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  • realityhack
    replied
    Originally posted by Xenophon View Post
    ... a la AtW...
    I think the exchange rate would be better.

    You'd need a lorry-load of AtW's points to buy a penny sweet.

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  • Xenophon
    replied
    Originally posted by realityhack View Post
    There's nothing stopping you producing your own currency...
    ... a la AtW...

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  • realityhack
    replied
    Originally posted by NickFitz View Post
    No thanks, you keep them - I'm beginning to have doubts about he who awards them's competence to do so:
    There's nothing stopping you producing your own currency...

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  • Xenophon
    replied
    Originally posted by NickFitz View Post
    No thanks, you keep them - I'm beginning to have doubts about he who awards them's competence to do so:





    You've had your fair share of them, IIRC.

    As rh says, you deserve them.

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  • NickFitz
    replied
    Originally posted by realityhack View Post
    Hey, NF, do you want some of my Xeno Geek Points?
    No thanks, you keep them - I'm beginning to have doubts about he who awards them's competence to do so:

    Originally posted by Xenophon View Post
    You call that fun?

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  • realityhack
    replied
    Originally posted by NickFitz View Post
    Nope, it fits. However if it was externalised it would usually be cached by the browser after the first visit (assuming somebody doesn't mess with the HTTP caching settings) and every single page view by each user would be 5,834 bytes smaller.
    Hey, NF, do you want some of my Xeno Geek Points?

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  • cailin maith
    replied
    Originally posted by Xenophon View Post
    You call that fun?

    I was going to ask the same thing!

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  • Xenophon
    replied
    Originally posted by NickFitz View Post
    Just for fun, let's see if the CSS is too big to be included in a post:

