Housekeeping

tahanson43206 · 2022-04-18 06:20:58

For SpaceNut re Post Repair initiative...

Today's Trailbreaker will try for 41700

Today's Re-Scan will cover 17001-18000

Update at 12:55 local time

Today's Trailbreaker finished with a Green screen, no potholes, and just 9 posts to fix.

Here is a sample of what a European Punctuation mark looks like:

Not blasé. They know Huygens is high-risk, so it very probably will fail, but if it doesn't the potential scientific payback will be immense, so they are willing to gamble.
(Nobody knows what the surface is like, for starters, so it could crash, or fall into a lake, etc...)

That was posted by a member from the Netherlands ... he's been responsible for a ** lot ** of the manual updates.

I'll launch the Inspector now.... it should come back with a clean report, but we'll see.

Update at 16:52 ..local time ... The Inspector reported a clean bill of health for today's batch

Completed Sequence for ID: 41700

Total Command Lines found: 31
Total input Lines in script: 151
Number of ID's processed: 300
Starting Number: 41401
Last Number of Run: 41700
Summary for Web Automation Report for 04-18-2022 at 16:47:44
Average time of Loop from Main form: 00:00:22
Total time of Processing: 01:49:37
Skips: Zero Deletes: Zero Clean Run

Tonight's re-scan over 17001-18000 will start around 22:00 local time

Update at 20:56 ... today's re-scan is starting now...

yesterday's run was interrupted by an Internet rogue wave that swamped the little laptop.

Perhaps we'll have smooth sailing this evening.

Update 8:51 the next day local time ...

Green screen !!! No Internet hiccups!

Completed Sequence for ID: 18000

Total Command Lines found: 31
Total input Lines in script: 151
Number of ID's processed: 1000
Starting Number: 17001
Last Number of Run: 18000
Summary for Web Automation Report for 04-19-2022 at 08:52:00
Average time of Loop from Main form: 00:00:26
9 Skip Exceptions were recorded.
Total time of Processing: 07:08:59

Skip analysis: All 9 skips were potholes !!! Great !!! A clean run otherwise.

(th)

tahanson43206 · 2022-04-19 07:01:17

For SpaceNut re Posts Repair initiative ...

Today's Trailbreaker will try for a round number: 42000 (we're over half way through to 77,000)

Today's Re-Scan will cover 18001-19000

Today's Trailbreaker encountered an Internet hiccup of some kind, so the run split into two segments.

The first was processed and the run was then resumed...

Completed Sequence for ID: 42000
There were three skips: 41888, 41923 and 41973

All three edits are complete. The Inspector will now review today's updates.

Update at 18;11 local time. Inspector reported a clean bill of health for today's batch.

Today's Re-Scan will cover 18001-19000. it will begin at (about) 22:00 local time.

Update at 7:39 next day: The Re-Scan completed with a Green Screen.

There were 8 skips reported, and all 8 turned out to be potholes.

We have a clean batch.

Today's Trailbreaker will try for 42300.

(th)

tahanson43206 · 2022-04-20 05:41:16

For SpaceNut re Post Repair initiative ...

Today's Trailbreaker will try for 42300.

Today's Re-Scan will cover 19001-20000

Update at 10:23 ... Today's Trailbreaker was interrupted by Internet turbulence at post 42102.

I don't have any way to capture what happened ... (there ** is ** a way but I have chosen not to use it)...

The net effect of whatever the turbulence was is that the laptop got logged out of FluxBB ... obviously that should not happen, but it has happened before, and will (no doubt) happen again.

In any case, the first 100 posts delivered 9 skips, so i'll manually update those before resuming at 42102.

Search String One is: skipping to next
Search String Two is:
Search String Three is:
Search String Four is:
Text received does not match sent for ID: 42043 Skipping to Next Item
Time Out! Skip Requested! Skipping to Next from Post: 42043
Text received does not match sent for ID: 42044 Skipping to Next Item
Time Out! Skip Requested! Skipping to Next from Post: 42044
Text received does not match sent for ID: 42051 Skipping to Next Item
Time Out! Skip Requested! Skipping to Next from Post: 42051
Text received does not match sent for ID: 42058 Skipping to Next Item
Time Out! Skip Requested! Skipping to Next from Post: 42058
Text received does not match sent for ID: 42061 Skipping to Next Item
Time Out! Skip Requested! Skipping to Next from Post: 42061
Text received does not match sent for ID: 42072 Skipping to Next Item
Time Out! Skip Requested! Skipping to Next from Post: 42072
Text received does not match sent for ID: 42076 Skipping to Next Item
Time Out! Skip Requested! Skipping to Next from Post: 42076
Text received does not match sent for ID: 42079 Skipping to Next Item
Time Out! Skip Requested! Skipping to Next from Post: 42079
Text received does not match sent for ID: 42101 Skipping to Next Item
Time Out! Skip Requested! Skipping to Next from Post: 42101
Total Input Lines 3,609
Total Output Lines 36
Lines containing String One 18

These were all Smiley Faces, European Punctuation, and the occasional exponent.

Update at 13:44 local time ...

Now I'm reporting a definite surprise ... The last post in this series included Smiley Faces.

It appears to have been updated. I'll have to check the log to be sure ...

In any case, the display after the post sequence included Smiley Faces.

Completed Sequence for ID: 42300

Total Command Lines found: 51
Total input Lines in script: 167
Number of ID's processed: 199
Starting Number: 42102
Last Number of Run: 42300
Summary for Web Automation Report for 04-20-2022 at 13:43:34
Average time of Loop from Main form: 00:00:38
16 Skip Exceptions were recorded.
Total time of Processing: 02:07:21

Skip analysis:

All these were mismatches ... all were corrected

The Inspector will now check the manual updates.

Update at 16:37 local time ... Inspector finished with a Green Screen

Completed Sequence for ID: 42300

Total Command Lines found: 31
Total input Lines in script: 157
Number of ID's processed: 300
Starting Number: 42001
Last Number of Run: 42300
Summary for Web Automation Report for 04-20-2022 at 16:37:39
Average time of Loop from Main form: 00:00:23
Total time of Processing: 01:54:24

No skips so no potholes ... Now checking edits: None ... a clean run

Today's Re-Scan over 19001-20000 will start around 22:00 local time

Update at 7:50 next day local time ...

Completed Sequence for ID: 20000

Total Command Lines found: 31
Total input Lines in script: 157
Number of ID's processed: 1000
Starting Number: 19001
Last Number of Run: 20000
Summary for Web Automation Report for 04-21-2022 at 07:50:22
Average time of Loop from Main form: 00:00:26
Total time of Processing: 07:08:41

No skips so no potholes. Checking for Edits: Three posts need attention

Not bad, for 1000 posts reviewed. Still, there should not have been ANY!

Analysis:

Search String One is: Starting Sequence for ID:
Search String Two is: Text direct
Search String Three is: Edit completed for:
Search String Four is: Completed Sequence for ID:
Results for: Starting Sequence for ID: 19677
Count of String 3: 3

So! Just ONE post to visit.

That was a FluxBB reject - unmatched url parameter

(th)

tahanson43206 · 2022-04-21 06:13:30

For SpaceNut re Post Repair initiative ...

Today's Trailbreaker will try for 42600

Today's rescan will cover 20001-21000

FYI ... 42302 contains over 30,000 characters ... I was expecting failure, with a post so large, but tweaks to the script allowed it to proceed without a hiccup.

Update at `14:55 local time ... the Trailbreaker showed 17 skips.
All have been attended to. The Inspector will now verify the work.

Update at 17:37 ... the Inspector reported no skips and no edits.

Today's Re-scan will start at (about) 22:00 local time.

Update next day at 7:29 local time ... The re-scan finished with a Green screen

Completed Sequence for ID: 21000

Total Command Lines found: 31
Total input Lines in script: 157
Number of ID's processed: 1000
Starting Number: 20001
Last Number of Run: 21000
Summary for Web Automation Report for 04-22-2022 at 07:29:57
Average time of Loop from Main form: 00:00:26
Total time of Processing: 07:07:06

No skips, so there were no potholes.

Now checking for Edits needed; None

Well! A clean sweep over 1000 posts! Nice!

Today's Trailbreaker will try for 42900.

(th)

tahanson43206 · 2022-04-22 05:32:58

For SpaceNut re Post Repair initiative...

Today's Trailbreaker will try for 42900.

Today's Re-Scan will cover 21001-22000

Update at 12:51 local time ... Trailbreaker finished with a Green screen

Completed Sequence for ID: 42900

Total Command Lines found: 51
Total input Lines in script: 167
Number of ID's processed: 300
Starting Number: 42601
Last Number of Run: 42900
Summary for Web Automation Report for 04-22-2022 at 12:50:11
Average time of Loop from Main form: 00:00:38
19 Skip Exceptions were recorded.
Total time of Processing: 03:11:57

Skip analysis: No potholes - all mismatches - all corrected

Inspector:

Completed Sequence for ID: 42900

Total Command Lines found: 31
Total input Lines in script: 157
Number of ID's processed: 300
Starting Number: 42601
Last Number of Run: 42900
Summary for Web Automation Report for 04-22-2022 at 16:46:51
Average time of Loop from Main form: 00:00:22
Total time of Processing: 01:50:34
No skips. Count of Edits: Zero - Clean run

Today's Re-Scan will cover 21001-22000

It will be queued up at (about) 22:00 local time.

The Re-Scan finished with a Green screen.
It reported three potholes and more importantly, NO Edits! We have another clean report.

Today's Trailbreaker will aim for 43200.

(th)

tahanson43206 · 2022-04-23 05:28:57

For SpaceNut re Post Repair initiative...

