Hey Matt!

“HPM,
Thanks for the tip. I removed a few some weeks back, but I just saw all the new ones.”

“Thanks for screwing up the thread tech ;)

I've contacted my advertising company to remove that ad, so it can still take a few hours to remove it from their system.”

“Hey Matt, why are you so mean?”

“ban c!b!”

“ban c!b!”

“LOL, sorry about messing it up.”

“seems better to me now.”

“Matt, haven't seen that ad lately, thanks.

Something to look into when you are bored - the italicize button where you post a message is one pixel shorter than all the rest.”

“matt, please ban my two IP addresses from this site after this if you wouldn't mind. Thanks.

moonglo
9:31:59 AM
12/22/06”

“does this mean he's gone too?”

“he'll be back

guaranteed”

“Which two? There were four names of which I was aware. And there could have been more. My guess is that he reached Matt's limit of names and needs to release two in order to get a couple of new ones.

I'm sure that he will work it out OK with an e-mail to Matt, if that is what he wants. I doubt that he needs our help.”

“he said two ip's, not two names.”

“I would think asking matt to ban your own ip addies is like asking matt to not ban you ip addies”

“if you dont want to come here, you can ban yourself. You dont need someone to do it for you lest you lack the will to stay away.”

“Thanks Matt for your time and this web site, I have met and hiked with some of the most inovative folks, and have learned a great deal and sharpened my skills backpacking.,,,,,Merry Christmas to you and your Family, God Bless you!”

“"“if you dont want to come here, you can ban yourself. You dont need someone to do it for you lest you lack the will to stay away.”
birch"

Very correct. While I almost slipped a few times, resisting the urge to post can be accomplished. Once you make it through the first couple of months, the rest is gravy.

If I can do it, anyone can.”

“Hey matt, are you trying to discourage Fuego use by making TT where the Fuego Box will not stay checked?

If I go to another website and return to TT, Fuego is unchecked.”

“stove, are your cookies turned on?

hows that for an out of context quote?
last edited: 12/26/06 7:43:18 PM”

“Cookies have been on.”

“

If I go to another website and return to TT, Fuego is unchecked.”
StoveStomper

Any more talk like that, "go to another website," indeed, and you'll be "Fuego!" STAY HOME!

LOL.”

“it took me a minute, but i finally figured out what the hell paul was saying”

“If I go to another website and return to TT, Fuego is unchecked

its a sign from god. s---e bailed, fuego is off every time you leave and return, whatta ya want, be hit over the head with it?”

“SS,
I haven't changed anything, but it sure has been fairly fuego-free for a few days. Must be a Christmas miracle.”

“Hee Hee hee......
I'll reboot, maybe that will fix it.”

“Matt - The Polaris ad at the top is delaying and preventing the rest of the screen from appearing. I have to stop the Internet communications and refresh the screen, sometimes several times until a different ad is at the top. Then TT finally arrives on the screen.”

“Hey Matt. I'm not having any problems with the site.

Just thought you could use some good news for a change.”

“Everything seems fine here too.

Thanks for kicking SS off the fuego threads. That boy is nuthin' but trouble.”

“Matt - It's the same today. "The Polaris ad at the top is delaying and preventing the rest of the screen from appearing. I have to stop the Internet communications and refresh the screen, sometimes several times until a different ad is at the top. Then TT finally arrives on the screen."”

“Matt - When I do a search on "GSMNP," only the first of the following set appears.

2002 GSMNP - 1. Index & Links
2002 GSMNP - 2. Introduction
2002 GSMNP - 3. Pre-GSMNP
2002 GSMNP - 4. Pre-AT Hikes
2002 GSMNP - 5. Backpack Contents
2002 GSMNP - 6. Food
2002 GSMNP - 7. AT Hike
2002 GSMNP - 8. Post-AT Hikes
2002 GSMNP - 9. Back in Florida
2002 GSMNP - 10. Summary
2002 GSMNP - 11. Photographs

The links in the first segment to the other segments do not seem to work. At least, I tried to get to segments 5 and 6. They will work, but only after I change the "999" to "-1" for the age in the url. Without the change I get error messages.”

