Smileytext Replacement Time!

[livius drusus]

Okay kids, it's that special time when vm queries the database and replaces some freaky smileytext with reasonable, normal smileytext. Just because we wanted to start out small and manageable, this is the first round of replacements, with the new text in the left column and the smiley in the right:

:happy: :happy:

:cry: :cry:

:slap: :slap:

:angry: :angry:

:hug: :hug:

:kiss: :kiss:

:sex: :sex:

:thrusts: :thrusts:

:wave: :wave:

:yawn: :yawn:

:blush: :blush:

:yikes: :yikes:

:runaway: :runaway:

:qeek: :qeek:

:qeek: :eek:

:sad: :sad:

:weeping: :weeping:

:cool: :cool:

:comfort: :comfort:

:woohoo: :woohoo:

:qnever: :qnever:
:qwelc: :qwelc:
:qbye: :qbye:
:qhi: :qhi:
:qhuh: :qhuh:
:qbatman: :qbatman:
:qhi2: :qhi2:
:qarg: :qarg:
:qoh: :qoh:
:qwow: :qwow:
:qcool: :qcool:
:qthanks: :qthanks:
:qyo: :qyo:
:q!: :q!:
:qduh: :qduh:
:qok: :qok:
:qjk: :qjk:
:qex: :qex:
:qhelp: :qhelp:
:qsigh: :qsigh:
:qyes: :qyes:
:qugh: :qugh:
:qno: :qno:
:q?: :q?:
:qlol: :qlol:
:qwoot: :qwoot:

:qsigh: :sigh:

:sigh: :sighs:

:qlol: :lol:


Does anybody have any pet peeves or anything they desperately wish to change? If so now's the time to pipe up.

Once the deed is done, we'll know it worked if the smilies are on the left and the freak text on the right.

[Zikes]

I do have one small pet peeve, I'd like to see the smiley text placed in the ALT attribute of the smiley image. That way QR will pick up the smileys and if I'm curious as to what smileytext was used for a particular smiley it's a simple matter of copy/paste.

[viscousmemories]

I do have one small pet peeve, I'd like to see the smiley text placed in the ALT attribute of the smiley image. That way QR will pick up the smileys and if I'm curious as to what smileytext was used for a particular smiley it's a simple matter of copy/paste.
That's brilliant, Zikes. I had no idea it would be so easy to solve that QR problem; we've been bugged by that for a long time. And if you're using Firefox you can right click on a smilie and view 'properties' and the alternate text shows there. Awesome. :)

I've tested it on my local server and it works, but I have to check something before I upload it. Thanks!

[viscousmemories]

Okay! Tested and implemented. Thanks again! :)

[livius drusus]

So... much ... coolness. Can barely... Bow... :bow: :bow: :bow:

(ETA: Oh yeah! We should totally flip the bows.)

[Ensign Steve]

Question: What happens to the old posts that have the old text? Are they broken or do they still point to the correct smilie?

test: :cry:

ETA: Yay! The old text still works. :wriggle:

[livius drusus]

That's what the find and replace is actually for: to update the db so that any instance of the old name is replaced with the new. Of course after the query is run, the old text won't work anymore going forward.

[Ensign Steve]

Ohhhhhh... okay.
:steve:
:stupid:

[JoeP]

Once the deed is done, we'll know it worked if the smilies are on the left and the freak text on the right.
That's what the find and replace is actually for: to update the db so that any instance of the old name is replaced with the new. Of course after the query is run, the old text won't work anymore going forward.
That means in your op, there'll be two smilies, not freak text on the right ...?

[livius drusus]

Oh yeah! :doh:

[JoeP]

Unless you go and edit it quickly after the globalreplace...

[viscousmemories]

In case anyone missed the earlier discussions about this, the idea is that there are numerous standard verbs (such as hug, slap, cry, etc.) for which there is no correlated smilie name (smilietext). For example the smilietext for a hug is currently :hug: not :hug: which makes it hard to guess without using the search pop-up.

So we are going to change the smilietext for the above mentioned smilies to those more intuitive names, and then run a database query to ensure that the changed name doesn't break any of the previous uses of those smilies.

If you think there are any other verbs (or nouns, really) that are or would be common enough to warrant changing, post your suggestions here.

[Crumb]

:sad:
:shy2:

Oh I guess you got that second one. :)

[livius drusus]

Consider it done, Crumb. :thankee:

[Ensign Steve]

I don't have a problem with :woohoo: cuz I have the smilietext memorized (same with :cry: ), but wouldn't it make more sense if it was simply :woohoo: ?

[livius drusus]

Yes, yes it would.

[Crumb]

I dunno if I like :eekquote: wouldn't it be better if the speech balloon smilies had a standard form, like :s_eek: or :b_eek: ?

[livius drusus]

Excellent idea. Excellent. :thankee:

[Zikes]

Okay! Tested and implemented. Thanks again! :)

No problem! Glad it works :D

I'm starting to think you guys should give me a list of your pet peeves for this site, might save me the time of stumbling across them myself :giggle:

[Skep]

Please ditch the underscore though. :popcorn:

[Crumb]

Excellent idea. Excellent.
Does this mean you are going to do it? (oh wait, I now see that you added the changes. :qwoot: )
Please ditch the underscore though.
Yeah, ditch the underscore.

[Ymir's blood]

I'm starting to think you guys should give me a list of your pet peeves for this site, might save me the time of stumbling across them myself :giggle:
I think it would look better with more of a Halloween theme.

[livius drusus]

:caesar:

[viscousmemories]

I'm starting to think you guys should give me a list of your pet peeves for this site, might save me the time of stumbling across them myself :giggle:
:laugh:

Just look around for JoeP. He's like the peeve master 'round here. :D

[Ymir's blood]

http://web.infoave.net/~pitshade/icons/triumphofhalloween.gif

[viscousmemories]

The deed has been done! :yes:

[livius drusus]

And it's perfect. Thank you, vm. I will now express my feelings through interpretative dance.

:woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo:

[viscousmemories]

:laugh:

That's cute, thanks. :)

[Ensign Steve]

And it's perfect. Thank you, vm. I will now express my feelings through interpretative dance.

me too!