Inspector has reviewed 22000 posts.

Today's Trailbreaker will try for 43200.

Update at 11:35 local time ... Trailbreaker finished with a Green screen

Completed Sequence for ID: 43200

Total Command Lines found: 51
Total input Lines in script: 167
Number of ID's processed: 300
Starting Number: 42901
Last Number of Run: 43200
Summary for Web Automation Report for 04-23-2022 at 11:36:08
Average time of Loop from Main form: 00:00:39
8 Skip Exceptions were recorded.
Total time of Processing: 03:13:13

There were no potholes. Skip Analysis: 7 mismatch, 1 FluxBB reject

The 8 skips were processed in 18 minutes ... a little over 2 minutes each

The Inspector will now check the work.

Update at 14:57 local time.... Inspector finished with a Green screen...

Completed Sequence for ID: 43200

Total Command Lines found: 31
Total input Lines in script: 157
Number of ID's processed: 301
Starting Number: 42900
Last Number of Run: 43200
Summary for Web Automation Report for 04-23-2022 at 14:57:27
Average time of Loop from Main form: 00:00:22
Total time of Processing: 01:49:22
No skips, no edits ... clean review

Tonight's re-scan will cover 22001-23000. it will start (around) 22:00 local time.

The Re-Scan finished with a Green screen ... there were no potholes.

However, several posts were reported as in need of attention:

Results for: Starting Sequence for ID: 22059
Count of String 3: 4
Results for: Starting Sequence for ID: 22091
Count of String 3: 4
Results for: Starting Sequence for ID: 22196
Count of String 3: 4
Results for: Starting Sequence for ID: 22202
Count of String 3: 4

Somehow those four posts escaped two Update passes.

All four were FluxBB rejects, and for good reason. One had a quote from France with all the punctuation.
Another had someone trying to write html instead of BBCODE.

(th)

tahanson43206 · 2022-04-23 15:03:18

This is a special item for SpaceNut ....

The English language sometimes gets the better of me ....

I tried to create a new topic about the specific problem of separating the components of a mixture, because that is a leading challenge of the present age.

However, your interpretation of the title I gave the topic helped me to realize I had not written the words that are needed.

I'm tossing the problem of how to word the topic back your way for a bit of back and forth ... I won't create any more topics until we've worked through the challenge of finding the right words.

I want to create a topic that enlists the talent we have available in the NewMars forum to deal with the challenge of separating molecules from each other in a mixture. This is not a chemical process.... it is strictly a physical process. However, chemists often use chemical processes to accomplish the needed separation, by taking advantage of the affinity of certain atoms for others. After the desired molecules are captured by a chemical process, the results of that process can (sometimes) be carried off more easily. For example, some processes cause desirable molecules to be lifted to the top of a mixture, or delivered to the bottom of a container.

Examples of physical separation are using filters of various grades to allow smaller particles to slip through, while keeping larger ones from continuing.

However, filtration is only ** one ** strategy of many strategies that can be brought to bear on a mixture, to try to isolate the various components.

In the case of Uranium separation, for example, gas separation is a strategy, and the use of centrifuges is another.

During World War II, (as I understand the history) the US invested in both strategies because it was not clear which was superior.

(th)

SpaceNut · 2022-04-23 16:00:18

see redo on elements

tahanson43206 · 2022-04-24 06:27:33

For SpaceNut re Post Repair initiative...

Today's Trailbreaker will try for 43500

Today's Re-Scan will cover 23001-24000

Side note: Thanks for this observation ... I had to chuckle, because I had not thought of that format!

So with the calendar would be the Julian version which is the year followed by the day count so as to be able to know where you are in the mars calendar year.
That said we are on 0036459 if I read the format correctly in that we are in the 16th mont

Today's Trailbreaker finished with a Green screen. It found 18 posts with issues.

Skip Analysis: potholes: Zero - FluxBB rejects: 2 Mismatch: 16

Those two FluxBB rejects were definitely interesting ... It's a wonder the original forum software accepted them.

All 18 posts look spiffy now! Inspector will render judgement!

Inspector reported a clean slate. No skips. No potholes. No edits!

Tonight's Re-Scan will cover 23001-24000. it will queue up at (about) 22:00 (after Zoom)

Update next day: Inspector finished with a Green screen after reaching 24000.

There were no skips. There ** were ** four edits.

This was a FluxBB reject, for BBcode situations. Corrected.

(th)

tahanson43206 · 2022-04-25 06:33:11

For SpaceNut re Posts Repair initiative...

Today's Trailbreaker will try for 43800.

Today's Re-Scan will cover 24001-25000

The Trailbreaker finished with a Green screen, which is good.
However, it reported 23 skips, and that is more than the ideal of none.

