What are the details for PF Chat Days?

[Ronnin]

I forgot my umbrella, let me back in!

 

[out of whack]

Marlon kept getting back in after time was up. I only know because I also kept going back to make sure everyone was out. Really. That's the only reason I did that.

 

[moe darklight]

yea that was pretty neat. and informative about the $$ side of science.

 

[Doc Al]

Take down the sign. The shop is closed.

 

[marlon]

Marlon kept getting back in after time was up. I only know because I also kept going back to make sure everyone was out. Really. That's the only reason I did that.

Hey, what the ...I BEAT THE SYSTEM !
Anyways, there were other people as well but you don't see me calling any names.

LAME man


I love the chat, see ya'll next week

 

[Kurdt]

Yes thank you Greg. Very good to interact in a new way.

 

[Moonbear]

I guess I'll go back to getting actual work done again.

 

[out of whack]

Hey, what the ...I BEAT THE SYSTEM !

Fight the power! Now we need to organize for next week. We can prevail! The room will NEVER close. Mwhaa-ha-ha!

 

[nicky nichols]

I'm back! I suppose the universe will end in the same way...

 

[_Mayday_]

Hey, what the ...I BEAT THE SYSTEM !
Anyways, there were other people as well but you don't see me calling any names.

LAME manI love the chat, see ya'll next week

Woah, one up from a punk. You didn't smash the system you beat it. Is this weekly then? If so see you next week!

 

[marlon]

Fight the power! Now we need to organize for next week. We can prevail! The room will NEVER close. Mwhaa-ha-ha!

EXACTLY !

Woah, one up from a punk. You didn't smash the system you beat it.


Is this weekly then? If so see you next week!

Sorry, and you are ... ?

marlon

 

[Gordon Watson]

Thanks re CHAT

CHAT worked perfectly on my Mac. I see it being a very helpful tool in my line of learning. Thanks to Greg, and all.

 

[JasonRox]

It was slower for me and it eventually fell behind the messages. Whenever I typed something, it took 2 minutes to see it.

I have a really old browser though. That might not help.

 

[Moonbear]

It was slower for me and it eventually fell behind the messages. Whenever I typed something, it took 2 minutes to see it.

I have a really old browser though. That might not help.

It wasn't your browser. I don't know when you were on, but the server and DB took quite a hit in early afternoon. A backup that wasn't supposed to be running then decided to run anyway, and we all had a rather slow experience.

Consider today the test run. I think Greg's going to tweak some stuff to optimize performance based on today's stats.

 

[ranger]

It was slower for me and it eventually fell behind the messages. Whenever I typed something, it took 2 minutes to see it.

You're not alone. There were several of us who had similar problems. I kept trying and I eventually got acceptable results in like the last hour of chat time. Although, there was about a 5 second lag with keystroke and mouse response. Whenever someone entered the room or left the room (a sound would play), this just made my session unresponsive for about 10 seconds.

 

[G01]

It was slower for me and it eventually fell behind the messages. Whenever I typed something, it took 2 minutes to see it.

I have a really old browser though. That might not help.

That happened to me as well. Let Greg work his magic. I'm sure it'll get much better, and that's saying something, considering it was pretty cool already!

 

[Kurdt]

One could turn the sounds off. That might have helped many people that were experiencing problems.

 

[Moonbear]

Whenever someone entered the room or left the room (a sound would play), this just made my session unresponsive for about 10 seconds.

If nicky keeps opening and closing the door constantly, next time she's getting locked out! I noticed that too, that someone entering or exiting briefly slowed everything.

 

[Ronnin]

I think if Gred killed the chat logging it would help a bunch. I'm sure the DB is having to create a new record and instance everytime someone comes in or out.

 

[Greg Bernhardt]

I think if Gred killed the chat logging it would help a bunch. I'm sure the DB is having to create a new record and instance everytime someone comes in or out.

Messages are stored in the db whether they are "logged" or not. How would you know what others typed if they weren't stored somewhere?

You can turn the sound off in the options menu.

 

[Astronuc]

Well, that was really fun!

Thanks to everyone that joined and let's give a big THANK YOU to Greg for going to the trouble of setting this up!

Ditto! Thanks Greg for the time and effort.

And thanks to the participants.

See ya'll next time.

 

[Ronnin]

Not all chats depend on a DB. The just listen on a port and respond by sending that data to all the clients connected. There is no need for persistence in a chat. The database functions to retrieve user data. I am ignorant to how the vbulletin one is written.

 

[Greg Bernhardt]

Not all chats depend on a DB. The just listen on a port and respond by sending that data to all the clients connected. There is no need for persistence in a chat. The database functions to retrieve user data. I am ignorant to how the vbulletin one is written.

Well the development version of the chat software includes full and partial caching, to reduce (or eliminate, in the case of full caching) database load. hopefully it will be released soon.

 

[Ronnin]

Well the development version of the chat software includes full and partial caching, to reduce (or eliminate, in the case of full caching) database load. hopefully it will be released soon.

In any case, thanks for letting us crash at your place for a few hours. I salute you sir.

 

[Math Jeans]

I thought that was very fun (mainly because I'm a fast typer ). The chat will be back this Sunday correct?

 

[ranger]

Yes, it will.