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|Philip M. Rolchigo, John H. Burban, John Shanahan, Robert O. Crowder
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Membrane bioreactors (MBRs) are widely used for wastewater treatment because of their improved performance resulting in better water quality and minimal space requirements compared to conventional treatment processes. MBRs include immersed porous membranes to extract clean water (i.e., permeate water) from waste that is mixed with a biomass including active aerobic organisms. This mixture of waste and biomass is generally called a mixed liquor. The immersed membranes generally include tubular hollow fiber membranes or plate-type filtration membranes. Permeate water is removed from the mixed liquor by passing through the pores of the membranes.
Membrane fouling remains a significant challenge for conventional MBRs. This is due to the accumulation of soluble and particulate materials from the mixed liquor onto and into the porous membranes. Fouling of the porous membranes leads to increased energy costs, poor operating conditions, poor efficiency, and frequent membrane replacement. Conventional treatments for cleaning the porous membranes include aeration, intermittent permeation, permeate backwashing, air backwashing, and chemical cleaning. Aeration generally involves streams of large, coarse air bubbles being provided at the base of the membranes in order to scour the fibers as they float upward toward the top of the membranes. Aeration (both coarse and fine bubble aeration) is also used to circulate the mixed liquor to help re-suspend solids. Due to the air bubbles only being released at the base of the membranes, dead zones deprived of sufficient cleaning or circulation are often present in conventional MBRs. The other conventional treatments for cleaning the porous membranes require periodically stopping filtration, which increases energy costs and decreases permeate flow.
Some conventional MBRs use moveable fibers to help mitigate the fouling problem. The moveable fibers are fixed only at one end so that they can sway and rub against each other to help reduce fouling. However, breakage is a problem with these moveable fibers due to higher mechanical stress at their fixed ends, as well as abrasion due to rubbing against each other. As a result, these moveable fibers must be reinforced, which increases membrane costs.
Some embodiments of the invention provide a membrane module including a plurality of fibers that are helically wound in layers. The plurality of fibers can be capable of filtering fluids. The plurality of fibers can create a mono helix through which fluids flow radially with respect to a longitudinal axis of the mono helix or parallel to the longitudinal axis of the mono helix.
Some embodiments of the invention provide a membrane module including a first plurality of fibers and a second plurality of fibers. The first plurality of fibers can be capable of filtering fluids. The second plurality of fibers can be helically wound along at least a portion of a length of the first plurality of fibers in order to create a dual helix. The second plurality of fibers can have different properties than the first plurality of fibers in order to achieve different filtering functionalities.
Before any embodiments of the invention are explained in detail, it is to be understood that the invention is not limited in its application to the details of construction and the arrangement of components set forth in the following description or illustrated in the following drawings. The invention is capable of other embodiments and of being practiced or of being carried out in various ways. Also, it is to be understood that the phraseology and terminology used herein is for the purpose of description and should not be regarded as limiting. The use of "including," "comprising," or "having" and variations thereof herein is meant to encompass the items listed thereafter and equivalents thereof as well as additional items. Unless specified or limited otherwise, the terms "mounted," "connected," "supported," and "coupled" and variations thereof are used broadly and encompass both direct and indirect mountings, connections, supports, and couplings. Further, "connected" and "coupled" are not restricted to physical or mechanical connections or couplings.
The following discussion is presented to enable a person skilled in the art to make and use embodiments of the invention. Various modifications to the illustrated embodiments will be readily apparent to those skilled in the art, and the generic principles herein can be applied to other embodiments and applications without departing from embodiments of the invention. Thus, embodiments of the invention are not intended to be limited to embodiments shown, but are to be accorded the widest scope consistent with the principles and features disclosed herein. The following detailed description is to be read with reference to the figures, in which like elements in different figures have like reference numerals. The figures, which are not necessarily to scale, depict selected embodiments and are not intended to limit the scope of embodiments of the invention. Skilled artisans will recognize the examples provided herein have many useful alternatives and fall within the scope of embodiments of the invention.
