Locking threads

[Oldpath05]

I thought it was strange that a welding thread got shut down but now is reopened, I think someone sneezed on their laptop and now we all need to be tested.

 

[txdon]

Thread is back open. No one knows why those two threads both closed at the same time this afternoon. :confused3:

Please continue the conversation.

Thanks Moss, Hope "they" can figure it out so the hack does not happen again.

 

[MossRoad]

What part of "no one knows why it was closed" do you not understand?

 

[/pine]

What part of "no one knows why it was closed" do you not understand?

LoL...Conspiracy theorists would say that sounds like a "cover up"...:laughing:

 

[MossRoad]

That's how a conspiracy works.


Them boys on the grassy knoll,
they were dead within three hours.


Buried in the **** desert.
Unmarked graves out past Terlingua.


And you know this for a fact?


Still got the shovel.

 

[ovrszd]

I'm an optimist. I would assume all Mods were above doing it just to flex their muscles.

I don't know enough about the workings of the site to pass judgement on whether a member could do it or not. I know of one member that would do it if he could.

I know nothing about hackers. But I'd assume they'd do more than lock a couple threads.

 

[Jstpssng]

What part of "no one knows why it was closed" do you not understand?

You know that Halloween is just around the corner when the darned poltergeists start showing up. Time was that they would wait until after Labor Day...

 

[JethroB]

This reminds me of when our company’s bank (hint: stage coach logo) mistakenly closed our payroll checking account one Friday evening. Talk about being in a panic on Monday morning. Somebody clicked the wrong box with their mouse.

 

[Jstpssng]

This reminds me of when our company’s bank (hint: stage coach logo) mistakenly closed our payroll checking account one Friday evening. Talk about being in a panic on Monday morning. Somebody clicked the wrong box with their mouse.

That's only happened to me once in the 16 years that I've worked with this company... they let us know what happened as soon as the money didn't hit our accounts (mandatory DD) and offered to pay for any overdraft fees.

 

[JethroB]

That's only happened to me once in the 16 years that I've worked with this company... they let us know what happened as soon as the money didn't hit our accounts (mandatory DD) and offered to pay for any overdraft fees.

We were mostly still issuing paper checks at the time, just under 1,000 each Friday. The bank covered all overdrafts plus $50 gift card to each person affected along with an apology letter. Upside was we got offered the use of the banks football tickets and suites at sporting events a lot more often for a while afterwards. Not worth it by a long shot.

 

[Kyle_in_Tex]

Ha ha, Richard... yeah weird goings on.

And I was all excited to talk about locking threads, Loctite, crimping nuts, varying pitch diameter, and all the ways to do it! :laughing:

Same here. LOL.

 

[MossRoad]

A follow-up on the mysterious two closed threads back on 09/02. I found that if I'm logged in to TBN, and scroll through a list of threads, if my left thumb bounces on the envelope icons, the iPad touchscreen saw it as a double click. Double clicking on an envelope when you have moderator powers toggles state between closed and opened threads, depending on it's current state. I knew this on PC, but did not on iPad. I figured it out when I went to read a thread, bumped the envelope instead of the link, and it closed on me. So I'm pretty sure it was me that closed those two. I'll be a bit more careful where my left thumb rides on the screen and apologize for the inconvenience.

Just thought some of you would like to know that those two were not intentional. All the others, pretty much so.

 

[Diggin It]

Does that get a :thumbsup: or :thumbdown:
die: :cuckooclock:

 

[Jstpssng]

I still prefer my poltergeist explanation.

 

[dragoneggs]

A follow-up on the mysterious two closed threads back on 09/02. I found that if I'm logged in to TBN, and scroll through a list of threads, if my left thumb bounces on the envelope icons, the iPad touchscreen saw it as a double click. Double clicking on an envelope when you have moderator powers toggles state between closed and opened threads, depending on it's current state. I knew this on PC, but did not on iPad. I figured it out when I went to read a thread, bumped the envelope instead of the link, and it closed on me. So I'm pretty sure it was me that closed those two. I'll be a bit more careful where my left thumb rides on the screen and apologize for the inconvenience.

Just thought some of you would like to know that those two were not intentional. All the others, pretty much so.

Moss... you are obviously an upstanding person. Thanks for the 'inside' explanation. :thumbsup: :drink:

 

[Kyle_in_Tex]

DOH!!!

 

[Kyle_in_Tex]

From here on out, we will never know if it was just a slip of the thumb or a slip of the tongue.

 

[MossRoad]

Obliviously scrolling away wondering what the heck is happening.... :laughing: Only took a week to figure it out. :dance1:

 

[MossRoad]

Now I'm having a problem pruning threads. I have a report into the admins on that as well. I'd rather prune them and reopen if at all possible.

 

[dragoneggs]

I'm still hoping for thread drift here to talk about locking threads. :laughing: