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Subject: Re:

Fencer: Yep, but why can't there be a little update to the holiday system. If you move on a day then you can't be classed as being on holiday. As it is upto the player to play the least time games first as I think most of us do so we keep our holiday for genuine reasons.

1. January 2009, 00:37:45

Papa Zoom

Subject: Re:

Fencer:

1. January 2009, 00:03:23

BrainKing has just turned to 2009, so all vacation counters should be reset.

31. December 2008, 19:17:01

Subject: Re: vacation days

Modified by Bernice (31. December 2008, 19:47:19)

rod03801: yes and it is unfortunate that something can't be done about it as well.....a bad loop in the system it is.......
and the person you are talking about is paid up to 2014, surely that indicates he is rorting the system when it comes to moves, and it was only a couple days ago he was whingeing and whining about not being able to get another paid up year..........

31. December 2008, 12:46:34

rod03801

Subject: Re: vacation days

Hrqls: There are a couple players (or at least one, that many know about) who has had at least 90 (possibly 120!) vacation days in 2008 because of doing this. Not fair at all to the other players in any tournaments they are holding up.

31. December 2008, 10:39:45

Hrqls

Subject: Re: vacation days

Bernice: that will have to mean he has to buy another year of membership every 7 weeks (35 days + 7 weekends) .. i dont think anyone will do this just to prolong a game

30. December 2008, 21:59:26

Subject: Re: vacation days

rabbitoid: all he has to do is what the other person does on here........buy another years member ship, and you can go months without even moving....he does this when he is losing a game, just to make it difficult for other people in tournaments..

30. December 2008, 13:53:55

Subject: Re: vacation days

Fencer: Thanks, good to know.

30. December 2008, 13:52:21

Subject: Re: vacation days

rabbitoid: No. If someone sets vacation days for the next year, the counter will be properly deducted.

30. December 2008, 13:50:04

Subject: vacation days

Modified by rabbitoid (30. December 2008, 13:52:48)

by the way: I have this opponent who sets vacation days for next year, out of his stock from this year. Then, come Jan 1st, he can add to them.

This is surely not the way this is intended to work. why, in a couple of years he can set 365 off days! Now, if I could figure out the way to make this gimmick work for me on my job -

Why this guy ever paid for a black rook, if he goes this far to find loopholes in order not to move in games, is beyond me.

30. December 2008, 13:45:35

furbster

Subject: Re:

Fencer: Ok thanks, i couldn't quite remember but i thought that was the case.

30. December 2008, 13:42:59

Subject: Re:

furbster: Yes.

30. December 2008, 13:40:11

furbster

Do we get new vacation days as of January 1st?

29. December 2008, 20:13:03

Papa Zoom

Subject: Re: question on time outs

Pedro Martínez: thanks

29. December 2008, 20:11:40

Pedro Martínez

Subject: Re: question on time outs

Artful Dodger: I woudn't call it a "grace period", but games time out approx. 5-6 minutes after the time runs out.

29. December 2008, 20:11:25

Hrqls

Subject: Re: question on time outs

Artful Dodger: i think its checked once every hour ... but i could be mistaken :)

29. December 2008, 20:09:12

Bwild

Subject: Re: Site;

Modified by Bwild (29. December 2008, 20:10:20)

WinterAngel: there is a webtv fellowship, I believe...you may join and find the answer to your questions there.

http://brainking.com/en/ShowFellowship?fid=85

29. December 2008, 20:02:14

Papa Zoom

Subject: question on time outs

is there a grace period for timing out on games or do they time out exactly when time runs out?

27. December 2008, 22:49:03

Subject: Re:

Vikings: ah so..................thanks for that............

27. December 2008, 22:47:12

Vikings

Subject: Re:

Bernice: It wont let you move your piece that is in the 6 spot because you wouldn't then be able to move a second piece so you have to move your piece that is in the 11 spot first

27. December 2008, 22:38:10

Hyper Backgammon (Bernice vs. Pepi®)

can someone look at this and tell me why it wont let me move

26. December 2008, 09:16:34

Bwild

Subject: Re: Smileys

rabbitoid:guess it depends on which way you look at it :O)

19. December 2008, 16:40:10

ScarletRose

Subject: Re: Smileys

rabbitoid: Yes a smile when it comes to the thought of my Grandkids.. haha.. way different then when the babies were my children..

19. December 2008, 11:35:56

Subject: Re: Smileys

ScarletRose: no objection to the description, but do you mean to tell us that with you, during the administration of the treatment, the subject resembles, even remotely, to a smiley? lucky you!

19. December 2008, 09:08:13

Mort

Subject: Re: Smileys

Eriisa: Don't forget the wiping, especially on those icky teething ones.

19. December 2008, 05:26:36

ScarletRose

Subject: Re:

Modified by ScarletRose (19. December 2008, 16:40:40)

Tuesday:

19. December 2008, 03:38:55

Subject: Re: Smileys

Eriisa:Man was I confused until I remembered my original question ... Thanks!

19. December 2008, 03:38:18

Subject: Re: Smileys

ScarletRose:There's no sticky strips on my smileys!!

