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http://www.icv2.com/articles/news/16107.html I wonder if Mel Gibson will be in it.

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[ame=http://forums.ancientclan.com/showthread.php?t=9790]IPB vs. vB - Ancient Clan Forums[/ame] Argh. I figured I'd share this blurb with everyone because it will vastly impact the functionality of our forum. After carefully going over both invision power board and vbulletin, both are definitely two very different pieces of software. In terms of price, over a 3 year period both will cost us about the same, but with different functionality. The pros of ipb are the following: - Support there seems nicer to their community - They actively work on their software - They have more than one basic theme - Their pm system is drastically improved over vbulletin - They have an official gallery Cons of ipb: - Their gallery is not impressive - In comparison to vbulletin, their reputation system is non-existent - Their blogs cannot be categorized. - Their permission settings seem inferior to vb's. - Their mod community is noticeably smaller compared to vb's and seem to focus more on paid modifications. - If their import script doesn't work, I'd have to pay them $60 to get our stuff transferred. - Their facebook connect feature is very very basic and is only good for registering new facebook members. Pros of vb: - I know their coding, and I'm used to modifying it myself. - Alot of basic functionality that we are used to now is still there (ipb is missing quite a few basic things that would drive me mad.) - vB has almost all new developers, which I'm actually glad for because the software has been pretty stagnant for about a year now. - The initial cost of vb 4 is cheaper for me over switching to ipb. - vb will now include a CMS package. - Their mod community is pretty damn big. Cons of vb: - This whole bullshit, 'buy this product right now crap or be screwed.' - They have let basic feature requests go ignored for almost a year. (but they have new developers now.) - They are heavily modding their forums to look cheerful and pleasant when they pissed off alot of people. - Their album gallery functionality needs alot of work, (but it doesn't cost extra). - We have no idea when vb 5 will actually be released. If its an earlier than 2-3 years, I'll feel a bit ripped off. So wtf. Both of the forum packages seem like good pieces of software. But, we're pretty broke and I think we might end up having to go with vb after all, because its the cheaper of the two up front costs. Also, ipb's admin panel and functionality looks like a mess compared to what I'm used to with vb. Someone stab me.

[ame=http://forums.ancientclan.com/showthread.php?t=9770]Invision Power Board - Ancient Clan Forums[/ame] We may be switching to Invision Power Board within the next couple weeks (maybe even this weekend). If you have never been on an IPB powered forum before, check the following website: http://community.invisionpower.com/index.php? If we switch over to IPB, we'll be using their IPB version 3 (the newest version). Here is their blurb about the new features, etc. about version 3: http://www.invisionpower.com/products/board/features/lookandfeel.php If we switch to this software, we should be able to convert everything over. We'll loose some features but gain many more. Some of the things we'll loose off hand are the following: - Chatbox (they have a different version, but I don't think its available for version 3 yet) - Arcade (The arcade is being converted to the new version. I'm guessing it'll be another couple weeks or a month until its released.) - Post Thanks (Last I heard, it is being converted to a ipb mod at this time.) Other than that, we'll have a new blog system which for some reason doesn't have categories, but features multiple blogs per user. I have to look into this one some more. Also, instead of profile albums, we'll have a full gallery script. All our current album pictures should convert over as well. We're still at a cross-roads about what we'll do. Unless vbulletin pulls some major move in customer service or public relations (which I doubt), we'll end up switching to IPB and probably sell our vbulletin license. I've looked all over the free forum solutions, smf, phpbb, but none of them offer everything we need. Also, burning board and some other paid forums don't have enough features. Gah, damn vb for being sellouts. So, does anyone here like IPB?

