sometimes she's all thumbs....but now she has no thumbs.
What's up?
**** actually, I just wat to see if I can mark 'helpful' or not....but it would be good if she had thumbs ****
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Okay, what happened to Purple's thumbs?
Moderator
23rd Jan 2011
Clarifications
It seems I can ask for Clarification, I have no thumbs either, makes it very difficult to pick up things.
Michael Jay
23rd Jan 2011
You can't mark 'helpful', but you can select an answer as "the answer". Look at the left hand lower edge of each answer post.
AnsuGisalas
25th Jan 2011
Answers (14)
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good question think maybe- might have- gotten rid of them
but you can vote...
23rd Jan 2011
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Or I can answer the question
the thumbs she had are gone, and so are mine.
Can you spare a thumb?
I think you can give something by voting my answer in a + direction, if you and enough people vote in a - direction, my post will disappear.
Can you spare a thumb?
I think you can give something by voting my answer in a + direction, if you and enough people vote in a - direction, my post will disappear.
23rd Jan 2011
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collapse, not disappear 
You can still read it by clicking the + symbol to expand the collapsed post... but we're hoping most people don't. That way, people who write ridiculous or offensive things will eventually be ignored.
You can still read it by clicking the + symbol to expand the collapsed post... but we're hoping most people don't. That way, people who write ridiculous or offensive things will eventually be ignored.
Sonja Thompson
24th Jan 2011
I may be in the minority, but ridiculous and (some) offensive things often crack me up. I'll most likely be viewing them. 
boxfiddler
24th Jan 2011
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Dang!
I shoulda got a screenshot of my 182 thumbs!?!
23rd Jan 2011
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So it's official I's been robbed
That's just not good enough. 
Now I'll have to send Luigi to have a very long talk to Jason to get this sorted out.
OH and Darryl here are some Thumbs just for you.
Now what am I going to do with that new freezer that I've just bought to store all the new Thumbs that I get?
And to those who's Thumbs I already have No I'm not giving them back.
Edited to add Someone better tell Boxy AKA Davette that when you apply an edit the Formatting goes away.
Col
Now I'll have to send Luigi to have a very long talk to Jason to get this sorted out.
OH and Darryl here are some Thumbs just for you.
Now what am I going to do with that new freezer that I've just bought to store all the new Thumbs that I get?
And to those who's Thumbs I already have No I'm not giving them back.
Edited to add Someone better tell Boxy AKA Davette that when you apply an edit the Formatting goes away.
Col
Updated - 23rd Jan 2011
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The way your avatar crops, I have to say: someone seems to be unusually passionate about Rich Text Format :=)
AnsuGisalas
23rd Jan 2011
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Heaven knows
Where this response will end up, not being clear to me at the moment.
What is clear, is that to Colin's Luigi, I will add my Guido. Somebody else I know may add her chainsaw.
What is clear, is that to Colin's Luigi, I will add my Guido. Somebody else I know may add her chainsaw.
23rd Jan 2011
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No 'may' about it.
boxfiddler
23rd Jan 2011
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Well at the moment
I've been keeping HAL away from the Air Lock Controls as that is a fairly permanent solution that may not get the desired results.
Actually I'm still trying to work out how to navigate this new site and make things work the way that I'm used to. Now all I have to work out is how to Subscribe to Threads that I have not made a post to.
Col
Actually I'm still trying to work out how to navigate this new site and make things work the way that I'm used to. Now all I have to work out is how to Subscribe to Threads that I have not made a post to.
Col
Updated - 23rd Jan 2011
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Could you clarify that, please?
I have a new toy.
I have a new toy.
boxfiddler
23rd Jan 2011
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It looks like Thumbs have gone the way of TR Points
That is, to the bit bucket.
Or they haven't got that neighborhood paved yet.
Or they haven't got that neighborhood paved yet.
23rd Jan 2011
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What's that in this bucket here? Ew... a huge pile of thumbs with points sticking out of them.
