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General => DnD Central => Topic started by: jax on 2015-01-16, 11:35:10

Title: What's going on in the DnD Sanctuary?
Post by: jax on 2015-01-16, 11:35:10
An overview of  thread inquiries:

What's going on geographically?

What's going on by sector?

Some awesome sauces

Best


Good & Bad

Interesting

Worst


Problems, problems, problems



Nonsense & tripe


Stupid & ridiculous
Title: Re: What's going on in the DnD Sanctuary?
Post by: OakdaleFTL on 2015-01-19, 07:34:16
Not a lot of "creative juice" here… Not a lot of neologistic mojo, either.

But just the titles are bad. The topics are often good, as are many of the comments. (Of course, as is usual, most comments are insipid or worse.) But they aren't -those good topics, the good comments- pursued: Not by many. That's the nature of the Net…

A magazine without an editor is — what? :) The Dead Letter office.

I remember when MyOpera mods would insist that thread titles needed to be appropriately descriptive (…presumably because their search algorithms were piss-poor facsimiles, hence the titles needed to give all the clues needed…). Well, they gave up.
(Both posters and publishers.)

Perhaps our mods should become editors in the traditional sense: Titles have -for as long as I've known- been the purview of editors…
You've seen what happens when incompetent editors insist upon titles who no one would likely care about. And you've seen what happens when there is no editorial control whatsoever…

There is a middle course.

(Mods: Are you willing to exchange ideas with posters…? Before they initiate new threads?)
Title: Re: What's going on in the DnD Sanctuary?
Post by: Belfrager on 2015-01-19, 21:52:23
Quote from: OakdaleFTL on
There is a middle course.

Oakdale pursuing the "Third Way"?
American elites seems to be a little bit demodé these days... :)

Okay, I agree.
Title: Re: What's going on in the DnD Sanctuary?
Post by: ersi on 2015-01-23, 12:01:28
Quote from: OakdaleFTL on

There is a middle course.

Is it before or after the main course? Or is it the same thing as main course, but smaller and with pretentious assumption that it's something different?
Title: Re: What's going on in the DnD Sanctuary?
Post by: mjmsprt40 on 2015-01-23, 12:05:54
I don't know. Oak, are you really sure you want the mods to be editors? I mean, beyond the obvious trashing of spam and trying to make sure things don't get too personal?
Title: Re: What's going on in the DnD Sanctuary?
Post by: ensbb3 on 2015-01-23, 14:24:23
I've got a feeling if one of y'all start tinkering with his posts he might feel a little different. :devil:

Title: Re: What's going on in the DnD Sanctuary?
Post by: ersi on 2015-01-23, 16:24:15
This is probably the right thread to post your favourite DnD First Page, in other words the url you use to access these forums, or the url you have bookmarked, if it's something different than mere thedndsanctuary.eu

Mine is https://dndsanctuary.eu/index.php?type=rss;action=.xml;limit=80
Title: Re: What's going on in the DnD Sanctuary?
Post by: OakdaleFTL on 2015-03-07, 07:28:02
I am perhaps not unusual in preferring https://dndsanctuary.eu/index.php?board=1.0 ? :)
Title: Re: What's going on in the DnD Sanctuary?
Post by: tt92 on 2015-06-22, 07:09:44
When I click on "Mark All as Read", do all those damfool spampostings score another "view" in their statistics?
Title: Re: What's going on in the DnD Sanctuary?
Post by: Frenzie on 2015-06-22, 08:26:36
No, that only happens when you actually visit a topic. :)
Title: Re: What's going on in the DnD Sanctuary?
Post by: tt92 on 2015-06-22, 08:37:24
Thank you. That takes a load off my mind.
Title: Re: What's going on in the DnD Sanctuary?
Post by: rjhowie on 2015-06-27, 03:26:46
Oh non not that damn "awesome" word again?

