The LGBT Gamer Community Thread.

[Rysky]

*channels positive feelings and offers hugs to anyone and everyone that wants or needs some*

[John Napier 698]

I'll be okay for a while, Rysky. Send Selene my share.

[feytharn]

*Hugs Selene*
*Offers Hugs to everyone who needs or wants them*

[Campfire Elemental]

*Burning bright and shiny, cozying up the place for hugs, smiles, companionship, gaming, merrymaking and conversation*
*Hot and cold beverages at your leisure*

[Rysky]

*wubs site's tummy*

*channels positive feelings and offers hugs to everyone and anyone that wants or needs some*

[John Napier 698]

Apparently, users are signed out after some period of website inactivity.

[John Napier 698]

I had some frightening situations within the past two weeks. Several times, my mother's train of thought had become "fuzzy." As if she had difficulty thinking. And, several times, she rolled out of her bed and was on the floor, eyes wide open, and unresponsive. Told her to talk to her PCP. Her Doctor thinks that her blood sugar "bottomed out" and adjusted her night Insulin dosage. Let's see if it works.

[VixieMoondew]

That sounded like a blood sugar thing to me (my wife has had that happen before), so hopefully the insulin will help!

[John Napier 698]

Her doctor just now told her to keep a daily log of her values.

[John Napier 698]

I've been running a set of observations to see how long it takes for me to be involuntarily logged out. So, after an hour of inactivity, I was involuntarily signed out. And I believe I know why. Each person signed in to the server creates a process. This process includes memory space, a slice of processor time, and other resources provided by the server. These resources are used up even when a user is inactive. If there's not enough resources available, then the server runs the risk of crashing. Logging off the inactive users frees those resources, increasing the average time between crashes.

Also, say hello to post number 5,000. *Confetti, fireworks*

[VixieMoondew]

Yeah, I suspect this was an intentional change. One hour makes sense.

This makes using my phone even more of a hassle, though I can't blame them.

[Wei Ji the Learner]

I was beginning to wonder if my computer was broken or someone had hacked me...

[thejeff]

John Napier 698 wrote:

I've been running a set of observations to see how long it takes for me to be involuntarily logged out. So, after an hour of inactivity, I was involuntarily signed out. And I believe I know why. Each person signed in to the server creates a process. This process includes memory space, a slice of processor time, and other resources provided by the server. These resources are used up even when a user is inactive. If there's not enough resources available, then the server runs the risk of crashing. Logging off the inactive users frees those resources, increasing the average time between crashes.

Shouldn't need to maintain a process to keep a user logged in. They're still tracking user state - comments read, etc. Probably doing it clientside with cookies or something anyway.

Just request the cookie, spawn a thread, drop it when efficient.

[thejeff]

VixieMoondew wrote:

Yeah, I suspect this was an intentional change. One hour makes sense.

This makes using my phone even more of a hassle, though I can't blame them.

Might be intentional, though I think I was seeing it before the downtime.

Still annoying. I refresh to see if there are new comments, don't see any, go away, remember that it might have logged me out, go back and check.

[Wei Ji the Learner]

However, it shouldn't be dependent on the *newest* cookie, they don't go 'stale' immediately, right?

Hmmmm... coookies... dangit, now I'm hongry.

May we find wisdom and patience in these annoying situations.

[The Raven Black]

It sounds like not wanting to spend too much money on IT without quite realizing what the impact on users will be

[John Napier 698]

Well, time will tell if my theory proves correct. Multitasking operating systems provide a "watchdog timer" as part of their task manager. If a given process is in a wait-state after so many task switches, that process is terminated.

[Klorox]

Wei Ji the Learner wrote:

I was beginning to wonder if my computer was broken or someone had hacked me...

No, it's definitely the site that's getting weird/buggy

[John Napier 698]

The Director of Technology said that the problem should be fixed around 12 - 1 PM Pacific Time.

[doctor_wu]

unfortanetly not playing strange aeons this week but can play pfs still.

[Rysky]

Yay for sanity? Yay PFS!

[Wei Ji the Learner]

Well, hopefully that goes awesome?

[mechaPoet]

The Raven Black wrote:

It sounds like not wanting to spend too much money on IT without quite realizing what the impact on users will be

it's been like a f%@#ing day dude

[John Napier 698]

Hey, Mecha. Long time no see. Doin' okay?

[Selene Spires]

So my friend passed away last night. I was with a friend when I got the news...so we mourned together and got some others to come over.

I want to share with...what he meant to me.

I have known him for at least twenty years... when I joined his game. He was a great game master...and a great friend. He was always there for me. If I needed money...he would almost have it....he would cook for us when we went over to is place to game...or if we ordered out and you did not have any money he would cover you. I would talk to him via IM every night...talk about problems and such all about whatever.

