08-07-2002 04:15									#1
	Dumb Question: Light Bulb Next to User Name? Support Apolyton, buy GURPS/ Alpha Centauri

Okay, I searched this forum and the FAQs.

What does the light bulb next to one's user name indicate (while in a thread)? Yellow (on) = logged in to the forums? This is my only guess but no easy way to verify.

Thanks,

Catt

	08-07-2002 04:49									#2
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Yes, if the bulb is glowing, the member is currently logged in.

	08-07-2002 05:46									#3
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Yes. A dumb question

	08-07-2002 06:00									#4
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I think if you hover the mouse over the icon, it tells you what it is. But I can't verify, as my style doesn't show them.

	08-07-2002 06:08									#5
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It does. When I hover the cursor over the light bulb next to your name, it says "Skanky Burns is online now".

	08-07-2002 12:12									#6
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Unless, of course, you toggle your options so you don't show up in the named list of currently active members. Then your lightbulb remains dark even if you're perusing 'Poly and you show up only as a guest.

Gatekeeper

	08-07-2002 14:20									#7
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quote: Originally posted by Mr. President It does. When I hover the cursor over the light bulb next to your name, it says "Skanky Burns is online now".

Funny when I do it , it says "Skanky Burns is offline"

	08-07-2002 15:20									#8
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noe of you guys is logged on right now

	08-07-2002 17:09									#9
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quote: Originally posted by Ecthelion noe of you guys is logged on right now

I am now

BTW, I think that if you set yourself in "forum invisibility"-mode, your bulb won't glow at all, but I'm not sure on that.

	08-07-2002 17:29									#10
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quote: Originally posted by Hydey Funny when I do it , it says "Skanky Burns is offline"

	08-07-2002 17:36									#11
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Some people are stated as offline, despite obviously being online.

	09-07-2002 02:05									#12
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quote: Unless, of course, you toggle your options so you don't show up in the named list of currently active members. Then your lightbulb remains dark even if you're perusing 'Poly and you show up only as a guest.

quote: Some people are stated as offline, despite obviously being online.

I hate those **** phantoms!
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And some people, such as myself, still proclaim themselves as logged into the system, well over 30 minutes after logging off :???:

	09-07-2002 03:21									#13
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quote: Originally posted by Sagacious Dolphin Some people are stated as offline, despite obviously being online.

I think that's caused by the "forum-invisibility"-option; are those same people also not displayed in the "Who's Online?"-section on the main forum index?

	09-07-2002 11:51									#14
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Zopperoni:

Yep. If you toggle your settings just right, you never show up at 'Poly other than as a guest. I assume the mods would have the ability to peek beyond the "guest" veil, though, when needed.

Gatekeeper

	09-07-2002 11:53									#15
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Oh, and, DC?


BOO!!!!


Gatekeeper

	09-07-2002 11:59									#16
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Are those people hyper-paranoid about being stalked, or something?

	09-07-2002 14:01									#17
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They just don't want people to know that they are actually at Poly 24/7

	09-07-2002 14:55									#18
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Or that they're still lurking despite having "left".

	09-07-2002 15:09									#19
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They could be vampires, whose presence is not detected.

Anyway, continuing on this line is spam, and I will have none of it.

	09-07-2002 15:53									#20
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You actually started it and just continued it. Had you not done that, it would have stopped already.

My version is way more sophisticated though and therefore not spam.

	09-07-2002 16:20									#21
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quote: Originally posted by Sagacious Dolphin They just don't want people to know that they are actually at Poly 24/7

Till last night, I was logged in for 264 hours straight

	09-07-2002 16:30									#22
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Geek.

	10-07-2002 01:23									#23
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I wonder if there's a record for poly-logged on

Gatekeeper- how DARE you be a phantom.
We must all know hwen you are logged on!

(So, ecthelion- when'd ya change ya location )

	10-07-2002 17:19									#24
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quote: Originally posted by Mr. President Are those people hyper-paranoid about being stalked, or something?

Well, sort off...
They found out about the who's online feature on my work and uni, so they could see exactly when I wasn't doing my job

	10-07-2002 17:29									#25
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quote: Originally posted by Locutus Well, sort off... They found out about the who's online feature on my work and uni, so they could see exactly when I wasn't doing my job

Not a problem for me, my boss knows I never do any work anyway.

	10-07-2002 21:28									#26
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quote: Well, sort off... They found out about the who's online feature on my work and uni, so they could see exactly when I wasn't doing my job

Well, that would mean that they were surfing Apolyton at the same time Wouldn't it

	10-07-2002 21:58									#27
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quote: Originally posted by DarkCloud Well, that would mean that they were surfing Apolyton at the same time Wouldn't it

Unfortunately only to see if I was...

	10-07-2002 22:45									#28
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Change you username then.

	10-07-2002 23:31									#29
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Wouldn't work, they can see by the tournaments, news items and file database in the CtP sections who I am, I've been sucked in waaaayyyy too deep for that... besides, there's the issue of the now-public name change log...

	11-07-2002 00:07									#30
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Reviewing post history is far better than the 'who's online' feature at working out if you have been active.