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by jaqui

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at 6:00 am PDT Monday October 15 2007 we should all be here to see what trouble we can get going in the discussions ]:)
[ gg, that is 1 in the afternoon for you ;) ]

Since a lot of us are online at that time anyway, it isn't hard to have at least most of us here then.

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by gadgetgirl

any particular reason why that day?

just curious

what sort of trouble would you like? - I can be working my way up to it.... ;)

GG
]:)

by jaqui

work something up and hit us with it out of the blue so we have to scramble to respond ]:)

by jaqui

It's the old timers who got the really good dicussions / debates going.
ain't no young puppy gonne be able to get anyone fired up for a good debate with references to support their position.

by puppybreath

I'm an old puppy. I guess I'd still be able to get people fired up if I wasn't going to be on vacation. But feel free to carry on without me. :-)

by bizzo

I've been here a fair while, both TR and physically! But I don't think I've got any good discussions going.

Can I play anyway, or shall I just sit on the bench a while?

by gadgetgirl

as I've only been here 2.5 years, I'm really going on physical!

If it goes by fitting in, and having a damn good sense of humour, Mycroft, consider yourself an old timer!

:D

GG

by dr dij

If you have an inkling about what IBM 360 was.

If you actually argue about what the first PC computer was.

If you know what a TRaSh-80 was.
If you enjoyed the Zork Rap video being eaten by a Grue (or you've been actually eaten by a Grue playing Zork. Few have ever seen one, their appetite for cave adventurers being tempered only by their fear of light from a guttering torch.

If you trudged 300 feet in the snow, to the intercampus bus and drove 8 miles (uphill both ways, in blinding snowstorms) to the math center to log in to the math center to use the ARPANET (and even know what that is), writing notes on your TRS-M100 slate computer.

If you mumble 'Back in the Old Days...' with diatribes about how great certain obsolete software was...

We'll have to exclude anyone working for Google as it is well known they don't have anyone over 29, and anyone who can't mumble 'mashup xml ajax java .net' in an interview.

by surflover

(Assembler device drivers for the Honeywell, Univac, and Burroughs mainframes and minis)...

I guess that qualifies me, huh?

:-)

by danlm

Even though I have been on TR for a number of years, I really haven't become active untill the last couple of them.

So, I do not feel errrrrrrr. Right in asking to come out to play with the old timers.

Dan

by jdclyde

Re-establishing the feeling of community that has been lost recently is a big part of this.

Come on in, the water is fine! B-)

And your not asking to come out and play, your BEING asked! It would be rude to turn down an invitation, wouldn't it? ;\

by tig2

Throw caution to the wind and voice an opinion. Or play Devil's Advocate. Or any combination.

I get where Jaqui is going with this. We haven't had a good dissension in a while. We are all going soft.

So come on out and play!

by surflover

but I have an executive council meeting at 7:00 PDT, but I'll be back later on... so it'll be like cordial interruptus...

:-)

-Surf

by jdclyde

That is the thing about the whole "work" thing, it really can be a pain!

Of course, the time will have to get translated to REAL time (EST).......

by jaqui

a free for all ]:)
there ain't no benches, and all the seats have huge dildos attached to them, so sitting around isn't promoted ;)

by jdclyde

That if I found a discussion for [i]"old timers"[/i], that Mae would be there? :0

Does this mean you have decided to "age with grace"? :p

by oz_media

Well Maecuff will be there for sure! "what's this? Hmmmm, weeeeeeeeeee! Woohoo!!"

Get them boots a bouncin'

by jaqui

you will be ]:)

cause of the chair configuration, mae already said you'll be on the chairs. :p

by jaqui

I have to get gg's goat somehow I have so many emoticons she gets jealous ;)

by nicknielsen

That's a collection and a half!

You'll pardon me, of course, if I download them all?

Edit: or at least a few of them?

by oz_media

YOu'll have a couple of hours to post as me. When I finally drag my lazy butt out of bed at a reasonable hour, have some breakfast, SSS, I'll view all the racial slurs, personal insults and argumentative comments you have posted on my behalf.

Appreciate your support. OM

by gadgetgirl

We don't AGE.