    Code:
    <!-- CSS Stylesheet -->
    <style type="text/css" id="vbulletin_css">
    <!--
    /* vBulletin 3 CSS For Style 'Stealth' (styleid: 10) */
    body
    {
    	background: #FFFFFF;
    	color: #000000;
    	font: 10pt verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif;
    	margin: 5px 10px 10px 10px;
    	padding: 0px;
    }
    a:link, body_alink
    {
    	color: #22229C;
    }
    a:visited, body_avisited
    {
    	color: #22229C;
    }
    a:hover, a:active, body_ahover
    {
    	color: #FF4400;
    }
    .page
    {
    	background: #FFFFFF;
    	color: #000000;
    }
    td, th, p, li
    {
    	font: 10pt verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif;
    }
    .tborder
    {
    	background: #D1D1E1;
    	color: #000000;
    	border: 1px solid #0B198C;
    }
    .tcat
    {
    	background: #738FBF;
    	color: #FFFFFF;
    	font: bold 10pt verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif;
    }
    .tcat a:link, .tcat_alink
    {
    	color: #ffffff;
    	text-decoration: none;
    }
    .tcat a:visited, .tcat_avisited
    {
    	color: #ffffff;
    	text-decoration: none;
    }
    .tcat a:hover, .tcat a:active, .tcat_ahover
    {
    	color: #FFFF66;
    	text-decoration: underline;
    }
    .thead
    {
    	background: #FFFFFF;
    	color: #000000;
    	font: bold 11px tahoma, verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif;
    }
    .thead a:link, .thead_alink
    {
    	color: #000000;
    }
    .thead a:visited, .thead_avisited
    {
    	color: #000000;
    }
    .thead a:hover, .thead a:active, .thead_ahover
    {
    	color: #3E5C92;
    }
    .tfoot
    {
    	background: #FFFFFF;
    	color: #000000;
    	text-align:left;
    }
    .tfoot a:link, .tfoot_alink
    {
    	color: #000000;
    }
    .tfoot a:visited, .tfoot_avisited
    {
    	color: #000000;
    }
    .tfoot a:hover, .tfoot a:active, .tfoot_ahover
    {
    	color: #3E5C92;
    }
    .alt1, .alt1Active
    {
    	background: #FFFFFF;
    	color: #000000;
    }
    .alt2, .alt2Active
    {
    	background: #FFFFFF;
    	color: #000000;
    }
    td.inlinemod
    {
    	background: #FFFFCC;
    	color: #000000;
    }
    .wysiwyg
    {
    	background: #F5F5FF;
    	color: #000000;
    	font: 10pt verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif;
    }
    textarea, .bginput
    {
    	font: 10pt verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif;
    }
    .button
    {
    	font: 11px verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif;
    }
    select
    {
    	font: 11px verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif;
    }
    option, optgroup
    {
    	font-size: 11px;
    	font-family: verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif;
    }
    .smallfont
    {
    	font: 11px verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif;
    }
    .time
    {
    	color: #666686;
    }
    .navbar
    {
    	font: 11px verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif;
    }
    .highlight
    {
    	color: #FF0000;
    	font-weight: bold;
    }
    .fjsel
    {
    	background: #3E5C92;
    	color: #E0E0F6;
    }
    .fjdpth0
    {
    	background: #F7F7F7;
    	color: #000000;
    }
    .panel
    {
    	background: #E4E7F5 url(images/gradients/gradient_panel.gif) repeat-x top left;
    	color: #000000;
    	padding: 10px;
    	border: 2px outset;
    }
    .panelsurround
    {
    	background: #D1D4E0 url(images/gradients/gradient_panelsurround.gif) repeat-x top left;
    	color: #000000;
    }
    legend
    {
    	color: #22229C;
    	font: 11px tahoma, verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif;
    }
    .vbmenu_control
    {
    	background: #738FBF;
    	color: #FFFFFF;
    	font: bold 11px tahoma, verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif;
    	padding: 3px 6px 3px 6px;
    	white-space: nowrap;
    }
    .vbmenu_control a:link, .vbmenu_control_alink
    {
    	color: #FFFFFF;
    	text-decoration: none;
    }
    .vbmenu_control a:visited, .vbmenu_control_avisited
    {
    	color: #FFFFFF;
    	text-decoration: none;
    }
    .vbmenu_control a:hover, .vbmenu_control a:active, .vbmenu_control_ahover
    {
    	color: #FFFFFF;
    	text-decoration: underline;
    }
    .vbmenu_popup
    {
    	background: #FFFFFF;
    	color: #000000;
    	border: 1px solid #0B198C;
    }
    .vbmenu_option
    {
    	background: #BBC7CE;
    	color: #000000;
    	font: 11px verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif;
    	white-space: nowrap;
    	cursor: pointer;
    }
    .vbmenu_option a:link, .vbmenu_option_alink
    {
    	color: #22229C;
    	text-decoration: none;
    }
    .vbmenu_option a:visited, .vbmenu_option_avisited
    {
    	color: #22229C;
    	text-decoration: none;
    }
    .vbmenu_option a:hover, .vbmenu_option a:active, .vbmenu_option_ahover
    {
    	color: #FFFFFF;
    	text-decoration: none;
    }
    .vbmenu_hilite
    {
    	background: #8A949E;
    	color: #FFFFFF;
    	font: 11px verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif;
    	white-space: nowrap;
    	cursor: pointer;
    }
    .vbmenu_hilite a:link, .vbmenu_hilite_alink
    {
    	color: #FFFFFF;
    	text-decoration: none;
    }
    .vbmenu_hilite a:visited, .vbmenu_hilite_avisited
    {
    	color: #FFFFFF;
    	text-decoration: none;
    }
    .vbmenu_hilite a:hover, .vbmenu_hilite a:active, .vbmenu_hilite_ahover
    {
    	color: #FFFFFF;
    	text-decoration: none;
    }
    /* ***** styling for 'big' usernames on postbit etc. ***** */
    .bigusername { font-size: 11pt; font-weight: bold; }
    
    /* ***** small padding on 'thead' elements ***** */
    td.thead, div.thead { padding: 4px; }
    
    /* ***** basic styles for multi-page nav elements */
    .pagenav a { text-decoration: none; }
    .pagenav td { padding: 2px 4px 2px 4px; }
    
    /* ***** define margin and font-size for elements inside panels ***** */
    .fieldset { margin-bottom: 6px; }
    .fieldset, .fieldset td, .fieldset p, .fieldset li { font-size: 11px; }
    
    /* ***** don't change the following ***** */
    form { display: inline; }
    label { cursor: default; }
    .normal { font-weight: normal; }
    .inlineimg { vertical-align: middle; }
    
    .smallfont a:link, .smallfont a:visited, .smallfont a:active, .smallfont a:hover {text-decoration: underline; }
    -->
    </style>
    
    <!-- / CSS Stylesheet -->
    You call that fun?

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  • NickFitz
    replied
    Nope, it fits. However if it was externalised it would usually be cached by the browser after the first visit (assuming somebody doesn't mess with the HTTP caching settings) and every single page view by each user would be 5,834 bytes smaller.

