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by jdclyde

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http://blogs.techrepublic.com.com/tr-out-loud/?p=746

Ok, lets see if this weeks TROLOV can rank higher than Sonja's or Dill Betwhiler that Sonja talks about every now and then!

Step up and give it the worthwhile check and get a thumb! Get em while their hot! :D

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by jiminpa

Its a cheap way to get #30 but I'll take it ;)

by jck

No more thumbs up from me.

Sorry, but I have a chip on my shoulder.

Must be a fragment from my C6 vertebrae. :^0

by jdclyde

I ALWAYS give Soni the worthwhile mark. B-)

So just consider this a part of public awareness. If more people are aware of the check box, more will select it? ;\

(starting with me, of course..... )

by computechdan

but i've resolved more than a few problems since i decided to start helpin and i'm still the lonely "one"

by jdclyde

:D

Used to be much worse when it was "Tech points" instead of thumbs up, because newbees didn't realize they GOT points for awarding points. Used to be about 75% of all questions went unrated. :0

by jiminpa

the M$ forums do that??? I seem to remember one of the sites I am a member of I get a point for marking things... maybe it is the ASP.NET forum... hmmm... either way that and $5 will get you a latte at Starbucks. The points don't seem to be good for much.

B-)

by shasca

I always vote before I watch (while the Ad is running). I'll take a thumb "to go" though cause I'm just that low.......

by jdclyde

You see an ad?

Between using FF3 and Adblock, I don't see it.

When they started throwing all the video ads on normal pages, it was bad enough. When they started ads that made sound on their own, I had to kill them.

One Thumb, coming up! :D

by boxfiddler Hot topic

I have to open Opera to even get the video. Which means I have to sit through the damn ad. FF with noscript and AdBlock Plus blocks everything. Including the video. :(

by jdclyde

and you can put in exceptions, ya know. I have noscripts AND adblock on this system and they vid runs just fine.

by Member 25348569

I wonder if the old "reverse psychology" fooled him into giving me a thumb.

:)

Probably...

by Member 25348569

But, somehow, I feel unclean. It was not earned.

:_|

But I suppose that it makes up for the number of ungrateful scrotes that I have helped in the past without acknowledgement.

:^0

Hmm, I an slightly ambivalent, here...

:|

by jdclyde

after all, 68 just doesn't have the same ring to it..... :p

by jdclyde

but now that you are at 69, I can't bring myself to give you another one! :p

by boxfiddler Hot topic

handing out that 69th thumb, don't you? Never mind the sex of the recipient. ]:)

by rob miners

I always mark them as Worthwhile along with anything else that gets posted that is deserving of a Thumb. At one stage when the site was playing up you could click on Worthwhile a few times and you could give 3 Thumbs. You can normally logon to another System and give another Thumb by clicking Worthwhile.

by the scummy one

I did it Friday, and on another system today -- only cause of the plea and begging.

by rob miners

fire up a couple of old Systems and logon to add a couple more. 23 at the moment, I'll head for the shed.

by jdclyde

I have no pride, and will plead and beg for what I want if that is what it takes! :D

by boxfiddler Hot topic

Your presence will be sorely missed at the big shindig. You and JD play off each other so well that I figure only half of you is going to be there...
:D :D :D

by oh smeg

The Top or Bottom? :0

Or the Left or Right? :p

But Boxy Half a JD and Half a Scummy will not make an entire person in anyones book. ;)

by rob miners

so I tried to log on with my other account to mark it as Worthwhile and it redirects to the Jacky Howe account. The people name search isn't working either.

by shasca

Clearing Cookies doesn't reset it?? It's profile specific on the site, and not the local system. Interesting..

by rob miners

that has never been connected to TR and was able to logon to my second account. I went back to another System and deleted everything from IE and was able to connect. I think that the save the automatic logon was interfering. I could only give one Worthwhile for a Thumb though. I did manage to get it to 24.

by boxfiddler Hot topic

Doesn't kill me to pop up Opera once a week. :D

by jdclyde

there were just to many pages that it didn't display correctly, so i would have to switch over to FF anyways....

by boxfiddler Hot topic

And only on my desktop, where I've configured noscript and AdBlock to block everything I can figure out how to block. Get tired of all the crap that comes with this 'Internet' thing.

by the scummy one

I did it from home on 1 machine and at work on 1 machine. I tried a second system at work and it wouldnt let me. I am now trying a second from home, through a vpn (different IP).

Nope! interesting -- I think it may be profile specific now. More interesting, my other account (shows as that account logged in) cannot either???
Hmmm -- this requires some fiddling when I have more time

by jdclyde

a good start, was at 16 when I started this "question". :D

Would be sweet if we could have hit 40. ;\

by oh smeg

I already gave a Thumb to TROL OV before I saw this so I don't count do I?. :D

Col

by oh smeg

Because I've run some cleaners since posting previously I've Voted once again just to keep you happy. :D

Col

by oh smeg

JD here is after people who don't normally vote for TROL-OV not the regulars who do. :p

Col 0:-)

by boxfiddler Hot topic

That counting, it's a huge responsibility! :0

by oh smeg

Yep you are correct Davette your counting and maths is a very difficult thing to try to follow. :^0

by jiminpa

For some reason I was thinking you could only vote if you were logged in. I just vote 5 more times :D

I feel like I'm from Chicago or something ;)

by jiminpa

It still only says 29 even when I votes from a different computer... ?:|

by jdclyde

you didn't even have to be dead to do it..... :D

My boys laugh because of the desktop of my system at home.

"When Democrats vote, the dead walk the earth" and it has the cover from dawn of the dead with the zombies saying "Oh-bah-ma".....

