On the right side of the discussion area of the forum is 'Search the Community' with a box for one to insert a word or string of words to highlight threads that contain the term that has been searched.
It is not working today 11/29/19 and hasn't been for several days.
IT strikes again.
Never too old to have a happy childhood!
It has also been a week since threads that I have been receiving in my email have come to my email. This situation developed a few weeks ago and was restarted soon after it arose.
Johnny
"Coming Events" under the "Resources" heading is non-functional as well.
Annoying.
And the weather! For cryin' out loud, can't someone do something about the weather?
Thanks to Chris / CopCarSS for my avatar.
Murphy Siding And the weather! For cryin' out loud, can't someone do something about the weather?
Norris: Move South!
Ya'can't expect flowers and bluebirds{ except maybe on the school buses?] in South Dakota in Da Winter!
So just for you! "Winter Wonderland"
Sam, it's 28 here, with sunshine and lots of snow on the roof that is outside, below my third floor window.
Of course, I have very few places to go now--and someone else takes care of the driving.
You're one of the 18 people that live in South Dakota. You made your choice.
The opinions expressed here represent my own and not those of my employer, any other railroad, company, or person.
zugmann Murphy Siding And the weather! For cryin' out loud, can't someone do something about the weather? You're one of the 18 people that live in South Dakota. You made your choice.
Murphy SidingAnd the weather! For cryin' out loud, can't someone do something about the weather?
Weather...
Birds...
Yardbirds...
Manhattan Transfer...
Bird would cook, Max would look... where?
Miles came through, 'Trane came too - there:
Basie blew, Blakey too - where?
Cannonball played that hall - there:
There may never be nothin' such as that, No Mo'! No Mo!
Wouldn't it be great to have the two of them together?
-- thought you'd never ask! (2:20)
not the Birdland im familiar with by Patti Smith.
Modeling the Cleveland and Pittsburgh during the PennCentral era starting on the Cleveland lakefront and ending in Mingo junction
Murphy Siding zugmann Murphy Siding And the weather! For cryin' out loud, can't someone do something about the weather? You're one of the 18 people that live in South Dakota. You made your choice. I think there's probably more than 18. I've seen unfamiliar tracks in the snow. And In my thoughts I have seen rings of smoke through the trees, and the voices of those who standing looking. It makes me wonder.
I think there's probably more than 18. I've seen unfamiliar tracks in the snow. And In my thoughts I have seen rings of smoke through the trees, and the voices of those who standing looking. It makes me wonder.
Don't be alarmed at the bustle in your hedgerow, it's just us Canadians. We're doing some spring cleaning (getting to it early this time) for the May Queen.
Greetings from Alberta
-an Articulate Malcontent
I didn't realize that the search function was so bad as it is.
I just ran a few real searches and came back with squat, so I ran a search that I knew should produce results, and still got squat take a gander:
Hopefully they will devote a little effort to fixing this, as the search function in the condition it is in now, is useless.
Convicted OneI didn't realize that the search function was so bad as it is. I just ran a few real searches and came back with squat, so I ran a search that I knew should produce results, and still got squat take a gander: Hopefully they will devote a little effort to fixing this, as the search function in the condition it is in now, is useless.
Problem with Kalmbach IT - If they fix this, what else will they break?
I'm going to be 100% honest.
I don't believe that the problem is that they are incompetent.
I just think that they have their priorities out of order.
Well, I don't think they're incompetant, nor are their IT people sitting around all day playing "War Quest" and "World of Tanks." I think they're outsourcing their IT and not getting their money's worth, not by a long shot.
If I was a high-up Kalmbach employee I'd be asking some serious questions. If we're having trouble I wonder what they're going through?
Click on someone's name to send them a PM. Note the result.
It's a pretty sad day when the error page for a coding error is broken too.
I think there's lots of other stuff broken the same way across the site...
"Train Simulator" is, imo, more likely.
Perhaps "Railroad Tycoon" for some of the higher ups.
Good one!
Flintlock76Well, I don't think they're incompetant, nor are their IT people sitting around all day playing "War Quest" and "World of Tanks." I think they're outsourcing their IT and not getting their money's worth, not by a long shot. If I was a high-up Kalmbach employee I'd be asking some serious questions. If we're having trouble I wonder what they're going through?
Kalmbach is responsible - no matter if IT is in house or outsourced.
Just because a company has outsourced some aspect of their operation does not relieve them from responsibility to insure that that particular operation is still performed at the proper level of service - service for BOTH Kalmbach and Kalmbach customers.
