Is it me or is it unexpectedly quiet around here? [Archive]

kettle

Jan 10, 2005, 06:57 AM

I think it's because we're trying to get some work done so we can all slack off tomorrow afternoon.

Luckily, I had a browser window at the back of a stack of work ready to be refreshed with new posts, I like to see what's popping up.

:)

iGav

Jan 10, 2005, 07:00 AM

Calm before storm and all that... ;)

it's going to be even worse as there's no stream, and live updates are looking like they're going to be a little thin on the ground. :(

the worse part is afterwards though, when all the winjers emerge complaining about whatever has been released, without fail and regardless of whether they're in the market for a new Apple product or not... everything's too expensive, not fast enough... blah blah blah, gets right on ones tits. :rolleyes:

kettle

Jan 10, 2005, 07:02 AM

woo

four different Brits in a row.

connect four it ain't but I'm sure I've just shown the first symptom of my new obsession.

yesh, you're right it is quiet, a little too quiet.

In a paranoid sense it makes me want to go and check for threads where there are a sneeky gang of Americans laughing at this Brit only (so far) thread. :confused:

BakedBeans

Jan 10, 2005, 07:03 AM

pivo6

Jan 10, 2005, 07:07 AM

We're on top of a MacWorld event, and it's actually very quiet, not much thread activity, and I haven't had any server busy msgs...it's just not right.

At first I thought you were complaining about not being stalked! :p Then I read the rest. I agree, it's the calm before the storm (pardon the cliché). Wait until more leaks come about later on today.

kettle

Jan 10, 2005, 07:08 AM

it's going to be even worse as there's no stream, and live updates are looking like they're going to be a little thin on the ground. :(

the worse part is afterwards though, when all the winjers emerge complaining about whatever has been released, without fail and regardless of whether they're in the market for a new Apple product or not... everything's too expensive, not fast enough... blah blah blah, gets right on ones tits. :rolleyes:

Is there going to be anyone at the event with a laptop and irc?

I like that sort of coverage. I also hate the bit when the B'stards come out and take the shine off the new toys.

I like new toys, it's like that seasonal cycle effect, I even like being the one who opens a new Jar of coffee. I just like the old being refreshed with new, a little bit here and there a few items at a time. :)

munkle

Jan 10, 2005, 07:17 AM

I blame it on Apple Legal! :p

PS I hope you've got some macros ready for the inevitable whinge parade tomorrow e!

Applespider

Jan 10, 2005, 07:23 AM

There's not a lot of interesting, rumour related, excitement building threads.
Perhaps we're all afraid of being sued just in case we're right in our speculation...

On the other hand, there are lots of 'will they update x product since I want to buy one' threads... yawn!

Agreed on the 'just want to know what's new asap' point - I'm unlikely to buy anything that's announced but I'm looking forward to finding out what I can't have!

I do think it's a pity that there's no satellite feed to the Apple Store. It would have been fun to have a small Macrumors gathering at the back of the theatre followed by an inevitable whinge in a local pub!

edesignuk

Jan 10, 2005, 07:24 AM

I blame it on Apple Legal! :p

PS I hope you've got some macros ready for the inevitable whinge parade tomorrow e!
You know what. I don't even know if it's worth it. Some seem to like 'em and find them funny, others I can see have a hissy fit...oh well, we'll see.

Personally I'm not expecting as much as I have previous years, so hopefully I won't be woefully underwhelmed like I have been in the past :rolleyes:

edesignuk

Jan 10, 2005, 07:27 AM

I do think it's a pity that there's no satellite feed to the Apple Store.
Yeah, that means one of two things:

a) It's gonna be so great that they don't want to overload all the Apple geeks around the world.
b) It's gonna be a complete let down and they don't want their staff in store to take the brunt of the disappointment.

Place your bets!

Blue Velvet

Jan 10, 2005, 07:29 AM

It's lunchtime!

