You are too good to us, Charles. Thank you.

I give that a big minus, no, wait, I mean a plus.

So if we mistakenly rate a post, it can be sent down the memory hole?

Has this been tested? What if we reverse too many, and a black hole results?

I voted for that comment......before I voted against it

I like to flip-flop

Thank you Charles -

Now can you get totals on the Recent Comments view? My vanity and laziness have intersected and I need someone else to do the work for me ;)

This is good.

I only click comments I feel strongly about.
It is embarrassing to have a bad click, and be forever linked as being approving of something you disapprove of. Or vice versa.

Thanks Charles.

Is there any way you can fix it so we can revise spinoff links after we post them (even if it's only for a limited time)?

re: #4 godfrey

Has this been tested? What if we reverse too many, and a black hole results?

Well- I've been testing with you. When I click minus, you go to minus 1, but when I click plus, you go to zero.

Now where was that uber ding down of annefrance. I have a correction to make.

*evil grin* *sinister laugh*

re: #10 Sharmuta

I thought I felt something funny.

Charles, it doesn't work on the thread. I just dinged it down this thread as a test. Can't ding it back up. I'm listed in the minus column.

CHANGE! Can you reverse it more than once?

We kvetch, Charles listens and actually does something about it -- what a concept.

We are all Democrats now.

re: #10 Sharmuta

Cool, it can go either way. mwwwwwhhhhhaaaaahhhhaaaaa.

/what mom? it's my bed time? Ahhhhhhh you never let me have any fun. :(

So...how much lower did annefrance sink?

How low can your go?

re: #4 godfrey

Has this been tested? What if we reverse too many, and a black hole results?

We will know 4 years from Wednesday

re: #19 buzzsawmonkey

LGF--now with buyer's remorse!

LMAO!

Anyway we can give the person we ding down a small electrical shock?

Well, no more true feelings getting lost in the post...

re: #13 HelloDare

Charles, it doesn't work on the thread. I just dinged it down this thread as a test. Can't ding it back up. I'm listed in the minus column.

works here

re: #18 jorline

So...how much lower did annefrance sink?

How low can your go?

I saw -436 earlier.

The counter isn't working properly. I see zeros, but when I click there's a rating in there.

I wanna be able to edit posts.

re: #20 BBEV

We will know 4 years from Wednesday

Or the world of next Thursday.

Just realized I needed to add or subtract TWO from the total when a rating is reversed, so if it wasn't working as you expected, that's why. Should be cool now.

re: #28 BlueCanuck

Or the world of next Thursday.

we will see

re: #29 Charles

Thanks, Charles! You're the best.

re: #29 Charles

Just realized I needed to add or subtract TWO from the total when a rating is reversed, so if it wasn't working as you expected, that's why. Should be cool now.

still works

hmmmm.... I up dinged Sharmuta in comment #1, then I down dinged her because (of course) she didn't deserve an up-ding. Then, I dinged her up again because I will do (nearly) anything to get babes to like me.... and when I did, the "up-ding" tally that showed on my screen is "2", not "1".

And if you're really confused, you can ding down and up and back again. The tally becomes a rolling average. We could see a post's popularity fluctuate like a VU meter.

Worked for godfrey on buss's post.

A very common complaint I receive about the comment rating system is that people accidentally hit the wrong button—resulting in a plus where they intended a minus, or vice versa.

Did any of these folks vote in Florida? ;-)>

re: #33 WindHorse

You dinged me down? I'm traumatized. *sob*

"I voted for the post, before I voted against it!"

/Couldn't help myself...

re: #33 WindHorse

hmmmm.... I up dinged Sharmuta in comment #1, then I down dinged her because (of course) she didn't deserve an up-ding. Then, I dinged her up again because I will do (nearly) anything to get babes to like me.... and when I did, the "up-ding" tally that showed on my screen is "2", not "1".

flip flopper

if you accidentally click, you can only negate your accident rather than give the rating you wanted i.e. if I accidentally click - then I can only get back to zero by adding a +, but I cannot give the positive rating I meant to. need to keep + button active for two clicks, or add a neutral button, or make the + worth two if the - were clicked.

re: #29 Charles

I still can't reverse the down ding I gave to this post while testing it--is it just my problem?

re: #11 BlueCanuck

Now where was that uber ding down of annefrance. I have a correction to make.

*evil grin* *sinister laugh*

Amazing. Never seen anything like it. 437 and still rising. And each one richly deserved a thousandfold.

