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by cactus pete

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OK, I still have 4,118,939 techpoints. I have only managed to give away 150,000 (from the three questions I have asked).

I was reminded today, from Jay's post and subsequent followups to it, that TechRepublic contracts these points from Drew Carey (Thanks, Max) and that there really isn't any good use for them. So what should I do?

Fire away, let's see if there is anything interesting, and useful! that can be brought about...

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by jellimonsta

donate them to whichever football fan completes the most Campbells click for cans this year! :p

by techsupportguru

If you've looked at the past Campbells competitions you would have noticed that the Green Bay Packers fans WIN this competion every year. The Green Bay Packers are in Wisconsin. Jellimonsta is in Wisconsin. I'm going out on a limb here and guessing your the reason they win every year, so Dpetrak might as well give you the points now.

by jellimonsta

I do usually do my part in clicking for GB, but I doubt I make much of an impact. :)

Although, I think I should get some TR points just for being rated '69' out of 100 in TR activity today! :D

by cactus pete

You don't have to complete it, but when you get to the start a new question page it shows you how many you have from which to offer.

by bfilmfan

I knew you had a boodle of points, but I must bow to the Points Master...

I'm not worthy....
I'm not worthy....

Why not issue some points for:

Strangest blog commentary

Most ticked off blog commentary

Weirdest technical question asked

Most bonehead technical question asked

Best technical question asked

Best reply to a TR staffer

Best repost from a TR staffer

Best non-political commentary

Best discussion flame

Worst discussion flame

Best ideas for giving away some points... :)

by jdclyde

I was up to a whole 25K at one point, but when they said that the points were of no value, I pumped up the points I gave away with my last few TQ&A's and see I am down to 10K now.

Oh, the humanity to virtually stand in such company........ :D

by bfilmfan

Cause at least you can use that virtual gold to get yourself some virtual other goodies like the Hammer of IT Education...

by jellimonsta

Well, it seems apparent to me that you were soliciting ideas on the technical aspects of possible deployments of said meaningless techpoints.
As this was posed in the form of a question, it seems evident to me that the best place for this would be the Tech Q&A.
Also, that way, you would be able to defer points to those answers deemed appropriate. :p

by cactus pete

Well, no..

I'm looking for decidedly non-technically solutions. But thanks :P

I DID think about posting this there, but I couldn't decide how many points BEFORE I posed the question...

However, that might be one of the discussed solutions and methods, thereby bringing this full circle...

You can be in the running, too.

by cmiller5400

I'll take a few... I only have 5,000. And nobody rates my answers for the good or bad(grrrrrr...)

by jdclyde

for the ignore factor.

That was part of the reason we were doing the "Worm of the Week" discussions for a bit! :D

by jdclyde

to have something cool like having the tech points next to their name and do a screen capture?

Just like the missed opportunity when OZ say he was ranked 69 and didn't get a screen capture. looooser~! :D
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(the 500K does look cool!)

by sumjay

Your avtar needs some anger management control. How about setting up a contest to design/create a new avtar for you, the maha guru of the Points Kingdom.

by maxwell edison

You pick the topic, and you pick the participants. You can pick the winner of the debate based on the input from other members and/or at your discretion. The winner can be determined by whatever set of criteria you may deem appropriate. In short, you set the rules, you pick the winner, and you award whatever number of points accordingly. Or maybe points to BOTH (for their time), but ~75 percent ~25 percent, ~65 percent ~35 percent, etc. You've undoubtedly read enough of these discussions to determine which members might match up well against each other on the appropriate topic.

You could even do several different debates with several different issues and several different pairs of debating partners, all at the same time.

by oneamazingwriter

Surely there are other TR's who list their occupation as OTHER, like me ;) who have only 500 points and so many questions we'd be "broke" if we used them!
Also while I have your attention there's a lady with a problem Taskbar will not unlock listed under discussions who is an OTHER, and I gave her what help I could. To save face for this site, would someone please check on her problem? When the nearsighted lead the blind, it might help...but then again.....

by grtammi

The scholarship is a good idea, but you need to offer courses geared to the "real-time" IT person, such as:

- Coffee Consumption Basics
- Conflict Resolution: How to tell your end user
that you don't require stamps to send e-mail
- Using Objects other than toothpicks to hold
your eyes open on those late nights.
- Stress Management: how to bite your tongue
when the user's computer won't turn on in a
power outage

I'm sure there's a few more courses you could add to the curriculum, and I have a few more I could add myself, but I don't have the time right now; I have to go explain to someone why their CD-ROM does not make a good beverage holder, despite what the email says (no stamps there either). ;)

by jdclyde

the one that makes you laugh is the winner.

person that creates the "best" discussion of the week. (best being an objective thing, meaning the topic you enjoy)

Original avitars are always a good thing too!

Maybe even reward other people that have tried to help in the TQ&A, but have not been as succesful as you have?

by deepsand

he use them for the sole purpose of securing and implementing expert advice on global geopolitics.

by oneamazingwriter

Just ask the question in Q&A "Who would like to get some points?" and state the terms. Then as people meet those terms(again in Q&A) you can assign the points. :)

by jdclyde

they get points AND actually get an answer rated! Wow! I am trying to imagine what THAT would be like! ;\

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