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by Tammy.Cavadias

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I am pleased to annouce TechRepublic's newest moderators. They are all long time members of the TechRepublic community.

Give a warm welcome aboard to:

NickNielsen
https://www.techrepublic.com/members/profile/858923

Purpleskys
https://www.techrepublic.com/members/profile/6039875

Darryl~
https://www.techrepublic.com/members/profile/4977538

Hal 9000
https://www.techrepublic.com/members/profile/14944

GSG
https://www.techrepublic.com/members/profile/2918150

-Tammy [_]3

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by charliespencer

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?

by hal 9000

The Mouse is currently hovering over the Delete Link. ;)

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

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by jamesrl

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!

by ansugisalas

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 :D

by hal 9000

Because I offered to delete every post by Jason.

[b]Honest[/b] :0

That's my story and I'm sticking to it. :D

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by michael jay

so, does this mean with the new cops on the job we can post links again, or is the link thing still an issue?

by Tammy.Cavadias

the url shorteners still will be banned (sorry), if however you run into any issue with the filter catching other urls (and it can still happen) if you wouldn't mind sending me the url of where you were trying to post, it will make it easier for me to get our filter "trained" :-)

-Tammy [_]3

PS: Don't go by what the Moderators are able to post - all staff, editors, writers and moderators are whitelisted.

by hal 9000

When I click on the Delete link to Pallies?

O Well I'll just settle to see Taminkins give him what he deserves without the Bash Hat this time. :D

But I really like this idea I can Delete my own posts. :p

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by hal 9000

I have to watch what I type and Censer myself. :_|

What would be perfectly acceptable here gets some to raise their Hackles and go all funny. :p

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by hal 9000

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 :D

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by Tammy.Cavadias

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

by ansugisalas

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.

by hal 9000

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

by boxfiddler Hot topic

for quite awhile now. There's not much to delete. :|
Hopefully, that will change soon.

by hal 9000

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

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by charliespencer

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.

by Tammy.Cavadias

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

by ansugisalas

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 ]:)

by hal 9000

Santee was constantly asking for.

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

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by cmiller5400

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!

by cmiller5400

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.

by Tammy.Cavadias

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

by Wizard57M-TR

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

by Wizard57M-TR

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???
:#

by ansugisalas

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

by Wizard57M-TR

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

by ansugisalas

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?

by charliespencer

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...

by nicknielsen

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.

by av .

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

AV

by hal 9000

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]

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by Tammy.Cavadias

.. I love the Okra the best :D

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

by Tammy.Cavadias

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

by nicknielsen

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.

by Tammy.Cavadias

..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

by av .

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.

by hal 9000

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. :D

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] :_|

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by nicknielsen

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?

by .martin.

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 :D

by hal 9000

OH there it is. :p

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

Col

by .martin.

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

by nicknielsen

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

See you there?

by ansugisalas

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. ]:) )

by nicknielsen

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.

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