It used to be that the word was for something really outstanding and now it is used for things that are hardly more than routine. it started in the States and getting worked in here in GB. Even a tv advert (groan). On my railway simulator world it is a regular thing from Americans. It is more frustrating than say being forced to live in Edinburgh.
Title: Re: What's going on in the DnD Sanctuary?
Post by: tt92 on 2015-06-29, 09:51:06
I have been disappointed to discover that DnD Sanctuary is a bit of a fraud. It is a post-graduate research paper undertaken by some of the moderators. Not all of the posters are real. Many of us, of course, are flesh and blood, but the more colourful characters are entirely manufactured. They serve the same function as does dietary roughage, which provides the necessary bulk to encourage the efficient movement of food through the digestive system, without providing any nourishment themselves. Some of their posts are eerily reminiscent of peristalsis.
Title: Re: What's going on in the DnD Sanctuary?
Post by: Colonel Rebel on 2015-07-28, 02:28:21
Quote from: rjhowie on

Oh non not that damn "awesome" word again?

It used to be that the word was for something really outstanding and now it is used for things that are hardly more than routine. it started in the States and getting worked in here in GB. Even a tv advert (groan). On my railway simulator world it is a regular thing from Americans. It is more frustrating than say being forced to live in Edinburgh.

Brilliant.

How's that for a substitute RJ?   :rolleyes:
Title: Re: What's going on in the DnD Sanctuary?
Post by: rjhowie on 2015-12-21, 02:33:05
Just thinking back to this conversation Southern laddie. Brilliant in theory and sounds an improvement but the emotional way your lot act that word would be spoiled too!
Title: Re: What's going on in the DnD Sanctuary?
Post by: Jimbro3738 on 2016-04-01, 09:40:38
(https://dndsanctuary.eu/imagecache.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.atomictango.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2014%2F03%2Fguinness-brilliant1.jpg&hash=65401d6bb3a3c4fa4086b6e492301cee" rel="cached" data-hash="65401d6bb3a3c4fa4086b6e492301cee" data-warn="External image, click here to view original" data-url="http://www.atomictango.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/guinness-brilliant1.jpg)

Quote from: tt92 on
Some of their posts are eerily reminiscent of peristalsis.

And we know what that leads to!
Title: Re: What's going on in the DnD Sanctuary?
Post by: Colonel Rebel on 2016-05-17, 01:20:16
Sad news to report; mjmsport40 died yesterday evening, according to Facebook.

RIP.
Title: Re: What's going on in the DnD Sanctuary?
Post by: Frenzie on 2016-05-17, 06:38:30
My deepest condolences to his family.
Title: Re: What's going on in the DnD Sanctuary?
Post by: Luxor on 2016-05-17, 13:08:27
Thanks for letting us know Colonel Rebel.
Title: Re: What's going on in the DnD Sanctuary?
Post by: ensbb3 on 2016-05-17, 18:43:24
 :(
Title: Re: What's going on in the DnD Sanctuary?
Post by: Mandi on 2016-05-17, 21:20:59
That's so sad.  :down:
Title: Re: What's going on in the DnD Sanctuary?
Post by: Barulheira on 2016-05-18, 11:16:50
(https://web.archive.org/web/20131106095628im_/https://static.myopera.com/avatars/pool1/11/070/39a1f4ba93759a8d2f0ce1afd95a5aa33f1.gif)
Title: Re: What's going on in the DnD Sanctuary?
Post by: rjhowie on 2016-05-19, 21:22:06
Now that is very sad news and he and I had exchanged chats occasionally.   :(
Title: Re: What's going on in the DnD Sanctuary?
Post by: Belfrager on 2016-07-09, 23:15:35
Undocumented space aliens never dies, they just keep on traveling.
Like all of us.
Title: Re: What's going on in the DnD Sanctuary?
Post by: Belfrager on 2016-07-09, 23:23:25
Quote from: tt92 on
I have been disappointed to discover that DnD Sanctuary is a bit of a fraud. It is a post-graduate research paper undertaken by some of the moderators. Not all of the posters are real. Many of us, of course, are flesh and blood, but the more colourful characters are entirely manufactured. They serve the same function as does dietary roughage, which provides the necessary bulk to encourage the efficient movement of food through the digestive system, without providing any nourishment themselves. Some of their posts are eerily reminiscent of peristalsis.
I must confess I hadn't realized what was being said in this post until know. Interesting, very interesting.
Glad I'm not a colourful character.
Title: Re: What's going on in the DnD Sanctuary?
Post by: Frenzie on 2016-07-11, 09:08:54
Are you sure?  :pirate:
Title: Re: What's going on in the DnD Sanctuary?
Post by: ersi on 2016-07-12, 15:34:05
These are the kind of discussions we enjoy most at the DnD Sanctuary. New members are expected to contribute enthusiastically.

