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    marye
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    As you may have noticed, we've just implemented a much-requested chatroom. It is quite simple and has few fancy features, but for the moment we just want it to work!

     Anyway, have at it, and post your thoughts, feature requests, effusive thanks to the tech team, etc., right here. Thanks!

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  • mickeyjunior
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    Problem getting into chat room
    When I try to go into the chatrooma message come up saying, no connection, you might want to check your firewall settings. Well I did but I don't fully understand what to do. Does anyone know what program I should open up on my firewall to let me into the chatroom. I kind of new on the computer and don't have a full uderstanding of it. Any help would be appreciated.
  • marye
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    meanwhile
    in the spirit of transforming adversity into art, feel free to post your surreal chatroom experiences here: http://www.dead.net/forum/i-was-saying-chat-room
  • marye
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    hey...
    I just fixed my own kitchen sink, so I'm very proud, but chatrooms are beyond me. I don't know what all the relevant constraints are, but when the software, as contrasted to the people, is misbehaving to this extent it needs a timeout.
  • Central Statio…
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    Good Idea
    TY Buddy...I just wish that "assertiveness training" worked with my wife. Probably better it doesn't, she's a lot smarter than me. Your idea of an outside consultant sounds good if the budget permits, but maybe it doesn't. Or maybe the person in charge has an "I KNOW I can figure this out if only..." mindset. I can't can't count the number of lawnmowers, toasters, etc. that have fallen by the wayside when I get in that frame of mind. Just guessing...
  • marye
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    chatroom down
    since it is clearly causing more trouble to leave it up in its buggy state than to take it down, we have taken the chatroom down until we can figure out what's up and fix it. Thank you.
  • buddy plant
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    What Central Station NJ Steve said
    That was very polite and eloquent, my man. You must have at some point had assertiveness training. I thank you for what you said, and the way you said it. I too wish for the chat feature to be fixed. I wonder if they have given any thought to bringing in an outside consultant?
  • Central Statio…
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    over three weeks now
    I've been using the chat room for a bit over three weeks now. I don't mean to sound impatient, but the way the room boots people out regularly seems to be getting even worse. I realize people are working to try to fix the problem, but whatever's being done just isn't cutting the mustard. I also know there are people in this community who would be willing to help, but from what I understand their offers and/or advice have gone unheeded. Please get someone involved who knows what they're doing. This is very discouraging.
  • marye
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    good morning folks
    Brilliant, Mr. P... Stuman, if you're still reading this, I echo what others have said, that you've added a lot here and it would be a drag to lose you. So if you must go away, I hope it's only for a short time. As a grizzled veteran of online conferencing, I know darn well that when you hit the wall you hit the wall, and I've bailed on more than one place over the years because I Could Not Take One More Minute Of This. So do what you gotta do, but come back to us when you can. Back in the distant past, we noted that there are now zillions of Dead-related online spots, such that no single human can possibly keep up with them all. I don't even have time to keep up with the ones I WANT to keep up with. They have a lot of different cultures and a lot of different styles to suit the different people who gravitate there, and that's good. People from a lot of those different worlds converge here, which is also good, and yeah, there are going to be different expectations of the way things should work, and it's never going to be just exactly perfect from anyone's standpoint. So, we're feeling our way and trying to be as hospitable as possible to Heads of various ages, locations, and points of view, rather than start with a big fat book of rules up front. And yeah, sometimes the software's buggy, and we're sorry about that, and it IS getting worked on.
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    to the great sounds
    of marteen playin sax,i listen to jerry "what kind of love would we have,just in case we both were wrong..."and i suddenly understand my error .its not ive been in every bluelight star hotel,its"ive been in every bluelight cheap hotel.."and so is the service...so be it:-)(-:
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    Ode to the chat room
    Feel free to sing along. I'm sure y'all know the tune Logged in today, clicked on the chat room link the text was all red from my friends at play then they were gone, booted again for misbehavin' and they might not be there when it's back again but it's all right, we still try it even if it seems deranged kick us out, make us type stuff again and again but still we keep returning 'cause we're undaunted by the constant pain and need our place to have our little bouts with the insane were you ever in the middle of a conversation with your friends only to see your browser page go blank Well you know, we're only trying to have fun and it's a real bummer when the chat goes in the tank [insert soaring Jer here...] we only wnat to babble, we don't want to bring you down or consume all the resources of your server rack It's just that My, we've gotten used to having it around and when it went away we asked to have it back but it's all right, we still try it even if it seems deranged kick us out, make us type stuff again and again but still we keep returning 'cause we're undaunted by the constant pain and need our place to have our little bouts with the insane Conversation is always more interesting than recitation, so speak your mind and not someone else's.
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As you may have noticed, we've just implemented a much-requested chatroom. It is quite simple and has few fancy features, but for the moment we just want it to work!

