Housekeeping

tahanson43206 · 2021-09-21 14:38:50

For SpaceNut ... here is a preliminary study of the first 100 posts in the archive ...

Extract Report for 09-21-2021 at 10:50:50
Generic Extract Lines Utility
Version 2021.7.9.1

Search String One is: post_uid

[i:post_uid3]IF[/i:post_uid3]
[i:post_uid3]is[/i:post_uid3]
[quote:post_uid0]
[/quote:post_uid0]
[i:post_uid1]unprofitable[/i:post_uid1]
[i:post_uid14]
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[i:post_uid9]am[/i:post_uid9]
[b:post_uid1]Article 1. Legislative department[/b:post_uid1]
[i:post_uid1]Section 1. The legislative bodies[/i:post_uid1]
[i:post_uid1]Section 2. Powers granted to the congress[/i:post_uid1]
[b:post_uid1]Article 2. Executive department[/b:post_uid1]
[i:post_uid1]Section 1. The executive council[/i:post_uid1]
[i:post_uid1]Section 2. Powers of the executive council[/i:post_uid1]
[b:post_uid1]Commentary by Charlotte Dorsa Brevia[/b:post_uid1]
[b:post_uid1]My commentary[/b:post_uid1]
[b:post_uid1]Links[/b:post_uid1]
[b:post_uid1]End notes[/b:post_uid1]
[i:post_uid1]less[/i:post_uid1]
[i:post_uid1]than anyone else on the planet[/i:post_uid1]

This is a preliminary report from study of the first 100 posts from the Archive

I had to remove some samples because they were not complete and FluxBB complained about them.

My guess is that the method of extraction I used to select samples from the raw text left a few dangling situations, mostly involving quotes.

I'll try to improve the extraction method for the 900 samples that are being collected in the current run, from 101-1000.

Update at 20:06 local time ... a test run over 900 posts just completed....

Completed Sequence for ID: 1000
Total Command Lines found: 24
Total input Lines in script: 75
Number of ID's processed: 900
Starting Number: 101
Last Number of Run: 1000
Summary for Web Automation Report for 09-21-2021 at 20:04:10
Average time of Loop from Main form: 00:00:34
Total time of Processing: 08:24:29
Total time Program was Active: 09:00:46

Of the 900 posts examined, 43 contained the problem construction.

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tahanson43206 · 2021-09-21 20:43:23

For SpaceNut .... as an experiment, I modified post #171, by removing the uid code from two quote statements.

I added a note reporting the update.

http://newmars.com/forums/viewtopic.php?pid=171#p171

Going forward, this is what the cleanup might look like.

As you predicted, posts by administrators are not available, but those are unlikely to contain defects.

Update a few minutes later ... I guess I was wrong ... here is a post that you are going to have to fix ...

http://newmars.com/forums/viewtopic.php?pid=172#p172

SearchTerm:Todo SpaceNut to fix post 172

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Update next day ... In rereading this post, I realized the question of orphan posts may be answered right there in the post.

Example: The request started out as: http://newmars.com/forums/edit.php?id=1

After post, the URL reads http://newmars.com/forums/viewtopic.php?pid=1#p1

An operator can ** see ** that the post is part of a topic, because the topic surrounding the post is shown

Whether a ** program ** can ** see ** the topic is another question entirely.

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tahanson43206 · 2021-09-22 08:16:47

For SpaceNut re Orphan Posts ....

Visman replied to my inquiry about orphan posts ....

Member
From: Siberia
Registered: 2010-07-10
Posts: 1,507
Email Website
use your-forum/admin_maintenance.php -> Prune old posts
My modification of FluxBB 1.5.11 - rev.82, Parserus, ForkBB Pre-Alpha
I speak only Russian

I would certainly be cautious about trying an unknown script. However, at least it is a suggestion for something to study in the source code.

In the mean time, I ** think ** a solution available to us might be at hand ...

After calling up a post for edit by it's raw post number, I noticed that when I post the contents back into the database, FluxBB returns a Viewtopic URL with the post included. At the same time, FluxBB shows the neighboring posts in the topic.

It may be possible for a program to "read" that information. I'll be looking for a possible way to do that.

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You've been away for a (short) while, so I assume your computer is giving you challenges again.

Best wishes for success in returning "all systems to normal"!

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tahanson43206 · 2021-09-22 11:49:12

For SpaceNut ...

This is a report on a "live" (manual) test with Post 249

Step 1: call up the post for editing:
Step 2: Append number of post from current program counter

http://newmars.com/forums/edit.php?id=249

Step 3:

<Enter>

Step 4: Result: text is exact match in the address bar: Use Smart Wait to confirm

Step 5: Tab 1 - By default, tab from address bar puts focus on the edit window

Step 6: Capture the entire Edit window and copy it to memory

Ctrl/A

Step 7:

Ctrl/C:

Step 8:

Now, with text in memory, search for post_uid

If the text is NOT found, we are done with this post so increment the program counter and start the script at the top

Step 9: There ** is ** at least one bandit in the field, so proceed to edit

Step 10: Perform function to clean up this post ....

