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    TR Community scoreboard for April 27, 2012

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    by Sonja Thompson ·

    Here are the TR community stats for the past week:

    TR members with the most total posts on the forums
    AnsuGisalas – 28
    Michael Kassner – 27
    NickNielsen – 21
    Mark W. Kaelin and adornoe – 20
    Slayer_ – 18

    TR members with the most Votes Up in the Discussions forum
    ezra.sirvys – 44
    bangelius – 31
    jeremy – 27
    MikeRigsby – 22
    nwallette – 21

    TR members with the most Votes Up in the Q&A forum
    PurpleSkys – 5
    OH Smeg – 4
    victorxxx and robo_dev – 2

    Spam busters
    wizard57m – 15
    Mehul Bhai – 3
    magic8ball – 2
    Skywlf77, belli_bettens, jsargent, SmartAceWOLF, and JJFitz – 1

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    • #2884936

      Thanks Soni

      by purpleskys ·

      In reply to TR Community scoreboard for April 27, 2012

      Not sure how I managed to have that many votes up, but I’ll take it 🙂

      Have a great weekend everyone!!

    • #2884934

      Oh my…

      by ansugisalas ·

      In reply to TR Community scoreboard for April 27, 2012

      Top blabbermouth of the week with 28 posts?
      Who’d’a’thunk?

      • #2884925

        yeah its kind of sad

        by slayer_ ·

        In reply to Oh my…

        28 posts….
        But there hasn’t been that many interesting blogs this week. The comicon costumes is all I can think of.

        • #2884872

          The one about

          by hippiekarl ·

          In reply to yeah its kind of sad

          Alternatives to Google Services (and why there even ARE such alternatives) had a lot of potential for the kind of ‘lively discussion’ that totes up one’s ‘# of posts’, but nobody wanted to stick to their guns after opining; everyone just Hit and Run-ed with their initial rant. Bad signal : noise ratio for much good-quality parrying/riposting. I tried to engage with various posters at least 5 times, but no takers. I (and anyone who wished to back up their post’s contentions) woulda hit 28 for the week easily. Get ’em next time, Karl….

        • #2884854

          That one bored me.

          by charliespencer ·

          In reply to The one about

          I use Google as my primary search engine, my secondary mapping source behind MapQuest, and don’t use it for anything else.

          One quick gauge of ‘signal to noise’ is the number of posts that don’t have an avatar.

        • #2884841

          Every site seems to have Google-analytics.com

          by slayer_ ·

          In reply to That one bored me.

          I assume this is how google tracks us. so even if you don’t use google services, they still track you and still search profile you.

        • #2884838

          But I don’t care.

          by charliespencer ·

          In reply to Every site seems to have Google-analytics.com

          I’m no more worried about that level of data than I am the grocery discount card or restaurants’ mailing lists.

        • #2884832

          Me, either;

          by hippiekarl ·

          In reply to Every site seems to have Google-analytics.com

          that’s less data, second-hand (or more), and I doubt it includes my IP address, for example. It’s the measly *crumbs* of what google gobbles through its own ubiquitous data-siphons. Show of hands—-who’s logged in right now?

        • #2884831

          Probably does have you IP

          by slayer_ ·

          In reply to Me, either;

          Probably has your IP and location and browser and any “get” queries.

      • #2884884

        Yeah, it’s just not the same

        by nicknielsen ·

        In reply to Oh my…

        Three or four years ago, you didn’t even make the list with 28, and often didn’t make the list with the 114 total posts from the top 5!

        http://www.techrepublic.com/blog/tr-out-loud/video-tr-out-loud-august-22-2008/158

        http://www.techrepublic.com/blog/tr-out-loud/video-tr-out-loud-november-6-2009/1334

        But TR is a more ‘social’ place today… :^0

        • #2883441

          NickNielson? ;)

          by ansugisalas ·

          In reply to Yeah, it’s just not the same

          But seriously, 265… wow.
          I can’t say I remember what my top number has been, but 265 seems like it would have been around 50% over it!

        • #2883396

          That may have been a week…

          by nicknielsen ·

          In reply to NickNielson? ;)

          …with Friday Night Music. For an FNM thread, all bets were off as far as number of posts. Some of those threads exceeded 1000 posts; those participating could easily exceed 100 posts in not much more than a day or two.