:frolic:
:bundance: :bundance:
:bubbles: :slide: :bubbles:
:bundance: :bundance:
:frolic:

[livius drusus]

Adorableness! Total and complete adorability. :wriggle:

[Crumb]

Great that you did it, except that I just came here to recommend that :stooges: be changed to :stooges:. :(

But good work! :snoopy:

[livius drusus]

No problem, Crumb. I've already started a list for the next run. I'll add stooges to it now. :)

Second run:

:stooges: :stooges:
:madrant: :madrant:
:argh: :argh:
:popcorn: :popcorn:
:popcorn2: :popcorn:
:popcorn: :popcorn2:
:bow: :bow:
:bow4: :bow4:
:bow: :bow4:
:bow2: :bow:
:bowing: :bowing:
:chin: :chin:
:jd: :jd:
:cheer: :jd:
:clap: :clap:
:sarclap: :sarclap:
:jerry: :jerry:
:ffdance: :ffdance:
:ffangry: :ffangry:
:tiptoe: :tiptoe:
:cough: :cough:
:whup: :whup:
:thankyou: :thankyou:
:shitfan: :shitfan:
:please: :please:
:signpls: :please2:
:think: :think:

[JoeP]

http://web.infoave.net/~pitshade/icons/triumphofhalloween.gif
I don't believe this one's been loaded yet. An oversight?

[livius drusus]

Oh. Yeah, I didn't see it until just now. I'll take care of it. Meanwhile, any text you'd like to see replaced?

[JoeP]

And it's perfect. Thank you, vm. I will now express my feelings through interpretative dance.

:woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo:
me too!


:frolic:
:bundance: :bundance:
:bubbles: :slide: :bubbles:
:bundance: :bundance:
:frolic:

Well, it seems like I am no longer needed here. My work is done. :flyaway:

[JoeP]

I'm starting to think you guys should give me a list of your pet peeves for this site, might save me the time of stumbling across them myself :giggle:
:laugh:

Just look around for JoeP. He's like the peeve master 'round here. :D
:glare:
Since that's how you think of me ... :cryhome:

I don't peeve on demand you know, I can only do it when the inspeevation hits me.

[livius drusus]

Inspeevation... :laugh:

[viscousmemories]

Thanks for the props (and dance, respectively) Crumb and Ensign.

Of course that's not all I think of you, Joe. :chuckle:

And liv, I think it should be 'argh'.

:slide:

[JoeP]

Oh. Yeah, I didn't see it until just now. I'll take care of it. Meanwhile, any text you'd like to see replaced?
:witchtri: ? :witch2: ? : ffhallo : is ... words fail me ... just not right. I think ff* smilietexts should be reserved for ones that have the :ff: logo in 'em.

[Crumb]

I think ff* smilietexts should be reserved for ones that have the :ff: logo in 'em.
:yup:

[livius drusus]

That makes sense, Joe. How about witcharc?

[JoeP]

witcharc works after I stop seeing it as wit-char-c and wonder what that would do to a null-terminated string.

[Skep]

:rolleyes: To go with a decent rolleyes smilie like http://skeptech.net/emotipad/cache/Rolleyes.gif or http://skeptech.net/emotipad/cache/Rolleyes2.gif

[livius drusus]

witcharc works after I stop seeing it as wit-char-c and wonder what that would do to a null-terminated string.

Um... Okie dokie.

:rolleyes: To go with a decent rolleyes smilie like http://skeptech.net/emotipad/cache/Rolleyes.gif

Alright, dammit. I hate those bastards, but at least the yellow one is better than the green one.

[Legs]

:hug:


Yay a hug when I type hug... thanks for simplify this - really don't like using the DB to search for smilies... I prefer to memorize the name and just type them whenever possible.

:woohoo:

[livius drusus]

Glad we could help, Legs. Please be sure to post here if you come across any other counterintuitive smileytext. :)

[Crumb]

Weren't you going to change this: :bow4: ?

[JoeP]

- really don't like using the DB to search for smilies...
:sadcheer: I wasted all my time, then?

[livius drusus]

Excuse you?! Legs wasn't even here then, and besides, are you suggesting you went through all that trouble for anyone but me (and possibly you)? :pout:

[JoeP]

I did it all for you. :control: But it still hurts that not everyone loves it.

[livius drusus]

I understand, Joe, of course, but you know you can't disputandum people's gustibus. Variety is a good thing. :yup:

[Legs]

- really don't like using the DB to search for smilies...
:sadcheer: I wasted all my time, then?

Joe.. I use the database all the time for specialized smilies ;) and because my memory sucks

but for simple ones like :hug: I like to just memorize/type them

I hope you understand :yup: please don't take it personally - I didn't even know you created the database until liv mentioned it to me recently. :wink:

[Ensign Steve]

I take issue with a couple.

edit: nm on that one...

Also, if :sadcheer: is sad cheer, shouldn't cheer be :cheer: and not my baby :jd: ? Let's call her :clover: or :red: or :jd:

:clap: should be :clap: and :sarclap: should be :sarclap: It looks too much like scalp the other way.

That is all.

ETA: Joe, you are certainly fishing for love today, but since you deserve it...

The database rules!! I use it every day. Sometimes twice a day. :glomp:

[viscousmemories]

The database rules!! I use it every day. Sometimes twice a day. :glomp:
At the risk of appearing pedantic Joe created the database search function, not the database.

I let Legs slide but since you had to go say it too I've gotta put a stop to it.

[Legs]

I let Legs slide


Was it good for you? :wink:

[viscousmemories]

Oh yeah baby... yeah! :austin:

[Ensign Steve]

Eek! When did Harry Potter become a lecher?

[JoeP]

Thank you for your kind words Legs & JD.

The similarity between :harry: and :austin: has been noted before but never satisfactorily explained. Perhaps Austin got his mojo at Hogwarts? Perhaps Harry is in fact a hippie sex machine? Perhaps Austin Powers actually is the half-blood prince?

[livius drusus]

I take issue with a couple.

edit: nm on that one...

