Suppose the entire world ended and all that remained was MR attachment archive

[xUKHCx]

I quite like choosing random numbered attachments to look at, it really is interesting and can be quite funny. Now suppose the entire ended and all that remained was MR attachment archive what would the "aliens" think of the human race.

If you are doing this you may come across some random files that download to you computer, for example I found one which is a powerpoint presentation titled

Yours is a Very Bad Hotel
A graphic complaint prepared for:
Joseph Crosby
General Manager
Lisa Rinker
Front Desk Manager
DoubleTree Club Hotel
2828 Southwest Freeway
Houston, Texas

Below are a couple of the random selection (deliberately posted this way so you can easily read the thread comments rather than see just the picture)


964
9
15565
12574
1028
965


Obviously I have left out any screenshots and selectively picked from the random set. But it is really interesting charting of Human/MR/Apple history.

[iBlue]

Funny idea.

the first http://att.macrumors.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=1

http://att.macrumors.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=9999 <- god please don't let that be a representation!

http://att.macrumors.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=666 <- fitting

http://att.macrumors.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=12345 <- WordMonger's avatar (IIRC)

ooooh, a forbidden one! http://att.macrumors.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=11111

(not sure how you're supposed to read the thread comments from just the attachment ID though)

[xUKHCx]

(not sure how you're supposed to read the thread comments from just the attachment ID though)

I meant the comments in this thread, I like the idea of the pictures out of context.

[Stampyhead]

If you are doing this you may come across some random files that download to you computer, for example I found one which is a powerpoint presentation titled

Yours is a Very Bad Hotel
A graphic complaint prepared for:
Joseph Crosby
General Manager
Lisa Rinker
Front Desk Manager
DoubleTree Club Hotel
2828 Southwest Freeway
Houston, Texas



I think i remember that post. Some people go to way too much trouble to complain...
So how do you browse these attachments? I don't think I've been in the archive before.

[OwlsAndApples]

Attachment 9! Wow...My brother is in Durham (near Geordieland itself) and he'll love this :p

[Stampyhead]

9


Oh man, I think that's the funniest thing I've seen in a very long time...

[ToddW]

the last one is my favorite. grr growl grr

[xUKHCx]

I think i remember that post. Some people go to way too much trouble to complain...
So how do you browse these attachments? I don't think I've been in the archive before.

Just put random numbers at the end of, some numbers don't exist

http://att.macrumors.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=

e.g. 88

http://att.macrumors.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=88

the last one is my favorite. grr growl grr

People often post a couple so try the number either side of it

[Unspeaked]

964
9
15565
12574
1028
965



I think that pretty much sums up Western Civilization right there.

[szark]

First one I tried: :p

Attachment 1024 (http://att.macrumors.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=1024)

[raggedjimmi]

Divine 7 http://att.macrumors.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=777 (I've never seen the show but I hear people like it)

http://att.macrumors.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=999
http://att.macrumors.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=0161 < my phone area code.
http://att.macrumors.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=1986 < year I was born :confused:

[1020]

Attachment 1020 (http://att.macrumors.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=1020) :eek::D

[squeeks]

i wanna know what thread all of the attachment 96* are located in

http://att.macrumors.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=961
http://att.macrumors.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=962
http://att.macrumors.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=963
http://att.macrumors.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=966
http://att.macrumors.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=960

:eek:

link anyone?

[mcarnes]

http://att.macrumors.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=7

Screw this, I'm going back to PCs.

[bigiffo]

http://att.macrumors.com/attachment....tachmentid=3 (http://att.macrumors.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=3)

[mcarnes]

:p I hit the jackpot.

http://att.macrumors.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=8765

[yellow]

Back where the Mac started from:

http://att.macrumors.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=1984 (http://att.macrumors.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=1984)

[jayb2000]

http://att.macrumors.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=84

Good old 69 (http://att.macrumors.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=69) very not sexy

Cool, a Fairlight (http://att.macrumors.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=2002)

Wow, and very messy room. (http://att.macrumors.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=2015)

[psychofreak]

http://att.macrumors.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=1001

http://att.macrumors.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=1604

[velocityg4]

Number Order http://att.macrumors.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=1234
Prime numbers http://att.macrumors.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=12357
This did get killed http://att.macrumors.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=86
Childish calculator spelling http://att.macrumors.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=80085
The forming year of the US http://att.macrumors.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=1776

[yellow]

The forming year of the US http://att.macrumors.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=1776

I must salute! :D

[szark]

i wanna know what thread all of the attachment 96* are located in

:eek:

link anyone?

Macs and babealicious wallpapers! (http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=6380) :D (Look to Page 6 for those images)

Scary. I actually remember that thread.

[ErikCLDR]

They would probably think that Steve Jobs is the greatest person ever and that some Mac vs. PC war erupted ending the world.

[Jasonbot]

The antichrist is here:
http://att.macrumors.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=666

[kainjow]

Can't we just leave Britney alone? (http://att.macrumors.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=2008)

[crazycat]

My first hit

http://att.macrumors.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=4545

:(

[zephead]

Ooh, really nice pic of an iMac G4 setup on my birth year! :D
oooh bold 'online now' names... *pokes*
http://att.macrumors.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=1988

[iBlue]

Macs and babealicious wallpapers! (http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=6380) :D (Look to Page 6 for those images)

Scary. I actually remember that thread.
Scarier is seeing for myself what a little pervert my husband was. :eek: :D (http://forums.macrumors.com/showpost.php?p=86877&postcount=178)

[bartelby]

Scarier is reading the late teenage perversions of my husband from back then. :eek:

I'm just glad he's over his Kiera Knightly obsession!

It's strange, he was always one for girly wallpapers and 'tars. Then he met you and it all stopped. It's almost like you were his first girlfriend!:D

[iBlue]

I'm just glad he's over his Kiera Knightly obsession!

It's strange, he was always one for girly wallpapers and 'tars. Then he met you and it all stopped. It's almost like you were his first girlfriend!:D
Well it might have to do with me being a member of this forum and all. ;)

[bartelby]

Well it might have to do with me being a member of this forum and all. ;)

So he's scared of you and what you might do to him if he has girly wallpaper? ;):)

[iBlue]

So he's scared of you and what you might do to him if he has girly wallpaper? ;):)
Nah, I can enjoy that too ;) and he's still got them... (but some of them are of me ;-))

[bartelby]

Nah, I can enjoy that too ;) and he's still got them... (but some of them are of me ;-))

e's a lucky, lucky man!!!

[edesignuk]

e's a lucky, lucky man!!!I know fool! mmmm, boobies

[szark]

Ooh, really nice pic of an iMac G4 setup on my birth year! :D

Hmmmm. Nice setup on my birth year (http://att.macrumors.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=1970) as well. :)

Scarier is seeing for myself what a little pervert my husband was. :eek: :D (http://forums.macrumors.com/showpost.php?p=86877&postcount=178)

Was? :p

[Sun Baked]

This obsession people here with posting pictures of their room :eek:

http://att.macrumors.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=19821&d=1104761280

[siurpeeman]

Prime numbers http://att.macrumors.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=12357


fyi, 1 is not a prime number.

my birth year. (http://att.macrumors.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=1979)

[Jasonbot]

Post your old desktop anyone:
http://att.macrumors.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=1123

good comic :p
http://att.macrumors.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=3

Post your OLDER desktop:
http://att.macrumors.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=678

last one...
woot, cant wait for OS X jaguar sneak peek. wonder what new features they're goanna have????
I hear its goanna look metally. But I liked pin stripes :(

http://att.macrumors.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=351

[scotthayes]

965



You sure that was a random one?

[scotthayes]

Today's date (UK format) 071107 (http://att.macrumors.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=071107)

Month and year I was born November 1969 (1169) (http://att.macrumors.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=1169)

And as Discovery is about to land. STS-120... Just for the Discovery crew (http://att.macrumors.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=120)

[emw]

Should I be concerned?

http://att.macrumors.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=38360 <- my member number

[siurpeeman]

Should I be concerned?

http://att.macrumors.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=38360 <- my member number

that's nothing. i don't even exist yet. my member number (http://att.macrumors.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=91658)

[OwlsAndApples]

Should I be concerned?

http://att.macrumors.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=38360 <- my member number

My member number:

http://att.macrumors.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=85820

Ahem. :p

[szark]

Continuing in the member number saga:

Pinstripes! (http://att.macrumors.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=5015)

And a few more "random" choices:

130 (http://att.macrumors.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=130)
1040 (http://att.macrumors.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=1040)
2600 (http://att.macrumors.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=2600) (PDF file)

[Abstract]

My first hit

http://att.macrumors.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=4545

:(

Oh snap!

Scarier is seeing for myself what a little pervert my husband was. :eek: :D (http://forums.macrumors.com/showpost.php?p=86877&postcount=178)

We've known that for a long time and just kept that dirty side of him from you.

