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    • #2440094

      Aw, man.

      by charliespencer ·

      In reply to Please welcome TechRepublic’s newest Moderators

      You gave ‘god privileges’ to Nick? Man, the lifespan of my posts is going to be measured in seconds.

      I wonder if Darryl and PS will cancel each other out? “But Darryl~, Purple said it was okay!”

      HAL and GSG? What, was Max busy this week? Was BALTHOR not available?

      Canadians? An Australian? Seriously? Do they even speak English?

      Congrats, y’all! The good news is every one is already on my Contacts / Follow list; I don’t have to suck up to anyone new. Have you got a pool going on who gets to deliver my first b!tch slap?

      • #2440092
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        Well if this helps

        by hal 9000 ·

        In reply to Aw, man.

        The Mouse is currently hovering over the Delete Link. 😉

        NA I’m just kidding I’m [b]NICE[/b] really!

        Col 0:-)

      • #2440089

        You’ve uncovered the plot

        by jamesrl ·

        In reply to Aw, man.

        There was a bidding war, these new moderators tied for the privelege. Somehow they will have to figure out how to deliver it simultaneously.

        Oh BTW congrats gang!

      • #2440044

        It’s a brilliant geographic spread:

        by ansugisalas ·

        In reply to Aw, man.

        The Australian is awake at UnGodly hours, on account of the Sun being all wonky out there…
        The Canadians, on the other hand, are known to be less lethargic during the summer, on account of the Sun failing to provide any warmth up there.

        They’d have picked an Alaskan, but they were afraid the account would be commandeered by Not-the-Michael to implement PIPA/SOPA policies on a vigilante level.

        So, you see, they did good 😀

      • #2439607

        Not quite that fast

        by nicknielsen ·

        In reply to Aw, man.

        I can’t mod while driving, you know… 😀

        • #2439419
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          Yep I know

          by hal 9000 ·

          In reply to Not quite that fast

          Males can not multitask. 😉

          Col :^0

        • #2439414

          Not that at all

          by nicknielsen ·

          In reply to Yep I know

          If I’m driving, I’m [u]already[/u] multitasking.

    • #2440079

      thanks

      by purpleskys ·

      In reply to Please welcome TechRepublic’s newest Moderators

      I’m very excited…. 🙂

      • #2440077

        May take a minute

        by michael jay ·

        In reply to thanks

        to recognize you guys without the regular avatar.

    • #2440078

      Congratulations to the new moderators

      by michael jay ·

      In reply to Please welcome TechRepublic’s newest Moderators

      looks like we got a good team there, now if Tammy can just keep them in line. 🙂

      • #2440073
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        But I was only accepted

        by hal 9000 ·

        In reply to Congratulations to the new moderators

        Because I offered to delete every post by Jason.

        [b]Honest[/b] :0

        That’s my story and I’m sticking to it. 😀

        Col

        • #2440072

          I see

          by michael jay ·

          In reply to But I was only accepted

          you just wanted a remote control air lock to give Jason a hard time. 🙂

        • #2440051
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          Remember

          by hal 9000 ·

          In reply to I see

          I’m Nice Dam It. :^0

          Col 😉

    • #2440076
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      PS: Boxfiddler is still…

      by Tammy.Cavadias ·

      In reply to Please welcome TechRepublic’s newest Moderators

      .. one of the moderators (for anyone wondering) 🙂

      -Tammy [_]3

    • #2440058
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      Anyone noticed any other changes?

      by hal 9000 ·

      In reply to Please welcome TechRepublic’s newest Moderators

      Like for instance the Top 3 List has disappeared?

      So I wonder what else has been changed and what happens when I start Deleting Boxies Posts. :^0 😀

      Col

      • #2440057

        I noticed an ignoring link in my contacts

        by michael jay ·

        In reply to Anyone noticed any other changes?

        it does not appear to do anything yet, so I am ignoring it.