Also, if :sadcheer: is sad cheer, shouldn't cheer be :cheer: and not my baby :jd: ? Let's call her :clover: or :red: or :jd:

:clap: should be :clap: and :sarclap: should be :sarclap: It looks too much like scalp the other way.

That is all.

ETA: Joe, you are certainly fishing for love today, but since you deserve it...

The database rules!! I use it every day. Sometimes twice a day. :glomp:
Good ones, Ensign. I've added them to the list. :thankee:

[Ensign Steve]

More more more!

:popcorn: change to :popcorn2:

edit: oops, that one's already taken! but :popcorn: should be :popcorn2: and vice versa, cuz :popcorn: is better. I mean, hell, it's in the hall of fame!

:jerry: change to :jerry:

that is all

[livius drusus]

I already had the first one of those on my list. Excellent call on the :jerry:. I was also thinking we need a standard approach for all the :ff: ones, which means :ffdance: and :ffangry: need to be :ffdance: and :ffangry:. Oh! Oh! And how badly does :tiptoe: need to be :tiptoe: ?

[Skep]

I've been through this sort of thing organizing the smilies in my Emotipad. It's a tedious pain in the ass but very well worth the trouble. Thanks, liv.

:fflove:

[JoeP]

I'm watching these excellent suggestions flow past and just glowing with pleasure.

[viscousmemories]

This is a combination smilie and smilietext suggestion!

Create a better applause smilie than the floating hands and name it --> :applause:

[Ensign Steve]

:clap:

[livius drusus]

That one's going to be :clap:, though.

[Ensign Steve]

I know.

[viscousmemories]

:sarclap:

[Ensign Steve]

:fuckyou:

[Ymir's blood]

That one's going to be :clap:, though.
They can treat that, you know.

[livius drusus]

:laugh: Y'all be funny.

[livius drusus]

Okay guys, here's what we've got for round two. The bows and popcorns look a little funny 'cause they need a middleman, but I assure you they'll work.

Is there anything else you can think of to add or any changes you'd make to the list?

:stooges: :stooges:
:madrant: :madrant:
:argh: :argh:
:popcorn: :popcorn:
:popcorn2: :popcorn:
:popcorn: :popcorn2:
:bow: :bow:
:bow4: :bow4:
:bow: :bow4:
:bow2: :bow:
:bowing: :bowing:
:chin: :chin:
:jd: :jd:
:cheer: :jd:
:clap: :clap:
:sarclap: :sarclap:
:jerry: :jerry:
:ffdance: :ffdance:
:ffangry: :ffangry:
:tiptoe: :tiptoe:
:cough: :cough:
:whup: :whup:
:thankyou: :thankyou:
:shitfan: :shitfan:
:please: :please:
:signpls: :signpls:
:think: :think:
:bath: :bath:
:sweaty: :sweaty:
:vomit: :vomit:
:snot: :snot:
:flyaway: :flyaway:
:muahaha: :muahaha:
:wow: :wow:
:10: :wow:
:kisscheek: :kisscheek:
:hugs: :hugs:
:homage: :homage:
:vibes: :vibes:
:yes: :yes:
:kssmyass: :asskiss:
:dindate: :dindate:
:holdhand: :holdhand:
:hearts: :hearts:
:inlove: :inlove:
:heart: :heart:
:beating: :beating:
:pant: :pant:
:keyhole: :keyhole:
:noevil2: :noevil2:
:snore: :snore:
:tongtied: :tongtied:
:footmou: :footmou:
:shutmou: :shutmou:
:giggle2: :giggle2:
:surrend: :surrend:
:hidecomp: :hidecomp:
:plane: :plane:
:professor: :professor:
:signno: :signno:
:singing: :singing:
:crazy2: :crazy2:
:lindance: :lindance:
:spew: :spittake:
:computer::computer:
:rose3: :rose3:
:nosegay: :nosegay:

:fl14:
:violets:

[Ensign Steve]

:jd: :jd:

:woohoo:

[JoeP]

:plane: :rarrow: plane
:professor: :rarrow: professr
:signno: :rarrow: signno
:signpls: :rarrow: signpls
:singing: :rarrow: singing
:crazy2: :rarrow: crazy2
:lindance: :rarrow: party
:spew: :rarrow: party2
:hidecomp: :rarrow: comphide
:computer: :rarrow: computer
:bath: :rarrow: bblbath or bubbleb
:fl14:, :violets:, :rose3:, :nosegay: :rarrow: whatever kinds of fl they are. The first two don't even have flower as a keyword.

I may have gone slightly beyond the original brief here.

[JoeP]

Good edit, btw, except that it overlapped with 2 or 3 of mine. And your replacements are better.

[livius drusus]

Erm... If you're talking to me, I edited my post like 4 hours ago. :?

[JoeP]

Erm... If you're talking to me, I edited my post like 4 hours ago. :?
So you did. That was really wierd[/Kari]. I sweah the ones I covered as well weren't there in yours 'cos I had the page open in one tab and replied it another. Or else I'm blind, mad, or have had my memory wiped at CF.

[livius drusus]

I'm going with the full memory wipe theory. I edited my post to include your excellent suggestions (with a minor change or two). Now we just have to figure out what kinds of flowers :fl14: and :violets: are.

godfry, Gurd, any ideas?

[JoeP]

I'm going with the full memory wipe theory. What are you talking about? Oh, and :welcome: to :ff:, livius drusus!

[Crumb]

:laugh:

[livius drusus]

Okey dokey. Here's round 2 which vm is running ... NOW!

