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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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    Fine job Stu. Absolutely beautiful, elegant, and thorough.
  • Mr. Pid
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    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.
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    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
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    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*~*****~*
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    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.
  • marye
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    no...
    just more software silliness. Please carry on...
  • cosmicbadger
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    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?
  • marye
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    we think this is fixed
    please speak up if you're still having trouble. thanks Jonathan!
  • marye
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    of course! It's Sunday!
    I'll let Jonathan know. Thanks and sorry for the Issues.
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    YUP!
    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
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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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Do For Other's you Will Feel Better!!! Guaranteed did bent mylimb play and stickey start and bom constantly. Heard they played a few times?
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When's your mom throwin out those old unwanted dead tapes?
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Johnman, you fergot Krill Hoistman 'n' Crowbar Grunter....
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I guess I did....and Macky Hort.....
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Blessings and Prayers.To the Soldiers The Warriors PeaceMakers Not The Governments that put them there the Men/Women And there Families far to many have been effected on all sides. No war Is worth the Damage to humans everywhere And Blessings to All Lost In This Silly Drug War Do For Other's You Will Feel Better. Guaranteed!!!!
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Well i guess the folks who operate this site don't want the chatroom anymore.I am very disappointed as i met some great friends in there and visited this site almost everyday to see them.I am going to try and continue on without it,but as a disabled and fairly homebound deadhead,i just want everyone i met there to know my life was better with you all in it.The time i spent there everyday was a blessing to me and i love all of you very much.Thank you for all you did to bring me happiness and joy while we had the chance to be together.The place will be sorely missed by this deadhead.I wish you all the peace,love happiness and prosperity that life can offer.Now i will fly up into the sky and disappear into a hole in the smog like the lorax.
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while I can't say what's ultimately on the minds of the higher-ups, I think it's fairly obvious that the finite technical resources have been rather consumed with the 30 Days of Dead and that's likely to continue for the next couple of weeks. When I have anything more specific to report I will.
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your post has me a wee bit worried.********************************** I am not young enough to know everything. Oscar Wilde
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and the absence of the chat room should not mean that people don't find another way to stay in touch. In my old age I've seen a lot of online gathering places come and go, and it's just a practical reality to have a disaster plan--I mean, if Gagalive could vanish with no warning in a heartbeat... Being on the Internet is like living in earthquake country. You need a disaster plan. All of which is not to say that we're unaware or unappreciative of the issue, or that we're not planning to address it, but people need to figure out ways to stay in touch with each other also!
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http://www.savagetek.com/dnet/ <<< sweethearted savge has made a dead chat 4 us during this time os the deadnetchat darkages :P chat ppl go there. more at nite than day. so show up and say hey to eacher like we use to. PEACE (~);-)
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the abcents of deadnet chat does mean alot to ppl. its been there for how long?? only true site where we can and have met. hope u guys figure it out cause alot miss it :)
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I know before you used to be able to make a chat room.With some Hosts/Servers. What about a ICQ. And how much could it cost?? Be proactive make your own. When did us freaks of society wait to be told where to go and when :)? Too much knowledge in this venue not to come up with a answer, Peace and Blessings to all. Smiley dave Do For Other's You Will Feel Better. Guaranteed!!!!
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Just did a search for cost of a chat room on web.Many free and cheap choices. The dyslexia is rampant this am so ill leave the reading to others. Peas Smiley D Do For Other's You Will Feel Better. Guaranteed!!!!
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Ok i basically found out that all ya need is a web site.And then post the chat link. Ok everyone say no shit sherlock. hey news to me. We can get a go go daddy or other cheap hoster. Host Gator is A good one for 90 a year. Now can we get a link on deadnet to point them to the Chat room.?? I will even volunteer i now have a dictation thing for mac so my typing and data processing much quicker. I figure a basic DEAD CHAT ENTER and away it goes even if 100 people only want to do it 5 bucks should cover it for 3 yrs. Unless i do not understand which happens with Just being dense.. Good one and Blessings to all Smiley Dave. Ill buy a box and run it for everyone(box a computer just for chat and downloading music was planning on it any ways since. im not moving as soon as id like. might as swell. Some one contemplate this tell me my errors and what corrections. Please correct my ignorance, Smiley Dave Do For Other's You Will Feel Better. Guaranteed!!!!