Some embodiments of the invention provide a membrane module including a plurality of fibers that are helically wound in layers to create a mono helix. Other embodiments of the invention provide a membrane module including a first plurality of fibers and a second plurality of fibers that are helically wound to create a dual helix. The mono and dual helix membrane modules are capable of filtering fluids for purposes of various fluid filtration applications. For example, embodiments of the invention can be used in several general categories of applications, including drinking water purification, wastewater treatment, and industrial process water treatment. More specifically, embodiments of the invention can be used in various fluid treatment systems, including but not limited to, the following: MBR wastewater treatment systems, ultrafiltration chemical reactor systems, ultrafiltration membrane systems, dairy dewatering systems, protein fractionation systems, oil and water separation systems, gas addition systems, etc. Although embodiments of the invention can be used in each of these types of fluid filtration systems, the invention is generally described herein as being used in a MBR wastewater treatment process.
For a MBR water treatment process, the steps in box 16 (steps 18-38) can be replaced by the steps in box 42 (steps 44-48). The filtrate from the screening grit removal (step 14) is processed in a membrane bioreactor 50 (step 44) to separate water from sludge and remove soluble substances. Dewatered sludge (from step 44) can be removed by a sludge dewatering disposal (step 46). Permeate water from the membrane bioreactor 50 (from step 44) can be further filtered by ultrafiltration (step 48). Step 48 can be replaced by other filtration processes, such as microfiltration or nanofiltration, depending on the application. The resulting filtrate or permeate water from ultrafiltration (step 48) is the final treated water, ready to be discharged (step 40). As shown in
In some embodiments, the fibers 56 can be permeable, hollow ultrafiltration membranes and can be coupled or potted (along with the core 54 or the supporting structures) at one or both ends to a header or tubesheet 58. The header 58 can be coupled to a permeate manifold in order to collect and direct permeate water. In other embodiments, the fibers 56 can be microfiltration or nanofiltration fibers.
The fibers 56 can be wound helically around the core 54 at a consistent or variable wind angle. The wind angle, defined with respect to the core 54 in a horizontal position, can be the angle at which the fiber 56 is laid across the core 54 with respect to the vertical axis. For example, fibers 56 wound at a 90-degree wind angle would be parallel to the horizontally-positioned core 54. The fibers 56 can be wound around the core 54 in layers, where a layer is defined as a fiber 56 wound from one end to the other end and the return of the fiber 56 to the first end constitutes another separate layer. In some embodiments, the fibers 56 can be wound as disclosed in United States Patent Application Publication No. 2008/0072754 in the names of Burban et al., the entire contents of which is herein incorporated by reference.
The layers of fibers 56 can be asymmetrically wound about the core 54 to create a mono helix 60. The density of the layers can change with respect to either a radial distance from a center of the core 54 or an axial distance from an end of the core 54. For example, the mono helix 60 can be more dense in an interior portion (i.e., closer to the center of the core 54) and become less dense in an exterior portion (i.e., further from the center of the core 54). In addition, the fibers 56 can vary in texture, cross-sectional shapes, surface structure, and/or dimensions (such as lumen size), in some embodiments.
The fibers 56 can be constructed of a polymeric, hydrophilic material with a lumen 62, as shown in
In some embodiments, the mono-helix fiber membrane 52 can include one or more mono helixes 60 coupled together to the header 58 that is submersed in a membrane bioreactor tank. In other embodiments, as shown in
In the stationary configuration, the use of the core 54 and the design of the mono helix 60 supports the fibers 56 and prevents them from breaking. Also, in the stationary configuration, the reinforcement of the core 54 and the mono helix 60 can allow reduced fiber maintenance, as well as the use of finer and cheaper fibers 56, reducing the cost of the mono-helix fiber membrane 52. In the dynamic configuration, the swaying motion can help reduce fouling on the fibers 56. In addition, the mechanical strength of the mono helix 60 reinforces the fibers 56 and prevents fiber breakage due to increased mechanical stresses from the swaying.