:^0

by jdclyde

it HAS to be looking at your IP.

I did twice from home and once from work.

by shellbot

whats that bright light in the sky..
what time is it??

is there coffee///

by shellbot

a thumb..

eh????

i've still not had enough coffee...what am I doing here?

by oh smeg

Getting used to being a Granny Shelly.

Isn't that Obvious? :D

by jdclyde

it is almost time for you to leave, isn't it? :D

Question, flying east to get here vs flying west, do you gain a day one way and lose one the other? :0

by gadgetgirl

Regular habit I got into whilst the audio and video is downloading....

habit I got into ages ago!

:D

GG

by bizzo

Up to 27 votes now.

I can't see the video (damn websense at work) and for some reason the transcript seems to be screwed.

All I get is:

"Sonja Thompson: Oh, my gosh! There's only two weeks to go until the TechRepublic Community Event in Louisville, KY! After months of planning and waiting -- and then some MORE waiting -- it's almost here. And I've actually got some really exciting news to share with you all about the event later on in the show.

I'm Sonja Thompson, a senior editor for TechRepublic, and this is TROLOV ...

... for participating in the show. These members, of course, are eligible for some free swag.

And if YOU'D like to receive some TR goodies, all you have to do is send me a Question of the Week, a comment about the show, a photo, or a small original video clip to trol@techrepublic.com.

I'm Sonja Thompson, and this is TR Out Loud."

So here I am, prostituting my votes for thumbs.

I
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by oh smeg

There is no transcript of the person presenting the Video. Sonja told a lie last week when she claimed to have prerecorded the TROLOV for the 12-6-09 or as the Yanks say 6-12-09. :D

Someone else did the bulk of the Video with Sonja only doing the Intro and finish. You'll have to wait to see who did the remainder of the Video. :D

Col 0:-)

by gadgetgirl

thumb wh0re with a bright blue beard....

Made my day, sweetz!

thanks!

:x
GG

by ganyssa

due to WebSense. I keep meaning to watch at home, but I was able to listen to the audio. I did mark the audio worthwhile, tho.

One thing I actually like about the WebSense, it blocks the ads. I miss that at home.

by patb071

I have the same problem with the videos also because of websense.

Still gave it a mark worthwhile

by jdclyde

I use FF with Adblock on my laptop and I get zero ads.

I wasn't even aware they had an ad play before the trolov.

on my home system I also run scriptblock, and just put in an exception to allow the trolov.

by jdclyde

even if Diver Down was my least favorite Van Halen LP. :D

by jdclyde

had some good tunes on it. Girl gone back and drop dead legs rock.

VanHager doesn't count for anything but lining up for the pop music awards.

by oh smeg

When I originally Marked TROL Useful I gave it 2 Thumbs because the first one didn't appear to do anything but when I clicked the second time when the page redrew the count had gone up by 2.

Then after the weekly clean of the system when I looked Monday I was prompted to vote again so at the moment I think you'll find that there are issues on the site that are causing some problems.

Though now the count is up to 28. :0

Col 0:-)

by boxfiddler Hot topic

that sometimes it takes a few to update the count.

by jiminpa

I may go up and walk the floor later. I could probably add another dozen or so. I didn't want to have to log in each time though. :p

by jdclyde

just making sure each system has network connectivity...... ;\

by the scummy one

that is a total granny line -- one of the classics that I didnt post.

Yuppers, your age is showin through. Dont forget to put your teeth in before work

by jdclyde

looks like dill betwiler is going to remain the worth while thumb king..... :(

by jiminpa

One thing I am waiting to see is, when I started marking them this morning there were 29. I clicked it 7 more times and it is only reading 32? WTF?! How long does it take to catch up? Will it catch up?

by the scummy one

using the vpn I get a totally different IP than being plugged in at work.

by the scummy one

it just sounds a bit painful.

Hmmm, can my head be cut off and put on Benders body? That may be interesting though. Just think of the troubles I could escape :D

by jdclyde

he wanted to give some head to Bender? :0

by boxfiddler Hot topic

like he said he wants to give [b]his[/b] head to Bender! :0

by the scummy one

So it cant be from IP, as I opened IE and logged in as the other account, and was able to add #32.

What a twisted set of results I am seeing from here.

by jdclyde

Ok Col, that is it. We have GOT to start a contest for the best granny nick name for shell now! :D

by shellbot

you don't wanna find out what happens when you cross that line......

]:)

by jdclyde

Just trying to be helpful, luv! REallY! :D

:x

[i]seriously, the name you start with is the name you get STUCK with. Do you really wanna be Nana Shelly? :0

by jdclyde

so I think they have been trying to program in to keep people from gaming the system like this. :D

I know it was easy on the zdnet site, as I gave myself at least 10 thumbs up for my "day in the life of a laid tech"... B-)

by shellbot

eh, kinda..leave my house on 25th at 9am, and will arrive KY at 7pm..so don't gain, but i get back a few hours i guess..

on way back, ya, i lose..leave sunday afternoon and arrive monday morning..so feels like losing a day

by jiminpa

You have an opportunity in this thread to put him over. I also found an old question thread of mine he responded to. Hmmm...

]:)

by jdclyde

when he got that "other" account to 666 and Sonja put a bounty on his head.

I went back a year and found one, linked to it, and told them to start the bidding! :D

I can't bring myself to be the one to do it, though, just like I can't give Neil any more thumbs so he can still get 69..... B-)

by jiminpa

Maybe you get one vote per IP address?

If that be the case it's rigged. We only have maybe 2 IP's out. What if there are 100 TR members here. Do we only get one vote? Are my other 7 votes hanging chads? :D