        The Top 3, do you mean the spammer list? It is still there;
        http://www.techrepublic.com/members/top100?tag=content;siu-container

        • #2440032
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          Ignoring tab…

          by Tammy.Cavadias ·

          In reply to I noticed an ignoring link in my contacts

          Once that feature is totally functional – you will be able to ignore users (except for staff, editors, writers and moderators). The tab you see in your contacts, is where you will be able to see a list of all you are ignoring (you won’t be able to see who is ignoring you though)

          I am excited to have this new feature as it is one I have been trying to gain for a long time.

          -Tammy [_]3

        • #2440026

          Why would you ignore a Contact?

          by charliespencer ·

          In reply to Ignoring tab…

          Why not just remove him / her from your Contacts?

        • #2439661
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          That is just where it is currently located…

          by Tammy.Cavadias ·

          In reply to Why would you ignore a Contact?

          that tab name is due to change to “people”, with one list for your contacts and another list for all members that you are ignoring.

          It’s not functional yet – but once it is, I’ll post a discussion with all the how-tos and what-nots (like; no, you can not ignore any of my comments bahmuah ;-D )

          -Tammy [_]3

        • #2439633

          Charlie-town in mid-April

          by charliespencer ·

          In reply to That is just where it is currently located…

          Gonna check out that fancy new inn over at MIddleton Place and eat Sticky Fingers ribs.

        • #2439628
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          Ohhhh….

          by Tammy.Cavadias ·

          In reply to Charlie-town in mid-April

          5 miles away from me.. but please please do not eat at “Sticky fingers”

          Holler at me when you get in town – have to hit up Bessingers: http://www.bessingersbbq.com

          -Tammy [_]3

        • #2439621

          Mustard-based? Ugh.

          by charliespencer ·

          In reply to Charlie-town in mid-April

          I can get that all over Columbia, if I wanted it. Get off that baby food and eat vinegar-and-pepper with the grown-ups!

          Seriously, I’ll try it. We have to eat more than one meal…

        • #2439609

          I’ll be there in late March

          by nicknielsen ·

          In reply to Charlie-town in mid-April

          for my annual FIRST Robotics gig.

          *blatant plug*
          March 22-24 at the North Charleston Colusseum
          http://www.usfirst.org/roboticsprograms/frc
          *end blatant plug*

          I tried Jim’n’Nick’s when I was there last year (mostly because of the name 🙂 ), but they wouldn’t give me a discount, darn it. Wasn’t too bad, for a chain. Not sure where I’ll eat this year. I’ll have to do some research.

        • #2439525
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          We love Bessinger’s…

          by Tammy.Cavadias ·

          In reply to Charlie-town in mid-April

          .. I love the Okra the best 😀

          We do tend to like going on a Sunday when they have their buffett – then I can get all you can eat fried catfish and fried okra (my hubby gets the all you can eat bar-b-que)

          -Tammy [_]3

        • #2439523
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          Robotics…

          by Tammy.Cavadias ·

          In reply to Charlie-town in mid-April

          Nick,

          Does that mean you will be a part of that program?

          My youngest (who is now a senior) competes in them things. He didn’t last year, but he did his freshman and sophmore year up in Columbia (his school took first his freshman yr, and second his sophmore yr)

          When we moved he started going to a new school and they didn’t have a program, he got it started and now they are going to compete this year. I know he said they were competing local and in Columbia again (I wonder if that one you mention is the local one – I’ll have to ask him). I know he is looking forward to competing against old classmates.

          -Tammy [_]3

        • #2439472

          I’m one of the judges

          by nicknielsen ·

          In reply to Charlie-town in mid-April

          In my case, as Safety Advisor. We roam the floor and make sure everybody is working safe. We also judge for the UL Industrial Safety Award.

          The competition at North Charleston is the Palmetto Regional. The winning alliance and certain other award winners get invitations to the Nationals in St. Louis.

        • #2439455
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          Not the one in North Charleston…

          by Tammy.Cavadias ·

          In reply to Charlie-town in mid-April

          ..but instead is a local one over at The Citadel.

          I asked him, why not yours, he said Mom, they wanted too much to register and we are a broke group lol

          I asked how much is too much? He said, 75. I was like.. ummm… us parents would have chipped in and paid.

