Bug Stomp

Wow, miracle...why does everyone spell it hampster.lol

Main Entry: ham·ster
Pronunciation: 'ham(p)-st&r
Function: noun
Etymology: German, from Old High German hamustro, of Slavic origin; akin to Old Russian chomestoru hamster, of Iranian origin; akin to Avestan hamaEstar- oppressor
Who ever heard of a silent P

Damned, I don't think I like hamsters anymore.

Hmmm...xnones seem to be gone now Hopefully it stays this way...

I was having a conversation with Esme Weatherwax. I got one forge alert warning and I clicked I was still here. the next time it just popped me to the log in page. Doesn't talking to bots register you as still active?

No.. it has happened to me too...

Now, I keep getting logged out as I switch forums?

hmm. It ought to, but there do appear to be a couple of bugs in some of the php scripts that handle . I notice also that users sometimes don't appear in the "Botmasters Online", even when they are. Surreally I sometimes see myself not online in "Botmasters Online", but online under "Friends Online".

Now, I keep getting logged out as I switch forums?

Try closing your browser and restarting it - I sometimes get that in when I switch between 'chat','forums' and 'transcripts'. Usually indicates some sort of process instability in MIE. I haven't ever had it with Firefox, though i've only been using it a few days.

The timeline I've observed in the chat lists is:

Listed as Botmaster online = active within the last ten minutes
Not listed as Botmaster, but still in friends = inactive for ten to twenty minutes
Gone from both = twenty minutes of inactivity

aah - that's handy to know!
Is it a deliberate "feature" do you know? I don't recall seeing it in the Book of AI

*shrugs* I don't remember seeing it there either. I've just observed the trend.

try this - log in, then log out, and log in as a guest. you will see yourself as "online". you only sign off after the forge refreshes, which could be a few minutes later. This has caused me to miss chat messages.