:stooges: :stooges:
:madrant: :madrant:
:argh: :argh:
:popcorn: :popcorn:
:popcorn2: :popcorn:
:popcorn: :popcorn2:
:bow: :bow:
:bow4: :bow4:
:bow: :bow4:
:bow2: :bow:
:bowing: :bowing:
:chin: :chin:
:jd: :jd:
:cheer: :jd:
:clap: :clap:
:sarclap: :sarclap:
:jerry: :jerry:
:ffdance: :ffdance:
:ffangry: :ffangry:
:tiptoe: :tiptoe:
:cough: :cough:
:whup: :whup:
:thankyou: :thankyou:
:shitfan: :shitfan:
:please: :please:
:signpls: :signpls:
:think: :think:
:bath: :bath:
:sweaty: :sweaty:
:vomit: :vomit:
:snot: :snot:
:flyaway: :flyaway:
:muahaha: :muahaha:
:wow: :wow:
:10: :wow:
:kisscheek: :kisscheek:
:hugs: :hugs:
:homage: :homage:
:vibes: :vibes:
:yes: :yes:
:kssmyass: :kssmyass:
:dindate: :dindate:
:holdhand: :holdhand:
:hearts: :hearts:
:inlove: :inlove:
:heart: :heart:
:beating: :beating:
:pant: :pant:
:keyhole: :keyhole:
:noevil2: :noevil2:
:snore: :snore:
:tongtied: :tongtied:
:footmou: :footmou:
:shutmou: :shutmou:
:giggle2: :giggle2:
:surrend: :surrend:
:hidecomp: :hidecomp:
:plane: :plane:
:professor: :professor:
:signno: :signno:
:singing: :singing:
:crazy2: :crazy2:
:lindance: :lindance:
:spew: :spew:
:computer::computer:
:rose3: :rose3:
:nosegay: :nosegay:
:violets: :violets:

[livius drusus]

And done. Keep the suggestions coming for round 3. :)

[livius drusus]

Round 3 so far:

:tiphat2: :tiphat2:
:hysteric: :hysteric:
:mock: :mock:
:flex: :flex:
:whisper: :whisper:
:flower: :flower:
:hydrogen: :hydrogen:
:yup2: :yup2:
:kissfrog: :kissfrog:
:hookup: :hookup:
:beloved: :beloved:
:woopdedo: :woopdedo:
:write: :write:
:yell: :yell:
:rollpin: :rollpin:
:stirpot: :stirpot:
:spinning: :spinning:
:protest: :protest:
:reap: :reap:
:chucks: :chucks:
:sling: :sling:
:guns: :guns:
:beathead: :beathead:
:3dkick: :3dkick:
:boohoo: :boohoo:
:bully: :bully:
:balls3: :balls3:
:balls2: :balls2:
:balls: :balls:
:bricks: :bricks:
:explode2: :explode2:
:help: :help:
:crutch: :crutch:
:bikeover: :bikeover:
:cold: :cold:
:pills: :pills:
:bikefall: :bikefall:
:sadnana: :sadnana:
:bigtear: :bigtear:
:blah: :blah:
:spirit: :spirit:
:sadeyes: :sadeyes:
:kickcan: :kickcan:
:sadyup: :sadyup:
:worry: :worry:
:dontlook: :dontlook:
:tongueincheek: :tongueincheek:
:eyebrow2: :eyebrow2:
:eyebrow3: :eyebrow3:
:groucho: :groucho:
:search: :search:
:foggy: :foggy:
:angdevil: :angdevil:
:choices2: :choices2:
:abducted: :abducted:
:ufo: :ufo:

:cool2: :cool2:
:gleam: :gleam:
:suave: :suave:
:joint: :joint:
:pimp: :pimp:
:pitch: :pitch:
:demon2: :demon2:

:shrug2: :shrug2:
:dunno2: :dunno2:
:damn: :damn:
:susp: :susp:
:susp2: :susp2:
:susp: :susp2:
:lalala: :lalala:
:foilhat: :foilhat:
:hypno2: :hypno2:
:wash: :wash:
:brush: :brush:

[livius drusus]

Okay, this lot's about to go through now. If there's anything you hate, new or old, just post it here and we'll figure out something better. I know there have been a few times when I felt I was scraping the bottom of the smileytext barrel, so I'm always glad to steal y'all's ideas instead.

[Ensign Steve]

:flex: :flex:


I love, love, that she is a female! And I especially love that she didn't get some lame text like girlpwr! :D

[livius drusus]

Oh geez... I felt horribly guilty about dropping the "i" in :kssmyass:. I could never torture one of the hoard like that, bow or nor bow.

Hopefully, she'll see more use now. Hopefully they all will.

[livius drusus]

Round 3 complete. :) I really love seeing the list once the replacements have been made. Such a great feeling of satisfaction...

Anyhoo, it's round 4 time now, folks. Let's see some damn suggestions up in here.

[viscousmemories]

I'd like to suggest that :blush3: be the blue blush and the current :blush3: be burned at the stake.

[Crumb]

:blush3: What's wrong with :blush3: ?

[viscousmemories]

:blush3: What's wrong with :blush3: ?
Nothing that can't be fixed by a little rope, a tree and a match.

[livius drusus]

Hey, if I don't get to lynch that evil green welcome bastard, you don't get to lynch the blushing dork. Let's compromise.

:blush3: :blush3:
:blush: :blush3:
:blush2: :blush2:

:shy2: :blush2:
:shy: :shy2:
:blush2: :shy:

[Ymir's blood]

:welcome3: :blush3:

[Ensign Steve]

:welcome3: :mrhands:

[Crumb]

:welcome3: :freak:

[JoeP]

:welcome3: :welcome...NOT!:

[livius drusus]

So are y'all actually trying to cause me physical pain or is that just an unfortunate side effect?

[JoeP]

:innocent2:

[Crumb]

Unfortunate? :chin:

[Ymir's blood]

So are y'all actually trying to cause me physical pain or is that just an unfortunate side effect?
Well, pain IS a path to the dark side. :caramba:

[Crumb]

Hmm, you didn't happen to run the replacement on the replies in the gallery, didya? I noticed a post of mine in there with a ":solv:" in it. :whup: Someone's gotta pay for this SNAFU. :glare:

[livius drusus]

It was vm! He did it! I was giving toys to orphans at the time.

:caught:

[viscousmemories]

The smilie you seek this isn't. :yoda:

[Crumb]

You two don't seem to care... :sadnana:

[viscousmemories]

:obiwan: These aren't the admins you're looking for.

[Ymir's blood]

You two don't seem to care... :sadnana:
You... rebel scum.