Completed Sequence for ID: 43800

Total Command Lines found: 51
Total input Lines in script: 167
Number of ID's processed: 300
Starting Number: 43501
Last Number of Run: 43800
Summary for Web Automation Report for 04-25-2022 at 12:04:05
Average time of Loop from Main form: 00:00:39
23 Skip Exceptions were recorded.
Total time of Processing: 03:14:36

Skip analysis: Potholes: Zero FluxBB rejects: 2 Mismatches: 21

Update at 14:48 ... all 23 are updated. The mismatches are routine ... Smiley faces and the like.

The two FluxBB rejects took some decoding ... The authors were creative in composing their BBcode.

In some of these cases, the situation is garbled, so that it is difficult trying to figure out what they were trying to set off as quotes, and what not. Oh well! They are looking reasonable at this point. There's not much chance anyone except Mars_B4_Moon will see my handiwork.

The Inspector will now check all 23 posts.

The Inspector delivered a clean bill of health.

Today's Re-Scan will covery 24001-25000. It will start (about) 22:00 local time.

The re-scan finished with a Green screen and 8 skips. All 8 turned out to be pot holes.

We are about 1/3 of the way through the overall scope of the current post repair series.

(th)

tahanson43206 · 2022-04-26 07:21:51

For SpaceNut re Post Repair initiative...

Today's Trailbreaker will try for 44100.

Today's Re-Scan will cover 25001-26000

Completed Sequence for ID: 44100

Total Command Lines found: 51
Total input Lines in script: 167
Number of ID's processed: 300
Starting Number: 43801
Last Number of Run: 44100
Summary for Web Automation Report for 04-26-2022 at 13:44:03
Average time of Loop from Main form: 00:00:46
19 Skip Exceptions were recorded.
Total time of Processing: 03:50:54

19 skips is OK ... there are no potholes, so we have a mix of mismatches and FluxBB rejects

Skip analysis: 3 FluxBB rejects and 16 mismatches

OK ... at least there are three "interesting" problems to solve.

Update at 15:00 local time ... well SpaceNut ... I knew this moment was coming:

SpaceNut wrote:

The biggest problem with Hubble is not the repair but is when. The actual reason that anything is being done in the first place is that it will come down on our little heads if nothing is done.
With Nasa's budget constantly being stripped or lowered it makes it very hard to do anything but to maintain those programs that are already in the pipe line.
Hubble is definitely worth saving but there must be a limit to the cost. Also Nasa must always design into any probe that circles where ever. The ability for a clean deorbit if it wishes to have safety, or no contamination to the environments that these probes circle to not be impacted.

That post is 44000 ... You do not have permission to access this page.

The skips count is going to be going way up, but my duties will be dropping.

Hopefully you've been working on your posts. It'll be a while before WBA catches up with you.

We just reached 44,000, so we're more than half way to the goal.

Update at 15:22 local time ... Today's Inspector will encounter posts by SpaceNut for the first time ...
I expect it will handle them smoothly.

Update at 17:59 local time ... Inspector gave a clean bill ... It handled SpaceNut's posts smoothly.

Completed Sequence for ID: 44100

Total Command Lines found: 31
Total input Lines in script: 160
Number of ID's processed: 300
Starting Number: 43801
Last Number of Run: 44100
Summary for Web Automation Report for 04-26-2022 at 17:57:35
Average time of Loop from Main form: 00:00:27
Total time of Processing: 02:18:07
No skips !!! No Edits!

Today's Re-Scan will cover 25001-26000. it will begin around 22:00 local time.

Update next day: The Re-Scan found five potholes and seven posts that need manual attention.

newmars.com/forums/edit.php?id=25039 <done>
Count of String 3: 1
newmars.com/forums/edit.php?id=25153 <done>
Count of String 3: 4
newmars.com/forums/edit.php?id=25263 <done>
Count of String 3: 4
newmars.com/forums/edit.php?id=25473 <done>
Count of String 3: 4
newmars.com/forums/edit.php?id=25492 <done>
Count of String 3: 4
newmars.com/forums/edit.php?id=25871 <done> brace instead of bracket
Count of String 3: 3
newmars.com/forums/edit.php?id=25912 <done> same as above
Count of String 3: 4

These were all FluxBB rejects ... I've commented before that all these BBcode errors should have been caught by the previous forum software. One possible explanation is that the authors of that software may have simply been willing to guess what the customer/user was trying to do.

An example is closing bold and italics without slashes .... those were accepted by the previous software.

The FluxBB authors decided to be more picky.

In any case, Inspector found all seven of these and FluxBB accepted the corrections.

Today's runs will try for 44400.

(th)

tahanson43206 · 2022-04-27 06:15:51

For SpaceNut re Posts Repair initiative...

Today's Trailbreaker is under way ... it will try for 44400.

