Forums are VERY quiet today!

[edesignuk]

WOW! What a quiet day it has been so far in the forums.
I keep hitting 'View New Posts', but there's rarely anything coming up :(
I thought that with MWNY getting ever closer things would have been busier than ever!
...guess not...

[McFreggle]

Originally posted by verbose101
WOW! What a quiet day it has been so far in the forums.
I keep hitting 'View New Posts', but there's rarely anything coming up :(
I thought that with MWNY getting ever closer things would have been busier than ever!
...guess not...

Hey Verbose... That's because we're Europeans... Those Americans are still sleeping! :D :D

k.

[britboy]

Many of the ami's are still sleeping like babies, no doubt. Also, yesterday was a pretty crazy day, so we *might* just see the 'calm after the storm' today :)

[Beej]

I've been out for the day... started my new job this afternoon :)

[britboy]

Congratulations on getting a job bingo. What are you doing?

[edesignuk]

Originally posted by Beej
I've been out for the day... started my new job this afternoon :)
What's your new job?

[AmbitiousLemon]

Originally posted by McFreggle


Hey Verbose... That's because we're Europeans... Those Americans are still sleeping! :D :D

k.

bah we never sleep.

btw love the name. does fraggle rock still air where you are? i have most of season one. part of 2 and 4 (on mpeg), but lost my connection (damn canadians).

im a big mokey fan, who is your fav?

[iGav]

Well I'm making the most of the totally gorgeous weather that the UK is experiencing at the mo.... I have a chilled Strongbow...... and kicking back to Kruder and dorfmeister....... superb....... ;)

Can't wait for the match tomorrow morning... off to watch it at my local.... going to enjoy a beer and a breakfast at 7am..... outstanding.... :D

What's the job Beej???

[edesignuk]

Originally posted by iGAV
Well I'm making the most of the totally gorgeous weather that the UK is experiencing at the mo.... I have a chilled Strongbow...... and kicking back to Kruder and dorfmeister....... superb....... ;)

The weather has been great here in London for most of the last week, I just wish I was able to enjoy it, unfortuneatly I'm stuck in work having the most boring day :(
I'm full of envy iGAV :p
Promise to have a beer for me ;)

[McFreggle]

Originally posted by AmbitiousLemon
btw love the name. does fraggle rock still air where you are? i have most of season one. part of 2 and 4 (on mpeg), but lost my connection (damn canadians).


From time to time it still airs yeah ;). It's always a pleasure to review an episode. Fraggles rule!

im a big mokey fan, who is your fav?

Well... as for the fraggles themselves I really don't have a big favourite (Gobo I guess. Or Wembley), but I was always fond of Junior - erm in Dutch 'Griezel', I guess Gorg in English - although he was one of the 'bad' guys. And off course the Trash Heap (or how do you call it). And Sprocket!

Actually... I love them all, it seems! ;)

k.

[iGav]

Originally posted by verbose101

The weather has been great here in London for most of the last week, I just wish I was able to enjoy it, unfortuneatly I'm stuck in work having the most boring day
I'm full of envy iGAV
Promise to have a beer for me ;)

That's the thing with being a freelancer..... I've taken the last 3 weeks off...... and I'm envisaging taking the next 3 off as well....... :D :)

Oh and verbose, I'll have several chilled beers for you....... :D ;) :p just imagine that ice'd cool beer, flowing down your throat.... whilst enjoying the lucious ladies in skimpy tops that always frequent old London when Mr Sun comes out to play..... :D actually verbose you should pull a sicky and get down the nearest pub now...... or are you doing that tomorrow for the match??? heh heh :p

Shhhhhh I won't tell anyone!! ;)

[edesignuk]

Originally posted by iGAV


That's the thing with being a freelancer..... I've taken the last 3 weeks off...... and I'm envisaging taking the next 3 off as well....... :D :)

Oh and verbose, I'll have several chilled beers for you....... :D ;) :p just imagine that ice'd cool beer, flowing down your throat.... whilst enjoying the lucious ladies in skimpy tops that always frequent old London when Mr Sun comes out to play..... :D actually verbose you should pull a sicky and get down the nearest pub now...... or are you doing that tomorrow for the match??? heh heh :p

Shhhhhh I won't tell anyone!! ;)
Please stop! Your making be drool! mmmm...beer good! :D
The really annoying thing is there are loads of really cool bars just steps away from the front of where I work (Canary Wharf), let's see there's...Bar38, The Fine Line, All Bar One, HA's etc...sadly they're all just out of reach, I'd get my a$$ caned if the management smelt alchol on my breath.