[Crumb]

THIS IS NOT STAR WARS! :cry:

[Ymir's blood]

THIS IS NOT STAR WARS! :cry:
You just have to believe!

:fett: :vader: :trooper: :greedo:

[viscousmemories]

By jove he seems to have believed just hard enough!

[livius drusus]

Round 4 so far:

:blush3: :blush3:
:blush: :blush3:
:blush2: :blush2:

:shy2: :blush2:
:shy: :shy2:
:blush2: :shy:

:kiss3: :kiss3:
:serenade: :serenade:
:bottle: :bottle:
:afraid: :afraid:
:scared2: :scared2:
:sleepy: :sleepy:
:sleepy: :sleepy:
:knock: :knock:
:heckled: :heckled:

:gangup: :gangup:
:swatfly: :swatfly:
:hatsteal: :hatsteal:
:breath: :breath:
:bflame: :bflame:
:coolsun: :coolsun:
:storm: :storm:
:snow: :snow:
:tuba: :tuba:
:1manband: :1manband:
:organ: :organ:
:rockout: :rockout:
:dj: :dj:
:band: :band:
:blowhorn: :blowhorn:
:drumroll: :drumroll:
:notes2: :notes2:
:note2: :note2:
:music: :note2:
:notes: :notes:
:piano: :piano:

:lift: :lift:
:balloon: :balloon:
:wishes: :wishes:
:stickman: :stick:
:conga: :conga:
:birthday: :birthday:
:party: :party:
:bday3: :bday4:

:clover: :clover:
:leprechaun: :leprechaun:
:xmas: :xmas:
:xmastree: :xmastree:
:sleigh: :santa2:

:venus: :demilo:
:statue: :statue:
:david: :david:
:sistine: :sistine:
:dali: :dali:
:thescream: :thescream:

:whistle: :whistle:
:pilgrim: :pilgrim:
:knit: :knit:
:chop: :chop:
:artist: :artist:
:doctor2: :doctor2:
:doctor: :doctor2:
:nurse: :nurse:
:nurse2: :nurse2:
:baby3: :baby3:
:baby2: :baby3:
:baby: :baby2:
:baby3: :baby:
:knight: :knight:
:viking: :viking:
:fireman: :fireman:
:drillsgt: :drill:
:dramaq: :dramaq:
:detect: :detect:

:grey: :grey:
:cookiem: :cookiem:
:yoda: :yoda:
:cylon: :cylon:
:term: :term:
:borg: :borg:
:enterp: :enterp:
:robin2: :robin2:
:billtell: :billtell:
:crockett: :crockett:
:bravehrt: :bravehrt:
:madhat: :madhat:

Deleting :yoda:, :sleepy:, :nurse:, :balloon:.

[Crumb]

:sleepy: :sleepy:
:sleepy: :sleepy:
How can these both be sleepy?

:yoda: :yoda:
Aren't these backwards?

[livius drusus]

Deleting :yoda:, :sleepy:, :nurse:.
:^:

:)

[Crumb]

I'm confused. Oh I get it. I was really reading it wrong. I was seeing this :yoda: :yoda: to mean associate this smiley :yoda: with this smiley text : yoda :, but it really means replace one smiley text with another in all posts in the forum. Gotcha.
/me can be a little slow sometimes.

[Ensign Steve]

Round 4 so far:
:baby3: :baby3:


That's a baby? She looks like a cowgirl. She kinda looks like :jd: changed her hair color, but still forgot to brush it.

[Ymir's blood]

Round 4 so far:
:baby3: :baby3:


That's a baby? She looks like a cowgirl. She kinda looks like :jd: changed her hair color, but still forgot to brush it.
She's a character from Rob Zombie's House of a Thousand Corpses movie. The character was played by "Mrs. Zombie" Sheri Moon.

Page with pictures of Mrs. Zombie (http://www.freewebs.com/kickasshorrorreviews/sheri_moon%20interview.htm)

[JoeP]

With all this attention to detail, how about some other improvements...

Would you like a version of :balloon: with an animated string? Like in :MM: ?

---

I had really grown use to the Capitalisation in :conga::conga::conga::conga::conga:. But there has to be progress.

[livius drusus]

I think that would be adorable, Joe, thank you. :thankee:

[Ensign Steve]

How about a lead balloon? Like that one, only it's on the ground, a little bit squashed on the bottom, with the string limp on the ground. Also it would be dark gray.

I've had a few of those posts lately. Either that or my wit is just rendering everybody speechless.

[Skep]

Would you like a version of :balloon: with an animated string?
Ooooh, it could double as a sperm cell smilie. :D

[JoeP]

>>

[JoeP]

Lead balloon. Not animated. Could be improved?

[Crumb]

Maybe the lead balloon should start in the air and fall?

[Ensign Steve]

Lead balloon. Not animated. Could be improved?

Looks good! :thumbsup: I like how he's all frowny, that wouldn't have occurred to me. One suggestion, tho. What if you turned the face sideways, so it looks like the balloon landed on its side, as balloons sometimes do when they are on the floor? Then you could still see the knot and really tell it was a balloon. What do you think?

[Skep]

... and he raises a little cloud of dust when he hits. :D

[JoeP]

I'll have a go at the sideways idea. It sounds good.

Then animation. I desperately need more RAM. I can't run 10 browser windows + PSP + AS without thrashing my paging file.

[Crumb]

Why do you need ten browser windows? :chin:

[beyelzu]

cuz he opens up many windows and then writes replies in all of them and sends them one after another.


or atleast he used to do that.

[Crumb]

Well, that's just silly.

[Crumb]

Me again. :wave:

Shouldn't we do something about these guys: :hisign: :hisign2: ? Maybe its the original's time to go?

[JoeP]

Why do you need ten browser windows? :chin:
One for each forum here ... I may have a slightly cleaner line than before but it's still pretty slow. :badcon: I read one thread while others are loading. And then I compose replies in parallel. Plus if I'm researching something I have a google window and all the likely hits in other windows.

