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    So, we've all had some great conversations interrupted by that misbehaving chatroom lately. Mr. Pid wrote a great song on the subject...

    Feel free to pick them up again here. Or report your more surreal episodes of being booted for misbehaving. 

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    Thanks for the heads up
    marye. There ARE some real oddballs showing up now-people blabbering nonsense and hit-and-run insults. And now at least one instance of harrassment-OY! Am sure the 99.9999% lovely folk here will stick together and beware.********************************** Don't part with your illusions. When they are gone, you will still exist, but you have ceased to live. Samuel Clemens
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    heads up folks
    Regarding the chat room: when the new version went live, we discovered that people can access the chat room without being logged on to Dead.net. As it usually does, this led to some problems, mainly with drive-by types who came in and posted nasty stuff and vanished. We thought we had that security hole plugged, as it were, but I'm hearing more reports of strange posts from people no one knows, and I've just had a really alarming PM from one of the ladies here who was in the chatroom, ran into a person with a perfectly legit-sounding name, and was invited to a private chat by said person. No sooner did she get there than he commenced some fairly vile sexual harassment. Following up, I find we have no such user. Of COURSE. I have sent up an emergency flare in Jonathan's direction. But meanwhile, we encourage you to exercise some street smarts in the chat room. In particular, do not go into private chats with people you do not know well. Hang out with them in the public chat room to get a sense of who they are. I'll keep you posted on the technical side, but meanwhile, watch each card etc. Thank you. ME with the mod hat on
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    Okay...
    the chat room should now be accessible through the convenient link on the left. It is running the new software. Please report any issues, and chat on!
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    http://www.dead.net/testchat
    http://www.dead.net/testchat , timmy go here
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    fixed?
    What is going on with the chatroom? Is it going to be reignited? Is it dead for good? What???
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    still just me
    oh dear my timing must be awry - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Spanish Jam
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    marye
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    thanks
    we THINK this may be fixed now, but if not speak up!
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    dead.net
    been tellin me all night that this room is not avaliable this is the first time ive been able to get in all night(been this way with all forums ive tried ti enter)
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    marye
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    test chat link
    http://www.dead.net/testchat
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    johnman
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    new chatroom?
    maybe i'm just not allowed. i've tried to get in several times and it always says "offline".
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So, we've all had some great conversations interrupted by that misbehaving chatroom lately. Mr. Pid wrote a great song on the subject...

Feel free to pick them up again here. Or report your more surreal episodes of being booted for misbehaving. 

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Submitted by Central Statio… on Wed, 05/21/2008 - 09:32

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Okay, once was good to say what i had to say, twice is okay for emphasis...but three times??? Nothing's THAT important. Sorry, lol
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Submitted by Frankly on Wed, 05/21/2008 - 11:22

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yep,our test -toy chat was closed down by a Drupal Alien..sad,sad.....
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Submitted by Mr. Pid on Wed, 05/21/2008 - 11:53

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in beta-land, anyway... I just busted all the ghosts. Who ya gonna call? Conversation is always more interesting than recitation, so speak your mind and not someone else's.
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Submitted by marye on Wed, 05/21/2008 - 12:55

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Jonathan says the chat room is back! So have fun, folks, and please report any problems here. Thanks!
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Submitted by grdaed73 on Wed, 05/21/2008 - 17:52

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thx jonathan and marye, see ya inside the show:) peace tc
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Submitted by Sunshine-daydr… on Sat, 05/24/2008 - 02:59

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first boot of the new chatroom Bob - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Spanish Jam
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Submitted by c_c on Sat, 05/24/2008 - 05:36

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I feel kind of proud, I just got kicked out for the first time.
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Submitted by Sunshine-daydr… on Sat, 05/24/2008 - 07:46

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- - - - - - - - - - - - - - Spanish Jam
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Submitted by c_c on Sat, 05/24/2008 - 16:08

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I think I got kicked out for inactivity... about 5 minutes or so without posting. anyways, there is still a 30 second delay for posts? can't the 'puter specialists remove that delay? or cut it down to 5 seconds. hard to actually 'chat' if there is a delay.
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Submitted by c_c on Sat, 05/24/2008 - 16:08

