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    Granillo: “Rise of the Robot Umpires”

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    posted on April 17, 2013 at 09:31 AM by Repoz to site news  |  24 comment(s)

    It troubles me that the world is just one big rip-off of Ferro Lad.

    xc

    We’ve all thought it. Heck, many of us have even said it. Watching the exploits of Eric Gregg, Phil Cuzzi, Jim Joyce, and so many others, it’s hard not to believe it at least once. “We want robot umpires!”

    A new project by Dan Levy is working to explore just what might happen if baseball ever heeded that call. Rise of the Robot Umpires is a graphic-style novel set in the not-too-distant future where the commissioner finally ...

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    101. Jolly Old St. Nick Done Jumped The Ship  posted on January 09, 2012 at 08:39 PM #  hit 0 | hit 0

    Any idea of when the bookmarks are coming back? They seem to been kind of lost in the shuffle.
    102. Jim Furtado  posted on January 09, 2012 at 09:42 PM #  hit 0 | hit 0

    You don't have any patience, Andy. I said they would be back in about a week. If you look above, you will find a "Bookmark" link. Although I want to gussy up the Ajax a little, that part is just about done. I still need to finish the bookmark Hot Topics, however. I want to add some additional features to the code I will be using for the new bookmark's Hot Topics so I can reuse it for other things, like a Hot Topics for the entries you commented on.
    103. Andere Richtingen  posted on January 10, 2012 at 11:39 AM #  hit 0 | hit 0

    Post deleted... I thought I saw a problem with the Edit function, which seems now to be fine.

    104. Randy Jones  posted on January 10, 2012 at 11:51 AM #  hit 0 | hit 0

    So any chance you could fix the login issue? I think it appears to be a problem with logging in on multiple machines as I now have to log in every morning on my work machine and then when I go home, I have to log in again at home. It's minor, but rather annoying.
    105. Jolly Old St. Nick Done Jumped The Ship  posted on January 10, 2012 at 12:15 PM #  hit 0 | hit 0

    You don't have any patience, Andy. I said they would be back in about a week. If you look above, you will find a "Bookmark" link. Although I want to gussy up the Ajax a little, that part is just about done. I still need to finish the bookmark Hot Topics, however. I want to add some additional features to the code I will be using for the new bookmark's Hot Topics so I can reuse it for other things, like a Hot Topics for the entries you commented on.

    Yeah, now that I look at your e-mail from the 3rd you did mention "a week" towards the end of the message. In any case thanks for the information, which is all I was really asking for.
    106. gef the talking mongoose posted on January 10, 2012 at 12:17 PM #  hit 0 | hit 0

    So any chance you could fix the login issue?


    Maybe it's fixed? In any event, not that I was thinking about it till I read your post, but this is the first morning in several days (or so it seems like to me) that I haven't had to log in.
    107. David Nieporent (now, with children) posted on January 10, 2012 at 12:24 PM #  hit 0 | hit 0

    So any chance you could fix the login issue? I think it appears to be a problem with logging in on multiple machines as I now have to log in every morning on my work machine and then when I go home, I have to log in again at home. It's minor, but rather annoying.
    This. I think it may be a multiple machine thing, too. I read BBTF on my iPhone, iPad, work machine, and home machine, alternatively, and it seems to happen when switching. But whatever the cause, it's very annoying.
    108. Greg Pope thinks the Cubs are reeking havoc posted on January 10, 2012 at 12:28 PM #  hit 0 | hit 0

    Yeah, I posted in #40 and I still seem to be having the problem. I've stayed on one computer for the past 2 days and haven't had to log in. But when I switch to my iPad I have to log in there. Then when I come back to the PC, it makes me login there again.

    I have the same devices as David. Maybe most posters don't.
    109. JJ1986 posted on January 10, 2012 at 12:30 PM #  hit 0 | hit 0

    I have the same devices as David. Maybe most posters don't.


    I have three PCs and a WebOS phone and I have to login each time on every one of them.
    110. Ray (RDP)  posted on January 10, 2012 at 12:31 PM #  hit 0 | hit 0

    It's a multiple machines thing for me, too.
    111. Greg Pope thinks the Cubs are reeking havoc posted on January 10, 2012 at 01:20 PM #  hit 0 | hit 0

    I have three PCs and a WebOS phone and I have to login each time on every one of them.

