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sage 14 years ago

Drink!
1. abcd 14 years ago
  
  Nick Gellespie in Afghanistan: http://www.boston.com/bigpictu.....ml#photo11
  1. Jeff B. 14 years ago
    
    Leather jacket in the middle of a desert. Yep, that's Nick.
Hedge Hog 14 years ago

MMM, squirrels . . .
Aresen 14 years ago

The true controlling hands of Reason reveal themselves!

All those silly people who thought that the Kochs were in control had no ideas.
1. Funny Guy 14 years ago
  
  No Koch. Pepsi.
  1. wylie 14 years ago
    
    Pepsi Squirrels? Must be some hyper lil bastards, which could explain a lot...
  2. Pro Libertate 14 years ago
    
    Cheeseburger, cheeseburger!
Brett L 14 years ago

3 cheers for the squirrels and interns.
1. NeonCat 14 years ago
  
  How about a Bronx cheer, because it was fine before they messed with it?
  1. Brett L 14 years ago
    
    As a software developer I never fight over who might have caused the problem, as long as it gets fixed.
    1. BakedPenguin 14 years ago
      
      A programmer explained to me why good documentation is so important - it allows you to go back and find the code that is causing the problem, and fix it much more quickly.
      
      And in some working environments, it allows the bosses to fix blame much more quickly.
      1. Pro Libertate 14 years ago
        
        Every project should have a designated scapegoat.
        
        Pro Libertate 14 years ago
        
        It's a secure job, because every department and company needs scapegoats.
        
        Nephilium 14 years ago
        
        The scapegoat is easy... it's the last IT person to have left the company. It's amazing how many responsibilities that poor bastard had, and how much he messed them all up.
        
        Pro Libertate 14 years ago
        
        Just today I told an executive to blame me for a snafu that I had nothing to do with. Welcome to in-house practice!
        
        Vermont Gun Owner 14 years ago
        
        Just today I told an executive to blame me for a snafu that I had nothing to do with.
        
        Were you supposed to (but were perhaps busy with Hit & Run)?
        
        Pro Libertate 14 years ago
        
        Nah, it was just the kind of service our Legal department gives. We don't give a fuck if people outside the company like us.
        
        Pope Jimbo 14 years ago
        
        That is why consulting is so lucrative. The IT boss can blame you and you sit there and take the abuse.
        
        After the 2 Minutes of Hate, you go fix the problem caused by the internal IT moron. Then you report that you fixed the issue you "caused" and endure another round of vilification.
        
        The IT chief will quietly extend your contract in gratitude for keeping his ass out of the crack.
      2. Brett L 14 years ago
        
        We have a much more cavalier system as a consulting company with far-flung employees and ever-shifting teams depending on which client is spending what. Mostly, "punch so-and-so in the arm for me next time you see him, this sucks."
      3. Ted S. 14 years ago
        
        I don't do much programming, but when I code in Perl, I literally comment out every open and close braces { and } just to make certain I don't end up with any extras that will make the compiler choke.
        
        leviramsey 14 years ago
        
        Use a decent text editor... like vim.
Superdude 14 years ago

All change is frightening to me, so I'm against this.
Funny Guy 14 years ago

I feel like I'm driving with a low left tire.
Anti-Squirrel League 14 years ago

Fuck you squirrels!
You can't tell me what to do jackhole!
I refresh for no rodent!
1. A Japanese person 14 years ago
  
  If this was meant to be a haiku, you did a terrible job.
P Brooks 14 years ago

Unfortunately, threaded comments remain.

What, me satisfied?

NEVER!
1. I 14 years ago
  
  I hate them.
  1. J sub D 14 years ago
    
    I refuse to use them.
    1. SugarFree 14 years ago
      
      I see what you did there.
Digital Ruse 14 years ago

Cache clearing fixed it up on Google Chrome.
Fist of Etiquette 14 years ago

I can only assume this "new site format" will include the removal of the right thread wall into which so many of our more spirited (and nested) discussions slam.

Certain unnamed Luddites here may refuse to step out of the 19th Century of blog commenting, but the rest of us expect our widescreen monitors to be utilized to their fullest.
ChrisH 14 years ago

Threaded comments still suck, but I'm re-thinking Disco.
Clich? Bandit 14 years ago

Whew...Ctrl-F5 worked...thought it was me all morning. Sometimes my work squirrels quarrel with other website squirrels and harm befalls me but today all is meet and right.
Hacha Cha 14 years ago

I'm running Firefox 3.6.12, the latest stable release, on Windows Vista and I cleared my cache AND refreshed and everything is jumbled together and unreadable. I also tried to access reason using Google Chrome 7.0.517.44, also the latest stable release, and got the same problem I had with Firefox.
1. Hacha Cha 14 years ago
  
  Weird it fixed itself after I posted.
  1. Hacha Cha 14 years ago
    
    Also, F5 refresh did work in Google Chrome.
    1. pmains 14 years ago
      
      In Chrome (and probably Firefox), you can also view source (ctrl-U), and open each style sheet (reset.css, screen.css, admin-header.css) individually. This will grab the resources directly, rather than relying on the cached copy.
Pro Libertate 14 years ago

So, Hit & Run has shifted to the left. I find that disturbing.

Does this mean that blink tags, in-line images, and fun for kids of all ages have returned?
1. Aresen 14 years ago
  
  I think the answer is no.
  