 Anyway, have at it, and post your thoughts, feature requests, effusive thanks to the tech team, etc., right here. Thanks!

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it is really bad tonight, people leave and don't come back because of the malfunction, becoming too much a challenge to be fun If the doors of perception were cleansed, everything would appear to man as it is, infinite. William Blake
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but significantly troubled system. Don't know what to say but "ain't misbehavin'"!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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and got we all got booted out again! I was wondering at that point how long before we got tossed. Hilarious for a bunch of old farts to be tossed out!
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getting into a show without a ticket, ya never know when your gonna get caught misbehavin. as SomeOne once said in highnasalsmile "just remember your hippie training folks")))
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the door to the chat room seems to be closed,,..as soon as i enter, i (and or we all) get the boot... another strange thing ,, when i did get in a few minutes ago,,i got a blank screen, the area that say`s who is in the chatroom was there but no names ,,.. Including mine ,, i was there ,,.. ??? seriousley i was ,,..lol ,,..then got booted , as expected.... "nothing left to do but smile smile smile" and just PM each other but that`s not as much fun ,,....... take care ,,, peace ,........
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me too... same shit...
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polite person.but the F::::! bar of (whats misbehavin?)is veeeery low today.maybe it would be fun start a kickout olympics game...3:-)
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thatmisbehavin'isjustbeingyouandmebutwhataretheysayin'theywantustobe shoulditradeallmytiedyesfortieswithaknot andactlikethecleaverswardjunewallyn'snot thatsmisbehavin'thewaythatiseebuthatsnot reallywhatthatmessgagemeanstomeitsjust sayingtousallweain'tquitethereyetandwe'resorryalot hopefullysoonthebusridewillbejustlikethescenefromtheol'parkin'lot boutTminusthirtyafteryoudropthatcrazynitepurplemicrodot
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I really hope we don`t star loosing members over this frigin chat room shit !!!! That would be a shame ,,.. I know a lot of people are here just to chat to kind people sometimes ,, and if we can`t chat to kind people ,, what`s the point in being here ??? I was really starting to feel good about myself again,, that`s a feeling i hav`nt felt in 15 years ..it is nice to know there is so many like me out here but we just can`t talk to each other without a hassle,... it`s really sad ,,,,,,,,,,
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hell it is getting to the point when you can`t even finish what you started to write .. Marey you are a free lance riter , imagine someone taking away your note book before you can finish ...............
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I am sure that there are a lot of technologically gifted Dheads that could offer a shimmer of light about what is going on ... It was good to see that they fixed the issue about non-registered users entering the chat room. Thank you. It seems to be an issue with folks that enter the chatroom, say a few words, maybe more, and then have to leave for what ever reason. No wrong or mis-behaving going on here. When they leave it appears that the system thinks they are still part of the chatroom. Which then results in a certain level of in-activity that the system recognizes. Hence, the way to fix the issue is to 'flush the toilet' and kick everyone out.
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Just went back a page and read that I'm not the only vewwy, vewwy bad person. Yee hah!
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I just got kicked out for misbehaving myself. I have conveyed the general discontent to the tech folks. So sorry for the aggravation.
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that we all are in the same boat,but thats the thing anyway(a group of people called deadheads,swimming around life in a ship of fools.remember?)but that chat thing starts getting weird.i am apatient person wheni get the boot 50 times in one hour i try 50 times to get in again.but not everybody does and after going through this mess the third day,im also pretty bored pushing the button,but far more annoyed by the nice conversations that get cut and in the last consequence finished.and thats BAD,because alot of nice discussions were grounded and it ends up that the people dont take that thing for communication,but just for blabla..what else can u do in 30 secs.its a really big problem and i dont understand that the tech guys r not capable of dealing with it.if it continues,it will just slip away...and THAT WOULD BE SAD!
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I am not a major whiner, but come on, this is not working. If someone got $ to create a chatroom, they should make it work. Many of us try to do the best at our jobs, it would be nice if the people creating chatroom would or could too. Is that really asking to much? If the doors of perception were cleansed, everything would appear to man as it is, infinite. William Blake