    What if you don't switch between them? Like, close all of your browsers on all machines and then only access BTF from one machine for a while.
    112. Greg Pope thinks the Cubs are reeking havoc posted on January 10, 2012 at 01:23 PM #  hit 0 | hit 0

    Anyway, I think it's a real problem. I've cleared my cookies on the iPad (don't really want to do it on the PC since I'll have to re-login to all sites) and that didn't help.
    113. Don Geovany Soto (chris h.) posted on January 10, 2012 at 01:57 PM #  hit 0 | hit 0

    This is weird...hot topics says this thread has 102 posts, but I can only see up to 99. Even if I click on the "Last" -- which theoretically would take me to the second page -- I still only see one page and 99 posts. (And the URL correctly has the /P100/ on the end, too.)

    EDIT: hot topics now says 103, and lists my post as last...and I see 100 posts instead of 99.

    EDIT #2: fixed numbers for accuracy.
    114. Greg Pope thinks the Cubs are reeking havoc posted on January 10, 2012 at 02:21 PM #  hit 0 | hit 0

    hot topics now says 103, and lists my post as last...and I see 100 posts instead of 99.

    Yeah, I'm seeing the same thing as you.
    115. gef the talking mongoose posted on January 10, 2012 at 02:29 PM #  hit 0 | hit 0

    It's a multiple machines thing for me, too.


    Didn't log on at home last night or this a.m., but I can only assume the same would've happened for me as well.
    116. SoSH U at work posted on January 10, 2012 at 02:38 PM #  hit 0 | hit 0

    Finally, my separate work and home handles is paying off in a big way. Woo hoo.

    117. Padgett posted on January 10, 2012 at 02:39 PM #  hit 0 | hit 0

    Apologies if this has already been addressed, but is there a reason why external links are now being redirected via the "http://www.baseballthinkfactory.org/?URL=" prefix? It's now very difficult to make out what a link is by hovering over the linked text, and it also breaks the browser's color scheme for new and visited URLs.
    118. Greg Pope thinks the Cubs are reeking havoc posted on January 10, 2012 at 03:01 PM #  hit 0 | hit 0

    Finally, my separate work and home handles is paying off in a big way. Woo hoo.

    You know, you're exactly who I thought of when I realized what was going on.
    119. Jim Furtado  posted on January 10, 2012 at 03:53 PM #  hit 0 | hit 0

    Apologies if this has already been addressed, but is there a reason why external links are now being redirected via the "http://www.baseballthinkfactory.org/?URL=" prefix? It's now very difficult to make out what a link is by hovering over the linked text, and it also breaks the browser's color scheme for new and visited URLs.

    This change was made to discourage spammers from adding links to to comments. It's a growing problem and it requires more of my time than I'd like.

    As for the login issue, I have tried to replicate the login problem on the many computers, phones, and tablets at my disposal and can't. Has everyone tried deleting cookies and checked the "Auto-login on future visits" box when logging back in?
    120. Jim Furtado  posted on January 10, 2012 at 03:58 PM #  hit 0 | hit 0

    This is weird...hot topics says this thread has 102 posts, but I can only see up to 99. Even if I click on the "Last" -- which theoretically would take me to the second page -- I still only see one page and 99 posts. (And the URL correctly has the /P100/ on the end, too.)

    When I rewrote the Hot Topics script, I didn't add a check for Open/Closed comments. I also started closing comments instead of deleting them recently. Put the two together...

    I will fix the script. Nice catch, BTW.

    Thanks to everyone for taking the time to point out these issue. I really appreciate it.
    121. Jick posted on January 10, 2012 at 04:05 PM #  hit 0 | hit 0

    One weird thing I've noticed is that if I click a link on the Hot Topics bar, the link to the comments thread from the article posting itself stays blue, as if I'd never visited the page. The same is true in reverse. Not a huge problem, but I thought I'd bring it up nonetheless.
    122. Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Griffin (Vlad) posted on January 10, 2012 at 04:11 PM #  hit 0 | hit 0

    Has everyone tried deleting cookies and checked the "Auto-login on future visits" box when logging back in?


    Yes, but it doesn't help.

    (Work PC and iPhone.)
    123. Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Griffin (Vlad) posted on January 10, 2012 at 04:11 PM #  hit 0 | hit 0

    When the bookmarks come back, will all of our saved bookmarks come back as well? I had a few things tagged on there that I'm not sure I'd be able to find again in the archive search, and I'd hate to lose them.
    124. Padgett posted on January 10, 2012 at 04:38 PM #  hit 0 | hit 0

    This change was made to discourage spammers from adding links to to comments. It's a growing problem and it requires more of my time than I'd like.
    Would using the OnMouseDown event handler do the trick? That way the URL would display normally in the browser but clicking on the link would activate the BTF redirect to deal with the comment spam.
    125. Greg Pope thinks the Cubs are reeking havoc posted on January 10, 2012 at 04:55 PM #  hit 0 | hit 0

    Has everyone tried deleting cookies and checked the "Auto-login on future visits" box when logging back in?


