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toddos · 09-28-2010, 12:47 AM

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Originally Posted by phenomshel

He did... the database and folder structure!

And the lower-case 'c'.

Worldwalker · 09-28-2010, 02:57 AM

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Originally Posted by toddos

And the lower-case 'c'.

We need to do a fund raiser to buy him a bigger one.

Manichean · 09-28-2010, 05:16 AM

Yeah, all this modularity and user choice is making it really hard to help newbies, as the first answer in nearly every thread asking for help is someone asking for some configuration detail or version and hardware information. We need to have a non-configurable system with mandatory updates (Calibre should stop working if not updated RIGHT NOW), that way we always what people are running using which configuration. Also, we need a system that not only automatically sends Kovid (or the forum, doesn't really matter) information on not only the hardware and software inventory of the computer Calibre is used on, but also on how much the user earns, what his dayjob is and what his mom ate for breakfast this morning. You know, just in case.

kovidgoyal · 09-28-2010, 12:36 PM

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Originally Posted by dwanthny

For Pete's sake Kovid, make up your mind. Everything in this program is optional, for once try committing to something.

What can I say, I have commitment phobia

Lady Fitzgerald · 09-28-2010, 03:09 PM

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Originally Posted by Worldwalker

We need to do a fund raiser to buy him a bigger one.

What if we all just PMed himself a load of upper case Cs?

(Don't take me seriously; we do not want to overload the poor man)

Lady Fitzgerald · 09-28-2010, 03:35 PM

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Originally Posted by Manichean

...We need to have a non-configurable system with mandatory updates (Calibre should stop working if not updated RIGHT NOW), that way we always what people are running using which configuration. Also, we need a system that not only automatically sends Kovid (or the forum, doesn't really matter) information on not only the hardware and software inventory of the computer Calibre is used on, but also on how much the user earns, what his dayjob is and what his mom ate for breakfast this morning. You know, just in case.

Seriously? If calibre became invasive like that, I would drop it faster than a hot turd! One of the many reasons I like calibre is it isn't nosey.

I can see having a forum that asks for the system you are running, etc. put into a sigline but expecting calibre to phone home with that data is too Big Brother for my taste. Same for expecting everyone to have to update when they becvome available. Some people are on slow connections. I'm on a fairly fast one and still have to try two or three times to get a download to succeed. Many of us (including me) like to wait a day or two before upgrading to make sure the new version is bugfree. Then there are those (including me) of us who just don't want to bother to upgrade unless the version has a change that will directly benefit us.

chaley · 09-28-2010, 04:00 PM

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Originally Posted by Lady Fitzgerald

Seriously? If calibre became invasive like that, I would drop it faster than a hot turd! One of the many reasons I like calibre is it isn't nosey.

He isn't serious.

Manichean · 09-28-2010, 06:10 PM

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Originally Posted by chaley

He isn't serious.

What he said.

phenomshel · 09-28-2010, 06:27 PM

The part about what the user earns, and what he had for breakfast clued me in, LOL.

Manichean · 09-28-2010, 07:05 PM

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Originally Posted by phenomshel

The part about what the user earns, and what he had for breakfast clued me in, LOL.

Not him. His mom. Come on, people, think for a minute! What the user himself had for breakfast is totally irrelevant, but his mom on the other hand...

Gunnerp245 · 09-28-2010, 07:54 PM

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Originally Posted by kovidgoyal

... it will be optional

phenomshel · 09-28-2010, 08:01 PM

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Originally Posted by Manichean

Not him. His mom. Come on, people, think for a minute! What the user himself had for breakfast is totally irrelevant, but his mom on the other hand...

Manichean · 09-29-2010, 05:50 AM

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Originally Posted by toddos

And the lower-case 'c'.

So, back to more serious business: What's up with the lowercase c you people seem to be so concerned about? I can't figure out what that's about.

Lady Fitzgerald · 09-29-2010, 08:43 AM

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Originally Posted by Manichean

So, back to more serious business: What's up with the lowercase c you people seem to be so concerned about? I can't figure out what that's about.

Kovid chose to spell calibre with a lower case "c" instead of an upper case one. It's become a good natured standing/running joke here.

Manichean · 09-29-2010, 08:55 AM

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Originally Posted by Lady Fitzgerald

Kovid chose to spell calibre with a lower case "c" instead of an upper case one. It's become a good natured standing/running joke here.

Ah, I see. Can you believe that I'm a member for about two years now and have never, until now, noticed that joke or even the spelling?

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09-28-2010, 05:16 AM	#18
Manichean Wizard Posts: 3,130 Karma: 91256 Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Germany Device: Cybook Gen3	Yeah, all this modularity and user choice is making it really hard to help newbies, as the first answer in nearly every thread asking for help is someone asking for some configuration detail or version and hardware information. We need to have a non-configurable system with mandatory updates (Calibre should stop working if not updated RIGHT NOW), that way we always what people are running using which configuration. Also, we need a system that not only automatically sends Kovid (or the forum, doesn't really matter) information on not only the hardware and software inventory of the computer Calibre is used on, but also on how much the user earns, what his dayjob is and what his mom ate for breakfast this morning. You know, just in case.

09-28-2010, 06:27 PM	#24
phenomshel ZCD BombShel Posts: 4,793 Karma: 8293322 Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: The Frozen North (aka Illinois, USA) Device: iPad, STB Kindle Oasis	The part about what the user earns, and what he had for breakfast clued me in, LOL.