zedmelon's Journal: WOOHOO!

I had no time today to check /. at all, hope I don't lose those mod points before using them, but I won't be able to try for another 18 hours.

That aside, I must gloat, because I have a "fan" who's willing to devote nearly all of his mod points to me, and using a variety of "-1" flavors, to boot. One possible could be princewally, who today doubled my "freaks" population.

That, or I've recently pissed off an editor. Probably with this comment here, in which I should've clarified that the only reason to care about karma is that your posts are seen by more people, and what's the point of posting if no one's going to read it? Anyway, the reason I suspect my above statement came in the mail:

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Ummmm, you're welcome?
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PS: Does anyone know (I'm not a coder, so I couldn't download Slashcode and figure it out anyway) why URLS pasted into comments--and apparently journal entries--get chopped towards the end? Is it just long words in general?

PS:Doesanyoneknow(I'mnotacoder,soIcouldn'tdownload Slashcodeandfigureitoutanyway)whyURLSpastedintocomments--and apparentlyjournalentries--getchoppedtowardstheend? Isitjustlongwordsingeneral? [/experiment]

Maybe so, but I still would like to know why, if anyone out there knows.

chopping long words

[turg]

Chopping up long strings of text was instituted as a defence against the page-widening trolls

Re:chopping long words

[zedmelon]

Ah. Thanks. How long ago was this? ...and how wide did the pages get before they were fixed? That sounds moderately funny, until you think about trying to actually read a page.

Re:chopping long words

[turg]

Pages got as wide as the trolls cared to make them. It was quite some time ago.

Re:chopping long words

[zedmelon]

heh. It sounds kinda funny until you think about trying to *read* an article. What great lengths we travel in order to be a pain in the ass.

I keep forgetting to ask you, can you use any of this stuff? [meandsomefriends.org] It's all in good condition, and won't be needed at my house again. [/offtopic]

Re:chopping long words

[turg]

Already have a bouncy seat, the first two items look very cool, BUT where are you located? I'm in Toronto. Shipping these items internationally (or even across Canada) might cost more than they're worth.

Re:chopping long words

[zedmelon]

Yeah, I knew you were in Toronto. I'm in Colorado. If I recall, the porta-bed thing was around $40, so it'd still be worth shipping it. Either way, I'm glad a friend can use them instead of a random stranger, so say the word, and they're yours.

You still have my email address, right?

Re:chopping long words

[turg]

I'm not entirely sure that it'll cost less than that to ship but it's always worth a try. I'll e-mail you. Thank you very much