I just want to quickly point out that CRCizer can also act as a standalone comment system that could replace JS-kit. I emailed CR today and suggested as much, but I think he is going to go with whatever Ken produces.
Worked fine. Looked very clean, good interface. Thanks to everybody who's been slaving away at the comments problem.... just because they think it's something that needs doing. You'll never make good capitalists! (The finest compliment I can bestow).
Bob Dobbs Fri Apr 3 18:04:36 2009 CDT #Anonymous says:
I'm w/ you Nemo...a few brew and all is well. That said, I wonder if we will again be disappointed by the FDIC. My thinking is that the Paulson scare tactics were just that; and that it was meant to send shivers up the asses of the Critters so that GS could dominate the global banking world..
CRbot has decided that he will not make the transition over to the proposed new system.
I think that honest people would at least have a discussion weighing the features already present in CRCizer vs this new comment system -- which is really just a stripped down version of Drupal.
Also, cost. You are expected to pay $5000 a year for this stripped down version of Drupal. CRbot has never taken a penny from anyone.
Yes, I understand that there are big plans. However, I know that CRCizer is already much closer to realizing those plans than vanilla Drupal comments.
But one gets the front page, and the other gets to post its own comments every now and then.
Goodbye mortals, you'll manage without me, I'm sure.
robot overlords? they left Jan 20th, replaced by rock star overlords
sam.2 Fri Apr 3 18:38:15 2009 CDT #Ministry of Truth says:
At the bottom of the page it reads "Fatal error: Call to undefined function batch_get() in /home/dev1/public_html/sites/all/modules/patterns/patterns.module on line 1919"
Ministry of Truth Fri Apr 3 18:38:17 2009 CDT #kcoop says:
Very odd. That code only runs at install time... What url were you hitting at the time?
"But one gets the front page, and the other gets to post its own comments every now and then. "
CR for whatever reason has decided to put this in the hands of a complete web neophyte. And now we are expected to contribute $5000 a year for some overpriced hosting over at host gator, because the choosen one can't figure out how to install some software.
Carnap: That is completely unfair to Ken. He is definitely not a web neophyte. However, at this point in time CRCizer is undisputably the richer interface and comment system.
Let me rephrase that statement: I will continue developing CRC until it comes to a point that I cannot access the data to read and write comments. CRBot's code janitor has given me his blessing to keep things running on his box as long as I need it.
Here's to hoping CRbot lives again and selfishly hoping that you start scraping the new system as well. Going to pour out some 10W-30 for CRbot tongiht.
No I am not that Brian. I am CRbot's code janitor. I am not an alien. Yogij wrote the CRCizer, and I helped some on the back end by scraping comments into a database and linking it to CRCizer. I also wrote the code that synchronized comments back to JS-kit. Ken wrote the CR Companion Firefox Plugin, and set up these new Drupal comments. Confusion eliminated?
Okay, so if we're at the suggestion stage, can we do anything about color? Because the blue on blue (I'm talking about Hoocoodanode here) is hard on the eyes. Maybe I'm just an old fogey but I like things really really readable.
The thing I miss about Haloscan was that I could click on a link and it would open a new window. JS-Kit and CRC seem to open the link in the same window and then I can't get back to where I left off in the thread. Is that something I must configure in my browser?
strongbad Fri Apr 3 19:33:07 2009 CDT #ATM card and $19 in the bank says:
nova,
You know that thing you do without even noticing it anymore? Yeah, that. Stop doing it and the rash will clear up.
ATM card and $19 in the bank Fri Apr 3 19:34:37 2009 CDT #vozworth says:
We're in your banks. We're on your teevee screens. You'll see us in your nightmares. You'll see us in your dreams. We appear out of nowhere, 'cause we aint what we seem.
Ken, on Chrome, I got the following error: Fatal error: Call to undefined function batch_get() in /home/dev1/public_html/sites/all/modules/patterns/patterns.module on line 1919
A good article. The point is after the cash infusion wears off - where is the demand going to come from?
Data from the JPMorgan March Global PMI provide solid evidence that the speed of contraction in global manufacturing is lessening at the present time. Indexes tracking trends in output and new orders generally continued to rise across the globe, and are in general now up significantly from the series lows registered at the end of 2008. However, both the output and the new orders indexes remained at very low levels, all still signalling continuing contraction and well below those consistent with anything resembling a recovery in either component
and
As far as stocks go Global manufacturers continued to unwind their inventory positions in March. Stocks of purchases declined at the fastest pace in the series history. Among the national manufacturing sectors covered, only India reported a gain in input inventories. Even here, the rate of growth was marginal. So one of the reasons why output levels may bounce back slighly in the next few months is that inventory levels must now be quite low in many cases, and to some extent new orders will need to be met from production rather than from stocks. In addition, we are in the middle of the stimulus programmes, and it would be surprising if we didn't see some impact on manufacturing output from all that money being spent. Another question altogether would be whether any of this spending is capable of gaining traction. With consumers all over the developed world battening down the hatches for a long winter, and saving as hard as they can to put some order back in their balance sheets, it would be surprising if the stimulus packages on the scale we are seeing them were actually sufficient to turn all this round at this point. So the outlook is, a few months of easing in the contraction, and then more of the same.
nova Fri Apr 3 19:49:31 2009 CDT #Buffalo Party Spokesperson says:
The Buffalo Party will remake America. Neither will you go hungry nor lack a place to live at the Buffalo Party's Campgrounds. We support a living wage. We will prosecute the banksters.