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  • NickFitz
    replied
    Just for fun, let's see if the CSS is too big to be included in a post:

    Code:
    <!-- CSS Stylesheet -->
    <style type="text/css" id="vbulletin_css">
    <!--
    /* vBulletin 3 CSS For Style 'Stealth' (styleid: 10) */
    body
    {
    	background: #FFFFFF;
    	color: #000000;
    	font: 10pt verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif;
    	margin: 5px 10px 10px 10px;
    	padding: 0px;
    }
    a:link, body_alink
    {
    	color: #22229C;
    }
    a:visited, body_avisited
    {
    	color: #22229C;
    }
    a:hover, a:active, body_ahover
    {
    	color: #FF4400;
    }
    .page
    {
    	background: #FFFFFF;
    	color: #000000;
    }
    td, th, p, li
    {
    	font: 10pt verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif;
    }
    .tborder
    {
    	background: #D1D1E1;
    	color: #000000;
    	border: 1px solid #0B198C;
    }
    .tcat
    {
    	background: #738FBF;
    	color: #FFFFFF;
    	font: bold 10pt verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif;
    }
    .tcat a:link, .tcat_alink
    {
    	color: #ffffff;
    	text-decoration: none;
    }
    .tcat a:visited, .tcat_avisited
    {
    	color: #ffffff;
    	text-decoration: none;
    }
    .tcat a:hover, .tcat a:active, .tcat_ahover
    {
    	color: #FFFF66;
    	text-decoration: underline;
    }
    .thead
    {
    	background: #FFFFFF;
    	color: #000000;
    	font: bold 11px tahoma, verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif;
    }
    .thead a:link, .thead_alink
    {
    	color: #000000;
    }
    .thead a:visited, .thead_avisited
    {
    	color: #000000;
    }
    .thead a:hover, .thead a:active, .thead_ahover
    {
    	color: #3E5C92;
    }
    .tfoot
    {
    	background: #FFFFFF;
    	color: #000000;
    	text-align:left;
    }
    .tfoot a:link, .tfoot_alink
    {
    	color: #000000;
    }
    .tfoot a:visited, .tfoot_avisited
    {
    	color: #000000;
    }
    .tfoot a:hover, .tfoot a:active, .tfoot_ahover
    {
    	color: #3E5C92;
    }
    .alt1, .alt1Active
    {
    	background: #FFFFFF;
    	color: #000000;
    }
    .alt2, .alt2Active
    {
    	background: #FFFFFF;
    	color: #000000;
    }
    td.inlinemod
    {
    	background: #FFFFCC;
    	color: #000000;
    }
    .wysiwyg
    {
    	background: #F5F5FF;
    	color: #000000;
    	font: 10pt verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif;
    }
    textarea, .bginput
    {
    	font: 10pt verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif;
    }
    .button
    {
    	font: 11px verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif;
    }
    select
    {
    	font: 11px verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif;
    }
    option, optgroup
    {
    	font-size: 11px;
    	font-family: verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif;
    }
    .smallfont
    {
    	font: 11px verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif;
    }
    .time
    {
    	color: #666686;
    }
    .navbar
    {
    	font: 11px verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif;
    }
    .highlight
    {
    	color: #FF0000;
    	font-weight: bold;
    }
    .fjsel
    {
    	background: #3E5C92;
    	color: #E0E0F6;
    }
    .fjdpth0
    {
    	background: #F7F7F7;
    	color: #000000;
    }
    .panel
    {
    	background: #E4E7F5 url(images/gradients/gradient_panel.gif) repeat-x top left;
    	color: #000000;
    	padding: 10px;
    	border: 2px outset;
    }
    .panelsurround
    {
    	background: #D1D4E0 url(images/gradients/gradient_panelsurround.gif) repeat-x top left;
    	color: #000000;
    }
    legend
    {
    	color: #22229C;
    	font: 11px tahoma, verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif;
    }
    .vbmenu_control
    {
    	background: #738FBF;
    	color: #FFFFFF;
    	font: bold 11px tahoma, verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif;
    	padding: 3px 6px 3px 6px;
    	white-space: nowrap;
    }
    .vbmenu_control a:link, .vbmenu_control_alink
    {
    	color: #FFFFFF;
    	text-decoration: none;
    }
    .vbmenu_control a:visited, .vbmenu_control_avisited
    {
    	color: #FFFFFF;
    	text-decoration: none;
    }
    .vbmenu_control a:hover, .vbmenu_control a:active, .vbmenu_control_ahover
    {
    	color: #FFFFFF;
    	text-decoration: underline;
    }
    .vbmenu_popup
    {
    	background: #FFFFFF;
    	color: #000000;
    	border: 1px solid #0B198C;
    }
    .vbmenu_option
    {
    	background: #BBC7CE;
    	color: #000000;
    	font: 11px verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif;
    	white-space: nowrap;
    	cursor: pointer;
    }
    .vbmenu_option a:link, .vbmenu_option_alink
    {
    	color: #22229C;
    	text-decoration: none;
    }
    .vbmenu_option a:visited, .vbmenu_option_avisited
    {
    	color: #22229C;
    	text-decoration: none;
    }
    .vbmenu_option a:hover, .vbmenu_option a:active, .vbmenu_option_ahover
    {
    	color: #FFFFFF;
    	text-decoration: none;
    }
    .vbmenu_hilite
    {
    	background: #8A949E;
    	color: #FFFFFF;
    	font: 11px verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif;
    	white-space: nowrap;
    	cursor: pointer;
    }
    .vbmenu_hilite a:link, .vbmenu_hilite_alink
    {
    	color: #FFFFFF;
    	text-decoration: none;
    }
    .vbmenu_hilite a:visited, .vbmenu_hilite_avisited
    {
    	color: #FFFFFF;
    	text-decoration: none;
    }
    .vbmenu_hilite a:hover, .vbmenu_hilite a:active, .vbmenu_hilite_ahover
    {
    	color: #FFFFFF;
    	text-decoration: none;
    }
    /* ***** styling for 'big' usernames on postbit etc. ***** */
    .bigusername { font-size: 11pt; font-weight: bold; }
    