We mature.

Like fine wine.

And need to be nurtured to be appreciated, and sipped slowly to get the full impact.

Right Mae? Shovel at the ready?

GG

by gadgetgirl

but it's hometime.

Get the webcam running, and send it to my hotmail, can you? Can't miss seeing all the guts and gore, can I?

:D

GG

jd, youbeenangoneandunitnow! :x

by jaqui

fun discussions tend to be heated debates.
if we can get a couple that hit 100 posts fairly quickly because of debating, then we can have a couple of them that will stay around for a bit, giving everyone motivation to come by and participate.

by danlm

linux versus windows.

politics, world politcs

environmental

lol,
chuckle, those are the ones I usualy get in the most trouble in.

;o)

Dan

by jdclyde

The talk of "modified" seats comes up and all she has to say is BUTT BUTT BUTT BUTT..... :0

Something your not telling us, my dear? ;\

:x

by mjd420nova

More than thirty in under two hours. Going to really take some time to read if you're not here at the beginning. I'll make a big pot of coffee early and empty the ash tray. It could be a long day.

by dadspad

48 is not that young. That would put you in the babe territory! :D

Just come and join in the fun and fights, and arguments....might want to bring armor.

:)

by roobee81

I will tell my hubby that he is in babe territory. I'm 26, but like I said I do deal with older timer issues. That kinda saddens me. I'm not in babe territory. But, that probably means I can't join in now. **** it.

by Former member

Please explain more fully the purpose of this discussion. Sounds like fun though!

by jdclyde

First, we can explain the use of n00b. It is a term for someone new to something that has to ask for people to fully explain things to them. :D

Second, to stick you tongue out it is a lower case "p" :p

Third, the discussion it's self, think of it as a team building exercise. A way for like minded people to get together in a community and just have some fun once in a while.

Fourth, your welcome to join the party. B-)

by Former member

I do believe that was an attempt to slight me.

No soup for you!

Nub! :P

by jaqui

on if hey want to community to die off, they should pay me to stay away ]:)

by jdclyde

M_A_R_K got busy and just sort of went away.

Max was not pleased with the direction things were going here on TR, and is off fishing.

Will they be back some day? I expect to see Max again. It would be a boring political season without him. M_A_R_K? Will just have to wait and see.

by jaqui

threads as we can get and keep going :D
you know, try to get an EL or divorce like thread happening.. one that ... just ... won't ... die ... for months and months and months.. and is a debate not just a discussion about a specific technology

by Former member

pat yourself on the back then while you're at it....

by jdclyde

Just because I am much funnier than you are! B-)

As for the patting, done and done. :D

You MIGHT want to keep this in mind though the next time you want to act like a 12 year old on a shooter game calling everyone a noob. When it is YOU that is new AND asking a question, it is YOU that is the noob, not the person you have so childishly called one.

Detail details details.....

by dr dij

just knowing that there wasn't always an internet!

And who the inventor was?
Al Gore?
Tim Berners-Lee?

by michael jay

I believe that I won all three, guess that means I will do my best to play even though timing may be a problem.

You know they actually expect me to work at work,

Crap, there I go using the "W" word.

edited to edit the edit.

by old-fart-iv

Hi Ya-all,

After reading thru all the posts, this sounds like a good time to introduce myself and to become more active in the verbal discourse.

I've been following the discussions for many years and have found most of them to be interesting, especially the Friday-Yuk.

I think I have been through enough birthdays and working around computers to qualify, you decide.

1st Computer that I played with was an Osborne and I had account on DARPA-net back in mid 80s while attending college.

by w2ktechman

As for me, I may join in, not sure. 6:am I am not even awake yet... Plus, even though I have been here a while, I didnt start posting to discussions until last year, mostly just a Q&A person previously.

by tig2

Known as TR!

We are all about as nuts as you can be without mental therapy and it tends to show in the diversity of our discussions.

But we are always happy to see a new face!

