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- Thread starter Milacron
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Carl Darnell
Titanium
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- Jun 13, 2006
- Location
- Taylorsville Ky
Hmm, that's interesting Don. It puzzled me for a minute or two and then after some thought I clicked on the CNC icon and got the forums. Well, it will make us look at our own info now.
Hmmm
Hmmm
Carl Darnell
Titanium
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- Jun 13, 2006
- Location
- Taylorsville Ky
You can also click on Forum in the left column. That's the first way I entered.
Which is why I said "as well"...
Peter from Holland
Diamond
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- Jan 15, 2005
- Location
- The Netherlands
Fasto
Hot Rolled
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- Apr 26, 2007
- Location
- Central MA
Looks nice, and I like to colors, but....
The browser's title bar reads only "Home".
Most other pages read "Practical Machinist (etc)".
The browser's title bar reads only "Home".
Most other pages read "Practical Machinist (etc)".
Frank Ford
Hot Rolled
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- Dec 20, 2003
- Location
- Palo Alto, CA USA
Don -
Looking good!
While I'm typing here, let me once again thank you for keeping this forum on the air, and well moderated. I have so much to learn about machining I seem to pick up something new almost every day.
Cheers,
Frank Ford
Home Shop Tech
Looking good!
While I'm typing here, let me once again thank you for keeping this forum on the air, and well moderated. I have so much to learn about machining I seem to pick up something new almost every day.
Cheers,
Frank Ford
Home Shop Tech
matt_isserstedt
Diamond
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- Dec 15, 2003
- Location
- suburbs of Ann Arbor, MI, USA
Wow, even a PM calendar! 
Mark McGrath
Diamond
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- Mar 15, 2002
- Location
- Scotland
I just get the same front page I get the now.What am I missing?
Mark.
Mark.
Uhh......say what ?
rj newbould
Diamond
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- Aug 29, 2005
- Location
- Hernando, FL
I like it..... so far.... I'm a bit apprehensive when thinking of how crowded it might get with the above mentioned added. (I'll now get out before I get trounced...)
Nah...will just replace the birthday list ! (does anyone really care about such things ? )I like it..... so far.... I'm a bit apprehensive when thinking of how crowded it might get with the above mentioned added. (I'll now get out before I get trounced...)
rj newbould
Diamond
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- Aug 29, 2005
- Location
- Hernando, FL
Would just as soon forget about it...
Ox
Diamond
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- Aug 27, 2002
- Location
- Northwest Ohio
This is primarily a "guys" forum eh?
I have not goten any of my chumms a b-day present since I was invited to their patys as a kid. And with #42 comming up - I am sure that I will get many B-day cards.
Why?If enything send them to my mom for Peteys sakes!
I never filled out the B-day part of any of these forums. I don't need some 'putor generated e-mail comming in and adding to the number of stuff that I need to sift through.
And I SURE as heck don't need to log onto a forums to see a "Happy B-Day" thread. I am not on some teeny-bopper site eh?I doo feel that there is some value in the prox age of the person giving out advice, but these sites won't accept a yr w/o filling in the month and day. Heck - I'd even fill in the month. Of course I'm a dumb sledder - I was borned in Dec!
If you have eny REAL news - please accept this as my vote to replace that special spot for such things as [active] member deaths or whatnot.
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Ox
Mark McGrath
Diamond
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- Mar 15, 2002
- Location
- Scotland
Ok.It now loads a different page.IMO a step closer to zone style and a step back for PM.
bluechipper
Stainless
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- Jun 20, 2008
LOL!!!
not near "zone" style....about 5 minutes less load time, and the only ads are the clickable links down at the bottom....on the zone, there is an animated ad between every sentence.
FWIW...I like it!!!
not near "zone" style....about 5 minutes less load time, and the only ads are the clickable links down at the bottom....on the zone, there is an animated ad between every sentence.
FWIW...I like it!!!
Ox, a simple "no" would have been sufficient
Mark Mc... how this could be a "step back" is inconceivable considering what was there before was one photo and a note to click on the photo to enter the forum. Did you spend hours gazing at that photo and now you're upset that you can no longer do so ?
Bottom line is the homepage was worthless before and now it's at least on the path to redemption. Be patient and be assured it will never look like that sleezy "Zone" place that you nontheless apparently hang out at on occasion !
Mark Mc... how this could be a "step back" is inconceivable considering what was there before was one photo and a note to click on the photo to enter the forum. Did you spend hours gazing at that photo and now you're upset that you can no longer do so ?
Bottom line is the homepage was worthless before and now it's at least on the path to redemption. Be patient and be assured it will never look like that sleezy "Zone" place that you nontheless apparently hang out at on occasion !
Mark McGrath
Diamond
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- Mar 15, 2002
- Location
- Scotland
Don,no I did not spend hours gazing at the photo.And yes I appreciate that you are experimenting.I fully understand the need to bring the site forward and to grow it and that while this is happening there may be changes that don`t suit me,but,never the less it is still my favourite site.
As for the "sleazy" zone,yes I read it,yes I post there.For me it usually loads extremely quickly,and as I`ve posted before for purely technical help it is better for me than PM usually is.I find if I ask something technical there I get answers and while I may get answers here I usually also get a load of irrelevant responses also.Probably not as many as you sometimes get though.
As for the "sleazy" zone,yes I read it,yes I post there.For me it usually loads extremely quickly,and as I`ve posted before for purely technical help it is better for me than PM usually is.I find if I ask something technical there I get answers and while I may get answers here I usually also get a load of irrelevant responses also.Probably not as many as you sometimes get though.
This is the first time I've ever heard anyone that wasn't a hobbiest mucking about with home shop grade CNC machines tout the Zoney as "better" than PM for technical answers. So, I'm now curious as to an example of this. Was there someone there that knew even more than me about converting low frequency CRT to LCD monitors, for example ? Or are you taking about specific CAD issues, or programming issues, or ?
