Heh, heh, heh. I believe both of you will be helping with the move tomorrow....
My heart expands / 'tis grown a bulge in't / inspired by / your beauty effulgent.
William ,'Conversations with Dead People'
Buffistas Building a Better Board
Do you have problems, concerns or recommendations about the technical side of the Phoenix? Air them here. Compliments also welcome.
Nora Deirdre - Aug 22, 2003 11:38:19 am PDT #4748 of 10000
I’m responsible for my own happiness? I can’t even be responsible for my own breakfast! (Bojack Horseman)
Matt the Bruins fan - Aug 22, 2003 1:07:29 pm PDT #4749 of 10000
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
Annnd... it's one small step from Buffistas writing the RPS to enforcing it in meatspace.
On the serious subject, is it too early to ask those that understand the workings of the board what a good number of posts displayed per page would be for optimum board health? I'd prefer to avoid effectively threadsucking hundreds of posts at once, but can certainly go up from the default 10 if it'll help out with the resource use issue.
Jessica - Aug 22, 2003 2:27:03 pm PDT #4750 of 10000
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
I just noticed that at the bottom of the Message Center, it says "(Minimum 5, use 0 for no refresh.)"
Didn't we change the minimum refresh to something higher?
Steph L. - Aug 22, 2003 2:52:09 pm PDT #4751 of 10000
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
We changed it from 3 to 5, IIRC.
DXMachina - Aug 22, 2003 3:09:19 pm PDT #4752 of 10000
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.
We changed it from 3 to 5, IIRC.
We started at 1, but changed it to 5 a few months ago, when we first started having problems with HR.
Jessica - Aug 22, 2003 3:11:09 pm PDT #4753 of 10000
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
I thought it was higher, for some reason.
Perhaps we should consider setting the minimum (at least temporarily) to something like 10 or 15, and see if that makes a difference to the server?
P.M. Marc - Aug 22, 2003 5:18:44 pm PDT #4754 of 10000
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
Did I say this already? Steven thinks that trying to keep the database as small as we can will benefit us. So yes, the archiving of the closed threads that we're doing [Ha. I say we. Like I'm actually doing anything.] will help.
Which reminds me: DX, I am willing to grab, fix links, and archive things. Just tell me how.
Connie Neil - Aug 23, 2003 9:21:52 pm PDT #4755 of 10000
brillig
Am I correct in understanding that hitting Read New is easier on the resources than going back to the Message Board and picking which thread to read next?
DXMachina - Aug 24, 2003 3:26:22 am PDT #4756 of 10000
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.
Yes. It's one less call to the database.
DavidS - Aug 24, 2003 7:27:57 am PDT #4757 of 10000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Yes. It's one less call to the database.
Keeping this in mind, I've changed my board reading tactics. I pruned back my subscriptions to just the boards I want to read regularly through Read New. Previously, I used my subs as sort of a filter to pull up all the threads I'm even somewhat interested in and would check my Message Center and decide where to go. Now, I've got a tighter subs list and I'm embracing the randomosity of the ride. Where will Read New take me next?