Today's Re-Scan will cover 26001-27000

Completed Sequence for ID: 44400

Total Command Lines found: 51
Total input Lines in script: 168
Number of ID's processed: 300
Starting Number: 44101
Last Number of Run: 44400
Summary for Web Automation Report for 04-27-2022 at 10:42:49
Average time of Loop from Main form: 00:00:37
24 Skip Exceptions were recorded.
Total time of Processing: 03:08:30

There were no potholes in this stretch ... about half the skips will have been SpaceNut posts.

From here on to the end of the entire series of 77,000 posts, about half the posts are by SpaceNut.

Skip analysis for this run: 24 skips total, 17 SpaceNut posts.

The few non-SpaceNut posts included a few FluxBB rejects and the usual Smiley faces and European punctuation.

All seem clear for inspection, which starts now...

Update before Inspector run at 14:26 ... analysis of the logs after SpaceNut joined the forum reveals that each discovery of a SpaceNut post generates a total of six lines, as compared to just two for any one else.

This is not a problem. it just takes adjustment in procedure. I'm thinking of adding a feature to the Extract utility to separate SpaceNut posts from all the rest. It will require an extra stop in preparation for editing, but the time savings will be considerable.

Update at 16:27 local time ... Inspector finished with a Green screen:

Completed Sequence for ID: 44400

Total Command Lines found: 31
Total input Lines in script: 160
Number of ID's processed: 300
Starting Number: 44101
Last Number of Run: 44400
Summary for Web Automation Report for 04-27-2022 at 16:25:00
Average time of Loop from Main form: 00:00:22
Total time of Processing: 01:49:09

No skips! No potholes! No edits! 34 SpaceNut posts. All good!

Today's Re-Scan will cover 26001-27000. It is scheduled to start at (about) 22:00 local time.

Update next day at 8:53 local time...

Search String One is: Starting Sequence for ID:
Search String Two is: Text direct
Search String Three is: Edit completed for:
Search String Four is: Completed Sequence for ID:
Results for: Starting Sequence for ID: 26056
Count of String 3: 4
Results for: Starting Sequence for ID: 26111
Count of String 3: 4
Results for: Starting Sequence for ID: 26436
Count of String 3: 4
Results for: Starting Sequence for ID: 26568
Count of String 3: 4
Completed Sequence for ID: 27000
Total Command Lines found: 31
Total input Lines in script: 160
Number of ID's processed: 1000
Starting Number: 26001
Last Number of Run: 27000
Summary for Web Automation Report for 04-28-2022 at 08:09:52
Average time of Loop from Main form: 00:00:25
Total time of Processing: 06:56:35
No skips means there were no potholes!

All four were corrected ... two were from a gent in Sweden doing creative BBcode.

(th)

tahanson43206 · 2022-04-28 07:08:20

For SpaceNut re Post Repair Initiative...

Today's Trailbreaker will try for 44700.

Today's Re-Scan will cover 27001-28000

Update at 12:25 local time - Trailbreaker finished with a Green screen

Completed Sequence for ID: 44700

Total Command Lines found: 51
Total input Lines in script: 168
Number of ID's processed: 300
Starting Number: 44401
Last Number of Run: 44700
Summary for Web Automation Report for 04-28-2022 at 12:25:34
Average time of Loop from Main form: 00:00:36
31 Skip Exceptions were recorded.
Total time of Processing: 03:02:56

There were no potholes

Some of those skips are posts by SpaceNut ...

The non-SpaceNut posts are updated. Inspector will check the work.

Update at 15:07 local time:

Completed Sequence for ID: 44700

Total Command Lines found: 31
Total input Lines in script: 160
Number of ID's processed: 300
Starting Number: 44401
Last Number of Run: 44700
Summary for Web Automation Report for 04-28-2022 at 15:05:31
Average time of Loop from Main form: 00:00:22
Total time of Processing: 01:48:54
No skips! Count of Edits: Zero ... good run

Today's re-Scan over 27001-28000 will start at (about) 22:00 local time

Update next day at 7:40 local time...

The Re-Scan finished with a Green screen...

Completed Sequence for ID: 28000

Total Command Lines found: 31
Total input Lines in script: 160
Number of ID's processed: 1000
Starting Number: 27001
Last Number of Run: 28000
Summary for Web Automation Report for 04-29-2022 at 07:43:36
Average time of Loop from Main form: 00:00:29
5 Skip Exceptions were recorded. All five were potholes
Count of edits: Zero ... clean run!

(th)

tahanson43206 · 2022-04-29 05:46:29

For SpaceNut re Post Repair initiative...

Today's Trailbreaker will try for 45000

Today's Re-Scan will cover 28001-29000

Update at 14:17 local time ... The Trailbreaker found 18 SpaceNut posts and 12 non-SpaceNut to fix.

Update at 14:47 local time ... edits are complete. Inspector will check the work.

Update at 16:55 local time ... the Inspector liked what it found!

Completed Sequence for ID: 45000

Total Command Lines found: 31
Total input Lines in script: 160
Number of ID's processed: 300
Starting Number: 44701
Last Number of Run: 45000
Summary for Web Automation Report for 04-29-2022 at 16:51:51
Average time of Loop from Main form: 00:00:22

No potholes, no edits and 18 SpaceNut posts to skip over.