BaltACD Flintlock76 Well, I don't think they're incompetant, nor are their IT people sitting around all day playing "War Quest" and "World of Tanks." I think they're outsourcing their IT and not getting their money's worth, not by a long shot. If I was a high-up Kalmbach employee I'd be asking some serious questions. If we're having trouble I wonder what they're going through? Kalmbach is responsible - no matter if IT is in house or outsourced. Just because a company has outsourced some aspect of their operation does not relieve them from responsibility to insure that that particular operation is still performed at the proper level of service - service for BOTH Kalmbach and Kalmbach customers.
Flintlock76 Well, I don't think they're incompetant, nor are their IT people sitting around all day playing "War Quest" and "World of Tanks." I think they're outsourcing their IT and not getting their money's worth, not by a long shot. If I was a high-up Kalmbach employee I'd be asking some serious questions. If we're having trouble I wonder what they're going through?
Do you really believe Kalmbach cares about these forums? Oh, right, here comes Santa Claus.
charlie hebdoDo you really believe Kalmbach cares about these forums? Oh, right, her comes Santa Claus.
This has been discussed on quite a few other threads. Kalmbach knows of the issues and is working on an upgrade to come in 2020.
Rene SchweitzerEveryone: I feel your pain. We staffers use the tools here much like you to answer questions, research articles, etc. An upgrade is indeed coming. We don't know when in 2020 but things will be changing.
York1 John
In the America I grew up in, if functionality went down the code would be restored from backup. If there were 'new and improved' features they would've been tested, and sandboxed, before inplementing them as the only dysfunctional option. If pages or functions were unavailable at least you'd get a 'we're working on this' landing page instead of cryptic failure messages.
Not sure I understand this new post-Yahoo paradigm.
OvermodIn the America I grew up in, if functionality went down the code would be restored from backup. If there were 'new and improved' features they would've been tested, and sandboxes, before bevoking the only dysfunctional option. If pages or functions were unavailable at least you'd get a 'we're working on this' landing page instead of cryptic failure messages. Not sure I understand this new post-Yahoo paradigm.
The last year I was in CCSI - the mantra was, it goes in on the scheduled date - ready or not. When it doesn't work, we will bill them separately for what is necessary to make it work - IF we don't have another 'priority' project.
Of course that was 1990 - almost 30 years ago.
Overmod In the America I grew up in, if functionality went down the code would be restored from backup. If there were 'new and improved' features they would've been tested, and sandboxed, before inplementing them as the only dysfunctional option. If pages or functions were unavailable at least you'd get a 'we're working on this' landing page instead of cryptic failure messages. Not sure I understand this new post-Yahoo paradigm.
Depends on how long it has been between when the code was updated and the error was reported. That "backup" copy might have been renewed multiple times and the old "good" code no longer exists...
OR...
To put the old "good" code back in place might violate some mandatory change that had to be made and cannot contracturally be undone.
Then there are things that are out of the control of the software producer. Microsoft (et al) often decide some function of the operating system needs to be changed and that change breaks code that nobody has touched in many years.
additionally, most browser-interpreted-code is written in HTML, which most programmers consider a "write only" language... i.e.: it is understood whilst being written, but nobody, not even the original programmer, can understand it a week later. Easy to write, impossible to modify without breaking something else.
Semper Vaporo
Pkgs.
So, you mean that users running searches were competing for bandwidth with the ad servers?
Semper Vaporo Depends on how long it has been between when the code was updated and the error was reported. That "backup" copy might have been renewed multiple times and the old "good" code no longer exists... OR... To put the old "good" code back in place might violate some mandatory change that had to be made and cannot contracturally be undone. Then there are things that are out of the control of the software producer. Microsoft (et al) often decide some function of the operating system needs to be changed and that change breaks code that nobody has touched in many years.
The last paragraph looks the most plausible to me, the hosting provider may have updated the OS and Webserver software, which can break old code. Much the same way that Apple removed some of the functionality from MacOS that was used by the Trains DVD.
Semper Vaporo ds: Then there are things that are out of the control of the software producer. Microsoft (et al) often decide some function of the operating system needs to be changed and that change breaks code that nobody has touched in many years.
I kept running Office 2003 until this year when I "upgraded" to Office 19. Found that WORD 19 no longer contains the envelope barcode feature, so I reinstalled WORD 03. I may be wrong but I choose to barcode the snailmail I send. I also find the "NEW" controls (formating, alignment, etc.) in the software are not as intuitive as what the old software had. I find that if I click on a icon in the new menu, I can get the old tools. Just not as clean. One new manager comes in and reorganizes the operating departments into REGIONS. Next new manager comes in and changes the organization to DIVISIONS. Anything to justify their big salery. Does it save money or improve the flow of traffic. Very hard to tell.
Electroliner 1935 Found that WORD 19 no longer contains the envelope barcode feature, so I reinstalled WORD 03.
Which is why I say that they look for features people actually use and delete them...
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