Forum Ageism

[Mephistopheles]

Good day kind ladies, gentlemen, and scum of the earth,

I was just attempting to complete my profile information for the satisfaction of our esteemed members' developing curiosity about my whereabouts and where-have-beens, but to my dismay, upon entering my correct birthdate of November 16th 1274, I was crassly instructed that I had entered something invalid. I assure you that I am currently 737 years old and I wish to share this information in the allotted space. I tried to curry the forum's favour by lying about my age as I have often passed for a mere 468, but I soon gave in after discovering it would not even accept a person born in 1900.

Pray tell, how old are we allowed to be here?

[Philip]

Good day kind ladies, gentlemen, and scum of the earth,

I was just attempting to complete my profile information for the satisfaction of our esteemed members' developing curiosity about my whereabouts and where-have-beens, but to my dismay, upon entering my correct birthdate of November 16th 1274, I was crassly instructed that I had entered something invalid. I assure you that I am currently 737 years old and I wish to share this information in the allotted space. I tried to curry the forum's favour by lying about my age as I have often passed for a mere 468, but I soon gave in after discovering it would not even accept a person born in 1900.

Pray tell, how old are we allowed to be here?

it's a matter of integer overflow...

[Krummhorn]

. . . Pray tell, how old are we allowed to be here?

111 is the maximum

The valid range of a forum timestamp is from Fri, 13 Dec 1901 @ 20:45:54 GMT to Tue, 19 Jan 2038 @ 03:14 GMT.

[ComposerOfAvantGarde]

111 is the maximum

The valid range of a forum timestamp is from Fri, 13 Dec 1901 @ 20:45:54 GMT to Tue, 19 Jan 2038 @ 03:14 GMT.

isn't it rather discriminatory to exclude members over 111 years of age?

[Mephistopheles]

isn't it rather discriminatory to exclude members over 111 years of age?

Yeah! And what's more, by having a valid time-stamp go up to 2038, they're saying that you can't join the forum if you're 112, but you can if you're not yet born. The cheek!

[ComposerOfAvantGarde]

Yeah! And what's more, by having a valid time-stamp go up to 2038, they're saying that you can't join the forum if you're 112, but you can if you're not yet born. The cheek!

Age shouldn't matter at all! This forum should be open to anyone! Sign a petition!

[Mephistopheles]

Age shouldn't matter at all! This forum should be en to anyone! Sign a petition!

You're right! We need action! I have created an online petition here http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/m...er-the-age-of/.

The target is 350 million signatures, and this is the summary:

"Talk Classical is an online community that is engaging in a cyber-war against the youthfully challenged. Decrepit members of our society above the age of 111 frequently wish to take part in pointless debates about irresolvable questions in classical music, and Talk Classical is not permitting them to reveal their age in a portion of the website that almost no one looks at. This is discrimination of the most repugnant kind and must be stopped immediately."

Everyone sign it!

[ComposerOfAvantGarde]

Signed! Get Krummhorn to see it once you have 350000000 signatures.

[jani]

Signed.

[Klavierspieler]

Why sign just once? I signed it like five times already.

[ComposerOfAvantGarde]

I've got another idea, why don't we just ask Krummhorn to change the settings?

[jani]

I've got another idea, why don't we just ask Krummhorn to change the settings?

NO, we must get them names.

[jani]

Oh look who signed the pension behind the grave.
sign.jpg

[Mephistopheles]

Oh look who signed the pension behind the grave.
sign.jpg

The admins cannot ignore this!

[Krummhorn]

I've got another idea, why don't we just ask Krummhorn to change the settings?

Those settings can't be changed ... the default settings are part of the vBulletin software we use for the forums.