Any suggestions for improvement?
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Wish I'd seen the original message, but it got carpet-bombed out of existence before I got the chance. Based on the replies and the subject (of the replies at least), it seemed kind of harsh to me that it got that kind of treatment. After all, I've seen others (with higher reps) post links to their websites (and other stuff as well) with requests for comment, without having those posts univoted out of existence. But if it sounded spammy, that's probably it. Shame about it since it kind of leaves a bad taste in the OP's mouth about the friendliness of the site. Was the OP asking a programming question or just asking for criticism of his site? If he was only seeking critique, then I'd say this is the proper forum, otherwise you're probably right to redirect him.
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Wish I'd seen the original message, but it got carpet-bombed out of existence before I got the chance. Based on the replies and the subject (of the replies at least), it seemed kind of harsh to me that it got that kind of treatment. After all, I've seen others (with higher reps) post links to their websites (and other stuff as well) with requests for comment, without having those posts univoted out of existence. But if it sounded spammy, that's probably it. Shame about it since it kind of leaves a bad taste in the OP's mouth about the friendliness of the site. Was the OP asking a programming question or just asking for criticism of his site? If he was only seeking critique, then I'd say this is the proper forum, otherwise you're probably right to redirect him.
I did peruse the site and I personally did not notice anything offensive, other than the Ad Link at the bottom I kept wondering what the payload was. If I were to offer any suggestion it would be since this is an international forum that metric and American units be used in the calculators.
It was broke, so I fixed it.
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I did peruse the site and I personally did not notice anything offensive, other than the Ad Link at the bottom I kept wondering what the payload was. If I were to offer any suggestion it would be since this is an international forum that metric and American units be used in the calculators.
It was broke, so I fixed it.
S Houghtelin wrote:
metric and American Imperial
ftfy
Panic, Chaos, Destruction. My work here is done. Drink. Get drunk. Fall over - P O'H OK, I will win to day or my name isn't Ethel Crudacre! - DD Ethel Crudacre I cannot live by bread alone. Bacon and ketchup are needed as well. - Trollslayer Have a bit more patience with newbies. Of course some of them act dumb - they're often *students*, for heaven's sake - Terry Pratchett
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The message is gone, and so the need to grow this thread further more as well. Let's pass on.
Or you could just ignore further replies to the thread. :)
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S Houghtelin wrote:
metric and American Imperial
ftfy
Panic, Chaos, Destruction. My work here is done. Drink. Get drunk. Fall over - P O'H OK, I will win to day or my name isn't Ethel Crudacre! - DD Ethel Crudacre I cannot live by bread alone. Bacon and ketchup are needed as well. - Trollslayer Have a bit more patience with newbies. Of course some of them act dumb - they're often *students*, for heaven's sake - Terry Pratchett
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S Houghtelin wrote:
metric and American Imperial
ftfy
Panic, Chaos, Destruction. My work here is done. Drink. Get drunk. Fall over - P O'H OK, I will win to day or my name isn't Ethel Crudacre! - DD Ethel Crudacre I cannot live by bread alone. Bacon and ketchup are needed as well. - Trollslayer Have a bit more patience with newbies. Of course some of them act dumb - they're often *students*, for heaven's sake - Terry Pratchett
Funny that it should be called that, imperial, it sounds so, so... imperial. Thanks for the correction. :thumbsup:
It was broke, so I fixed it.
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Funny that it should be called that, imperial, it sounds so, so... imperial. Thanks for the correction. :thumbsup:
It was broke, so I fixed it.
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Funny that it should be called that, imperial, it sounds so, so... imperial. Thanks for the correction. :thumbsup:
It was broke, so I fixed it.
Correction of the correction. In America, you use US Customary Units[^] which are derived from the Imperial measurements.
Panic, Chaos, Destruction. My work here is done. Drink. Get drunk. Fall over - P O'H OK, I will win to day or my name isn't Ethel Crudacre! - DD Ethel Crudacre I cannot live by bread alone. Bacon and ketchup are needed as well. - Trollslayer Have a bit more patience with newbies. Of course some of them act dumb - they're often *students*, for heaven's sake - Terry Pratchett
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Correction of the correction. In America, you use US Customary Units[^] which are derived from the Imperial measurements.
Panic, Chaos, Destruction. My work here is done. Drink. Get drunk. Fall over - P O'H OK, I will win to day or my name isn't Ethel Crudacre! - DD Ethel Crudacre I cannot live by bread alone. Bacon and ketchup are needed as well. - Trollslayer Have a bit more patience with newbies. Of course some of them act dumb - they're often *students*, for heaven's sake - Terry Pratchett
OK, here's a suggestion update... ;) Instead of just using kilograms and centimeters the website could include pounds and inches in the calculators for metric deficient cousins across the pond. :) How long before rage posts another no more posts post?
It was broke, so I fixed it.
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OK, here's a suggestion update... ;) Instead of just using kilograms and centimeters the website could include pounds and inches in the calculators for metric deficient cousins across the pond. :) How long before rage posts another no more posts post?
It was broke, so I fixed it.
Do you think rage is likely to get annoyed if we just keep posting random 'do you thing rage...' posts?
Panic, Chaos, Destruction. My work here is done. Drink. Get drunk. Fall over - P O'H OK, I will win to day or my name isn't Ethel Crudacre! - DD Ethel Crudacre I cannot live by bread alone. Bacon and ketchup are needed as well. - Trollslayer Have a bit more patience with newbies. Of course some of them act dumb - they're often *students*, for heaven's sake - Terry Pratchett
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OK, here's a suggestion update... ;) Instead of just using kilograms and centimeters the website could include pounds and inches in the calculators for metric deficient cousins across the pond. :) How long before rage posts another no more posts post?
