Are captchas killing PA?
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Topic: Are captchas killing PA?
Posted By: SteveG
Subject: Are captchas killing PA?
Date Posted: June 10 2017 at 04:49
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Are the robot captcha tests killing PA? ------------- This message was brought to you by a proud supporter of the Deep State. |
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Posted By: ExittheLemming
Date Posted: June 10 2017 at 06:07
We'll never know the answer if the voters are denied access  (I just spoiled my ballot paper)------------- 
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Posted By: SteveG
Date Posted: June 10 2017 at 06:20
 Vey good. Tis true, but with social media, I believe we still gauge what's happening.------------- This message was brought to you by a proud supporter of the Deep State. |
Posted By: micky
Date Posted: June 10 2017 at 06:43
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Killing it Steve? Nah man... you can't kill what was already dead. The site has been an animated corpse of its early days when people were involved, discussion (real discussion) ruled, and the site was populated with people who knew prog rock, not just fans of certain groups. The site and accompanied stench of rot and decay are merely the symptom of the larger decomposition of the prog rock revival and the internet scene that formed around because of it of the late 90's early 00's which spawned the site. |
Posted By: SteveG
Date Posted: June 10 2017 at 06:54
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Yes, the days of the wild west gunslinger were before my time, micky, but I believe I would not have enjoyed people arguing about Zappa being prog, RIO (or rock in reverse as my wife used to call it), and avant/whatever/noise prog. But I always was vanilla type of guy.
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Posted By: micky
Date Posted: June 10 2017 at 07:18
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yeah they were great days... but the point stands. Captcha didn't kill the PA's.. it has been dead for many years. On a reanimated cruise control in which the site really exists as a chat site. Which also is my point.. it also reflects the death of the prog revival of 20 years ago...which sites like this served as meeting places where old codgers met and newbies flocked. The music itself isn't dead obviously.. but the sense of a prog scene or unified community has largely died. Bands don't care about added here.. they don't care about being part of the prog scene as they once did.. and the fans.. ehhh.. it is music. Great music.. bad music.. you take them individually based on the music.. not any underlying genre tribe. Who cares what it is called.... |
Posted By: Thatfabulousalien
Date Posted: June 10 2017 at 07:35
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I tried to reply to this thread around 2 hours ago and you would never guess what happened..... ------------- Classical music isn't dead, it's more alive than it's ever been. It's just not on MTV. https://www.soundcloud.com/user-322914325 |
Posted By: SteveG
Date Posted: June 10 2017 at 07:39
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No, what? The prog scene died out two hours ago, as micky suggested? ------------- This message was brought to you by a proud supporter of the Deep State. |
Posted By: Rivertree
Date Posted: June 10 2017 at 08:00
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PA as such NO, forum activity YES for sure ------------- https://awesomeprog.com/users/Rivertree" rel="nofollow">  |
Posted By: Catcher10
Date Posted: June 10 2017 at 10:38
All other forums have LIKE buttons for posts, PA does not. I would venture to guess it has been "dead" for about 2 years. Threads are not even threads, merely 2-3 posts and then done. If I read the members online at the bottom correctly, lately it has been like maybe 100 or so, and that prolly includes people who just login and stay on during the day. I agree with micky, PA has been dead but really so is prog rock. I mean come on guys they are all dying on us, what is left is not prog rock. I mean heck even micky's fav artist Steven Wilson's next album is not prog!!  Essentially we are getting Cold Play and Linkin Park with some mellotron and melancholy lyrics and people call it prog rock.... Even our Vinyl thread is dead, which is 98% of why I come here. That one is dead 100% due to captcha, posting pics of our plays and buys/finds of great vinyl is waaaaaaayyyyyy too cumbersome. I won't do it anymore, sorry to all my vinyl buddies.  Steve, find another site believe me there is spirited conversation about real prog elsewhere. (Had to post this 2x due to captcha  )-------------   
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micky wrote:Posted By: Easy Money
Date Posted: June 10 2017 at 11:51
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Discussion forums are a thing of the past, this site is one of the few left. Websites are mostly used for looking up informaton anymore, even old website discussions are used mostly as a source of info. Also, I would imagine whatever Max is guarding this site against would probably kill this site faster than any captcha hassles, otherwise I doubt he would even bother with using the defense. |