BEST

Best language resource(s) to use? (https://dndsanctuary.eu/index.php?topic=734.0)

The Best Movies You've Seen...And Why! (https://dndsanctuary.eu/index.php?topic=2380.0)

Finding the best system of government (https://dndsanctuary.eu/index.php?topic=526.0)

Finding the best system of economy (https://dndsanctuary.eu/index.php?topic=525.0)

Which is the best mobile browser? (https://dndsanctuary.eu/index.php?topic=437.0)


GOOD & BAD

Today's Good News (https://dndsanctuary.eu/index.php?topic=21.0)

Good cookies and bad cookies (https://dndsanctuary.eu/index.php?topic=221.0)

Today's Bad News (https://dndsanctuary.eu/index.php?topic=93.0)

Every Thread Goes Bad.... (https://dndsanctuary.eu/index.php?topic=1063.0)


INTERESTING

Interesting German public opinion poll results? (https://dndsanctuary.eu/index.php?topic=790.0)

Is this interesting enough? (https://dndsanctuary.eu/index.php?topic=2.0)


WORST

The Worst People in the World (https://dndsanctuary.eu/index.php?topic=1382.0)

Worst ever… (https://dndsanctuary.eu/index.php?topic=779.0)


PROBLEM

The Problem with Atheism (https://dndsanctuary.eu/index.php?topic=36.0)

The Problem with Agnosticism (https://dndsanctuary.eu/index.php?topic=64.0)

The Problem with Buddhism (https://dndsanctuary.eu/index.php?topic=140.0)

The Problem With Facebook (https://dndsanctuary.eu/index.php?topic=187.0)

Is there a police psychology problem?? (https://dndsanctuary.eu/index.php?topic=472.0)

Is there a Black psychology problem…? (https://dndsanctuary.eu/index.php?topic=564.0)


NONSENSE

Television debate nonsense (https://dndsanctuary.eu/index.php?topic=787.0)

NATO nonsense (https://dndsanctuary.eu/index.php?topic=2398.0)


TRIPE

Tripe about Ukraine (https://dndsanctuary.eu/index.php?topic=194.0)

Scottish Nationalist tripe (https://dndsanctuary.eu/index.php?topic=786.0)


STUPID

Ask a stupid question, get a stupid answer. (https://dndsanctuary.eu/index.php?topic=38.0)

Stupid Projects (https://dndsanctuary.eu/index.php?topic=793.0)

Is stupidity taught? (https://dndsanctuary.eu/index.php?topic=1525.0)


RIDICULOUS

Bruce/Caitlyn Jenner and the ridiculousness of religion to cope. (https://dndsanctuary.eu/index.php?topic=1185.0)

Isn't sewing for ridiculous amounts damn ridiculous? (https://dndsanctuary.eu/index.php?topic=1839.0)

Title: Re: What's going on in the DnD Sanctuary?
Post by: OakdaleFTL on 2016-12-18, 08:52:55
I'm both surprised and pleased, that thread titles can be changed… It's an unusual functionality.
Title: Cuba has offered to pay a £221,000,000 debt entirely in rum
Post by: jax on 2016-12-18, 11:57:05
Thread titles usually could, also in earlier incarnations, but there were often bugs, so they were changed in some places, but not in all. 

