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katydid
Nov 24, 2003, 9:02 PM
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If I look at the big "who's online list", 4 people on my friends list are online.
If I look at the bar at the top, "None of your friends are online."
I'm assuming this feature is broken at the moment?
(Oh, Grammar Nazi moment: it should be "None of your friends IS online", as "none" is the subject of the sentence. ;))
k.
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overlord
Nov 24, 2003, 9:24 PM
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the best way to say it would be: you dont have a friend online :P
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thomasribiere
Nov 24, 2003, 9:34 PM
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katy, don't get the mods angry with this etrnal bug :wink: :lol: I'm the lone surfer too...
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tenn_dawg
Nov 24, 2003, 9:39 PM
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In reply to: If I look at the big "who's online list", 4 people on my friends list are online. If I look at the bar at the top, "None of your friends are online." I'm assuming this feature is broken at the moment? (Oh, Grammar Nazi moment: it should be "None of your friends IS online", as "none" is the subject of the sentence. ;)) k.
Err... NONE is plural. NO is singular.
Wax the preprostional phrase get it down to
None are online.
None implies a group. Plural.
Right? Or am I just confused. But I'll tell you what, "None is online" sounds like ghetto grammer.
Travis
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katydid
Nov 24, 2003, 9:50 PM
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You win.
the not-so-nazi Grammar Nazi
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tim
Nov 24, 2003, 10:07 PM
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In reply to: If I look at the big "who's online list", 4 people on my friends list are online. If I look at the bar at the top, "None of your friends are online." I'm assuming this feature is broken at the moment?
Re-broken would be more like it. Every goddamn time I commit a change, it gets discarded a few weeks later... this will be take #4 for Friends Online. Which is rather important for troll control, but hey, new shiny things are always more important...
In reply to: (Oh, Grammar Nazi moment: it should be "None of your friends IS online", as "none" is the subject of the sentence. ;))
You so didn't just say that. What's that saying about sleeping dogs? ;-)
'None of yo peeps be online, bitsth'
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katydid
Nov 24, 2003, 10:09 PM
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Hey, we're all entitled to the (exceptionally regular on my part) mistake or two.... ;)
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eric
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In reply to: Re-broken would be more like it. Every goddamn time I commit a change, it gets discarded a few weeks later... this will be take #4 for Friends Online. Which is rather important for troll control, but hey, new shiny things are always more important...
Riiiighttt.... cvs log tells a different story. _AND_ you should have been tracking your own changes across branches. But whatever, at least you'll have the code memorized.
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jerryw
Nov 25, 2003, 1:16 AM
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jookyhead
Nov 25, 2003, 1:33 AM
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In reply to: If I look at the big "who's online list", 4 people on my friends list are online. If I look at the bar at the top, "None of your friends are online." I'm assuming this feature is broken at the moment?
I know what you mean, it says the same thing for me... "None of your friends are online."
I don't know why.
Wait...
Yes I do...
I have no friends. :cry:
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mattdog
Nov 25, 2003, 1:35 AM
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In reply to: In reply to: Re-broken would be more like it. Every goddamn time I commit a change, it gets discarded a few weeks later... this will be take #4 for Friends Online. Which is rather important for troll control, but hey, new shiny things are always more important... Riiiighttt.... cvs log tells a different story. _AND_ you should have been tracking your own changes across branches. But whatever, at least you'll have the code memorized.
CVS is Satan's toy. Don't listen to him Tim! Code free, like the wind!
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sharpender
Nov 25, 2003, 1:50 AM
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In reply to: What's that saying about sleeping dogs?
I think it goes like this "None of the sleeping dogs lie". But how could they when they can't speak. Oh wait, "let sleeping dogs lie"? But we already decided they can't lie so it must be " let sleeping dogs lay" Right. Or maybe it's "none of the dogs is "asleep on their feet." But oops is that single or plural?
Ok, enough rambling. Which is what the dogs do when you let them out. 8)
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tim
Nov 25, 2003, 2:49 AM
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In reply to: In reply to: Re-broken would be more like it. Every goddamn time I commit a change, it gets discarded a few weeks later... this will be take #4 for Friends Online. Which is rather important for troll control, but hey, new shiny things are always more important... Riiiighttt.... cvs log tells a different story. _AND_ you should have been tracking your own changes across branches. But whatever, at least you'll have the code memorized.
Dude, it was working immediately prior to the Great Changeover, and afterwards it went missing. Make of that what you will, since the Great Changeover meant a switch to using separate templates. But the Friends Online display went away at that point.