I can stop doing work & spend a little time mucking around here!

takao

Jan 10, 2005, 07:37 AM

"silence before the storm" seems fitting

i got a single "server busy" yesterday at night

argh i have work to do for university today and tomorrow
i will be sitting in the lecture hall being too excited to listen carefully because i know when i come home i will get to read all those nice things ;)

starts exactly at 17:00 and ends at 19:00
boy what a timing ;)
perhaps i decide to skip it at 16:30 when putting on the shoes ;)

Hoef

Jan 10, 2005, 07:52 AM

We're on top of a MacWorld event, and it's actually very quiet, not much thread activity, and I haven't had any server busy msgs...it's just not right.

You could be sued for that :D

kettle

Jan 10, 2005, 07:54 AM

starts exactly at 17:00 and ends at 19:00
boy what a timing ;)

Is Austria an hour ahead of GMT?

What time is the keynote?

takao

Jan 10, 2005, 07:58 AM

Is Austria an hour ahead of GMT?

What time is the keynote?

yep one hour ahead

i think it starts at 16:00 or 17:00 (local)

MacDawg

Jan 10, 2005, 07:59 AM

It's lunchtime!

I can stop doing work & spend a little time mucking around here!

Tough being back at work, eh blue?
I hate withdrawals... are you past the shakes yet? ;)

Woof, Woof - Dawg

virividox

Jan 10, 2005, 08:07 AM

i cant wait to know whats being unveiled!!! AGH THE AGONY

MacDawg

Jan 10, 2005, 08:13 AM

Since I lost my job, I've got no $$$$$$$$$ for anything new :(

What's the url for those free iPods again, Mav... I might need that...
*adapts line from Top Gun to suit purpose*

Woof, Woof - Dawg

jsw

Jan 10, 2005, 08:14 AM

Oddly, I'm less excited about this one than others in the past - maybe because I felt let down last year. I also noticed the surprising lack of activity. However, I'm willing to bet that tomorrow - tomorrow during and after the keynote especially - that the "server down" screens will make many appearances. I think I'll just lay low and browse Apple's site.

I'm still pissed that they aren't doing the feeds at the local Stores. Maybe you're right - don't want employees to bear the brunt of a bad keynote. Who knows? But it's sort of turned me off a bit (I'm sure I'll get over it ;)).

gwuMACaddict

Jan 10, 2005, 08:20 AM

ssssshhhhhhh that's because the yanks are all still in bed.... :p sssshhhhhh or we'll wake them all up! heheheh

:D awake now...

excited about the keynote tomorrow...

jsw

Jan 10, 2005, 08:28 AM

...I've got no $$$$$$$$$ for anything new :( ...
Same here... which also makes it a bit less exciting!

WinterMute

Jan 10, 2005, 08:29 AM

We're on top of a MacWorld event, and it's actually very quiet, not much thread activity, and I haven't had any server busy msgs...it's just not right.

You're in withdrawal from your recent stalker episode, it's not really quiet, I've simply activated a n00b filter...

You can still post, but if your post is crap, MR automatically nukes your computer :D :D

Should keep the rabble down to a tolerable roar.

Back at work too. Just delivered 1st lecture, I can hardly speak.....

only 2 more to do.

edesignuk

Jan 10, 2005, 08:32 AM

it's not really quiet, I've simply activated a n00b filter...
ahhhhhhh, so that's why! It all makes sense now ;)

zelmo

Jan 10, 2005, 08:37 AM

With so many product rumors having been unleashed in the past couple of weeks, I think we just don't have anything new to talk about until the 'note is done.

Gosh, I sure hope Steve has a good surprise up his sleeve....

jsw

Jan 10, 2005, 08:42 AM

Gosh, I sure hope Steve has a good surprise up his sleeve....I'd actually be happy if he had no surprises but all the sued-by-Apple caliber rumors of the past few weeks were true.

russed

Jan 10, 2005, 08:43 AM

how abouts we all do a little dance to keep the time ticking over?

one..two...three...

maybe not!

oh well must get some revision done. :(

jsw

Jan 10, 2005, 08:46 AM

Just noticed: intended or not, this thread alone has made it less quiet.

On topic: I think the recent rumors have somewhat already satisfied some of the interest in what's coming, so people aren't really hoping for or expecting anything.