Posted By: Tapfret
Date Posted: June 10 2017 at 13:20
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No, people who want to continue to contribute will. People who want to repeatedly write the same BS posts about some perceived halcyon prog revival that fit their own parameters of the way things should be, will. ------------- https://www.last.fm/user/Tapfret" rel="nofollow">  https://bandcamp.com/tapfret" rel="nofollow - Bandcamp |
Posted By: Man With Hat
Date Posted: June 10 2017 at 14:41
exactly. ------------- Dig me...But don't...Bury me I'm running still, I shall until, one day, I hope that I'll arrive Warning: Listening to jazz excessively can cause a laxative effect. |
Posted By: ExittheLemming
Date Posted: June 10 2017 at 14:51
Have to agree. There is nothing more pitiful than nostalgia for something that never even occurred in the first place. -------------
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Posted By: Easy Money
Date Posted: June 10 2017 at 15:41
| I have no idea if there was ever a "prog revival", but discussion forums on any subject, musical or otherwise, are mostly a thing of the past. A few linger on, but many have been shut down over the past few years due to dwindling participation. This is true of non-musical sites as well. |
Posted By: Aussie-Byrd-Brother
Date Posted: June 10 2017 at 17:37
This about a million times over, despite the delusion some of the `f*cking rock stars of the Prog Archives' will have you believe 
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Posted By: ExittheLemming
Date Posted: June 10 2017 at 23:00
If you read their posts backwards they contain satanic messages saying 'go to Progressive Ears' 'marry an Italian' 'Max is the antichrist' -------------
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Posted By: Aussie-Byrd-Brother
Date Posted: June 10 2017 at 23:21
Odd, I've been fighting the urge to blow up my neighbour's house and have relations with mules, guess the subliminal backwards messages in those posts have a different effect on everyone! |
Posted By: micky
Date Posted: June 11 2017 at 07:57
sure there was.... easy to see if one only takes the time to look and think about it. just as much as the end of it was easy to see .. if only one takes the time to look and think about it. That is why Captcha isn't to blame for killing PA's.. blame for what... decreasing activity on a dying site that had become more a general chat site than what it once was.. the place to go for Prog Rock. It's decline in enthusiasm, activity both in the old guard and influsion of new blood...and all that jazz started ..well.. .around the time the unified prog scene fell apart and fractured.... for the umptenth time... in all my years online here, and before that at other sites.. I've never seen a more insightful post.. written by one who was in the front lines of the prog revival of the late 90's.
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Posted By: Easy Money
Date Posted: June 11 2017 at 09:29
| ^ this may be true, but its also true that discussion forums in general are a thing of the past. On sites both musical and non-musical, discussion forums are being shut down due to dwindling participation. |
Posted By: micky
Date Posted: June 11 2017 at 10:46
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^ that may be true... I don't see it. I regular post on 5 other forums upon interests of mine, from history to role playing to board gaming to books and they are alive and doing find. Music? One could see that.. talking about music is like talking about sex. what is the point.. get out there and experience it. It is a personal experience and relationship that doesn't really tend well to discussion unless you really have a talent for talking music. Otherwise you get a bunch of polls on what you like and don't like hahah. What really is there to talk about.. yeah Red heads are freaky and rule.. but will steal your soul.. yeah Genesis wasted a decade before discovering their true talents as purveyors of great pop.. pffff. As any long term member here knows... new topics are very few and far between.. mostly rehashes of stuff discussd years ago. but music forums. Progears is still alive and doing fine. Perhaps they are an outlier.. that site is more clique driven by friendships that extend out of cyberspace into real life. Then there is the Steve Hoffman site I checked out after Jose mentioned it in another thread. Dead? no way.. I saw a 20 page thread on Dione Warwick sititng right next to a long mult-page thread on the new Roger album. That forum sure as sh*t isn't dead. I've been thinking long and hard about joining it. Looks like a hoot and some damn smart people posting there.. not just parrots and fanboys of particular groups. internet forums dead and dying? I'm not seeing it. Perhaps John it is just this forum.... |
Posted By: Easy Money
Date Posted: June 11 2017 at 11:12