The laptop has earned a rest. We'll pick up with the Inspector at (about) 22:00... Re-Scan 28001-29000.

Special for SpaceNut ... In today's run I found a noteworthy post by RobertDyck .... it was about his experience working in an engineering context. I was tempted to put it into the Best Of topic for RobertDyck, but today is volunteer day and I was tuckered out. I thought I'd mention it here though, in case you want to look for a post with text along the lines of: "I was one of those engineers" ... or perhaps "I am one of those engineers"

Update next day ... Inspector finished with a Green screen after looking at 1000 posts over night.

Completed Sequence for ID: 29000

Total Command Lines found: 31
Total input Lines in script: 160
Number of ID's processed: 1000
Starting Number: 28001
Last Number of Run: 29000
Summary for Web Automation Report for 04-30-2022 at 06:51:25
Average time of Loop from Main form: 00:00:26
Total time of Processing: 07:09:43
No skips! No Edits! Clean run

(th)

SpaceNut · 2022-04-29 17:20:22

Wow sounds like I have some home work....

tahanson43206 · 2022-04-30 05:01:36

For SpaceNut re Post Repair initiative ...

Today's Trailbreaker will try for 45300.

Today's Re-Scan will cover the final stretch in the current series: 29001-30000.

The range from 1-30000 is of interest because it was during that series that bugs in the procedures for both Trailbreaker and Inspector were worked out.

Overlooked/missed edits have been found in the past month, so the Re-Scan was definitely worth while.

Last night's run was clean, and I'll be surprised if tonight's Re-Scan reports any problems.

That said, the momentum to keep running Inspector in 1000 post chunks is strong, and I'm inclined to continue them until they catch up with Trailbreaker. They should all produce clean reports, since the current inspector has been running since 30,000, but the laptop is willing to keep going, and the server doesn't seem to mind the exercise.

Today's Trailbreaker will start now ...

Update at 11:26 local time ...

Trailbreaker finished with a Green screen ...

There were no potholes.

There were 21 SpaceNut posts.

There were two FluxBB rejects and the rest were mismatches (Smiley faces and European punctuation)

Note from reading post by Void ...
An architecture for a habitat on Mars is a set of trenches dug up the side of Olympus Mons.
The idea comes from one of Void, about routing steam from one place to another in a tunnel.
The trench concept comes from a post of kbd512, about a machine that might be sturdy enough to dig a trench.
A trench dug for habitat would rise in a straight line from the valley floor up the side of the volcano to whatever distance is considered practical.
Steam would be delivered to a pipe in the trench, and heat from the steam would heat the interior of the cavity.
Water would condense after doing it's thermal duty, and that water would be available for the residents of the habitat to use as needed.
The regolith would be piled over the roof support structure, to provide mass to keep air pressure as needed, and to protect against radiation.
Windows could be built into the roof so that each apartment has a safe view of the terrain around Olympus Mons, but the residents are protected from radiation by an overhang of regolith.
***
Back to Post Repair ...

Edit of posts flagged by Trailbreaker is complete...

There was one with Russian language included.

There was another that failed to fetch when the program was running, but came up fine in manual mode.

The Inspector will now check the updates.

(th)

SpaceNut · 2022-04-30 10:25:58

A trench is one of the more applicable methods to be able to start to build with from I think just about all of us here on the forum. Its the equipment, protection of it ect that we need to understand for mars as the cold does a number on metal for making them brittle and cause fatigue. The topic of oldfart1939 for the first mission has this with in it as well as does the water gathering from regolith.
The reasons for the dig and soil use is varied for is it for protection, and other purposes.

tahanson43206 · 2022-04-30 11:01:47

For SpaceNut re #2142

Thanks for thinking about the trench up Mount Olympus idea....

It might be worth it's own topic, but the forum does not have an index level set up for construction of any kind.

All the index levels seem to be about larger scale thinking, and not about specific projects that might be undertaken.

If we were to create a line of discussion for construction of a habitat laid out on the slope of Olympus Mons, where might it go?

Thanks again for thinking about it.

***
Question for you ... Trailbreaker is reporting finding your posts... do you want to know the numbers of the posts?

I can deliver that information as part of the daily report.

Otherwise, I assume (?hope?) you are staying ahead of Trailbreaker.

Update at 16:06 local time ... Inspector just finished with a Green screen

Completed Sequence for ID: 45300

Total Command Lines found: 31
Total input Lines in script: 160
Number of ID's processed: 300
Starting Number: 45001
Last Number of Run: 45300
Summary for Web Automation Report for 04-30-2022 at 16:04:40
Average time of Loop from Main form: 00:00:22
Total time of Processing: 01:49:10

There were no skips, so no potholes. There were no edits. Clean run.

