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CuriousG
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Dec 5 2019, 11:28pm
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FYI on TORN site rating by DuckDuckGo
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Just an FYI. I'm using DDG more as an alternative to Google since it has more privacy protection (though the search results really aren't as good). Anyway, I have it as an addon in Firefox, and I saw this popup this evening rating the TORN site. Good news that TORN received a better grade. IMO, TORN is an A+! I guess DDG needs more convincing.
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dernwyn
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Dec 6 2019, 2:14am
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LOL, looks like they value "privacy"!
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TORn is http, not https, so my Chrome browser has a "Not Secure" warning on it.
Does anyone know how a site goes to being "more secure"?
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NottaSackville
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Dec 6 2019, 1:06pm
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I mean, we've even got a mediocrity bench! That deserves at least a B-.
Happiness: money matters, but less than we think and not in the way that we think. Family is important and so are friends, while envy is toxic -- and so is excessive thinking. Beaches are optional. Trust is not. Neither is gratitude. - The Geography of Bliss by Eric Weiner as summarized by Lily Fairbairn. And a bit of the Hobbit reading thrown in never hurts. - NottaSackville
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CuriousG
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Dec 6 2019, 4:13pm
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I think the pants threads undermine our credibility. //
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NottaSackville
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Dec 9 2019, 1:30pm
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What is pants threads, precious? //
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Happiness: money matters, but less than we think and not in the way that we think. Family is important and so are friends, while envy is toxic -- and so is excessive thinking. Beaches are optional. Trust is not. Neither is gratitude. - The Geography of Bliss by Eric Weiner as summarized by Lily Fairbairn. And a bit of the Hobbit reading thrown in never hurts. - NottaSackville
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NottaSackville
Tol Eressea
Dec 9 2019, 1:34pm
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The thread of our pants grows *thin*! //
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Happiness: money matters, but less than we think and not in the way that we think. Family is important and so are friends, while envy is toxic -- and so is excessive thinking. Beaches are optional. Trust is not. Neither is gratitude. - The Geography of Bliss by Eric Weiner as summarized by Lily Fairbairn. And a bit of the Hobbit reading thrown in never hurts. - NottaSackville
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Ataahua
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Dec 9 2019, 7:26pm
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Celebrimbor: "Pretty rings..."
Dwarves: "Pretty rings..."
Men: "Pretty rings..."
Sauron: "Mine's better."
"Ah, how ironic, the addictive qualities of Sauron’s master weapon led to its own destruction. Which just goes to show, kids - if you want two small and noble souls to succeed on a mission of dire importance... send an evil-minded beggar with them too." - Gandalf's Diaries, final par, by Ufthak.
My original fantasy writing
My LOTR fan-fiction
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NottaSackville
Tol Eressea
Dec 10 2019, 12:46pm
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*Cuffs Ataahua around the ankles*
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Happiness: money matters, but less than we think and not in the way that we think. Family is important and so are friends, while envy is toxic -- and so is excessive thinking. Beaches are optional. Trust is not. Neither is gratitude. - The Geography of Bliss by Eric Weiner as summarized by Lily Fairbairn. And a bit of the Hobbit reading thrown in never hurts. - NottaSackville
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Ataahua
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Dec 10 2019, 7:58pm
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You're hanging by a thread, Notta... /
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Celebrimbor: "Pretty rings..."
Dwarves: "Pretty rings..."
Men: "Pretty rings..."
Sauron: "Mine's better."
"Ah, how ironic, the addictive qualities of Sauron’s master weapon led to its own destruction. Which just goes to show, kids - if you want two small and noble souls to succeed on a mission of dire importance... send an evil-minded beggar with them too." - Gandalf's Diaries, final par, by Ufthak.
My original fantasy writing
My LOTR fan-fiction
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CuriousG
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Dec 11 2019, 2:16pm
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You just gave Notta a proper dressing down. Oh, wait, that's for the dress thread. //
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(This post was edited by CuriousG on Dec 11 2019, 2:17pm)
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NottaSackville
Tol Eressea
Dec 17 2019, 2:27pm
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It would seam I should be more careful //
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Happiness: money matters, but less than we think and not in the way that we think. Family is important and so are friends, while envy is toxic -- and so is excessive thinking. Beaches are optional. Trust is not. Neither is gratitude. - The Geography of Bliss by Eric Weiner as summarized by Lily Fairbairn. And a bit of the Hobbit reading thrown in never hurts. - NottaSackville
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Otaku-sempai
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Dec 17 2019, 2:29pm
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Enough with the off-the-cuff remarks! //
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#FidelityToTolkien
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dernwyn
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Dec 18 2019, 12:18am
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No need to be on pins and needles. //
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CuriousG
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Dec 18 2019, 1:33am
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I can't waist for the next comment. //
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SirDennisC
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Dec 19 2019, 4:59pm
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This is more a pun thread than a pants.
... but never mind that. TORn deserves an A+ for many reasons, though some are not easily discerned by scanners.
There’s so much to unpack as to why TORn deserves an A+, yet much of it can be seen in a recent, simple gesture: In Aunt Dora’s thread about a.s. sailing West, she shared a link to a post a.s. made some 10 years ago, which in itself deserves an A+; then there’s the thread she posted in, A+; remembering and sharing a post from 10 years ago, A+; that a post from 10 years ago can be accessed and shared, A+; the content of the thread, a discussion about the type of online community we wanted, and what we were willing to do about it A+; the moderators posting in that thread, by and large are still with us today, having selflessly served all the years between then and now, and in some cases stretching even further back, A+;
I could continue but you get the idea. That we get the idea, and each other, we often attribute to our professor. However TORn in itself is a model of Internet etiquette, and no finer example exists of what an online community can be (and has been for years) than theonering.net .
(This post was edited by SirDennisC on Dec 19 2019, 5:01pm)
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