As for the game 2moro, I will be getting into work early (like MANY others) to watch it before work.
C'MON ENGLAND!

[AmbitiousLemon]

trash heap is cool. did you see the one where trash heap got moved?

i like the doozers too. any episode with them is cool.

my favorites are the minstrel episodes, wembley's wonderful woopie water, and the land of carpets episode. those are great. o and the one where they capture the moon and the one where mokey convinces everyone to stop eating doozer towers.

[iGav]

Originally posted by verbose101

Please stop! Your making be drool! mmmm...beer good! :D
The really annoying thing is there are loads of really cool bars just steps away from the front of where I work (Canary Wharf), let's see there's...Bar38, The Fine Line, All Bar One, HA's etc...sadly they're all just out of reach, I'd get my a$$ caned if the management smelt alchol on my breath.

As for the game 2moro, I will be getting into work early (like MANY others) to watch it before work.
C'MON ENGLAND!

The Fine Line is cool....... I'm not a fan of All Bar One though...... although after a long long day... when the weather is as gorgeous as it is today....... anywhere is okay to sip on that icey smooth beers......... :D

Cheers....... *slurps on super-cooled crisp beer* ;)

[eyelikeart]

Originally posted by AmbitiousLemon


bah we never sleep.

he he he...how true...how much sleep do u get at night lemon??

I've already been told I'm nuts a few times by some MR members this week because of my...untraditional sleeping methods... ;)

[kishba]

i'm pretty sure AL never sleeps... sadly his insomnia is wearing off on me... luckily i finally crashed last night and got a decent 6 hours of sleep ;)

anyway i'm much more productive when i haven't had sleep (well at least more creative)

[britboy]

Hmmmmm. The forums are even quieter today than they were yesterday. Could it be that the ami's are watching football? ;)

[edesignuk]

Originally posted by britboy
Hmmmmm. The forums are even quieter today than they were yesterday. Could it be that the ami's are watching football? ;)
Isn't it! What's going on these last couple of days? :confused:

[McFreggle]

Originally posted by verbose101
Isn't it! What's going on these last couple of days? :confused:

It's the silence before the storm... (MWNY)

k.

[edesignuk]

Originally posted by McFreggle


It's the silence before the storm... (MWNY)

k.
hehe :) I hope so!

[iGav]

Originally posted by McFreggle


It's the silence before the storm... (MWNY)

k.

I think we should just enjoy the relative peace and tranquility....... :p

Actually if the USA do beat Germany..... it's going to be a nightmare on these boards........ you can imagine it now......

"Yee-Haa we whoop'd Germanys ass"

Nightmare........ :eek: :eek: :p

[edesignuk]

Originally posted by iGAV


I think we should just enjoy the relative peace and tranquility....... :p

Actually if the USA do beat Germany..... it's going to be a nightmare on these boards........ you can imagine it now......

"Yee-Haa we whoop'd Germanys ass"

Nightmare........ :eek: :eek: :p
OMG! :eek:
Your right! I hadn't thought about that, I don't think I could take it!

[McFreggle]

Originally posted by iGAV
"Yee-Haa we whoop'd Germanys ass"

Yeah, and 'We made the semi-finals and England didn't! Nah nah nah nah nah!"

:p

k.

[McFreggle]

Originally posted by McFreggle
Yeah, and 'We made the semi-finals and England didn't! Nah nah nah nah nah!"


But now I see there's no need to be afraid of that anymore... Congratulations, Germany.

k.

[jelloshotsrule]

Originally posted by iGAV
Actually if the USA do beat Germany..... it's going to be a nightmare on these boards........ you can imagine it now......

