The "Innocence" thread loads as quickly as you could expect such a monstrous document to load! So quickly that it seems churlish to mention the run amok italics, and the seemingly total elimination of paragraphing, which I suspect to be related.
Thanks Ben! Oddly, this archive page shows 0 comments on each thread but all the comments are there. Other archive pages I've recently clicked on show the correct comment numbers (I think).
Until Unfogged is willing to accept money, I'm just a happy freeloader, happy with whatever makes it work.
And...I spent about a month when I was 18 diagramming sentences in about 30 pages of The Phenomenology of Spirit. I wish you--and everyone--more efficiency.
And, Wolfson, as grateful as I am to you for your site maintenance, may I suggest that you'd be a far more effective Little Bitch if you had Garner's American Usage on your desk?
First, Ben, I owe you an obeisance of your choosing.
Second, does the existence of the archive database mean that we'd be able to revert to the old way of doing things, if one day we came into possession of a non-sucky database program?
Geez, Tim. B had already mentioned feeling badly in 19, and I'm certain that had posted and you read it before. Why do you want to make B feel extra bad?
Also, I declare this the thread where everyone misunderstands everyone else's comment.
It was over already -- B-Wo had previously put in a hack where if you tried to comment, an error message would come up that said, "Sorry, Wolfson won." (DAMHIKT)
Some of the archived comments aren't formatted like the originals, I've noticed. For example, paragraphs are running together, and there's a big spot of italics all through one page. It's not a big deal though.
woot! ben is the hero! and hegel is impossible to understand no matter what speed you read him at, so no matter.
Posted by Matt Weiner | Link to this comment | 05-23-06 10:23 PM
It kills me to say this, but much thanks, Ben.
Posted by SomeCallMeTim | Link to this comment | 05-23-06 10:25 PM
The "Innocence" thread loads as quickly as you could expect such a monstrous document to load! So quickly that it seems churlish to mention the run amok italics, and the seemingly total elimination of paragraphing, which I suspect to be related.
(Don't worry about this right now. Read Hegel.)
Posted by Matt Weiner | Link to this comment | 05-23-06 10:29 PM
Hooray!
Posted by world-spirit | Link to this comment | 05-23-06 10:30 PM
And definitely, thanks.
Posted by Matt Weiner | Link to this comment | 05-23-06 10:30 PM
Hey, this looks pretty good. Here's hoping it solves the problem.
Posted by Matt F | Link to this comment | 05-23-06 10:38 PM
Hey man, I just copy 'em from the database.
Posted by ben wolfson | Link to this comment | 05-23-06 10:39 PM
Ben is the hero!!!1!
Posted by Becks | Link to this comment | 05-23-06 10:41 PM
Thanks Ben! Oddly, this archive page shows 0 comments on each thread but all the comments are there. Other archive pages I've recently clicked on show the correct comment numbers (I think).
Posted by eb | Link to this comment | 05-23-06 10:44 PM
Until Unfogged is willing to accept money, I'm just a happy freeloader, happy with whatever makes it work.
And...I spent about a month when I was 18 diagramming sentences in about 30 pages of The Phenomenology of Spirit. I wish you--and everyone--more efficiency.
And, Wolfson, as grateful as I am to you for your site maintenance, may I suggest that you'd be a far more effective Little Bitch if you had Garner's American Usage on your desk?
Posted by Jackmormon | Link to this comment | 05-23-06 10:45 PM
The posts on all the archive pages prior to this one erroneously report 0 comments. A transient thing?
Posted by Standpipe Bridgeplate | Link to this comment | 05-23-06 10:46 PM
Huh, I was wrong, but not in a good way.
Posted by Standpipe Bridgeplate | Link to this comment | 05-23-06 10:48 PM
That some entries describe themselves as having zero comments is a side-effect of the solution. Think of it this way: delightful surprises!
Posted by ben wolfson | Link to this comment | 05-23-06 10:52 PM
First, Ben, I owe you an obeisance of your choosing.
Second, does the existence of the archive database mean that we'd be able to revert to the old way of doing things, if one day we came into possession of a non-sucky database program?
Posted by Standpipe Bridgeplate | Link to this comment | 05-23-06 10:57 PM
That is one of many things it means, young standpipe.
Posted by ben wolfson | Link to this comment | 05-23-06 11:05 PM
Truly, its significations are as numerous as the stars in the heavens, but that one burns brightest in the telescope of my naïveté.
Posted by Standpipe Bridgeplate | Link to this comment | 05-23-06 11:18 PM
Gosh, Ben, I'd love to tell you how awesome you are, but I don't think I could possibly top your own self-regard. So really, what would be the point?
Posted by bitchphd | Link to this comment | 05-23-06 11:28 PM
I think it's kind of sad that you have to result to petty sniping when you see someone with even a glimmer of self-confidence and worthiness.
Posted by ben wolfson | Link to this comment | 05-23-06 11:33 PM
I actually think I detect hurt feelings in 18. In all sincerity, I apologize. And thanks for sacrificing your day on our behalf.