      • #2884875
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        What happened to Palmetto?

        by Wizard57M-TR ·

        In reply to Oh my…

        He’s usually ranked up there either at the top or close to it?
        Did that rascal get to go to the Nascar race at Richmond?

        • #2884874
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          Could be recovering from all of those Slaps that the Girls used to give him

          by hal 9000 ·

          In reply to What happened to Palmetto?

          Or maybe the Brain Damage has finally caught up with him and he’s sitting there drooling into his breakfast and not knowing what’s going on around him. Happens to all abused IT workers eventually. 😉

          Col

        • #2884852

          I haven’t been slapped in a while.

          by charliespencer ·

          In reply to Could be recovering from all of those Slaps that the Girls used to give him

          Most of the slappers have moved on to other pastures.

          When I drool into my oatmeal, I just stir it in. 😀

        • #2884853

          Vacation

          by charliespencer ·

          In reply to What happened to Palmetto?

          I’ve been on vacation four of the last eleven work days, and we all know what the work load looks like after vacation. I’ve never been very active after hours or on the weekends.

          I’ve been to Richmond two or three times. It has great visibility, and I’ll probably get there again, but night races just make for too long an event for me these days. I’ll be at Darlington in a couple of weeks, but it’s only 75 minutes or so from the house.

    • #2884921
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      Thank you Sonja!

      by Wizard57M-TR ·

      In reply to TR Community scoreboard for April 27, 2012

      Hope everyone has a good time planned for the weekend, but if you have
      to work, don’t work too hard! I’m always “on call”, hehe!

      • #2884912
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        I have something even worse to work on this weekend

        by hal 9000 ·

        In reply to Thank you Sonja!

        The Wifes Daughter which I have no responsibility for and I’m sticking to that wants me to fix her car which she has broken [b]Yet Again.[/b]

        Who ever said that Blonds aren’t stupid didn’t know that they where talking about. 😉

        Col

    • #2884896

      Is everyone having a good weekend?

      by Sonja Thompson ·

      In reply to TR Community scoreboard for April 27, 2012

      I’m thinking about y’all. Hope you’re having a good one! 🙂

      • #2884895

        Mediocre one here

        by purpleskys ·

        In reply to Is everyone having a good weekend?

        Kinda icky and cold today so it’s an inside day, watched the Rangers – Caps game. How’s about your weekend?

        • #2884842

          stormy weekend, but relaxing

          by Sonja Thompson ·

          In reply to Mediocre one here

          Purp (wait a sec, that nickname doesn’t sound right…), you saw my FB pic of the hail storm in Louisville. The week before Derby, there’s LOTS going on, and I’m so glad that I wasn’t out and about when the hail hit. Had a great time just relaxing this weekend – no shenanigans (saving myself for next week) 😀

        • #2884829

          I watched that sucker on radar.

          by charliespencer ·

          In reply to stormy weekend, but relaxing

          I have in-laws across the river. I monitor the weather in the area when the NWS starts issuing warnings.

        • #2884827

          PS seems to be the shortened version of choice

          by purpleskys ·

          In reply to stormy weekend, but relaxing

          Yes, I did indeed see the pic, holy moly…that was something!!! Glad it passed. We finished off the weekend with more hockey. I’ve still got a few ongoing issues that I have to deal with, so I keep myself kinda low key.

          I take it you plan on having a blast next weekend ;). All derby related as well? Glad you had a great weekend 🙂

      • #2884893
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        Well lest see

        by hal 9000 ·

        In reply to Is everyone having a good weekend?

        It’s been raining quite heavily here for the last few days. Saturday I spent standing under the Wifes Daughters house only partially in the rain changing a water pump in a Dahatisu along with her dogs, chickens and ducks seeking cover. Well at least the Ducks and Chickens where looking for cover the dogs just wanted to be patted all the time and they stood on your feet, jumped up on you and generally misbehaved just to get some attention.

        I’m not sure just how well Dog Hairs in Gasket Goo actually seal things but at least that’s all back together and then I was hit well since you are at it you may as well do a Oil Change and service. This of course was after I packed the jack and tools away and after I had refitted all of the spark plugs. It would have been so much easier to just put in new spark plugs instead of cleaning the old ones and refitting them before being told that she wanted them changed.