[Crumb]

:no2: :no:

[JoeP]

And then wikipedia - all those inviting links to follow... :yup:

[viscousmemories]

:bump:

[livius drusus]

Oh yeah... I might have forgotten about this. :sorry:

So when we last saw our heroine actually being a competent admin, she had created the following list for round 4 of the smileytext replacement project:

:blush3: :blush3:
:blush: :blush3:
:blush2: :blush2:

:shy2: :blush2:
:shy: :shy2:
:blush2: :shy:

:kiss3: :kiss3:
:serenade: :serenade:
:bottle: :bottle:
:afraid: :afraid:
:scared2: :scared2:
:sleepy: :sleepy:
:sleepy: :sleepy:
:knock: :knock:
:heckled: :heckled:
:cellphon: :cellphon:
:mob: :cellphon:

:gangup: :gangup:
:swatfly: :swatfly:
:hatsteal: :hatsteal:
:breath: :breath:
:bflame: :bflame:
:coolsun: :coolsun:
:storm: :storm:
:snow: :snow:
:tuba: :tuba:
:1manband: :1manband:
:organ: :organ:
:rockout: :rockout:
:dj: :dj:
:band: :band:
:blowhorn: :blowhorn:
:drumroll: :drumroll:
:notes2: :notes2:
:note2: :note2:
:music: :note2:
:notes: :notes:
:piano: :piano:

:lift: :lift:
:balloon: :balloon:
:wishes: :wishes:
:stickman: :stickman:
:conga: :conga:
:birthday: :birthday:
:party: :party:
:bday3: :bday3:

:clover: :clover:
:leprechaun: :leprechaun:
:xmas: :xmas:
:xmastree: :xmastree:
:sleigh: :santa2:
:nude: :nude:
:venus: :nude:
:statue: :statue:
:david: :david:
:sistine: :sistine:
:dali: :dali:
:thescream: :thescream:

:whistle: :whistle:
:pilgrim: :pilgrim:
:knit: :knit:
:chop: :chop:
:artist: :artist:
:doctor2: :doctor2:
:doctor: :doctor2:
:nurse: :nurse:
:nurse2: :nurse2:
:baby3: :baby3:
:baby2: :baby3:
:baby: :baby2:
:baby3: :baby:
:knight: :knight:
:viking: :viking:
:fireman: :fireman:
:drillsgt: :drillsgt:
:dramaq: :dramaq:
:detect: :detect:

:grey: :grey:
:cookiem: :cookiem:
:yoda: :yoda:
:cylon: :cylon:
:term: :term:
:borg: :borg:
:enterp: :enterp:
:robin2: :robin2:
:billtell: :billtell:
:crockett: :crockett:
:bravehrt: :bravehrt:
:madhat: :madhat:
:homer: :homer:

Deleting :yoda:, :sleepy:, :nurse:, :balloon:.

[livius drusus]

And round 4 is done. On to round 5 we go, although I'm relieved to say I think the end is in sight. As long as I don't think about the flags, that is. :headache:

[Ymir's blood]

:balloon:.
No! Don't you know that every :balloon: is sacred? :eek:

[livius drusus]

/me giggles.

His brother was stillborn. It's better this way, Ymir's blood. :comfort:

[Ensign Steve]

Since smilietext length is no longer an issue, can you add a trailing : to all the smilies that don't have one yet? I'm tired of having to go back and edit :shakefist:: and :angrynana:: every time I fuck them up. In fact, I'm going to stop doing it, just to mess with your delicate sensibilities.

[Shelli]

:gasp:

[livius drusus]

Mean! So mean. :tremble:

[Ensign Steve]

Then fix it! Duh.

[Shelli]

How can you be that way after she used :tremble:? Have you no :heart:?!

[Ensign Steve]

Hey! Did she edit him in? He was not there a minute ago. Maybe my page didn't load fast enough. If I had seen him I would have given her a :pat:.

[maddog]

I have just seen this thread for the first time. It's a good thing I didn't see it before. I don't understand the question.

#1337

[Shelli]

Yeah, yeah.. excuses, excuses, Ensign. :narrow:

[Ensign Steve]

Yeah, I kind of resurrected it. It's so old, it has one of the old-timey lightning bolt icons. I like it.

[livius drusus]

If I had seen him I would have given her a :pat:.
Oh yeah, thanks a lot, Ensign Stevil. I hooked you up despite the mean. Why? Because I never stop giving.

[viscousmemories]

* viscousmemories is holding off on running the query just to make liv look like a liar. :giggle:

[Ensign Steve]

Did you really do it? That fast and everything?

[livius drusus]

I have just seen this thread for the first time. It's a good thing I didn't see it before. I don't understand the question.
Smileytext is the characters that get converted into a smiley. So :popcorn: is the smileytext for the the popcorn eating graphic.

Before this thread, a lot of the smileytext was hard to remember, with lots of random numbers, foreign languages, underscores and such. There are still some weirdness left over -- mainly in the flag category -- but on the whole, the hoard is much more logically texted now.

[Ensign Steve]

'Tis true, to the point that I barely use the smiley search window (or even the full reply page) I just type what I'm interested in between a pair of colons and see how she flies.

:hammer:
:breakfast:
:tired:
:funny:

[livius drusus]

Did you really do it? That fast and everything?
Yes ma'am. And vm ran the query to replace all instances of :shakefist: and :angrynana in the database to :shakefist:: and :angrynana:.

Which means your post above now has superfluous colons again. :glare:

[Shelli]

Oh noes!! Not superfluous colons!!1!
:ohnoes:

[Ensign Steve]

As it should be! :)

[livius drusus]

:shakefist:

[Ensign Steve]

:shakeshaker:

[Uthgar the Brazen]

One can never have too many colons, and nary a one can be called 'superfluous.' :toiletdance:

[curses]

:laugh:

[maddog]

I have just seen this thread for the first time. It's a good thing I didn't see it before. I don't understand the question.
Smileytext is the characters that get converted into a smiley. So :popcorn: is the smileytext for the the popcorn eating graphic.

Before this thread, a lot of the smileytext was hard to remember, with lots of random numbers, foreign languages, underscores and such. There are still some weirdness left over -- mainly in the flag category -- but on the whole, the hoard is much more logically texted now.

