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Offline franksolich

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the elusive enigmatic Elad tells us all about Skins's island
« on: August 20, 2009, 04:51:55 PM »
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x6355852

Thanks to Freeper here, who found this.

The elusive enigmatic Elad, the third man in the triangle:

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Elad ADMIN  (1000+ posts)         Thu Aug-20-09 04:39 PM
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Some things you may not know about Democratic Underground... 

1) On a typical busy weekday, we get about 1,000,000 page views and 150,000 unique visitors

2) Over the past month, we've had over 2,500,000 unique visitors to the site

3) A busy day will see about 20,000 new posts

4) We have 6 top-of-the-line dedicated servers running the site

5) During the heat of the primaries last year we were getting so much traffic that our ISP had to rewire part of their server farm to provide more power to our servers, which were tripping circuit breakers at peak hours

...my point is that DU is big, and while it is a challenging and full-time job to manage all of this and continually try to improve DU, we absolutely love it. Although we can't provide 100% uptime, 100% bug-free software, 100% user-friendliness, or make 100% of our members happy, we approach every upgrade, change, or decision with regards to DU with a perfectionist attitude. You should hear some of the conversations that go on...

Skinner: The text in that image doesn't look quite right, I don't think it's centered.
EarlG: Well, it's an equal number of pixels from each side of the image.
Skinner: Try shifting it one pixel to the left.
EarlG: Ok.
(silence for a moment while EarlG fiddles with it)
EarlG: How's that?
Skinner: Hmm, now it's too far left. What if you changed the font and moved it one pixel down?
EarlG: Ok.
(silence)
EarlG: Take a look now, I like the font but now it's definitely not centered.
Skinner: Are you centering it from the edge of the image or from the inside lines?
EarlG: Ahh, maybe that's it...
(silence and more fiddling)
EarlG: Well, not much of a difference there... maybe we should put one pixel in between the letters?
Elad: I liked the first one.

...you get the idea.  We take pride in the fact that DU is a well-designed site that is generally user-friendly and pleasant to look at, and we will continue to work to make the site better.

Obviously this is a tough time, both economically and politically, but making a donation to Democratic Underground is a great way to support a truly grassroots website, that while far from perfect, at least never stops attempting to get better. We rely on the good will of our members to support the site and you've always come through.

If you've already donated to the fund drive, THANK YOU! If you've been sitting on the fence, I hope you'll take a moment to go make a donation now, no matter how big or small. Even a small donation helps, and you'll get all the cool benefits of being a donor for an entire year. Just click the link below to donate:

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Re: the elusive enigmatic Elad tells us all about Skins's island
« Reply #1 on: August 20, 2009, 04:56:03 PM »
And that's part of the problem, the place is overrun with pixies.

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Re: the elusive enigmatic Elad tells us all about Skins's island
« Reply #2 on: August 20, 2009, 05:00:38 PM »
Times are hard....they're down to eating grassroots.
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Re: the elusive enigmatic Elad tells us all about Skins's island
« Reply #3 on: August 20, 2009, 05:02:57 PM »
They are sounding like a PBS TV station pledge drive.
Soon they'll be streaming that Roy Orbison concert.
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Re: the elusive enigmatic Elad tells us all about Skins's island
« Reply #4 on: August 20, 2009, 05:06:46 PM »
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Obviously this is a tough time, both economically and politically,...

I thought the Dems held both majorities in Congress and the WH.  What's this "tough time politically" junk?

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Re: the elusive enigmatic Elad tells us all about Skins's island
« Reply #5 on: August 20, 2009, 05:13:05 PM »
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Skinner: The text in that image doesn't look quite right, I don't think it's centered.
EarlG: Well, it's an equal number of pixels from each side of the image.
Skinner: Try shifting it one pixel to the left.
EarlG: Ok.
(silence for a moment while EarlG fiddles with it)
EarlG: How's that?
Skinner: Hmm, now it's too far left. What if you changed the font and moved it one pixel down?
EarlG: Ok.
(silence)
EarlG: Take a look now, I like the font but now it's definitely not centered.
Skinner: Are you centering it from the edge of the image or from the inside lines?
EarlG: Ahh, maybe that's it...
(silence and more fiddling)
EarlG: Well, not much of a difference there... maybe we should put one pixel in between the letters?
Elad: I liked the first one.

A perfect example of OCD/anal retentiveness.  :mental:
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Re: the elusive enigmatic Elad tells us all about Skins's island
« Reply #6 on: August 20, 2009, 05:47:44 PM »
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5) During the heat of the primaries last year we were getting so much traffic that our ISP had to rewire part of their server farm to provide more power to our servers, which were tripping circuit breakers at peak hours

Can you say bullshit?
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Re: the elusive enigmatic Elad tells us all about Skins's island
« Reply #7 on: August 20, 2009, 05:56:15 PM »
Quote from: ScubaGuy on August 20, 2009, 05:47:44 PM
Can you say bullshit?