Today's Re-Scan will cover the final stretch for April, from 29001-30000.

it will begin at (about) 22:00 this evening, local time.

In the mean time, the laptop has earned a few hours of rest and relaxation.

(th)

SpaceNut · 2022-04-30 18:08:01

Construction falls mostly under Planetary, Life support and science technology for where you might create the topic.

Finished cleaning up 1200 of my posts so that should hold for a bit.

Now to do some more of the un-ban of the converted user accounts back to those with valid accounts could log in to them.

Letters A and B are reset.

Reset 100 of the test accounts

edit
I got the impression of why bother to fix them.

tahanson43206 · 2022-04-30 19:07:31

For SpaceNut re #2144

Thanks for suggestions re a construction topic .... Life Support is probably the closest fit for habitat design. I think Void's idea is worth supporting, although as often happens, he's moved on already to other ideas.

1200 of your posts is a ** bunch ** ... thanks for doing all that work! I'm hitting about 20 a day right now, so your advance is good for 60 days ... all of May and June. We will be working through July and into August.

I'm starting to peck away at the Auditor again. Today I collected 27,000 posts out of 30,000 ... the missing posts are in fragmented logs that occurred because in the early days the program was halting instead of handling unexpected situations. All that is behind us now, but the debris field is going to require a lot of manual attention. The end result (if I follow through) would be a run that compares the posts in the online database with the ones proposed for update. The amount of work to find a few Smiley Faces is way out of line, but I'm committed to finding them if they can be found.

I sure wish I'd known about the Smiley Face problem sooner, but there were more significant challenges to be dealt with at the time. As things stand, there are question marks were the Smiley Faces would have been, so the posts are readable.

***
Thanks for returning to preparing the User ID's for future service ...

As a reminder, kbd512 showed us an automated procedure to do that, and he completed a small demo set, but never said why he stopped.

(th)

tahanson43206 · 2022-05-01 06:26:05

For SpaceNut re finish the ID's ...

I can understand the question of why bother! It may be a difference in personalities.

I tend to like to finish what I start, even if it takes years, and it sometimes ** does ** take years.

I'll be happy when every last one of those ID's is ready to go. I have an optimistic point of view that we'll need them at some point, and be glad to have them.

***
Last night's Inspector gave another clean slate report after reaching 30,000.

It is possible we have now reached the point where the Trailbreaker started working correctly.

I'm planning to keep running the Inspector in 1000 post batches until we catch up to the 300 post runs.

That will be at least 15 days out, because we just crossed 45000 with Trailbreaker.

Completed Sequence for ID: 30000

Total Command Lines found: 31
Total input Lines in script: 160
Number of ID's processed: 1000
Starting Number: 29001
Last Number of Run: 30000
Summary for Web Automation Report for 05-01-2022 at 08:08:24
Average time of Loop from Main form: 00:00:26
Total time of Processing: 07:09:10

I'll be starting today's Trailbreaker to 45600 shortly. 45600 ended with a Green screen

(th)

tahanson43206 · 2022-05-01 12:36:12

For SpaceNut re Post Repair initiative

Trailbreaker finished to a Green screen.

It reported mismatches, FluxBB rejects, and SpaceNut posts.

All corrections have been applied, so Inspector will now check the work.

Tonight's Re-Scan will keep going in 1000 post lots ... this evening's run will cover 30001-31000.

Update at 18:38 local time ... Inspector finished with a Green screen.

Completed Sequence for ID: 45600

Total Command Lines found: 31
Total input Lines in script: 160
Number of ID's processed: 300
Starting Number: 45301
Last Number of Run: 45600
Summary for Web Automation Report for 05-01-2022 at 18:39:05
Average time of Loop from Main form: 00:00:22
Total time of Processing: 01:48:58
There were no edits! Clean run.

Tonight's re-scan will begin shortly. I am expecting a clean run, but there is no harm in verifying earlier work.

Update next day local time:

The Re-Scan finished with a Green screen, Zero skips, Zero potholes and Zero edits.

We appear to have moved solidly into the region where the bugs were removed from the script and WBA itself.

I'll keep running these re-scans until we catch up. It is reassuring, although I admit it is redundant.

(th)

tahanson43206 · 2022-05-02 07:39:25

for SpaceNut re Post Repair initiative...

Today's Trailbreaker will try for 45900.

Today's Re-Scan will cover 31001-32000.

Update at 13:42 local time...

The Trailbreaker finished with a Green screen.
However, the browser was sent off to far away points on the internet a significant number of times.

I'll now check the results, to see what happened ...

Completed Sequence for ID: 45900

Total Command Lines found: 51
Total input Lines in script: 168
Number of ID's processed: 300
Starting Number: 45601
Last Number of Run: 45900
Summary for Web Automation Report for 05-02-2022 at 13:44:15
Average time of Loop from Main form: 00:00:38
44 Skip Exceptions were recorded.
Total time of Processing: 03:11:28

Skip analysis: potholes: Zero

OK, so we have a mix of SpaceNut posts and a combination of mismatches and FluxBB rejects.

