Did you consider making the "smite" feature as a separate count of its own? If someone "thanks" you, the "thank" count will increase. If someone "smites" you, the "smite" count will increase.. Just a thought
I would have to literally gut SMF to add that. as it is now there is a single count- "karma"- give thanks adds one; smite removes one from that count. that is- there is only one piece of data that is modified by both. I'm sure there is a mod I could install that would make all that work- I know there are some for vbulletin, since GlitchPC (
http://glitchpc.com) has "thanks" as well as "groans" which are separate entities. I just think it seems counter-productive to add a feature to the forum that basically acts as a derogation of the user, if you know what I mean.
I got that simplified C++ book I was talking about a while back... C++ Demystified. It helps a lot to see the picture in a simplified way. When I start writing practice programs again, which should be soon, I'll start posting in here more, to generate some programming discussion in the forums...

But it's so busy here already!

That's a good idea