As shown in
Outside the fibers 56, air, oxygen, or other inert gases can be used to sparge the mixed liquor 66 using an aerator 76, as shown in
The core 54 and the sets of fibers 56, 86 can be constructed and can be operated similar to the mono-helix fiber membrane 52 described above. For example, in some embodiments, the MBR 50 can include one or more dual-helix fiber membranes 86 coupled together to a permeate water manifold and submersed in a membrane bioreactor tank. In other embodiments, the MBR 50 can include a single dual-helix fiber membrane 84 in a cylindrical housing, or cartridge 68, with end caps 70, as shown in
As shown in
The dual helix 88 can have consistent or varying distribution characteristics in both sets of fibers 56, 86, such as patterned porosities, densities, texture, surface structure, cross-sectional shapes, and/or dimensions (such as lumen size). The varying patterned porosities and densities can allow controllable local environments and improve bio-reactivity by permitting combined aerobic and anaerobic conditions or various bubble sizes in the second set of fibers 86 in the MBR 50.
The structured designs of the mono helix 60 and the dual helix 88 can offer controlled spacing between sets of fibers 56 and/or 86. The varying density from interior to exterior portions can allow better fluid-to-fiber contact and more surface area, in comparison to conventional random-packing fiber designs.
As shown in
In some embodiments, portions of the dual helix 88 can include bacteria-promoting chemicals and/or the dual helix 88 can include varying surface energy zones along its length to promote various bacterial growth patterns. Also, portions of the dual helix 88 can include varying fiber chemistries in order to create anaerobic and aerobic zones for particular bacteria.
In some embodiments, one or more types of additional filtration media (not shown) can be wrapped around the core 54 between the sets of fibers 56 and/or 86. The additional filtration media can be another set of fibers and/or a porous sheet and can be structured to achieve aeration and/or filtration functions for specific applications. The additional filtration media can also help define spacing between the layers of the sets of fibers 56 and/or 86 and can act as a support for a biofilm.
In some embodiments, the permeate water 64 collected from the MBR 50 can be further filtered with another filtering device, such as a reverse osmosis (RO) module (not shown). In some embodiments, the permeate water 64 that feeds the RO module can also be recycled through the lumen 62 of the first set of fibers 56. Salts and organics from the permeate water 64 in the lumen 62 can accumulate to a steady state, and the salts can create an osmotic draw of the permeate water 64, lowering the energy required to achieve a constant permeate flux. In addition, the organics can diffuse back into the mixed liquor 66, improving the efficiency of biological digestion. The salts can also have a local anti-fouling effect, acting as a bactericide on the surfaces of the sets of fibers 56, 86.
According to some embodiments of the invention,
According to some embodiments of the invention,
Fluid to be treated can be directed into the interior of the core 90 and can then flow through one or more passageways 110 to the mono-helix fiber membrane 52 or the dual-helix fiber membrane 84. Due to the impervious wrap 104 and/or the seal 108, the fluid entering through the passageways 110 can flow down the length of the mono-helix fiber membrane 52 or the dual-helix fiber membrane 84 until it reaches the open portion 106, where it can flow toward the outlets 102. The fluid can flow parallel (as indicated by arrows 112) to the longitudinal axis 96 of the mono-helix fiber membrane 52, the dual-helix fiber membrane 84, and/or the core 90. The core 90 can include a "dead-end" 114 to ensure that all fluid flows through the passageways 110 toward the mono-helix fiber membrane 52 or the dual-helix fiber membrane 84. Although shown positioned inside a cartridge 68, the mono-helix fiber membrane 52 or the dual-helix fiber membrane 84 can be submerged in a open chamber or tank.