Remember the good old days when you had to keep reloading the page? Ah, the good old days when we had never heard of Barack H. Obama.

Obamalamadowndingdong

One dingy dingy
Two dingy dingy

Yep, works fine now.re: #40 spidly

if you accidentally click, you can only negate your accident rather than give the rating you wanted i.e. if I accidentally click - then I can only get back to zero by adding a +, but I cannot give the positive rating I meant to. need to keep + button active for two clicks, or add a neutral button, or make the + worth two if the - were clicked.

That's what #29 is about. It's fixed now.

re: #37 Sharmuta

You dinged me down? I'm traumatized. *sob*

I would want to be wearing a carbon cup before I dinged you down

re: #42 Wild Knight
That qualifies for the Lizard Hall of Shame. Do we have that here yet?

This is only for comments, not for articles or links.

I rate this new feature within +/- .001 of an inch of perfection....

re: #36 Outrider

Did any of these folks vote in Florida? ;-)>

I'm reminded of the line in the movie Big Trouble where one of the characters is described as "the only person in Florida who was not confused when he voted for Pat Buchanan"...

re: #41 twincitiesgirl

I still can't reverse the down ding I gave to this post while testing it--is it just my problem?

I think it's only working on users comments.

Works like a charm! And you can change your rating more than once; excellent!

re: #27 Tigger2005

Can't that be done in preview? I hate those 10 minute edit windows.

re: #49 Charles

This is only for comments, not for articles or links.

Then please disregard my down ding.

re: #43 HelloDare

Remember the good old days when you had to keep reloading the page? Ah, the good old days when we had never heard of Barack H. Obama.

I still think the new comments button was the greatest LGF advancement ever.

re: #54 Summersong

Can't that be done in preview? I hate those 10 minute edit windows.

I haven't made friends with preview yet. I really should introduce myself.

just watched chris mindfuck change the color of his eyes. i just love his show and i have yet to figure out any of his tricks

re: #1 SharmutaSorry Sharmuta I was just testing it!

re: #27 Tigger2005

I wanna be able to edit posts.

NO! Please don't! My ADD will glue me to one thread forever!

So Charles, it should now be possible to get AJAX to pluck out the highest-rated comments in a thread and display them in a pop-up window, yes?

what is the tally for Comment #1 right now? I see one up-ding and one down ding, but the total is +1..... (I have reloaded the page too).

re: #19 buzzsawmonkey

LGF--now with buyer's remorse!

Nominate for rotating Lizard Lounge title!

It's ding-a-licious!

Doesn't seem to work on front page posts.

Do we get a Ron Paul button to give our own posts 1000 +'s?

re: #55 HelloDare

me too!

re: #65 nikis-knight

Doesn't seem to work on front page posts.

Join the club.

re: #49 Charles

This is only for comments, not for articles or links.

Ah, okay, well, apoligies for the '-' on this article then.

re: #42 Wild Knight

heh heh heh heh. Just went and fixed my sockpuppets mistake. :)

/it will probably go lower, 457 dings in total. Can't even see the up dings on my computer cause I can't move the window that high.

The Israeli flag on Sarah's wall...

[Link: www.powerlineblog.com...]

re: #66 spidly

Do we get a Ron Paul button to give our own posts 1000 +'s?

I wanna vote a thousand times for Sarah Palin.

At what point, if any, is the blogsite so loaded with cool features that it presents a functional problem? For the servers or Charles.

re: #33 WindHorse

hmmmm.... I up dinged Sharmuta in comment #1, then I down dinged her because (of course) she didn't deserve an up-ding. Then, I dinged her up again because I will do (nearly) anything to get babes to like me.... and when I did, the "up-ding" tally that showed on my screen is "2", not "1".

We babes have radar against indecisive horses.

Thanks, Charles!

re: #48 Outrider

That qualifies for the Lizard Hall of Shame. Do we have that here yet?

Hey, yeah. A Hall of Shame would be fun. And educational. Cough. How about it, Charles?

WAFFLERS!

re: #72 Tigger2005

I wanna vote a thousand times for Sarah Palin.

I wanna Sarah Palin button, so my dings eviscerate a bad post like a field-dressed moose!...;~)

All kidding aside,

"Thanks for all you do for us, Charles!"

re: #33 WindHorse

hmmmm.... I up dinged Sharmuta in comment #1, then I down dinged her because (of course) she didn't deserve an up-ding. Then, I dinged her up again because I will do (nearly) anything to get babes to like me.... and when I did, the "up-ding" tally that showed on my screen is "2", not "1".