  I hope the answer is no.
  
  Consider what Chad or Tony or Max would do with those things.
  Consider what Warty or Sugarfee would do with those things.
  Consider what YOU would do with those things.
  
  *shudders*
  1. Pro Libertate 14 years ago
    
    I already know what I did with those powers, the brief time I had them.
    
    Strangely, the trolls never seemed to do anything with them. Must've been too much coding involved for them.
  2. Warty 14 years ago
    
    I was too late to that party to get myself banned for Goatseing everybody. I'm not sure if that was a good or bad thing.
    1. Pro Libertate 14 years ago
      
      Which is why they need to spring it on us again. Many regulars missed the whole thing, and Mike disappeared all evidence that it ever happened.
2. Fake Name 14 years ago
  
  +1
Tman 14 years ago

So how does everyone like the new site? I dig the new "most commented/emailed/read" box.
1. Nick 14 years ago
  
  I want to know why. Change for the sake of change is stupid. If there is a good reason (drink!) I want to know whether I agree or disagree. As of yet, I don't see a positive here.
2. capitol l 14 years ago
  
  I dig the new "most commented/emailed/read" box.
  
  I picture John feverishly typing to keep the Palin stories at numero uno.
hmm 14 years ago

Fuckin' Squirrels GET OFF MY LAWN!!
Woman Dog Owner 14 years ago

Nice looking squirrels ya got there. Be a shame if anything happened to them.

Onlookers Horrified as Dogs Maul Squirrels in Washington Square...

GREENWICH VILLAGE ? Squirrel-mauling dogs have upset people in Washington Square Park and forced officials to launch undercover operations to catch the illegal hunters' owner.

The Parks Department has undercover officers in Washington Square Park following reports that a woman was letting her dogs attack and kill the park's squirrels.

http://www.dnainfo.com/2010112.....z16tOgLJdS
Nick 14 years ago

We used to be able to share H&R stories on Facebook and it's been a while since I've been able to, even prior to today. Bring back that functionality and I'll be happy.
1. hmm 14 years ago
  
  I hear the silent majority is against it.
xenia onatopp 14 years ago

Huh. Now I'm curious, since the mobile version, at least for Android, is the same as ever. This is going to be driving me crazy for the next few hours.
1. Fist of Etiquette 14 years ago
  
  The format change is just that they replaced all the orange with purple. I don't see why everyone's getting so worked up.
robc 14 years ago

I dont have a problem with change, I have a problem with the apparent lack of testing/staging environments to work out the kinks before pushing to production.

I do have a problem with nested comments in a non-login environment. With a login, nested comments can be tagged as read/unread and you can easily find new ones. In a non-login environment, you need time sorted comments so you can go directly to the bottomish to see new ones.
1. Kroneborge 14 years ago
  
  agreed. Makes it very hard to keep track of longer converstations.
2. hmm 14 years ago
  
  I dont have a problem with change, I have a problem with the apparent lack of testing/staging environments to work out the kinks before pushing to production.
  
  Normally I would agree. But it's free, anonymous, not regulated... they get a pass for monkey fucking it up every now and then.
  
  The silent majority has determined nested comments are what is wanted. Of course, we have yet to figure out who the silent majority is.
  1. robc 14 years ago
    
    Free? I have to look at ads.
    
    Well, not me, as I block them. But, you know, in theory and all.
    
    Not regulated? Yeah, trying to call a certain lawyer a certain mammal-certain act(er).
    1. hmm 14 years ago
      
      You choose to look at adds.
      
      You can block them I don't see adds here unless I want to.
    2. Wind Rider 14 years ago
      
      Yeah, free, unless you're willing to paint yourself blue and run around in a skirt over imbedded html tags and shit.
      
      Not that I'm trying to give Warty any ideas, but since auto playing video can't be imbedded, we're relatively safe, I think.
    3. hmm 14 years ago
      
      I'll give you the Sheep Fucker Regulation Act of 2010. But they also gave a pretty good explanation and given the choice of that or lessen product produced for you and I to fight the Sheep Fucker Regulation Act of 2010 I'd say it was a wise choice.
  2. Pope Jimbo 14 years ago
    
    I think that there is no excuse for the Koch-topoly not to plant a couple of extra oak trees for the squirrels to use as a test environment.
    
    Shoot, if money is the problem I think the Keebler Elves have a cheap tree hosting platform you could use.
alan 14 years ago

With just a few more liberties we can adopt previous threads into our own social network pages. Leave the epic ones alone, however. Go for the low count ones like Kerry Howley's womb rental post.
1. Spazmo 14 years ago
  
  You can't tell me what to do. I'm adopting ham tears.
2. Spazmo 14 years ago
  
  You can't tell me what to do. I'm adopting ham tears.
Fake Name 14 years ago

The redesign gets a thumbs up from me except for a small quibble. I understand that ads have to appear somewhere (the right side is OK) but after scrolling down a while, when the ads finish, there is a large amount of whitespace left, which to me is slightly unsettling. Is it possible to rejig the page so that once the ads finish, the articles take up most of the whitespace (leaving some margins)?
1. - 14 years ago
  
  No.
Jeff B. 14 years ago

You shoved the articles to the left. No me gusta!
D.A. Ridgely 14 years ago

The formatting was better back when Postrel was editor.
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