During the process of fluid filtration, some or all of the fluid permeates through the membrane walls of the fibers. As a result, there is a decrease in volumetric flow of the fluid on the outside of the fibers. In a membrane module with a constant packing fraction for the fibers or a constant cross-sectional area between the fibers, this decrease in volumetric flow results in a decrease in the velocity of the fluid. Also, as fluid permeates through the membrane walls, the remaining fluid becomes more concentrated in the particles and species rejected by the membrane walls. These two phenomenon of reduced velocity and increased concentration reduce the mass transfer performance of the membrane and a reduction in performance is often observed.
In some embodiments of the invention, the winding parameters of the fibers in the membrane module can be altered in order to increase the packing fraction of the fibers in the direction of fluid flow (i.e., to pack the fibers more tightly). Increasing the packing fraction of the fibers results in decreasing the free space between the outside of the fibers. In other words, the cross-sectional area where fluid flows between the fibers decreases in the direction of fluid flow. In this manner, some embodiments of the invention can be used to maintain a higher fluid velocity and high mass transfer efficiency.
The increase in packing fraction and decrease in cross-sectional area between the fibers can be used in the radial flow mode of
The increase in packing fraction and decrease in cross-sectional area between the fibers can also be used in the radial flow dead-end mode of
It will be appreciated by those skilled in the art that while the invention has been described above in connection with particular embodiments and examples, the invention is not necessarily so limited, and that numerous other embodiments, examples, uses, modifications and departures from the embodiments, examples and uses are intended to be encompassed by the claims attached hereto. The entire disclosure of each patent and publication cited herein is incorporated by reference, as if each such patent or publication were individually incorporated by reference herein. Various features and advantages of the invention are set forth in the following claims.
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|May 20, 2009
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Matthew Barry Kanter grew up in the suburbs just east of Seattle. It was a very normal childhood filled with normal childhood things (Like being a plus sized child model and once being invited to sing and dance for the Emperor of Japan) except for one thing, he has dyspraxia and ADHD. A lifelong special education student he was constantly frustrated by two things he saw. 1) Despite the school district having a high Caucasian majority, the Special Ed classes were minority majority and 2) All special education decisions were being made by his parents and teachers, who always seemed to disagree with each other, but never seemed to ask him for what he needed. So he dropped out and enrolled in Lake Washington Technical College where we would study Culinary Arts while finishing his High School Diploma. Matt's main policies of interest include Social Justice, Special Education, Redistricting Reform, and more. He was very lucky in high school to receiver his leadership training from the B'nai B'rith Youth Organizing, starting in the 8th grade and holding many chapter, city, and regional offices including being City Aleph Godol (President) and Regional Aleph Moreh (Vice President of Membership and Education) before graduating. Outside of YDWA he is also involved with Friends of Historic Belltown (where he is the Treasurer), 36th District Democrats (where he is an acting PCO), 21 Progress, and Fare Start.
Within the Young Democrats he is the Political Director for the King County Young Democrats and was the founder of two caucuses this year, The Jewish Caucus (which he chairs), and the Americans with Disabilities Caucus (where he is the Vice Chair). His hobbies include cooking, learning, watching cartoons, traveling, and looking great in Purple.
Christopher Clayton Tufts, Vice Chair
Christopher Clayton Tufts grew up in the city limits of Baltimore, Maryland. He was home schooled up until high school, when he decided to to attend the Waldorf School of Baltimore. Christopher gained a great appreciation for interdisciplinary studies and community outreach at a very young age. He was very involved at his high school in the clean energy movement and played an avid role in pushing the Waldorf School of Baltimore towards being more environmentally friendly. As his schooling continued on his involvement in the community grew. During his senior year of high school Christopher hosted a radio show called "Tuft Talks" on 97.7 WBCR every friday morning from 8am9am, where he spoke about local and national politics. He also was a writer for "The Maroon Tribune" his senior year of high school, where he advocated for more community involvement in local politics. Christopher has also taken an active role in policy and community outreach at the Evergreen State College. He is currently a representative on the Government Student Union at the Evergreen State College, and is also the Vice President of the Evergreen State College Young Democrats chapter.