"Yee-Haa we whoop'd Germanys ass"

Nightmare........ :eek: :eek: :p

better than

"we were victorious in our match against brazil. now we shall have some tea and crumpets and refuse to brush our teeth for another 10 years"

[britboy]

Originally posted by jelloshotsrule


better than

"we were victorious in our match against brazil. now we shall have some tea and crumpets and refuse to brush our teeth for another 10 years"


You're starting to sound like a broken record.....:o

Have you ever tried proper cornish cream on crumpets? They're delicious! Much better than that apple pie crap you infected the world with.

[jelloshotsrule]

Originally posted by britboy
You're starting to sound like a broken record.....:o

Have you ever tried proper cornish cream on crumpets? They're delicious! Much better than that apple pie crap you infected the world with.

not much of an apple pie fan myself

more into the grasshopper pie.

you've always sounded like a broken record, but that's what's funny about you.

[britboy]

Originally posted by jelloshotsrule


not much of an apple pie fan myself

more into the grasshopper pie.

you've always sounded like a broken record, but that's what's funny about you.


Grasshopper pie? mmmmm, crunchy. :eek:

Thanks...... ;) You do know what it means to sound like a broken record, don't you?

[jelloshotsrule]

Originally posted by britboy
Grasshopper pie? mmmmm, crunchy. :eek:

Thanks...... ;) You do know what it means to sound like a broken record, don't you?

ha. it's a chocolate and mint cream pie with an oreo crumb type crust... my mom makes it. it's dang good. very very filling.

no i dont, no i don't, no i don't, no i don't...

etc etc

[britboy]

Originally posted by jelloshotsrule


ha. it's a chocolate and mint cream pie with an oreo crumb type crust... my mom makes it. it's dang good. very very filling.

no i dont, no i don't, no i don't, no i don't...

etc etc


Sounds quite nice actually.

Shall i explain then? ;)

[jelloshotsrule]

Originally posted by britboy
Sounds quite nice actually.

Shall i explain then? ;)

yeah, my mom makes some darn good food. and guess what, most of it is derived from either czech or german or other european foods (as those are our roots). i just had meatless stroganoff last night... mmmm. it's one of the best things she's been able to make with fake meat stuff. quite good.

please do, please do, please do, please do

ad nauseam.

[edesignuk]

ARGH! It's soooooooo quiet!
Pleeeeeease, someone post something interesting! :D

[AmbitiousLemon]

maybe we are all too dizzy from staring at your avatar...

[edesignuk]

Originally posted by AmbitiousLemon
maybe we are all too dizzy from staring at your avatar...
Should I take that as a compliment to my 'tar?

[edesignuk]

It looks like another one of those days....very quiet :(

[AmbitiousLemon]

i think quite a few of teh demigods are on vacation or starting new jobs/positions. no new peopel have stepped up because newbies tend to get squashed around here regardless of the quality of their posts.

the fact that there are few rumors floating around doesnt help either.

things will be buzzing soon enough.

[edesignuk]

I thought now would be very busy, with MWNY just around the corner, it's really weird, oh well, maybe things will liven up in the week leading up to the big event!

[Mr. Anderson]

but there really isn't anything coming from apple yet about what's going to happen. If they start hyping the event like in MWSF this year, it should get good.

D

[jelloshotsrule]

Originally posted by AmbitiousLemon
i think quite a few of teh demigods are on vacation or starting new jobs/positions. no new peopel have stepped up because newbies tend to get squashed around here regardless of the quality of their posts.

the fact that there are few rumors floating around doesnt help either.

things will be buzzing soon enough.

new people don't always get blown off. several new people have joined lately and started posting a lot. and no one's tried to shoot them down or anything. (coolcity and others.) so get over it finally.


no rumors is boring for sure.

[Mr. Anderson]

Its not newbies that get squashed, its ignorance and stupidity...

newbies != ignorance

we were all at 1 post at some time

[eyelikeart]

Originally posted by dukestreet
Its not newbies that get squashed, its ignorance and stupidity...

newbies != ignorance

he he he....now u are starting to sound like Alpha... ;)

it's not the fact that they are "newbies"...but the ignorance in some posting...and the impatience of the receiver of that ignorance...