“Thanks, Matt. It still seems to have the same problem. But it works good, when I search on "2002."”

“Since I work in the software industry and I know software companies are always looking for new ideas to improve their products and services...

Trip page enhancement requests for the coordinators of trips:

1. Provide for an optional "trip maximum" on each trip. Once a certain number of people sign up as "yes" people can then only sign up as "maybe" and can not change their status from "maybe" to "yes". This will help on trips where there is a group size on a permit, etc.

2. Provide functionality for a trip organizer to eject a person from the attendee list. This may be needed to clean up a list since people often sign up as "yes" but don't confirm.

3. Enable the email attendees functionality to permit attachments to be sent.

4. Provide a way for trip planners to upload larger images as maps. Right now I have to find a way to host my maps on separate web sites because the photos we can upload get shrunk to where they can't be read.

5. Provide way to email "yes" attendees, "maybe" attendees, and "all".

6. Provide a way for a trip organizer to "lock" a trip so people can't join up. This would provide something between a public trip and a private trip. Right now it's either totally secret or totally public and it would be nice to have an option that is mid-way between these two.

7. Add an "ask attendees to confirm" where they get sent an email and if they don't click on a link or return and confirm you can remove them from the list.

Just some ideas. These are not complaints. The trip page is one of my main reasons for hanging out on thebackpacker.com

:)
last edited: 1/26/07 12:22:15 PM”

“Ditto! Esp #1 and #6!”

“jimmy san is right on. people bailing and not bothering to remove themselves from lists is one of my minor peeves”

“Why not just state the max number up front and say the trip's full after a that number signs up?”

“I think someone has too much time on their hands. Perhaps a hike is needed.”

“You'll have to post twice as hard on the fuegeo threads to get all that work done, Jimmy.”

“Why not just state the max number up front and say the trip's full after a that number signs up?”

better yet, make the trip private after x number of ppl sign up

even better, go with jimmys suggestion. its not like matt hasnt solicited suggestions to improve the site”

“on the grand canyon trip last year, i made it very clear that there was a strict limit to the number that could be on the permit, and that preference would go by who confirmed with me first (they had to let me know they were sending their share of the permit fee to be considered confirmed). i had no problems
last edited: 1/26/07 2:00:58 PM”

“Exactly! A simple statement of the limitatiion in the trip plan seems to have worked well up to this point. Why change something that works, especially with so many alternatives?”

“So, after blasting my comment, crash agrees with me.
Yep, that's crash.”

“I'll second NS and C!B!.

The system really isn't broke.

I wouldn't worry about it.”

“after all the critics of my suggestions have chimed in i will go back and look at the number of trips per year each of them has coordinated to rate the value of their suggestion.”

“jimmy san is right on. people bailing and not bothering to remove themselves from lists is one of my minor peeves”
crash bang
12:59:47 PM
1/26/07

most of the time I don't even bother signing up. If I think I can go I email the person putting the trip together.”

“i guess i have to make this simple for stove

i think jimmys suggestion has some merit. i was just offering some workarounds, because i doubt if matt would bother to install his suggestion”

“sorry if the subtleties of language confound you. next time, ill limit my comments to "LIBBIES SUCK!"”

“most of the time I don't even bother signing up. If I think I can go I email the person putting the trip together.

Ditto, I change plans and have stuff come up a lot so I just wait til last minute and if I can go I show.”

“C!B! is so silly.”

“several weeks ago, matt asked for suggestions. jim is giving him suggestions. but some of you are insinuating that jim is being a whiny baby who wants everything done for him simply because he is giving suggestions solicited by matt in the first place”

“I think you are insinuating to much. ;-)
last edited: 1/26/07 3:04:59 PM”