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[challenge entry] This WOULD make life easier

It's more like PHP software.....
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edit: my host is fucking shite!

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(I helped save b3ta! Laughing Boy, Sat 21 Feb 2004, 10:02, archived)
# now THAT'S a good idea
but probably hell to code
(1, Sat 21 Feb 2004, 10:03, archived)
# indeed
(I helped save b3ta! Laughing Boy, Sat 21 Feb 2004, 10:06, archived)
# Superb
idea.
(Amer3tan, Sat 21 Feb 2004, 10:11, archived)
# © Laughing Boy/JM 2004
(I helped save b3ta! Laughing Boy, Sat 21 Feb 2004, 10:13, archived)
# Damn
(Amer3tan, Sat 21 Feb 2004, 10:20, archived)
# : )
(I helped save b3ta! Laughing Boy, Sat 21 Feb 2004, 10:21, archived)
# technically.
you can't copyright ideas, you have to patent them

which is a bad thing, software patents.
(I helped save b3ta! tef, Sat 21 Feb 2004, 10:46, archived)
# would be a great idea,
But I doubt even dedicated boxes could handle that many sql queries without going phlooomph.
(I helped save b3ta! Alfie, Sat 21 Feb 2004, 10:13, archived)
# They would surely go "phlooomph".
great word.
(I helped save b3ta! Laughing Boy, Sat 21 Feb 2004, 10:14, archived)
# JavaScript & CSS.
Dead easy, no server load.
(I helped save b3ta! tomsk, Sat 21 Feb 2004, 10:42, archived)
# true.
thing is, minor technicalities with the code on remebering which threads to collapse.

technically, you could have something like cgi::irc
and have the page constantly updating.
(I helped save b3ta! tef, Sat 21 Feb 2004, 10:47, archived)
# Just code it all
in Lotus Notes/Domino.

I'm trying to write a discussion forum at the moment on Domino (because that's what I know) and I wish it DIDN'T have collapsable threads (cause my users want flat threads!)
(I helped save b3ta! Electric Otter Tempura Hse: A shelter for lightly battered women., Sat 21 Feb 2004, 12:03, archived)
# Not hard
But server load would increase exponentially compared to current user-server load ratio which is bad enough that we can't run an archive search
(Kez, Wed 25 Feb 2004, 5:56, archived)