As I Was Saying in the Chat Room

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April 8, 2008 - 1:15pm

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marye

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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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May 9, 2010 - 9:30am

#271

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KA: Everybody got older...

...and after "put it on the plastic and I wonder where we''ll be when the bills hit", they found out. People got married, got careers, had babies and went through raw life. Attitudes change even as they still love the same music. Accept that pure long-hair hippie behavior is hard to find -- even at a Rainbow Gathering. Rather than complain, gravitate toward the people who are kind and stick with them. I don't know who passes that litmus test in the chat room. Chat room nerds tend to dominate the medium. I am reminded of going to a reunion of a fraternal organization wen I go to Dead/Furthur related events. I therefore don't expect to find the good-old-days in the chat room. Even some people who post in the forums here are right-wing-nuts and pro nuclear power now... What can you do? Marye does a good job keeping order here. The chat room is a strange beast to tend to. Still, no need to despair! ~ When Quinn the Eskimo gets here, everybody's gonna wanna dose! ~
May 9, 2010 - 9:22am

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krs10

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a different take

I'm not a chat room regular, but I had a great time there last night, on and off for a couple hours as I did other work. Only positive conversations, thanks to mona, gamedad, david, twirlingirl and many others. Good storytelling! I don't often have time to chat, but sometimes I'll have a peek and if it's a conversation of interest and i feel like i have anything to contribute, I'll take a chance. For those with negative experiences, i can sympathize. But one strategy that i'd suggest is one I use with telemarketers. Hang up. You don't need to give jerks your energy. Just drop them and they'll have no one to talk to except their lonely self. As for the privacy, I'm not too concerned about joking around under alias. It's all fiction as far as i'm concerned. So, just wanted to say.. it's not all bad.
May 9, 2010 - 8:44am

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bla bla as usual !

It used to be that rock and roll was a world event , but it now sounds like a provencial habit for a small american club. The Rolling Stones stayed a planetary happening, and it would be ridiculous to resume it to a british only local band .Rock and roll used to be about rebels who had enough understanding about the world and dared to think for themselves, but this deadheads scene narrowed its views to think as their tv tell them to ! When hippies have the same opinions as their tv, it's called brainwashing, but as lilly said , it's useless to say different as no one wants to hear it and whoever has any opinion other than what 's approved is unwelcomed ! To top it all , me who used to travel with deaheads anywhere , days and nights, never planning ahead how and with who, because i was certain to always be with decent people around me , now i refuse to go anywhere with any of them ! That resumes clearly what's going on nowadays ! This chatroom clarified that , definitly .
May 9, 2010 - 7:32am

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cosmicbadger

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oh dear

well it is a sad day when the poison starts to spread to reasonable people with good intentions and kind hearts. All the more reason to stay away. I don't think a chatroom 'community' is like any other community. It is not typical and not representative of deadheads or humanity as a whole. Its members are self selected, with their own reasons and motivations for being somewhere where they can be anonymous and unaccountable. Sometimes those motivations are benign, but they can also be disturbing. I am particularly suspicious of anyone who does not ever post on the forums. Best just stay away.
May 9, 2010 - 1:36am

#275

TigerLilly

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that post

sound very full of bitter "narrow minded intolerance" to me. Sounds to me like you really want to be able to chat, otherwise you would not have posted what you did. So instead of throwing such harsh words around, why don't you try to accept what is and hold onto the "30%" that you feel is in there. Or if you can't, then do something else. But postings like this one aren't going to help anything. This community is human, just like any other-with strengths and weaknesses. Of course is not "ideal" but then nothing ever is.********************************** By trying we can easily learn to endure adversity -- another man's I mean. Mark Twain
May 8, 2010 - 10:10am

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chatroom trashers

Since early 80's i loved deadheads,so when i discovered this deadnet chatroom i thought i could renew frienships i had when in america .But now, after months gone by, i know all these great deadheads never go in there. Too many mean and vicious obsessional haters in there , as if playing with evil became a routine to spice shallow postures of "peace and love" bla bla .Coupled to the indifference cop out of those who never take a stand against the worse, the narrow-minded intolerance , bored druggies and warped drunks pretending their foul behaviors should always be excused simply because they like GD music ,enough is enough ! Whatever is left nowadays of the Greateful Dead , I don't recognize it most of the time, as music nor as people ! Sure , it's still ok for about 30%, but compared to the the 95% goodness I was used to, methinks the standards now just won't do anymore Eternity was never guaranteed, I realize we have to each go on our own Way and i'll let the wheels of Times roll on .C'est comme ça , et pas autrement !
February 4, 2010 - 7:51pm

#277

JackstrawfromC…

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I just gotta poke around

In there again sometime :-) "Here's my half a dollar if you dare .. double twist when you hit the air. Look at Julie down below .. the levee doing the dopaso"
February 4, 2010 - 7:43pm

#278

johnman

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well....i'll keep tryin'

i know there is still some good in there....jus' gotta drag it out....kickin' and screamin'
February 4, 2010 - 3:46pm

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Biffidence regularis...

...of some sort.
February 4, 2010 - 3:41pm

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stuman

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what swan said

I said this a year ago when I stopped using the chatroom . it took this long for others to notice. And yes it is sad as the chatroom was a haven for me when me wife had her surgery and I had to stay home all the time . Thank goodnes that is all done now .

John Perry Barlow

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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.

thanks for fixing

I kept getting a message about scripts being wrong, and there was I thinking that the chat-room was spontaneous. Is there something we should know?

no...

just more software silliness. Please carry on...

excuse my broken english and.....

After being booted out of the chat about 10 times just because, by people who know how to use the open code. i was insulted just like so many times before in this thing called grateful dead chat. This time by three tenageers, i think, who did beguin the conversation talkin about his drunk mother while making jokes about my name. Even, i think, they used the open code, to suit the chat at their convenience. I really cant believe why this can happen, dont talkin about the insults (the daily planet), i mean why you, the dead.net people let this things to happen. And of course, im ready to get more bullshit, just for this. Shame on me for being part of this and shame on you for let this things happen.

Hey bakalot

I was booted out too lots of times for misbehavin and I didn't do anything......anyway most of us here are really grate people :) just remember mean people suck, ignore them... Peace, Gigi *~****~* Have a Grate Day*~*****~*

Yes,Ignore them!

What Gigi said! A really grate and special place overall! Don't let a few sharp rocks stop you from walking on the beach!! peace,pk

Current chat instability

First off, I have no official relationship with this site other than as Just Another User. However, I am a software developer by trade and have offered this site's developers constructive feedback where I can, and where and when appropriate I do hear back from them as well. From that, I do know that there are efforts currently underway to improve the general stability and user experience on the site. And like most periods of transition, there are occasional hiccups. I'm relatively certain that the current chat issues are being caused by that, rather than by some user compromising the security of their their server platform. Understanding the code that they are using and being able to affect the code that they are using are two very different things. I'm sure they will get the current chat issues sorted forthwith. Just like I'm sure, bakalot, that you now realize that the usage of derogatory and insulting racial epithets on this site is not likely to be viewed as appropriate by the community here. Personally, I value the diversity of opinions and perspectives found on this site. I don't agree with all of them, and I'm also equally certain that there are others here who've seen more than enough from Mr. Pid as well. And that's fine, that's the way the wold works. We don't necessarily all need to like each other, but we should try to respect each other. Conversation is always more interesting than recitation, so speak your mind and not someone else's.

Mr. Pid

Fine job Stu. Absolutely beautiful, elegant, and thorough.

instability

Once i just used the wrong word. I exclaimed something like, 'ohh what a song wrote that ******'. I dont see why, my mistake. My Fault. Chat instability, no shop instability, i was thinking about to make my first purchase here, and ..... im sure there is no instability in the shop....And know i head for the beach ignoring mean people to enjoy this brand new day under the sun. All good things in all good time.

hey bakalot

Sorry for the bad experience. As people have said, we're not like that here. Nicely said, Mr. P. Folks, are we having technical difficulties, or were there some problem people in the chat room?

Chatroom is crazy

everyone is coming in and out in and out...very strange place to be tonight.......the ghosts are at it again beware........oooooooooooooooo

I'll tell Jonathan

things are strange again. Thanks!

the spirts abound

hey now, the chat room is gone, gone , gone!!hmmm? o well, HAPPY BIRTHDAY JERRY!!!

Chatroom is working

fine right now!! Just had a chat!!

how bout now?

too cool , i see the wheel has revolved again, new stuff and on Jerry's birthday!! did you plan it this way, jonathan and marye? can't wait too chat again, peace....what! oh yeah... HAPPY BIRTHDAY JER!!!

so the chatroom's back?

cool. I don't know whether the server transition was PLANNED for Jerry's birthday, but clearly it was an auspicious day to do it.

I spoke too soon

chatroom is still offline due to the server move, but it'll be back!

gonna get stranger

And I can't stop wonderingJust what you got Get the feeling I'm gonna find out real soon.... but for now you are temporary offline : ( and it's seems as i'm having to log in twice, the second time i actually have to type in! then if i do check on the chat and go back to recent posts via the side option on site page i'm no longer logged and have to go back using the back button on safari or firefox. Well you know it's gonna get stranger So let's get on with the show

i have the strange feeling..