    /* ***** small padding on 'thead' elements ***** */
    td.thead, div.thead { padding: 4px; }
    
    /* ***** basic styles for multi-page nav elements */
    .pagenav a { text-decoration: none; }
    .pagenav td { padding: 2px 4px 2px 4px; }
    
    /* ***** define margin and font-size for elements inside panels ***** */
    .fieldset { margin-bottom: 6px; }
    .fieldset, .fieldset td, .fieldset p, .fieldset li { font-size: 11px; }
    
    /* ***** don't change the following ***** */
    form { display: inline; }
    label { cursor: default; }
    .normal { font-weight: normal; }
    .inlineimg { vertical-align: middle; }
    
    .smallfont a:link, .smallfont a:visited, .smallfont a:active, .smallfont a:hover {text-decoration: underline; }
    -->
    </style>
    
    <!-- / CSS Stylesheet -->

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  • NickFitz
    replied
    Originally posted by RichardCranium View Post
    Is it worth resurrecting NF's last efforts:
    WHS. The thing about the in-page CSS is an admin control panel option in vBulletin so it shouldn't be hard to implement.

    I'd been meaning to bring that up as it has an effect on page load times on a mobile - with the slower connection speed, having all that CSS text before the <body> element is opened really makes the site feel slow.

    Also, the tracking JavaScript really should be moved to just before </body>, so it means that the logo loads, then everything stops while it goes off and fetches scripts from Google and suchlike

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  • DaveB
    replied
    Originally posted by Xenophon View Post
    Nothing is new. Everything has been posted before. Twice, probably.
    <Shirley>
    The word is about, there's something evolving,
    Whatever may come, the world keeps revolving
    They say the next big thing is here,
    That the revolution's near,
    But to me it seems quite clear
    That it's all just a little bit of history repeating itself

    </Shirley>

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  • realityhack
    replied
    Originally posted by Xenophon View Post
    I'm sure he has had quite a few over the years, but yes - he does score high on the geek front.

    If Geek Points were a Fiat currency, they'd have a picture of a monkey on the notes.

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  • Xenophon
    replied
    Originally posted by realityhack View Post
    Isn't NF overdue about 100 Xeno Geek Points, with interest?
    I'm sure he has had quite a few over the years, but yes - he does score high on the geek front.

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  • realityhack
    replied
    Originally posted by Xenophon View Post
    Nothing is new. Everything has been posted before. Twice, probably.
    Isn't NF overdue about 100 Xeno Geek Points, with interest?

    Leave a comment:

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