I can understand the general purpose of rationalizing smilietexts, but the two columns ... I don't get it, how that works. And ... are you really getting totally rid of yoda? :( and the balloon? :(

:yoda: :balloon:

:sad:

#1371

[livius drusus]

The two columns used to be different, the one on the left was the "before", the one on the right the "after". Once I changed the smileytext, vm ran a database query that replaced all instances of the original text with the new text. If he hadn't, there would be lots of broken smilies in old posts, and I couldn't stand that.

So after the query ran, all the texts in the "before" column changed to the new text.

Keep in mind this was a long time ago, maddog. The yoda and balloon we used to have were not the ones we have now. I was talking about replacing the originals with the :yoda: and :balloon: you know and love, which, as you see, I've done.

[maddog]

I'm certainly glad YOU-all know what you're doing. That is all. I'll be moving along now.

:tiphat: :hattip: :tiphat2::gday::hatsoff:

#1372

[viscousmemories]

:giggle:

[Crumb]

When I'm less busy, liv, I could create a list for fixing up the state flags. They are very inconsistent. If you are interested. :)

[livius drusus]

I'd love that, Crumbles. If you wanted to do the national flags too, I sure wouldn't protest. :biggrin:

[livius drusus]

Okay, here are some more texts missing a closing colon. Plz hold and they shall be fixded.

:nicethread: :rarrow: :nicethread:
:weirdthread: :rarrow: :weirdthread:
:nevertouch: :rarrow: :nevertouch:
:teknology: :rarrow: :teknology:
:kickasssign: :rarrow: :kickasssign:
:spamhammer: :rarrow: :spamhammer:
:dammitsign: :rarrow: :dammitsign:
:offtopic2: :rarrow: :offtopic2:
:spanishinq: :rarrow: :spanishinq:
:blablabla: :rarrow: :blablabla:

[Ymir's blood]

I hear the original Yoda fled to Europe and is preaching the overthrow of the current smilie regime.

[livius drusus]

But nobody pay him any mind because he doesn't look presidential.

[Ymir's blood]

Don't underestimate him. There exists a considerable anti-hoard sentiment among those smilies unable to make the cut.

[JoeP]

There are still some weirdness left over [...] but on the whole, the hoard is much more logically texted now.

... If he hadn't, there would be lots of broken smilies in old posts, and I couldn't stand that.

As we all know, livius likes logical structures, and can't stand weirdness and things being broken, even old things in places only thread necromancers would see.

This feeling is so strong at times that it's been surmised* that if it could be harnessed it could provide up to 20% of the US's power needs.

* Science, Mar 2006

[livius drusus]

:powerup: :larrow: * livius drusus sees a broken smiley

[JoeP]

* A grateful population thanks livius drusus for the clean* energy

* Also surmised

[Ymir's blood]

:lol

[JoeP]

:lol

uh-oh
:couch:

:blame: Ymir's blood

[Ensign Steve]

As we all know, livius likes logical structures, and can't stand weirdness and things being broken, even old things in places only thread necromancers would see.

Is that why the cool lightning bolt icon from yesterday is now the forum-coloured alert dude? Come on! It was organic.

[livius drusus]

It was misaligned organic. :explode:

[Ensign Steve]

Ahem. (http://www.freethought-forum.com/forum/showthread.php?p=425028#post425028)

(No, that was not even on purpose.)

[JoeP]

I am not familiar with this cool lightning bolt icon of which you speak. But if it's a post icon the smilie text replacement shouldn't have any effect on it.

[Ensign Steve]

It was a post icon. And it has nothing to do with smilietext and everything to do with liv changing things and thinking I wouldn't notice.

[livius drusus]

Oh I knew you'd notice. You're always representin' for the old school.

[Ensign Steve]

Kids these days.
:mutter:

[JoeP]

I'm beginning to see the pattern. liv changes something - and you notice something else.

Ooh, not shiny any more!

[Ensign Steve]

I notice everything.

:examine:

[Crumb]

:al: :al:
:az: :az:
:ca: :ca:
:id: :id:
:ms: :ms:
:mi: :mi:
:md: :md:
:aso: :as:
:ak: :ak:
:hi: :hi:
:fl: :foghorn:
:la: :la:
:mt: :mt:
:nv: :nv:
:or: :or:
:tx: :tx:
:tn: :tn:
:va: :va:
:wa: :wa:
:ut: :ut:
:mp: :mp:

[Crumb]

oh, we have some collisions.

I would do:

:foghorn: :foghorn:
:aso: :aso:

or something...

[Ensign Steve]

Lookin good, yall!

[livius drusus]

Done, Crumbles. Thank you kindly. :thankee:

[Crumb]

:=D

[viscousmemories]

She also modified :heh: to fulfill my request for a :snicker:. :yup:

[Shelli]

I came across a smilie without a : at the end when using the random smilie search this morning: :convertible:

Also, I like the new :snicker: , especially the color of it.

[livius drusus]

Done, ma'am, although I didn't just add a :, I expanded the text to "convertible".

[Watser?]

:snicker: is very :joecool2:

[Ensign Steve]

You saw my note about :marsrover: right?

Edit: Apparently so! :)

Edit 2: Man, I could stare at that animation for hours.

[livius drusus]

Okay, what was formerly :party2: is now :party:, and what was formerly :party: is now :linedance:.

[Watser?]

I just used the :roastturkey: and it has no : at the end

[livius drusus]

Done. I added an "ey:" to make it, you know, make sense. :giggle:

[Shelli]

:chillpill: is missing the end :

poow thing :crying:

[livius drusus]

Not anymore. :flowerdance:

[Shelli]

:w00t:

[Legs]

There is a problem with this one... :medal:

the hover text reads 'Gold medal' instead of 'Golden Turnip'

Can you fix that one please?

[Watser?]

Done. I added an "ey:" to make it, you know, make sense. :giggle:

I thought 'roast turk' sounded a bit cannibalistic :cannibal:

[livius drusus]

There is a problem with this one... :medal:

the hover text reads 'Gold medal' instead of 'Golden Turnip'

Can you fix that one please?
:glare:

[Shelli]

:alarm:

:pointless: is missing the ending :

[livius drusus]

Not anymore. :)

[JoeP]

Should :? have an ending ::? Or is this a special case, being so short:?:

[livius drusus]

I intentionally left the end : off that one just 'cause it's a very common shortcut, like :) or :D.