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No its not just this forum, allaboutjazz just shut down their forum, which had been running for ten plus years and was quite active at one point. At this point, I don't know of any jazz site with a particularly active forum, (and there are lots of jazz sites out there) except possibly orgisimo (sp?) and they may be more of a keyboard site, I'm not sure. I've done searches on articles regarding the death of the discussion forum, its a fairly well recognized fact throughout the internet. Lucky for you that you still know some that are active, some have survived apparently. |
Posted By: micky
Date Posted: June 11 2017 at 11:39
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oh sure forums come and go... and yeah if you are looking mainly at musical ones you can see where they might be failing at greater than normal rates. Again.. music is sex man. Don't talk... just get it on!!! Perhaps the Hoffman forum has the right idea.. a grab bag of all music not just focused on a particular listening subset. Which brings me back to.... I did drag out jacob's post for more than one reason though.. sure it was to hammer home for those unaware that yes ..there was indeed a revival but again for the insight he showed. Perhaps the days of the focused musical forums are as numbered John as those who tend to identify themselves through specific music. I made this point in the latest version of the girls v. prog thread this forum loves to have every few years and was ignored as usual by kiddies who know as little about women as they do prog. Men gravitate here for part of being a man is that group association we tend to place upon ourselves. We have tended to associate ourselves via the music we like.. women? f**k that.. it is just music. not a statement on who they are. Yet as Jacob sagely noted.. the days of that are ending with today's youth. Genres.. tags.. labels.. we grew up on it.. and we reveled in our attempts here to characterize to summarize to pound round groups into the square holes of genre ID's. However it is a new world out there.. today's music listener John.. they don't give a f**k it is jazz, prog, or pop. so why would they visit those kind of limited interest forums. All they would seem to care about is only if it is good.. so why would they come here to a site that reeks of age and bands many years in their creative graves. as was said. so it is.. it is a new world out there... remember how we had bands beating down our doors ..pestering us to no end to be added to teh database or have their albums reviewed. Today? where did that go... the labels attached to the music simply don't seem to apply anymore. |
Posted By: Quinino
Date Posted: June 11 2017 at 12:03
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Anyway, every rule comes with its own exceptions, and I hoped this could be some sort of living, healthy dinosaur of a site (the concept oddly appeals to me). My biggest concern is to anticipate if the Archives per se will survive the eventual (slow) dying of the forum, because for me it's the database (reviews and all, of course) that remains my main reason of interest. |
Posted By: Easy Money
Date Posted: June 11 2017 at 12:12
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^ I doubt PA is going away anytime soon, it still brings in revenue, and I have seen that fact for myself. Many site visitors do not come her for discussion, they are here looking for particular info etc. |
Posted By: micky
Date Posted: June 11 2017 at 12:19
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yeah man. Uwe nailed it earlier.. the forum may suck but has nothing to do with the website/database... all good at least until our dear M@X gets tired of his little plaything and all the unruly infants and decides to jettison it .. of course I've already put my bid in to buy it from him.. and yep.. first thing we do after we recover from the site party I'm throwing of all the booze, blow and broads you all can handle... is move Genesis to PR and delete NEO PROG!!! Hah... |
Posted By: Quinino
Date Posted: June 11 2017 at 12:23
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You give me some peace of mind, then, still usefully and pleasantly using (and massively working on) the DB and expecting to be able to continue to do so. |
Posted By: Easy Money
Date Posted: June 11 2017 at 12:24
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Re Mickey: I'm quite sure he would sell it before dumping it. I worked with Max on a daily, even hourly, basis for a few years, so I do know a few things.
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Posted By: micky
Date Posted: June 11 2017 at 12:32
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no doubt.. I'm sure he would... and Raff and I will buy it from it. I'll even throw in a case of beer and the phone number of a sadistic (hopefully) sex starved redhead who'll rock your world M@X if sell by the end of year haha... |
Posted By: Quinino
Date Posted: June 11 2017 at 12:40
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Count me in, if you'll need a pardenar (I'm a wine, not a beer-man, so be warned) |
Posted By: Easy Money
Date Posted: June 11 2017 at 12:43
You can have this site where the guys are still trying to figure out what 'girls' are, but I have my eyes on buying his jazz site. 
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Posted By: someone_else
Date Posted: June 11 2017 at 13:17
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I don't know if CAPTCHA's are killing PA. To me they are more like a disease, let's say diabetes. It can be lethal, but one can get old with it if he is not too careless, while cursing the inconveniences that go with it on an almost daily base. ------------- 
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Posted By: Jeffro
Date Posted: June 12 2017 at 05:48
What role playing forum(s) are you on? ------------- We all dwell in an amber subdomain, amber subdomain, amber subdomain. My face IS a maserati |
Posted By: The T
Date Posted: June 12 2017 at 07:32
This explain everything. M@x is a MACHINE! Obviously this explain the whole captcha thing. And the @ in his name never fooled me.... ------------- 
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Posted By: SteveG
Date Posted: June 12 2017 at 07:53
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Posted By: siLLy puPPy
Date Posted: June 12 2017 at 08:01
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Captchas seem to be thriving on the forum. Seems to be the most discussed topic here -------------  https://rateyourmusic.com/~siLLy_puPPy |
Posted By: Catcher10
Date Posted: June 12 2017 at 10:44
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Look last thing I want to see is PA die, go away and the DB with it, that would be a shame and a lot of work for naught. I have a suspicion that would never happen.....but u never know I guess. Maybe the forums portion needs to die off and this truly becomes a DB only site, look up artists and such, almost like a Discogs site. Huge monster site for albums info although it is also a POS site, but very little discussion on anything goes on there. The Hoffman site is a different breed. Steve Hoffman is a mastering engineer very respected for his craft, working with many different artists releasing many reissues which are highly regarded in the audio world. He is also an audio gear head and that is another huge part of his site, people want to hear their music reproduced in the best possible manner, and there are huge discussions (hot and cold as you can imagine) based on audio gear, just like music a very subjective topic. Serious music lovers are in general, serious about their audio gear. Hoffman site is very respected, that site is run like a machine, you step out of line and you WILL be called out by the GORTS!! You better read the rules cause the GORTS enforce them, I have seen it happen many times. So threads and posts pretty much for the most part stay on topic and without any problems. Threads will be locked in a skinny minute if they go south. As micky states, the Hoffman site for music is very generic, you need to create a topic on genre or artist if you want to discuss it, none of those categories are set in the forum. You click on "Music Corner" and go.... I have discussed R&B, Metal, Prog, Funk, Soul, Jazz...all in the same day. if I get bored in music then I can go discuss audio gear or recording process, mastering and the biggest plus for Hoffman is those guys are insane about vinyl and all its info.....And posting your listens, especially vinyl, is great as you can get so much info on certain pressings and sound quality. I must admit, I find out about new artists on SH almost as much as I used to on PA......without any pulse on a forum how are you supposed to find out info? PA is still a respected site for prog rock and always will be as long as it is active, I really do not know what it would take to get it back to its glory days. I'll still pop in every day....... -------------
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Posted By: SteveG
Date Posted: June 12 2017 at 10:57
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I think the Hoffman site is great for techs and gearheads, Jose. It's just a bit too much all over the place for me. A Herbie Hancock thread followed by a Monkees' thread is too diverse for me, but it's a heaven for others. ------------- This message was brought to you by a proud supporter of the Deep State. |
Posted By: dr wu23
Date Posted: June 12 2017 at 11:03
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Why can't the owners turn it off? Regarding discussion....start an interesting thread ifn you want to discuss something complex....AND QUIT COMPLAINING ABOUT IT. ------------- One does nothing yet nothing is left undone. Haquin |
Posted By: Catcher10
Date Posted: June 12 2017 at 11:05
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True dat Steve........but you gotta love a site where most people feel that Pink Floyd is not prog, and more agree than not . (3rd time posting this teeny-tiny little sentence of mine.....) Absolutely INSANE!!!!!!!!!!!!!! -------------
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Posted By: progaardvark
Date Posted: June 12 2017 at 11:41
For what it's worth, if this site met with an unfortunate demise, it has been archived at the Internet Archives' Wayback Machine (as are many, many other websites). Just type in prog archives here: https://archive.org/web/" rel="nofollow - https://archive.org/web/ A downside is that some of the functionality doesn't transfer over to the archived version (like some images, scripts, etc.), but the textual data does get archived, and that's the most important stuff. Otherwise, better buy a sh*tload of paper and a heavy-duty printer! ------------- ---------- i'm shopping for a new oil-cured sinus bag that's a happy bag of lettuce this car smells like cartilage nothing beats a good video about fractions |
Posted By: Formentera Lady
Date Posted: June 17 2017 at 22:53
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Yes. The forum has always been an important factor for me for visiting this site. My contribution have always been small, but now I will reduce it even more... Today after 3 short posts with endless street signs and front stores (I did not get the easy mountains although I tried it several times!) I have enough now. Still using this site as a lookup source, though. ------------- http://theprogressiveweb.blogspot.de" rel="nofollow - Visit me in Second Life to talk about music. |
Posted By: Tom Ozric
Date Posted: June 18 2017 at 00:20
| Fah-king oath !! |
Posted By: Replayer
Date Posted: June 18 2017 at 01:18
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Today is the first time I've posted on PA in over three weeks and the hassle of often having to go through five captchas to submit a simple post or review is the main reason for this. |
Posted By: rogerthat
Date Posted: June 18 2017 at 02:44
| Yes, it has taken a wheelchair bound invalid and rendered him comatose. I mean, even if a hypothetical somebody comes running towards the PA forum to post a hypothetical something, the great wall of captcha will send him hurtling back to where he came from at twice the speed. |
Posted By: SteveG
Date Posted: June 19 2017 at 04:27
 This crap killed me for a few days, so I laid low. Very annoying when you're not in the mood to play this torturous video game!------------- This message was brought to you by a proud supporter of the Deep State. |
Posted By: ExittheLemming
Date Posted: June 19 2017 at 08:33
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Are disingenuous time wasting c.u.nt.s being inconvenienced by CAPTCHAS? (let's hope so) http://www.progarchives.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=104615&PID=5248228#5248228" rel="nofollow - http://www.progarchives.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=104615&PID=5248228#5248228 -------------
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Posted By: Kepler62
Date Posted: June 19 2017 at 12:36
She's quite right. I'm pretty much done with the site myself. I've been insulted a few times by admins who seem to know nothing about anything.
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Posted By: Quinino
Date Posted: June 19 2017 at 12:43
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^ But still you persevere...that's noble of you Chill out and enjoy the ride, lad, it won't last forever, that's for sure  |
Posted By: SteveG
Date Posted: June 19 2017 at 13:25
Let's go back to my long held view of your thoughts and opinions. They mean even less to me now than they did a few years ago. Close to zero as I recall. If you can't co-exist peaceably with me on this forum, then please go to where ever a hot bag of wind like yourself can be appreciated. I honestly don't have a clue where that is, but there must be someplace for you on the internet. It is a big world, after all. And it may even be free of captchas. Btw Iain, fighting battles to avenge your friends is not your forte. You're too obvious and quite poor at it. Do yourself a favor and leave it to someone who can do it better. ;)
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Posted By: omphaloskepsis
Date Posted: June 20 2017 at 01:18
| Not helping. Perhaps a math question would be better than the photo fragment pickem. |
Posted By: Tapfret
Date Posted: June 20 2017 at 01:59
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^yeah, robots are terrible at math. ------------- https://www.last.fm/user/Tapfret" rel="nofollow"> https://bandcamp.com/tapfret" rel="nofollow - Bandcamp |
Posted By: Thatfabulousalien
Date Posted: June 20 2017 at 03:09
What is PA? is it this? ------------- Classical music isn't dead, it's more alive than it's ever been. It's just not on MTV. https://www.soundcloud.com/user-322914325 |
Posted By: Barbu
Date Posted: June 20 2017 at 03:29
Arrête, tu vas me faire brailler. ------------- |
Posted By: Barbu
Date Posted: June 20 2017 at 03:31
Just another cheap shot from the lemming man. ------------- |
Posted By: ExittheLemming
Date Posted: June 20 2017 at 08:10
You should never have been reinstated. You continue to behave like an unrepentant dick on every thread to which you deign to contribute. If I had been an admin at the time you were suspended you would never have survived the above quoted post. It seems that most of the 'cowards and mental defectives' as you describe the PA membership have turned the other cheek. I ain't. -------------
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Posted By: Guldbamsen
Date Posted: June 20 2017 at 08:14
I am so joyful now that I lost my bible length post! Yay Thanks M@X for this wonderful new implementation to the site. It's really a hoot. I know folks here tend to bitch and moan about all of this stuff, but it is surely better to protect oneself from 'malicious attacks' that most likely are out to steal all of our valuable info. Stuff like member's interests and real first names let alone all those bank and visa card codes that we all store somewhere in our profile. I thank you for your protection. Neato. ------------- “The Guide says there is an art to flying or rather a knack. The knack lies in learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss.” - Douglas Adams |
Posted By: SteveG
Date Posted: June 20 2017 at 08:21
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Posted By: Shiny globe
Date Posted: June 20 2017 at 10:25
| Mr Tapfret thinks nobody has made interesting suggestions in order to improve the situation. What would you try if you were the webmaster? |
Posted By: Tapfret
Date Posted: June 20 2017 at 10:40
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^would you care to quote so I know what you are referring to? ------------- https://www.last.fm/user/Tapfret" rel="nofollow"> https://bandcamp.com/tapfret" rel="nofollow - Bandcamp |
Posted By: Shiny globe
Date Posted: June 20 2017 at 11:19
"If they were" implies you think they're not.
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Posted By: Tapfret
Date Posted: June 20 2017 at 12:21
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Oh I see. A comment from another thread taken out of context. Nope, not falling for it. ------------- https://www.last.fm/user/Tapfret" rel="nofollow"> https://bandcamp.com/tapfret" rel="nofollow - Bandcamp |
Posted By: Shiny globe
Date Posted: June 20 2017 at 12:44
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You're being unnecessarily provocative (but to type this feels so unnatural I wonder how my computer allows me to type it). Anyway I welcome anyone who finds a suggestion on how to improve that website.
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Posted By: micky
Date Posted: June 20 2017 at 19:16
well since .. I will be the new site owner when M@X gets tired of running this site into the ground.. hopefully sooner rather than later. There will be changes....Here is the Big MIck's plan... 1) fire all moderators with extreme prejudice... this forum self moderates better than any moderators this site has ever had. 2) terminate genre teams with extreme prejudice... that served its purpose years ago but its time has come and gone for the site. Open admission for bands... still have to be S.C... ie.. you have to show you know prog rock. 3) single topic music sites are so 2007... so we expand the site to other topics... and what topic does prog fan know and love almost as well as prog rock... it does go hand in hand with most.. welcome to Prog and Porn Archives... Your ultimate Prog and Porn Resource... and I'll be watching the website hits accumulate.. and ads? HAH!!!! I dare even Genesis fan to use an ad blocker on my website.. the closest those losers will ever get to sex.... 4) a long needed database project in which we invest the time to update this site to a different.. whatever.. whatever is needed to do tagging for albums. NOte sure what needs to be done... I'd be the f**king owner... I wouldn't do the work.. I'd just sign the checks to make it happen. 5) oh yes.... my other major bone picking... no f**king half stars for you reviews... I do away with the stupid ratings period. It takes talent to review albums... any f**king monkey had rate an album. Thus the whole process is f**king worthless and a joke... 6) on that note.. replacing the joke of a top album list with one worthy of the site. A true top 100 list compiled not by fanboys and stupid ratings.. but by whatever f**king brain power is still left at this site. Would have been an easier project back in the day.. but I think it can still be done probably more than that.... but that would be a good start. Yes... the reign of the Big Mick was classic in the early days... if a reign of blood and terror was your thing.. but the second reign will be even better... I'll save your f**king website.... |
Posted By: Magnum Vaeltaja
Date Posted: June 20 2017 at 19:21
^  I, for one, welcome you as our new overlord. Take notes, M@X! ------------- when i was a kid a doller was worth ten dollers - now a doller couldnt even buy you fifty cents |
Posted By: micky
Date Posted: June 20 2017 at 19:24
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dead serious man.... the day M@X tires of this... I buy it from him... and I do have strong ideas on what is wrong here.. and how to fix it. |
Posted By: Atavachron
Date Posted: June 20 2017 at 20:14
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^ I think he tired of it three and a half years ago. ------------- "Too often we enjoy the comfort of opinion without the discomfort of thought." -- John F. Kennedy |
Posted By: Replayer
Date Posted: June 20 2017 at 21:03
It seems that you have misinterpreted Tapfret's comment in that http://www.progarchives.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=111123&PN=14" rel="nofollow - other Captcha thread . In that thread, you had said that:
At this, point SteveG replied
Finally, Tapfret replied to SteveG's post immediately above his, as indicated by the "^" sign (pointing upward):
That is, SteveG claimed that no words are needed to describe your position other than his emoticon, to which Tapfret added that if words were in fact needed, then "unnecessarily provocative" would be a good place to start with. Thus, in fact, Tapfret was not claiming that nobody has made interesting suggestions in order to improve the Captcha situation, but rather making a joke at your expense, hence why he said that the quote was taken out of context. My point is: you shouldn't be upset with Tapfret for attacking the admins, you should be upset with Tapfret for making fun of your comment! |
(No words needed.)Posted By: timothy leary
Date Posted: June 20 2017 at 22:19
Are captchas killing PA?Is this a trick question?
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Posted By: SteveG
Date Posted: June 21 2017 at 04:13
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Date Posted: June 21 2017 at 04:14
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Posted By: chopper
Date Posted: June 21 2017 at 04:47
You get my vote micky, but this is going to make looking at PA during my lunch hour really tricky, I mean all those photos and videos, I don't want other people in the office to know I'm looking at prog.
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Posted By: someone_else
Date Posted: June 21 2017 at 05:04
In that case I hope that the Big Mick has thought of getting rid of Google Ads. Otherwise, the photos and vids mentioned will be blurred
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Posted By: Shiny globe
Date Posted: June 21 2017 at 08:48
Oh thank you, thank you! I miss a part on what anti-robots and other aliens system you'd replace captchas with, but apart from that
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Posted By: Shiny globe
Date Posted: June 21 2017 at 08:58
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Posted By: SteveG
Date Posted: June 21 2017 at 10:08
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"And what is truth?" said Pilate to Christ. Just for the record, the snobs are not ganging up on you. You missed Trapfret's dis, which I found strange. Nothing more to it than that. Welcome to PA.  ------------- This message was brought to you by a proud supporter of the Deep State. |
Posted By: Catcher10
Date Posted: June 21 2017 at 10:21
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, worthless krapp.Posted By: Shiny globe
Date Posted: June 21 2017 at 10:42
I didn't know about the use of "^" to refer to the above comment, and had thought of a typing mistake. The way I'd misunderstood his comment made sense. His dissing me suggested that his opinion was similar to Easy Money's, the guy that doesn't have problems and makes fun of other who have them, instead of backing suggestions for improvements. As for having gangs after me, I'd flee rather than fight the whole World, but it all was something between Easy Money and me in the first place... Thanks for welcoming me. I've seen you're suggesting a way to solve the test/authorization problems, so you're also waiting for the tech team to give us détails on why they prefer the current protection tool to what you and others suggested.
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Posted By: Magnum Vaeltaja
Date Posted: June 21 2017 at 10:43
Hell, at this point, why don't we just shift priorities altogether? I think it's been a long time coming since we've needed Southern Rock Archives to be a thing... ------------- when i was a kid a doller was worth ten dollers - now a doller couldnt even buy you fifty cents |
Posted By: Vompatti
Date Posted: June 21 2017 at 11:13
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As far as I know, nobody is getting the captcha when posting plain text without quotes, links, images etc. So how about we just disable all these fancy features that cause the captchas to happen? Alternatively the current forum could be nuked and replaced with a BBS. This would have the further advantage of being accessible to people with dial-up modems.
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Posted By: Blaqua
Date Posted: June 21 2017 at 11:22
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"As far as I know, nobody is getting the captcha when posting plain text without quotes, links, images etc." I'm getting captchas even when my posts meet those conditions...
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Posted By: dr wu23
Date Posted: June 21 2017 at 12:45
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test...test ------------- One does nothing yet nothing is left undone. Haquin |
Posted By: dr wu23
Date Posted: June 21 2017 at 12:45
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No captcha on the text for me.....it could be those conditions are correct. ------------- One does nothing yet nothing is left undone. Haquin |
Posted By: micky
Date Posted: June 21 2017 at 13:59
you are too generous David...way longer than that... personally I think it was the backlash of the Torman Maxt affair that ended his dreams of earning money on the hard work of his volunteers haha. He was once involved and responsive.. in fact.. we got RPI due to his wisdom of breaking the trench warfare and stalemate that gripped the two warring nations in that battle royale. These days.. sh*t.. seems it is easier to reach Trump than it is M@X. Besides.. he's is... was I suppose.. a f**king Dream Theater fan. what does he know.. or care about prog. It was about the money man... No wonder he's tired of it. Move aside M@X.. kudos for all you did..now retire and get out of the way and let me and crackerjack band (you all know who you are) take this site to the next stage of evolution. This site has been stagnant... walking dead.. cruise control for years. It needs fresh leadership...new vision.. new approach... otherwise this site will continue its long slow ride to irrelevance and death. Micky/Raff 2017 Make Prog Archives Great Again |
Posted By: micky
Date Posted: June 21 2017 at 14:08
I wouldn't know anything about that sh*t Alan When you are the big Mick.. you don't find porn.. porn finds you. It is a curse I know...HOwever... I am making a campaign pledge that I will select someone who knows all about that sh*t to serve on the Council of 5. They'll make sure you can find porn without losing your job.. or your wife haha Micky/Raff 2017 Make Prog Archives Great Again!!! |
Posted By: micky
Date Posted: June 21 2017 at 14:14
My campaign pledge is get rid of the captcha sh*t.... ON DAY 1.... consider it like the Republican strategy with Health Care. I'll repeal captcha and worry about the consequences later... it works for our f**king politicans.. and the sh*t heads that vote for them.. it will work for you all Micky/Raff 2017 Make Prog Archives Great Again... |
Posted By: micky
Date Posted: June 21 2017 at 14:20
I'll do you one better Jose... I'll offer you the token minority position on my council of 5. I'll make you VP of wetback outreach, and VP of anything and everything SWilson related Micky/Raff 2017 Make PA's Great Again.... |
Posted By: Catcher10
Date Posted: June 21 2017 at 14:38
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^Can I get a gavel and a name tag?? -------------
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Posted By: Tuzvihar
Date Posted: June 21 2017 at 14:46
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Count me in as well, Micky! And let's "Make Prog Archives Great Again"!! ------------- "Music is much like f**king, but some composers can't climax and others climax too often, leaving themselves and the listener jaded and spent." Charles Bukowski |
Posted By: rushfan4
Date Posted: June 21 2017 at 14:52
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I tried posting DIO's Angry Machines album cover in What Are You Listening to Now? thread. Rejected multiple times. For some reason, CAPTCHA does not believe that I am not a robot. Might have something to do with the Angry Machine on the album cover....which is even angrier since it can't be posted. ------------- 
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Posted By: micky
Date Posted: June 21 2017 at 15:08
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it could be gone as soon Scott as the payment clears... it is up to you all. Don't be that forumite... don't go Republican on us.. don't bitch about how broken the system is.. yet continue to elect the fools the broke it. write M@X.. tell him to SELL.. SELL... SELL... if you are reading M@X. Because I like you and do owe you my greatest and most cheerished victory over Ivan. I'll give you s special offer. Sell to me by Labor Day and I'll toss in a case of your favorite beer.. though I suspect you are a Budweiser kind of guy haha... and the best part.. the phone number to a certain sex crazed... if completely unstable redhead with a penchant for kinky sex when in a good mood and tossing pots and pans with great accuracy at you when in a bad mood. Act now man... hear the cries of the forumites here... they beg for salvation.. SELL.. SELL ...SELL. Micky/Raff 2017 Make Prog Archives Great Again... |
Posted By: micky
Date Posted: June 21 2017 at 15:15
I knew I could count on your vote and support Bartek.  you know I love ya man... they were great times we had building the site... and we built one hell of site for those years. Must see forum viewing to see who got gunned down while one was asleep.. or who blew a tire at some forum outrage. Most of those I suppose were at my hand.. directly or via my capos in the Art Rock hit squad...now it is time to bring back the great times... now we need to build it anew... Micky/Raff 2017 Make Prog Archives Great Again.... |
Posted By: micky
Date Posted: June 21 2017 at 15:22
fail... you ain't cut out for the Council... you should have asked if you got a complementary gun and a knife... or had to provide your own which is why the Council of 5 will be heavily stacked with the former AR hit squad. They get first dibs and offers. We knew how to kick ass, drink beer, chase women (and men!), have fun and yet no one did harder dirtier thankless work for this site. |
Posted By: Vompatti
Date Posted: June 21 2017 at 15:23
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Make the Shred great again and/or bring back the Velvet Room and you have my vote.
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Posted By: micky
Date Posted: June 21 2017 at 15:28
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next you'll be asking me to welcome back the libertarians kiddies that once infested the site.. or the DT fans. who REALLY infested the site. Nope.. just can't do it. While I will do most anything .. or say anything to gain you alls support.... I can't do it. Nope... I'll terminate any attempt to reanimate those threads. Micky/Raff 2017 Keep Prog Archives Shred/Velvet/Libertarian/DT free!!!!! |
Posted By: Vompatti
Date Posted: June 21 2017 at 15:30
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Posted By: micky
Date Posted: June 21 2017 at 15:33
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damn Vomp... you almost made me feel bad. |
Posted By: Vompatti
Date Posted: June 21 2017 at 15:41
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Posted By: micky
Date Posted: June 21 2017 at 15:59
 again man... I can't promise you Velvet or Shred... but I can promise an end to the madness of Captcha. write M@X.. tell him you need some Big Mick and now. All of you... write him.. and M@X? PM me when you are ready to retire and we'll talk brass tacks and nails..... you don't want this or need this stuff man. Retire with dignity before the masses really get pissed and come after you with torches and pitchforks with me at the forefront. You don't want that. Retire gracefully and with dignity befitting all you did for the site, but it is time you went out to pasture. The site needs energy and a vision. I'll give you a good send off... micky style with all the booze, broads, and blow you can handle. |
Posted By: rushfan4
Date Posted: June 21 2017 at 16:05
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