Per SpaceNut:

a) remove colon in front of post_uid
b) remove number field after post_uid

Repeat loop until all instances of bandit are gone.

Upon return from function, tab out of the edit field ...

Step 11: Tab 1

Step 12: Enter

Here is the (to me) interesting opportunity

FluxBB returns with the number of the post inside a topic: http://newmars.com/forums/viewtopic.php?pid=249#p249

Smart Wait should be able to look for an exact match.

Halt program immediately if an exact match does not occur.

[Big Red Screen]

Otherwise, I'm assuming we've finished with this post so increment the loop counter and start the next loop.

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This proposed course of action is posted for public viewing so if anyone (not just SpaceNut) sees a problem, please let me/us know.

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Reminder: The mission here is to locate and remove any occurances of the string "post_uid" from the NewMars database of posts.

There are 181,000+ posts.

It took about 8 hours to call up and look at 1000 posts.

It should be possible to accomplish this particular activity in 181 Earth days.

We may NOT need that long, because the instances of bandits may run out after the posts from previous BB system are exhausted.

Updated per SpaceNut correction at 20:41

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tahanson43206 · 2021-09-22 13:06:56

For kbd512 re post today in Lander topic

Thanks ** very ** much for taking the time to provide feedback to GW Johnson for his presentation document!

The whole point of your taking the time here, is to give GW Johnson confidence his calculations ended up on the document page correctly.

I have replied ** here ** to avoid putting my post on top of yours!

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FYI ... I am receiving feedback from an Arizona resident (a relative) who is on board with the water proposal.

To my surprise, it turns out that (aside from teaching duties) he's been an advocate for water for Arizona farmers for years..

If you have someone you want to recommend from the other side of the political aisle, please post who that would be.

I'm perfectly happy to send the exact same email to that person.

I am ** not ** interested in political squabbles. All I want are results on behalf (a) of the citizens of Phoenix and (b) citizens of Arizona and (c) citizens of points West and North from Arizona.

Furthermore, you are ** certainly ** welcome to send your own version of the water proposal to the person you think is a better candidate.

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To all ... the series of posts in the Nuclear is Safe topic about delivery of fresh water to Phoenix are available for anyone to study.

If you are a member and want to contribute something positive to the discussion there, please do so.

If you have objections or criticism please put ** that ** in Housekeeping.

Nuclear is Safe was created by Calliban and I am interested in trying (as much as possible) to sustain the generally positive tone he has created.

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SpaceNut · 2021-09-22 18:20:22

http://newmars.com/forums/viewtopic.php?pid=249#p249

gave the error red when you saved since it still contained problems
The : must also be removed

edit
update for that post still shows 2 more italic coding still with in it

[i:post_uid3]2 more[/i:post_uid3]

tahanson43206 · 2021-09-22 18:39:02

For SpaceNut re #1606 ... thanks for catching that error!

I'll add it to my notes !!!

OK! I'll try another manual update or two before I try to automate anything.

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And thanks for the packaging information about the MER probe!

Update at 20:40 local time ... 249 is corrected. ** This ** time italics shows up properly.

Post #1604 is updated to show "remove colon"

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tahanson43206 · 2021-09-22 21:50:51

For SpaceNut .... I'm running some manual tests .... as you predicted, I can't fix Admin posts.

This one seems to be the cause of cascading failures that shift everything to the right.

http://newmars.com/forums/viewtopic.php?pid=170#p170

Posts 160 and 173 are corrected.

Tests with these posts seemed to go smoothly. You're welcome to check them (of course)

http://newmars.com/forums/edit.php?id=313
Updated by Moderator 2021/09/22
Starting Sequence for ID: 160 <done>
Query Text Requested was Not Found: Routine Reset
Starting Sequence for ID: 173 <done>
Query Text Requested was Not Found: Routine Reset
Starting Sequence for ID: 301 <done>
Query Text Requested was Not Found: Routine Reset
Starting Sequence for ID: 311 <done>
Query Text Requested was Not Found: Routine Reset
Starting Sequence for ID: 313 <done>

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tahanson43206 · 2021-09-23 08:52:58

For SpaceNut re Post Repair .... I think I've done enough manual tests.

It's time to write a new function for WBA.

I'm hoping to make this a generic function so it is usable for a wide variety of situations.

The tentative command I'm considering is: PerformFunctionDeleteText:abcde###

The ### at the end represents an arbitrary set of digits to be deleted. Deletion will stop when the first non-digit is found.

