h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

Today is one of those days when the Captcha system decides I'm not allowed to change any entries. I had hoped to finish my entry on the Dolmabahce Palace in Istanbul and to put it into Peer Review, but the Captcha thinks I'm a suspicious person because I make so many edits.

I'll try again after the long weekend, on Tuesday. It might have changed its mind by then.

I wish somebody would fix that Captcha so that it actually does what it is supposed to do. It's unacceptable at the moment.

Bummer. Sympathies.

there's a capture on editing an article?/entry? not found that one yet... (guessing this is in Pliny?) I've actually switched over now, to use pliny more, for well, if not actual proper guide stuff, like entrys, then just for browsing, and teh conversations etc; the navigation is actually better, I think, if anything; once I've gotten past the getting the however many years of using the old system, familiarity slightly out of my freobrain w whilst browsing Not had a proper look t writnig/editing entrys though, probably oughta do that just to see how its looking on that side of things I've so many entrys I want to finish writing when I can find the capicity to turn my mind to concentrate on finishing research for them and actually putting them down on a document maybe I should just try writing them; seeing as how I've so much time spare, given my near total insomnia and now I've a working laptop I can use instead of the held together by gaffa tape netbook of antiquity...

As for writing or editing entries in Pliny, here's my advice.


DON'T!

You WILL lose your work eventually.

ahh... I always use my hopefully fool-proof combination of notepad, plus keeping them in my dropbox.... seems to work thus far... well, cept for the slight problem, for me, of notepad not haing a smell check feature

2Legs,

The Captcha is nothing to do with Pliny. It happens in the old Ripley skins as well. There are three levels:

1. You are editing small entries or making rare edits. Captcha ignores you.

2. You are editing large entries regularly but not too often, or you are editing very large entries rarely. Captcha insists on you typing a code, but is otherwise happy.

3. You are editing large entries frequently or very large entries regularly. Captcha asks for a code but returns an error causing control to return to an empty editing box. It is impossible to save the changes in this state.

Captcha takes into account where you are posting from, so if you have problems on one PC, you can switch to another and get around it. But if you keep on making changes it will cop on and start rejecting you on that one too.

It's also possible to fool it temporarily by creating a new entry and copying the entire content to that - since this will be the first time you've edited this entry it won't count as frequent. Again it cops on fairly quickly.

I've managed to get around the problem for the moment by doing all my edits in Notepad, then just making one edit - because it was more than 2 hours since my last edit, it let it through, so the entry is now in Peer Review.

I have no use for Captcha.

This must be the only context in which 2legs spells the word 'capture' correctly

Whom should we notify?

As Spike Milligan said many years ago, it's not my fault, it's San Andreas fault.

I've often wondered how many china shops are located along the San Andreas Fault.

The San Andreas fault?

About a thousand meters due south west.

Its quiet at the moment.

I remember driving up Route 1 from San Francisco on Recumbentman's recommendation. It was quite obvious where it crossed the san Andreas Fault.

Its buried under a sand dune locally, so its not as dramatic as it might be.

The is though, a barely visible groundswell after a exceptionally heavy rain.

Icy; "This must be the only context in which 2legs spells the word 'capture' correctly"

'Capture' is actually a word I can spell MMM.... capture...d.....


oh. great.
now. the S.A fault... is gona be my fault isn't it.... I can feel it... in my.... pituitary....

If you add a pie to it, a really good meal.

I'm definitely not pressing buttons


lil xx

Does that also apply to sewing buttons? It's been a brutal winter, and my overcoats have lost some buttons.