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To all who don't like seeing the banner: Install Adblock plus (for firefox) and block the image. elusive illusion
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Posts: 112 Joined: 13-Aug-2009 Last visit: 06-Nov-2010 Location: South Africa, Mossel Bay
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Well, if it entails a lot of work for the guy programming the site, then sure, screw multiple banners...
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Posts: 260 Joined: 27-Nov-2009 Last visit: 19-Apr-2021 Location: Elsewhere
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Wow, those new banners look fabulous. SWIM believes that banner should be based on nature and have a more visually appealing color scheme. SWIM believes this would make the site look more welcoming and homely. These are just SWIM's views.  People spend their lives searching for perfect moments and fail to see, that there are many unappreciated perfect moments everyday that are overlooked.
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Posts: 1689 Joined: 18-Jan-2008 Last visit: 18-Apr-2015
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The Centre wrote:Well, if it entails a lot of work for the guy programming the site, then sure, screw multiple banners... It doesn't, but traveller is probably justified in his concern about bandwith. Although If there are 10 banners in the carousel, It's not a tenfold increase in bandwidth since everyone would download them once and once only. I think that might be acceptable but I don't know the numbers. @JBark: it's been like that for a few years, so, thought it was time for a change. shoe
ॐ भूर्भुव: स्व: तत्सवितुर्वरेण्यं । भर्गो देवस्य धीमहि, धीयो यो न: प्रचोदयात्
Love, Gratittude, Compassion, Fearlessness!
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omnia sunt communia!
Posts: 6024 Joined: 29-Jul-2009 Last visit: 29-Oct-2021
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shoe wrote:We need a nexus 2.0 or something... why? Wiki • Attitude • FAQThe Nexian • Nexus Research • The OHTIn New York, we wrote the legal number on our arms in marker...To call a lawyer if we were arrested. In Istanbul, People wrote their blood types on their arms. I hear in Egypt, They just write Their names. גם זה יעבור
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Posts: 1689 Joined: 18-Jan-2008 Last visit: 18-Apr-2015
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harder better faster stronger newer ? I just thought with the ample talent on the art/literature forum that someone would be able to come up with something better (perhaps, truer to the experience) than the lovely pink/blue thing we've got at the moment. shoe
ॐ भूर्भुव: स्व: तत्सवितुर्वरेण्यं । भर्गो देवस्य धीमहि, धीयो यो न: प्रचोदयात्
Love, Gratittude, Compassion, Fearlessness!
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"No, seriously"
Posts: 7324 Joined: 18-Jan-2007 Last visit: 02-Nov-2024 Location: Orion Spur
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shoe wrote:harder better faster stronger newer ?
I just thought with the ample talent on the art/literature forum that someone would be able to come up with something better (perhaps, truer to the experience) than the lovely pink/blue thing we've got at the moment. We are getting better every day. Not always is a revolution needed, sometimes evolution will do just fine.  Kind regards, The Traveler
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Posts: 1689 Joined: 18-Jan-2008 Last visit: 18-Apr-2015
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haha, I love that, Trav. Awesome Yeah, So perhaps we can evolve it a bit. Im just canvasing for artists on the art/literature/music forum, as the response has been a little underwhealming. shoe
ॐ भूर्भुव: स्व: तत्सवितुर्वरेण्यं । भर्गो देवस्य धीमहि, धीयो यो न: प्रचोदयात्
Love, Gratittude, Compassion, Fearlessness!
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Posts: 6739 Joined: 13-Apr-2009 Last visit: 10-Apr-2022
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My minimal contribution. ۩ attached the following image(s):  236px-DMT.svg.png (32kb) downloaded 205 time(s).
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Posts: 60 Joined: 14-Jul-2010 Last visit: 01-Sep-2013
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jbark wrote:Is this really such an important issue? The traveler does a bang up job running and maintaining this site, has designed a fantastic looking banner, and we're trying to burden him with further programming duties to have alternating/user-choice banners so we can personalize our DMT NEXUS experience? Maybe I am in a minority here in not considering this a particularly pressing or important issue, but I can well imagine the traveler has his hands quite full already and is, I am sure, juggling all sorts of problems and conflicts of which we will never be aware and which allow this site to continue unhindered and unencumbered. I thought this was an important perspective to bring to the discussion. Again, we are a community, and if I am the only voice for this perspective, i'll gladly STFU!!  Ash - those are great looking banners BTW. I do have to admit I have grown quite fond of the current one however, and would be a little sad to see it replaced. But - I ain't awefreed 'O a lil chaynje, needer!! JBArk You grossly misunderstand the technicalities in changing an image. It's as simple as changing the name of a file, or if the filename's the same between the new and the old, replacing the file on the server. It would take 10 seconds. Literally. 10 seconds. Especially if the image dimensions are the same. If they're not, 15 seconds maybe.
