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I wan’t talking about guests, I was talking about bots, non-human user-agents. Is there fundamental way to tell human and non-human agents apart? Like having certain plug-in or JS on?

Hmm, I didn’t even know that Textpattern endured such fate. I really liked it and considered it for my blog before settling for WP. TP has (had?) a lot of good ideas behind it.

To that I say, set more realistic deadlines. At least, for project phases or particular tickets. It’s not even question of “pleasing the customer”, sometimes one can set his colleagues back, members of the same team. For example, you fail to uphold some deadline, and other developer who depended on completion of that portion of the project and had set aside time for work postponing a holiday trip shall now beat about the bush with nothing to do. As an abstract example, I reiterate.

I haven’t been on the forums lately and can’t say if it has been discussed a lot, but I’d like to point out to WordPress’ success. Both from the development standpoint (automatic updates of plug-ins and core software alone are enough to sell one’s soul to the devil), and marketing. I think popularity and development feed off of each other — the more popular software is, the more developers it attracts, and with pure manpower the mountains can be turned over.

So, what we need to look at is how to attract people (most valuable resource of any project) and how to organize their work in the most efficient manner for the project, and with the most satisfaction for the contributors.

I’m still waiting for beta3, so I could start converting my text-based anti-spam (MattF’s, to be proper) for the new soft.

1.2 is still a current final release of FluxBB, so it wouldn’t be prudent to completely forgo its support or respective wiki.

Version 1.3 is completely different beast, new code and everything, practically incompatible. However, new hook system offers one-click extension install, so once respective extensions shall become available all you have to do is download, unpack, upload to extension folder of the forum, then activate through admin panel.

Germany doesn’t always play crap. In 2006 Deutchland looked much better, more agressive and purposeful in attack, although it was same team, just younger (Home advantage? Coach? Who is this Joahim feller anyway?). I am still saddened by the unfortunate exit of Argentina at the hands of the Fritzes, but Germany was good nonetheless. Not this time around, seriously, be honest to yourself.

As for calling us one of the best teams in the tournament, I appreciate the flattering notion, but honestly, it’s a long shot. Not that Spain is going to destroy us again — first game was more of a defensive train wreck. We actually looked potent in attack, just played poorly in crucial moments, and Spaniards’ last goal was scored from an offside position.

But it’s going to be tough. Spain is classy, and dangerous. For us it was big success even to come out of the group stage of a major tournament. We didn’t do it since 1988. And after Holland game we sure start dreaming big, for it was spectacular performance, but I sure don’t want to be overly saddened by a sight of such high hopes being crashed. Players determined, and we’ll support them 111%, but I’d still keep our hopes low.

But I am confident that if we beat Spain we must take the gold home.

How did they win it? One beautiful goal on the counter, and the rest of the time kicking the ball out forward. Not a single decent attack, 2 goals from free kicks, for which Portugal cannot blame nothing but its own poor marking (nevermind referee neglecting to call Ballack’s push in the defender’s back before he scored). Germany didn’t win, Portugal lost that game for them while looking a much better side.

I don’t have to dream, Germany plays like crap.

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Ну что за дятел? Америка-то тут причём?