          He said.. now you tell us. And I said.. I would have told you sooner, but you didn’t ask

        • #2439415

          The Citadel is the host and academic sponsor for the competition

          by nicknielsen ·

          In reply to Charlie-town in mid-April

          So it could be the same one. If it is FIRST, the annual registration fee for a FIRST Robotics team is $5,000, but that is paid up front. Once that fee is paid, the only other expenses would be for travel and lodging for any competitions.

          BTW, what school was he attending in Columbia?

        • #2439346
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          Stratford High School

          by Tammy.Cavadias ·

          In reply to Charlie-town in mid-April

          .. was the school at the time. Now he is in Ashley Ridge.

          -Tammy [_]3

        • #2439304

          Ashley Ridge has a team in the competition

          by nicknielsen ·

          In reply to Charlie-town in mid-April

          Team 3489, partnered with Summerville and sponsored by Boeing, Bosch, and SPAWAR.

          See you there?

        • #2439287

          Here’s your chance, Tammy

          by ansugisalas ·

          In reply to Charlie-town in mid-April

          Tell him he’ll have to come do lots of chores until then, or the mean safety inspector will “magically” find many nasty infractions :^0
          (And probably tests the plugs by hitting them with a hammer, etc. etc. ]:) )

        • #2439268

          Nah, it’s mostly about presence for us

          by nicknielsen ·

          In reply to Charlie-town in mid-April

          The idea is to foster safe behavior and preparation. We’re looking for the signs of safety awareness: safety documents, CPR & first aid training, first aid kits, fire extinguishers, clean workbenches, etc. We’re also watching for safe behavior: hands clear of moving parts, proper use of hand and power tools, not working on live circuits, and so on.

          The compliance part (hammering on connectors) is the robot inspection; that’s a different crew.

        • #2439631
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          Sort of reminds me of the old AOL days,

          by Wizard57M-TR ·

          In reply to Ignoring tab…

          you could “ignore” the idiots in the public chatrooms, even what
          some of us called “permy-ignore”! Cool!

      • #2440053
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        The side unit… yes

        by Tammy.Cavadias ·

        In reply to Anyone noticed any other changes?

        It was temp removed (the saved URL as Michael Jay has will still get you to it though)

        -Tammy [_]3

        • #2440042

          Thank you!

          by ansugisalas ·

          In reply to The side unit… yes

          That thing was an eyesore… too bad though – it looks like Palmetto had taken the #1 spot, that would have been cool.
          A few more months and it’d have been Palmetto, HAL, Chip, which would have been all sorts of awsum.

        • #2440037

          Been there before, might be there again,

          by charliespencer ·

          In reply to Thank you!

          doesn’t affect my participation one way or the other.

          The only time I recall it having any impact was a couple of weeks ago, when a relatively new member noted that “two of the top three Power Users” didn’t want laptops (HAL and I).

          If the algorithm can be tweaked to put less weight on the sheer number of posts by a new member, it could be a nice piece of eye candy. Otherwise, I think it reflects poorly on the site to honor a list of spammers.

        • #2440033
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          We are working on this…

          by Tammy.Cavadias ·

          In reply to Been there before, might be there again,

          to get it back to normal 🙂

          Course if we just change the title a tad to read: Bad Boy Corner or something else, it would suit as it sits now 🙂

          -Tammy [_]3

        • #2439666

          No spammers in the Bad Boy Corner!

          by ansugisalas ·

          In reply to We are working on this…

          If you get rid of the spammers, you can change its name to “Users most in need of a spanking!”
          or…
          “Users most a’hankering for a spankering!”
          :^0
          But spammers do certainly not deserve even infamy… an unmarked grave at the most ]:)

        • #2439640
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          But that is exactly what

          by hal 9000 ·

          In reply to We are working on this…

          Santee was constantly asking for.

          He kept insisting he was the baddest boy around and not many argued. 😉

          Col

        • #2439623

          HA!

          by ansugisalas ·

          In reply to But that is exactly what

          Well… a bad boy corner could be good, then.
          Who’d be there; Santee, Scummy, Mycroft … who else has been naughty enough to go permanently AWOL?