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Like Janis said: Try, try, try just a little bit harder...
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I just got booted out twice for misbehaving myself. Jonathan is trying various things in hopes of resolving this.
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surely all they have to do is to completely remove the routine that does the kicking. Since it does not punish you for profanity and such anyway why keep it? Let us chat and self police for a while and see how it goes while they develop a more sophisticated kicking routine if such a thing is needed. They could publish or even make a discussion of the criteria for kicking people. I want to be on the committee that discusses what and what is not profanity as I am an expert on such things ;-) So please just turn off the fucking kicking machine!!!!
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as i believe that 99% of the people using the net have reached the age of 18(i dont want to impose on them that they are adults),though have aquired the right to decide for themselves what their doing,it just makes no sense to have an installation who treats them like an awkward teacher.(kicked out for misbehavin...i thought it was a hallucination when i 1st saw it).anyway i am sure that somebody coming to the chat and acting like a bastard,goof or otherwise being annoying to the people there,will be after a while ignorated .no machine needed...YEAH,turn that damn kick-thing off!!!!:-)(-:
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as i believe that 99% of the people using the net have reached the age of 18(i dont want to impose on them that they are adults),though have aquired the right to decide for themselves what their doing,it just makes no sense to have an installation who treats them like an awkward teacher.(kicked out for misbehavin...i thought it was a hallucination when i 1st saw it).anyway i am sure that somebody coming to the chat and acting like a bastard,goof or otherwise being annoying to the people there,will be after a while ignorated .no machine needed...YEAH,turn that damn kick-thing off!!!!:-)(-:
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as i believe that 99% of the people using the net have reached the age of 18(i dont want to impose on them that they are adults),though have aquired the right to decide for themselves what their doing,it just makes no sense to have an installation who treats them like an awkward teacher.(kicked out for misbehavin...i thought it was a hallucination when i 1st saw it).anyway i am sure that somebody coming to the chat and acting like a bastard,goof or otherwise being annoying to the people there,will be after a while ignorated .no machine needed...YEAH,turn that damn kick-thing off!!!!:-)(-:
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must have made an error.excuse me for abusing so much place....
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i get an error on page , at the bottom of the screen ? then the boot ? not whinning just saying what i see ... wow Frankly i thought sunshine Bob could only get a tripple !! LOL cool ...
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Chat is great!Would b nice to be able to see who is in there before u go in, is that technically possible? I mean with out major hassles? Are you kind?
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I've passed along the request for that feature, which I agree would be a good thing.
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Oh, nice one! Thanks! Are you kind?
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I got the chatroom blueswon’t let me stay when I choose been booted again can’t share all my news. I got the chatroom blues I been paying my dues just me misbehaving can’t all get your views. I got the chatroom blues we want to read what we spew with Buddy, CB, Ami and Chris LOL what can we do? If the doors of perception were cleansed, everything would appear to man as it is, infinite. William Blake
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Just got kicked out for being knotty
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If anyone wishes to say hello to me please PM me,, the damm chat room is frigin imposible !!!!!!!!!!! Been booted 6 times in 60 seconds !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! can`t even stay in long enough to see who is in there .... Maybe is should just be totally removed .... it`s like putting a big fat joint in front of you and telling you not to smoke that thing !!! Chat room blues for sure !!!! love that post Hal !! Take care everyone !! Hope to hear from someone !! Peace !!
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please do not take my postings the wrong way i an not mad . life just gets a little agravating sometimes. getting the boot, well i know everyone has this issue, getting booted so fast like that is just agravating thats all. we all just need someone to talk to sometimes. hope the chat room can be repaired soon.. peace ...
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Maybe we got the boot for the blood & murder talk this time. Hells bells, I squealed like a pig. Hog actually ~ " Hog for you Baby"
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Can I repeat my request :-) it does no good at all so why not just switch it off, let us self police while the bugs are fixed off line and reinstall it when it works and if needed. Pleeeeease. A lot of us sad lonely folk who seek refuge there are being pushed further to the edge or madness!
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I'm not entirely sure that's the true source of the problem rather than a symptom. But I'll pass along the request.