[iGav]

Originally posted by verbose101
I thought now would be very busy, with MWNY just around the corner, it's really weird, oh well, maybe things will liven up in the week leading up to the big event!

I'm in the middle of renovating a house at the moment (don't ask) so I'm not around in the mornings at the mo....... although I know how quiet it can be until the U.S. wakes up and slows the internet down..... :p

It'll get really busy the day before....... at the moment everyone seems resigned to new Powermacs with very little enthusiasm........... I'm sure it'll be buzzing soon enough though...... I can't wait for MWNY..... :D :)

[edesignuk]

Ok, that's it!
I don't know how much longer I can keep hitting 'View New Posts' and see nothing, it's driving me mad!
What is up, MWNY draws ever closer and thing should be busier than ever.
I remeber in a thread a while back talking about how busy the site will get with lurkers and if the forum (bandwidth) will be able to take it, well, so far there seems to be no problem there what so ever, it's dead :(

[krossfyter]

its the calm before the storm!


dig it.

[Grokgod]

I think that I am one of those new guys that you were talking about!

Just showed up and started posting,, why ? from where>?

When will it stop?

ANyone dislike my posts or irritated by them or perhaps found them ignorant...

I would like to know, I can be convinced to leave...:)

am I a newbie? an ignorant one....

Onto the boring theme of the boredom during the prequel to the most important MacWorld ever in the history of APPLE.

Why do say that ? because I believe that it is and that what is done at this MacWorld will tell the future of APPLE>!

FOREVER! boom boom boom boom, !
<insert excitement here!>

[AmbitiousLemon]

you arent so new grok. 4 months. and dont let peopel like dukestreet bother you. they just get a kick out of being bullies and pretending they are better than other people because they have lots of posts. from what ive seen IQs tend to drop as people get more posts.

[SoarEyes]

okay fellow non-americans let’s shock some Yankees.
What american TV-shows do we watch or have watched in the past.
I’ll start with the first couple:

All in the family (my favourite)
Dharma&Greg (brrr)
A-team
dallas
dynasty
.....

Thought I’d give us a topic to talk about
:p

[eyelikeart]

Originally posted by AmbitiousLemon
they just get a kick out of being bullies and pretending they are better than other people because they have lots of posts. from what ive seen IQs tend to drop as people get more posts.

that's a bold statement...I wonder just exactly to whom that's directed??

[AmbitiousLemon]

Originally posted by dukestreet

newbies != ignorance

its aimed at comments like that. as if being new makes someone stupid. doesnt make much sense to me, and it doesnt create a welcoming environment for people to read this kind of stuff constantly.

[jelloshotsrule]

Originally posted by AmbitiousLemon


its aimed at comments like that. as if being new makes someone stupid. doesnt make much sense to me, and it doesnt create a welcoming environment for people to read this kind of stuff constantly.

don't you realize that "newbies != ignorance" means that being a new person does not imply ignorance?

in your haste to find someone new to attack as a jerk for being mean to new people, you missed the fact that he was saying it is not what new people say, it is what ignorant people say, whether new or not.

[AmbitiousLemon]

jello i dont know what you have against me, but i do not see whatever you see. he is saying that newbies equal ignorance. thats not hard to misinterpret. please try not to attack me personally simply because i shared something about myself on another thread.

[edesignuk]

Originally posted by AmbitiousLemon
jello i dont know what you have against me, but i do not see whatever you see. he is saying that newbies equal ignorance. thats not hard to misinterpret. please try not to attack me personally simply because i shared something about myself on another thread.
He is not saying what you think!
"!=" is the JavaScript (and maybe other languages too) representation for "not".
So he is saying:
"newbies not ignorance".
Now stop flaming each other you 2 and grow up.

