Good afternoon!
I'm curious if anybody else has tried to change their date of birth recently; I'm trying to, but when I hit "submit", it defaults to "0001 01 01", in YYYY MM DD format. I am entering "2023 02 23". Is this something on my end, or is this an issue under the hood?
This is a known bug.
It's fixed in the newer version of the forum software. Until it's updated here, though, you can send a PM to the administrator Alex, who can add in your birthdate directly in the database for you.
Quote from: Hobart on March 10, 2023, 01:34:45 PM
I am entering "2023 02 23".
You're only 3 weeks old and you're posting here? What a prodigy!
Quote from: GaryV on March 10, 2023, 10:51:34 PM
Quote from: Hobart on March 10, 2023, 01:34:45 PM
I am entering "2023 02 23".
You're only 3 weeks old and you're posting here? What a prodigy!
oops
Quote from: Amaury on March 10, 2023, 02:09:01 PM
It's fixed in the newer version of the forum software. Until it's updated here, though, you can send a PM to the administrator Alex, who can add in your birthdate directly in the database for you.
I'll probably do this sometime soon then! Thanks!
Quote from: GaryV on March 10, 2023, 10:51:34 PM
Quote from: Hobart on March 10, 2023, 01:34:45 PM
I am entering "2023 02 23".
You're only 3 weeks old and you're posting here? What a prodigy!
Those are some phenomenal motor skills for someone so young.
Quote from: Max Rockatansky on March 11, 2023, 09:02:12 AM
Those are some phenomenal motor skills for someone so young.
Dragons grow up fast.
This issue should now be fixed.
Adjust your birthday date away. :sombrero:
If you want to change your birth date, you're going to need a DeLorean.
Quote from: Roadgeekteen on March 31, 2023, 03:11:37 AM
If you want to change your birth date, you're going to need a DeLorean.
... but it requires a nuclear reaction to generate the 1.21 gigawatts of electricity you'll need.
Quote from: kphoger on March 31, 2023, 12:01:41 PM
Quote from: Roadgeekteen on March 31, 2023, 03:11:37 AM
If you want to change your birth date, you're going to need a DeLorean.
... but it requires a nuclear reaction to generate the 1.21 gigawatts of electricity you'll need.
Just steal some plutonium from the Lybians
I mean, who knows if they've got cotton underwear in the future. I'm allergic to all synthetics.
Quote from: kphoger on March 31, 2023, 12:01:41 PM
Quote from: Roadgeekteen on March 31, 2023, 03:11:37 AM
If you want to change your birth date, you're going to need a DeLorean.
... but it requires a nuclear reaction to generate the 1.21 gigawatts of electricity you'll need.
"jiggawatts"
it still irks me that they couldn't be bothered to make sure they were pronouncing "giga" correctly, how
many years later..?OH GOD I'M GETTING OLD
^^^^
Either pronunciation of "giga-" is correct. Which is more common has varied over the years. The hard "g" became more common in the 1990s once PCs actually started to approach the 1 GB memory or storage capacity (consider in the 1980s how 640 KB was a lot of RAM, and in 1985 the 1.44 MB floppy disk didn't exist yet). There is a line of thought that the hard "g" pronunciation became more common because of concern that "jigabyte" sounds too much like the racially offensive term "jigaboo."
(Edited to fix a typo. I meant jigabyte and typed jigawatt because I was thinking about the movie.)
Quote from: 1995hoo on May 06, 2023, 08:47:55 AM
^^^^
Either pronunciation of "giga-" is correct.
Language is stupid.
Quote from: Roadgeekteen on March 31, 2023, 03:11:37 AM
If you want to change your birth date, you're going to need a DeLorean.
Quote from: kphoger on March 31, 2023, 12:01:41 PM
... but it requires a nuclear reaction to generate the 1.21 gigawatts of electricity you'll need.
I always wondered about the abhorrent genetic fusion that "Mister Fusion" almost caused. Which would have done more than change his birth date, I'm sure.