More unusual, but far from unique, is the feature of this forum that individual posts can have their own titles. Replies to these will by default be "Re: Title", email style. 
Title: Re: What's going on in the DnD Sanctuary?
Post by: rjhowie on 2016-12-20, 23:11:32
Hah, hah. I am colourful and not a snooty person......
Title: Re: What's going on in the DnD Sanctuary?
Post by: string on 2017-12-24, 17:16:04
What's going on?

Well it's  Christmas.

Merry Christmas Everybody!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RTtc2pM1boE

 :jester:  :drunk:  :wine:
Title: Re: What's going on in the DnD Sanctuary?
Post by: Mr. Tennessee on 2018-11-26, 20:28:28
This should be going on in the Christian community!
https://youtu.be/WUYRoYl7i6U
Title: Re: What's going on in the DnD Sanctuary?
Post by: bojavi5h on 2021-03-11, 12:55:51
I think every thread has unique. I've got a feeling if one of y'all start tinkering with his posts he might feel a little different.
Title: Re: What's going on in the DnD Sanctuary?
Post by: OakdaleFTL on 2021-04-27, 06:04:13
...please, folks, don't let me "carpet bomb" these fora... :(
Title: Re: What's going on in the DnD Sanctuary?
Post by: jax on 2021-04-27, 09:09:42
Quote from: OakdaleFTL on
...please, folks, don't let me "carpet bomb" these fora... :(

Somebody gotta do it. If not you, then rjhowie.
Title: A brief note on what happened
Post by: Frenzie on 2022-03-19, 20:57:12
I'm annoyed it took so long, but a few things happened simultaneously in January and February that somewhat got in the way.


So effectively most of my spare time was spent with the cat, and I couldn't really do anything about the domain name.
Title: Re: What's going on in the DnD Sanctuary?
Post by: Luxor on 2022-03-19, 21:20:25
Sorry to hear about your cat. :(
Title: Re: What's going on in the DnD Sanctuary?
Post by: Frenzie on 2022-03-19, 21:24:23
Thanks. :)

I think I fixed up everything now, i.e., replaced thedndsanctuary.eu with dndsanctuary.eu for the forum, themes, smileys and avatars, except I haven't updated existing links in posts yet. Let me know if you notice anything else that's weird because in that case I haven't noticed it yet.

Edit: link replacement done.

For future reference, I used this unoptimized query:
Code: [Select]
UPDATE elkdnd_messages SET body = replace(body, '://thedndsanctuary.eu', '://dndsanctuary.eu')
Title: Re: What's going on in the DnD Sanctuary?
Post by: Luxor on 2022-03-19, 21:39:33
Quote from: Frenzie on
Let me know if you notice anything else that's weird because in that case I haven't noticed it yet.
Only thing I did notice so far, was that there was a bit of delay after hitting the Post button, but that was probably while you were tinkering with things.

Edit: Of course It's OK now that I've typed that.
Title: Re: What's going on in the DnD Sanctuary?
Post by: Frenzie on 2022-03-19, 21:46:59
I meant more like images or links pointing to thedndsanctuary.eu. :D
Title: Re: What's going on in the DnD Sanctuary?
Post by: ersi on 2022-03-20, 03:09:47
Welcome back online :up:

Sorry about the cat :(

Weirdly, the site seems to not load in old Opera. Not vitally important though, I guess. Old Opera is really old by now.
Title: Re: What's going on in the DnD Sanctuary?
Post by: Frenzie on 2022-03-20, 07:24:16
That's probably HTTPS related. It might still be possible to update the root certificates in Opera/Presto, not sure.
Title: Re: What's going on in the DnD Sanctuary?
Post by: Frenzie on 2022-03-20, 09:16:22
This is very peculiar. The server has a setting for TLS 1.2+, which "deactivates outdated protocol versions TLS 1.0 and TLS 1.1, forcing TLS 1.2 or higher. This may prevent old devices from accessing your website."