        • #2439647

          Well we know its been broken for awhile

          by slayer_ ·

          In reply to Been there before, might be there again,

          I noticed it when I got top user from all the down votes in the gun topic.

        • #2439629
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          Well I looked there last night [i]My Time[/i]

          by hal 9000 ·

          In reply to The side unit… yes

          And deleted all of the posts.

          All I can say is that the Spammers

          [b]dcolbert[/b] and [b]Slayer[/b]

          Had been quite busy where as the Good Members like

          watchesomega

          and the like seem to have posted nothing recently.

          Yes it was very Therapeutic deleting posts and jumping up and down on a chair screaming out [b]Die you spamming Bastards![/b] :^0

          Col

      • #2439195

        Been kinda ‘otherwise occupied’

        by boxfiddler ·

        In reply to Anyone noticed any other changes?

        for quite awhile now. There’s not much to delete. 😐
        Hopefully, that will change soon.

        • #2439178
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          Well I did promise to delete all of Jason’s Posts

          by hal 9000 ·

          In reply to Been kinda ‘otherwise occupied’

          Not to mention Boxxie’s Posts so I can mess with her mind. :^0 😀 :^0 😀 :^0 😀

          Col 0:-)

    • #2440027

      Congratulations to all…

      by cmiller5400 ·

      In reply to Please welcome TechRepublic’s newest Moderators

      Now you will have your workload increased :p

      I am a site admin of a popular A/C forum and it is a bucket load of work when the spammers strike! At the worst before the owner upgraded the site to the new version of phpBB we were deleting hundreds of posts manually each day. It is much better now, but a few still get by every now and then. Lots of work for little recognition but I’ll tell you it is worth every ounce of sweat to be able to help someone work through their issue to resolution.

      Again, congrats to all!

      • #2440025

        You admin an air conditioning forum?

        by charliespencer ·

        In reply to Congratulations to all…

        Or am I misinterpreting A/C?

        • #2439665

          A/C

          by ansugisalas ·

          In reply to You admin an air conditioning forum?

          Action/Consequence
          Aardvark/Cirin
          Arithmetic/Calculus

          Let me know when I start to get close…

        • #2439662

          Yes…

          by cmiller5400 ·

          In reply to You admin an air conditioning forum?

          I was friends with the former site owner. Another guy that was part of the original site took the current site over and I stayed on to help with the day to day stuff.

          I work on my own car and years ago that site helped me immensely, and I’ve been a contributor since.

        • #2439648

          It’s a big, wide Internet,

          by charliespencer ·

          In reply to Yes…

          and I guess there are sites for everything.

          I learned something today; can I go home now?

        • #2439624

          You poor thing!

          by ansugisalas ·

          In reply to It’s a big, wide Internet,

          Of course you can! Try to cope, ok?
          Come back tomorrow, what are the odds you’ll learn something twice, eh? :^0

    • #2439656
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      Congratulations!

      by Wizard57M-TR ·

      In reply to Please welcome TechRepublic’s newest Moderators

      Or, my condolences as this case may be! 😉
      Gotta get back to work…candy anyone? (chocolates…mmmmmm)

      • #2439617

        mmmmmm…

        by purpleskys ·

        In reply to Congratulations!

        chocolate….you must be very busy this time of year 🙂

        • #2439598
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          Very busy indeed!

          by Wizard57M-TR ·

          In reply to mmmmmm…

          We sell handmade chocolates from Sweet Shop USA, both boxed, ready
          to give and individual for that customized touch. For the younger crowd
          we have your typical M&Ms and Hershey Kisses for Valentines. Keeps
          my small crew busy putting together packages usually consist of balloons,
          canned soda and candy choices, wrapped in cellophane bag, tied with a
          ribbon. Come Monday, we’ll begin inflating the balloons, getting ready to
          make deliveries on Tuesday, or customer pickup as the case may be.
          I stay out of the way for the most part, hehe! However, it keeps me busy
          in the pharmacy area doing my thing!
          Who knows, maybe we’ll consider doing the gift thing “online” someday,
          but without a handy UPS or FedEx dropoff close, that might be a bit unwieldy.
          The US Post Office is an option, and might be better…seems lately UPS and
          FedEx are trying to see which can deliver the most damaged package???
          :#

    • #2439582

      Congratulations are in order

      by av . ·

      In reply to Please welcome TechRepublic’s newest Moderators

      Lets break out the bubbly! I know they all will do a great job tidying up the place.