Because we were ALL doing the same thing lol

re: #18 jorline

Ha! Seriously, I dug you down, for mentioning her, then dug you up for asking such a good question! ;)

My answer? There is no low that is low enough for her. She actually deserves even more - digs.

If I can work the new system, anyone can!

re: #71 Luigi

The Israeli flag on Sarah's wall...

[Link: www.powerlineblog.com...]

Beats a Cuban flag and poster of Che as is found on someones walls.

Kos button for self deletion when you realize you've been an asshat

testing

Thank you, Charles, for morphing ratings into an 'Easy" button!

re: #83 spidly

Kos button for self deletion when you realize you've been an asshat

LOL, we don't need that. We have Charles, Stinky, monitor lizards, and our own sensible selves. That button would just be redundant.

Do both actions show up separately on the SPY?

re: #87 snowcrash

Do both actions show up separately on the SPY?

Doesn't seem to be.

Charles I just noted something in the spy. It is only registering +'s not negatives. Hold on a sec every one going on a down ding blitz. Nothing offensive just a test.

Charles, OK, good revision.
Now, how about a button to see who replied/quoted to a comment/post, and a link to the reply/quote comment.
I'm sure you have *time to create this technical goody.

/*that's really all we have..........

My bad, they do show up. Dings corrected.

Aww shucks, got knocked out of the Top Ten Comments! Ah well, I basked in the glory, sunned in the adulation of my peers as a good little hatchling.. and now....I need a moment to compose myself....

j/k ;)

On a further not, only the original ding is register. hmmmmm

Why do Obama's lips appear blue?

/is it lipstick?

re: #91 BlueCanuck

My bad, they do show up. Dings corrected.

It seems the first ding shows up in the Spy, but not subsequent dings.

So now, after clicking the plus or minus button,

Um. WHAT plus or minus bittons?
I see a heart and an exclamation mark

re: #87 snowcrash

Do both actions show up separately on the SPY?

re: #89 BlueCanuck

Charles I just noted something in the spy. It is only registering +'s not negatives. Hold on a sec every one going on a down ding blitz. Nothing offensive just a test.

It appears that the first ding (up or down) is what shows up in LGF Spy. Subsequent dings (up or down) don't show.

Cool feature!

Charles.

Instead of rating a comment (+) or (-) could we get a rating where I can just vote Present?

BHO

re: #97 Hooray for Captain Spaulding

Do you have your ratings turned off?

The Audacity of...of....Charles !

re: #99 Shug

LMAO!

there might be a bug with this.

when i hit a minus , it goes down by TWO points, not one.

re: #94 Killian Bundy

Why do Obama's lips appear blue?

/is it lipstick?

Diarrhea...bad week.

how do I vote for impeachment?
can I write in Hillary?

Whenever I made that error in the past, it never worried me. I just figured it added to my mystique. ;)

re: #81 NY Nana

Ha! Seriously, I dug you down, for mentioning her, then dug you up for asking such a good question! ;)

My answer? There is no low that is low enough for her. She actually deserves even more - digs.

If I can work the new system, anyone can!

LOL...thanks for not leaving me in the negs.

re: #97 Hooray for Captain Spaulding

Um. WHAT plus or minus bittons?
I see a heart and an exclamation mark

I just dinged your non-existent + button

I clicked on "minus"! Shame on me!

re: #103 buzzdroid

there might be a bug with this.

when i hit a minus , it goes down by TWO points, not one.

not here.

OT: there is a 2 hour special salute to our troops on tv tonight.
9 EST on abc
---------
On Sept 7th 2008, USAA Presents, "America United: In Support of Our Troops," a 2-hour special saluting those men and women who keep our nation safe ... and their families who sacrifice so much for all of us.

This event features popular music, celebrity cameos, tributes to troops, and nostalgic walks down 'memory lane.' Tune in to enjoy appearances and performances by Jessica Simpson, Snoop Dogg, Janet Jackson, Toby Keith, DL Hughley, Pam Anderson, ZZ Top, Clint Black, Carlos Mencia and many more as they take the stage around the country and at military bases worldwide.

From one American to another, we take this opportunity to simply say, "Thank You!" As well, we are here to issue a "call to action" ... giving our nation the opportunity to collectively thank those who serve us all.
Check it out here...

re: #99 Shug

Ding up, no need to change that one.

/W00T!11111!elven!1111
//The GRAND LIZARD rocks Hip Hip. . . . . . .

re: #100 Sharmuta

Do you have your ratings turned off?

:) Thanks
Dont know how THAT happened!
+1

Ooh goody, rating reversals! This is as good a time as any to dredge this up one last time...

Here's the infamous asshat-france post, at -441 as of now.

Oh, and in case anyone's interested, she posted a response to us.

re: #94 Killian Bundy

From making far too many gaffes.

ah my bad. i think i've figured it out

start with 6

hit minus - goes to 5

hit plus - goes to 7 , overruling your original minus vote.

yeah. makes sense. thanks charles.

re: #113 Hooray for Captain Spaulding

You're welcome. I turned my ratings off once, just to see what the blog looked like.

OT:Barry's falling faster than a lead balloon:

[Link: www.realclearpolitics.com...]

mine is going up 2 and down 2

Human-pig chimera will save you life.....
Lord Winston to farm pigs for transplants

Lord Winston, the fertility expert and Labour peer, is to begin breeding genetically modified pigs in the next three months to produce hearts, livers and kidneys for transplanting to humans.

Winston has pioneered a simplified technique to create pigs with “humanised” organs that will not be rejected by the patients’ immune systems.

He expects the technique to provide a solution to the shortage of donor organs within 10 years.
...
The pigs will be bred with about six human genes to prevent patients rejecting their organs.

Science!

Will there also be a most reversed comment feature?

re: #103 buzzdroid

there might be a bug with this.

when i hit a minus , it goes down by TWO points, not one.

I think one point is to negate the initial ding, and one is to take it in the opposite direction. So if I gave you a plus but meant to whack you, the comment reversal would take away the plus and give you a negative.

I see this is already getting used by those who gave a ding in the wrong direction to annenazifrance.

re: #114 Fat Jolly Penguin

- 444

re: #71 Luigi

I wish it was the Israeli flag...this is the Israeli flag...but I have no doubt re her being a true friend of Israel.

This change had to have been brought about by annefrancevichy's turd this week.

Thank you. I've fat fingered one or two in the past.

re: #126 Fenway_Nation

This change had to have been brought about by annefrancevichy's turd this week.

OK, I'm going to ding you down, and then up, as an experiment!

re: #13 HelloDare

Charles, it doesn't work on the thread. I just dinged it down this thread as a test. Can't ding it back up. I'm listed in the minus column.

Does not work for me either. I use Firefox 2.0.0.16 on Windows Vista. I tried dinging up first, then back down.

Please see #49.

re: #125 NY Nana

I know in the video by the guy who interviews her you see it in the window. A small one mind you but still she kept it in an open space.

Interesting. You can vote, and then change it to the opposite vote -- but what you can't do is unvote! No way to go back to zero.

Not that anyone would ever want to do that.

re: #71 Luigi

That's the Alaska state flag (a series of stars forming the Big Dipper on a blue background. I wouldn't be surprised if she did have an Israeli flag in her office, but that wasn't it in the picture.

re: #107 jorline

LOL...thanks for not leaving me in the negs.

You now cannot get dings down unless you do it the old-fashioned way, you earn them! And you are in no danger of that...yet! ;)

Reversals are not going to show up in the Spy, at this point.

re: #132 zombie

Interesting. You can vote, and then change it to the opposite vote -- but what you can't do is unvote! No way to go back to zero.

Not that anyone would ever want to do that.

That's right. Once you throw your hat in the ring, you can't unthrow it.

I wonder if it is possible to sort comments on a thread by their ding ratings?

Okay.....

but what if I want to go from and UPding to a NOding (NONding?) instead of a DOWNding? Now I'm committed to voting one way or the other. What if I just want to vote PRESENTding?

By the way, as voters, you should demand that Obama release his full medical records.

/if you've been paying attention, he's only released a short self-serving note from his doctor, McCain has released everything

re: #134 NY Nana

You now cannot get dings down unless you do it the old-fashioned way, you earn them! And you are in no danger of that...yet! ;)

thanks Nana ;)

re: #136 Charles

That's right. Once you throw your hat in the ring, you can't unthrow it.

So what you are saying is that you cannot simply throw your rating under the bus ?

re: #136 Charles

That's right. Once you throw your hat in the ring, you can't unthrow it.

Now, if you had only implemented this in Broward County in 2000, the Earth would be as cool as a cucumber and George Bush would still be an obscure alcoholic!

Can't I just vote 'present'?

Good change.

re: #114 Fat Jolly Penguin

Ooh goody, rating reversals! This is as good a time as any to dredge this up one last time...

Here's the infamous asshat-france post, at -441 as of now.