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I think I got kicked out for inactivity... about 5 minutes or so without posting. anyways, there is still a 30 second delay for posts? can't the 'puter specialists remove that delay? or cut it down to 5 seconds. hard to actually 'chat' if there is a delay.
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Submitted by c_c on Sat, 05/24/2008 - 16:09

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I think I got kicked out for inactivity... about 5 minutes or so without posting. anyways, there is still a 30 second delay for posts? can't the 'puter specialists remove that delay? or cut it down to 5 seconds. hard to actually 'chat' if there is a delay.
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Submitted by c_c on Sat, 05/24/2008 - 16:09

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I think I got kicked out for inactivity... about 5 minutes or so without posting. anyways, there is still a 30 second delay for posts? can't the 'puter specialists remove that delay? or cut it down to 5 seconds. hard to actually 'chat' if there is a delay.
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Submitted by c_c on Sun, 05/25/2008 - 03:56

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I wonder if the chat room, would in effect, replace the usual forum, and the number of posts would drop significantly... but the chat room still seems a bit too sporadic and full of hinky delays at the moment me thinks. peace.
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Submitted by c_c on Sun, 05/25/2008 - 03:56

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I wonder if the chat room, would in effect, replace the usual forum, and the number of posts would drop significantly... but the chat room still seems a bit too sporadic and full of hinky delays at the moment me thinks. peace.
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Submitted by marye on Sun, 05/25/2008 - 11:45

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let's keep an eye on the situation. I see the duplicate post bug is alive and well, so there may be underlying issues. The whole site is about to migrate to a new hosting service, which may take care of some of the weird behavior. Or introduce a fresh crop....
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Submitted by Sunshine-daydr… on Sun, 05/25/2008 - 11:58

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plenty of that here - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Spanish Jam
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Submitted by marye on Mon, 05/26/2008 - 11:25

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I just got kicked out too, having arrived to find half a dozen people ostensibly there and none of them there for real. I've reported this to Jonathan. Sorry, folks.
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Submitted by iknowurider on Sat, 06/07/2008 - 20:21

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Hey, there's trouble brewing on my end of the chat, anyone else?
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Submitted by rambelinbearis… on Sat, 06/07/2008 - 21:21

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chat room freezes every thing n i have to reboot wierdthought it was just me tonight
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Submitted by iknowurider on Sat, 06/07/2008 - 21:48

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Or so it seems ?!? Still better than before. Sometimes I feel like I need a good boot, he he
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Submitted by marye on Mon, 06/09/2008 - 11:41

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Is it still misbehaving? It's been so good lately I've gotten complacent...
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Submitted by grdaed73 on Tue, 06/10/2008 - 07:57

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i t s e e m s a l i t t l e s l o o o o w i n t h e n e w c h atr oo m l a t e l y d o n ' t u t h i n k o r d o n ' t u ? ; )
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Submitted by GratefulGigi on Tue, 06/10/2008 - 08:11

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chatroom is running really sloooooooooooooow today and no one is ever home!
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Submitted by marye on Tue, 06/10/2008 - 09:49

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I've reported to Jonathan that things are not just exactly perfect. Bummer, because it was working great for a while there. Oh well! Thanks for the heads up.
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Submitted by c_c on Wed, 06/11/2008 - 15:08

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was slow the other day, too. Tiger Lilly and I were in a kind of Frick and Frack bit, going back and forth between slow private messages and trying to use the chat troom. are you here? are YOU here?... also, this may be, probably, a local issue, but on my old iboook Mac, 2001 version, I can't chat at all. I can see and use the forum,no problemo, but I can't read the chat stuff or write on it. My old lady's 'puter is windows, some old HP piece of shit lap top, but that works fine with chat. is the chat windows only?? seems unfair if so. I'm frigging Steve Jobs over here. ( -:
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Submitted by reedchris on Wed, 06/11/2008 - 15:52