      AV

      • #2439576
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        I don’t know if you’ve noticed AV

        by hal 9000 ·

        In reply to Congratulations are in order

        But Boxy hasn’t been seen much lately and that’s because I’m deleting all of her posts that I see. :^0

        It’s so much more fun that blowing her out an Air Lock. It confuses her more. [/Maniacal Laughter]

        Col 0:-)

        • #2439551

          Just remember

          by av . ·

          In reply to I don’t know if you’ve noticed AV

          Absolute power corrupts absolutely.

          AV

        • #2439542

          Did somebody say something?

          by nicknielsen ·

          In reply to Just remember

          hits *Delete* button… :^0

        • #2439541
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          But what if

          by hal 9000 ·

          In reply to Just remember

          I’m already Absolutely Corrupted?

          Col :^0

        • #2439452

          I know you guys are pillars of the community and . . .

          by av . ·

          In reply to Just remember

          I can depend on you both to be the exception to the rule.

          Hal, if you’re already corrupted, I’m going to have to have a talk with SWMBO. Maybe a change in diet will help.

          AV :^0

          Edited: I have a real problem with a sentence. Can’t get it right. Its been a long day.

        • #2439450
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          But But But it was SWMBO

          by hal 9000 ·

          In reply to I know you guys are pillars of the community and . . .

          Who Completely Absolutely Corrupted me.

          After all there is no may a Mere Male could be corrupted without a female to drive him there. 😉

          Also it’s [b]SWMBO[/b] who gives me what I eat I’m not allowed in the kitchen for anything other than getting a drink from the fridge and even then it’s [b]SWMBO[/b] who fills the fridge. I’m not allowed to do anything like Shopping, Cooking or for that matter to buy any food at all.

          It could be because I’m horsely [b]”Addicted”[/b] to Chocolate and will buy that instead of anything else and prefer to eat Chocolate rather than anything else. Or if I go Shopping with [b]SWMBO[/b] I would throw stuff into the trolley that she takes a dim view of.

          So to that end I’m Banned from Shopping for Food, and most other things where there is any possibility of Chocolate being involved. I’m also Banned from America as [b]SWMBO[/b] will not let me near that country again after the last time I went there and returned with lots of Mercedes parts for her cars, and a few Ducati Parts for my little used Play Toy. 😀

          England and Europe are also countries that I’m banned from and for that matter Sydney unless [b]SWMBO[/b] is with me to stop me buying her anything.

          Many years ago I made the mistake of buying her some flowers for no other reason that I wanted to and after 30 years I still get grief for that lapse of judgment. It certainly taught me [b]NEVER[/b] to do something on the spur of the moment as her first reaction was [b]What Have You Done Wrong This Time![/b] :_|

          Col 0:-)

    • #2439409

      congrats to all

      by .martin. ·

      In reply to Please welcome TechRepublic’s newest Moderators

      I hope you enjoy all the “fun” :p

      looks like you got a good bunch, and I’m not on the bad side of any of them (yet…), so, I suppose I’ll approve 😀

      • #2439370

        That you know of…

        by nicknielsen ·

        In reply to congrats to all

        [i]…I’m not on the bad side of any of them…[/i]

        😉

        • #2439347

          Don’t be like that,

          by .martin. ·

          In reply to That you know of…

          I know you love me :p

        • #2439315
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          Now where is that Delete Button

          by hal 9000 ·

          In reply to Don’t be like that,

          OH there it is. :p

          Great I hate people from Melbourne it’s such a nasty place where the weather is terrible. :^0

          Col

        • #2439289

          Amen on the weather

          by .martin. ·

          In reply to Now where is that Delete Button

          one minute it is 33 degrees Celsius (92 Fahrenheit), and then the next we have strong wind warnings and torrential rain.

          keeps me entertained though

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