Phi for All

It's about time. Finally I can tell everyone that that's you and blike in blike's avatar!

My mighty Haiku, yourdadonapogos, tick- les the minds of all.

But there's only three Admins and they all think it's hip to be horrid. I think the blue needs to be lighter to contrast better but you're right, the blue on blue will work.

I'm starting to come around too. And I agree about the contrast for quotes. If the usernames are causing problems maybe increasing the kerning between the letters will help legibility. There's certainly plenty of room on the blue bar for longer names. Bolded they all look a bit scrunched now.

I'll get the two of you some coupons for para-veggie-sailing in the broccoli forests of Brazil as a wedding present. I trust Sarah is well aware of your thrillseeking tendencies.

So don't. Instead protest even more quietly. Or stack up like dave does so your sig takes up less height. I know how it is to give up something you like a lot.

Ooooh, I hope you have a backup of your avatar, pink-boy. I feel a switch to Teletubbies coming on.... And clean up that signature, man! It looks like my desk!

Tired of ho-hum bungee jumps? Bored with BMX? Try Satellite Roping off one of the Space Elevators!! I realize you were talking about what was up there. I think that replacing them won't be a problem because you'd have a bunch of towers to attach equipment to so there would be less need for satellites, wouldn't there? How many elevator towers would you need to provide global coverage? This assumes that such a massively expensive undertaking would be funded by many countries so that each could have equipment on every tower built.

If we can build one we'll build more than one. Wouldn't a series of these elevator towers replace the need for satellites? There's most of your junk problem gone.

Absolutely. Thanks! With this new compressed style I think members with lots of spaced lines in their signatures should do some housecleaning. Some sigs are longer than most posts. dave's has a lot of info in it but it's tightly laid out and doesn't take up much vertical space.

I agree. The way we use it politics *is* a science, or is approached and discussed almost like one. Like the Philosophy / Religion forum, Politics can be approached scientifically and that's what makes our discussions different from other sites with similar sub-fora.

Besides splitting up the User info, I'm also not liking the feng shui of the post layout. My eyes tend to go diagonally across a post so the upper left and the lower right corners are dominant and tend to get the most attention. I like that I start right out with what the poster is saying (I still glance right to check avatars) but then my eye is lead to the lower right where Join Date and Post Count are prominent. I'd prefer to have the Response buttons (Quote, Edit, Multi-Quote, etc.) in the lower right. Join Date and Post Count can switch places with them. I think it would make response a tiny bit easier.

Breaking up the block of info that tells me who is writing before I start reading is very hard to overcome. Having the avatar and the username on opposite sides of the screen doesn't sit well with me.

If we were in an elevator I'd be pushing all the buttons.

I notice we're in a default vBulletin style as well. Must be a server upgrade coming or tweaks to the format.

You asked for "a way to stop a 10m high wave coming at you". Do you have to stop it from coming at you or stop it from affecting you? As Cap'n and MolotovCocktail suggested you could build a barrier in front of you (I'd build a triangular wedge facing the wave with me behind it). It doesn't stop the wave from coming but it stops it from affecting you.

Bump! the Haiku Thread! A Spanish Inquisition that no one expects! Counting on fingers to get the syllables right; Digital poem!

If you're looking for someone to play Gilligan, I'm your man! Good to see you back, O desert flower!

System Colonization Immigration Examiners and Nomination Acceptance Requirements Agency (SCIENARA) to the rescue! We have a full range of tests and certifications to determine suitability for all applicants for off-world migration. From mega-corporations to plucky individuals, SCIENARA certification is your passport to other-worldly dreams! I have a business plan but I need exam criteria. How do we make sure the right people get the green light to be part of the colony? Would any group or type of person be automatically excluded from consideration (that's going to cause many problems)?

It would be very interesting to adopt the policy that whatever we do in space we do as citizens of Earth rather than citizens of just one country. Since that probably won't happen we'll rely on combined efforts and contracts but I don't know if national fervor will ever reach the pitch it was at during the race for the moon. I think we should start a company that governments can consult with regarding colonization and territory distribution on Mars. Pass our rubric and receive accreditation and a great-looking suitably-framed certificate you can point to with pride. We'll need a list of criteria we're looking for in perspective colonists and developers. I'm not trying to hijack this thread. Shouldn't there be an overall goal for sharing out Mars, a pre-planning phase where we can determine what we're looking to accomplish on Mars eventually? Do we go green or start drilling for fossil fuels (no green Martian jokes please)? Is Mars going to be Earth II or does it have a different structure?

It does seem strange in a country where your meals are generally twice as much as you need. Maybe most bars serve more pitchers than pints. They want you to feel like you're getting more so they put it in smaller glasses.

Why can't you get pasta in bulk? Everybody sells spaghetti in huge packs these days. Ramen has been suggested and it has it's own spices. Carrots are sweeter and may actually make you hungrier. Cabbage is bland but filling. Broccoli is tastier and probably has more vitamins than cabbage or carrots. Do you have to buy all this in advance? Your last gallon of milk will probably go bad after a whole month.

Right, the big Sisy is a real monster, no doubt about it. Makes my knees shake just thinkin' about him. What will become of us? See, I can be sarcastic. In an absurd kind of way.

You can't really make that stick in a court of law. Remember you liked Weezer? Call me later about your damage deposit. Got it. X-box, cheese, *then* SFN. Is it true you'll be staging raids from Rapid City on Detroit to stuff copies of the Watchtower into automobile airbags? Do you realize how lost you're going to be without Cartesian mapping? Do you have to give up technology for this mission and is it true you've been contacted by the neo-Amish? How did the subcutaneous MP3 player implant operation go? Did you know that my sense of humor is considered absurd by at least one online quiz?

Absurd, but that's plainly... absurd.