*blogging my VB vs. IPB crap for future reference* ________________________________ vBulletin = FAIL [ame=http://forums.ancientclan.com/showthread.php?t=9752"]vBulletin = FAIL - Ancient Clan Forums[/ame] Here is the email I received from vbulletin: The vbulletin team announced that vBulletin 4.0 would come out by the end of June 2009. It is October 14th today and with an announcement like this and a new website, you would think vbulletin 4.0 has finally been released! But no! It is still in alpha testing, there is no demo available and I have been given the opportunity to purchase the upgrade to the suite for the $130 discount for only 16-17 more days. And they still have not announced when the vb 4.0 version will even come out. And even though I bought the blog add-on for $50 a year ago, I get the same discount price as someone who only owns just the forum license. wtf. When my license support renewal is up, which last year would have costed me $40 for updates, will now cost me $195 for the new license if I haven't paid the $130 or more by then to download vbulletin 4.0 which may still not be out by then considering they are 4 months behind schedule with no product. So. We will probably continue running vb 3.8 until we find another alternative or vbulletin changes their pricing structure (which I'm sure they won't). I wouldn't mind paying for new forum software, we've spent plenty on vb over the years with renewal costs and one time purchases. But I can't justify staying with the company because of the part I have put in bold above. If we use just the forums and pay the initial upgrade price of $195 or so in january and switch to a free blog system because the version we have won't be compatible with vb 4.0... we'll still be stuck with another issue. Once vb 5.0 comes out (which should be 12-18 months according to a staff member), we'll have to buy a brand new vbulletin license for version 5 at the full price of another $195. And assuming a new major release then comes out every 1 or 2 years, it'll be hundreds of dollars every year or two just to keep using this software that still doesn't do everything I want it to do. I'm really starting to hate vbulletin. If I want to stay with this forum software, the only way I'll save money is by paying the cheaper upgrade cost of $130 which gives me the entire suite, but I only have 16 days to make my decision or pay $200 in January and only get the forum software. WTF! Anyone have any forum or blog recommendations? I was thinking about invision power board, but they're in the process of releasing a new cms like system and I don't know if that will be bundled in with their current suite. But even ipb is $250 for the suite with $60 renewal costs. But even that price is better than the new vbulletin price structure. Apparently, I have to make a decision within 16 days. *kicks vB in the balls*

Yeah. All vehicles like to nickel and dime a person to death.

Thanks! They tasted pretty damn good the next day to. Leftovers of these actually tasted better the next day. I'm guessing the flavors really soaked into the ribs over night in the fridge.

Thats interesting, although I wonder how the genetic diversity is in todays times in comparison.

Luffy was able to use the mantra-like haki from skypiea. He knew if he attacked Mihawk, his arm would get cut off. Holy crap, is it just me, or did it look like they were hinting at way more than 10 pacifistas on that beach?

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1W4giQf3ktw]YouTube - Star Wars Gangsta Rap[/ame] Sailor Moon says: "If your cats are horney, cut off their balls!" rotflmao!

My mom knows a 7 year old kid with swine flu thats about to die. She personally thinks the kid had pre-existing condition(s) but the swine flu has been affecting her immune system so strongly that her other illnesses are killing her. The girl is hospitalized right now and the doctors have even paralyzed her on purpose to make her immune system stronger or something like that. wtf. From what I've read tho, the swine flu only affects a very small amount of people in a drastic way. But overall flu cases around where we live seem to be up quite a bit. Alot of people around here are sick with the flu, but the doctors don't issue any tests to confirm if its swine or regular flu tho. I think its mostly affecting young people tho. The last flu I had was 2 winters ago. I was sick for a solid 2 weeks. I almost had to go to the hospital a couple times because my cough was so intense I could barely get a gasp of air before the cough spasms hit me again. I have a feeling the swine flu is a bit more dangerous than the regular flu in terms of contagiousness and the random person it greatly affects.

We just watched Star Wars 1 Phantom Menace, and now Star Wars 2 attack of the clones. I've been reading more star wars books lately and I needed a star wars fix. Jurassic Park 1 & 2 were far superior movies. I kept wishing that annoying mom would get killed, but it never happened.