In the current instance, it would appear that the first non-digit will be a right bracket "]"

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tahanson43206 · 2021-09-23 08:55:29

For SpaceNut ... this is Housekeeping topic, so mundane subtopics like home heating are within the scope of the topic.

Last year, I recall your reports of some challenging periods when home heating was not working as well as you might have preferred.

Hopefully you've corrected whatever problems might have existed?

(th)

SpaceNut · 2021-09-23 17:00:34

Fixing admin posts for SpaceNut to fix post 170/1/2
The Doctrine of Expansion posts all corrected

topic page http://newmars.com/forums/viewtopic.php?pid=249#p249 still has more to do
topic Red Views

same for http://newmars.com/forums/viewtopic.php?pid=313
topic KSR Constitution Articles 1 and 2 - Legislative and Executive Departments

tahanson43206 · 2021-09-23 18:46:39

For SpaceNut re #1611

Thanks for corrections...

Here is a post I cannot work on: http://newmars.com/forums/viewtopic.php?pid=598#p598

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SpaceNut · 2021-09-23 19:41:02

both admin posts are corrected... as well as for this topic
http://newmars.com/forums/viewtopic.php?pid=598#p598
Lots of shifting in this topic remaining for clean up.

tahanson43206 · 2021-09-24 15:14:59

For SpaceNut re Posts Repair activity ...

Work is under way to develop a new function to delete strings from posts.

I'm designing the new function to be as generic as possible, so it might be used without code changes for future needs you may identify.

At the moment, I'm thinking along the lines of:

Script item: PerformFunctionDeleteTextClipboardZero:abcde###

I've changed my concept for the numeric subparameter above (###) to now show the ASCII value of the stop byte in the target string.

In this case, the stop byte is "]" (Right Square Bracket)

While testing remains ahead, I'm hoping the string ":post_uid" can be deleted, and all characters after that to the next Square Bracket removed.

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tahanson43206 · 2021-09-25 10:37:25

For SpaceNut ... here are some items from the first scan of 1000 posts that only you or kbd512 can repair:

For SpaceNut re Posts Repair initiative....

I am continuing to develop a function to repair posts I can access.
However, there are some that you (or kbd512) have to repair.

Here is a list from the recent scan of the first 1000 posts:
Please note that you may have already repaired some of these.
The original scan was performed 2021/09/22.

Extract Lines For Help Context ID Report for 09-25-2021 at 12:23:13
Version 2021.6.1
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Successful Run. No Warning Errors.

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SpaceNut · 2021-09-25 16:51:48

The script is identifying admin level post but necessarily those needing repair.

http://newmars.com/forums/viewtopic.php?pid=159#p159

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Josh Cryer post as an admin can be found and if I use the find on page, I can highlight the posts and the goto post to edit them.

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after this first manual filter experiment to find and fix posts the edit function from you run is the quickest for me to execute….

tahanson43206 · 2021-09-25 17:04:42

For SpaceNut ... thanks for fixing 166

The problem for the program is that it cannot "see" the contents of the Admin posts.

It would appear this isn't helpful.

I'll see if there's anything possible to "see" the contents of the denied posts.

(th)

SpaceNut · 2021-09-25 17:14:48

not with viewtopic but thats an extra step to flag
thats why i was fixing topics

it means keep posting the post log

tahanson43206 · 2021-09-25 17:45:11

for SpaceNut re Posts repair ...

Thanks for your feedback and encouragement....

I will see if the report of posts the program can't see (when **logged** in) might be fed into a script when the program is NOT logged in. The program can "see" the bandits when it is not logged in.

The report I showed you in Post #1616 is (apparently) useless by itself, but if I feed those Post Numbers into another script that is running NOT logged in, it may very well pick out the posts that contain bandits.

A report like ** that ** should be useful.

Meanwhile, I'm hung up over how to pass a control parameter to tell the program when to stop deleting characters after it deletes the specified text. My original idea was to pass a parameter that looked like: abcd###.

However, the problem I am facing is that a future user might want to delete numbers as well as alphabetic characters.

(th)

tahanson43206 · 2021-09-25 17:55:05

For SpaceNut ....

Posting this in Housekeeping because chances are you will see it, and (almost) no one else will...

I'm really happy about the progress reported by GW Johnson, and certainly hope he receives responses from the gents he has written.

In the Nuclear is Safe topic, I've been pursuing using a nuclear reactor to make fresh water ... in a parallel track, I've been corresponding with a relative who lives in Arizona. As an outsider, I have almost no chance of influencing events in that state, but a resident ** may ** have the ability to reach key figures in leadership. Unfortunately, this relative is analytical, and unlikely to make any moves without studying every possible side of the question. If he decides to move, the move will be effective, but the risk is the opportunity will pass.

