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2009-12-01 , 09:37
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#21
Originally Posted by sjgadsby View Post
Well, the N900 already optionally reveals device location via IM services, though I believe it's simply a status update, not XEP-0080. (I'd love to be wrong.)
to keep up the OT discussion:

could anyone *please* confirm sjgadsby is wrong? i mean, i know that the N900-implementation does use status messages for location information (which is highly annoying), but not using XEP-0080 would be just... insane.
 
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2009-12-01 , 14:21
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#22
Originally Posted by RevdKathy View Post
Tmo-France (or Orange-France) are not that far from the other variants on the same continent. The USA versions are... different.
How about if fields for "Service Provider" and "Device" are added to a members CP that can optionally show up in the line under the members name in posts. That should address the OP's valid concerns.

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On a side note, but a point I think has relevance:

Members of many forums have seen posts like...

I'm a 6' 2" ex con with an attitude and you wouldn't be saying that to my face...
...enough times to be reluctant to post location details of any kind.

That^ kind of bluster doesn't much bother me personally other than my belief that it puts a damper on any fellowship a forum wishes to develop.

...you can't un-ring a bell.
 
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2009-12-01 , 16:29
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#23
Originally Posted by YoDude View Post
On a side note, but a point I think has relevance:

Members of many forums have seen posts like...



...enough times to be reluctant to post location details of any kind.

That^ kind of bluster doesn't much bother me personally other than my belief that it puts a damper on any fellowship a forum wishes to develop.

...you can't un-ring a bell.
I would hope that sort of bluster would be treated with the contempt it deserves. I'm 4'8" and spend a large chunk of my time with 6'4" (psychotic) ex-cons. And I know which one of us gets scared.
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2009-12-01 , 16:30
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Originally Posted by RevdKathy View Post
I would hope that sort of bluster would be treated with the contempt it deserves. I'm 4'8" and spend a large chunk of my time with 6'4" (psychotic) ex-cons. And I know which one of us gets scared.
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#25
When you hold the power to damn someone to eternal hellfire, you tend to have their attention. That and good training the the therapeutic management of aggression and violence.
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2009-12-01 , 16:51
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Originally Posted by RevdKathy View Post
When you hold the power to damn someone to eternal hellfire, you tend to have their attention.
So you're a priest?
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2009-12-01 , 17:15
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Originally Posted by YoDude View Post

Members of many forums have seen posts like...



...enough times to be reluctant to post location details of any kind.

That^ kind of bluster doesn't much bother me personally other than my belief that it puts a damper on any fellowship a forum wishes to develop.

...you can't un-ring a bell.
Take a real martial arts class (none of that you get points for hitting a target and none of that only doing katas) with guys that are 6 ft plus that havehuge arms. =P. Though a heavy gi does reduce force (also makes training hell since it's heavy, and traps in heat). Try running around, doing push-ups, jumping jacks, and sit-ups in a gi all before you even start the lessons. It surprisingly gets better as your endurance improves.

And remember in a fight there are no rules. You can always kick men in the balls (and women in the crotch). Luckily the sensei(s) won't actually do it but they'll do it quick (punch, kick, or grab them if there's an opening) and stop right before they do that your going remember to protect them next time.

Originally Posted by RevdKathy View Post
I would hope that sort of bluster would be treated with the contempt it deserves. I'm 4'8" and spend a large chunk of my time with 6'4" (psychotic) ex-cons. And I know which one of us gets scared.
How true, I'm more afraid of my ex-gf (we broke up on good terms) than I am of my sensei(s). And most of them have either been in fights, are cross-trained in different martial arts, or are of the 6 ft + huge muscles. She's even scared off a psychotic (dishonorably discharged) U.S. Marine once.
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2009-12-01 , 17:24
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#28
Originally Posted by christexaport View Post
i don't support mandatory specific location info, especially not coordinates, but at least a country or province/state. If N900 becomes a hit, I'd like to know which members live closest to me to arrange meetups or discuss locally pertinent info. I mainly want it for users to relate to each other. I want to know who is from the major tech centers, etc. If an attack goes down in UK, I want to know which members to contact or be concerned.
No offence, but maybe people don't want to be contacted because they live in a specific area? I for one know that there really isn't any point in saying I'm in a specific location, considering I'm moving way too much for it to make any sense. I'm sure there are others in the same position; people working in one place but living in another, etc.

How about we just go about it the old way. You get to know people, and then, at some point in the discussion, you will learn where they are based. Why would it interest you to know where someone lives if you have no affinities with them, and utterly don't care about them?

If you don't know where someone lives -- through interpersonal relations -- would you really care enough to know if they just blew up? If, as you put it, "there was an attack on the UK", would my first priority be to answer an IM from some guy on the other side of the planet to tell him I'm alright?

Again, no offence intended, just thinking out loud.
 
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2009-12-01 , 17:26
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#29
Rather than continent, how about time zone (from the control panel options)?
 

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2009-12-01 , 17:44
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#30
As far as I'm concerned - add fields for continent, country, state, city, street, hair color and bra size (women only please) - but keep them all optional.
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