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Why when I log on to a the Irc chat in a library that I get a blackout dns error? Tried on several computers and non of them have blocks that I know of

Might be blocked by your library at a higher level than the computer. That's a local (usually firewall) sort of policy.

Cheers,

~Claw

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So, what exactly is looked for in a thread for thread of the month?

There's lots of exacting and sciency criteria, which is painfully researched then fed via magnetic strip on spools into the extremely powerful Amstrad home computer (circa 1984) that crunches these numbers to generate an impressive list of member generated threads!

(Buy yours today! (not a link to ebay))

Criteria include, but are not limited to:

The time of day.

Hunger.

New(ish) member.

Cosmic rays.

Deterioration of magnetic media.

Cool factor (Celsius).

Not forgetting a TOTM candidate URL.

"Well, the neighbor liked it so it has to be good, and they don't even know what a Kerbal is".

Random clicking of various PC input buttons.

Cheese.

The Kraken.

Clouds (because every thread has clouds these days).

"Is this thread safe? It looks safe, it's in the Science labs though, please be safe and not be a huge fight 30 pages in..."

Not a repeat (hopefully).

Vanamonde sent me it and the music isn't weird this time.

"That is awesome, I better bookmark this one"

More cheese (another type).

Bats.

"Crap crap crap I forgot the date, gotta look for something quick!"

Is this funny/thoughtful/new?

ls ./kerbalspaceprogram.com/threads/comments/ | grep 'wow' | sort | less

Has anyone posted something that pushes Linux adoption this month?

Do I understand the thread? (usually returns false)

Partridges and pear trees.

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Yes, mods have edit permissions on all posts. What are you trying to do, exactly?

The RainDreamer's computer is out of commission, so we need a way to update the OP for the number war. As a Game Master, I'm looking into ways to keep the post current until her computer is back.

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Zero. Many people don't read OPs beyond the title, it's just the way it is. No sense getting upset about it.

Edit for Dman979; I haven't been following that game, but from looking at it it seems to me that the OP updates aren't time sensitive or critical. Perhaps it is just better to wait until Raindreamer has access again.

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Edit for Dman979; I haven't been following that game, but from looking at it it seems to me that the OP updates aren't time sensitive or critical. Perhaps it is just better to wait until Raindreamer has access again.

Yes, it's not time critical. I am just looking into options right now. Besides, it wouldn't be fair to you (or any Mod) to have to update the OP for us.

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Yes, it's not time critical. I am just looking into options right now. Besides, it wouldn't be fair to you (or any Mod) to have to update the OP for us.

It might be suitable for RIC; The more I learn about his pre-mod shenanigans the more I'm convinced he was pressed into it as community service for his crimes.

(That is, of course, a joke)

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Can anyone explain what is happening to my licensing spoiler here:http://forum.kerbalspaceprogram.com/threads/130662

The forum seems to be splitting it up into multiple spoilers, and when I try to edit it back down to one it gets worse. I've had this problem before and ended up having to just delete it entirely.

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