Posted by bitchphd | Link to this comment | 05-23-06 11:37 PM
17: Jeebus, B. That seemed really unnecessary. He did fix the blog, after all.
Posted by SomeCallMeTim | Link to this comment | 05-23-06 11:45 PM
Anyway, you don't need to top my self-regard, just add to it.
Posted by ben wolfson | Link to this comment | 05-23-06 11:58 PM
Incorporate 5 by reference.
Geez, Tim. B had already mentioned feeling badly in 19, and I'm certain that had posted and you read it before. Why do you want to make B feel extra bad?
Also, I declare this the thread where everyone misunderstands everyone else's comment.
Posted by washerdreyer | Link to this comment | 05-24-06 12:01 AM
Having Garner's American Usage on your desktop would I to your self-regard; I can just imagine how, um... correct... you would be.
Posted by Jackmormon | Link to this comment | 05-24-06 12:03 AM
I'll get you for that, w/d.
Posted by eb | Link to this comment | 05-24-06 12:07 AM
No worries, Tim can't make me feel extra bad. My own self-regard is way too high for that.
I was trying to tease Ben about his last martyrish paragraph, and I fucked up the tone. Will teach me to comment after midnight, I suppose.
Posted by bitchphd | Link to this comment | 05-24-06 12:26 AM
last martyrish paragraph
Whenever anyone uses the phrase "slaving over a hot $X", you can be sure that he's not being serious.
Yeah, that's right. "He".
Posted by ben wolfson | Link to this comment | 05-24-06 12:35 AM
I knew you weren't being serious! I was trying to be equally unserious!
Only I'm not nearly as clever as you are, so I just can't pull it off. Also, I really suck.
Posted by bitchphd | Link to this comment | 05-24-06 12:40 AM
Hooray! Wolfson rulz!1!
Ah, but is this the end of Innocence?
Posted by md 20/400 | Link to this comment | 05-24-06 4:57 AM
Ah, but is this the end of Innocence?
It was over already -- B-Wo had previously put in a hack where if you tried to comment, an error message would come up that said, "Sorry, Wolfson won." (DAMHIKT)
Posted by The Modesto Kid | Link to this comment | 05-24-06 5:48 AM
I think it's kind of sad that you have to result to petty sniping when you see someone with even a glimmer of self-confidence and worthiness.
/SALB
Posted by M/tch M/lls | Link to this comment | 05-24-06 2:10 PM
Paragraphs have been restored.
Posted by ben wolfson | Link to this comment | 05-25-06 11:55 AM
The pervasive italicizing continues to mystify me.
Posted by ben wolfson | Link to this comment | 05-25-06 12:00 PM
31 - Woo, Ben!!
32 - That's probably just someone who forgot to close an end tag.
Posted by Becks | Link to this comment | 05-25-06 12:03 PM
32 - I bet it requires a data fix, not a script fix. Unless you want to go all-out and make sure all tags are closed before starting the next comment.
Posted by Becks | Link to this comment | 05-25-06 12:04 PM
test?
Posted by ben wolfson | Link to this comment | 05-25-06 12:54 PM
Italics: fixed, I think! Lemme know if there are problems.
Posted by ben wolfson | Link to this comment | 05-25-06 2:00 PM
Not a big deal, but I'm getting a script error on line 16 for the archived comments. I think:
<body onload="T_onLoad();">
should probably just be
<body>
The T_onload(); was for Tom's remember position script, which isn't in the archived comments.
Posted by Becks | Link to this comment | 05-25-06 2:12 PM
I propose that you invoke the awesome powers of sed to fix this, while I go to class.
Posted by ben wolfson | Link to this comment | 05-25-06 2:14 PM
Some of the archived comments aren't formatted like the originals, I've noticed. For example, paragraphs are running together, and there's a big spot of italics all through one page. It's not a big deal though.
Posted by Tia | Link to this comment | 05-25-06 2:32 PM
Oh, I see you already knew about that. Let me see if I see the same problems.
Posted by Tia | Link to this comment | 05-25-06 2:36 PM
Stop trying to be the hero, Tia.
Posted by M/tch M/lls | Link to this comment | 05-25-06 2:49 PM
Give her a break, she's probably still drunk. At least, I assume that's why we haven't seen a Taylor Hicks post.
Posted by Matt Weiner | Link to this comment | 05-25-06 3:05 PM
Well, there was this.
I did rather expect something more visible, though.
Posted by M/tch M/lls | Link to this comment | 05-25-06 3:10 PM
38 - Will do, after work. Just wanted to give you a heads up so you could change the script, too, in case we regerate the pages.
Posted by Becks | Link to this comment | 05-25-06 3:11 PM
Excuse me, Becks, but we're trying to have a conversation here.
Posted by M/tch M/lls | Link to this comment | 05-25-06 3:15 PM
38 - Awesome powers of sed invoked. HTML pages fixed.
Posted by Becks | Link to this comment | 05-25-06 3:50 PM