    Yes, but it doesn't help.

    Doesn't help me either.
    126. David Nieporent (now, with children) posted on January 10, 2012 at 05:01 PM #  hit 0 | hit 0

    Yes, but it doesn't help.

    Doesn't help me either.
    Me three.
    127. UCCF posted on January 12, 2012 at 01:29 PM #  hit 0 | hit 0

    I'm having the multiple machine problem as well - I logged in from my work computer, then had to re-log in from home. Now I'm back at work, and being asked to log in again. But I noticed over the weekend (when I was home) that I wasn't being asked to log in repeatedly from the same machine.

    I tried deleting cookies, and the box is checked.

    (I'm on Chrome if it matters.)
    128. Joe Dimino posted on January 12, 2012 at 03:33 PM #  hit 0 | hit 0

    I get this when I switch between my iPad with the onboard Safari browser, and my Windows 7 PC using Firefox. I've checked the boxes too. I haven't deleted cookies.
    129. just plain joe posted on January 12, 2012 at 03:56 PM #  hit 0 | hit 0

    For what it's worth I no longer have to log in at work, where we use IE7, but still have to log in every day at home where I use IE8. I have deleted cookies and checked the boxes at home but haven't deleted cookies at work in years, nor have I checked the boxes.
    130. Greg Pope thinks the Cubs are reeking havoc posted on January 13, 2012 at 10:28 AM #  hit 0 | hit 0

    As a follow up, I only used my work computer to log in the last 3 days. Everything was "normal". I logged in 3 days ago and have not had to log in any time since then. It's a laptop, so I've brought it from work to home and back and never needed to log in, with multiple re-boots.

    Yesterday evening I logged in on my home computer. This morning I needed to log in on my work laptop. So I'm pretty certain that logging in on my home computer caused the loss of my auto-login on my work laptop.
    131. Der_K posted on January 13, 2012 at 11:07 AM #  hit 0 | hit 0

    Logging in through IE7 (work), Chrome (home), or Safari (phone) logs me out of my other session(s).
    132. Greg Pope thinks the Cubs are reeking havoc posted on January 13, 2012 at 12:06 PM #  hit 0 | hit 0

    Keeping in mind that I know nothing about Expression Engine, Jim, you might want to check out this.

    It talks about different browsers (IE vs. Firefox vs. Chrome) but based on the description I would guess that it's the same problem.
    133. Jolly Old St. Nick Done Jumped The Ship  posted on January 13, 2012 at 01:15 PM #  hit 0 | hit 0

    I've never had to log in again with Firefox since the site was first restored over a week ago. All that's missing now are the bookmarks.

    134. Jim Furtado  posted on January 13, 2012 at 03:00 PM #  hit 0 | hit 0

    Greg, you must use better search terms than I do. :)

    It may be be our problem. I don't use sessions currently, however. I just use cookies. I will look into it at some point tomorrow and will add this fix into my necessary code hacks if it does prove to be the issue.
    135. HCO posted on January 13, 2012 at 03:00 PM #  hit 0 | hit 0

    EE can't possibly disallow persistent logins for a single user from multiple computers, can it? That can't possibly be the expected behavior.
    136. Harold posted on January 13, 2012 at 03:12 PM #  hit 0 | hit 0

    EE can't possibly disallow persistent logins for a single user from multiple computers, can it? That can't possibly be the expected behavior.


    I'm guessing somebody broke something. Then somebody else said, "Umm, yeah, that's expected behavior." Wouldn't surprise me.
    137. Harold posted on January 13, 2012 at 03:14 PM #  hit 0 | hit 0

    This change was made to discourage spammers from adding links to to comments. It's a growing problem and it requires more of my time than I'd like.


    Thanks for the explanation. That makes sense.

    Have you tried using the nofollow attribute on links? I understand that while that makes the spam worthless, it still may not discourage stupid spammers, so it may not really work as a solution.
    138. Jim Furtado  posted on January 13, 2012 at 03:14 PM #  hit 0 | hit 0

    I am logged in on three different computers in three different browsers. I am also logged in on my phone's browser. Over the last week I've tried logging in at work remotely, on my phone, and at home simultaneously, closed the browsers, was still logged in when I reopened all my browsers on all my devices.