Oh, and in case anyone's interested, she posted a response to us.

Thanks for bringing that response to our attention.
I read it carefully before leaving a love token.

re: #120 Killgore Trout

Science!

/and not particularly new science!

OT, but the UN is digging even deeper:
Report: UN to demand Israel pay Lebanon $1 billion in reparations

The United Nations will require Israel to pay Lebanon nearly $1 billion for environmental damages caused during the 2006 Second Lebanon War, the Lebanese newspaper Al-Akhbar reported on Saturday.

The paper said that UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon will submit the motion to the Security Council later this month.

The US had better veto this, and leave the UN as well.

I voted for this change before I voted against it.

re: #146 Killian Bundy

The reason it's happening now is because the Brits will finally allow it. Maybe they'll export those organs to us if we're lucky.

re: #145 pre-Boomer Marine brat

Thanks for bringing that response to our attention.
I read it carefully before leaving a love token.

-445 now

well it's been fun but now it's time for bed. Kids upstairs have calmed down so I will see you all on the next dead thread. Stay scaly.

re: #131 BlueCanuck

I know in the video by the guy who interviews her you see it in the window. A small one mind you but still she kept it in an open space.

Thanks! Every time I see a negative article trying to deride her, I am furious. She has breathed life and hope into what was a floundering election...on both sides. Now? There is nowhere to go for McCain/Palin 2008, but right to the White House, after the Inauguration on 20 Jan. 2009!

/And we all know how patriotic Hussein is, and what flag he does not even know how to salute, and a missing lapel pin went....he threw them under the bus.

I will indeed have a happy birthday.

re: #42 Wild Knight

Amazing. Never seen anything like it. 437 and still rising. And each one richly deserved a thousandfold.

annefrance's insightful commentary is at -444:   452 "nays" and 8 "ayes".
Only 2 "ayes" have recanted so far. (Yesterday, there were 10 "ayes".)

re: #140 jorline

;)

re: #94 Killian Bundy

Why do Obama's lips appear blue?

/is it lipstick?

Remember:
If you put lipstick on a pig, it's still an Obama.

re: #143 markx

I dinged you down before I dinged you up....

/just foolin'

re: #149 Killgore Trout

The reason it's happening now is because the Brits will finally allow it. Maybe they'll export those organs to us if we're lucky.

/lot's of people in this country with pig heart valves already

Still waiting on the PRESENT ding thing.

Ding here, ding now!

re: #155 jwb7605

Remember:
If you put lipstick on a pig, it's still an Obama.

But if you put lipstick on a pitbull, it's Sarah Palin.

re: #94 Killian Bundy

Why do Obama's lips appear blue?

/is it lipstick?

Does he get his blue lipstick from the same place A-rod does?

Charles,
Thanks for this feature!

re: #159 itellu3times

Ding here, ding now!

Ding, Baby, ding.

re: #158 vagabond trader

Still waiting on the PRESENT ding thing.

That one will be The Messiah's logo squished in between the + and - buttons.

Did I hear a request for more cow bell dinging?

Can we see our complete voting histories, then?

Ding, we must.

re: #160 Sharmuta

But if you put lipstick on a pitbull, it's Sarah Palin.

I believe you just proved evolution, or something
:)

re: #148 zombie

I voted for this change before I voted against it.

I up-dinged you before I felt buyer's remorse.

re: #167 itellu3times

Ding, we must.

I ding, therefore I am.

I think this calls for a rousing rendition of

Gimme Dat Ding!

re: #162 pre-Boomer Marine brat

Thats one of the reasons This is my favorite blog. Besides all of the really good people on it has an owner who is always looking for ways to make it better.

It don't mean a thing if it ain't got that ding
doo-ah doo-wah doo-ah doo-wah doo-wahhhh

I am compelled to mow the lawn.
Or face down-dinging.

later!

No more hanging chads?

/I knew I shouldn't have voted for Buchanan.

re: #157 Killian Bundy

/lot's of people in this country with pig heart valves already

/hell, I had porcine material injections by the oral surgeon, they're thriving, I'm haram, Muslims can't eat me

Thanks, Charles, now some of us elderly fuzzy brains with gimpy fingers get a second chance to flop.

palin rumours clearing house

[Link: explorations.chasrmartin.com...]

69 and counting

re: #158 vagabond trader

Still waiting on the PRESENT ding thing.

Yeah, we need a big Obama button you can click all day, and it adds zero to anything.