        The Blond asked me did it make a difference as she stood there and watched me do the entire thing. Naturally Undercover unlike me. ?:|

        Sunday morning there where over 300 + Lorries in the tree by the back door and when I opened the back door they all started asking to be feed, before that they where quite and just standing in the tree waiting patiently for someone to come along and open the door. Of course the baby Magpie walked straight into the house as soon as the front door was opened and sat on the coffee table waiting to be feed. I’m beginning to come to the conclusion that I’m only here for the Wild Life to have full bellies and be well feed.

        The Pigeons, Lorikeets and Grey Chested Butcher Birds are all [b]Grossly Overweight[/b] and can barely fly away these days and the Blue Eyed Honey eaters are just Overweight but can still take off from the ground unlike the Lorries who have to jump across the ground climb up to 20 feet up a tree and then jump madly flapping their wings to get airborne and the Pigeons all run into the wind as fast as their overloaded legs will carry them while all the time flapping their wings as fast as possible in the forlorn hope of getting aid born sometime before they get caught by something or run over by a car.

        At least today it’s only showers which while heavy do occasionally stop and allow you to go downstairs without getting drowned unlike yesterday. I’m also not doing any work on the Wife’s Daughters car today so it’s [b]GREAT.[/b] :^0

        So Soni what Mischief have you been getting up to this weekend?

        Col

      • #2884891
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        Mine’s been OK so far…

        by Wizard57M-TR ·

        In reply to Is everyone having a good weekend?

        Did make one trip to my store, but that was to take some groceries I had
        purchased for the fountain. While there, I decided to install a few ceiling
        tiles to replace some of the old worn ones (need to procure more of those!)
        and vacuumed the carpet. Got to keep the little shop clean! Now I’m back
        home heating something to eat.
        I feel Col’s pain…my step-daughter is convinced I’m a master mechanic as
        well as computer wizard and a pharmacist! At least this weekend she didn’t
        mention any auto repairs, hehe! But I usually do what I can…she did have
        a small request from my fountain…a bag of “those excellent potato chips
        and a Butterfinger candy bar”! Yep, good ol’ Wiz brought them to her!
        We’re trying to get the store ready for the town birthday celebration,
        110 years, on May 26th! Big time for the little town, and I had a few
        requests to fix up a big batch or two of my gumbo…guess it tastes
        pretty good. Anyway, lot’s of activities are planned for the day!

        • #2884869
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          Well in my case Wiz

          by hal 9000 ·

          In reply to Mine’s been OK so far…

          [b]SWMBO[/b] insists that her daughter is mine as well but I deny all knowledge of that.

          Besides if she where mine I should be able to sell her on E Bay and [b]SWMBO[/b] will not allow that to happen. More importantly she’s a Blond so that’s just not possible that I had anything at all to do with it. 😉

          Col

      • #2884883

        Wonderful!

        by nicknielsen ·

        In reply to Is everyone having a good weekend?

        1. Not on call.
        2. Homemade leek & potato soup for supper.
        3. Homemade biscuits and gravy for breakfast.
        4. A ‘build your own’ sixpack from Kroger.
        5. Researching a new PC.

        It just don’t get no better than this! :p

      • #2884871

        I’m busy looking at Class A RVs this weekend

        by hippiekarl ·

        In reply to Is everyone having a good weekend?

        and trying to figure out what the most reliable internet connection is for a home-on-wheels, in and out of the boonies. I doubt I’ll always be near a cell tower, but I should be under a satellite most of the time(!). The chore of throwing out excess ‘project junk’, redundant clothes, and so on is heartening work when I remind myself that the goal is my freedom….
        I never realized how much junk I accumulate (it’s mostly GREAT junk, but still….). Plus I’m prepping a guitar body for my first attempt at a “swirled” (dunked-in-marbled-enamel-paint) paint job. It’s a 3-day weekend for sure around here!

        • #2884867

          Until there’s universal cell or wifi coverage

          by nicknielsen ·

          In reply to I’m busy looking at Class A RVs this weekend

          Satellite is probably the way to go. Although, if you only want access while parked, wifi might be cheaper.

          Friends of mine own an RV and say they usually have no trouble finding hotspots in or near where they’ve parked. Most RVing websites have lists of campgrounds and locations with free wifi.