Mr. Anderson

Jan 10, 2005, 08:48 AM

jsw

Jan 10, 2005, 08:51 AM

No big items to speculate, Apple legal getting involved with a heavier hand than usual, and all the rumors we have almost don't allow for any really big surprises....

I don't think there is much to talk about right now

D
Which, of course, means that now's the time for the G5 PowerBooks! Now that would make for a truly legendary keynote. We'd all be caught completely off guard. ;)

Diatribe

Jan 10, 2005, 08:52 AM

yep one hour ahead

i think it starts at 16:00 or 17:00 (local)

Hmm, here it starts at 18:00 local. We're 9 hrs. ahead of Cali. So it should start at the same time in Austria too.

BakedBeans

Jan 10, 2005, 08:57 AM

it's not really quiet, I've simply activated a n00b filter...

can anyone hear meeeee

its like im not even here

wait, whats this about a n00b filter :D

now it all makes sense!!

Applespider

Jan 10, 2005, 08:58 AM

Which, of course, means that now's the time for the G5 PowerBooks! Now that would make for a truly legendary keynote. We'd all be caught completely off guard. ;)

Except that you've ruined the surprise! :eek:

jsw

Jan 10, 2005, 09:00 AM

Except that you've ruined the surprise! :eek:
You heard it here first. One of the many joys of viewing MR. Just don't tell Apple, or they'll sue me and maybe... wait... who's that knocking at the door? Why all the flashing lights?

Gotta go....

MacDawg

Jan 10, 2005, 09:02 AM

Help, I can't find the n00b filter option :(
Right now I'm the only one responding to them...
They're like zombies... an endless supply, and they keep coming and coming!

Aaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhh

Hey, here's a thought to spice things up.
Let's start a new thread on the headless iMac!
Wait, that's already been done :o

Woof, Woof - Dawg

takao

Jan 10, 2005, 09:08 AM

Hmm, here it starts at 18:00 local. We're 9 hrs. ahead of Cali. So it should start at the same time in Austria too.

thx i wasn't sure but i will miss it as well ;)

but hey at least i'll be staring at a powerpoint presentation full of joy....

Diatribe

Jan 10, 2005, 09:26 AM

thx i wasn't sure but i will miss it as well ;)

but hey at least i'll be staring at a powerpoint presentation full of joy....

Yeah, I'll be waiting for the stream to pop up. I won't be reading any blogs or MR during the keynote and I'll remove MR as a starting page and put the Apple QT events in... :)

zelmo

Jan 10, 2005, 09:33 AM

No big items to speculate, Apple legal getting involved with a heavier hand than usual, and all the rumors we have almost don't allow for any really big surprises....

I don't think there is much to talk about right now

D

There really isn't much in the Apple product line that hasn't been discussed to death in recent posts. I guess the only possibilities for real surprises are PowerBook G5's or some product out of left field that no one could see coming.
Apple legal getting involved is either a complete smokescreen, or evidence that the rumors are spot on this year. I vote for the latter.
If the rumors about Q88 and the flash iPod are close to accurate, there isn't much left to discuss there at all, apart from actual spec's and price points.

I also think the news that there will be no live feed has taken a lot of wind out of our sails. As excited as I am about the keynote, I'm equally bummed about having to play catch up. As tightly as Apple wants to control information this time out, I'm curious about whether they will attempt to block cell and wireless transmissions during the keynote.

Dalriada

Jan 10, 2005, 10:47 AM

Quiet around here... who's kidding who --> Currently Active Users: 1427 (228 members and 1199 guests) :eek: :eek:

edesignuk

Jan 10, 2005, 10:52 AM

Quiet around here... who's kidding who --> Currently Active Users: 1427 (228 members and 1199 guests) :eek: :eek:
Hmmm...bloody lurkers, they overload the server and never contribute anything.

Hello thar lurkers!

MacDawg

Jan 10, 2005, 11:02 AM

Quiet around here... who's kidding who --> Currently Active Users: 1427 (228 members and 1199 guests) :eek: :eek:

Yeah, I've been getting a server busy message a lot in the last hour!

