Apparently we can't have nice things simply because there aren't nice things to be had.

That's confusing. There's no special characters in my username, but there is in my display name. Is the URL going to use username or display name? Or are they the same vanilla? If not, is there a separate display name plugin?

I mean, this sounds like something we could plugin even if we had to do it ourselves. They make it difficult because, well, unlike us most web forums limit your avatar to small sizes. Which is harder to do when you don't process the file before it goes up.

I think "Can't trust any of 'em" is the wrong lesson, and it should be pushed that "Their interest do not relate to our interests," and to continually push for political action in more than just electoral politics.

The greatest advantage I can see to having Democrats in power is that people are actually talking about economic issues. When Republicans are in power, all energy is focused on defeating Republicans.

Ehh, I'm unsure of the exact reasoning he's putting that thread. He doesn't explain why people would have to be PMing him for name changes. That doesn't make sense, and if he thinks that's the only way to allow name changes that's stupid. If the field is on the user's profile, they can edit it there and the admin's don't have to do shit. You know, like how our forums work. Either he's incompetent or disingenuous.

Either way, the short answer is that yes, you'll be able to edit your name. Hell, we could probably add logging so you could check what name any user has previously used. And probably even show a more hardwired username somewhere for ease.

The only reason that would be impossible (not really impossible) is if the displayed name was the same as your username. Which nobody does anymore. Sounds like he's just making excuses, and providing a sort of technically sounding excuse hoping nobody will be smart enough to call him on it.

I mean, I say that without actually *reading* what his excuse is. But if you're on target about it, then yeah, he's probably spewing bullshit.

"I'm really good at killing,", says President who keeps a kill list.

For what it's worth, saying "doesn't consider the war to be his" is pretty facetious. Obama is the president and expanded the US forces in Afghanistan in 2009. He maintains the drone program and has expanded it into other countries. And the NSA has been growing under leaps and bounds under his command. It sounds less like "Maybe Obama isn't the war mongering he looks like" and more "Robert Gates is a high-level toady"

Of course, either interpretation of Obama puts him in the classical Bush analysis of "Is he evil or just incompetent" and the true answer of "Both are awful with the same results"

Because I deleted it. I told him this.

Yes, yes, the hole

You can change the theme in your profile, but it's all a bunch of baked-in SMF themes. But, honestly, "user-selected" theme has never been something we on the forums have cared too much about. Note that you didn't even seem to notice that the multiple color selection options vanished.