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PRINCE CHARLEMAGNE was a course and distance winner here last time out, after winning at Lingfield the week before and looks set to complete the hat-trick today. The well-exposed gelding is known as something of Lingfield specialist, but proved his worth at Kempton last time out in game style off a 4lb higher mark, so should not go up much for this. The selection's closest contender should be Fantasy Ride. The gelding was beaten favourite last time out, but has been running well of late and looks better than bare form suggests. The seven-year-old runs well early on but tends to stray on the final furlong, hence not making our selection. Carlton Scoop has gained two of his three previous wins here. He has won off 2lb higher in the past so is still reasonably handicapped. This should be a tightly fought run until the end, so for the winner we look to Prince Charlemagne.
Imperium 12-1 (8-11) Held up towards rear, ridden along 2f out, not clear run and switched left over 1f out, stayed on well final furlong, to take 3rd final stride, 3rd of 9, 2 1/2l behind My Shadow (9-2) at Kempton 1m 2f hcp 0-70 (5) pol in Feb.
Lough Beg (IRE) 16-1 (9-5) Mid-division, ridden 3f out, soon weakened, 10th of 13, 11l behind Graylyn Ruby (9-1) at Kempton 1m 4f hcp 0-70 (5) pol in Oct.
Carlton Scroop (FR) 3-1 (9-3) Slowly into stride, pushed along mid-division, went 2nd over 3f out, led over 2f out, headed inside final furlong, no extra, 2nd of 11, 1 1/2l behind Bold Adventure (9-3) at W'hampton 2m 1f hcp (6) pol in Feb.
Bernabeu (IRE) 13-2 (8-13) Led for 1f, chased winner until over 8f out, stayed in 3rd, ridden and no impression 2f out, kept on again final furlong, 4th of 8, 4l behind Cossack Prince (9-4) at Kempton 1m 4f clm (6) pol in Feb.
Prince Charlemagne (IRE) 13-8fav (9-2) Mid-division, headway and quickened well to lead inside final 2 furlongs, pressed from over 1f out, ridden and held on well inside final furlong, won at Kempton 1m 4f hcp 0-60 (6) pol in Feb beating Carlton Scroop (9-5) by a nk, 9 ran.
Good Effect (USA) 7-1 (9-7) Held up towards rear, ridden well over 2f out, some headway over 1f out, never dangerous, 8th of 14, 10l behind Sky Quest (8-10) at Kempton 1m 3f hcp 0-60 (6) pol in Dec.
Paddy Rielly (IRE) 4-1 (8-13) Held up, headway 4f out, chased winner over 2f out, driven and stayed on final furlong, 2nd of 7, 4l behind Eseej (9-10) at Southwell 1m 4f hcp 0-65 (6) fbs.
Generous Lad (IRE) 14-1 (9-0) Towards rear, ridden over 4f out, weakened over 2f out, last of 8, 9l behind Shanafarahan (8-6) at Lingfield 1m 5f hcp 0-70 (5) pol.
Fantasy Ride 6-5fav (11-7) Took keen hold, switched left, held up, headway over 3f out, hung left well over 1f out, stayed on to take 2nd well inside final furlong, not reach winner, 2nd of 11, nk behind Corlough Mountain (10-13) at W'hampton 1m 4f amt hcp (6) po.
Rettorical Lad 14-1 (8-13) Soon led, 4 lengths clear after 2f, steadied pace over 9f out, quickened over 6f out, ridden and headed approaching 2f out, weakened 1f out, 7th of 8, 13l behind Irish Ballad (9-4) at Lingfield 2m hcp 0-65 (6) pol.
Tecktal (FR) 9-1 (9-0) Tracked leaders, ridden to challenge 2f out, every chance over 1f out, lost 3rd well inside final furlong, 4th of 13, 5l behind Lytham (8-12) at Kempton 1m 3f app hcp (6) pol in Feb.