Come in, relax, stay awhile. You will grow to love us... in time! :)

by w2ktechman

I came last all 3 times for almost 2 months. And if I didnt mention it, then it could have been for years!
So I AM THE MASTER

you only won for a very short time, then I took the lead again... :)

by michael jay

To make it easier to come last, post to these links, makes it easier than looking around the long vertical posts.

post here first
https://www.techrepublic.com.com/5208-6230-0.html?forumID=102&threadID=228615&messageID=2271665

post here second
https://www.techrepublic.com.com/5208-6230-0.html?forumID=102&threadID=228615&messageID=2275368

post here third
https://www.techrepublic.com.com/5208-6230-0.html?forumID=102&threadID=228615&messageID=2277067

I give, W2k wins.

But this will give others a chance to jump in.

by oz_media

6AM ?

Jaqui, you may hate your wife or have bedwetting issues, have a need to go online while it is pitch black outside or wait for the guy to deliver The Province, but 6 AM is a completely insane time for any human to be up and even thinking about the day.

If I drag my arse out of bed by 7:30, it's an early day for me.

"Since a lot of us are online at that time anyway," Sure, maybe still up at that time, but sure as hell not waking up.

My god, get real!!

by michael jay

I am sure that the madness suggested will still be going on by 7:30, and if you wake up then and have some coffee and chill for a while till say 9:00 I would think that the madness that Jaqui suggests will still be going on.

I think that Jaqui is real and to Jaqui:
thanks for coming back.

by jaqui

I've never tried to hide the fact I'm insane. :D

and naturally I'm still up at 6 am, I go to bed a bit later, like 8 am.
[ every day of the years ]

by av .

9am EDT on Monday morning in IT after the weekend is my own personal Hell time at work. :^0 I can't possibly miss THAT, now can I?

How long will this go on? I'd still like to put my 2 cents in. Maybe we can all participate at different times. Just keep the party going.

AV

by tig2

Still early for the US. I am on early but only because I can be.

The fuse has been lit. The flame will continue to grow. The thread is being emailed about- I don't even need to ask, I know.

Just wait...

by w2ktechman

:)

Now, you need to threaten everyone with a pouncing to get them to start posting... Wait, us men may like the idea too much :x

by jaqui

earlier, but he only wants to play in linux bashing or windows bashing threads.

to boring, it's been done to death.

let him flog the dead horse if he wants. someone who won't open their mind at all isn't any fun to play with.

by w2ktechman

when they post stupid things constantly, it does generate a lot of commenting back and forth. Then there is the whole fun of reading some of the posts, as many get quite amusing (for a few days).

But you are right, it does get boring pretty quickly as well, out of the 3 listed, only Maxwell would I continue to read after about a week.

by jaqui

is a king of verbose posts that you just have to read, even if most of the time his head is up his a$$ in what he is posting ]:)

by tig2

Q has been a peer since 1999. Don't know that he qualifies as "new".

Certainly, perhaps new to the discussion forum, not to TR.

Regardless, I must have mis-read that whole exchange as I didn't see anything in it that was offensive or slighting in any way.

Age must be creeping up even faster than I knew!

by Former member

Obviously you're upset at a "12-year-old" insignificant remark. Or at least I thought it was insignificant, but it looks like there are some very fragile egos out there. Oh wait, there's someone else called tigger who has their head on straight! Lighten up and introduce yourself to tongue-in-cheek comments.

Edited for bad formatting. n00b!

LOL!

by old-fart-iv

Good to see that all is still well in TR land with lively discussion still encouraged.

I'll try to be a better contributor to the discussions as time permits, provided that I have something to offer, rather than just arguing points of view (or debating for debating sake).

by nicknielsen

[i]I'll try to be a better contributor to the discussions as time permits, provided that I have something to offer, rather than just arguing points of view (or debating for debating sake).[/i]

Don't sweat it. Some of us will argue for argument's sake at the drop of a hat. Others of us think we have something to offer when we only suffice as good bad examples.

by jdclyde

he came in asking the questions WHILE calling the people he was asking the questions n00b.

Sorry, but it was too funny for me.... ;

Kind of like the guy that farts in an elevator and then blames someone else.... :p

And no Q, not upset at all. Just believe firmly in giving people sh1t. B-) It was just your turn. :p

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