Commenting problems

I realise some of you are still experiencing commenting problems. The issue is in engineering with Squarespace, so your patience is appreciated.

Comments

[RETEPHSLAW]

Yep, I keep getting this request to enter a series of letters in order to confirm the "post".

I do that, press confirm post and the next respponse generally asks me to do the same again. I think that is why some posters duplicate their comments.

Ah well, such is life.

Peter Walsh

[Josh]

Hi
yes it just happened and I got this

Safari can’t open the page.
Safari can’t open the page “http://www.bishop-hill.net/process/CreateJournalEntryComment?moduleId=902845&entryId=10353526” because the server unexpectedly dropped the connection. This sometimes occurs when the server is busy. Wait for a few minutes, and then try again.

[BBD]

Thanks for your efforts. I appreciate that you can't just click your fingers and make the glitch disappear. No doubt it will get sorted out eventually.

Until then - I shall continue to use an offline text editor for composing longer comments!

[Don Pablo de la Sierra]

I get the same message as Josh, usually when I am trying to preview a submission or sometimes when I try to create. I suspect that the system with the HTML engine on it is overloaded. I can type and read threads just fine. It is only when I preview or create that I get the message.

[mondo]

There was discussion earlier in this thread about Futerra Communications and their book "New Rules, New Game" which coached those wanting to advance the AGW agenda on how to "communicate" with the public.

That discussion reminded me that I had saved another similar effort (along with the quotes from Al Gore, Stephen Schneider etc). I looked up my file and found "Warm Words: How are we telling the climate story and can we tell it better?" by Gill Ereaut and Nat Segnit. This was published by IPPR (google).

An example of their advice: "Many of the existing approaches to climate change communications clearly seem unproductive. And it is not enough simply to produce yet more messages, based on rational argument and top-down persuasion, aimed at convincing people of the reality of climate change and urging them to act. Instead, we need to work in a more shrewd and contemporary way, using subtle techniques of engagement.

To help address the chaotic nature of the climate change discourse in the UK today, interested agencies now need to treat the argument as having been won, at least for popular communications. This means simply behaving as if climate change exists and is real, and that individual actions are effective. The ‘facts’ need to be treated as being so taken-for-granted that they need not be spoken."

[Green Sand]

No worries Bish, quite pleased really, having found someone or something whose spelling is worse than mine.

[Scottie]

I get the same message as Josh after previewing and making changes.

[RETEPHSLAW]

Bishop, O/t but "fresh" from New Zealand. Will this solve the world's CO2 emissions regulations?

See www.stuff.co.nz

Swarms of potty-mouthed Aussies are headed for New Zealand – but they're worth their weight in gold.

Ten species of dung beetles are to be imported from across the Tasman, with the potential to save farmers over $150 million each year and reduce the country's greenhouse gas emission.

Environmental Risk Management Authority – ERMA – earlier this week gave permission for the importation, with initial releases on properties in north Auckland and Southland.

"The introduction of dung beetles would potentially enhance our production efficiency and sustainability by improving soil health and reducing the runoff into waterways," said John Hartnell, Federated Farmers' biosecurity spokesman.

"The beetles also reduce greenhouse gas emissions from dung and urine."

The beetles could have a significant impact on the rural sector with their natural habit of laying eggs in dung and then burying it.

As the eggs hatch the grubs feed on the dung, breaking it down and turning it into a sawdust-like material that adds to the fertility of the soil. This gets rid of the dung sitting on top of the ground, while acting as a natural fertiliser.

New Zealand lacks native pastoral dung-burying beetles and, while dung decomposes naturally, intensive farming means large amounts are dropped on to pasture.

This can lead to leaching of nutrients into waterways and reduced production as cattle avoid fouled areas in pasture.

"Dung beetles should have come to New Zealand 150 years ago with the first cows and sheep, but they didn't," said organic Rodney farmer John Pierce, chairman of the group behind the project. "They're part of a whole package."

Hartnell agreed and said: "The beetles that naturally dealt with their effluent never came with them, and now we've got a chance to rectify this imbalance.

"Agricultural exports are 66% of New Zealand's total exports. Our dependence on primary production may be unique by OECD standards, but it is this that makes us leaders in our field. We must continually look for leading-edge solutions.".

Half of New Zealand's green-house gas footprint comes from agriculture. Burying dung will likely reduce the amounts of methane, nitrous oxide and carbon dioxide produced as the manure breaks down on the surface, as well as the potential to increase the amount of permanent carbon stored in the soil by nearly 20 tonnes per

"I wonder what the after effects will be..think of cane toads in Australia, Rabbits in Australia etc etc etc

Peter Walsh

[hro001]

FWIW, using Win XP Media Edition and MSIE 8.x (I know, I know ... but there are reasons that this is my default browser ... helps to keep my cat in the style to which she has become accustomed) I do get the captcha on confirm after preview. The last few times this has occurred, I haven't seen any subsequent posts to my own. But this could be purely coincidence (and/or a function of my arriving late to the commenting party!)

[Don Pablo de la Sierra]

Got nailed with another "server time out" shortly after I made a successful post so I have a time stamp. The problem occurred between Feb 6, 2011 at 3:58 PM and 4:12.PM. I was trying to confirm a post without any HTML embedded. This is what the error said with the URL

http://www.bishop-hill.net/process/CreateJournalEntryComment?moduleId=902845&entryId=10353526

The connection was reset

The connection to the server was reset while the page was loading.

* The site could be temporarily unavailable or too busy. Try again in a few moments.

* If you are unable to load any pages, check your computer's network connection.

* If your computer or network is protected by a firewall or proxy, make sure that Firefox is permitted to access the Web.

[Bishop Hill]

Thanks Don P

I've passed it on to the engineers.