He was the second person I came out to...and I was nervous...because I knew he had...issues with trans people. Apparently years ago a trans person came on to him very heavily. But he never showed any signs of it...and was very supportive...a friend asked him how he was dealing with it. His response was...'I have to support her. She is my friend.' He buried his prejudices for me...it means a lot to me...

Tomorrow (or the day after) I am going to be posting thread on the off topic discussion thread....and probably just come out in general on the boards. Life is too short to be not who you are...and people should know what a great person my friend was.

[John Napier 698]

I'm so sorry for your loss, Selene. I'm glad you got the chance to say goodbye. The World will be less bright for his passing.

EDIT: *Also, hugs*

[Rysky]

*hugs Selene*

I’m sure his world was more brighter for having been able to know you as well.

[Klorox]

:'( *hugs Selene*

[The Raven Black]

I am sad and sorry for your loss, Selene

I give my heartfelt condolences to you and all who knew him

And big hugs too

[The Raven Black]

Klorox wrote:

hugs to Selene

Congrats to Raven Black on getting the axe the right way... licenciement économique, right?

Alas no.

Because they did not want to spend a single cent on setting me free, they even refused the rupture conventionnelle I offered them.

So I had to do an abandon de poste so that after three weeks without work and thus without wages they finally deigned firing me for faute grave.

Thank God that I have this new job because they are already a week late in sending me the papers I would have needed to get my unemployment money :-(

[Wei Ji the Learner]

Selene,

That your friend was a good friend that is what makes it hardest, and may you have strength in the times ahead, bolstered by the good times, cautioned by the harder ones.

Raven Black:

And I thought my workplace was horrible...

[Klorox]

The Raven Black wrote:

Klorox wrote:

hugs to Selene

Congrats to Raven Black on getting the axe the right way... licenciement économique, right?

Alas no.

Because they did not want to spend a single cent on setting me free, they even refused the rupture conventionnelle I offered them.

So I had to do an abandon de poste so that after three weeks without work and thus without wages they finally deigned firing me for faute grave.

Thank God that I have this new job because they are already a week late in sending me the papers I would have needed to get my unemployment money :-(

Ouch, sorry to hear that guy, good s#@t for the new job.

[Klorox]

Wei Ji the Learner wrote:

Selene,

That your friend was a good friend that is what makes it hardest, and may you have strength in the times ahead, bolstered by the good times, cautioned by the harder ones.

Raven Black:

And I thought my workplace was horrible...

In French the word for work comes from the name of a torture instrument... in English work is just a 4 letter word.

[Wei Ji the Learner]

Or to quote my Physics instructor from High School...

"Work is a four letter word ending in 'k'. By the time you're done with this course, you'll be thinking of it as a different word ending in 'k'. That's physics."

[feytharn]

My Condolences, Selene!
*offers hugs*

All the best for your new job, Raven Black!

[Samhein Bonfire]

*Burning bright and shiny, for the place for hugs, smiles, companionship, gaming, merrymaking and conversation, inviting to share tall and small tales about friends and family who aren't with us anymore*

*Hot and cold beverages at your leisure*

[John Napier 698]

My monthly hotspot time is about to expire. I'll try to buy more tomorrow.

[Selene Spires]

Thanks everyone for you kind posts and PMs and hugs. They bring tears to my eyes...but it is 'good' tears.

*hugs*

I came out to the only non family members yesterday also...and again nothing but support.

I am also open about my gender on these message boards and set this to my default screen name here.

[Wei Ji the Learner]

...not typically the hugging sort, but *hugs*.

Because you need them right now, is why.

[Selene Spires]

Wei Ji the Learner wrote:

...not typically the hugging sort, but *hugs*.

Because you need them right now, is why.

yeah I used to not a hugging type person...Than Rysky hugged me into submission...and now I can not get enough.

[Rysky]

Selene Spires wrote:

Wei Ji the Learner wrote:

...not typically the hugging sort, but *hugs*.

Because you need them right now, is why.

yeah I used to not a hugging type person...Than Rysky hugged me into submission...and now I can not get enough.

>_>

<_<

*offers more hugs*

[Freehold DM]

My deepest condolences in thread as well as PM.

[John Napier 698]

*More hugs*

[Captain collateral damage]

*All the hugs*

[doctor_wu]

PFS game went well but took a while and the boards being down stopped me from posting more.

[John Napier 698]

Just got done typing what I'm going to post next Monday, for my brother's memorial. I managed to do it without crying.

[doctor_wu]

and now I can't stop watching theese bbc documenteries on wales after I heard them say Isger.

[John Napier 698]

About to close the garage and go home. Good night, everyone.

[VixieMoondew]

bluhhhhhhhhhhh post-Halloween tummy grossness

but it's not gonna stop me from eating candy

hompfnompfnompf