The cactus farmers must be using hack surgeons!
The cactus farmers must be using hack surgeons!
AnsuGisalas
23rd Jan 2011
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The truth is
I ate them... I was really hungry
24th Jan 2011
3
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The thumbs up as we knew them
Are indeed gone. Now it looks like we have OH Smeg or Hal 9000 distributing them at an obscene rate!
In all seriousness, our plan is to eventually offer "reputation points" based on the current Voting system... answering questions correctly will get you "x" amount of points. There will be some sort of tier system that grants privileges to folks the more points they accumulate.
When we were creating the specs for this new system, we did talk about members who had a lot of thumbs and if they'll be compensated in some way when this new feature is rolled out. I can't promise anything, but perhaps...
Hope that helps!
In all seriousness, our plan is to eventually offer "reputation points" based on the current Voting system... answering questions correctly will get you "x" amount of points. There will be some sort of tier system that grants privileges to folks the more points they accumulate.
When we were creating the specs for this new system, we did talk about members who had a lot of thumbs and if they'll be compensated in some way when this new feature is rolled out. I can't promise anything, but perhaps...
Hope that helps!
24th Jan 2011
3
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I miss my thumbs :(
So now how do we indicate the correct answer?
24th Jan 2011
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By voting + in the Votes box at the top right...
boxfiddler
24th Jan 2011
But I can't vote for my own answer.
Slayer_
25th Jan 2011
Hmmm. Justin posted earlier that he had been able to vote up or down his own posts in Discussions. Interesting.
boxfiddler
25th Jan 2011
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I agree I worked hard for those Thumbs
So why were they removed, now we no longer hold a rating for our good answers? or how are the ratings for the members kept?
24th Jan 2011
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How are y'all replying to individual comments?
I can't figure out what to click in order to reply to someone.
24th Jan 2011
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I've been using 'Ask for clarification', and it appears that is what others are doing as well. Of course, in a tech question, whoever does that won't be able to get a vote... I've posted in the official thread that maybe they ought to a 'Reply' button in the Ask for, Flag, Favortie line.
boxfiddler
24th Jan 2011
That would be the official feedback thread. Apparently these aren't editable, too.
boxfiddler
24th Jan 2011
Test. Testing, testing; 1, 2, 3. The quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dog, SIR!
CharlieSpencer_Palmetto
25th Jan 2011
'A'.
I wonder if these 'clarification' requests show up in my posts?
I wonder if these 'clarification' requests show up in my posts?
boxfiddler
25th Jan 2011
Yes, they do, but with no indication what thread it appears in or what the subject of the request for clarification is.
boxfiddler
25th Jan 2011
All your Request For Clarification are belong to us!!!
AnsuGisalas
25th Jan 2011
I'd give that a thumb, Ansu...
boxfiddler
25th Jan 2011
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The answer is
The apocalyptic platypus ate them!
Has to do with the new Zodiac that Science isn't selling to the Astrologically inclined.
It's very very technical, but luckily it's all strictly on a need to know basis.
Has to do with the new Zodiac that Science isn't selling to the Astrologically inclined.
It's very very technical, but luckily it's all strictly on a need to know basis.
25th Jan 2011
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Forty-Two!!!
(The answer to life, the universe, and everything!)
And if you're really that heartbroken about it, you can vote for yourself!
And if you're really that heartbroken about it, you can vote for yourself!
25th Jan 2011
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Is that 42 base 10
or 42 base 13?
or 42 base 13?
AnsuGisalas
25th Jan 2011
Base ten, as it was written "forty-two". AFAIK, there are no names for numbers outside the base ten system.
seanferd
25th Jan 2011
That depends on whether we think of the "name" of a number as a productive or not. If it's calcified then it can be expanded beyond "four tens and two" into meaning "four of the first order and two of the null order" of any number system in which such makes sense (i.e. more than quaternary).
AnsuGisalas
26th Jan 2011
