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by John Q. Public View the latest post
Sun Apr 27, 2025 6:25 pm
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Thu Feb 18, 2021 11:21 am
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Last post Sorry about the popups
by John Q. Public View the latest post
Sun Mar 24, 2024 10:38 pm

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Suggestions for the site?

Last post by John Q. Public « Tue Jun 25, 2019 9:19 pm
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by John Q. Public » Wed Jan 14, 2009 11:05 am
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I'm just curious. Since this has always been a community site, and will continue to be one, I'll ask the community if there are any features they'd...
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Last post by John Q. Public
Tue Jun 25, 2019 9:19 pm
Yes, the site was down last night

Last post by John Q. Public « Sun Apr 27, 2025 6:25 pm
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by John Q. Public » Sat Apr 05, 2025 6:06 am

Rating: 2%

Nobody ever reads these but,

My report says zero hits in the 9:00 o'clock hour and very few between 8:00 and 11:00. I've never seen that. But it...

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Last post by John Q. Public
Sun Apr 27, 2025 6:25 pm
I did an update

Last post by John Q. Public « Tue Sep 03, 2024 9:36 am
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by John Q. Public » Mon Sep 02, 2024 12:09 am

And as soon as I finished it I got a message that said, There's a new version available! Seems the new version was released while I was updating....

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Last post by John Q. Public
Tue Sep 03, 2024 9:36 am
We have an em dash!

Last post by John Q. Public « Wed Aug 07, 2024 9:47 am

by John Q. Public » Wed Aug 07, 2024 9:47 am

Duh. I'm probably the only one who'd use one, but it finally dawned on me — after only 25 years — that I could use the word censor to convert two...

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Last post by John Q. Public
Wed Aug 07, 2024 9:47 am
Sorry about the popups

Last post by John Q. Public « Sun Mar 24, 2024 10:38 pm

by John Q. Public » Sun Mar 24, 2024 10:38 pm

Google decided to do that on their own. I hate them as much as everybody else does - more, if that's possible. They've been turned off.

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Last post by John Q. Public
Sun Mar 24, 2024 10:38 pm
Looks like the site was down for a while

Last post by John Q. Public « Sat Mar 23, 2024 7:03 am
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by John Q. Public » Fri Mar 22, 2024 8:51 pm

I was out all afternoon so I guess I missed it but judging by the change in the views on the Transfer news thread, it looks like it was down for...

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Last post by John Q. Public
Sat Mar 23, 2024 7:03 am
Bluesky invite codes

Last post by John Q. Public « Sun Jan 21, 2024 5:53 am

by John Q. Public » Sun Jan 21, 2024 5:53 am

Like Twitter but civil.

I have 3 right now. PM me if you want one.

Available to anyone with a posting history. Blue and green names get priority.

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Last post by John Q. Public
Sun Jan 21, 2024 5:53 am
Embedding tweets with "x.com" URLs

Last post by John Q. Public « Sat Sep 16, 2023 7:35 am
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by John Q. Public » Tue Sep 12, 2023 10:44 pm

Elon Musk, in his infinite wisdom is breaking some embedded tweets by using x.com addresses on them, which our software doesn't recognize. Maybe it...

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Last post by John Q. Public
Sat Sep 16, 2023 7:35 am
We can now embed posts from Threads

Last post by John Q. Public « Wed Jul 19, 2023 10:51 pm
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by John Q. Public » Wed Jul 19, 2023 10:10 pm

I updated some plug-ins tonight. Media Embed is the big one, with Threads and Mastodon added (if Mastodon hadn't already been available, I never...

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Last post by John Q. Public
Wed Jul 19, 2023 10:51 pm
About the recent slowness

Last post by John Q. Public « Thu Mar 23, 2023 10:49 am
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by John Q. Public » Sun Jul 10, 2022 4:48 pm

And maybe the board getting the name wrong on some quotes.

It's complicated, but dumbing it down to where even I can almost understand it, the...

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Last post by John Q. Public
Thu Mar 23, 2023 10:49 am
My private message access is restricted

Last post by John Q. Public « Fri Jan 13, 2023 12:03 pm
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by joefutbol » Tue Dec 20, 2022 9:35 pm

One of the banned reporters on Post.news

Have I served enough time in PM jail yet?

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Last post by John Q. Public
Fri Jan 13, 2023 12:03 pm
Can’t log out?

Last post by John Q. Public « Thu Dec 08, 2022 7:17 pm
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by ShiftyMutt » Mon Nov 28, 2022 11:53 am

Tried to log out.. I’ve never had this happen and I’m not sure what it means?

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Last post by John Q. Public
Thu Dec 08, 2022 7:17 pm
Google Adsense has banned "anti-science" sites

Last post by John Q. Public « Wed Oct 26, 2022 7:57 pm

by John Q. Public » Wed Oct 26, 2022 7:57 pm

I got a message from Google last night saying that we're going into the holiday season and to get ready for the $$$ to start flowing! I'd be happy...

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Last post by John Q. Public
Wed Oct 26, 2022 7:57 pm
Possible bugginess Wednesday 4/13

Last post by John Q. Public « Wed Apr 13, 2022 6:44 am
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by John Q. Public » Thu Apr 07, 2022 10:55 am

It's complicated but our host is going to attempt a server update that the developers of the board software say it isn't quite compatible with....

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Last post by John Q. Public
Wed Apr 13, 2022 6:44 am
Did anyone get locked out of their account last night?

