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Either way, busting Tom's chops about it in his FP Newpost, seems the only way. No telling if any of the staff who code the site, see what gets written here in the old Where is/How to section. Tom's the ram-rod, and hopefully he can get the staff busy taking risks, and putting in the time (and doing it on the same page, not just the same server!!)

I've played it too, but can't place the name!
Try here http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/search/games/house/6 and keep looking down the higher number pages... I spent almost an hour looking, and not just that keyword, but a bunch! I don't think it's that old, but pretty dern close.

At 6/13/13 02:05 AM, MYUSAR wrote: i'm trying to publish my original song but it says to stop trying to hydrate(?) without permission.

Could you cut and paste the error message? Sounds like a weird one! Have you made dead certain that the file is limited to 15 MB and sampled at 44.1 kHz? What software did you use to make the mp3?

At 6/9/13 04:17 PM, Cyberdevil wrote:

At 6/9/13 03:23 PM, BloodCoveredWolf wrote: I sense dumb fucks in the forum. Has it really come down to this.

Hasn't it always been down to this.

History repeats itself... The turn-of-the-century NG BBS, went from crazy to bat-shit crazy. At 797 pages, I think this qualifies somewhere in the discussion (if any). When NG started allowing YouTube embeds (and making NG more visible there), we started to attract their rejects, I think. What do I know anyway, I mostly stuck to IRC instead of Forums/BBS' back then anyway. Sporadically lurked up until 2 years ago...

Hope the Publishing System update goes off without a hitch. Adam-Beilgard's Choir ala Newgrounds, is picking up steam, but still needs moar participants to yowl into the mic :)

I was pleasantly surprised by an insightful newspost Celx-Requin published yesterday, and the responses it received.

It got me to thinking about evolution, and what Luis said about being bold, taking risks, adjusting things more frequently... Would it be possible to extend the Latest Submissions list to a total of 75 (approximately, an even 100 would be sweet)? Like a lot of seasoned users, I like to see a shit-ton of titles on one page, without having to scroll around excessively.... and to see the bottom of the UJ list for a place to start watching/voting.

Another thing... could you move the pop-up thumbnail to the left and add the text description to the right? I noticed that the thumbnails all line up over the center of the links, no matter where you hover... maybe make more use of the horizontal space?

At 6/8/13 05:46 PM, 4urentertainment wrote:

At 6/8/13 03:34 PM, Seasons wrote: Give us a writing portal!

The more people participate in writing contests and events, the bigger we can build and grow the writing community, and the faster we can push the staff to creating the writing portal! So get going and help out the Newgrounds writing community!

But there is a writing portal! Granted it's old, doesn't have an easy to find link on the website... Just needs a 21st century make-over, and a policy that states, "Put your best words here!"

At 6/6/13 08:46 AM, Mfan wrote: http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/ticket/us-govt-secretly-collecti ng-data-millions-verizon-users-013542225.html

"The document shows for the first time that under the Obama administration the communication records of millions of US citizens are being collected indiscriminately and in bulk - regardless of whether they are suspected of any wrongdoing."

Reminds me of our nation's beginnings, and why we became more determined to break away from tyranny. This is no different than interfering with the mail system, or an illegal theft of information.

At 6/6/13 10:22 PM, Gimmick wrote:

At 6/6/13 10:04 PM, VicariousE wrote: Your IP address is as good as a name,

What's your point? If you own a domain name or website, then you have to provide your name, and anyone can use DNS lookup to find out your name.

Oh I know that's true (I got a FF tool that does that), but the same goes for almost all internet users, thanks to the information the major ISPs and social networking sites are "encouraged" legally disclose, with no probable cause whatsoever.

I am simply not happy, that they use our tax dollars, to develop and store databases from every web address they can find.

This thread hasn't been bumped by a Mod for one reason: this isn't a nebulous Political subject, it's about what our government has been doing for several years. They're not just hoarding data, they're analyzing us individually!!

At 6/6/13 11:46 PM, lolomfgisuck wrote:

At 6/6/13 10:04 PM, VicariousE wrote: bunch of stuff

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/interactive/2013/jun/06/veri zon-telephone-data-court-order

"Telephony metadata does not include the substantive content of any communication, as defined by 18 U.S.C. 2510(8), or the name, address, or financial information of a subscriber or customer."

Eat a dick... a fat one. Eat the balls too. Enjoy the cum as the nut busts open between your teeth and drips out of the corner of your mouth onto your chin. Savor the warm salty sliminess as it slides gently down your throat. Enjoy that dick... because deep down inside, you know you love it.

What were we talking about again? Tacocat.

It's not me you should be getting angry at, or whatever outdated or ignored law you just quoted. I'm not here for a pissing match, or care in the slightest at taking cock, or knowing what a tacocat is. And neither do the organizations who scoop up our words... They're just following orders, just as your ego deemed it necessary to hurl childish insults.