To be fair, the ISP did move the server from a 15 amp breaker to a 20 amp breaker.
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Re: the elusive enigmatic Elad tells us all about Skins's island
« Reply #8 on: August 20, 2009, 07:46:46 PM »
If it was a well designed site then they could damn well have it set up so one would know what post a person was responding to other then seeing the number and having to scroll around to find it.
That isn`t a awful thing to expect and isn`t a problem on any forum I use or visit except that one.

It is a unique idiocy to the island where scrolling down the page one has no idea what the particulars of a multi person exchange adds up to without looking up and down trying to find a post number which isn`t in numerical order top to bottom.
At least on FR a post responding to someone without quotng them can be back tracked by clicking the post number or just following the numerical order.

Just insane and suspect it is on purpose to make it easier to obfuscate some of the lunacy posted there.

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Re: the elusive enigmatic Elad tells us all about Skins's island
« Reply #9 on: August 20, 2009, 07:46:49 PM »
SOMEBODY DONATE FER CHRISSAKES!!!!!  WHO WILL WE HAVE TO LAUGH AT IF THEY GO AWAY?!   :bawl:

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Re: the elusive enigmatic Elad tells us all about Skins's island
« Reply #10 on: August 20, 2009, 07:56:47 PM »
Quote from: Texacon on August 20, 2009, 07:46:49 PM
SOMEBODY DONATE FER CHRISSAKES!!!!!  WHO WILL WE HAVE TO LAUGH AT IF THEY GO AWAY?!   :bawl:

KC

There are so many other islands - PI, KOS, etc. etc. etc. - Although DU is quite entertaining, and filled with characters we 'know' ( as one 'knows' characters in a television series) , we could change the channel and find the same sort of show elsewhere.

In other words, they are all expendable.
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Re: the elusive enigmatic Elad tells us all about Skins's island
« Reply #11 on: August 20, 2009, 08:03:33 PM »
Quote from: miskie on August 20, 2009, 07:56:47 PM
There are so many other islands - PI, KOS, etc. etc. etc. - Although DU is quite entertaining, and filled with characters we 'know' ( as one 'knows' characters in a television series) , we could change the channel and find the same sort of show elsewhere.

In other words, they are all expendable.

But not all of us have the links!  We need to post all the links. 

KC
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Re: the elusive enigmatic Elad tells us all about Skins's island
« Reply #12 on: August 20, 2009, 08:08:56 PM »
Quote from: Texacon on August 20, 2009, 08:03:33 PM
But not all of us have the links!  We need to post all the links. 

KC

That may be something to drop in The DUmping Ground - a collection of links to other islands floating in the Liberal Sea.
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Re: the elusive enigmatic Elad tells us all about Skins's island
« Reply #13 on: August 20, 2009, 08:25:22 PM »
Quote from: Carl on August 20, 2009, 07:46:46 PM
Just insane and suspect it is on purpose to make it easier to obfuscate some of the lunacy posted there.

It also provides an easy way for the primitives to lie.

If one takes a primitive thread, especially a long one, and puts it into numerical order, one is shocked by how much the primitives lie, aided by this "feature."
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Re: the elusive enigmatic Elad tells us all about Skins's island
« Reply #14 on: August 20, 2009, 08:37:06 PM »
Quote from: franksolich on August 20, 2009, 08:25:22 PM
It also provides an easy way for the primitives to lie.

If one takes a primitive thread, especially a long one, and puts it into numerical order, one is shocked by how much the primitives lie, aided by this "feature."

I will have to watch that to see how many times they contradict themselves on the same thread.
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Re: the elusive enigmatic Elad tells us all about Skins's island
« Reply #15 on: August 20, 2009, 08:39:03 PM »
Quote from: thundley4 on August 20, 2009, 05:56:15 PM
To be fair, the ISP did move the server from a 15 amp breaker to a 20 amp breaker.
That's a 20% improvement in the functioning of DU's servers!  Time for another fundraiser! :cheersmate:

Man, this admin stuff is hard work!
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Re: the elusive enigmatic Elad tells us all about Skins's island
« Reply #16 on: August 20, 2009, 09:27:03 PM »
Quote from: Chris on August 20, 2009, 08:39:03 PM
That's a 20% improvement in the functioning of DU's servers!  Time for another fundraiser! :cheersmate:

Man, this admin stuff is hard work!

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Re: the elusive enigmatic Elad tells us all about Skins's island
« Reply #17 on: August 20, 2009, 09:30:56 PM »
Quote from: Texacon on August 20, 2009, 07:46:49 PM
SOMEBODY DONATE FER CHRISSAKES!!!!!  WHO WILL WE HAVE TO LAUGH AT IF THEY GO AWAY?!   :bawl:

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Re: the elusive enigmatic Elad tells us all about Skins's island
« Reply #18 on: August 20, 2009, 11:50:59 PM »
Quote from: ScubaGuy on August 20, 2009, 05:47:44 PM
Can you say bullshit?

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Re: the elusive enigmatic Elad tells us all about Skins's island
« Reply #19 on: August 21, 2009, 05:37:28 AM »
This is historic!  I don't think I've ever seen an OP by the other Brian with the exception of downtime alerts.
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