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by passwordchanged

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How come you guys don't sell TechRepublic t-shirts and golf shirts and sweat shirts? Give me a snail mail address and I'll send a check!
Would anybody else be interested in buying one?

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by maxwell edison

....with a bunch of Tech Points.

Maybe something like, 25,000 for a t-shirt and 50,000 for a nice golf shirt? Or should they be less than that?

by vida

How about 7102? Long story, two TR mmbrshps i consolidated a while ago and still i'm damaged.
i kept the wrong account =\

But Yeah! for TechPoints!
Brilliant!

by thechas

How about a few more TR trinkets:

Mouse pad

Wrist rest

Key fob

CD / Floppy holder

A TR custom branded USB drive!!!

Coffee mugs

Heck, the list is endless.

I agree with Maxwell, it would be nice to be able to cash in some Tech Points for some TR trinkets.

Chas

by maxwell edison

How about an on-line poker game with our TechPoints as the currency?

You and me, dklippert, Joseph Moore, and others with enough points to have a really high stakes game!

You never know, if you win all the points, you can get a couple of shirts, a hat, a mouse pad, a coffee mug, and a bunch of stuff.

by thechas

Hi Max,

The last time I played cards to any extent was my Freshman year of high school.

It was something to do to pass time in the mandatory study hall period.

That said, it would give us something to do with all of our points.

Chas

by oz_media

I think the TR logo could use a revamp to meet the updated website.

They should host a competition/draw to find a new logo.

All they'd need to do is post camera ready artwork requirements and all the graphics guys could submit entries. Judging by the nuber of entries, it may be easier to narrow it down to several and draw for the winner.

Just another little thing I do, change company logos, it's usually my first suggestion to a new client.

OM

by syscokid

I've got a t-shirt AND a coffee mug. Back in 2000 they were running a contest that I didn't even know about. Something to do with most points in a month, or over the course of the summer, I don't really know. I think the top 5 all got something. Out of the blue I got an email asking for my snail mail address, and next thing I knew, coffee mug!

Then in 2001 they did a site rewrite, and everybody lost 10,000 or so TechPoints. I wrote to complain so they sent me a t-shirt!

by maxwell edison

...the CNET buyout. Maybe they're more "bottom line" conscious now-a-days. I accumulated most of my points after you did (you were one of those I was chasing), and I didn't even get a post card.

(Maybe if I complain, I'll get a t-shirt too.)

by jkaras

SHOW ME YOUR POINTS or POINT ENVY and on the back it could say MINES BIGGER THAN YOURS JUST ASK TECHREPUBLIC WHERE SIZE MATTERS, that would be classic as everyone around you look confused while staring at your shirt. We could even do "I HATE "insert alias" or WHAT DO YOU MEAN FLOPPY? OR WHO'S FLOPPY? The best site for shirts is tshirthell they got some winners on that one.

by wordworker

I've been telling TR management since '99 that techies would spend real money on TechRepublic "stuff" and it would be great viral marketing. But did they listen to me? Noooooooo.
I like the idea of cashing in TechPoints though. If not for shirts and caps, what exactly are the TechPoints good for anyhoo? (Ya I know, I use them as bribes when I really want someone to answer one of my Tech Q&A questions.)

by scarecrow71

I bet you'd rival Milan, Paris, New York and London with your tech Republic shirt! :-)

To be honest with you, if you've got nothing better to do with your hard earned than to spend it on Tech Republic goodies, then you should change your name to 'Already Overpaid!'

by oz_media

That say IR as first but spell
"I Love Tech Republic" when .....you know.

As for the little guys, I've seen people write thier name on a grain of rice.

by passwordchanged

Who the heck do you think you are telling me what to do with my money? Geezuz pleezuz. From the looks of your other posts you must be writing those shi**y new Office suite tips. You should spend more time honing your skills and less time flaming people who actually LIKE T.R.

by jimhm

Why pay for them - when techrepublic would give them as prizes... I have two plus a coffee mug...

They need to start that again ... based on answers to posts - the best or most helpful post would get a shirt or mug ...

What Happened to that Stuff Techrepublic .. where it go ..

by i_izhaut

One regular, one for winning a debate and says so on it. Oh yeah, and a coffee mug too.

