Hi pete, I was wondering if we could speed up our forum by putting an expiry time on un-used accounts. AVSIM have done this with 90 days as the limit.
No rant, Dan

i would say if anything needs to be deleted its old photos and screenshots, i know a number of forums use a system where by an image which is 6 months old is deleted. Dont know if you have any way to do that with this forum Pete?

I have a feeling that photos and screenshots to get deleted after a certain amount of time. I've tried to dig up old screenshots and found them gone on several occasions.

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Paul. It's quite possible that this was not done intentionally. Unless you upload the images using files names unique to you it's all too easy for them to be overwritten. I've actually done this myself by accident & as one of the old regulars was suitably embarrassed.

Since then I've used a special prefix & file naming formula for all images I upload to this site. Hopefully it would now be almost impossible for this to happen again but you never know.

Pete, how about deleting old accounts that havn't been used at all?

for example, the only reason I can't use just plain 'Andrew' for my display name is because there's already an account with that name that's almost 2 years old, but doesn't have any posts at all

http://www.simviation.com/cgi-bin/yabb/YaBB.cgi?board=forum;action=viewprofile;u...

I highly doubt that person is gonna come back and use that account

Doug is right. The only option is to delete everything over a certain period - & that means users too.

& I value the Yabb forum for when I need it - even though I may only visit it once every 2 years. If my account was gone I would be annoyed & consider it a bad way to run a forum.

2 years may be a long time for a young guy like Dan - but for old fogies like Doug & I - 2 years is like 2 months.

I don't find these forums slow. If you do - have you tried a tracert?

i know VB boards delete pictures from posts over time, but i find that extremly annoying. . .especially if it is something like a tutrorial you are trying to see

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'tracert' is TRACE ROUTE from one network computer to another. In windows you can do this by going to Start - Run & type 'tracert www.whateversite.com' ... & watch the screen

Any '*' or 'timed out' means there is a jam at that point. The internet is very much like a real highway - with occasional traffic problems along the way. The main difference is the Net communicates at faster than lightning speed (you can connect to a server 12,000 miles away in seconds) but you still get slow points along the way & tracert enables you to see where these problem points are.

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That would be a good option - but this version of YABB (& it's the latest version) doesn't have this option.  

urmmm Mr Fozzer, i wouldnt be riding that bike of yours till you see an optician:) its 10800 members;)

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Blimey Craig... ..!
You are right mate... ...!
Those little digits can't get any smaller, and my monitor is a bit fuzzy, and I'm sitting too far away, ....and I'm getting my eyesight checked tomorrow... ...!
LOL...LOL...LOL...!

Cheers Craig... ...!

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Never fear Doug.... ...!
To aid my failing eyesight I have been studying the radar properties of the Horsehoe Bat.
I now compliment my dodgy eyesight while tearing about on my bike, by singing "The hills are alive to the sound of music..." out loud... ...!
...and wait for the echo to return.... ...!
...so you are perfectly safe... 8)...!
...trust me... ...!

LOL...!

Paul...

you two are too much:)LOL

Andrew old chap, you are far too trusting. Although I do my best to be serious in the FS forums I have warned you about my weird sense of humour before. Not too many people understand it, I don't understand it myself. Anything can happen when I start on my old adversary the mad Fozzer.

Mind you, I'm still not sure about Herefordshire. I've never knowingly crossed its borders & considering the sort of people who live there nothing would surprise me.

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Hi Andrew...
Just to clarify the situation regarding our various locations
As you can see from these two maps, the U.S. consists of a number of states, (about 52? (too many?)...).... ...!
Our side of the Pond consists of an island called Great Britain. containing three countries: England, Scotland and errr... Wales... ...!
Hagar lives safely down at the bottom end of England, as does Woodlouse, (closer to the Equator and therefore generally warmer)..... 8)...!
I also live in England, together with Maccers, (we don't actually live together!), but unfortunately, we are very close to Wales, which contains mostly sheep and mountains, (containing sheep)..... ...!
CrazyCraig lives in Scotland, a land of fierce ginger-bearded men playing bag pipes and wearing skirts.... ...!
CraigL lives near Bristol, populated by ladies with large bristols.... ...!
Smoke2Much is an Angle, (he walks with a limp), imported from Holland many centuries ago.... ...!

We can travel through each of these three countries without a passport, but because of the unpredictability of the different species contained therein, great care has to be taken to prevent conflict... ...!

There are many more of us here, but most of them are in hiding at the moment.. ...!

So, here are the maps....

Your side of the pond...



..and our side of the pond...



I hope this makes everything much clearer now... ...!

LOL... ...!

Cheers Andrew.. ...!
Paul.

Fozzer old bean. That's a jolly fine map & all that, in fact I have downloaded it, but I live just a tad further over to the west. Too near those strange Men of Kent or Kentish Men whatever they are. ??? Oops sorry Will & Sarah.
Go left a bit - otherwise you're spot on. Somewhere around the next little indent in the coastline. If I moved 1 mile further south of here I would need a diving suit & a waterproof PC.

Hagar is spot on.  I am closer to:



Here

Oh dear.... ...!
I purposely off-set your locations to confuse the enemy.. ...!
Herr Ozzy has sufficient accurate GPS information now to marmalade bomb you from the air and escape back to his base before you can even get off the ground... ...!
Bad move, methinks... ...!

LOL...!

Cheers all... ...!
Paul.

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Pull the other one Foz old chap. Act like a man & admit you were totally confused. ??? Did you have your eyesight tested yet?
It occurs to me that if you have a map at all it might as well be reasonably accurate.

I'm no longer bothered about Ozzy & resigned to my fate. Let him do his worst. At least with Will's map showing his exact location my ally Silent Exploder can strike back pretty smartish with the full force of his sauerkraut bombs if things turn nasty. When you're in trouble you find out who your real friends are. 8)

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Now that's the best attitude to have