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Lothlorien
Ship's Grandma
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As I become aware of anything important for Shipmates to know, this will be updated, so please keep an eye on this thread. Points posted are not prioritised.
Your login name and your screen name will be the same. Some may be now, mine is not. Maximum 20 characters, so if you change things from your current name, there will not be space for an explanatory note as to your new name.
Along with this: sigs will go. If you are attached to your sig, you will need to add it to each post.
Passwords, 15 characters, so start thinking now.
New boards will have functions unavailable on these boards, but will look quite different. Please be patient with everyone as we adjust. , Hosts and admins hav ehad access for a while now and are still finding things. Happy hunting.
Lothlorien, AS Host
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Pigwidgeon
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quote: Originally posted by Lothlorien: Passwords, 15 characters, so start thinking now. Lothlorien, AS Host
Any rules about upper/lower case, numbers, punctuation marks?
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Lothlorien
Ship's Grandma
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I would not say rules as such . I have not seen the login page yet for a real login as opposed to what I have been using for months. That is usually where such things are posted. So I cannot really give you a definitive answer. Just be prepared.
And no sigs.
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Gee D
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By 15 characters, is that the maximum length or will that be the one and only length?
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Rossweisse
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I shall miss my sig.
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Lothlorien
Ship's Grandma
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quote: Originally posted by Gee D: By 15 characters, is that the maximum length or will that be the one and only length?
I think it is the length. Will check again oif possible.
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Gee D
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Thank you, we shall have to think.
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Golden Key
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No sig???
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Lothlorien
Ship's Grandma
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No need to panic. Apparently the 15 character password was suggested by one of the back room workers. One host has just said hers is 9 with no problems. Mine is 15, purely by accident.
Yes. No sig. don’t ask me why. I do not know .
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Lyda*Rose
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So if there are no sigs, there is no way to make charitable pleas as you have in your sig now? No authors can let shipmates know they have a new literary offering? Wodders can't let people know he has a holiday cottage on offer? Well, poo! ![[Frown]](frown.gif)
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Boogie
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quote: Originally posted by Lothlorien: No need to panic. Apparently the 15 character password was suggested by one of the back room workers. One host has just said hers is 9 with no problems. Mine is 15, purely by accident.
Yes. No sig. don’t ask me why. I do not know .
Is it a software thing or an Admin decision?
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Wesley J
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quote: Originally posted by Lothlorien: [...] Apparently the 15 character password was suggested by one of the back room workers. [...] Mine is 15, purely by accident. [...]
But, purely by accident is 18 characters, if you include the spaces. And is it really wise to divulge our password here?
Ok, I'll get my coat. ![[Big Grin]](biggrin.gif)
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Lothlorien
Ship's Grandma
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I have reported that one page says 15 characters and another leaves it open. we will see what happens.
Lothlorien whose password is not purely by accident. ![[Razz]](tongue.gif)
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Stejjie
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quote: Originally posted by Boogie: quote: Originally posted by Lothlorien: No need to panic. Apparently the 15 character password was suggested by one of the back room workers. One host has just said hers is 9 with no problems. Mine is 15, purely by accident.
Yes. No sig. don’t ask me why. I do not know .
Is it a software thing or an Admin decision?
Software thing, according to Eutychus' post in The Styx.
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Bishops Finger
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Pity about the pending disappearance of the sig - I've found them a wonderful source of quotable quotes!
IJ
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There's this. I expect many compromises were needed to be made in this deployment. Having suffered through several changes to my office/business, the experience advises to patiently see how it all works, the inevitable tinkered and adjusting etc. I expect there will be features which will be rather pleasing and surprising to us also.
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Boogie
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I wonder if there will be a facility for sharing photos. I miss that on the Ship. It would be good to have a thread or two where they are allowed.
![[Smile]](smile.gif) [ 25. February 2018, 15:54: Message edited by: Boogie ]
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lilBuddha
Shipmate
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quote: Originally posted by Boogie: I wonder if there will be a facility for sharing photos. I miss that on the Ship. It would be good to have a thread or two where they are allowed.
Photos take space. Server space costs money. That isn't something changed by the new Ship software. There are a number of free image hosting sites that one can link to.
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Boogie
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quote: Originally posted by lilBuddha: quote: Originally posted by Boogie: I wonder if there will be a facility for sharing photos. I miss that on the Ship. It would be good to have a thread or two where they are allowed.
Photos take space. Server space costs money. That isn't something changed by the new Ship software. There are a number of free image hosting sites that one can link to.
I know this, and use my sit to share photos. But it’s not the same imo
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lilBuddha
Shipmate
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It is not the same, no. But that difference isn't all the negative you imply. Posting an image directly generates an immediate reward that a link doesn't. But it also generates a fatigue in having those same images appear in reply after reply after reply after reply after reply...