CRBot's functionality is vital to our community. But it's understandably frustrating to have the underlying commenting platform changing constantly.
On the other hand, one must expect CR to choose a trusted source (not necessarily the technical-best source) for his commenting system, because the long-term success of the blog depends in large measure on the happiness of the commenting community, which in turn requires stability of the comment system.
One suggestion would be for CR to put up a thread now and then for the code-meisters to use to coordinate their activities.
How do I know I am on the real commenting system or the old one?
Black Star Ranch Fri Apr 3 20:02:53 2009 CDT #nova says:
Shattered Gone To late came the fix Like the cherry blossoms petals drifting away so they did a roll call for comment crazed comrades who could not cope I would speak your names Alas
Major pension funds today are getting pitched to participate in the Obama administration's plan to buy banks' toxic mortgage assets.
Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. Chairman Sheila Bair was scheduled to brief the funds, including the California Public Employees’ Retirement System, on the program. The California State Teachers Retirement System also was invited.
nova i think that just leaves more beer for the rest of us. i'm trying out the new 'new belgium brewing' pale ale. good beer...
what was the question you posted to michael?
........
EHP our company its first lay off in its history 2 months ago. granted we've only been around since 1950 or so... still thats pretty good for a general contractor....
spirits are very very very low now.... just waiting for the next round...
Lawrence Summers, director of President Barack Obama's National Economic Council, took in more than $2.7 million in speaking fees paid by organizations that included Citigroup Inc., Goldman Sachs Group Inc., and Bank of America Corp., among other companies now receiving taxpayer funds in the economic bailout.
"Lawrence Summers, director of President Barack Obama's National Economic Council, took in more than $2.7 million in speaking fees paid by organizations that included Citigroup Inc., Goldman Sachs Group Inc., and Bank of America Corp., among other companies now receiving taxpayer funds in the economic bailout."
These guys are stupid. They sell too cheaply. Help a bank with trillions, then settle for a few mil? Obviously, they have rocks in their heads. How do they expect us to respect them when they get such a small piece of the action?
Banks could bet on toxic assets with taxpayers' money http://www.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUSTRE5320OK20090403 NEW YORK/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. banks that received billions of dollars of taxpayer money to bolster their capital could place bets on the same toxic assets that got them into trouble in the first place -- and with government support.
debtinator Fri Apr 3 20:43:48 2009 CDT #ATM card and $19 in the bank says:
EHP,
I am pretty jaded -- had to stifle a yawn when I saw the 4chan /b/ board -- but that french fry image really disturbed me. Not sure why. Maybe I just feel sorry for the old guy who screwed-up a perfectly good tongue willie.
ATM card and $19 in the bank Fri Apr 3 20:44:18 2009 CDT #debtinator says:
FWIW, the commenting section has been a bitch, but I'm not here for the commenting section. I appreciate all the work that different individuals have been - God knows I can't program my way out of a brown paper bag.
Really, its quite quite unclear what software one is using - is it the beta test or the JS-kit ? given that uncertainty, it keeps me away from commenting in the first place ! But anyway, here goes nothing..
I also post comments to an irc channel as they appear on haloscan. Click for a web irc interface: http://realize.org/cr (Or join the irc server directly: irc.realize.org:9996 #calculatedrisk)
CRbot is now proud to have the honor of introducing a NEW ERA in CR comments. With the JS-kit, but not below the JS-kit. A independent but integrated solution for all CR fanatics...
Brought to you by the hard work, dedication, and carpal-tunnel ridden fingers of your own yagij (and to a trifling amount your lovable CRbot code janitor, who will be flogged later)....
But first, let me don my ever stylish-- trendy but classic -- black mock turtleneck. And now, introducing the revolutionary new innovative revolution that will no doubt revolutionize CR comments forever... ENDING the era of agonizing over long, carefully crafted comments only to lose COUNTLESS MINUTES when your comment is eaten by the JS-kit gremlins... CHANGING for all time the way you talk about mortgage pigs, hoopajoops, red and green colored muppets, and born and bred dopes...
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yagij and CRbot: Now with more CRC-ized posting power. You can worship us a little now, mortals.
Barley, I think Paulson meant that would happen if Congress didn't approve TARP. I'm no fan of his, but he did what he thought needed to be done. History will judge him one way or the other.