How many countless Americans died in our past, so this sort of intrusive oversight by our so-called representative government, could be avoided? When I arranged for a hotel room for Pico Day, the companies that control the money, made damn sure I'd see a shit-ton that hotel's ads, a full month after my credit card was accepted. If the system can do that, what sort of other programs and algorithms are out there? Can they file me (or you) into a higher security risk, and on what grounds? Where is the accountability... for any of the recent government scandals?

I don't have the answers, I'm not tech savvy enough to how much data they can store and analyze, or if there's any lawful oversight. If this sort of data collection began before 9/11, and was made public by someone from a branch of national security, there would be an uproar akin to the turmoil of the 1960's. Nixon was ruined over less data, than a ten year old cellphone could carry.

There's no good that can come from this sort of surveillance. At the very least, it will damn any good intentions they might have had, when they first proposed this collusion. "Those who would give up essential liberty to purchase a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety." -- Ben Franklin

At 6/6/13 05:50 PM, lolomfgisuck wrote: They don't get any information about the conversation or the person who owns the phone.

They just get the metadata of the phone call itself. Things like what number called what number and how long they were on the phone. They use the data to link people together.... like terrorists, supposedly.

Can't say I'm thrilled, but it's not as big a deal as everyone wants to make it out to be.

Absolute bullshit! They have records of what every American citizen says or does online, because all the listed companies are interconnected, especially Microsoft (what's your OS?) and Google, which make up a vast majority of any online users experience. What right do they have to spy on us? Who's watching the watchers?

Your IP address is as good as a name, since you have to pay the internet bill in someones name. "Unlike the collection of those call records, this surveillance can include the content of communications and not just the metadata." -- http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/jun/06/us-tech-giants-n sa-data

This goes beyond what the Stasi did by leaps and bounds! The only difference is, our government aims our fear towards terrorists... then they'll say they live next door. As it is now, people disclose more personal information about themselves and others, than any Authoritarian state could ever coerce from its populace... its citizens, its life-blood.

I've been told by two folks who've worked for AT&T, that there is room at each of their major network centers, that can only be accessed by a key-card and are explicitly off-limits to any employee. That's where the NSA keep their interception tools running day and night.

Having those 7 major companies basically divert data to the FBI and NSA, is no different than the US Mail scanning your mail then analyzing it. Maybe even altering it to further their future plans, or lose it altogether.

The Brits pulled this shit when we (America) we a bunch of pissed upon colonists. Without redress, we asserted ourselves to attain freedom from tyranny. If they don't get this shit straightened out, post-haste, something very similar is going to happen.

Glad the NATA first round Collection page is up, though it could use an link or two to aid the uneducated user (not that I use the Collections page much). It's been really great seeing all the entries come in!

At 5/30/13 04:22 PM, Nebula wrote: Or my profile info in general. This is what happens when i try.

So you go here http://www.newgrounds.com/account, click this http://www.newgrounds.com/account/editprofile, change things around, re-type your password (once), hit submit... and it still comes up like the picture you have posted?
I usually get a 504 time-out similar to that, when I check my thread or blog responses on the Front Page, right below the News....

At 5/29/13 10:22 PM, Viper50 wrote: I am 20. Dunno about the rest of you guys (and gals....and guys pretending to be gals....and gals pretending to be guys).
Also VicariousE is 40 (going to be 41 later this year).

Nah, I decided to skip my birthday this year, you can have the extra year if you want it dude.

Is this what the OP wants, a geriatrics parade?
It really is about post quality, and digging in and knowing about Newgrounds history and culture (not just what goes on in the BBS).

Very heart warming tale, which I hope turns out okay.... OP hasn't said anything in a while, which makes me wonder how the trip went (if at all). That video of the first IRL meeting was really something!

At 6/3/13 10:53 AM, TomFulp wrote: We're featuring the skullkid on the front page today in honor of Chance Banning, aka korded, who passed away last month in an accident at age 27.

I remember that game (SkullKid) when it came out. My sincerest condoles to his family and friends. I'm glad he lived an active life, and positively influenced the world, in which he was a part of. Thanks for being a part of the greater Newgrounds community Chance, we will remember you.

Experience: 6900 (40 until level 26)
Level: 25
What you missed: If you deposited every day, you would have 44920 EXP and you would be Level 60.
Deposit rate: 15.36%

I use pretty long passwords. Unfortunately, NG (back in the day) didn't, but somehow kept a record of it.... I found I only needed to type in about 2/3rds of my password to log in, and that was fine. A big rule of thumb was to never give out your email address unless you implicitly trusted whoever it was meant for. There were database hackings left and right, companies got sold and their info got sold off to data miners... the late 90's was a wild time for the internet, and you usually only got 1 (one) email address per account (web based email was still a new concept, and almost all of them charged by the month).

Then, during a re-design (2002-2003), they bought back extended password protection.... and I forgot the rest of the password AND changed my ISP! Years later, I found an old password list, then, I was back in business.