[jelloshotsrule]

Originally posted by dukestreet
Its not newbies that get squashed, its ignorance and stupidity...

newbies != ignorance

we were all at 1 post at some time

lemon, the only thing i "have against you" is that you often attack people on here for attacking others and in turn making people not want to be around here...... now, that in itself is fine and i think it's good that you are standing up for them or whatever. it's just that knowing some of the people (like duke) decently well i know they don't attack anyone based on post count, just on the content of their messages.

anyhoo, looking at his message, he says that it's ignorance and stupidity and not newbies. and sort of relates to them by saying "we were all at 1 post at some time"... now, as for the newbies != ignorance. i very well could be at fault.....

but taking it in context and my vague memory of programming... i thought you could use != to say "not equal" to... which would say he doesn't equate newbies with ignorance. now, if i'm wrong, it could also mean "newbies ALWAYS = ignorant" which for some reason also comes to mind as a possible meaning of !=... so, if i'm wrong, and duke meant to put down new people, then i totally apologize and ask duke to not be so harsh..

however, if he did mean to kinda stand up for them as i suspect, then it's cool

as for attacking you based on the other thread. not at all, just that you often attack people that i know/think shouldn't be attacked for the reasons you attack (ie, acting like jerks towards new people)...

and as i said, your first post in said thread was quite good and made a very strong point.... i have nothing against you chief. peace

[jelloshotsrule]

Originally posted by verbose101

He is not saying what you think!
"!=" is the JavaScript (and maybe other languages too) representation for "not".
So he is saying:
"newbies not ignorance".
Now stop flaming each other you 2 and grow up.

that's what i was trying to say. just miscommunication really. word.

[krossfyter]

whats the duke upto anyways jello?

[edesignuk]

Originally posted by jelloshotsrule


that's what i was trying to say. just miscommunication really. word.
It's a crazy argument, and all because you did not know that in certain languages "!=" represents "not"...well...now you all no ;)

[jelloshotsrule]

Originally posted by verbose101

It's a crazy argument, and all because you did not know that in certain languages "!=" represents "not"...well...now you all no ;)

having gotten a c+ in java i wouldn't have been surprised if my first instinct, that it meant "not equal to" was wrong... i've been wrong too many times before. ha... thanks for clearing it up.



kross- i don't know... busy working i guess.

[AmbitiousLemon]

ah. well i didnt know that. and i have to wonder how many people did. but i didnt mean to single duke out. nothing against him or anyone else. like you guys said this is a silly argument. i just get tired of seeing the same people post and then someone new come along and get scared off because they get attacked for being new. too often you guys protect each other simply because you know so and so is such a great guy. if someone is wrong sure tell them they are wrong, but with so many of you this only goes one way. its like o well ive seen so and so in the private forum so ill help him attack this guy even though we are wrong. but that actually ahsnt been much of an issue lately since the large posters seem to stay away from the rumor boards now, and new peopel are creeping back in.

[jelloshotsrule]

Originally posted by AmbitiousLemon
ah. well i didnt know that. and i have to wonder how many people did. but i didnt mean to single duke out. nothing against him or anyone else. like you guys said this is a silly argument. i just get tired of seeing the same people post and then someone new come along and get scared off because they get attacked for being new. too often you guys protect each other simply because you know so and so is such a great guy. if someone is wrong sure tell them they are wrong, but with so many of you this only goes one way. its like o well ive seen so and so in the private forum so ill help him attack this guy even though we are wrong. but that actually ahsnt been much of an issue lately since the large posters seem to stay away from the rumor boards now, and new peopel are creeping back in.

well you misunderstood. but don't assume that others would have made that mistake and thus hate duke now or something. the other things he said in the same post showed that he doesn't jump on people for being new....

i personally have only recently gotten into the private section and don't really post there much. and just because i might know someone on here more than another means nothing.... back to the mac was one of the first people i got into discussions with and he and i went back and forth on several political issues, including the pledge one... do not lump all the "high post count" people into one. and don't just assume that everyone takes everything as mean and spiteful...

because if you really think that, then you should take a look at some of your posts too. some of them are very harsh and could be offensive. sure, i've gotten into heated discussions and eventually talked it out.

people who attack newbies just for being new are dumb. but i don't see many of them...

alpha does sometimes. but even he requires some reason usually.... i just don't see the basis for your attacks is all..

anyhoo. peace out.

[eyelikeart]

he he he...

now do u guys need to be put in time-out?! :D

[krossfyter]

ive always made it a point to make the newbies feel at home. but i guess my work at that does not matter. no one notices anyways...everyone always notcies something else about me thats not true and gets blown out of proportion.



anyways rock on!