Last post by John Q. Public « Tue Mar 08, 2022 11:48 am
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by John Q. Public » Wed Dec 01, 2021 11:52 am

I'm in the process of changing ad networks and when I inserted the new one's code I got locked out. Me. The board administrator. Couldn't log on. Not...

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Last post by John Q. Public
Tue Mar 08, 2022 11:48 am
Loosely scheduled maintenance tonight

Last post by John Q. Public « Thu Apr 01, 2021 9:52 am
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by John Q. Public » Wed Mar 31, 2021 8:15 pm

Maybe around 10:00 or so.

It should take about 15 minutes and the board should be completely dead for about 5 of that. And then I'll be...

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Last post by John Q. Public
Thu Apr 01, 2021 9:52 am
Hello from newbie

Last post by ShiftyMutt « Thu Feb 18, 2021 11:21 am
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by DavG » Wed Feb 17, 2021 3:32 am

Hello! I am new here, found this forum through Google. I am 28 years old, I have been working out for three years, getting back in shape, and trying...

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Last post by ShiftyMutt
Thu Feb 18, 2021 11:21 am
What's the "Thank" thing?

Last post by ShiftyMutt « Tue Dec 15, 2020 3:25 pm
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by ShiftyMutt » Tue Dec 15, 2020 11:49 am

I see Thanks given - Thanks received' but where's the function, or is it obsolete now?

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Last post by ShiftyMutt
Tue Dec 15, 2020 3:25 pm
I added some new smilies

Last post by John Q. Public « Tue Oct 27, 2020 9:45 pm
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by John Q. Public » Tue Oct 27, 2020 9:44 pm

I did an exchange with Foggy and activated a couple old ones. Most are on the View more smilies popup box in no special order. Posting them in threes...

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Last post by John Q. Public
Tue Oct 27, 2020 9:45 pm
We're back #348(a)

Last post by John Q. Public « Mon Aug 31, 2020 8:44 pm
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by John Q. Public » Sun Nov 10, 2019 1:32 pm
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Very long story short, I did an update on the server and a function that the board used doesn't exist in the new version. So, thousands and thousands...
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Last post by John Q. Public
Mon Aug 31, 2020 8:44 pm
Orange County Forums - Not Secure :(

Last post by John Q. Public « Mon May 11, 2020 12:39 pm
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by shreader » Mon May 04, 2020 4:55 pm

Rating: 4%

I use the Brave Browser & it checks all websites I visit for several items.
Most have good scores.
I thought I'd let the admins & members here know...

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Last post by John Q. Public
Mon May 11, 2020 12:39 pm
New word added to the word censor

Last post by Vilepagan « Tue Mar 31, 2020 12:37 pm
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by John Q. Public » Sun Jan 13, 2019 8:44 pm

It seems that Google Adsense, which is sort of critical to the site's staying alive, has decided that a commonly used slang term for transmission and...

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Last post by Vilepagan
Tue Mar 31, 2020 12:37 pm
Hey

Last post by BostonDave « Wed Mar 25, 2020 6:55 pm
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by BostonDave » Tue Mar 24, 2020 8:53 pm

BostonDave here. Mainstream liberal who rejects most of progressivism as dishonest. Love to argue politics, issues, events, thoughts and ideas.

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Last post by BostonDave
Wed Mar 25, 2020 6:55 pm
Apologies to the people who got PM spam

Last post by John Q. Public « Wed Mar 18, 2020 2:38 pm
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by John Q. Public » Thu Aug 08, 2019 9:45 pm

I got a PM tonight about somebody identifying himself only as a former member - and who apparently has a giant chip on his shoulder about something -...

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Last post by John Q. Public
Wed Mar 18, 2020 2:38 pm
October 10, 2013

Last post by John Q. Public « Tue Jan 14, 2020 10:02 am
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by Fordama » Thu Oct 19, 2017 11:16 am

So according to the stats, the record number of users online for this board was 301 on the morning of October 10, 2013.

What the heck was going on?...

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Last post by John Q. Public
Tue Jan 14, 2020 10:02 am
Why keep loging?

Last post by Wabash « Sun Dec 01, 2019 6:28 pm
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by Hanna » Sat Nov 30, 2019 9:45 am

It used to be that even if I had not been here for months, the site still remembered me.

Now, in the past few days, I have to log in every time I...

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Last post by Wabash
Sun Dec 01, 2019 6:28 pm
We're back #348

Last post by John Q. Public « Fri Nov 01, 2019 12:50 pm

by John Q. Public » Fri Nov 01, 2019 12:50 pm

Some kind of connectivity issue with the server, they said. I couldn't even connect from the command line, so it was as if it wasn't even plugged in....

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Last post by John Q. Public
Fri Nov 01, 2019 12:50 pm
Hey JQP

Last post by John Q. Public « Sun Sep 15, 2019 6:22 pm
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by Red » Sun Sep 15, 2019 3:46 pm

What happened to my post?

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Last post by John Q. Public
Sun Sep 15, 2019 6:22 pm
Question

Last post by Hanna « Tue Sep 03, 2019 9:01 am
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by Red » Sat Aug 31, 2019 9:36 am

If my name is red on the board, why is it in orange?

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Last post by Hanna
Tue Sep 03, 2019 9:01 am
Where is the first post?

Last post by John Q. Public « Wed Jul 10, 2019 8:21 pm
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by Hanna » Wed Jul 10, 2019 10:24 am

Looked at the topics, found one under Jeffrey Epstein yet the very first post is from JQP and the topic is a different one, responding to Fordama......

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Wed Jul 10, 2019 8:21 pm

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