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eric
Nov 25, 2003, 3:17 AM
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In reply to: Dude, it was working immediately prior to the Great Changeover, and afterwards it went missing. Make of that what you will, since the Great Changeover meant a switch to using separate templates. But the Friends Online display went away at that point.
Yeah, I know. Actually, I've already mentioned this several times in a general sense -- Not all of the 'recent' changes to HEAD got merged to the DEV_STI branch. The usual practice is for the author to merge. I did my best to do it for you, but I couldn't keep track of every thing you did.
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atg200
Nov 25, 2003, 3:17 AM
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haha. quick, someone start an emacs vs. vi holy war!
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squish
Nov 25, 2003, 3:18 AM
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In reply to: (Oh, Grammar Nazi moment: it should be "None of your friends IS online", as "none" is the subject of the sentence. ;)) k.
Bzzt. "Friends" is the subject. Are the subject. Whatever.
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maculated
Nov 25, 2003, 3:21 AM
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In reply to: I know what you mean, it says the same thing for me... "None of your friends are online." I don't know why. Wait... Yes I do... I have no friends. :cry:
Jook, you are missing the best point about this. You can pretend EVERYONE is your friend. Just keep checking that thumbs up, and you'll have a myriad of friends. Doesn't mean they know who you are, but who cares, they are your FRIENDS!
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Nov 25, 2003, 3:21 AM
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In reply to: In reply to: (Oh, Grammar Nazi moment: it should be "None of your friends IS online", as "none" is the subject of the sentence. ;)) k. Bzzt. "Friends" is the subject. Are the subject. Whatever.
"Is the subject" or "are the subjects". You must choose. But choose wisely.
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maculated
Nov 25, 2003, 3:23 AM
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In reply to: Bzzt. "Friends" is the subject. Are the subject. Whatever.
Squish be right, yo. "None of your" is simply a modifier for the noun.
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squish
Nov 25, 2003, 3:28 AM
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In reply to: In reply to: Bzzt. "Friends" is the subject. Are the subject. Whatever. Squish be right, yo. "None of your" is simply a modifier for the noun.
Actually, I think I might be *gasp* wrong!
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maculated
Nov 25, 2003, 3:35 AM
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Okay okay, I am busting out my nerdy English master's knowledge now:
None of your friends are online
In the classic subject-verb arrangement we have: "friends" as subject (noun) and "are online" (present verb)
The phrase "none of your" is a qualifier to friends.
The word "none" is a plural adjective implying that there are more than one. There for the "friends-none" agreement is in place.
Now, If the subject is plural, then the verb must also agree: ARE.
AS FOR ROBMCC's PUNDIT:
In reply to: "Is the subject" or "are the subjects". You must choose. But choose wisely.
Since he was referring to the phrase, "None of your friends" as a phrase and not to the actual friends, it would be singular. Thus, "None of your friends" (the object) is singular and the sentence becomes: "None of your friends" is the subject.
Woooooo. That's why they pay me the big bucks. Oh yeah.
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tenn_dawg
Nov 25, 2003, 3:51 AM
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In reply to: Okay okay, I am busting out my nerdy English master's knowledge now: None of your friends are online In the classic subject-verb arrangement we have: "friends" as subject (noun) and "are online" (present verb) The phrase "none of your" is a qualifier to friends. The word "none" is a plural adjective implying that there are more than one. There for the "friends-none" agreement is in place. Now, If the subject is plural, then the verb must also agree: ARE. AS FOR ROBMCC's PUNDIT: In reply to: "Is the subject" or "are the subjects". You must choose. But choose wisely. Since he was referring to the phrase, "None of your friends" as a phrase and not to the actual friends, it would be singular. Thus, "None of your friends" (the object) is singular and the sentence becomes: "None of your friends" is the subject. Woooooo. That's why they pay me the big bucks. Oh yeah.
Hey! I was right, I just didn't know why.
When in doubt, if it sounds like Ghetto english, it's probably wrong...hahaha
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maculated
Nov 25, 2003, 3:54 AM
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The PC term would be "Ebonics"
But it's not like I'd expect a red neck yokel to know that. :wink:
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squish
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In reply to: In reply to: haha. quick, someone start an emacs vs. vi holy war! Those are cushy tools for soft men, the 5.6 gridbolted sport routes of unix editors. Real programmers use ed.
...And that's how they mess up their BBCode URLs. :lol:
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