It was broke, so I fixed it.
S Houghtelin wrote:
How long before rage posts another no more posts post?
LOL (literally). He means well; we're just too "into" the thread to just let it die.
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S Houghtelin wrote:
How long before rage posts another no more posts post?
LOL (literally). He means well; we're just too "into" the thread to just let it die.
It's the kid in all of us. He told us to stop posting, so ...
Panic, Chaos, Destruction. My work here is done. Drink. Get drunk. Fall over - P O'H OK, I will win to day or my name isn't Ethel Crudacre! - DD Ethel Crudacre I cannot live by bread alone. Bacon and ketchup are needed as well. - Trollslayer Have a bit more patience with newbies. Of course some of them act dumb - they're often *students*, for heaven's sake - Terry Pratchett
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Do you think rage is likely to get annoyed if we just keep posting random 'do you thing rage...' posts?
Panic, Chaos, Destruction. My work here is done. Drink. Get drunk. Fall over - P O'H OK, I will win to day or my name isn't Ethel Crudacre! - DD Ethel Crudacre I cannot live by bread alone. Bacon and ketchup are needed as well. - Trollslayer Have a bit more patience with newbies. Of course some of them act dumb - they're often *students*, for heaven's sake - Terry Pratchett
Interesting theory, it may lend itself as a experiment worthy of Dr. Watson or Skinner.
It was broke, so I fixed it.
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It's the kid in all of us. He told us to stop posting, so ...
Panic, Chaos, Destruction. My work here is done. Drink. Get drunk. Fall over - P O'H OK, I will win to day or my name isn't Ethel Crudacre! - DD Ethel Crudacre I cannot live by bread alone. Bacon and ketchup are needed as well. - Trollslayer Have a bit more patience with newbies. Of course some of them act dumb - they're often *students*, for heaven's sake - Terry Pratchett
... we keep posting?
It was broke, so I fixed it.
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... we keep posting?
It was broke, so I fixed it.
And it has the added benefit of filling up more of Chris's database with even more rubbish that is of no use to man nor beast.
Panic, Chaos, Destruction. My work here is done. Drink. Get drunk. Fall over - P O'H OK, I will win to day or my name isn't Ethel Crudacre! - DD Ethel Crudacre I cannot live by bread alone. Bacon and ketchup are needed as well. - Trollslayer Have a bit more patience with newbies. Of course some of them act dumb - they're often *students*, for heaven's sake - Terry Pratchett
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OK, here's a suggestion update... ;) Instead of just using kilograms and centimeters the website could include pounds and inches in the calculators for metric deficient cousins across the pond. :) How long before rage posts another no more posts post?
It was broke, so I fixed it.
Well considering this got slated so quickly had a lot of replies lol just checked back and saw a whole page full! Thanks for that good plan I was mainly aiming at UK market but I think your right mass appeal is the way to go!
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Wish I'd seen the original message, but it got carpet-bombed out of existence before I got the chance. Based on the replies and the subject (of the replies at least), it seemed kind of harsh to me that it got that kind of treatment. After all, I've seen others (with higher reps) post links to their websites (and other stuff as well) with requests for comment, without having those posts univoted out of existence. But if it sounded spammy, that's probably it. Shame about it since it kind of leaves a bad taste in the OP's mouth about the friendliness of the site. Was the OP asking a programming question or just asking for criticism of his site? If he was only seeking critique, then I'd say this is the proper forum, otherwise you're probably right to redirect him.
Thansk for that Mark I appreciate you sticking up me a bit there its uch appreciate. Maybe it was written in a spammy way but to me asking someone to critque what I had produced I couldn't really think of a better way or wording it!
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And it has the added benefit of filling up more of Chris's database with even more rubbish that is of no use to man nor beast.
Panic, Chaos, Destruction. My work here is done. Drink. Get drunk. Fall over - P O'H OK, I will win to day or my name isn't Ethel Crudacre! - DD Ethel Crudacre I cannot live by bread alone. Bacon and ketchup are needed as well. - Trollslayer Have a bit more patience with newbies. Of course some of them act dumb - they're often *students*, for heaven's sake - Terry Pratchett
Imagine, terabytes of rubbish. If you added extra icons like :bob: and :beer: the html would probably increase that even more.
It was broke, so I fixed it.
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Apologies, it looked like spam. It even looked the a candidate for the type of sites that spam.
Sort of a cross between Lawrence of Arabia and Dilbert.[^]
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A Dead ringer for Kate Winslett[^]No problem Keith, I know that seems to be the issue everywhere I post asking for some input get killed by people moaning about spam! I just want opinions so it can improve! Someone posted about an add at the bottom of the site I noticed, sorry I couldn't find your reply again but it is a google adsense advert placed by google. gets my site a bit of revenue and puts it on googles radar hopefully pushing me up the ranking a bit! Currently 12th for "calorie counter UK" but aiming for top 3-4 really! Anyway cheers for the more friendly replies!
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Imagine, terabytes of rubbish. If you added extra icons like :bob: and :beer: the html would probably increase that even more.
It was broke, so I fixed it.
So you think different formats with
lotsof HTML isS Houghtelin wrote:
rubbish
:laugh: :laugh:
Panic, Chaos, Destruction. My work here is done. Drink. Get drunk. Fall over - P O'H OK, I will win to day or my name isn't Ethel Crudacre! - DD Ethel Crudacre I cannot live by bread alone. Bacon and ketchup are needed as well. - Trollslayer Have a bit more patience with newbies. Of course some of them act dumb - they're often *students*, for heaven's sake - Terry Pratchett