[JoeP]

:) I thought so :D :\

[Ymir's blood]

:\™

[Shelli]

:strawberry: is missing an ending :

[livius drusus]

You are!1 :tiptoe:

[Shelli]

:giggle: Yeah, I probably am. :crazy:

[livius drusus]

:strawberry: is done, complete with ending y.

[wei yau]

:giggle: Yeah, I probably am. :crazy:

Uh, then how do you go?

:crap:

[Shelli]

Sniff. So immature.
:snooty:


:chuckle:

[viscousmemories]

:alarm:

Eating Emo?

:eat:

[Shelli]

:giggle:

[livius drusus]

Believe it or not, we didn't have an "eat" text, so Eating Emo is now just plain ol' :eat:.

[Crumb]

Here are all the flags without terminating colons...

:bosnia:
:afghanistan:
:bangladesh:
:australia:
:argentina:
:azerbaijan:
:burkinafaso:
:antigua:
:costarica:
:ivorycoast:
:centralafricanrep:
:cherokeenation:
:drcongo:
:republicofcongo:
:caymanislands:
:czechrepublic:
:capeverde:
:dominicanrepublic:
:equatorialguinea:
:elsalvador:
:easttimor:
:faroeislands:
:guatemala:
:gibraltar:
:greenland:
:guineabissau:
:indonesia:
:isleofman:
:kyrgyzstan:
:lithuania:
:liechtenstein:
:mozambique:
:madagascar:
:mauritius:
:mauritania:
:marshallislands:
:macedonia:
:micronesia:
:nicaragua:
:northkorea:
:northernireland:
:newzealand:
:palestine:
:philippines:
:papuanewguinea:
:puertorico:
:switzerland:
:southvietnam:
:saudiarabia:
:swaziland:
:saotome:
:sierraleone:
:singapore:
:sanmarino:
:solomonislands:
:southkorea:
:southafrica:
:saintlucia:
:stkitts:
:stvincent:
:seychelles:
:turkmenistan:
:tajikistan:
:trinidad:
:unitedarabemirates:
:uzbekistan:
:unitedstates:
:unitednations:
:unitedkingdom:
:virginislands:
:venezuela:
:vaticancity:
:yugoslavia:

[Ensign Steve]

Dang!

[livius drusus]

You're a machine, Crumb. Thank you. :plzhold:

[Crumb]

That's what all the girls say. :robothru:

[JoeP]

crumb :rarrow: :coke: :larrow: girl

girl :rarrow: :nevertouch: :larrow: crumb

[Crumb]

:glare: :mechwalker:

[Watser?]

I think he made up some of those countries
:psst:

[livius drusus]

Man, what a giant pain in the ass. All done now. :phew:

[Ensign Steve]

Speaking of flags, what's a "Reverse Oregon"?

[livius drusus]

Crumb made me do it.

[Watser?]

you forgot the smilie :blame:

[Crumb]

:ROR: is what is on the back of the :or: flag.

I didn't mean to cause a pain in your ass, liv. You could have done them a little at a time.

[Shelli]

Man, what a giant pain in the ass.

I didn't mean to cause a pain in your ass, liv.

:stunned:

[livius drusus]

That's cool, Crumb. I've wanted to do for ages, so you did be a big favor by making the list. :thankee:

[Crumb]

That's cool, Crumb. I've wanted to do for ages, so you did be a big favor by making the list. :thankee:
Apparently you were so fatigued you forgot your grammar! :egad:

[Ensign Steve]

Your flag has a different image on the back of it? That is AWESOME!

[livius drusus]

Apparently you were so fatigued you forgot your grammar! :egad:
Means!1 And after I was nice to you when everyone else was mockering. :sadcheer:

[Watser?]

I think he is making that up too
:psst:

[Crumb]

Your flag has a different image on the back of it? That is AWESOME!
I believe it is the only state in the union with a two sided flag.

[Ensign Steve]

Ohio's flag is the only one that's shaped like this. :oh:

Edit: Yikes! Not very easy to draw diagonal lines in that amount of pixels, is it?

[Crumb]

:nope:

[Ensign Steve]

I suppose that's what Ohio gets for having such a goofy looking flag.

My favorite is Maryland. :md: It reminds me of Medieval Times. The restaurant, not the time period. Also South Carolina's is neat and has a kewl history. :sc:

[Blake]

OMG :sadyup: is broken. And :listen:! :loseit:

[JoeP]

Man, what a giant pain in the ass.

Seems like Crumb has a new custom user title all ready and waiting.

[JoeP]

That's cool, Crumb. I've wanted to do for ages, so you did be a big favor by making the list. :thankee:
Apparently you were so fatigued you forgot your grammar! :egad:

She didn't forged, she hab a code.

[livius drusus]

Some holiday changes:

:secsanta: :rarrow: :secretsanta:

:sinter: :rarrow: :sinterklaas:

:mistleto: :rarrow: :mistletoe:

:treeglomp :rarrow: :treeglomp:

I also changed the smileytext for :xmas:. It used to be "santa", but I've never been happy with that being the default santa 'cause it's clearly a Christmas scene. So now that's "xmas" and we have a new :santa:.

[Ensign Steve]

:aww:

[Crumb]

:santa: looks suspiciously green, are you sure that isn't :grinch:?

[livius drusus]

Racist. :no:

[Crumb]

Well :grinch: is green isn't he? :shrug:

Psst! :blame: :shakespeare: No :

[Ensign Steve]

No "re" either, apparently.

[livius drusus]

:fixed:

[Ensign Steve]

Every year the mall has special hours where your kids can visit with an African American Santa. That's how I learned that Santa is American.

The More You Know...

[Ymir's blood]

Rudolf seems to be leaving a trail of glowing reindeer poop.

:santa:

[livius drusus]

Next up: glomping text. It's high time we standardized that collection. :plzhold: