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Submitted by Razor <Jeremy_21117.at.hotmail.com> (View user info) at 2002-11-02 04:38:31 EST

I would have liked to have posted Samuel Jackson underneath that moron with the dog picture so I could have let Sam give him a -2!

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Submitted by rad1101 (user info) at 2007-01-23 16:04:16 EST (#)
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Submitted by bart (user info) at 2002-11-02 06:01:33 (#)
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Sounds like a good idea, but not any time soon. There are some major issues with the underlying table structure and the physical server itself. If we actually fixed the table structure, the site would be even slower to respond.

Problems:
* "Submissions" and "reviews" are stored in totally separate database tables with different structures. Submissions have full multi-part MIME support (although the submission form only allows one attachment), but reviews only support text comments and ratings.
* Mysql doesn't support subqueries
* The site is running on perl and CGI. This causes a lot of inefficiencies because the server has to duplicate a lot of the same logic on every request.
* The server has a 200MHz processor in it.
* The server is also hosting around 40 other websites

Some of the ways these problems would affect use of the site:
* User's name displayed differently for reviews than for submissions
* User's reviews not listed on "User Info" page
* Searching only searches submissions
* Can't review other people's reviews (not directly anyway)
* Can't include an attachment on a review
* etc.

So, the point is, all this stuff will get fixed some day. The site will do everything you want, faster than you want it. Man will colonize Mars. Peace will be reached in the Middle East. The world will join hands and sing in harmony: "Let us realize that a change can only come when we stand together as one, yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah". And Britney will start doing porn.

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Britney did start showing her vagina to everyone s I guess the rest of this will eventually come true.

http://perezhilton.com/topics/exclusives/thats_it_were_gonna_say_it_20070121.php

Submitted by bart (user info) at 2002-11-04 00:00:44 EST (#)
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Nothing will get refused, it just won't be listed on the front page. The front page (defined as the default message listing with no query parameters) will only show the most recent X posts for each user.

> Also, can you make it 3 on the front page instead of 2?
Anything for you... it's now 3.

Submitted by Razor (user info) at 2002-11-03 17:39:01 EST (#)
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If you post a third item, does it refuse to post or does it push your other post off?

Also, can you make it 3 on the front page instead of 2?

Submitted by bart (user info) at 2002-11-02 16:42:40 EST (#)
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Thanks for the offer, but another part of the problem is that I don't have physical access to the machine. I'm in Chicago and the machine is somewhere in New York.

If I could find a decent coloc provider in Chicago, I would probably move the site to another box here.

Submitted by Razor (user info) at 2002-11-02 15:40:38 EST (#)
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I'll give you a Celeron 450 if you want it Bart... you pay for shipping and it's all yours.

Submitted by bart (user info) at 2002-11-02 06:04:34 EST (#)
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Oh, and there's now a filter on the front page. 2 posts per person.

You can still click on "user info" to see all the posts by someone.

Thanks for this one goes out to 88888888 and the guy with the slutty girlfriend.

Submitted by bart (user info) at 2002-11-02 06:01:33 EST (#)
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Sounds like a good idea, but not any time soon. There are some major issues with the underlying table structure and the physical server itself. If we actually fixed the table structure, the site would be even slower to respond.

Problems:
* "Submissions" and "reviews" are stored in totally separate database tables with different structures. Submissions have full multi-part MIME support (although the submission form only allows one attachment), but reviews only support text comments and ratings.
* Mysql doesn't support subqueries
* The site is running on perl and CGI. This causes a lot of inefficiencies because the server has to duplicate a lot of the same logic on every request.
* The server has a 200MHz processor in it.
* The server is also hosting around 40 other websites

Some of the ways these problems would affect use of the site:
* User's name displayed differently for reviews than for submissions
* User's reviews not listed on "User Info" page
* Searching only searches submissions
* Can't review other people's reviews (not directly anyway)
* Can't include an attachment on a review
* etc.

So, the point is, all this stuff will get fixed some day. The site will do everything you want, faster than you want it. Man will colonize Mars. Peace will be reached in the Middle East. The world will join hands and sing in harmony: "Let us realize that a change can only come when we stand together as one, yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah". And Britney will start doing porn.