Lambda the Ultimate

Not sure if your aware of it or if it happens to anyone else, but I'm getting the following error:

user error: Can't open file: 'cache.MYI'. (errno: 145)
query: SELECT data, created, headers FROM cache WHERE cid = 'menu:1642:en' in /home/vhost/ltu/www/includes/database.mysql.inc on line 66.

There's another error related to the cache but it's a huge single line error. It doesn't stop functionality of the site tho (that i can tell).

Microsoft recently announced the Microsoft Robotics Studio, which aims to offer end-to-end robotics development environment customer technical preview for hobbyist, academic, and commercial developers.

This isn't a programming languiage item per se, of course, but I think fun platforms sometimes offer intereseting opportunities (which is why I posted on LEGO Mindstorms before), and I wanted to flush the RSS feed with a new item to test if it's working properly.

In the wake of recent events we decided it is time to hash out a document trying to establish some basic rules of behaviour for LtU discussions.

I've enhanced the FAQ and we have created two new pages. First, there is a new policies page which tries to give some basic ground rules which should help orient new members and be useful in group moderation (i.e., the process in which old timers mentor new members on the appropriate style for LtU discussion by commenting on their posts). The second page, nicknamed the spirit page contains a set of quotes taken from the statements of LtU members over the years which may help explain the way many of us see LtU, and why we care about it both as a discussion venue and a community.

I should emphasize that the goal of these documents is not to change LtU. The goal is to strengthen those traits that made LtU what it is, and try to reduce the friction cause by misunderstandings. Thus the policies document is rather conservative and is mainly a summary of ideas posted previously.

LtU is a community site, and as I am quoted as saying in the spirit page the longer you are a member and contributor the larger the impact you have on the topics under discussion and on the nature of the site in general. Thus, this post is meant to encourage members to raise the voices and tell me what they think of the policies document. It is obviously meant as a draft, for the community to respond to. Let us know if you think something is missing, overstated or simply not to your tastes. I remind you that the goal at this point is not to change the direction of LtU, so if you don't like LtU this is definitely not the opportunity to try and change it. However if you feel you are a member of the community, this is your chance to help.

Finally, let me thank Anton who did most of the hard work putting these pages together. Without his help I wouldn't have managed to get these documents out of the door. While Anton did most of the work, I am of course to blame for anything you might find objectionable.