Thank you for picking up on the new topic about making a landing pad by delivering a spray of hot molten metal onto the desired landing site. This is a far more efficient process that the original idea of making something out of concrete, as you have noted.

I don't know how to pursue the molten metal idea right now, but will keep watch for an opportunity.

You'll be able to see for yourself how this would work when winter arrives in New Hampshire. If the day gets cold enough, you'll be able to point a spray of water into the air, and the falling droplets will make a coating on the surface wherever they descend. The droplets will freeze instantly when they hit the surface, and you'll be able to build up a think layer of ice by moving the spray back and forth.

The hot molten metal would be descending from orbit and passing through the atmosphere. The metal would land on the future landing pad and instantly "freeze" to solid iron. If the spray is planned well, the surface of the landing pad would be even and about six inches (10 cm) thick. In combination with the metal being bonded into the regolith, the pad should be able to hold a fully loaded Starship without groaning.

(th)

tahanson43206 · 2021-09-26 07:18:14

WBA completed a scan of posts from 1001-2000.

Each scan takes a while, because the server has to reach down the index to places it hasn't been for a while ... up to 20 years in many cases...

The output is a file that contains two kinds of potentially useful data:

1) The Admin posts are identified. I'm working on a script to examine those for bandits.
2) The User posts are shown with bandits. I'm working on a function to process those.

In both cases, the scan result file can be used as is to deliver output files for directed activity.

For this reason, I think it makes sense to continue scanning the pool of 181 thousand posts at the rate of !000 per day. It is possible the cleanup might take less than 181 days, if we can (somehow) confirm that the bandits end after the point when NewMars changed to FluxBB.

Total Command Lines found: 23
Total input Lines in script: 75
Number of ID's processed: 1000
Starting Number: 1001
Last Number of Run: 2000
Summary for Web Automation Report for 09-26-2021 at 08:55:14
Average time of Loop from Main form: 00:00:48
Total time of Processing: 13:26:00
Total time Program was Active: 19:46:26
EOJ Msg#1: Successful Run. No Warning Errors.

Inside Baseball: I've resolved the problem of how to specify end point at run time, for the new delete function

I've decided to use a freeform parameter. StopAt:]

This method allows the function to know precisely what character to look for to terminate a delete sequence.

If the character is not found the program will halt immediately.

(th)

SpaceNut · 2021-09-26 07:57:25

The good news is that once we get into 2005 the conversion artifacts disappear and not at that point found in the newer php software caused

tahanson43206 · 2021-09-26 12:21:35

For SpaceNut re #1622

Ok! I have some Good News and some Bad news...

Following your tip, I found that the last post you created in 2005 was #85326 (close enough ... don't worry about the details).

That means the current procedure of examining 1000 posts per Earth day will complete in 85 days (or so).

We'll be done by the end of 2021, which is a nice end point from my perspective.

Now for the bad news .... in looking at your posts from when you started through the end of 2005 .... there were a ** lot ** of posts, and (unfortunately) you or kbd512 are going to have to take care of them.

Now there may be a solution, but it would depend upon how much time kbd512 has to invest in the cleanup.

The tool he found (and tested with success) might be capable of removing the bandits from the Admin posts.

I'll proceed with plans to clean the non-Admin posts.

I'm currently working on new script(s) to show Admin posts that contain bandits. However, I can see by just looking at ** your ** posts there will be a lot of them.

I ** think ** that what happened is that when you were promoted to Admin, ** all ** your posts were magically elevated to Admin status.

(th)

tahanson43206 · 2021-09-26 12:58:44

For SpaceNut ...

I have ** more ** good news .... You can save yourself a ** lot ** of work by temporarily demoting Josh Cryer to Moderator.

Josh Cryer is still showing as an Administrator, and he has over 4,000 posts, many of which are in the (up to) 2006 range.

If you demote him (temporarily) to Moderator, he can still post, but I can (or rather, WBA can) update his posts.

Now for the bad news.... there is only **one** Adminstrator left whose posts appear prior to 2006.

kbd512 and Jburk both arrived after the transition.

You might as well get started fixing all your posts on your own schedule, but I'd like to suggest 100 per day as a target pace.

At some point kbd512 will be freed up from the challenges of car and home repairs to be able to complete the polishing of the TestID's.

The TestID creating process is now finished, at a grand total if 18,344.

kbd512 finished a series of automation tests at TestID10900.

(th)

SpaceNut · 2021-09-26 14:18:30

You should be happy that the great crash (2008 - 20010 ish) that took out a ton of posts as I was close to another 10,000 additional that one day may be recovered as the next initiative to rebuilding the site.

Then we do have the letter writing for out reach to the past member accounts that are frozen in time by the methods used to stop hackers and spammer.

The current method of giving a list of admin posts from you efforts is probably the best way still forward as I can edit all admin posts.

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