Woof, Woof - Dawg

emw

Jan 10, 2005, 11:08 AM

Hmmm...bloody lurkers, they overload the server and never contribute anything.
Unfortunately, many of those lurkers become members, and then continue not to contribute anything (look at the number of members with fewer than 10 posts, or even 0 posts). To me, that's more annoying than lurking as a non-member. At least they're not pretending to contribute.

jsw

Jan 10, 2005, 11:23 AM

Unfortunately, many of those lurkers become members, and then continue not to contribute anything (look at the number of members with fewer than 10 posts, or even 0 posts). To me, that's more annoying than lurking as a non-member. At least they're not pretending to contribute.
An amazing 20,437 of 45,599 members haven't a single post.

jsw

Jan 10, 2005, 11:28 AM

And slightly over 8000 have just 1 post (8058, if I'm correct).

emw

Jan 10, 2005, 11:34 AM

An amazing 20,437 of 45,599 members haven't a single post.
Of course I forgot that political posts and wastelanded posts don't count. Many of those members likely posted at some point but those posts were subsequently either discounted (spam, wasteland), or never counted in the first place (political). So perhaps we don't have quite as many "non-contributors" as we think. But they still aren't contributing to the Mac discussion...

jsw

Jan 10, 2005, 11:38 AM

Of course I forgot that political posts and wastelanded posts don't count. Many of those members likely posted at some point but those posts were subsequently either discounted (spam, wasteland), or never counted in the first place (political). So perhaps we don't have quite as many "non-contributors" as we think. But they still aren't contributing to the Mac discussion...
I think you need 100 posts to post in the political forum... maybe not, or maybe you used to....

emw

Jan 10, 2005, 11:41 AM

I think you need 100 posts to post in the political forum... maybe not, or maybe you used to....This is only after the recent election rhetoric. Before that, you could post as soon as you were a member.

BTW - 5 "server busy" messages just to get to this post. Yikes. And watch the search count fly up when you hit "new posts" a couple of times.

russed

Jan 10, 2005, 11:42 AM

right it appears things have picked up a bit. i keep getting loads of "the server is busy" messages.

candan9019

Jan 10, 2005, 11:51 AM

rhpenguin

Jan 10, 2005, 11:52 AM

Tis going to be a long day at work if i keep getting those busy messages..

Got a bunch in a row a wee bit ago.

jsw

Jan 10, 2005, 11:55 AM

I have a feeling many people lurk because if they contribute something not much comes of it. Newbies with attitudes aside many who don't post all the time like myself seem to be ignored. I have posted over 90 times and many posts have been ignored. Try to help someone and it gets ignored.

Of course the number of people with one post is amazing and I suppose lurkers do bog down the servers for everyone else.

Well things sure are picking up though, this thread sure solved that problem. :)
I'm sorry to hear that many of your posts have been ignored.

Many members (myself included) tend to pop on for a while and view the newests posts (http://forums.macrumors.com/search.php?do=getnew) and then go away for a bit if nothing's there. If you post at a time that someone who knows enough to help isn't looking, your post will often fall off the radar unseen. It isn't that you're being ignored, just likely that no one who can help sees the post.

Also, a lot of people who ask for help don't thank those who help them (and many, many do thank us - just not everyone), so I wouldn't read anything into that either.

candan9019

Jan 10, 2005, 12:18 PM

I'm sorry to hear that many of your posts have been ignored.

Many members (myself included) tend to pop on for a while and view the newests posts (http://forums.macrumors.com/search.php?do=getnew) and then go away for a bit if nothing's there. If you post at a time that someone who knows enough to help isn't looking, your post will often fall off the radar unseen. It isn't that you're being ignored, just likely that no one who can help sees the post.

Also, a lot of people who ask for help don't thank those who help them (and many, many do thank us - just not everyone), so I wouldn't read anything into that either.

No I realize there's a lot of people posting at the same time. I don't get offended or anything. It's just I feel some people don't post because there intimidated when they shouldn't be.

iAlan

Jan 10, 2005, 12:46 PM

I will not be able to stay up til 3.00am even if their was a QT stream - I gotta gget to work by 9.00 am for a 1hour meeting - then I can fire up my work computer (windows unfortunately) and make new desktop pictures using graphics of all the new Apple products. The U" iPosd DTP is getting a bit old...

