You didn't waste any time, michaelrjohnson. You were ready with your avatar right after your 500th post. But I cut myself on the edge of it. You should have done a better job in warning us about the sharp edges (jaggies). I'm calling my lawyer! 
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Doctor Q said:You didn't waste any time, michaelrjohnson. You were ready with your avatar right after your 500th post. But I cut myself on the edge of it. You should have done a better job in warning us about the sharp edges (jaggies). I'm calling my lawyer!
yeah, well, my avatar has been a long time coming. i've been here a long time and didnt' start posting seriously until recently. so, lets just say that i was a bit antsy...
oh, and, dont tell me i didnt' warn you!
No, but one (not the only) reason for avatars is to help identify those members who have been participating for a while, since they may "know the ropes". This of course isn't a reliable method for deciding who to trust for advice or whose opinion to give the most weight to in a discussion, but neither is any other method short of reading all of their previous posts.noel4r said:
The member "processor" rankings (under the member names) serve much the same purpose.
Given that you and everyone else can choose a member name, a signature, a photo for your member profile, and of course what to say in your posts, there are plenty of ways to show your personality/identity even before you get an avatar.
If status symbols were easy to get, they wouldn't be status symbols...
(Now #$%!, where's my Benz?)
(Now #$%!, where's my Benz?)
Here's my advice for how to get to 500. Start on a really big, really difficult project. Something that requires a lot of serious thought and and attention to detail. You'll find yourself posting 4 or 5 times a day on MacRumors while you procrastinate on your "serious" project. At least that's what happened to me. Now that I've finished my book, I don't post to MacRumors nearly as often. However, I'll be starting the next one in a couple weeks, so maybe you'll be seeing more of me here!noel4r said:
wordmunger said:
or you could start a month long soap opera fairy tale about your relations with women you steal from men they are about to move in with... it helps too if you work with her and that her best friend... who you also work with has been infatuated with you for the last two years... makes for fun comments and good times...
wordmunger said:
Or you could start a flame war about how the powerbook is a poorly designed computer and post a lot of messages in all-caps. But by then you might have a wanted sign underneath your 'tar.
Or you could post relatively non-useful replies in threads about how to get avatars. Ahhh, the only problem with circular logic is circular logic.
Yes, but it comes "as is", despite needing some color touchup and scaling. It's definitely a "fixer upper"!Squire said:
It's the makeshift Command key from the P-P-P-Powerbook that a fellow named Jeff Harris used to scam an e-Bay scammer. See MacRumors thread, the original thread at somethingawful.com, or the summary at one of the mirrors shown in the first post at somethingawful.com, such as http://easynetworknyc.com/powerbook/.Squire said:
The P-P-P-Powerbook is p-p-p-pretty well known now, and I just pointed out that the key would make a good avatar. So you are welcome to it, and you don't have to give me credit in your signature.
wrldwzrd89 said:
i have 500+ posts but i still can't get an avatar... annoying!
edit:
log in, log out. working.
This is sorta similar to avatars -
I know I can change my picture, but can I change my screenname?? I looked around and it wasn't immediately obvious.
I know I can change my picture, but can I change my screenname?? I looked around and it wasn't immediately obvious.
After a rush of people changing their names (by asking management to do it), arn stopped doing it.carletonmusic said:This is sorta similar to avatars -
I know I can change my picture, but can I change my screenname?? I looked around and it wasn't immediately obvious.
350 something to go... I really wanna avatar... I think you should get once right when you become an official member or regular...