EDIT:۩ wrote:My minimal contribution. I likes it.
EDIT2: Also, if you don't clear your cache that often, you can simply overwrite the file in your cache with your own. I'm sure there're programs / plugins that'll let you do this automatically along with custom CSS layouts too.Disclaimer: Everything I say is the truth.
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Posts: 2854 Joined: 16-Mar-2010 Last visit: 01-Dec-2023 Location: montreal
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Mercury_Hg wrote:jbark wrote:Is this really such an important issue? The traveler does a bang up job running and maintaining this site, has designed a fantastic looking banner, and we're trying to burden him with further programming duties to have alternating/user-choice banners so we can personalize our DMT NEXUS experience? Maybe I am in a minority here in not considering this a particularly pressing or important issue, but I can well imagine the traveler has his hands quite full already and is, I am sure, juggling all sorts of problems and conflicts of which we will never be aware and which allow this site to continue unhindered and unencumbered. I thought this was an important perspective to bring to the discussion. Again, we are a community, and if I am the only voice for this perspective, i'll gladly STFU!! Ash - those are great looking banners BTW. I do have to admit I have grown quite fond of the current one however, and would be a little sad to see it replaced. But - I ain't awefreed 'O a lil chaynje, needer!! JBArk [color=#2266ff]You grossly misunderstand the technicalities in changing an image. It's as simple as changing the name of a file, or if the filename's the same between the new and the old, replacing the file on the server. It would take 10 seconds. Literally. 10 seconds. Especially if the image dimensions are the same. If they're not, 15 seconds maybe. Methinks you haven't read the whole thread. I am not a programmer but I think either setting up a menu for people to choose one among many to personalize their banner experience, or having many banners that alternate in the banner space takes considerably longer than 15 seconds. And methinks to say that I "grossly misunderstand the technicalities in changing an image" might be a little strong in the hyperbole department. My point was that the Traveler, the mods and even the general community surely have more important issues to attend to and bigger fish to fry. It's kinda like, IMHO, an entire thread of back and forths discussing what shirt to wear on a rainy monday. Again, I repeat though, if this be the will of the community, I will be more than happy to STFU! JBArk JBArk is a Mandelthought; a non-fiction character in a drama of his own design he calls "LIFE" who partakes in consciousness expanding activities and substances; he should in no way be confused with SWIM, who is an eminently data-mineable and prolific character who has somehow convinced himself the target he wears on his forehead is actually a shield.
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Posts: 1689 Joined: 18-Jan-2008 Last visit: 18-Apr-2015
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@Jbark Uh HelloPlease read the thread, please. The Centre wrote:
Well, if it entails a lot of work for the guy programming the site, then sure, screw multiple banners...
shoe wrote:
It doesn't, but traveller is probably justified in his concern about bandwith. Although If there are 10 banners in the carousel, It's not a tenfold increase in bandwidth since everyone would download them once and once only. I think that might be acceptable but I don't know the numbers.
Edit: woo, 1500 posts. shoe
ॐ भूर्भुव: स्व: तत्सवितुर्वरेण्यं । भर्गो देवस्य धीमहि, धीयो यो न: प्रचोदयात्
Love, Gratittude, Compassion, Fearlessness!
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Posts: 2854 Joined: 16-Mar-2010 Last visit: 01-Dec-2023 Location: montreal
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@ shoe: Orion wrote:Maybe, if possible, we could have a collection of banners? The current one is good, but maybe someone could fix up a way for a different banner to show at different times? We could really showcase the experiences of the community with eachothers artworks. I'd like to see what peoples imagination can bring up Alzabo wrote: Quote:
Rotating banners are cool too.
That way, you get a bit of freshness everytime.
the centre wrote: Quote:Jeez, Ash, you just proved we should have a banner contest. I wouldn't say yours can fully replace the current one, but it can be used as a banner set. Maybe we should have different banners for each forum, with the current one as the index page banner... Ash wrote: Quote:I use another forum that has a different banner everytime you open the homepage. Keeps it looking fresh the traveler wrote: Quote:Multiple banners has a disadvantage that the banner isn't cached by the browser, for low bandwidth connection this might post a problem. The centre wrote: Quote:ow about getting a set of banners including the current one and changing in daily/weekly? Impsimon wrote: Quote:Can it be made optional?