Sir Haydn 9-2 (9-12) Held up in rear, ridden over 2f out, hung left and headway over 1f out, ran on final furlong, not reached leaders, 3rd of 12, 1 1/2l behind Postage (9-8) at Lingfield 1m 2f Stks (41-45) (7) pol in Feb.
Phoenix Hill (IRE) 20-1 (8-10) Led 1f, tracked leader after, ridden to lead over 2f out, 1 length ahead 1f out, no extra well inside final furlong and headed final strides, 2nd of 10, nk behind Lady Asheena (8-12) at Kempton 1m 4f hcp 0-50 (6) pol in Feb.
Postage (USA) 33-1 (9-8) Mid-division, good headway over 2f out, switched right over 1f out, ridden to lead inside final furlong, won at Lingfield 1m 2f Stks (41-45) (7) pol in Feb beating Ma Ridge (9-3) by 3/4l, 12 ran.


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Huzzah! Another question in the inbox! This one was asked anonymously:
Do you call your daughter KP outside the blog context – is that you're general nickname for her? (If so I think that's cool – I was called Bean, or Jellybean as a kid, for similar reasons as KP)
Yep. I call her KP at least half the time. The other half of the time I call her the Vomit Queen, because she likes to dump her lunch out of her face.
Once she's old enough to wail into a microphone, Imma help her set up her first metal band. I've already ordered a Bass Drum head with a zombie logo that says:
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Construction Materials Testing Manager Ian Richardson joins Horner & Shifrin, Inc.
January 16, 2017
Ian Richardson has joined our team at Horner & Shifrin, Inc. as a construction materials testing manager for Southern Missouri and the surrounding region. Ian brings nine years of construction industry experience in the management of geotechnical materials testing, quality control/quality assurance (QA/QC), survey, and inspection. He has provided professional services for clients and projects in Illinois, Missouri, Louisiana, Arkansas, Mississippi, and North Dakota. He most recently served as materials testing manager for the past four years with a firm located out of Poplar Bluff, Missouri. During which time he managed the material testing laboratory for a variety of MoDOT, AHTD, and USACE projects throughout the region. Ian holds multiple certifications with MoDOT, ACI, Arkansas Highway Transportation Department (AHTD), and OSHA.
"We are excited to bring Ian on board with us. His knowledge of the various aspects of construction will be an asset to our firm. Ian also has a reputation for his work ethic and maintains good relationships among many clients and contractors in this region. Having Ian join our firm is a huge benefit to our continued expansion and commitment in the construction engineering market," said Kelly Hayes, PE, Horner & Shifrin, Inc. Practice Leader for Construction Services.
Horner & Shifrin, Inc. provides professional engineering and construction services to municipal, state and federal agencies, as well as private contractors, industries and institutions. The firm was named one of the largest engineering firms by St. Louis Business Journal.


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I found this list several years ago, I apologize to the author that I can't give credit because this has just been a lonely .txt file until it was unearthed recently when going through old hard drives. Just wanted to share it with my IT brethren and sistren. I wish everyone in the world would have to memorize this before given access to a computer and/or the help desk contact info:
1. If you ask me technical questions please don't argue with me because you don't like my answer. If you think you know more about the topic, why ask? And if I'm arguing with you…it's because I am positive that I am correct, otherwise I'd just say "I don't know" or give you some tips on where to look it up, I don't have the time to just argue for the sake of it.
2. Starting a conversation by insulting yourself (i.e. "I'm such an idiot") will not make me laugh, or feel sorry for you; all it will do is remind me that yes, you are an idiot and that I am going to hate having to talk to you. Trust me; you don't want to start a call that way.
3. I am ok with you making mistakes, fixing them is my job. I am not ok with you lying to me about a mistake you made. It makes it much harder to resolve and thus makes my job more difficult. Be honest and we can get the problem resolved and continue on with our business.
4. There is no magic "Fix it" button. Everything takes some amount of work to fix, and not everything is worth fixing or even possible to fix. If I say that you just need to re-do a document that you accidentally deleted 2 months ago, please don't get mad at me. I'm not ignoring your problem, and it's not that I don't like you, I just can't always fix everything.