That's all well and good, and it would explain if the site didn't work on Opera <10 (https://dev.opera.com/blog/new-in-opera-presto-2-2-tls-1-2-support/). But while Opera/Presto doesn't support TLS 1.3 from 2018, it does support TLS 1.2!

In any case, disabling that setting works, and Opera/Presto says it's connected with "TLS v1.2 256 bit AES (2048 bit DHE_RSA/SHA-256)".

It remains to be seen for how long this will remain an option, but for now Opera/Presto can still access the site.
Title: Re: What's going on in the DnD Sanctuary?
Post by: Frenzie on 2022-03-20, 09:40:51
Quote from: Frenzie on
That's probably HTTPS related. It might still be possible to update the root certificates in Opera/Presto, not sure.
PS If I'm not mistaken the current root certificate seems to remain valid until 2031, so there's a distinct chance the TLS version will have become problematic by then. But in theory, I think it should be possible to download the latest root certificates here (https://www.digicert.com/kb/digicert-root-certificates.htm), and to import the downloaded PEM file in Opera/Presto this way:

Preferences → Advanced → Security → Manage Certificates → Authorities → Import
Title: Re: What's going on in the DnD Sanctuary?
Post by: OakdaleFTL on 2022-03-20, 10:50:09
Quote from: ersi on
Weirdly, the site seems to not load in old Opera.
Works for me (on 11.64).
Had the problem with enforced HTTPS a while back; I can find the link for a new root certificate that I used, if anyone needs it...

Hello, everybody! It's good to see so many familiar avatars... :)
Title: Re: What's going on in the DnD Sanctuary?
Post by: ersi on 2022-03-20, 11:51:12
Old Opera doing good now :up:
I imported some certificates too, just in case 2031 arrives earlier than expected.
Title: Re: What's going on in the DnD Sanctuary?
Post by: Frenzie on 2022-03-21, 17:37:00
A little heads up, there's a chance that I'll look into upgrading the forum software tonight. My preparations from 2017 (:blush:) seem to be more or less ready to go. I hope it won't break old Opera too much, but without the newer version we'd be stuck with unsupported PHP 7.2. I'm also hoping it'll automagically fix the registration issues.

Anyway, I'll take a backup of the database and the files so I can always roll back to the current condition if it should truly be necessary.
Title: Re: What's going on in the DnD Sanctuary?
Post by: Frenzie on 2022-03-21, 18:55:25
Okay, we're back in minimal mode. I'll be restoring functionality over the next few days.
Title: Re: What's going on in the DnD Sanctuary?
Post by: Barulheira on 2022-03-22, 14:44:16
I missed you all.
Title: Re: What's going on in the DnD Sanctuary?
Post by: LeoNeeson on 2022-03-22, 15:45:15
I'm glad the forum is back, and I'm sorry for your cat (I understand how sad it must be that situation :( ). A small detail I noticed, is that using Firefox 52, the 'Likes' button does not work (it does not respond, nor does it give any error in the browser's console).
Title: Re: What's going on in the DnD Sanctuary?
Post by: Frenzie on 2022-03-22, 16:10:36
Firefox 52? I see no reason it shouldn't work in there; perhaps the server was just being a bit slow responding?
Title: Re: What's going on in the DnD Sanctuary?
Post by: OakdaleFTL on 2022-05-07, 08:28:36
Ooh! Likes the new icons. :up:  :)
Title: Re: What's going on in the DnD Sanctuary?
Post by: Echosyn on 2022-05-18, 02:55:09
Newbie here from Texas. Oakdale turned me on to this place. I am a refugee from the cancel culture globalist madness and looking for stimulating and unbiased exchange about the latest in biophysics and bioelectromagnetics ala www.bems.org  .


Title: Re: What's going on in the DnD Sanctuary?
Post by: Luxor on 2022-05-18, 11:49:27
Quote from: Echosyn on
Oakdale turned me on to this place.

Yes we know. 

Quote from: Echosyn on
was cued to this forum by Oakdale.

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