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I've noticed on the AJAX post editor that the label on the submit button is, well, often mislabeled. I've seen "Vote Now" and "Cancel" (so there's two cancel buttons)

Seriously?

I just did some tinkering. Does SFN feel slower, faster, or just the same for you? (Google Webmaster Tools informed me that SFN is slow, so I figured I'd mess around a bit. Hope it worked.)

nice. what hack is it you use?

well we have a lot of element collectors in the chem section and i recently got some U238 metal i can sell to the members since i dont need the entire amount i bought. i just want to know if i can offer some up for sale on this forum or not thanks''oh and i have all the shipping regs covered

Hi. I have a PM stuck in my Inbox (don't remember if I had one and got corrupted or it's new). It has no subject, no sender, no nothing. Date is 01-01-1970 (Unix 0 IIRC) With no subject it's unclickable and attempting to get the message via txt or csv gives me an error page. I haven't tried deleting it in case anyone wants to investigate. Error page contents follow: ------------------- Warning: Invalid argument supplied for foreach() in [path]/private.php on line 849 Warning: Cannot modify header information - headers already sent by (output started at [path]/includes/class_core.php:3254) in [path]/includes/functions_file.php on line 147 Warning: Cannot…

I understand that this is a Science Forum but there will be many people like myself who will not be up to the Math and Science of some of the members. Some of us will be asking questions, puting our point of view and disagreeing with some of your Theories. Please allow the Questioners to partisipate in this Forum without disrespecting them. I, myself am an Electronics Eningeer who is interested in Theoretical Physics and Partical Physics, among other things, so let me learn from your knowledge without being ridiculed for my lack of knowledge on some subjects. We are not all Matheticians...Just Free Thinkers

My suggestion is the creation of a "one on one" debate section. It doesn't have to actually lock other people out from it; they could just be ignored. The purpose is to increase the fairness and quality of debates, when one side is vastly under-represented. Having partaken in a few threads where I'm the minority, things get confusing very quickly with lots of people making all kinds of arguments, some of which are repeats, bringing up already resolved issues, and occasionally all demanding their specific posts get answered. There's also plenty of flawed arguments and misunderstandings. The minority then has to either spend an awful lot of time reading everything or wi…

My Master Thesis "Agricaltural and Enveronmental science" Why was that thread locked? For something like that, which was in the right place (I think), it got locked? Perhaps tag on explanations so other users don't have a "Wtf...?" moment?

Having read with interest the numbers of threads, in the past few weeks, attempting to discuss religion through a circuitous route in a Science Forum, I think it would be extremely good sense to start a new forum for this debate. The Science Forum has grown substantially quite recently, with new members from all continents, many of them believers. Any new thread which hints at religion or Creationism can be easily diverted to such a Forum and avoid the type of emotionally draining debate which has dominated certain 'taboo' topics. Does this make sense?

I think that is just what this site needs, and then under it can be geology, meteorology, volcanology and anything else that you can think of

Hypocrites.... Merged post follows: Consecutive posts mergedBecause im more enlightened and intelligent than the entire website combined,you close my threads? Please....Get real! I know why you close my threads ,because too many retards! Yeah,i see you. Now ima get my Dog.... Ugh,retards.Its just a magician,saying thank you....Pfft. This website is so hypcortical its ashame. Merged post follows: Consecutive posts mergedand um,if a person isnt as smart as i am,that person shouldnt be allowed to close my threads,period! Where is my apology? This is why the world is messed up because somehow,the retards are in control.No offense,i on…

I recently have been told that I got a new message from here, but when I look, all of them are read, except for one with no title that says it was sent at January 1, 1970. I'm guessing that that is a bug. =Uncool-

and i'm not talking about the kick flinging contest mods start every once in a while.. so, what gives a mod the right to ban somebody from IRC? and what penalty is there for a mod who issue an unjust and prejudiced ban? edit: also aren't all bans in SFN subject to the notification of the duration of the ban? aren't you allowed to know when the ban will be lifted?

I made to threads on artificial liver or kidney and looking at it well it should be only one thread but I cannot go back and fix that? What I'm I doing wrong.

why do i get logged out every time i go to a new page on this site? its getting wearing having to sign in every minute

Sorry to interrupt this debate but it annoys me that at the top of each forum is the following message: Hello elas, It appears that you have not posted on Science Forums for over a month. Why not take a few moments to ask a question, help another member or just participate in one of our many discussions? I know from past experience that if I give a simple mathematical explanation such as in this case, the cause of negative charge (in reality it does not exist i.e. it is apparent not real); it will quickly be transferred to ‘speculations’ or ‘trash’ accompanied by a ‘warning’. So will someone please delete the message so that I can enjoy reading the forums in sil…

Hi there, I am new to SFN and have only made 2 or 3 posts, but I am unable to reply to a thread within the politics section of the site...is this due to permissions associated with new users? Thanks

Just a random thought. We do get homework or simple "how does this work?" questions here and usually people try to be helpful in their answers. However, at times there are helpful, knowledge-based answers mixed with wild guesses. For the one stating the question it may be hard to evaluate which answers are likely to be accurate. Of course one could pitch in and try to correct factual errors but often it will grow to a side discussion. While we do have a rep system, it only evaluates the poster, but not the post itself. I am therefore thinking if it is possible to evaluate individual posts, too. Either free-for all or according to expertise.

Nevermind. Please delete the thread.

what is Rep Power?

Can a site like this be sued for slander?

Hello all. I have noticed a surprising behaviour of time in the Forum. I mean time as it s mentionned near each post, & as it is mentionned at the bottom of each page. Here times are GMT-7. when I open some other page, it is GMT+2, which I prefer. It is quite disturbing. What is happening? Merged post follows: Consecutive posts mergedSorry, I had to write it down to figure it. When I log-in, time commutes to time of my PC. Now you know my time zone. Sorry for disturbing. But it remains a strange behaviour. Michel.

Please correct me if I am wrong here but I think that this Science Forum has huge potential for the GCSE Revision 'market' in the UK. Potentially thousands of school children can be switched on to this site to look for revision podcasts or animations which can excite their interest in science, and educate them as well. It would need some pretty hefty input from some of the solid contributors here, but the level of knowledge shown here is phenomenal (and this is coming from an ex-postdoc in Biology). The homework may have to be opened up for direct answers though. You are so good, but you can reach out to so many without compromising your standards. What about it g…

I don't care what you see elsewhere; what matters to this forum is what you see here. Name one user who was banned for their ideology being counter to the moderators' (as if that were possible). We keep a log of banned and suspended individuals (for reasons other than spam), and this is one reason why: for the transparency against this kind of accusation. Users are not banned because of their ideas, unless the specific expression is not permitted (e.g. libel, prejudice, ad hominem). They are banned because they break the rules. Trolling is posting provocative material without the intent to engage in meaningful discourse. Those banned for trolling were given sever…