5. Not everything you ask me to do is "urgent". In fact, by marking things as "urgent" every time, you almost ensure that I treat none of it as a priority.
6. You are not the only one who needs help, and you usually don't have the most urgent issue. Give me some time to get to your problem, it will get fixed.
7. Emailing me several times about the same issue in the same day is not only unnecessary, it's highly annoying. Emails will stay until I delete them, I won't delete them until I'm done with them. I will typically respond as soon as I have a useful update. If it is an urgent issue, let me know (see number 5).
8. Yes, I prefer email over telephone calls. It has nothing to do with being friendly, it's about efficiency. It is much faster and easier for me to list out a set of questions that I need you to answer than it is for me to call and ask you them one by one. You can find the answers at your leisure and while I'm waiting I can work on other problems.
9. Yes, I seem blunt and rude. It's not that I mean to, I just don't have the time to sugar coat things for you. I assume we are both adults and can handle the reality of a problem. If you did something wrong, I will tell you. I don't care that it was a mistake, because it really makes no difference to me. Don't take it personal, I just don't want it to happen again.
10. And finally, yes, I can read your email, I can see what web pages you look at while you are at work, yes, I can access every file on your work computer, and I can tell if you are chatting with people on an instant messenger or chat room (and can also read what you are typing). But no, I don't do it. It's unethical, I'm busy, and in all reality you aren't all that interesting. So unless I am instructed to specifically monitor or investigate your actions, I don't. There really are much more interesting things on the internet than you.Edited Jun 8, 2016 at 8:46 UTC
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Apr 5, 2011 at 3:08 UTC
simply amazing. I am posting this on the door to my office.
Apr 5, 2011 at 3:08 UTC
That is awesome, hilarious, and so true...
Thanks for posting it.
Apr 5, 2011 at 3:08 UTC
Thats awesome.
Apr 5, 2011 at 3:09 UTC
Like! But maybe a rewrite/edit is in order, to help stop the reputation that IT is a bunch of socially-inept jackwagons. lol
Apr 5, 2011 at 3:11 UTC
Like! But maybe a rewrite/edit is in order, to help stop the reputation that IT is a bunch of socially-inept jackwagons. lol
I thought that was a job requirement........... :P My bad....
Apr 5, 2011 at 3:20 UTC
Very true
Apr 5, 2011 at 3:21 UTC
Is this available in poster-size, 36"x72" to cover the outside of my door?
-signed one more socially-inept jackwagon
Apr 5, 2011 at 3:30 UTC
Or put it on a T-Shirt, people are sure to read that.
Apr 5, 2011 at 3:45 UTC
Totally awesome but yea too anti-customer service to actually post in the office as is.
Apr 5, 2011 at 3:55 UTC
Apr 5, 2011 at 4:28 UTC
Excellent! Nice and old-school, the way it should be.
Apr 5, 2011 at 4:33 UTC
Petes PC Repairs is an IT service provider.
v nice
Apr 5, 2011 at 4:37 UTC
Niagara Technology Group (NTG) is an IT service provider.
Apr 6, 2011 at 1:59 UTC
This will be up on my wall by the end of the day!
Actually had number 4 happen about 20 minutes ago. Got a call from the other office down the road, one of the staff had a document which hadn't been saved (still said "Document1" in the title bar), she had spent around 3 hours on it and accidentally hit the close button (and apparently the no button when the dialog popped up). Of course, if she had saved the document at some point, I may have been able to retrieve some autorecover info, but instead she lost all of it.
Funny how the computer doesn't save something that you didn't tell it to.
Apr 6, 2011 at 2:58 UTC
I always hate the ones where they blame you for them not saving their files... Particularly when they ask "Doesn't it keep a backup somewhere?". Yes. Hard-drive space is now so affordable, we can back up every byte of data and every keypress that's ever gone through your computer. *facepalm*
Apr 6, 2011 at 6:33 UTC
Will be posted on my wall today. Thanks for sharing.