    I don't doubt that some of you are experiencing the problem. What I haven't been able to do is replicate it so I can find the cause.
    139. Moses Taylor peacocks peacock posted on January 13, 2012 at 03:32 PM #  hit 0 | hit 0

    I'm having the login problem, too, just in case you're trying to keep count (chrome at both locations, android phone).

    ---

    Here's a weird one. On the NBA thread right now, the counter doesn't agree with the number of posts because of the 20 or deleted spam posts from the weekend. So right now, the counter shows 2204 posts, but there's really 2100 something. So if I click on 'last' in the hot topics bar, there is no 23rd page to take me to so it takes me to page 1 of the thread. Obviously this is a relatively minor thing, but thought I'd at least mention it.
    140. Moses Taylor peacocks peacock posted on January 13, 2012 at 03:34 PM #  hit 0 | hit 0

    I wanted to edit that last post, since I'm off a couple of pages (it's really 2404 posts, and 2385 in the thread; so it's the 25th page, but whatever) and wanted to add that clicking 'last' inside the thread (like from page 1) takes me to the actual last page.

    Anyway, when I click 'edit' in post 126, it actually takes me to the top of this page and I can't edit the post.
    141. Harold posted on January 13, 2012 at 04:11 PM #  hit 0 | hit 0

    Anyway, when I click 'edit' in post 126, it actually takes me to the top of this page and I can't edit the post.

    I have the same problem on this page, but it's working fine on Newsblog thread pages. So it seems like a legit bug, but I'm guessing low priority if it's only affecting Lab Notes.
    142. Jim Furtado  posted on January 13, 2012 at 08:13 PM #  hit 0 | hit 0

    Login problem: Maybe I just didn't notice it before but when I got home, I had to log back in. I am researching things a little more harder now.

    Comment editing on this page: fixed.

    I am looking into the closed comment count problem. I initially thought it was a problem with my Hot Topics code but, after looking at the code, it's not.

    Harold, the nofollow wouldn't have any effect. I hid the member profiles to discourage spammers from creating spam accounts to get link juice from links in member pages, but I'm still getting multiple new spam accounts every day.
    143. HCO posted on January 14, 2012 at 06:22 PM #  hit 0 | hit 0

    Yeah the problem with things like nofollow and Jim's good idea of hiding member profiles is that spammers don't take the time to figure out whether a site is a good target or not. They just hit as many sites as they can.
    144. GGC don't think it can get longer than a novella posted on January 14, 2012 at 07:03 PM #  hit 0 | hit 0

    Is there gonna be a mobile version? My phone is semi-intelligent and I can access the site, but I can only get @ 10 comments a page.
    145. Jim Furtado  posted on January 14, 2012 at 10:22 PM #  hit 0 | hit 0

    Is there gonna be a mobile version? My phone is semi-intelligent and I can access the site, but I can only get @ 10 comments a page.
    Yes, there will be. At this point, I haven't decided exactly how it will be implemented, but it will definitely be included.
    146. Lassus posted on January 14, 2012 at 11:22 PM #  hit 0 | hit 0

    I still have infinite personal edit capability, BTW.
    147. Jim Furtado  posted on January 15, 2012 at 07:02 AM #  hit 0 | hit 0

    Lassus, although you might see the edit link, if you try to edit your comment, you won't be able to save it. Fixing this EE code is on my to-do list.
    148. Scoriano Flitcraft posted on January 15, 2012 at 08:03 PM #  hit 0 | hit 0

    So, I have to log-in every time I turn on a computer or my Blackberry (BB) or am inactive for 30 minutes or so on the site. This is happening on all my Macs and PCs, at home, at work and on the road, on IE, Safari, Camino, Mozilla/Firefox and my BB Browser. It has happened to me in NY, SF, San Diego and NJ in just the last week.

    Close to 100% of my BB posts are being eaten. Often the post disappears and I am taken to a blank post reply screen where all the text is gone. Sometimes if I preview first, the post works. Sometimes it does not. Sometimes, if I respond to a post, it works, and other times, it goes to the blank post reply screen. It is quite frustrating and all new since the, uhm, upgrade.

    Oh, I also flushed cookies, and cache, and all that jazz. No help.
    149. Jim Furtado  posted on January 16, 2012 at 09:41 AM #  hit 0 | hit 0

    Handle, your BB problems may be related to a device issue reported on the EE site. Please email me directly so we can try to troubleshoot the problems that you are having in real time.
    150. bobm posted on January 16, 2012 at 12:03 PM #  hit 0 | hit 0

    [135] I have the same problems being logged out on a PC and Blackberry 9930.

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