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But thank God for the chatroom. Hope someday it comes back, I tend to agree that the tech side will be taken up with 30 days of the dead and then Christmas time orders...we prob won't see one till after January. And we do have the savage chatroom bail out that mona mentioned. Although, sometimes it's not populated. I miss you all a bunch, but I know I can always pick up a phone too. Love yas, and mwas. ♥~♥~♥~♥~♥~♥~♥~♥~♥~♥~♥~♥~♥~♥~♥~♥~♥~♥~♥~♥~♥~♥~♥~♥~♥~♥~♥ Twirly Banner
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are you ?
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johnman thought it was a spammer.....bur with an actual name, and picture....ahhh, probably spam....
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must be-considering she's been a member for only 8 hours, and the chatroom has been down for longer than that. ********************************** I am not young enough to know everything. Oscar Wilde
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off to the bit bucket she goes...
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I feel like I may have won on the 23rd, but it's now going on 8:00 PM and it still says they haven't selected a winner. I'm just wondering if this is normal because I've never paid much attention to it until today, and to be honest I really would like to know who won.
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The intrepid Darren has set up a chat room for us. Please be aware that we're expecting it to be a bit buggy, so go ahead and put it through its paces and report any issues. Thank you Darren!
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Thanks Marye and intrepid Darren seems to work for me, but I am all alone so far!
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it may take a while to get back the momentum!
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Wohoooo chatroom♥~♥~♥~♥~♥~♥~♥~♥~♥~♥~♥~♥~♥~♥~♥~♥~♥~♥~♥~♥~♥~♥~♥~♥~♥~♥~♥ Twirly Banner
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oh boy!!...I'm gonna try it right now....!!!
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a nice Christmas present from yall......thanks!
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marye anbd Darren. :)) hope your holidaze r bountiful with love! u sure have made mine! MWA!!!
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it sure is workin no one in though but probably early in the good old us of a !!!!!!!!!!
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Blessings and prayers to you and yours.Have a Great Holidaze. Do For Other's You Will Feel Better. Guaranteed!!!!
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Yes, there is a login to the chat room. However, you don't need to create a separate account, just use the same ID and password that you use to log in here. We had some problems with the old chat that people who were not logged in here and probably not members were getting in the chat room and causing trouble, so this is meant to solve that issue. And, with regard to another issue from the old chat, this new chat room comes with the ability to ignore people who annoy you. So if someone's acting up, just select their name in the list in the right column (who's in the chat room), click for the pulldown menu, and select Ignore. This should put an end to the playground squabbles as there is no need to engage with a squabbler. Thanks and chat on!
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remove the offending party from your view, while still allowing others to see their posts?
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No "censorship," but no audience either if everyone does this. Bad actors are attention junkies, and rendering them the proverbial tree falling in the forest when nobody hears it deprives them of the audience they crave. Freedom of speech does not mean anyone has to listen to you.
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just was curious on minor technical aspects, however, it does seem to leave open a few things...thanx marye!!
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if you're the kind of person who googles yourself to see what people are saying about you, this approach may have its failings. But in general few things shut bad actors up faster than the realization they're talking to a void.
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just tried to log in- to the chat room, using my screenname acount from here, and I guess My name is too long ? I could not log in, using my name and password from herer ? what to do ? oo ?? Happy Holidaze everybody ! Beth ( Liz ) Kempf Hey Now OO play on- KEEP LISTENING
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I have no idea. Let me know if the problem persists.
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into "The Lounge" once or twice, when had a second-but was lounging alone. Wrong time or wrong place, not sure which :)********************************** I am not young enough to know everything. Oscar Wilde
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probably wrong time...
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it's pretty slow here during the holidays...at least till the shows start!
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The route 420 sign is pictured through out the Dead scenario.Can someone tell me what it signifies other than the obvious? (U.S. Highway)?
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it is really getting to be an issue to be able to get on chat. been slow anough since the new one but hard when u invite ppl who really want to come on and its just a hassle so they give up. have to give weird unstructions like go and back and forth between to white page and the not found page to get the blue page. then if u get the whole blue page it wont post what u r typing. i know savage offered his services in helping to get a free chat that work very well. so i do hope u look into it. we DO like are chat and would love others to come and share the love. TY :)
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it thinks we have dirty minds :) Totall innocent words that we type, such as glasses or documentary get automatically changed into weird things.********************************** I am not young enough to know everything. Oscar Wilde
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I will pass this along. I know the tech guys have one or two other things on their plates these days.