Also, for those of who find annoying the post within a post within a post within a post within a post just to have someone say me too; images make that so much the worse. [ 25. February 2018, 16:55: Message edited by: lilBuddha ]
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Boogie
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# 13538
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My other forum just copies the last reply when you hit ‘quote’. It doesn’t nest them at all.
That works and the photos just come over as thumbnails.
I loved the blogs on the Church of Fools. They weren’t ordinary blogs, they became places for great conversations. Some used photos and others didn’t but it was really special, a blogging community the like of which I’ve never found since.
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lilBuddha
Shipmate
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quote: Originally posted by Boogie: My other forum just copies the last reply when you hit ‘quote’. It doesn’t nest them at all.
That works and the photos just come over as thumbnails.
I loved the blogs on the Church of Fools. They weren’t ordinary blogs, they became places for great conversations. Some used photos and others didn’t but it was really special, a blogging community the like of which I’ve never found since.
No implementation will please everyone. My hope is that the annoyances do not outweigh the benefits.
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Lothlorien
Ship's Grandma
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One of the things which appealed to me about the Ship many years and still does, is that it is photo, cartoons, GIFs free. I have seen some forums withhuge animated pics which distract from the actual post.
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Tubbs
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quote: Originally posted by Stejjie: quote: Originally posted by Boogie: quote: Originally posted by Lothlorien: No need to panic. Apparently the 15 character password was suggested by one of the back room workers. One host has just said hers is 9 with no problems. Mine is 15, purely by accident.
Yes. No sig. don’t ask me why. I do not know .
Is it a software thing or an Admin decision?
Software thing, according to Eutychus' post in The Styx.
You get mobile functionality, software that works and lots of other nice things in exchange tho’.
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RuthW
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quote: Originally posted by Tubbs: You get mobile functionality...
This right here. OMG. This alone makes it all worthwhile, IMO.
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lilBuddha
Shipmate
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quote: Originally posted by RuthW: quote: Originally posted by Tubbs: You get mobile functionality...
This right here. OMG. This alone makes it all worthwhile, IMO.
Except Rook says the coding is UBB. COding and quoting are two of the things that make posting less than pleasant on a mobile.
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Pigwidgeon
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quote: Originally posted by Lothlorien: One of the things which appealed to me about the Ship many years and still does, is that it is photo, cartoons, GIFs free. I have seen some forums withhuge animated pics which distract from the actual post.
I totally agree. I appreciate that we can easily link to other sites, including pictures, but I prefer to read the boards without all sorts of animations jumping around all over, taking up space, and making me seasick.
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Rossweisse
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Besides, I get shown enough photos of other people's dinners on Facebook.
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Marvin the Martian
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quote: Originally posted by lilBuddha: Also, for those of who find annoying the post within a post within a post within a post within a post just to have someone say me too; images make that so much the worse.
Nested quotes is actually one of the areas where the new software is much better than this.
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Gee D
Shipmate
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quote: Originally posted by Rossweisse: Besides, I get shown enough photos of other people's dinners on Facebook.
This is All SAints, so I suppose that I can't do more than support this by including emails as well (I don't belong to Facebook). Too hellish to give a full opinion of the practice.
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Brenda Clough
Shipmate
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Will our avatars be the same, or will we need new ones?
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Lothlorien
Ship's Grandma
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Brenda, nothing crosses automatically to new ship.
If you are particulalry attached to your current avatar, save it tophotos or wherever you can find it in your computer. When you have signed onboard new ship, down right hand column of screen you will see profile and you edit that.. You can click on photo and upload your saved one, or upload anything else. It will be slightly smaller than current avatar.
There is NO choosing from dozens on offer as currently. You could show knitting, newspaper, a pair of shoes, your face. Whatever takes your fancy
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Brenda Clough
Shipmate
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Ooh, complex!
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mousethief
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Will messages in our PM boxes on the old ship still be available? If not, I heartily suggest to shippies that you save any (copy and paste, or screen shot) you are particularly fond of, have been saving, etc
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Rossweisse
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Thanks, MT - good question. I have some I'd hate to lose.
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Pigwidgeon
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I spent some time this evening saving some of them.
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Huia
Shipmate
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Barnabas posted on page 2 of the Styx thread that the maximum length of passwords is 20 characters. I understand that spaces are included in the count.
Huia
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Hedgehog
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quote: Originally posted by Huia: Barnabas posted on page 2 of the Styx thread that the maximum length of passwords is 20 characters. I understand that spaces are included in the count.
I think he said the screen name limit is 20 characters and can have spaces. That is different from the password. I do not know this for certain, but I suspect that spaces are a no-no for the password. At least, I have never met a password program that allowed them before.
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Barnabas62
Shipmate
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Hedgehog is right. Minimum password length is 15 characters and I don't think you can use spaces. Maximum login name/screen name length is 20 characters. Unlike this old Ship, on the new one whatever you choose as your login name (user name) becomes your screen name.