I want one that says: TechRepublic, your source for discussions about whales that would have been shot down by a moderator at discovery.com

I'm still waiting for the PoliticsRepublic shirts.

by passwordchanged

*totally agree* with comments about the whale thread. tr editors must be smoking something good to let that one stand.

On another note, who in the hell cares about you guys that already got your T-shirts -- the question is, is TR or CNut or whoever going to get wise and sell them to those of us who didn't 'win' one already.

by oz_media

I've always been tagged as a crass and unthoughful a-hole here. Your making me look like Mary Poppins with your most anal comments!

You say you need-a-raise? Try getting a personality, that MAY lead to decent employment. For someone who (In my time here) has contributed nothing, you sure do make a lot of noise.
White noise that is, phphphphphphphphphphphphphphphphphphphphphphphphphphphphphphphphphphphphphphphphphphphphphphphphphphphphphphphphphphphphphphphphphphphphphphphphphphphphphphphphphphphphphphphphphphphphphphphphphphphphphphphphphphphphphphphphphphphphphphphphphphphphphphphphphphphphphphphphphphphphphphphphphphphphphphphphphphphphphphphphphphphphphphphphphphphphphphphphphphphphphphphphphphphphphphphphphphphphphphphphphphphphphphphphphphphphphphphphphphphphphphphphp.

by thechas

Take a look at the site rules of use and the FAQs.
You will see that TR does NOT moderate the discussions or the Q&A section.

From time to time, they do look through some of the discussion threads and Questions.
If they find one that they believe to be of general interest, it becomes the source of an article.

There are several peers here who will get into things if someone starts getting out of line.

I know that Maxwell and myself have contacted TR about problems with a couple of peers who now do not post to the forums.

Chas

by lumberjack

i was the one that posted the icelandic whaling article. Mainly because it was something I fealt strongly about and and thought my peers would do to - and not bad 102 postings! And also on the frontpage of the discussion center - it does state - "You can post any question"

ok- i'm now out of the dock and off my soap box (for a while anyhow)

What I want is a T -shirt, and cap. I already have a mug - but it says Hogwarts and was a present from my daughter so I aint changing it!
perhaps points/cash options, might come under the "geek" posting I also started as a new criteria! Perhaps we could have our own logos
eg
TR - Geek and proud of IT
note the play on I T and it - smart eh? - oh well never mind!

by jkaras

A-holes dont need personality since you can always find plenty of them at work no matter what level in the hierarchy at any job. On a side note the visual of a silly looking Canadian dressed in drag as Mary Poppins posing in front of a car like Chitty Chitty Bang Bang both disturbs me and puts a smile on my face. As for the noise thing its rather ironic that you make the most noise while being employed by the music industry, ok that was a cheap shot but the Mary Poppins thing was too good to pass up LOL.

by admin_hawkeye

to get you guys going. One mention of a tee shirt, and the next thing you know, the trash talking starts. Keep it up, it gives me a nice break in my day to read some of your......discussions?

by oz_media

Have you seen the kind of mental mindf-k crap this guy's been posting?

I mean, "and your mother sews socks that smell
and your father is a skin diver for Roto-Rooter"

This is from a guy complains that this discussion isn't relevant to a tech site?

In rebuttal to needs-a-raise: "I know you are but what am I?" Or should I say "I am rubber, you are glue..." Did you just come from the Britney Spears fan site forum or something?

by passwordchanged

Yo OzMedia, keep your forums straight already. You sound miffed because I said in the whale thread that thread wasn't relevant to techrepublic. The discussion started off with a question to the beautiful minds at CNOT, hay why not sell me one of them thar made-somewhere-other-than-in-America shirts that you *used* to give away. I guess it isn't irrelevant here, after all, that some of these lucky posters got T-shirts for free. It's proof to CNOT that the people who got the things keep visiting the site.

by oz_media

Saying you're an IT geek in BC would get you lynched. Could we maybe say, "I'm an IT geek and listen to Judas Priest while riding around in my Mopar with my Motorhead leathers on?"

Or maybe just an acronym in true IT style.
"IAITGALTJPWRAIMMWMMLO" ??!?

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