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Part of the fun is the spontaneity of the format. It's like when you're trying to get it on with yer old lady and somebody keeps knocking on the door. Or the dog keeps yapping away, or the phone keeps ringing. All those distractions take away from the experience. The getting kicked out issue is becoming too much of a distraction. Please don't take this as a complaint, I just want to chat with a few buds, and have some fun. Thank you for having a great site for us DH's to hang out and have a bit of community, in that great big old place Mr. Barlow calls cyber-space. Peas and hominy, Bud Plant
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Jonathan says, oh, how we wish we could just disable the kick function, but it doesn't appear to be possible with the software in question. He also says that he's incorporated some fixes and is running a test version of the software on a test site and hopes to have some good news for us soon. Thanks, folks, we feel your pain and we want it to stop too.
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cool ... it is nice to know that Jonathan is working on the issue,,.. will someone please PM me when or if he gets it repaired.. Or anyone can Pm me for whatever reason , just to say hello or whatever conversation is a wonderfull thing ,,,,.... Thank you ! Have a Grate Day everyone.. peace ... Stu ..........
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i am in no way a tech wiz.but my brother IS,and my son is going that direction too.both of them have thaught me a basic rule when it comes down to work with comps.they are machines,and they wont do anything what was not put into their program to do!so my humble conclusion is:in this software there is a function,lets call it kick-machine,which to work must be turn ON,that leads me to the further idea that their must,no their HAS to be a function that is capable to turn OFF the kick-thing.its just incredible to imagine that you have software which you cannot controll,because ON/OFF are the basics of control.if i am wrong than you have a software which decides instead of the people who installed it.come on,mary,please tell me that this is not true. :-)(-:P.S.if it was a test run,than it is allready going on for months,and i just cant imagine that you have installed software which controls you instead of you controlling it.Please mary there is so much frustration,deception etc.being caused by this ONE malfunction...turn the button if you can........and have a nice weekend!!

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... to fix the issues in the chat room I would do so forthwith. Sadly, I do not possess such high level skills. However, and post haste I will concentrate all my positive thoughts on getting this thing straightened out, and I know if we all think good positive thoughts everything's gonna be all right. Perhaps we could close our eyes and wiggle our noses and viola! it's all fixed and working like clockwork. Then all the heads worldwide in Europe, and Asia, and South America, and North America, and everywhere else can chat one day and have a fun and totally groovy chat experience. Who knows, maybe we Deadheads can solve all of the issues that are troubling mankind at this time. I personally think that if we used more Hemp, things would be much more copacetic. So let's get to work on the chat room and maybe, just maybe we save Planet Earth. Which by the way, just happens to be the best planet that ever was.