Friday Q&A

Questionable Ingratiation 

Greetings, crickets and trolls. Welcome to another edition of the Friday Q&A. I'm glad you joined me today, because I have the joy of formally announcing the Fark Leaderboard's upcoming return to operation. That hopefully means an end to the statless dark ages we've been experiencing in the Fark 3.0 era.

Q: Who will be our savior in these dark times?

A: Veteran photoshopper i-dig has agreed to take a look under the hood of the Leaderboard, and maybe poke it with a screwdriver. Maybe he can appease whatever pagan demi-god is responsible for fetching the contest results. There's not a lot that I know about making the Internet work, but I'm happy to share everything I know here. Basically, the Internet comes out of a little black box in my living room. Maybe I can mail i-dig my Internet box and he can see what the trouble is.

Q: Why did the Leaderboard stop working?

A: Because Drew is a sinister and duplicitous person, who wants to deprive our community of the ability to feel better about ourselves because our win percentage is .03% higher than the guy who stomped our carefully-crafted art 'shop with an MSpaint quickie of the Beer Looter. I can just imagine Drew sitting there at Fark Central Command, deep beneath the hills of Kentucky, twisting a pencil thin mustache and cackling wildly as he throws the comically large "on" switch for that horrible voting system everyone hated.

Q: When will the repairs be complete?

A: I have no idea. There's a lot of tedious labor involved in getting the code where it needs to be. I'm thankful i-dig is looking at it for us, because the number of people in the community who know how to do such things seems drastically lower than it once was. People come and go, as you know. Let's hope a few more come that know how to do Internet.

That's all for this time, gentle reader. Thanks again for stopping by. I'd like to once again thank i-dig for undertaking the tedious task of fixing the Leaderboard. I know it's a lot of work, but I'm sure the rest of the community will be forever grateful for his sacrifice.

Stay tuned for more moral support from the Doctor!