Definition of Chit Chat

[Phynx]

Originally Posted by KgZ

Why do you keep bringing up the title?

The point I'm trying to make is that if you want more than one discussion, find a chatroom. Otherwise, in a thread you are supposed to stay on-topic of the subject matter. That's why if you wanted to talk about unicode, the original post should have had some discussion about unicode.

And you are missing MY point. I'll give you an example. That thread we are talking about, the bush hides facts one. It's title was "Bush hides the facts" now just looking at the title most would think it was a conspiracy theory or something to delevel Bush as our president among the many theories. But upon further investigation, the thread actually talked about how that statement transforms into a unicode error. Now, don't you think that instead of creating a WHOLE new thread with the title "Unicode Errors" that you could just use the thread at hand to go deeper into the discussion of Unicode? I mean that's EXACTLY what it was pointing out, even if the OP wasn't aware of this. All I'm saying is that topics as they are can turn into other topics that are spin-offs of the prior. It happens everywhere, in daily speech, in threads on forums, everywhere.

And those topics, the spinoffs, in this case would've went from that statement of bush turning into a unicode error to a conversation as to WHY it does that... just stating this is a result of what might have happened.

[Phynx]

Originally Posted by Sprite-

I honestly don't think that the "Bush hid the facts" thread would have developed into a political debate/war.

You're either joking or totally missing the point haha.

[Squeek]

You would have an argument if I deleted the thread. It's still sitting right there. Anyone who uses the "New Posts" feature who haven't seen it yet will still find it.

It's not like a lock kills a thread. Most threads die because nobody cares after thirty minutes of posting. I just quickened the process.

[Phynx]

Originally Posted by Squeek

You would have an argument if I deleted the thread. It's still sitting right there. Anyone who uses the "New Posts" feature who haven't seen it yet will still find it.

It's not like a lock kills a thread. Most threads die because nobody cares after thirty minutes of posting. I just quickened the process.

That's PRIMARILY where your overextension of powers is being used. Let the thread die. Don't "hasten" the process cause you COULD and most of the time ARE just ending a currently ongoing conversation. Hence why people think you're abusing your powers.

[Squeek]

The thread was still pointless whether I let it live or not.

I'd rather kill it when it's over.

Notice how we lock threads where the answer has already been given to the OP? Same theory applies here.

Besides, you said threads. Where are the rest?

[Phynx]

Originally Posted by Squeek

The thread was still pointless whether I let it live or not.

I'd rather kill it when it's over.

Notice how we lock threads where the answer has already been given to the OP? Same theory applies here.

Aye but see you missed my point Squeek. You provided an answer YES, but a very BROAD answer. You mentioned it was due to a unicode error due to a few factors, but it doesn't really go in depth as to why it does that. Now I'm doubtful that kind of conversation would've progressed in that thread but there are those types of threads that do and if you think they are just gonna die and you want to hasten the death of the thread, you might want to reconsider cause it could happen that as you locked a thread, someone was gonna post something very interesting regarding the topic and provide ground for conversation. But since you locked it, you shunned away the conversation at hand and people dislike you as a consequence and you're viewed as an overpowered mod. I KNOW this cause I've experienced this. Whether it was you, Devonin, or some other mod, I have written a good post for a topic that is going on in thread and it was locked by a Mod cause they see it's unfit for discussion while I was typing a reply. You know how annoying that is???

[NFD]

Let it be known that I haven't made a thread about the presidency. I had no need to, because I was for Obama, and I really didn't feel it necessary to argue with somebody who was as sure of McCain as I am of Obama. Too bad they'll have to wait 4 years for another chance, if he McCain doesn't die. He's really, really old, by the way.

[EAGAMES]

Almost every post after the OP ruined the thread and created an almost pointless discussion.

Phynx is kind of right. There's a lot of threads that have potential, and seem insignificant, yet they support discussions. Before you know it, they're locked. Technically, threads should uphold the information contained within through the title, but there's nothing wrong with having a little fun with it as long as it's not off-topic. Though, some threads are just not worth keeping around, and are only useful to raise your post count. Therefore, Squeek is right, too. Everyone is right. >_>

Personally, I think the moderators are doing a good job at cleaning up Chit-Chat from all the idiotic, or pointless threads.

Just putting my two-cents...