Put it right next to the Ron Paul button that dings itself.

re: #172 kcladderman

Thats one of the reasons This is my favorite blog. Besides all of the really good people on it has an owner who is always looking for ways to make it better.

Though it IS getting kind of dingy.

re: #149 Killgore Trout

The reason it's happening now is because the Brits will finally allow it. Maybe they'll export those organs to us if we're lucky.

It's an affront to God!

But seriously, I'll take one pig-man heart valve with slaw. And I want to see grill-marks this time!

I ding you, you ding me,
We're the dinging Lizardry.
With a great big plus
and a minus button too,
Won't you stay and ding this too?

re: #151 BlueCanuck

well it's been fun but now it's time for bed. Kids upstairs have calmed down so I will see you all on the next dead thread. Stay scaly.

Later Blue...see you in the morning.

The Rich aren't dinging their fair share

The down side is, now there's no such thing as a ding an sich.

Charles...all we need now is veto power.

'To err is human' so am practicing my retractable dings.

re: #186 jorline

Charles...all we need now is veto power.

That's Mandy's job.

re: #157 Killian Bundy

But the problem is that those transplants are often rejected. The genetically modified pig transplants won't have that problem.

No post is good or bad, but dinging makes it so.

Post-Palin Wrapup
Wed, Sep 3, 2008 at 8:18:13 pm PST

#363 annefrance 9/03/08 9:12:48 pm reply quote -447

re: #188 pre-Boomer Marine brat

That's Mandy's job.

ROFLMAO...sorry, forgot.

re: #181 Salem

Halal!

Woohoo. Now I don't feel dumb when i accidentally - a +40 comment

This is class warfare, those with up-dings just keep getting up-dinged. I submit a luxury tax on up-dings over the average up-ding income of 50%. If you are a crass hoarder of up-dings above, lets say 5, you must donate those up-dings so I can redistribute the up-dings to those who won't or cant work for need them more. Of course 80% of the tax will be retained by myself for operational costs.

Chuckling madly now, awfully close to guffawing!

Barack Obama says his answer about abortion at the Saddleback Church forum was “probably” too flip.

re: #194 Dekar

wont*

re: #196 Intrepid

They are reeling.

Which brrings up a point. See the dentist/hygienist at least once a year.

/or face the oral surgeon later and do the homework so you get the best

re: #196 Intrepid

Chuckling madly now, awfully close to guffawing!

Barack Obama says his answer about abortion at the Saddleback Church forum was “probably” too flip.

Too bad he doesn't have one these new-fangled reversible comment buttons.

re: #196 Intrepid

Chuckling madly now, awfully close to guffawing!

Barack Obama says his answer about abortion at the Saddleback Church forum was “probably” too flip.

He needs a ding-flipper capability.

re: #198 godfrey

They are reeling.

And I feel a song coming on.....(ahem ahem"

"REELING - WOE WOE WOE, REELING...
I wish I'd never mentioned my pay grade -
I'll never win this now!"

re: #200 solomonpanting

Too bad he doesn't have one these new-fangled reversible comment buttons.

"too flip" is above his pay grade.

re: #189 Killgore Trout

But the problem is that those transplants are often rejected. The genetically modified pig transplants won't have that problem.

I get it, genetically specific pigs.

/is that a good thing or a crutch?

re: #201 pre-Boomer Marine brat

He needs a ding-flipper capability.

Imagine being the staffer in charge of keeping the code straight on that button.

Yikes!

re: #203 David IV of Georgia

"too flip" is above his pay grade.

Well, apparently he's not too flip to flop...;~)

re: #202 Intrepid

And I feel a song coming on.....(ahem ahem"

"REELING - WOE WOE WOE, REELING...
I wish I'd never mentioned my pay grade -
I'll never win this now!"

It is always time for a good reel:

Charles- the double click on the favorites button is not working for me.

From the above linked Politico article, quote THE ONE:

“Well, look. You know, I actually knew that Russia was next to Alaska, as well. I saw it on a map.”

Barack Obama - now pandering to the National Geographic Society and the cartographers' union.

Heh.

OK, everyone, let's have some fun really testing out this new system!

I have selected Intrepid's comment #209 above at random as the subject our our experiment. At the stroke of 1:35pm PST (i.e. now), everybody down-ding comment #209. Then, once we soak in the extent of the negativity, at a given signal, in about three minutes, everybody will reverse their votes -- and we'll see how high it goes!

Ready?

Everybody down-ding comment #209...NOW!

re: #209 Intrepid

From the above linked Politico article, quote THE ONE:

“Well, look. You know, I actually knew that Russia was next to Alaska, as well. I saw it on a map.”

