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    marye
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    As you may have noticed, we've just implemented a much-requested chatroom. It is quite simple and has few fancy features, but for the moment we just want it to work!

     Anyway, have at it, and post your thoughts, feature requests, effusive thanks to the tech team, etc., right here. Thanks!

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  • marye
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    certainly seems not to be working now!
    I've reported it...
  • marye
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    bummer, stuman...
    sorry for the aggravation. The thing is a work in progress, that's for sure.
  • stuman
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    chat room chalenge
    oh man oh man ,,... what on earth is going on here ???? this morning i got kicked to the kurb more times then i could count ,,...clik on chat rm, it opens then immediatly i get kicked out ,,. or some enters or leaves the chat and we all get the boot ,,.. very frustrating !! a true chalenge to chat with freinds ,,.. I start to wright a message and get the boot with out even finishing me comment ,...I guise we can only hope that it can be repaired ,,... or maybe we should just pm each other ,, and the slow post`s that makes it very dificult to... Lets all attemp to think happy thoughts !! the frustration is not doing us any good... "let their be songs to fill the air" peace .... Hope everyone has a Grate Day !!!
  • TigerLilly
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    Badger has made some good wishes
    second them. Has been kinda frustrating-some of us spent parts of last weekend having a conversation after the other guys were already offline-as we kept missing each other, due to slow posts, or the "in the chatroom" list not showing accurately who had actually already exited the chat room, or other such wacky things.********************************** Don't part with your illusions. When they are gone, you will still exist, but you have ceased to live. Samuel Clemens
  • Sunshine-daydr…
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    time lag
    i just had a 12 minute timelag it was intersting answering posts and then waitin 12 minutes for them to appear. it was fine one minute then someone logged on and bang time lag Bob - - - - - - - - - - - - - - http://spanishsunshinedaydream.blogspot.com/ http://www.facebook.com/photos.php?id=633338979 Spanish Jam
  • marye
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    good points
    I have passed them on.
  • cosmicbadger
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    phew
    the chatroom is becoming a bit of test of patience right now. Its just me and the dog for the next 3 weeks and its fun to keep an eye out for buddies in the chat room while working on reports and such. but You get kicked if you do not post every 2 minutes or so (but cheeky experiments today show that you can cuss as much as you like :-)...(you know who you are ;-)...) Also no one knows who is in the chatroom without going there so we all keep missing each other..but cannot stay in there without being booted. Any chance of a 'who's in the chat room' list in the sidebar or even better a pop up window so we can chat and do other stuff too? How that happens is way beyond my tech understanding so I have no idea if such things are feasible and practical. But if they are then it would be nice ...
  • stuman
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    ah what ?
    I know the chat room was it`s strange querks, but wow i`ve been kicked out 8 times in like 20 minutes. I guise misbehavin is also saying good morning to everyone ... very strange place ....i hope it can be repaired soon, it would be nice to chat without getting the boot .. every two minutes .. Peace everyone !!!!
  • TigerLilly
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    Ah HA
    Just noticed that "misbehaving" also can mean being quiet for too long. Got kicked out twice when I went to the restroom-so must be some sort of timer thing.********************************** 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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    Grey Type Syndrome
    I think that this happens when a certain amount of time has passed since anyone has posted anything new to the chat. It may also be a clue that there really isn't anyone else there, despite who's listed. Likewise, posts from other users appearing in black are probably relatively recent. Anything that you post should be able to be seen by anyone else who goes there. I believe that each user's posts appear in red only to them. Conversation is always more interesting than recitation, so speak your mind and not someone else's.
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As you may have noticed, we've just implemented a much-requested chatroom. It is quite simple and has few fancy features, but for the moment we just want it to work!

 Anyway, have at it, and post your thoughts, feature requests, effusive thanks to the tech team, etc., right here. Thanks!