          A Class A? THAT’s gonna be just a bit bigger than your pickup truck! :^0

        • #2884864

          When the smoke finally clears

          by hippiekarl ·

          In reply to Until there’s universal cell or wifi coverage

          …it should be down to a 31′-36′ RV and a +/-10yr old Miata/Z-3/MR2Spyder on a tow-bar (and a lot of storage on top; I’ll likely make a fairing afore the cargo rack). I think you’re right about satellite; that’s what I’m looking into. The dish is supposed to track on gimbels, but I haven’t found out if that’s in real-time, or just finding a sat signal while stationary. The cats’ll hold up better than Cathie on long hauls (w/o any FB et al). The FPS and racing worlds of PS3 will be less of a time-suck soon, too. It’s about time I put it to the Community (in ‘Questions’); gotta be a few RVers here who’ve already explored the choices.

        • #2884862
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          The Dishes that I’ve seen here

          by hal 9000 ·

          In reply to When the smoke finally clears

          Are only for use while stationary and the Mobile Broadband which is effectively the 3G Cell Network can be flaky depending on where you are.

          One customer was parked 50 feet from a Tower and got no Signal well enough of a signal to tell him he could connect and then no speed when he did took hours to open a Web Page and that was just the Google Search Page.

          Really depends on where you plan on going though as most places here are within range of the 3G Network except the Big Off the Beaten Track places like Carnarvin Gorges and the like.

          The problem with Satellite here is most of the users have gone under low bridges and torn the dish off the mounts on the roof. It’s a very long stop when that happens.

          I had a small Mobile Home based on a Mercedes 408 Chassis only 32 feet and I didn’t have any issues with the then Mobile Broadband but then again I didn’t use the vehicle at all because work got in the way every time I wanted to use it but a friend drove it all round AU twice the Sister and her then boyfriend went to Darwin and then took it on their Honeymoon pulling a 36 ft boat behind it.

          A couple of others used it and judging by the bills that I got from the Mobile Broadband company they used it a lot, no one complained about a lack of reception though I’m fairly sure that they only used the net when parked. I had an external Directional Broadband aerial mounted on it rather than considering relying on a USB Dongle it just plugged into the PCMCIA Card in the NB in the unit with a hook in point for Ceil Phones if required. Not much Public WiFi back then so most people where using the Mobile Broadband.

          Col

        • #2884849

          Satellite is expensive.

          by charliespencer ·

          In reply to Until there’s universal cell or wifi coverage

          Most Good Sam’s and KOA have wifi now. Even tethering will be cheaper, unless you’ve absolutely must have guaranteed round-the-clock access.

          Regarding your ‘toad’, consider which one will be easiest to find places to have it serviced.

          My wife is terrified we’ll get a land yacht after we retire and chase the NASACAR circuit all season. That’s silly; those two California races are just too far. 🙂

      • #2884850

        Outstanding.

        by charliespencer ·

        In reply to Is everyone having a good weekend?

        Saturday we had Indian buffet at Spice Junction, napped, and watched cars go round in little bitty circles.

        Sunday was spend watching cars going around in squiggles, some of them in the rain, working on various gardening activities during the commercials. Then I knocked out a wicked frittata for dinner.

        We had a Bobwhite quail on the back fence, and a Blue Grosbeak and Rose-Breasted Grosbeak at the feeders.

    • #2884851

      Derby Week!

      by charliespencer ·

      In reply to TR Community scoreboard for April 27, 2012

      Don’t expect much from the TR staff this week. They’ll be spending all their time at the track, swilling juleps.

    • #2884846
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      And as it’s Jason’s Burfday this week

      by hal 9000 ·

      In reply to TR Community scoreboard for April 27, 2012

      Hippo Burfday Jason.

      See you didn’t escape. :^0

      Col

      • #2884843

        He took the week off

        by Sonja Thompson ·

        In reply to And as it’s Jason’s Burfday this week

        and so we joked about ordering a keg first thing Monday morning… at least, I think it was a joke. 😉

        • #2884837

          That explains it.

          by charliespencer ·

          In reply to He took the week off

          I was wondering why the site’s content is so much more coherent this morning. I said to myself, “Self, either people aren’t having to write down to Jason’s reading level, or the staff is snockered (again).”

          I never suspected it was both.

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