19. December 2008, 01:13:40

Eriisa

Subject: Re: Smileys

alanback: Settings > Javascript....

THEN you lay them on the table.. get some powder and a fresh diaper.. Then.. tear back the sticky strap.. and discard the icky poohie diaper.. Dust with powder and restrap the new diaper..

19. December 2008, 00:20:44

ScarletRose

Subject: Re: Smileys

alanback: first you lay them on the table.. get some powder and a fresh diaper.. Then.. tear back the sticky strap.. and discard the icky poohie diaper..
Dust with powder and restrap the new diaper..

19. December 2008, 00:12:44

Subject: Smileys

How can I change my favorite smileys?

17. December 2008, 18:01:45

Czuch

Subject: Re: another pawn issue

pauloaguia: you are right... I guess this one has too many sides for an easy, one size fits all, solution.

17. December 2008, 15:34:26

pauloaguia

Subject: Re: another pawn issue

Czuch: I can see some reasons why people could prefer to still receive those messages.
I think you still have the hability to get out of the fellowship... or you can always ask the BB to kick you out

17. December 2008, 15:05:11

Czuch

Subject: another pawn issue

Fencer, if you are going to change some pawn things around.... when you revert back to a pawn, you should not receive group fellowship messages anymore, my box is full of them, and I cant even get in there to change my preferences, it should just be automatic?

17. December 2008, 09:39:29

Mort

Subject: Re: Serious security flaw found in IE

Hrqls: Funny thing was that the lady at MS did not know anything about the policy... I had to send a copy of the email to her from the laptop company. That's when they/she said sorry.

17. December 2008, 09:33:16

Hrqls

Subject: Re: Serious security flaw found in IE

(V): a free copy of xp sp3 ? nice! i should call them as well ;)

please move this discussion to the computer board

17. December 2008, 09:16:29

Mort

Subject: Re: Serious security flaw found in IE

rabbitoid: I don't....

I've only seen two articles on MS recently. This one and another which reported a mess up by MS over a patch that caused some people to lose the internet connection thanks to compatibility problems with a firewall program.

.... I in that case had to phone MS to find out which patch to remove.

.... Oh there has been one incident regarding MS though over policy which I took them to task relating to a laptop makers ability to keep software before a certain date that was basically essential if the laptop went unstable and needing a complete wipe and reload.

..... In the end MS said sorry and sent me a free copy of XP sp3 for my partners laptop.

17. December 2008, 07:20:11

Subject: Re: Serious security flaw found in IE

rod03801: So this time the "wolf" cry really corresponds to something? My apologies to (V), and of course this doesn't change much my opinion of MS products.

17. December 2008, 02:08:18

rod03801

Subject: Re: Serious security flaw found in IE

rabbitoid: True, but this also made the News today too.

16. December 2008, 23:54:07

Subject: Re: Serious security flaw found in IE

(V): yawn

I'm no big fan of MS, but this is something I get hundreds of by email each day. My /dev/null folder is always hungry

16. December 2008, 20:46:46

Mort

Subject: Serious security flaw found in IE

Users of Microsoft's Internet Explorer are being urged by experts to switch to a rival until a serious security flaw has been fixed. The flaw in Microsoft's Internet Explorer could allow criminals to take control of people's computers and steal their passwords, internet experts say.

Microsoft urged people to be vigilant while it investigated and prepared an emergency patch to resolve it.

"Microsoft says it has detected attacks against IE 7.0 but said the "underlying vulnerability" was present in all versions of the browser."

"The message needs to get out that this malicious code can be planted on any web site, so simple careful browsing isn't enough."

16. December 2008, 01:59:33

Pedro Martínez

Subject: Re: am i right in saying

Snoopy: Yes, you are.

16. December 2008, 01:23:17

Nirvana

Subject: Re:

alanback:but they make yummy cocktails

15. December 2008, 21:29:39

Subject: Re:

Czuch:Seems especially harsh, since prawns can't live out of water

15. December 2008, 21:18:30

Subject: Re:

Czuch: It's like a religion. You are supposed to obey, not to understand.

Seriously - I want to make some changes in January, regarding this one and some other pawn restrictions.

15. December 2008, 21:15:26

Czuch

I dont see any harm letting pawns finish ponds that they have started before becoming pawns? It doesnt happen that way with tournaments, does it?

I think you can get kicked out of tournaments that have not yet started, and the same could be done with ponds, but again, I dont understand the reason to not let pawns finish their started ponds?

12. December 2008, 18:18:33

MadMonkey

Subject: Re: Why

Modified by MadMonkey (12. December 2008, 18:29:29)

Nirvana: hmmm i wondered what you meant earlier by your post, now i see

Is the 'All Games' option going to come back sometime ?

EDIT

I just tried to create a Random Elimination Tournament, but it just went to a blank screen with url - http://brainking.com/en/DoTournament

I will try another way

EDIT 2

Tried it a couple of different ways using Random, it will not let you

12. December 2008, 16:45:18

Nirvana

Subject: Why

can't we set tournaments using the 'all games' option any more?

11. December 2008, 22:00:25

Foxy Lady