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Hey folks. Not much time for the chatroom these days but dropping by to say hello. Hope everyone is doing great. Enjoy the summer!
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Submitted by Mr. Pid on Wed, 06/11/2008 - 16:13

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Where you goin' with that Mac in your hands? Chat works fine with Firefox on linux, so it's certainly not "Windoze Only." The chatroom is heavily dependent on a browser technology called Javascript, though, and if it's been a while since you updated your web browser software then that may be the issue. Just makin' a suggestion, that's all. Conversation is always more interesting than recitation, so speak your mind and not someone else's.
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Submitted by marye on Wed, 06/11/2008 - 17:52

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with Firefox, and chat works fine. But a 2001 model might not run something necessary, as mine seems to be at the old end of what the software will run on.
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Submitted by c_c on Wed, 06/11/2008 - 18:49

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old dog can't learn those new trix... the only Firefox I ever heard of was a piss poor Clint Eastwood movie, or was it Tommy Cruise... the only Java I know comes from beans. you know, a cup of 'Joe' ( -; seriously, though, not a big deal really to borrow her 'puter, and as I remember, I think I got up to Panther on the Mac software, maybe 3 or 4 years ago, so I am outdated again, because the original version wouldn't run a newer ipod or something like that. thanks for the advice and helpful hints. and once you go Mac, you never go back! what's better than a Mac in your lap? (please fill in the blanks with a sure to be deleted by the moderator POOR TASTE joke) yuk yuk yuk peace.
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Submitted by Sunshine-daydr… on Thu, 06/12/2008 - 06:18

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as faras i am aware my browser is up to date and Java also i received regular updates, but thye chatroom still has a lag for me a lot of the time Bob - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Spanish Jam
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Submitted by marye on Thu, 06/12/2008 - 09:19

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the chatroom has had lag issues quite a bit lately, so it's probably not just you!

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Submitted by buddy plant on Thu, 06/12/2008 - 10:32

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I really haven't experienced the "lag time" thing. I think perhaps some of our older members may actually be nodding off at the keyboard. Hence the lag?
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Submitted by grdaed73 on Thu, 06/12/2008 - 16:27

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is that how u figured it out buddy? got "ghjk" imprinted on your forehead! :)
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Submitted by GratefulGigi on Thu, 06/12/2008 - 16:38

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Lag mama lag ..... i can't believe its true lag mama lag ...... what did ya do ........ Good one TC :) Peace
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Submitted by Deadicated on Thu, 06/12/2008 - 17:00

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Everybody's doin' that laaaaaaaaaaaaga. "Where does the time go?"
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Submitted by deadheadkid on Wed, 07/09/2008 - 20:06

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is it just me? i get this message saying something about slow script.Peace, The Kid
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Submitted by deadheadkid on Wed, 07/09/2008 - 20:08

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how does one go about getting kicked out of the chat?Peace, The Kid
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Submitted by grdaed73 on Thu, 07/10/2008 - 05:31

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U must misbehave, or as was noted yesterday in the chat, misbearhave. u must try harder kid, and don't go about, go head first faster furthur
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Submitted by marye on Thu, 07/10/2008 - 11:27

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sorry for the trouble, folks. I've reported it to Jonathan. This is what i get for posting that the chatroom was working.
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Submitted by grdaed73 on Thu, 07/10/2008 - 11:36

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i saw that marye! thats like saying i never get pulled over, next thing u know your sitting on the side of the freeway wearing silver bracelets with your dayglo hair hanging around your knees. that never happens to me
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Submitted by deadheadkid on Thu, 07/10/2008 - 11:44

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love ur post above grdaed. hehePeace, The Kid
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Submitted by GratefulGigi on Sun, 07/13/2008 - 08:19

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everytime I go in it freezes and I get kicked off my computer :/
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Submitted by TigerLilly on Sun, 07/13/2008 - 08:59

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We were very rudely interrupted today while chatting, with exactly what Gigi said above********************************** Don't part with your illusions. When they are gone, you will still exist, but you have ceased to live. Samuel Clemens