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it is really bad tonight, people leave and don't come back because of the malfunction, becoming too much a challenge to be fun If the doors of perception were cleansed, everything would appear to man as it is, infinite. William Blake
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but significantly troubled system. Don't know what to say but "ain't misbehavin'"!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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and got we all got booted out again! I was wondering at that point how long before we got tossed. Hilarious for a bunch of old farts to be tossed out!
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getting into a show without a ticket, ya never know when your gonna get caught misbehavin. as SomeOne once said in highnasalsmile "just remember your hippie training folks")))
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the door to the chat room seems to be closed,,..as soon as i enter, i (and or we all) get the boot... another strange thing ,, when i did get in a few minutes ago,,i got a blank screen, the area that say`s who is in the chatroom was there but no names ,,.. Including mine ,, i was there ,,.. ??? seriousley i was ,,..lol ,,..then got booted , as expected.... "nothing left to do but smile smile smile" and just PM each other but that`s not as much fun ,,....... take care ,,, peace ,........
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me too... same shit...
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polite person.but the F::::! bar of (whats misbehavin?)is veeeery low today.maybe it would be fun start a kickout olympics game...3:-)
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thatmisbehavin'isjustbeingyouandmebutwhataretheysayin'theywantustobe shoulditradeallmytiedyesfortieswithaknot andactlikethecleaverswardjunewallyn'snot thatsmisbehavin'thewaythatiseebuthatsnot reallywhatthatmessgagemeanstomeitsjust sayingtousallweain'tquitethereyetandwe'resorryalot hopefullysoonthebusridewillbejustlikethescenefromtheol'parkin'lot boutTminusthirtyafteryoudropthatcrazynitepurplemicrodot
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I really hope we don`t star loosing members over this frigin chat room shit !!!! That would be a shame ,,.. I know a lot of people are here just to chat to kind people sometimes ,, and if we can`t chat to kind people ,, what`s the point in being here ??? I was really starting to feel good about myself again,, that`s a feeling i hav`nt felt in 15 years ..it is nice to know there is so many like me out here but we just can`t talk to each other without a hassle,... it`s really sad ,,,,,,,,,,
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hell it is getting to the point when you can`t even finish what you started to write .. Marey you are a free lance riter , imagine someone taking away your note book before you can finish ...............
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I am sure that there are a lot of technologically gifted Dheads that could offer a shimmer of light about what is going on ... It was good to see that they fixed the issue about non-registered users entering the chat room. Thank you. It seems to be an issue with folks that enter the chatroom, say a few words, maybe more, and then have to leave for what ever reason. No wrong or mis-behaving going on here. When they leave it appears that the system thinks they are still part of the chatroom. Which then results in a certain level of in-activity that the system recognizes. Hence, the way to fix the issue is to 'flush the toilet' and kick everyone out.
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Just went back a page and read that I'm not the only vewwy, vewwy bad person. Yee hah!
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I just got kicked out for misbehaving myself. I have conveyed the general discontent to the tech folks. So sorry for the aggravation.
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that we all are in the same boat,but thats the thing anyway(a group of people called deadheads,swimming around life in a ship of fools.remember?)but that chat thing starts getting weird.i am apatient person wheni get the boot 50 times in one hour i try 50 times to get in again.but not everybody does and after going through this mess the third day,im also pretty bored pushing the button,but far more annoyed by the nice conversations that get cut and in the last consequence finished.and thats BAD,because alot of nice discussions were grounded and it ends up that the people dont take that thing for communication,but just for blabla..what else can u do in 30 secs.its a really big problem and i dont understand that the tech guys r not capable of dealing with it.if it continues,it will just slip away...and THAT WOULD BE SAD!
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I am not a major whiner, but come on, this is not working. If someone got $ to create a chatroom, they should make it work. Many of us try to do the best at our jobs, it would be nice if the people creating chatroom would or could too. Is that really asking to much? If the doors of perception were cleansed, everything would appear to man as it is, infinite. William Blake