In the same way that the theme can be changed you could go into your profile
and change which banner to use. the centre wrote: Quote:I think imPsimon has got it right there. Lets get people to make a ton of banners, and then make the banners optional. ash wrote: Quote:Maybe a different banner for each forum section? ... i was going to suggest that you Quote:Please read the thread, please. , but i guess i just saved you the time. If you'd reread the thread you would see my posts all over the place, and could easily deduct that I HAVE read the thread. And i had read your post, but it is still work, regardless. It ain't a five minute fix. But AGAIN, if I am in the minority then so be it. I just kinda like the banner, and it would cripple me on my phone (if we had a series), that i use when out of town to stay in touch with y'all... anyway nuff sed. happy 1500 posts shoe. JBArk JBArk is a Mandelthought; a non-fiction character in a drama of his own design he calls "LIFE" who partakes in consciousness expanding activities and substances; he should in no way be confused with SWIM, who is an eminently data-mineable and prolific character who has somehow convinced himself the target he wears on his forehead is actually a shield.
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Posts: 1538 Joined: 24-Nov-2009 Last visit: 31-Aug-2024
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My star chart is triple fixed. I will cry if the banner changes.  Some things will come easy, some will be a test
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Not a real Doctor
Posts: 30 Joined: 02-Dec-2009 Last visit: 08-Dec-2013 Location: Vesturbær
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I decided to throw up on the computer screen. BREARGH:  It's definitely something. But only a pitch. I could do better (I hope) Most people see the world as separate things, some of us don't. We are called the indica smokers.
Dr. Acai is an imaginary space-spectre, DMT-nexus is a part of the process involved in the spectre's evolution.
These woods are mine. The name's Woodman, have some freakin' leaves and vines.
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Posts: 60 Joined: 14-Jul-2010 Last visit: 01-Sep-2013
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jbark wrote:
If you'd reread the thread you would see my posts all over the place, and could easily deduct that I HAVE read the thread.
And i had read your post, but it is still work, regardless. It ain't a five minute fix. But AGAIN, if I am in the minority then so be it. I just kinda like the banner, and it would cripple me on my phone (if we had a series), that i use when out of town to stay in touch with y'all...
I blatantly ignored the banner roulette suggestion (I read the whole thread). At the very least, the banner could be changed, which I believe is an optimal solution. I think my gripe with the current one is disproportionate stretching and the color palette. A little variety wouldn't hurt, but rotating banners seems frivolous. Yes, I like using big words.kDisclaimer: Everything I say is the truth.
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Your excess of grandiose verbiage is of utmost superfluity.   I like the colors, the layers, the way it resonates with my own experience... Whatever banner we end up with should be like the image on the front of a travel brochure to say, "Come and visit SPICE!" Some things will come easy, some will be a test
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Kalt und Heiß, Schwarz und Rot, Kürper und Geist, Liebe und Chaos
Posts: 4661 Joined: 02-Jun-2008 Last visit: 30-Apr-2022
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My take on how the banner should look like, I blended the old with the new, then I spiced it up. Infundibulum attached the following image(s): nexus banner.jpg (213kb) downloaded 161 time(s).Need to calculate between salts and freebases? Click here! Need to calculate freebase or salt percentage at a given pH? Click here!
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The Root
Posts: 2458 Joined: 02-Jul-2008 Last visit: 27-Sep-2023 Location: The asteroid belt
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jesus antrocles wrote:...purity of intent....purity of execution....purity of experience...
...unlike the "blind leading the blind". we are more akin to a group of blind-from-birth people who have all simultaneously been given the gift of sight but have no words or mental processing capabilites to work with this new "gift".
IT IS ONLY TO THE EXTENT THAT WE ARE WILLING TO EXPOSE OURSELVES OVER AND OVER AGAIN TO ANNIHILATION THAT WE DISCOVER THAT PART OF OURSELVES THAT IS INDESTRUCTIBLE.
Quote: ‹Jorkest› the wall is impenetrable as far as i can tell Quote: ‹xtechre› cheese is great He who packs ur capsules - controls your destiny.
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Posts: 202 Joined: 02-Sep-2010 Last visit: 25-Jul-2013 Location: Oceania
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I think something slightly more minimalist would be nice , maybe? we cant use this but i think its a cool direction
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