[gauchogolfer]

Well, I'm a 68040 (http://att.macrumors.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=68040)
Who was born in 1976 (http://att.macrumors.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=1976)
On the date of 06/30 (http://att.macrumors.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=0630)
And currently lives in the 805 (http://att.macrumors.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=805)

Great idea.

[squeeks]

Macs and babealicious wallpapers! (http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=6380) :D (Look to Page 6 for those images)

Scary. I actually remember that thread.

thanks, i tried to dig it up but i guess you cant reply to archived posts

[iBlue]

...

We've known that for a long time and just kept that dirty side of him from you.
Oh I know the dirty side, well. :D





So... http://att.macrumors.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=420 <- most disappointing <cough cough snicker>

http://att.macrumors.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=818 <- old area code (lived in Woodland Hills, CA)

http://att.macrumors.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=310 <- another old area code (brentwood, CA) but this person did not considering I see canadian (or australian?) dollars

http://att.macrumors.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=90049 <- old zip code

[bartelby]

http://att.macrumors.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=2310<-- my birthday (UK format)

http://att.macrumors.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=1023<-- my birthday (US format)

http://att.macrumors.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=32<-- House number

http://att.macrumors.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=996<-- Work ID number

http://att.macrumors.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=6057<-- Work extension number. (It's kind of fitting as I spend a lot of time looking at charts)

[ezzie]

my birth month and day: http://att.macrumors.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=0920 (awwww... :))

my house number: http://att.macrumors.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=301 (awww...again.)

my zip code: http://att.macrumors.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=21795 (er, enough with the animals!)

my work phone extension: http://att.macrumors.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=7153

random number: http://att.macrumors.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=12225...ewwww. :p

[Doctor Q]

Handy tip #1: You can type this syntax to put an attachment by number in your post:nnnn
where nnnn is the post number.

Handy tip #2: If you try your own member number (just the first 5 digits if it's 6 digits long), you will obviously get an image that reveals something about you in particular.

Me:12149

12149Hey, it works! That's my family tree!

[Jaffa Cake]

I'll give that a try with my member number and see what I get...

38312

I'm not looking at the link until I actually make this post, so hopefully it's nowt mucky. :o

[iBlue]

^ that's pitiful, Jaffa Cake! :p


The results from my member number...

49175 (http://att.macrumors.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=49175)

Allow me to fit my dunce cap and face the corner...

[Doctor Q]

^ that's pitiful, Jaffa Cake! :p


The results from my member number...

49175 (http://att.macrumors.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=49175)

Allow me to fit my dunce cap and face the corner...Leave off the last digit and see if that helps!

[scotthayes]

108903 :(

[bartelby]

I like mine. Very Minimalist:

35779 (http://att.macrumors.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=35779)

[edesignuk]

I'm a 4k you newbie weiners :p

4465 (http://att.macrumors.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=4465). Rad :cool:

[bartelby]

I'm a 4k you newbie weiners :p



That just means you're an old fart in MR terms! :p

[iBlue]

Leave off the last digit and see if that helps!
hehe, I like the result (http://att.macrumors.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=491) from leaving off the last 2 :D


108903 :(
you and me both dude.

[bartelby]

hehe, I like the result (http://att.macrumors.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=491) from leaving off the last 2 :D


Why not go the whole way and leave off the last 3 result (http://att.macrumors.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=49) or 4 result (http://att.macrumors.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=4)

[iBlue]

Why not go the whole way and leave off the last 3 result (http://att.macrumors.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=49) or 4 result (http://att.macrumors.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=4)

because the result with 491 was WAY cooler. that dude's got skillz!

[scotthayes]

I like mine. Very Minimalist:

35779 (http://att.macrumors.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=35779)

I'm not important enough to be able to read that one :( starting to feel unwanted

[iBlue]

I'm not important enough to be able to read that one :( starting to feel unwanted
that's what's minimalist about it? :D

[Jaffa Cake]

Leave off the last digit and see if that helps!That's much better! Thanks Doc. :)

[millar876]

I Like the Gnome in this one (http://att.macrumors.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=259)

[Cassie]

My birth year

http://att.macrumors.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=1993

The number on my aim screen name.

http://att.macrumors.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=1142

Just a random number
http://att.macrumors.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=834

^^ That one is scary as ****

[scotthayes]

Just a random number
http://att.macrumors.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=834

^^ That one is scary as ****

Not as scary as the fact you were born in 1993, I've got socks older than you :D