I never left NG. I just voted my one vote (as an unregistered user) and moved on.

Monthly voting time again. Check to see if you're in the voting pool!

Thanks so much for not scrapping the stuff built up in the Feeds!
So Tom, any progress on NG business cards for the Supporters? The problem with stickers: they cost a bit much and don't have the NG website address, or it's content spelled out. You know at least Supporters would do their best to distribute them to likely visitors (and whore one or two away for themselves).

Gold chips :|
I'm on the East coast, so it's all about the Wise chips. Can't stand Lay's or Herr's. The ones in a can are okay, but too pricey.

At 5/28/13 11:58 PM, Viper50 wrote:

At 5/28/13 11:28 PM, VicariousE wrote:

At 5/28/13 08:11 PM, Viper50 wrote: Notifications aren't working for me again....

Well, we had a week of uptime... Hope the updates/notifications don't get lost like last time.

I hope they come back within the next day or two...I use them all the time and I feel kinda lost without having them there.

27 Blog replies... and one forum reply (this one), and Gob knows how many pages of Favorites I didn't catch through normal browsing. Still, I'm very glad that info didn't go out the data-door.

At 5/29/13 05:22 PM, TomFulp wrote: Are you browsing on Verizon FIOS? Notice that NG content loads really slow in the afternoon? There's apparently some sort of peering issue between Cogent (our bandwidth provider) and Verizon. Not sure when it will be fixed but I sure hope they fix it soon or else I'll have to switch back to Comcast!

Verizon throttling? Seems very likely, from what 2 techs told me today :\ Node-overheating is a factor... But Google's over-reach might be a factor as well.

Totally different topic... If you aren't a supporter (or a supporter who isn't logged in), you may have noticed some pages on the site (ie game pages) are using a grey layout like the store. Do you prefer the site this way? Been pondering stripping the colors out of the page elements and just going with grey - it seems to make the content pop. During the redesign, Wade used to complain that the front page looked like someone took a shit on it and Rob used to say we should style the entire site with the store colorscheme... Were they right? Is it time for a change?

I thought we were going to vary up the background pictures... I clear my cache before I log in (to keep CPMstar from tracking), so I really haven't noticed the blandness you describe.

This came up due to some quirks with our CSS that made it difficult to run dynamic skins while retaining a variety of page layout colors, because it's all wound up so tight at the moment.

.... if the code can't accommodate something, then yeah, pare it back, but the color coded thing should stay on, at least as a highlighter of sorts. Myself, I miss blasting chickens and swf's, and listening to Endless Ladies Handbag, or whatever the simple loop was... be a nice treat for the logged in members.. add it to the UJ page(s) too :|

Just get the guys working. Fly them over to NG HQ, sequester them in the building, till everything's sorted. Bad enough the Favorites thing is broken (at least we had one week of uptime), and the multi-comment glitch is... well, it's better, but you can't refresh a page and comment again :\ you have to navigate elsewhere then come back to comment again (which I suspect is the reason why the Favorites and Updates thing isn't working). I'm buying another http://www.newgrounds.com/store/product/supporter-upgrade soon.... still love what you've here bro :)

At 5/30/13 12:45 AM, Entice wrote: I don't want my real name to show up next to my submissions, where do I change that in settings?

http://www.newgrounds.com/account/editprofile The 'Display Name' preset should do it.

Just... fix (and/or streamline) the bugs, we'll worry about teh drapes after the Summer's over, k?

At 5/28/13 08:11 PM, Viper50 wrote: Notifications aren't working for me again....

Well, we had a week of uptime... Hope the updates/notifications don't get lost like last time.

My thoughts and prayers are with you, and our fallen soldiers this Memorial Day. Thanks for being on duty, wherever you are.
Ganked the picture from here, apologies for not being more creative, like posting a nice pin-up chick... ohwait! :)

At 5/25/13 12:50 PM, Chdonga wrote: The Flash Portal will be full of spam and artsy crap that college students make for their final exam.

But I like the artsy-fartsy. Just imagining, I'm the college professor with severe brain hemorrhoids, looking at this.....

Under Judgment will no longer be a thing, thanks to the uprise in mass 5 voters.

It's pretty much here already :| Seems like standards dropped since the first 5 years of Newgrounds, a lot less cruel-kindness in the voting mindset. There was the sport of an iffy (blammable) submission, and there was a real chance it would go your way. Depended on what the guy had done before, and if there was improvement. Folks took care to research their votes, but that died off soon enough |:

CPMstar sucks for ad-rev, that's why everyone's humping YouTube, hoping for a sponsorship, instead of sticking it out here.
If Tom could change the ad company, maybe earning money here would be easier (and more flexible), then the better talent wouldn't consider this site, just another advertising pool for their YouTube channel.

I've got the same problem too. It's just a glitch that hasn't been addressed yet.

The best place to ask this question, would be the writing forum.

I'll say this though: You have to find one or two hard-to-miss qualities of each character, and use them, every way you can.