Could someone explain......

Post by **Avatar** » Mon Feb 07, 2011 4:36 am

Cambo wrote:
Krazy Kat wrote:Could anyone explain what 'the gap into spam' means?

As my post count has reached 1000, the avatar description which was previously 'Haruchai', has now changed!
Voila! I'm not sure, but I think it's a little joke at the expense of the high volume posters. As in, you have over a thousand posts, lots of them must be spam. Is it the highest rank in the automatic rankings?

Yep, it's the highest of the automatic rankings. It is possible to customise your title, if you go and take a look at your user profile.

Peter wrote:How do they do that!

As explained, you have to do it manually.

In the box you're typing it, it looks like this for quotes which do not show the author:

Code: Select all

[quote]Whatever the person said...[/quote]

And for one's which do show the author, (takes longer but prevent confusion):

Code: Select all

[quote="author's name"]Whatever they said...[/quote]

Note the quotation marks around the name.

--A

Post by **peter** » Mon Feb 07, 2011 9:55 am

Krazy Kat wrote:Could anyone explain why new shoes suddenly change from a silence footstep one day, into a noisy snow-crunching sound the next

Crap shoes man, crap shoes.

Post by **Fist and Faith** » Mon Feb 07, 2011 11:11 am

Stepped up on the platform
The man gave me the news
He said, "You must be joking, son.
Where did you get those shoes?"

Post by **sgt.null** » Tue Feb 08, 2011 5:14 am

whose shoes?

tapping around the outskirts of her morman dress...

Post by **peter** » Tue Feb 08, 2011 9:27 am

Ties in nicely I think with a trip to New Orleans I have been talking about on another thread (Star Joey's). In the guide books before I went there I was warned about a scam common on Bourbon St where a guy comes up to you and says "I bet you $5 I know where you got them shoes." If you are foolish enough to accept the bet the answer is of course "You got them on your feet in Bourbon Street New Orleans." I imagined this to be a guide book 'urban ledgend' and paid it little notice until I got there and was asked the question about five times a day for 12 days.

Post by **peter** » Wed Mar 16, 2011 12:19 pm

Could someone explain..... does the Watch ever 'fill up' - I mean do all thes posts just go on for ever and ever or does someone have to 'empty it out' every now and again, sort of like a trash can at the end of each week. I know it sounds silly but I couldn't help wondering....

Post by **Auleliel** » Wed Mar 16, 2011 12:35 pm

When Kevin's Watch fills up, it will virtually collapse from the enormous mass of its database, creating a singularity which will evolve into a black hole, gradually consuming the entire internet, and eventually, the world as we know it.

Post by **sgt.null** » Wed Mar 16, 2011 1:13 pm

Auleliel wrote:When Kevin's Watch fills up, it will virtually collapse from the enormous mass of its database, creating a singularity which will evolve into a black hole, gradually consuming the entire internet, and eventually, the world as we know it.

meet the new boss, same as the old boss...

Post by **dANdeLION** » Wed Mar 16, 2011 1:21 pm

What is that, a can opener?

Post by **aliantha** » Wed Mar 16, 2011 3:59 pm

No, silly. It's a toaster.

Post by **sgt.null** » Wed Mar 16, 2011 4:31 pm

no sillies - it is state of the art technology circa disney circa 1979.

that on the other hand seems to be a giant electric penguin.

Post by **aliantha** » Wed Mar 16, 2011 5:18 pm

What that is, is adorable, Sarge.

(Mine was a reference to the humans' nickname for the Cylons on Battlestar Galactica. I guess nobody got it.

)

Post by **Vraith** » Wed Mar 16, 2011 5:55 pm

aliantha wrote:What that is, is adorable, Sarge.

(Mine was a reference to the humans' nickname for the Cylons on Battlestar Galactica. I guess nobody got it. )

Agree on cuteness factor.

Was that the new Battlestar? Cuz I haven't seen it, and I don't remember the phrase from the original [heh...but that was loong time ago].
"Toaster" is slang for seriously tech-enhanced peeps in "Shadowrun" however...wonder who stole from who, is why I ask...

Post by **sgt.null** » Wed Mar 16, 2011 8:16 pm

not so adorable.

Post by **aliantha** » Wed Mar 16, 2011 9:38 pm

sgt.null wrote:

not so adorable.

EEEEK! Toasters!

Vraith: Yes, it's from the new BSG, which is totally awesome. You should watch it. <ali nods vigorously>

Post by **sgt.null** » Wed Mar 16, 2011 9:53 pm

Post by **Avatar** » Thu Mar 17, 2011 4:31 am

Guys...

peter wrote:Could someone explain..... does the Watch ever 'fill up' - I mean do all thes posts just go on for ever and ever or does someone have to 'empty it out' every now and again, sort of like a trash can at the end of each week. I know it sounds silly but I couldn't help wondering....

Uh, it sorta goes on and on. It's possible to empty it out, but we would really prefer not to have to. Of course, that brings its own problems, like the rather large database, but we prefer not to lose posts from the past.

--A

Post by **Orlion** » Thu Mar 17, 2011 4:40 am

Auleliel wrote:When Kevin's Watch fills up, it will virtually collapse from the enormous mass of its database, creating a singularity which will evolve into a black hole, gradually consuming the entire internet, and eventually, the world as we know it.

Not to nit-pick, but a black hole is a singularity

Though a singularity is not necessarily a black hole

The rest is sound. As Donaldson fans, we must destroy... that's the message of the Chronicles, right?

Post by **Avatar** » Thu Mar 17, 2011 4:57 am

I thought we either had to corrupt humanity or give everybody a zone implant?

--A

Post by **Orlion** » Thu Mar 17, 2011 5:09 am

Avatar wrote:I thought we either had to corrupt humanity or give everybody a zone implant?

--A

Shhh! That message is only for true Donaldson fans! (aka, those who've read GAP

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