(if i can read...) that the chat is off-line at least a week.there might be some doors who not everybody knows!!!!!!!!!!but regulary its offline pretty long:-( Frankly

is this thing on?

oh look, this works, even if the chat don't! did i miss the email saying the server was going to move and the site would be screwed up for a while? oh well, wheel keeps turning...now the question is do we know when we are hoping to be operational again(realisticly)??peacenlove2all tc

hi 73

I haven't heard a status report for a while but I assure you folks are working on it seriously. Sorry for all the trouble.

OK, intrepid travelers...

Jonathan, who is always looking out for us, has found some alternative chatroom software that he thinks might work a bit better. So, in that fine dead.net spirit, we need brave souls to to check it out and see how well it works in real life. If this sounds like you, head over to http://www.dead.net/testchat and chat on!

Won't work for me :(

I logged in and was gratefulmom dupe... hehe, then I logged out and bac in and I was a guest, now I can't get in it says chatroom window is already open, but I closed it I swear!

slow

things are moving really slow. sometimes pages wont open, unavailable. chatroom is faster but like gratefulmom said, strange stuff going on.

new chatroom

no problem apart from nobody there - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Spanish Jam

Hey Marye...

New chatroom worked for me today :) but I was alone :(

Hi Mary

nobody else there but all seems to work fine Bob - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Spanish Jam

thanks much

that's been my experience pretty much also. Keep them reports coming!

new chatroom?

maybe i'm just not allowed. i've tried to get in several times and it always says "offline".

test chat link

http://www.dead.net/testchat

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)

thanks

we THINK this may be fixed now, but if not speak up!

still just me

oh dear my timing must be awry - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Spanish Jam

fixed?

What is going on with the chatroom? Is it going to be reignited? Is it dead for good? What???

http://www.dead.net/testchat

http://www.dead.net/testchat , timmy go here

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!

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

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

im confused

theres more then one chat room?must i be invited? wow am i out of the loop! Peace, The Kid

I defer to those who spend more time there on that one

but in the meantime, Jonathan says he has changed some settings and things should be more secure. PLEASE report any problems. Thanks!

reason I`m not there

Some folks are probobley wondering where I am , he`s not in the chat room , maybe he does`nt want to be part of our comunity .. well that is not true , the letters are too small for me ,, even when i change the font they are still too small and it hurts my eye`s .. so that is why I am not there .. I do want to remain part of the comunity , I enjoy it here .. for the most part .. the vine thing has got me frustrated ,, but i do enjoy being here !! well with that said ,, I hope everyone has a wonderful day !! Peace .... Stu .....

stuman

I'll pass this to Jonathan--who knows, maybe it's fixable.

Universal Access...

... is what it's called in a Mac, I guess there's an equivalent feature in a PC machine. Anyway, it allows the user to zoom in to make the text bigger. I use it in the chat room, makes it a lot easier to read that tiny font they use there. HTH

Hey Stu!

You are one of the rocks on the vines! You gotta hang in there, miss seeing your early am posts. Knew something was up. Hang in there, like the acrobatic cat you are! Miss ya stu.peace,pk ps. oroboros's latest '77 and the neil vine will be worth the wait! We will try and keep that train rolling down the track, just don't want to do the he's gone part.

Hey Buddy ,Marey , Pk

Thank you !! Buddy you know I was wondering what that little button was for ,, well now i feel kinda dumb ,,.. you know us older guy`s and this is my first computer ,,..And with that minor dificulty solved you all can expect to see me in the chat room ... Thank you again Buddy ,, thank you Marey ,no need to bother Jonathan ,, and thank you PK .... will talk to you all later ... Peace and sweet dreams !! Stu ....

William Blke quote

Hello Hal, New here, Confused maybe its your signature or something, just passing through this site: But isn't that a quote from Aldous Huxley? I remember it from the Doors of Perception, in the preface? Don't have the book, its been like 20 plus years, but I didn't think it was Blake? I thought it was Huxley. My head hurts.............

text message number

does anyone have the number to get text messages regarding the latest information on the Band. thanks yuletime

if you go to home page

there is a sign-up for emails....might cover that

know your rights, brothers and sisters!

Be careful out there and know your rights. Here is a youtube video on your legal rights and search and seizure. Don't want to see too many people out there get into unnecessary trouble during the tour: http://stopthedrugwar.org/videos/busted now go have fun at the shows!

what is the "400" on the 09 tour t-shirt?

I have a question?!!We went to the Albany show April 17th. We got t-shirts from inside. My boyfriend got the blue tie-die (skeleton in car...i think) On the back is the list of tour stops. at the bottom is a triple rose pyramid if you will, inside is the number "400". Does anyone know what this means? It is driving us batty!!! *~Peace & Love*~

it's driving a lot of people batty

I have no good answer either!