Apr 6, 2011 at 6:47 UTC
I feel Like I wrote this... well no I did not write this... but I sure have thought it.
Apr 6, 2011 at 7:18 UTC
Nice, I include #3 in my new user training already
Apr 6, 2011 at 8:07 UTC
Apr 6, 2011 at 8:23 UTC
Apr 6, 2011 at 9:08 UTC
That was great and not a single untrue thing there.
Apr 6, 2011 at 9:24 UTC
Apr 6, 2011 at 10:09 UTC
Loooooove it!
Apr 6, 2011 at 10:23 UTC
I sooooo want to email this to my entire faculty!
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Discussion in 'XenForo Suggestions' started by Robby, Apr 22, 2015.
It would be great if we could create a size limit for personal conversations.
I realize you're suggesting for the core software but my Conversation Essentials add-on adds this feature (among several others).
Yes but the pricing i don't get. Is it 45 dollar per year?
$45 for the license, $20/year renewal. You can keep using it when your year of support runs up you just won't get access to the new versions until you renew (if you don't need the new features, in theory you wouldn't have to renew, same as XenForo itself).
For just one feature i think this is not for me.
That's fair, although it has a lot more than one feature but I appreciate you may not need those. Just figured I'd mention alternative options until it gets put in the core software (if it does)
I agree it is a lot to pay for an addon that includes a load of things you don't want. I would like to see a cut down cheaper version that just gave you the inbox quota.
There are various reasons including:
Stop database getting bloated
Incentive to pay for account upgrade for more PC quota.
This add-on limits the number of conversations started over a set number of days, and as well offers admins other tools to help manage conversations: Icewind Conversation Tools
I hope you can develop it to include a limit on inbox size. I would pay for that but not as much as the other addon with too much other stuff I'd be paying for (annually) but don't need/want.
When you say limit on inbox size, are you referring just to the maximum number of conversations a usergroup can have have?
Between the max started conversations, and Days since last message settings you can keep the number of conversations a user may have down to a minimum. I did consider adding a maximum number of conversations a user can have, but decided against that to allow Admins and moderators, and maybe other notable members to start a PC with a member that may have a limit set.
Ah. I believe Conversation Essentials has a limit meaning maximum number of conversations, but admins override this (I think)
I will have to give your addon a trial as I son't want to be paying ¢20 a year for a tiny part of a bigger addon (which I'm sure is worth the money, just not for that one feature)
That is correct.
I realise you're being polite and for the one feature my add-on is an expense. I just want to reiterate that the $20/year fee to renew support isn't mandatory though. If you don't need updates (which that feature is extremely unlikely to break OR be expanded upon as it's clear cut), you don't have to renew. Now if there is some kind of bug where it's not compatible with XenForo 1.x series all of the sudden and your license is up, I'm still a reasonable human, I'm going to fix it for everyone and it'd likely only be one line/section of code to change and I'll tell you what it is or give you the new version of that file. I accept you not wanting to buy a huge add-on for one feature, I just don't like the $20/year continuing to be mentioned because it really doesn't affect what you're wanting honestly.
I do realise that, but it's more down to my tidy mind (OCD?) and my desire to keep everything up to date.
I believe you would honour what you say and keep old versions working and I promise I won't mention the money, but to be fair I did say I thought it was worth it if you want/need all the features.
I do actually prefer to pay for addons as I believe it's easier to get support , also if I get a free addon that I like I do actually donate. Not just when I buy but when I get good support so it isn't because I'm mean.
I doubt I'll be adding that option anytime soon (but you never know), as the limiting options I listed above works well for my site.
The problem with this is that if a user leaves conversations they started, the (now deleted) conversations still seem to count towards the total - so the user cannot override the limit by leaving conversations.
Is there still no free tool out there that limits the PC inbox size for lower tier memberships?
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