The New Sudoku Players' Forum

[Pat-Moderator]

Jason's newest backup:
2019.Nov.13

does this link work?
www.dropbox.com/l/scl/AABBzoLrAHEfb8kDT-BhigXSQfq0BsSMhnI

[Pat]

If the web site were to disappear today, I'd have no forum, no access to the backup, and no way to contact the admin/moderators/users of the forum.

i have a very short list of email addresses.
send yours via pm if you wish.

[Pat-Moderator]

Jason runs g.r.emlin on which Server?

just possibly, missed something in handing over to new owner.

i'm still hoping they respond.

this is the current IP address:
162.242.173.43

[1to9only]

this is the current IP address:
162.242.173.43

That is also the new IP address of the forum:

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Resolving forum.enjoysudoku.com... 162.242.173.43


[Pat]

]

Jason's newest backup:
2019.Nov.13

www.dropbox.com/l/scl/AABBzoLrAHEfb8kDT-BhigXSQfq0BsSMhnI

turns out Dropbox will send me each request,
and i must approve each separately.
so, some delay.

[1to9only]

Before The hardest sudokus (new thread) there was The hardest sudokus that covers the period May 2006 to Jan 2009. May be worth saving a local copy?

Out of curiosity, anyone using the methods I've described before to save your most valued threads!!
This thread is now 5 pages, and you only have to retrieve the full (containing 15 posts) previous pages once.
This messes up the pagination at the top and bottom of the page, I now have:
Page 1: 1 of 3
Page 2: 2 of 3
Page 3: 3 of 3
Page 4: 4 of 5
Page 5: 5 of 5
You can:
- ignore the pagination as not a big issue (my current choice)
- repaginate manually by editing the files
- automate, write a script to update the files
- or just get all the files again!

[Pat]

if you have "Page 3: 3 of 3",
i'd worry that it is incomplete (<15)
— or did you save it exactly at 15 before next page started?

[1to9only]

if you have "Page 3: 3 of 3",
i'd worry that it is incomplete (<15)
— or did you save it exactly at 15 before next page started?

It's just something to be aware of. The last post in Page 3 is one of mine, and I did a get immediately after!
My own Patterns Game saved pages have 'staggered' pagination but I know they are all complete (=15), except the last one which always gets refetched on the next update (every 5 games or so). A script to repaginate would be useful, but I dont need one at the moment. I'll probably write one in a few weeks/months time!

Edit: For a quick check on posts count, you can use grep.exe (which is not a Windows installed program), e.g.

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grep.exe -c "class=""post " *.html
or
grep.exe -c "class=\"post " *.html

[There are different flavors of grep!]


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hardest-thread-disappeared-t40014-15.html:15
hardest-thread-disappeared-t40014-30.html:15
hardest-thread-disappeared-t40014-45.html:15
hardest-thread-disappeared-t40014-60.html:6
hardest-thread-disappeared-t40014.html:15


[Pat]

you do need to refresh your p.3
as someone (you) edited that last post the next day

[1to9only]

you do need to refresh your p.3
as someone (you) edited that last post the next day

Yes. In this case (short thread) I can refresh p3, or just get all 5 pages next time.
In my scheme of things and tracking larger and more threads, I'll miss a few of these edited pages.

[m_b_metcalf]

Any news/progress from your programmer (who should feel free to contact me if that might be useful)? Thanks,

No. I'm sorry. I'll bring it up in our meeting today.

[Pat]

so the programmer is John White.
i was hoping Jason (retired) might still be involved.

[m_b_metcalf]

Is it possible for Pat_Moderator to 'kill' g.r.emlin and the let him back in again?

M

[Pat]

perhaps by banning?

afraid to try,
wait a bit longer?

[Pat]

I dont really know what happened during February
when the forum was not available for a few days.

perhaps it just crashed
and this prompted them to transfer to another server.

or maybe, the reverse:
they transferred — and it was the transfer which caused the crash.


either way, since that time we may be in a new situation
with g.r.emlin running in same box as the forum.

should be ok (worked fine for a couple of months),
but who knows the effect when g.r.emlin has a glitch?

i remember gsf described g.r.emlin as "magic"...