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Failed to connect to MySQL: (1203) User howardkn already has more than 'max_user_connections' active connectionsPath: ...!weretis.net!feeder9.news.weretis.net!news.quux.org!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: morena Newsgroups: news.software.readers Subject: Re: (NovaBBS) The only time i see the [Fortunes] is when i open a page in a [InPrivate Window] (a feature of MS Edge) Date: Sat, 14 Dec 2024 22:26:48 +0100 Organization: God's garden Lines: 44 Message-ID: References: <763fd4043f3b5fe065b4e2e96b81bb89@www.novabbs.com> <92b67fb45b813f5dd5c068c70bee43a7@www.novabbs.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Date: Sat, 14 Dec 2024 22:26:49 +0100 (CET) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="441a050de49034ea9c5de92a97005999"; logging-data="186104"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX199LFFJYcMlGhqIjINDeRad" User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Cancel-Lock: sha1:eZ0Mxq15Ev5WkKsTlbyAMAFfRME= In-Reply-To: <92b67fb45b813f5dd5c068c70bee43a7@www.novabbs.org> Content-Language: en-US Bytes: 2970 On 12/14/24 9:18 PM, Retro Guy wrote: > On Sat, 14 Dec 2024 19:31:38 +0000, sticks wrote: > >> On 12/14/2024 1:03 PM, HenHanna wrote: >> >> ---alt.test removed--- >> >>>   One of the great features of  NovaBBS is that... >>> >>>    Every post is  Chronologically  tagged  meticulously. >>> >>>        34 seconds ago,  and then >>>        3 minutes 41 seconds ago,  and then >>>        22 hours 42 minutes  ago,  and then  Eventually >>>             ....... >>>        2 years  4 months ago >>> >>> >>>   I used to use Usenet a lot in the 1990s,  and back then >>> such focus on (awareness of)  timing of Posts  would have been >>> unthinkable >> >> No idea what you're talking about, Hanna.  Every post has a required >> date header showing when the message is posted.  Using a real client you >> can even sort the group by it if you want.  What's the problem? > > Yep. I've been trying to explain the benefits of using a a real > newsreader to someone else today but it seems to go right past them. > > But, as the developer of the software running on NovaBBS, I'm way more > concerned that there appear to be two spaces TWO! between '2 years' and > '4 months'. This is the most critical issue of the moment! > I assume poster means clearly, that back in time even dedicated software was not so easy to use and not so friendly than today even some web front-end. So he did not even need to use Thunderbird, but just open the web, which has some advantage over GUI client, as it's server side, so one get the same experience from anywhere. -- morena http://morena.rip gopher://morena.rip