Only 24 hors away...

wdlove

Jan 10, 2005, 03:05 PM

Tis going to be a long day at work if i keep getting those busy messages..

Got a bunch in a row a wee bit ago.

I was surprised when I saw the title of this thread. Seems like a very busy day here at MacRumors. Been getting numerous busy server messages. I just got the busy server message prior to this post. It's frustrating. Realize that the Mac community is very excited.

OutThere

Jan 10, 2005, 03:49 PM

We're on top of a MacWorld event, and it's actually very quiet, not much thread activity, and I haven't had any server busy msgs...it's just not right.

I'm getting server busy messages every time I try to load a page...hell, I'll probably get one trying to post this message. :eek:

Deefuzz

Jan 10, 2005, 04:34 PM

I'm getting server busy messages every time I try to load a page...hell, I'll probably get one trying to post this message. :eek:

same here...its annoying! I can't read the forums because I get a server busy message every time I try to load a page!

If I can't read the forums, that means I will have to actually do some work.

ugh!

wdlove

Jan 10, 2005, 04:38 PM

same here...its annoying! I can't read the forums because I get a server busy message every time I try to load a page!

If I can't read the forums, that means I will have to actually do some work.

ugh!

With all the server errors, it makes one wonder who is actually getting to easily view threads and posts Of course the forum will be temporally shutdown.

rhpenguin

Jan 10, 2005, 05:21 PM

Yep.... Im being forced to read slashdot more because of the busy messages..

takao

Jan 10, 2005, 06:09 PM

i'm at 5-10 "server too busy" untill i get trough... looks like the first waves of guests are hitting the server

i guess i'm gonna make a iTunes playlist fitting that

TINC - like a landslide
ennio morricone - the wild horde
gamma ray - damn the machine
daft punk - burnin'
helloween - escalation 666
sweet- ballroom blitz
judas priest - heavy duty
kylie minogue - slow
Kmfdm - attak/reload
manfred mann earth band - ha ha said the clown
nonpoint- what a day
the offspring - want you bad
Sum 41 - we're all to blame
rage - straight to hell
blind guardian - and then there was silence

i hope this get's through

edit: posted without hassle as well but the 5-10 busy messages were more like 30 before ..i psoted the text in a file and waited a bit

dotnina

Jan 10, 2005, 06:11 PM

Okay, let's see if this goes through ...

I’ve been getting a ton of “forum busy” messages too, but it looks like there’s just ~1300 browsing MR right now, which doesn’t seem like much when you think about all the massive rumors for this upcoming MWSF. It looks like MR hit a record of ~2600 prior to MWSF last year, so yeah, it does seem oddly “quiet” considering we’re just 18 hours away.

(18 hours!!! :D:D:D)

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EDIT: OMG I posted without a busy message! :eek:

Mechcozmo

Jan 10, 2005, 08:34 PM

EDIT: OMG I posted without a busy message! :eek:

I got a busy message coming to this thread... meh.

edesignuk, just open a million tabs and refresh them all at once. Busy enough for ya? :rolleyes:

angelneo

Jan 10, 2005, 10:59 PM

I'm on a 12 hour time difference with most of you guys... so when I'm browsing the forum during office hours(oops), I hardly get those server errors.

Nermal

Jan 10, 2005, 11:32 PM

Yeah, I'll be waiting for the stream to pop up. I won't be reading any blogs or MR during the keynote and I'll remove MR as a starting page and put the Apple QT events in... :)

Yeah I'm planning to do that before going to bed tonight (keynote is at something like 3:00 am local time), so I can jump straight into the stream tomorrow morning without sneak-peeking at MacBytes first.

iGav

Jan 11, 2005, 07:48 AM

I have a feeling many people lurk because if they contribute something not much comes of it. Newbies with attitudes aside many who don't post all the time like myself seem to be ignored. I have posted over 90 times and many posts have been ignored.

I wouldn't stress about it... :) most of my threads seem to go down like a knackered elevator most of the time :(