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Like Janis said: Try, try, try just a little bit harder...
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I just got booted out twice for misbehaving myself. Jonathan is trying various things in hopes of resolving this.
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surely all they have to do is to completely remove the routine that does the kicking. Since it does not punish you for profanity and such anyway why keep it? Let us chat and self police for a while and see how it goes while they develop a more sophisticated kicking routine if such a thing is needed. They could publish or even make a discussion of the criteria for kicking people. I want to be on the committee that discusses what and what is not profanity as I am an expert on such things ;-) So please just turn off the fucking kicking machine!!!!
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as i believe that 99% of the people using the net have reached the age of 18(i dont want to impose on them that they are adults),though have aquired the right to decide for themselves what their doing,it just makes no sense to have an installation who treats them like an awkward teacher.(kicked out for misbehavin...i thought it was a hallucination when i 1st saw it).anyway i am sure that somebody coming to the chat and acting like a bastard,goof or otherwise being annoying to the people there,will be after a while ignorated .no machine needed...YEAH,turn that damn kick-thing off!!!!:-)(-:
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as i believe that 99% of the people using the net have reached the age of 18(i dont want to impose on them that they are adults),though have aquired the right to decide for themselves what their doing,it just makes no sense to have an installation who treats them like an awkward teacher.(kicked out for misbehavin...i thought it was a hallucination when i 1st saw it).anyway i am sure that somebody coming to the chat and acting like a bastard,goof or otherwise being annoying to the people there,will be after a while ignorated .no machine needed...YEAH,turn that damn kick-thing off!!!!:-)(-:
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as i believe that 99% of the people using the net have reached the age of 18(i dont want to impose on them that they are adults),though have aquired the right to decide for themselves what their doing,it just makes no sense to have an installation who treats them like an awkward teacher.(kicked out for misbehavin...i thought it was a hallucination when i 1st saw it).anyway i am sure that somebody coming to the chat and acting like a bastard,goof or otherwise being annoying to the people there,will be after a while ignorated .no machine needed...YEAH,turn that damn kick-thing off!!!!:-)(-:
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must have made an error.excuse me for abusing so much place....
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i get an error on page , at the bottom of the screen ? then the boot ? not whinning just saying what i see ... wow Frankly i thought sunshine Bob could only get a tripple !! LOL cool ...
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Chat is great!Would b nice to be able to see who is in there before u go in, is that technically possible? I mean with out major hassles? Are you kind?
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I've passed along the request for that feature, which I agree would be a good thing.
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Oh, nice one! Thanks! Are you kind?
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I got the chatroom blueswon’t let me stay when I choose been booted again can’t share all my news. I got the chatroom blues I been paying my dues just me misbehaving can’t all get your views. I got the chatroom blues we want to read what we spew with Buddy, CB, Ami and Chris LOL what can we do? If the doors of perception were cleansed, everything would appear to man as it is, infinite. William Blake
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Just got kicked out for being knotty
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If anyone wishes to say hello to me please PM me,, the damm chat room is frigin imposible !!!!!!!!!!! Been booted 6 times in 60 seconds !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! can`t even stay in long enough to see who is in there .... Maybe is should just be totally removed .... it`s like putting a big fat joint in front of you and telling you not to smoke that thing !!! Chat room blues for sure !!!! love that post Hal !! Take care everyone !! Hope to hear from someone !! Peace !!
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please do not take my postings the wrong way i an not mad . life just gets a little agravating sometimes. getting the boot, well i know everyone has this issue, getting booted so fast like that is just agravating thats all. we all just need someone to talk to sometimes. hope the chat room can be repaired soon.. peace ...
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Maybe we got the boot for the blood & murder talk this time. Hells bells, I squealed like a pig. Hog actually ~ " Hog for you Baby"
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Can I repeat my request :-) it does no good at all so why not just switch it off, let us self police while the bugs are fixed off line and reinstall it when it works and if needed. Pleeeeease. A lot of us sad lonely folk who seek refuge there are being pushed further to the edge or madness!
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I'm not entirely sure that's the true source of the problem rather than a symptom. But I'll pass along the request.

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Part of the fun is the spontaneity of the format. It's like when you're trying to get it on with yer old lady and somebody keeps knocking on the door. Or the dog keeps yapping away, or the phone keeps ringing. All those distractions take away from the experience. The getting kicked out issue is becoming too much of a distraction. Please don't take this as a complaint, I just want to chat with a few buds, and have some fun. Thank you for having a great site for us DH's to hang out and have a bit of community, in that great big old place Mr. Barlow calls cyber-space. Peas and hominy, Bud Plant
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Jonathan says, oh, how we wish we could just disable the kick function, but it doesn't appear to be possible with the software in question. He also says that he's incorporated some fixes and is running a test version of the software on a test site and hopes to have some good news for us soon. Thanks, folks, we feel your pain and we want it to stop too.
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cool ... it is nice to know that Jonathan is working on the issue,,.. will someone please PM me when or if he gets it repaired.. Or anyone can Pm me for whatever reason , just to say hello or whatever conversation is a wonderfull thing ,,,,.... Thank you ! Have a Grate Day everyone.. peace ... Stu ..........
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i am in no way a tech wiz.but my brother IS,and my son is going that direction too.both of them have thaught me a basic rule when it comes down to work with comps.they are machines,and they wont do anything what was not put into their program to do!so my humble conclusion is:in this software there is a function,lets call it kick-machine,which to work must be turn ON,that leads me to the further idea that their must,no their HAS to be a function that is capable to turn OFF the kick-thing.its just incredible to imagine that you have software which you cannot controll,because ON/OFF are the basics of control.if i am wrong than you have a software which decides instead of the people who installed it.come on,mary,please tell me that this is not true. :-)(-:P.S.if it was a test run,than it is allready going on for months,and i just cant imagine that you have installed software which controls you instead of you controlling it.Please mary there is so much frustration,deception etc.being caused by this ONE malfunction...turn the button if you can........and have a nice weekend!!

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... to fix the issues in the chat room I would do so forthwith. Sadly, I do not possess such high level skills. However, and post haste I will concentrate all my positive thoughts on getting this thing straightened out, and I know if we all think good positive thoughts everything's gonna be all right. Perhaps we could close our eyes and wiggle our noses and viola! it's all fixed and working like clockwork. Then all the heads worldwide in Europe, and Asia, and South America, and North America, and everywhere else can chat one day and have a fun and totally groovy chat experience. Who knows, maybe we Deadheads can solve all of the issues that are troubling mankind at this time. I personally think that if we used more Hemp, things would be much more copacetic. So let's get to work on the chat room and maybe, just maybe we save Planet Earth. Which by the way, just happens to be the best planet that ever was.