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On 07/08/11 08:32, Cybe R. Wizard wrote:
> On Sun, 7 Aug 2011 09:14:42 -0400
>> The one that I posted was from 2007 so you're within that range.
>> It's a weird policy though!
> The page you referenced also says, "You are browsing a READ only
> archive of the main support categories pre 4/21/2008."
>
> I'd guess that indicates the age of 'blocked' articles.

I think it's a good idea they block them personally and require login :P
you guys can't honestly say you've never ran into somebody who tried
something years old on a recent release, can you?


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On Sun, 7 Aug 2011, Alan Pope wrote:

> On 7 August 2011 14:14, Tom H <tomh0665@gmail.com> wrote:
> > It's a weird policy though!
> >
>
> Unfortunately there's a lot of "wrong" on the internet, rubbing some
> of it out isn't easy

http://xkcd.com/386/

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On 7 August 2011 14:54, Robert P. J. Day <rpjday@crashcourse.ca> wrote:
> *http://xkcd.com/386/
>

There's a world of difference between arguing with someone about who
is right, and technically incorrect how-to's which could break your
system.

Al.

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Tom H wrote:

On Sun, Aug 7, 2011 at 5:59 AM, Alan Pope<alan@popey.com> wrote:

On 7 August 2011 10:44, Colin Law<clanlaw@googlemail.com> wrote:


What age are they being blocking at?


I don't recall. Probably something like 2007 and older, but don't
quote me on that.


The one that I posted was from 2007 so you're within that range.

It's a weird policy though!



Speaking as a raw *nix newbie, I disagree to a certain extent.

The goal of pushing obsolete "information" to the background is
*VERY* good. Unless you have been recently through it, you can't
imagine the grief caused by following an apparently logical path of
inquiry path and then finding that something significantly changed
at an unknown point in the past.


I don't know enough about the archiving system etc to suggest a
better solution.





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Cybe R. Wizard wrote:

On Sun, 7 Aug 2011 09:14:42 -0400
Tom H<tomh0665@gmail.com> didst polemicize thusly:


On Sun, Aug 7, 2011 at 5:59 AM, Alan Pope<alan@popey.com> wrote:

On 7 August 2011 10:44, Colin Law<clanlaw@googlemail.com> wrote:


What age are they being blocking at?


I don't recall. Probably something like 2007 and older, but don't
quote me on that.


The one that I posted was from 2007 so you're within that range.

It's a weird policy though!


The page you referenced also says, "You are browsing a READ only
archive of the main support categories pre 4/21/2008."

I'd guess that indicates the age of 'blocked' articles.


Cybe R. Wizard


*TILT* Not necessarily so ;/
When I go to { http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=359705 }
the only date I see is in the copyright notice.


Could this difference be due to me never having registered on
anything on Ubuntu Forums website?







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On 7 August 2011 15:15, Richard Owlett <rowlett@pcnetinc.com> wrote:
> Cybe R. Wizard wrote:
>>
>> On Sun, 7 Aug 2011 09:14:42 -0400
>> Tom H<tomh0665@gmail.com> *didst polemicize thusly:
>>
>>> On Sun, Aug 7, 2011 at 5:59 AM, Alan Pope<alan@popey.com> *wrote:
>>>>
>>>> On 7 August 2011 10:44, Colin Law<clanlaw@googlemail.com> *wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> What age are they being blocking at?
>>>>
>>>> I don't recall. Probably something like 2007 and older, but don't
>>>> quote me on that.
>>>
>>> The one that I posted was from 2007 so you're within that range.
>>>
>>> It's a weird policy though!
>>>
>> The page you referenced also says, "You are browsing a READ only
>> archive of the main support categories pre 4/21/2008."
>>
>> I'd guess that indicates the age of 'blocked' articles.
>>
>>
>> Cybe R. Wizard
>
> *TILT* Not necessarily so ;/
> When I go to { http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=359705 } the only
> date I see is in the copyright notice.
>
> Could this difference be due to me never having registered on anything on
> Ubuntu Forums website?

It appears that if one is logged in then one sees the posts with the
Read Only message, but one is not logged in to the forum then one just
sees the blocked message.

I don't see the logic of this. If the idea is to hide old posts then
what is the point of hiding them only from people not logged in?

Colin

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On 7 August 2011 15:24, Colin Law <clanlaw@googlemail.com> wrote:
> I don't see the logic of this. *If the idea is to hide old posts then
> what is the point of hiding them only from people not logged in?
>

Compromise.

In theory Google will eventually forget those posts exist. In the
interim if Joe Newuser googles for "ubuntu broadcom foobar" or
whatever they wont get to the (wrong) post they found via google. In
the longer term those broken (wrong) posts wont show up on google.

However the posts are still there for reference in the database should
they be needed.

This is a relatively recent change that the forums guys are working on.

Al.

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On 07/08/11 09:24, Colin Law wrote:
> It appears that if one is logged in then one sees the posts with the
> Read Only message, but one is not logged in to the forum then one just
> sees the blocked message.
>
> I don't see the logic of this. If the idea is to hide old posts then
> what is the point of hiding them only from people not logged in?

Lazyness factor? I'll honest here, normally when I search for something
on Google if it's behind a login wall I just back out and find the next
results, perhaps they figure the lot of us are like that. Would rather
hit that back button and go to the next result then login to keyring and
get my Ubuntu password.

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On Sun, Aug 7, 2011 at 9:32 AM, Cybe R. Wizard
<cybe_r_wizard@earthlink.net> wrote:
> On Sun, 7 Aug 2011 09:14:42 -0400
> Tom H <tomh0665@gmail.com> didst polemicize thusly:
>
>> On Sun, Aug 7, 2011 at 5:59 AM, Alan Pope <alan@popey.com> wrote:
>> > On 7 August 2011 10:44, Colin Law <clanlaw@googlemail.com> wrote:
>> >>
>> >> What age are they being blocking at?
>> >
>> > I don't recall. Probably something like 2007 and older, but don't
>> > quote me on that.
>>
>> The one that I posted was from 2007 so you're within that range.
>>
>> It's a weird policy though!
>>
> The page you referenced also says, "You are browsing a READ only
> archive of the main support categories pre 4/21/2008."

Once you login; before you login you just get a login window.

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On Sun, Aug 7, 2011 at 9:27 AM, Alan Pope <alan@popey.com> wrote:
> On 7 August 2011 14:14, Tom H <tomh0665@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> It's a weird policy though!
>
> Unfortunately there's a lot of "wrong" on the internet, rubbing some
> of it out isn't easy

Putting a red banner stating that the thread is old and the
information that it contains might no longer apply to current Ubuntu
releases might be better because it could open a new path of inquiry
for someone who's googling for a solution.

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