[Squeek]

Originally Posted by Phynx

Aye but see you missed my point Squeek. You provided an answer YES, but a very BROAD answer. You mentioned it was due to a unicode error due to a few factors, but it doesn't really go in depth as to why it does that. Now I'm doubtful that kind of conversation would've progressed in that thread but there are those types of threads that do and if you think they are just gonna die and you want to hasten the death of the thread, you might want to reconsider cause it could happen that as you locked a thread, someone was gonna post something very interesting regarding the topic and provide ground for conversation. But since you locked it, you shunned away the conversation at hand and people dislike you as a consequence and you're viewed as an overpowered mod. I KNOW this cause I've experienced this. Whether it was you, Devonin, or some other mod, I have written a good post for a topic that is going on in thread and it was locked by a Mod cause they see it's unfit for discussion while I was typing a reply. You know how annoying that is???

No, because mods can post in locked topics and I've been a mod for three years.

oshi~

Nobody here would delve into the inner workings of Notepad. Hell, how many people here even use Notepad?

The answer is on Google. If anyone cares, they can look it up on Google. That's the other primary reason I lock threads--Googleability. If you can easily find the answer to your thread question with Google, I'm going to paste the link to the Google query used to get the answer in order to make you understand that it was so easy to find out on your own rather than waste space here.

So, phynx.

http://www.google.com/search?&q=notepad+chinese

First result:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Notepad#Unicode_detection

The Windows NT version of Notepad, installed by default on Windows 2000 and Windows XP, has the ability to detect Unicode files even when they are missing a byte order mark. To do this, it utilizes a Windows API function called IsTextUnicode()[4][5]. However, this function is imperfect, incorrectly identifying some all-lowercase ASCII text as UTF-16. As a result, Notepad interprets a file containing a phrase like "aaaa aaa aaa aaaaa" as two-byte Unicode text file and attempts to display it as such. If a font with support for Chinese is installed, Chinese characters are displayed.

A few people misinterpreted this issue for an easter egg.[citation needed] Many phrases which fit the pattern (including "this app can break" and "Bush hid the facts") appeared on the web as hoaxes. Experts correctly attributed it to the Unicode detection algorithm.[citation needed]

This issue has been resolved in Windows Vista version of Notepad.

Hey look! Everything you need to know about this bug!

That sure was hard.

Now unless you can show me a real instance where you think I locked a thread incorrectly, stop making off-topic comments.

[Tokzic]

guys what is so complicated about this

just don't make threads that suck and you're in the clear

[rzr]

Tokzic hit the nail on the head.

And Sprite-, I wish someone would make a CT thread about the election. I want to debate it with some people without the thread kissing it's ass goodbye before the start.

[Xx{Midnight}xX]

Originally Posted by Necamus

4) Is my forum name free of numbers, special characters, and random letters (xXnameXx)?

Excuse me? The name of a person's account has almost no relevance as to their intelligence or what they could possibly bring into the discussion at hand.

[Afrobean]

Originally Posted by KgZ

Take for example the politics threads. No one is going to change their opinions about the candidates, and it will only lead to flaming, which is why squeek doesn't want them. They are virtually unproductive.

Not true.

I've changed my political stance. I used to think Dems were dandy and socialism was great. Now I'm a right-leaning libertarian of sorts.

That said, I can totally get behind the idea of not allowing politics threads. Most of you kids don't know anything and don't know how to discuss things reasonably. Also, folks like me troll the opposing side, so that's no good.

ps people arguing against this are ******s

[Bolth mannn]

phynx, i totally agree with you....i was very respectful towards mods (still am to most) however, i just read one of squeeks posts...and your true...he just wrecks the conversations, i cant exactly remember one off by hand, but i definately thing squeek is one of the mods abusing his power.

[welsh_girl]

Oh dear, simple rules have had to have a sticky.
There has been a sheite load of locking lately, I don't blame Squeek.

[Squeek]

Originally Posted by Bolth mannn

phynx, i totally agree with you....i was very respectful towards mods (still am to most) however, i just read one of squeeks posts...and your true...he just wrecks the conversations, i cant exactly remember one off by hand, but i definately thing squeek is one of the mods abusing his power.

Bahahaha.

That is all.

[Crayzie]

I see no reason to go against the judgement of the forum moderators.
Hail the mods.

[rzr]

Originally Posted by Afrobean

Not true.

I've changed my political stance. I used to think Dems were dandy and socialism was great. Now I'm a right-leaning libertarian of sorts.

That said, I can totally get behind the idea of not allowing politics threads. Most of you kids don't know anything and don't know how to discuss things reasonably. Also, folks like me troll the opposing side, so that's no good.

ps people arguing against this are ******s

Again, not if we can pull it off in CT.

[NFD]

If it gets put in Critical Thinking, it'll derail faster than a bullet train with a suicidal conductor.

[rzr]

Originally Posted by NFD

If it gets put in Critical Thinking, it'll derail faster than a bullet train with a suicidal conductor.

Stupid metaphor. Would you like to elaborate?