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Peter Clausen

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  1. And thanks to our longterm and spammer "watchdog" member (he's always the first to let us know about spammers), Hisserdude for becoming a Roachforum Supporter!
  2. Thanks to Axolotl for becoming a Forum Supporter!
  3. Yeah, I totally forgot to put the banner back up for a week. I got a little sidetracked finding the right shade of orange I guess. Was sort of trying to match the color on the cover of Orin's Allpet Roaches book.
  4. That all makes sense but how does he stay away from Roachforum for this long? He loves it here! Doesn't the saying go, "Home is where the Hisser is?" I have to check my email like every five minutes or I go insane.
  5. I fixed the signature area issue here on this forum. Thanks for catching that. Please note that we only allow 4 lines of text per signature area. There are some offenders in this very thread. The reason for this, you ask? It prevents excessive scrolling. For example, let's say somebody just threw in the word "thanks" and then had a signature line that was 12 lines long. That would take up most of the entire viewing window of my laptop. Admittedly, all the members of this forum are great and we never have issues with anybody and rules are loosely enforced.
  6. I've written to him 3 times in the past couple weeks, as well. I got an auto-reply that he was going to be at a reptile show or something 2 to 3 weeks ago but then he simply didn't reply to my last 2 emails after that. Still hoping to get a message back. Usually he's rather quick to respond, though usually he writes me first, I guess. It is encouraging to know I'm not the only one.
  7. The forum is back up and running. It will take a few days to iron out the details and changes. Thank you for your patience. Please use this section of the forum to ask any questions, criticize the changes, praise them, etc.
  8. The classifieds sections for Roachforum-future will mirror the classified's section of Roachforum-present.
  9. Roachforum, Mantidforum and Beetleforum all run on the same software platform but look different because they are different versions or run different "skins" (just templates for how a forum looks). What you see for this forum and Mantidforum are the default skins. It would be nice for them to look a little different, if only so we can all remember which forum we are actually on. Sometimes the bugs can blend together a bit.
  10. <p>The forum software is in dire need of an update again and will soon be updated. This will solve some of the spammer issues that ~plague the forum. A quick thanks to Hisserdude for always letting us know immediately when the spammers are posting. We are often able to delete the posts before most members see them. There will no doubt be many changes and even though they are updates in the sense of "progress" and "technological improvements", they are always a bit frustrating (like getting a new cell phone...until you get used to it). A few changes of note in the list below. I chose the following answers to the below: Display names kept, do not convert friends data, leave "solved" topics as-is User / Display Names Usernames and display names have been merged in IPS4. As the administrator, you may select which to keep during the upgrade process. Please note that this field will be the publicly displayed field for the user. Would you like to retain usernames or display names? Friends / Followers Instead of friends, IPS4 features followers. A member now has the ability to follow another member without that being automatically reciprocal. You have the option of converting friends to followers, but please beware that this option may result in undesired notifications based on new content from followed members and we do NOT recommend you opt to convert. Would you like to convert friends data? Question and Answer Forums Previous versions of the software allowed enabling of "Mark as Solved" on a per-forum basis. IPS4 enhances this functionality by allowing members to ask questions and rate their answers. Would you like to convert existing "solved" topics or leave them as-is?
  11. We don't condone on this forum the illegal importation of roaches. Please discontinue this discussion. I will delete this topic after everybody has had a few hours to review this message.
  12. Had fun with you at the 2009 ATS Conference. I went again in 2011. It's a fun couple day event in a VERY neat location. I saw three species of roaches on that trip. Your roach talk at the 2009 event was one of the highlights of the conference.
  13. Thanks going out to Hydrophilus for becoming a new Forum Supporter! We all appreciate your support in keeping this forum going.
  14. A big thank you going out to our member from France. Histrio is a new Forum Supporter!
  15. Recently, John Farr from StockFootage.com came over with his 4K Ultra HD video camera and shot clips of pet bugs. Thanks to Orin McMonigle for donating a few specimens for the video including the giant Heterophrynus batesii which, as a perfect adult, is otherwise impossible to source. Please watch the videos on YouTube, comment, and show your love for the hobby! Oh, and when you watch these, bump up the quality setting to 4K (if your video card and internet connection can handle it). It's some seriously FINE detail of fine subject matter!
  16. And thanks to Tex for becoming a new Forum Supporter!
  17. Thanks to DubiaDudes for becoming new Forum Supporters!
  18. Very cool, and probably the coolest of the Cryptocercus simply on account of the species name. I collected a specimen of Cryptocercus clevlandi a few months ago. I plan to go back at some point and look for more. It was my target species for that particular (family) road trip though I never actually expected to find one. I probably only collected a total of 30 minutes and it was waiting for me in the only real log that I tore open with a hammer. I was happy just to find the one because it's so hard to actually go looking for something with limited time in the middle of winter and actually find what you're looking for. I wonder how many species in this genus are not photographed on this forum yet. I do need to upload my photo still.
  19. Clearly you do! Your list of roaches in the signature area violates forum rules(?) by exactly 15 lines of text (the max allowed, though it is loosely enforced, is 4 lines). And now I'm off to approve new forum members, manually running them against a known database of spammers before approving them, as I do, year in and year out. Bet nobody knows this is an essential step in keeping the spam off this forum! (and the reason why new members sometimes have to wait a few days to be able to post, sorry) Plus, each new account is also verified as being the only one held by a forum member.
  20. One post in this thread was just deleted. Intentionally starving the animals we love will not probably be a well received topic on this forum. Tread lightly, please.
  21. No worries, RomanBuck. It's kind of you to say what you said anyway. The best way to contribute is always to participate in posting and discussions, and your post count is higher than mine . I pay for the hosting on 3 forums and Mantidforum is by far the most expensive at like $90 or so per month. My own paypal account just figured it was time to share some of the financial responsibility for this forum with the people who enjoy it. Doesn't Carriblatta lutea's member name look fantastic in green text when he's logged in now?
  22. Thanks to Carriblatta lutea for becoming our first Forum Supporter!
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