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 on: Today at 01:24:40 AM 
Started by vegasvic - Last post by vegasvic
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/03/06/maps-of-the-south-bad-place_n_4855191.html?utm_hp_ref=mostpopular

#1 First off, poverty rates are a lot higher in the South.
#2 And minimum wages are much lower.
#3 And people living in the South are a lot less likely to move up the economic ladder.
#4 Many living in poverty in the South are being denied access to affordable health care.
#5 ...which is costing these states a ton of money.
#6 This is particularly troubling because the South has several health crises on its hands. Like obesity. Oink , Oink
#7 Southern states also have a higher percentage of cigarette smokers.
#8 And a much higher rate of teen births.
#9 Perhaps all this is why some Southern states are among the least happy states in the country.
#10 All the southern states vote on mass republican outside of Florida ... thank god for the new york jews that live in that state .
#11 Most all southern stated take more in Federal Money than they pay in TAXES !! in short they are taker states.
       Cut into my truffle budget for the year .


This is for my beloved right wing nut southern friends here and there Smiley

PS Please do not take this personal its only FACT !!

Map will say it all do i need to say MORE ?

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 on: Yesterday at 03:29:19 PM 
Started by paulie - Last post by paulie
Quote from: AllanM on Yesterday at 11:14:43 AM
Hi Paulie, personally I think the screen sizing is a red herring.  I also sometimes get the checkers disappearing, or even stranger, I hit a white blot, the white checker goes onto the bar and instead of the red checker taking its place the white one stays on the board!  In the past I have tried undoing the move and redoing, minimizing and maximizing to re-draw the board but the easiest and quickest way to get the board re-drawn is just to click the players list and then the board again and all is as it should be.

I have found that the disappearing checker seems to be caused by the way you click the mouse.  If you make a very quick jab at the mouse button that tends to cause the problem whereas if you make a slower, more deliberate, click everything is fine.  I think programatically that the MouseDown and MouseUp events are occurring almost simultaneously and happen too quickly for the software to handle both events.  This probably accounts for why a lot of players never experience the problem.

I too have thought that it would be good to get hold of the source code for Javafibs and make some enhancements, such as some Tourneybot integration but it does not seem to be available anywhere so I doubt you will get anywhere with that.

I thought that the 15 minute timeout was controlled by FIBS server and not the client code so I don't see how Fibzilla could by pass this.

Thanks for the tip on redrawing the board.  Fibszilla prevents timeouts by periodically performing a "whois" on the opponent of the player you are watching, thereby resetting the timeout.

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 on: Yesterday at 02:55:03 PM 
Started by stog - Last post by stog
done

 4 
 on: Yesterday at 12:39:09 PM 
Started by paulie - Last post by KDP
Quote
If you stick at it, I am sure you will come to see why we all worship the javafibs

speak for yourself Diane, i much preferred the look and the simplicity of use of fibzilla and the ONLY reason i dont use it now is because its not available for mac users.

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 on: Yesterday at 11:43:49 AM 
Started by paulie - Last post by socksey
Could the problem you're experiencing be with the version of JavaFibs you're using?  I'm using version 1.011.  Or maybe you need to redownload? 

socksey



Try not to become a man of success, but rather a man of value. - Albert Einstein

 6 
 on: Yesterday at 11:31:24 AM 
Started by stiefnu - Last post by stiefnu
juanz, I'm assuming you didn't want to cube. You now have 35 to play.

5-pt match, 0-0
Pip count: juanz (red) 119, Herd (black) 111

Steve

 7 
 on: Yesterday at 11:30:15 AM 
Started by stog - Last post by socksey
I believe all of the above links are dead.  Can they be updated?

socksey



This is like deja vu all over again. - Yogi Berra

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 on: Yesterday at 11:14:43 AM 
Started by paulie - Last post by AllanM
Hi Paulie, personally I think the screen sizing is a red herring.  I also sometimes get the checkers disappearing, or even stranger, I hit a white blot, the white checker goes onto the bar and instead of the red checker taking its place the white one stays on the board!  In the past I have tried undoing the move and redoing, minimizing and maximizing to re-draw the board but the easiest and quickest way to get the board re-drawn is just to click the players list and then the board again and all is as it should be.

I have found that the disappearing checker seems to be caused by the way you click the mouse.  If you make a very quick jab at the mouse button that tends to cause the problem whereas if you make a slower, more deliberate, click everything is fine.  I think programatically that the MouseDown and MouseUp events are occurring almost simultaneously and happen too quickly for the software to handle both events.  This probably accounts for why a lot of players never experience the problem.

I too have thought that it would be good to get hold of the source code for Javafibs and make some enhancements, such as some Tourneybot integration but it does not seem to be available anywhere so I doubt you will get anywhere with that.

I thought that the 15 minute timeout was controlled by FIBS server and not the client code so I don't see how Fibzilla could by pass this.

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 on: Yesterday at 09:28:01 AM 
Started by Zero - Last post by stog
click Forum above (about 11 o'clock) or click the main picture on the Front page

look at the different boards

let's say you want to ask about Fibs registration (judging by your multiple shouts on the front page)

go to Fibs category --click it -- have a look inside to see if your questions have already been answered --

if not click "new topic" to ask your question


or alternatively use the Search facility

or the Help

or look at the fibs website page itself--- link available from left hand menu front page at about 10 o'clock

 10 
 on: Yesterday at 03:07:51 AM 
Started by paulie - Last post by paulie
Quote from: diane on Yesterday at 01:15:50 AM
Excellent!  Cool!

Consider setting your hello message to greet your opponent and ask for them to have patience as you are learning a new interface. That might offset some complaining.

If you stick at it, I am sure you will come to see why we all worship the javafibs  Wink

Well I tried it full-screen and had a checker disappear on me.  It only happened once, though, in 2 matches.  I don't like playing full-screen, either--it occludes the other parts of the application where people are kibitzing and shouting.  In the actual play, disregarding other features, Fibszilla plays better, imo.  Unfortunately, u can't adjust the screen size at all there.  I would like it to be a little bigger... sometimes I misread the dice.  Clearly the players listing on JavaFibs is vastly superior. I like the ability to filter out groups of players, but that's only helpful when you're looking for game.  In a tourney, you don't need the feature because your opponents are determined for you.  BTW, when I went full-screen I chose the option to detach the board into its own window.  I assume that's what you meant.  Not everybody worships JavaFibs.  I see other players using Fibszilla and 3DFibs, which I think is its predecessor.  Of course, you can only tell that if you're using JavaFibs, since Fibszilla doesn't display that info.  I dunno. I guess if I'm not in a tourney, JavaFibs is the way to go.

P.S. I just discovered something else Fibszilla does better than JavaFibs.  If you watch a playing using Fibszilla, you won't time out.

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