Barack Obama - now pandering to the National Geographic Society and the cartographers' union.

Heh.

Hey—I got a map that has Russia and Alaska on opposite ends of the world—Obama's wrong.

re: #209 Intrepid

From the above linked Politico article, quote THE ONE:

“Well, look. You know, I actually knew that Russia was next to Alaska, as well. I saw it on a map.”

Barack Obama - now pandering to the National Geographic Society and the cartographers' union.

Heh.

He's apparently insinuating that Alaska's too irrelevant or insignificant for him to actually visit.

Obama, being a contemptuous snob once again.

re: #207 David IV of Georgia

The guy in his little mariposa blouse is a bit distracting though.

re: #205 Intrepid

Imagine being the staffer in charge of keeping the code straight on that button.

Yikes!

LOL

So far, the response is underwhelming!

re: #210 zombie

who are you Karl Rove?

/

re: #145 pre-Boomer Marine brat

I read it carefully before leaving a love token.

Hey, you left one heck of a mess for Stinky to clean! ;)

Was it hard to read through that pile of crap post? I tracked her email addy. She is Canadian. If our Canadian lizards could get their hands on her? [deleted]...and we could join in with them.

Even my sockpuppet refused to have anything to do with it, and hid in a drawer. ;)

I could only dig her down once, darn it.

This is your last chance -- down-ding #209 for no reason!

re: #212 buzzsawmonkey

Only you could come up with that buzz...one dingy

re: #210 zombie

OK, everyone, let's have some fun really testing out this new system!

I have selected Intrepid's comment #209 above at random as the subject our our experiment. At the stroke of 1:35pm PST (i.e. now), everybody down-ding comment #209. Then, once we soak in the extent of the negativity, at a given signal, in about three minutes, everybody will reverse their votes -- and we'll see how high it goes!

Ready?

Everybody down-ding comment #209...NOW!

You're still logged as a minus

The negative-polls shall remain open for one more minute.

re: #210 zombie

:-( I can't ding myself down! (heh - that sounds racy!)

re: #221 pre-Boomer Marine brat

You're still logged as a minus

Yes -- minus at first, then later changed to plus.

re: #216 zombie

So far, the response is underwhelming!

If you were alive, you'd have more influence.

How many times can one do the Waffle for a single comment within the 3 day window?

You better think (ding!)
think about whatcha tryin to say to me
you better think (ding!)
let your post go, let your post be free

freedom, freedommm....

re: #224 zombie

Yes -- minus at first, then later changed to plus.

HUH!
You're STILL showing as a minus, and I even did a page-refresh.
Have you reversed your down-ding?

Well, all we reached was -1 for comment #209 -- two down-dings and one up-ding (?!?).

OK, that was pathetic. But now, the second half of the experiment: everybody (all two of us) reverse your ratings to up!

I can ding for myself.

Oh, I give up!

We love you zombie!

re: #230 godfrey

I can ding for myself.

What a pervert.

re: #120 Killgore Trout

Human-pig chimera will save you life.....
Lord Winston to farm pigs for transplants

Science!

Very cool. I'm still waiting for the full mechanical lung, heart and digestive system. I hope I live long enough to get it.

Ding up if you think Charles should add a 30 or 60 second window to edit posts. Ding down if you think I should STFU and learn that PIMF.

I didn't say "ding myself." Which technically, you will notice, is not possible.

re: #230 godfrey

I can ding for myself.

masterdinger

If Mandy gives a down-ding, does the software automatically turn it into a whack?

Woohoo -- +15!~!

re: #163 Sharmuta

Ding, Baby, ding.

"What's with the BALD chick?"

(Phil Hartman as Frank Sinatra. R.I.P. Phil Hartman.)

re: #231 zombie

Oh, I give up!

I understand, herding cats or lizards can be frustrating.

Not sure what happened there -- I only saw three votes prior to the reversal, and then after a page refresh -- 16 votes! Weird.

re: #239 pre-Boomer Marine brat

All Mandy's down-dings are audio expletive enabled.

re: #237 godfrey

I didn't say "ding myself." Which technically, you will notice, is not possible.

I could comment about that ... but I'll ... well ... keep silent.

*duck*

Now I see +16. What was the lowest rating anyone perceived on comment #209? I only saw -1.

Good afternoon folks. Great usability feature Charles - Thank you. I've needed it on more than one occasion.

Q: What was the first thing ayers asked obama when they met?
A: Are you the one?

re: #231 zombie

Oh, I give up!

