Nuno: yes, paying members do have the option to set autovacation on which means that, when they timeout, the time will be extended for another day in exchange for a vacation day (if it's a rook, then they have 30 vacation days to use).

Fencer: Don't worry - Opera doesn't reload the pages when I use the back button ;)

Hi! is there any special rule for paying members to never time out?
Thanks

Hi just did this a few days ago. Was a knight with about 10 months to go on that, and paid for a year of rook, and became a rook straight away.

hope that helps

Jo

OK BBW. I wrote you a PM. nJust ignore it LOL

Don't quote me, but I think he can do it 2 ways.

1) Buy a rook membership, then when that expires, you will be turned into a "knight" for however long you have left on your current membership.

2) See if you can "convert" your knight membership into rook membership - that is let say for every 2 months of Knight = 1 month of rook.

Again, best thing to do is wait for Fencer, or send him a note in case he does not see your post in here.

Ok Jules - I didnt know if you were at the end of Knight or upgraded like Skyking does. Looks like you'll have to wait for Fencer to reply.

I have knight Membership til December next year yet I want to turn it into a rook for the year?

No Bry, I just bought meself rook membership to add on to the few days left there were of knight membership. I don't know if it's all Rook now, or I might have some knight days sitting at the end.

Fencer, how does it work?

Skyking - ask Jules - I think he has just done it.

I am thinking about upgrading my Knight to a rook. How do I do this in the paid Membership.

Then you have to wait for a cache control option. For paying members only, of course.

actually I'd *like* to be able to go back to old pages, e.g. to that discussion board with all the "New" labels

tonyh: Nothing unless you go back to a page which is no longer valid. For example, a game page containing an old position. Firefox handles this situation by a forced reload but it doesn't work with IE.

Fencer; what's wrong with using back buttons?

Btw, as you can see, the interviews have been moved from BrainKing.info to this site. The reason is that I've created a new interview system which allows me to process and add new ones much faster and with several neat features.

Last call for questions for BAD BISHOP! I'm hoping to prepare his questions by this weekend, so if you have anything you'd like to ask him, send it to me!

Interview with BIG BAD WOLF.

jelly: For me, BK is much faster in Firefox than in IE. Like any other page.
pauloaguia: Don't use back buttons. It's the worst thing that could even happen to any web application developer.

switch to Opera. I use it and never had a problem... not to mention I can set the zoom level for the page and keep it that way, so that the board will allways fit in the screen.
One thing I have against firefox: whenever I use the back button the page is reloaded... I think it's a waste of bandwith and time
IE... well, My main complaint is that I can't have multiple tabs, besides from that never had any problem with it either (at BK that is).

Well, my experience with BK and Firefox is rather bad. I recently switched from IE to FF. In FF the pages load much slower than in IE not to mention reformatting of the columns. Especially when making moves, the difference is enormous. Actually I use IE for playing at Brainking and FF everywhere else. Is BK not optimized for FF or is it just me?

I need to use IE for work. But I don't want to have to deal with two browsers.

Why don't you want to switch to Firefox?

Recently, the images in my IE browser are not always displayed. For example, when I make a move in a dark chess, the board is not refreshed properly. I tried to refresh the page, but many of the images are displayed. I get a rex "x" instead of many squares on a board. The only workaround I found is to go to main page and open the same game from there.

Also, I noticed that the main page is loading forever, and eventually fails to load the firefox logo in the left-bottom corner.

Does anyone else experience the same thing? And no, I don't want to switch from IE to Firefox.

Wiktor

Your day will come Slam. Like you told me once..patience. LOL

i aGREe.

On my computer, I removed the key itself. That eliminated all my problems with it Slamdance. Unfortunately I'm not using my computer and have to carefull around that key. I always wonder why they put next to the "a" on a keyboard. If I wanted the capitals locked, I use a more remotely placed key like say up by the function keys then right next to letters that I type a lot. Anyway, assuming it's your computer, just pry the little bugger up and dispense it with alacrity to your nearest waste recepticle and enjoy Caps Lock free typing for now on. :)

bEtTEr tHAn bAnNed tHo

bE'in a pAWn sUx.

That's right, I forgot that we could send the money to some of you guys here. That'd save on postage. I guess it won't do much for the exchange rate since we have to pay in Euros, or is there a dollar amount to join the site?

Here in the USA...regular money orders sent to members of customer service work just alittle faster...3 business days tops,so far for me...and very reliable.

CoOL.

Least ways that's what I do. Both times I've mailed them to the Czech Republic, they made it to Filip in less than a week. 80¢ postage gets it there from the United States. Make sure you use International Money Orders. Apparently the other kind aren't accepted at his bank without charging a fee. A large fee. The liquor store that I buy them at just charges 59¢. Right reasonable if you ask me, and it eliminates all the middlemen and snoopy credit people. I'm out $1.39 plus the envelope, but this way Fencer has the cash on hand and that seems like it works well. It does have the drawback of going through the mail, but this being a turn based site I'd think people would be used to waiting for their opponent to move. :)

yes Gypsy - just sign up to PayPal. It's much easier....

I don't know about what you are going through with a cell phone.. I don't use a cell so am not too sure what the sms code is.. I think Fencer mentioned it was an international code.. I would try to go through paypal themselves.. give them a call perhaps there should be a 1-800 number listed somewhere.

:)

Scartlet I have done the whole thing,to become a member. t I still didn't get a sms code ,my phone did maker a funny sound bit nothing came through

their share..

as for if you have a visa or mastercard.. it seemed fairly easy on my end.. as far as the little surcharge.. I didn't mind.. it really isn't all that expensive anyway.. Heck.. I would spend way more going out just one night.. then the fee here..

And I am entitled to have some entertainment.. like everyone else is..

*OopPPSs had to edit a word..

yes I entered my correct number, I will go back an try again, thanks fencer

the credit card companies wanna add a surcharge too, huh?

Yes.

Is it because you are in Czech Rep?

How does everyone else do it then?

Very hard. I've already checked more than 30 different "middlemen" and there were problems with almost everyone.

How hard would be to accept plain old VISA or Mastercard like thousands of business's do worldwide? There are too many middlemen and hoops to jump though here. JMO

Gypsy: Are you sure you entered your correct cell phone number, including the international code?
If so, try to contact Moneybookers customer service.
I know their SMS confirmation system works bad for people outside European Union but I can hardly do anything with it.

hello, I am becomming a member got all the way through, an they ask for sms code sent to me, I never recieved one, what is that~

It seems to me flooding the system does more harm than good. Let's think about that a bit..

In just three weeks 28 Euros has gone from $36.50 to $37.50. Something's up in the world. Anyways, the link will get you the current exchange.

This link goes to Project Xanadu. Perhaps you've typed it wrong? I wouldn't mind having the link for a money exchange service either. Fencer gave me one awhile back. I'll see if I can find it. I did. It appears that you mistyped the link, put a "u" where you meant to put an "e".

http://www.xe.com/

But they asked about Knight membership

Still delaying against Alex then?