 owners here play Demon's Souls? I picked it up on sale a couple weeks back. It has difficult, unforgiving gameplay, but not in a cheap way. When you die, it's because you screwed up. I'm not usually into action RPGs--most of my combat time in Fallout 3 was spent in V.A.T.S.--but once I got the hang of it, I started to enjoy it.

The other game that's been occupying my time is, of all things, Angry Birds. I've been playing the iPhone version, but it's available for other mobile platforms. Pretty addictive and challenging puzzles with great cartoony graphics, sound effects, and physics. For 99¢, it's a no-brainer.

See if you can start with the lower end package and upgrade later with no penalty.

The only thing I think might be a problem is streaming Netflix HD material to your PS3. They use AVC, so it's pretty efficient, but it'll downgrade you to SD if your line can't handle the bitrate.

I'm not seeing the kind of traffic that really justifies separate sub-forums. It would make sense if new posts were getting pushed off the first page very quickly, but even with a low setting of 25 topics per page, there are topics on page 1 that haven't seen a reply in almost a week. Maybe that's because certain topics are confined to one thread (politics, games, etc.), and joining in on those after so many posts can be daunting to new users.

Off Topic is a section I really don't care about if I'm being honest, so if the membership wants to split it up, I wouldn't be opposed to it.

none said:

google: "site:originaltrilogy.com/forum +your query"

It's finds most things, and it also can bring up topics which are beyond the purge level.  (General SW for instance tends to maintain a 2000 post count, things from around 2005 are slowly getting pruned)

Can you provide an example of a topic that comes up in Google search results but isn't visible in the topic list? Nothing is getting pruned, so if topics are getting cut off at a certain date, there's a bug I need to find.

Welcome to the forum.

If you're referring to the navigation (menus, options, and other things related to getting around the site), then that's something I think we can accommodate in the future.

If you're referring to the actual forum content (posts written by members), that's impossible without using some type of automated translation service, and the results would be no better than what you're currently getting from your translator.

Hopefully, as you read more English, your comprehension will improve and you won't have to rely on the translator as much :)

TV's Frink said:

In all seriousness, can we get some clarification on what threads will get deleted?

You probably shouldn't get too attached to threads started by trolls for trolling purposes who then go on to get banned.

waste my time baiting a troll

You'll notice the redundancy.

Have him send me an e-mail directly (jay@originaltrilogy.com).

xhonzi said:

A few people at my Lost/Lunch group at work are convinced that this proves the show writers knew what they were doing with the "Adam & Eve" skeletons since season 1.  In my mind, it proves they never had any idea and they picked something that 60% fits.

Lost apologists insist the writers have had a detailed plan mapped out from the beginning. Anyone watching the show with open eyes should call "bullshit" on that one.

You can't. It's on the list of upgrades.

I don't think this is an issue with pagination. I bet if you guys tried a browser other than IE, these issues would magically go away.

The problem is that whenever someone copies and pastes their posts from Word, it introduces a bunch of garbage that, ironically, Microsoft's own browser can't deal with, and it breaks everything that follows that post on the page. In fact, I doubt you're simply missing pagination. I bet if you count the number of posts on the page, it's often less than the "posts per page" setting in your control panel.

This is a long-standing issue and something I've tried to filter out with varying levels of success. Still working on it.

C3PX said:

Just out of curiousity, how is it "agnostic"? BSG's final, love it or hate it, basically answered all the shows mysteries with the catch all "God did it!". Which seems to me definitively theistic, since it clearly explained that there was some diety pulling the strings all along.

***BSG spoilers***

I think Baltar's speech in Galactica's CIC when he was negotiating with Cavill over Hera's life pretty much sums up the writers' position on the matter. The "power" that observed and influenced the characters was never confirmed to be "God" like the one in Judeo-Christian mythology--that being a magical being who exists outside the boundaries of time and space, a creator of all things. And frankly, it doesn't matter. All that matters are the choices the characters make.

This being's influence on the show's events is undeniable, but whether it was the one true God or simply a god-like being with advanced consciousness who merely guided events is never confirmed or explained. In fact, when Head Baltar somewhat mockingly refers to him as "God" in the final moments of the show, Head Six responds with, "Please, you know he hates that name." This is after she spends the entire show referring to this being as "God" in her discussions with Baltar, perhaps knowing that "God" is the only way a human could comprehend such a being.

There's plenty of room in the show for both interpretations, and ignoring the possibility of an extremely advanced being with high-level consciousness rather than Lord God Almighty is to ignore one of the show's biggest themes, which consists of the many layers of awareness that come with being a conscious being. Are Cylons human? Are they programmed? Can we be somewhat programmed and still be human (think DNA)? Why do some perceive God where others perceive science that simply has yet to be explained? Why do some people know there is a God, and some people know there isn't?

Finally, the shows events could simply be destiny. If that's the case, it's not about "God" creating the universe and controlling every aspect of it...he's playing his part in it. In the case of BSG, I see this "God" as just another character doing what he feels he's supposed to do. It's his role to guide these people to their destiny. If you can buy into a model of space and time that says everything that's happening has already happened and we merely perceive it in a linear fashion, it's not hard to buy into a BSG "God" who is playing a guiding role rather than dictating the fall of every sparrow.

Too many new characters this season. Too much extreme behavior from existing characters. Zero tension. Lousy explanation for the numbers. Boring, inconsistent, and very sloppy overall.

I'm watching BSG for the third time now (picked it up on Blu-ray). The remarkably even-toned writing and amazing consistency over the course of the show put Lost to shame. And the final season is fantastic--especially the ending. Wonderfully agnostic and open-ended.

Lost is a mess. I'm only watching to see the end, and I doubt I'll ever revisit the series in the future.