I hit the little "0" and it showed a total of 8 - including up-dings and down-dings. Now I just hit on the "8", and it shows 16.

re: #243 zombie

Not sure what happened there -- I only saw three votes prior to the reversal, and then after a page refresh -- 16 votes! Weird.

you must still be suffering the side effects of jet lag and exposure to toxic levels of moonbats.

we understand. take an aspirin, have some chicken soup. watch the 49ers

re: #244 godfrey

All Mandy's down-dings are audio expletive enabled.

ROFLMAO!

re: #243 zombie

Not sure what happened there -- I only saw three votes prior to the reversal, and then after a page refresh -- 16 votes! Weird.

The Waffle process seems to be working quite well, IMHO.

All these dings... a "dent" could get to feeling lonely.

Three cheers for getting dent.

All your dings are belong to Zombie!

I was hoping to throw the whole Web site off-balance and see if I could tip the browser over.

Okay, no minuses at all on #209 now.

re: #246 zombie

Now I see +16. What was the lowest rating anyone perceived on comment #209? I only saw -1.

I only saw mine, Zombie, when I reversed, it was showing +16.... so much for the test.

Zomb, are you testing the VU meter idea?

I'm not optimistic of ever seeing it. I reckon the hamsters would protest.

re: #196 Intrepid

Chuckling madly now, awfully close to guffawing!

Barack Obama says his answer about abortion at the Saddleback Church forum was “probably” too flip.

Notice how he brings up his own humility.

Yet more evidence of Barack Obama's experience as a "Community Organizer".

Barack Obama's $1.1 Million Botanical Garden -- Er, $100,000 Gazebo

re: #254 zombie

I was hoping to throw the whole Web site off-balance and see if I could tip the browser over.

Is that why I suddenly find myself laying on my side beside the computer chair?

re: #256 MarineMomSue

I only saw mine, Zombie, when I reversed, it was showing +16.... so much for the test.

Very strange. A chink in Ajax's armor!

re: #241 Josephine

"What's with the BALD chick?"

(Phil Hartman as Frank Sinatra. R.I.P. Phil Hartman.)

LOL- he played such a great Frank. I miss him.

re: #259 Intrepid

I love the lead:

The media and the Obama campaign (but I repeat myself)

lol

re: #254 zombie

I was hoping to throw the whole Web site off-balance and see if I could tip the browser over.

Yeah man, bring down the SYSTEM!
"RECREATE the Y2K!"

re: #261 zombie

Ah.

Just wanted to BT (back thread) to a previous one today that looks dead. This is the comment by Obama that he had to register in 1979. It is categorically BS. I graduated from high school in 1974. In those days you registered when you were 17 which happened to be the summer going into my senior year. It turned out to be the year that Nixon suspended the draft to see if the volunteer army would suffice. They were going to go through all the motions just in case it had to be fired back up. I remember staying up late, getting drunk with my buddies and watching the secretary of defense do the lottery. Just so happened that my birthday was picked 2nd......so I had to sweat out the entire year hoping and hoping that the draft wouldn't be re instituted. It wasn't and I finished my senior year went off to college and then ended up enlisting (officer hacks) anyway but it was on my terms and I was able to get a direct assignment (after boot camp) to the Army language school in Monterrey to learn Russian.

The following year they stopped requiring selective service sign up all together and I remember being annoyed.

re: #229 zombie

Well, all we reached was -1 for comment #209 -- two down-dings and one up-ding (?!?).

OK, that was pathetic. But now, the second half of the experiment: everybody (all two of us) reverse your ratings to up!

Sorry- I stepped away for a few minutes and missed your experiment.

re: #261 zombie

Very strange. A chink in Ajax's armor!

Can this be exploited to get another 400 down-dings on annefrance?

re: #258 Josephine

Notice how he brings up his own humility.

Anyone who has to bring up their own "humility" is someone who definitely has none. Nada, zilch, zippo.

"Look how humble I am, and I'm damned proud of it!"

re: #260 pre-Boomer Marine brat

Is that why I suddenly find myself laying on my side beside the computer chair?

My goal was to have the computer laying on the floor next to you. All across America...clonk clonk clonk as the computers tip over.

re: #270 zombie

My goal was to have the computer laying on the floor next to you. All across America...clonk clonk clonk as the computers tip over.

ROFLMAO!

re: #268 pre-Boomer Marine brat

There were no Asians in Ajax's armor. His tastes were strictly Pelopenissian.