Report from Extract: there were 25 SpaceNut posts so we have 44 less 25 >> 19 edits to do ... not too bad.

Update at 15:40 local time ... edits of 19 posts are completed

These were all mismatches ... I got a chance to see mostly European punctuation.

One post caught my eye and I'd like to offer it as a suggestion for an email...

http://newmars.com/forums/viewtopic.php … 883#p45883
Euler for email

Euler and his correspondent were (apparently) juniors in college in 2004 ... they'd be well established in their careers at this point, if all went well.

I'll start the Inspector next.

Tonight's re-Scan will cover 31001-32000. I'm expecting a clean report. We are well into the debugged phase.

Update at 18:06 local time ... inspector finished with a Green screen

It reported a clean run! No potholes and no edits.

The laptop has earned a break until (about) 22:00 local time

Update next day local time:

Completed Sequence for ID: 32000

Total Command Lines found: 31
Total input Lines in script: 160
Number of ID's processed: 1000
Starting Number: 31001
Last Number of Run: 32000
Summary for Web Automation Report for 05-03-2022 at 08:33:04
Average time of Loop from Main form: 00:00:26
Total time of Processing: 07:08:33
No potholes, no Edits! Clean run!

Today's Trailbreaker will try for 46200

(th)

tahanson43206 · 2022-05-03 06:40:34

For SpaceNut re Post Repair initiative

At the most recent Zoom, kbd512 said he was willing to run the ID upgrade script when you are satisfied it was working correctly. He ran tests, and he showed you the script. As kbd512 recalls what happened, you were still not willing to give him the green light to complete the work. Please go back and study the posts where he showed you the script and the test results. The procedure seemed to me to do what is needed, and not to do something else.

The alternative is for you to do all that work manually.

Today's Trailbreaker will try for 46200

update at 12:48 local time ...

SpaceNut ... on the assumption you are the only member who looks at this incredibly boring topic, I'll toss in that I just returned from voting. I usually vote by mail, but the primary crept up on me, so I went over to the nearby Rec center to see what amazing advances in technology have come into play since the last time i was there. I was not disappointed ... and optical scanner read my driver's license, and the operator grilled me to be sure I am me. After that, I was directed to the computer voting machine, which printed a ballot for me. Then I fed the ballot into the ballot reader, and received my voting sticker.

The occasion was made enjoyable by my discovery that the gent who's been working the polls for the 30 years I've lived in this community is ** still ** there. He is a local celebrity because he used his own income to preserve a building that had fallen into disrepair.

I took the opportunity (of voting) to try to give a boost to a young person who seems promising. This particular person will NOT win anything, but I wanted to try (in a small way) to provide encouragement. The person at the top of the ticket will win the primary, so my vote doesn't do any harm, and it may do some good.

The Trailbreaker finished with a Green screen...

This is what the skip analysis looks like:

Text received does not match sent for ID: 45949 Skipping to Next Item
Time Out! Skip Requested! Skipping to Next from Post: 45949
You do not have permission to access this page.
You do not have permission to access this page.
Text received does not match sent for ID: 45962 Skipping to Next Item
Time Out! Skip Requested! Skipping to Next from Post: 45962
<snip>
Total Input Lines 12,776
Total Output Lines 152
Lines containing String One 74
Lines containing String Two 60 <<== 30 SpaceNut posts

Those four line sequences that say "You do not" are your posts.

After I remove those from the list, I am down to 14 posts that need attention, which is reasonable.

That figure of 14 is a count of 2 items per post. The actual count of posts is 7, and they are all corrected.

The Inspector will now check the work.

Update at 16;12 local time ... Inspector finished with a Green screen ...

Completed Sequence for ID: 46200

Total Command Lines found: 31
Total input Lines in script: 160
Number of ID's processed: 300
Starting Number: 45901
Last Number of Run: 46200
Summary for Web Automation Report for 05-03-2022 at 16:12:41
Average time of Loop from Main form: 00:00:22
Total time of Processing: 01:49:05
No potholes. No edits. Clean run!

The laptop gets a well-earned rest.

Today's Re-Scan over 32001-33000 will start at (about) 22:00 local time

Update next day local time:

Completed Sequence for ID: 33000

Total Command Lines found: 31
Total input Lines in script: 160
Number of ID's processed: 1000
Starting Number: 32001
Last Number of Run: 33000
Summary for Web Automation Report for 05-04-2022 at 08:17:26
Average time of Loop from Main form: 00:00:26
Total time of Processing: 07:09:35
No skips! No Edits! Clean run!

(th)

tahanson43206 · 2022-05-04 06:21:20

For SpaceNut re Posts Repair initiative..

Today's Trailbreaker will try for 46500

Today's Re-Scan will cover 33001-34000

(th)

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