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Lothlorien
Ship's Grandma
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Here it is down here, February 28th and we wait for the rest of the world to catch up for the launch of the new ship. See you on board. Lots of features we have been investigating for quite a while now, and lots and lots of behind the scenes work to get us this far.
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Rossweisse
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Many thanks to all who have been working on her so hard and for so many weeks. See you aboard the New Ship!
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Lothlorien
Ship's Grandma
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Months, Ross. I registered in September and there was a lot of work done to get it so hosts could register then. I know from my sons just hpw long backstsage can be to do something like this and am grateful.
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Huia
Shipmate
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Thanks Hedgehog and Barnabas.
Huia the techno peasant rides again (with thanks that Pete didn't copyright that word) ![[Tear]](graemlins/tear.gif)
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Rossweisse
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quote: Originally posted by Lothlorien: Months, Ross. I registered in September and there was a lot of work done to get it so hosts could register then. I know from my sons just hpw long backstsage can be to do something like this and am grateful.
I stand corrected. Thanks to all for the many months of hard work. See you there!
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Marvin the Martian
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quote: Originally posted by Lothlorien: Months, Ross. I registered in September and there was a lot of work done to get it so hosts could register then.
The Admins started working on testing the new boards last August, but Admin/Editor discussions about the future of the Ship (of which the boards are but part, of course) started as far back as September 2015.
It's been a long old road to get to this stage. I really hope you all like the result!
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magicroundabout
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Hi there,
I posted this long explainer about passwords for admins on a private admins board where passwords were being discussed and it's been suggested that I post it here too. This is an attempt to justify the 15-characters of passwordyness that we require on the new site and to give ideas for how you might create a new password. It may...also...possibly...well maybe not...just be a bit interesting?
This was posted in response to the statement: "I still don't see how a longer password is necessarily more secure.", but I got a bit carried away.
Thanks.
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In short, longer passwords are harder to automatically guess/crack. If there are 26 characters that you can use, then a 1-character password has 26 possibilities, a 2-character password has 676 possibilities. A 7-character password has around 8 billion possibilities (this isn't such a huge number for a computer). A 15 character password has 1,677,000,000,000,000,000,000 possibilities. This is, actually, quite a big number for a computer.
This is demonstrated, with a small amount of mathematical jargon, here: https://xkcd.com/936/
The solution proposed in the comic above is not sequences of random letters, but sequences of random WORDS.
Humans, it turns out, aren't actually very good at being totally random (though I suspect the people on these boards are better at it than most! ), so if you want to try this out, here's a computer doing it for you: http://preshing.com/20110811/xkcd-password-generator/
If you're interested in more detail then read on...
Fact 1: There are nasty "bots" or "botnets" - automated networks of computer programs working together to try to break in to websites - that pose a risk to any login form.
Fact 2: There are also huge sets of emails and encrypted passwords that have been posted publicly - stick your email address in here and be scared: https://haveibeenpwned.com/
Encrypted passwords are hard to unencrypt. But in both cases "brute force" can be used to try to log in to a website as someone else or to try to reverse engineer a password from its encrypted version.
To explain this, you need to understand how passwords work. When you set a password it is encrypted using some clever coding system, and the encrypted version is stored.
So let's say you set your password to be "alfred" and the encryption is a simpler "add-one-to-the-letter" code, then this is encrypted and stored as "bmgsfe"
But with real passwords the coding is more complicated and we can't unencrypt this. So what happens when you log in? Well, the password you enter is encrypted using the same method again, and the result compared. So you enter "alfred" when you log in, this is encrypted to "bmgsfe" and compared against what is stored. They match, so you get in!
So you can "brute force" a login screen by just throwing a large number of login requests at it with different details and seeing if you can guess one. This can generally be thwarted by what is called "Rate limiting" where you only let another computer try a certain number of times, and if they fail enough times to exceed that then they get locked out either temporarily (to slow them down) or permanently, requiring some additional information to unlock.
But if you've downloaded a big long list of username and encrypted passwords from a hacked database, you can have as many goes as you like at this.
This can also be aided by the fact that some people have very simple passwords. So if you want to try and "brute force" someone's password you might start by trying a few things like:
password Password password1 password123 p@ssword passw0rd letmein 123456 qwerty iloveyou whatever or anything from this list: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_the_most_common_passwords
This allows you to quickly get in to some accounts without having to try every possible combination of letters.
Note: if any of your passwords are in that list go and change them NOW!
Note also that if someone has a list of emails/passwords with yours in it, and they work it out, then the next step is to try and log in somewhere else with that email/password combination.
Any website could just be collecting your emails and passwords to try logging into your Facebook account, or your email account! (The Ship is NOT doing this. It's not a Pirate ship!)
So, using different passwords on different websites is also important. I would say, if nothing else, use a different password for your email account. Because once a hacker has access to that they can probably get access to all sorts of other things.
I hope this was useful.
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It'll probably all be good if there's implementation of the automatic email lost password feature,ie the forum software package does it without human involvement.
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