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No, sillies. | 46 | 30.46% | |
Leave them in the user CP | 27 | 17.88% | |
Put them back in the main thread view | 45 | 29.80% | |
Beer. | 33 | 21.85% | |
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is the next Chiquita
Join Date: Feb 2005
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17 to 14!!! Wheeeeeee
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9" monochrome
Join Date: May 2004
Location: 🇦🇺
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Banana - I'm sure drew can correct me if I'm wrong here, but it is Ford Prefect, not Perfect. Although the late, great, DA did comment that Americans seemed to miss the joke entirely.
As for post counts and rep points ... whatever will be will be. I'm more of the thinking that most people here can read and have adequate comprehension skills, so being able to discern the wheat from the chaff shouldn't be too hard. Oh yeah, I'm back in Oz and I've got the blasted stones again. Groan. |
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Going Strange...
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: Brooklyn, NY
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I always particularly liked Vyvian's flame painted Ford Prefect in The Young Ones, myself. |
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9" monochrome
Join Date: May 2004
Location: 🇦🇺
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Yes indeed - I never knew what a Ford Prefect was, but I certainly knew what a Ford Anglia was.
I bought The Young Ones on DVD last year and brought it up to China. There's no way my wife could sit through an episode, but I still love it. |
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is the next Chiquita
Join Date: Feb 2005
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Talk about irony.
See, I *knew* that his last name was Prefect, and when I first typed it, I thought, it should be Prefect, not Perfect. So I go back and check my spelling. Hmm, Perfect. That's right. A roman administrator. So I moved on. Now you point this out. |
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is the next Chiquita
Join Date: Feb 2005
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Actually, Wikipedia is great when you're uncertain that you have a right answer, but what if you *think* you have a right answer? I'd pay a million for someone to invent something that will alert one to the fact that no, the "right" answer he has in his head is anything but right.
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Dick in the Abstentia, The
Join Date: May 2004
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They say de stones is about the worst pain there is. Which is why you should feel totally justified in using them as an excuse to get the really grouse drugs, especially as there is high a probability of success. Welcome home. Are you back so you can get medical treatment without the risk of waking up after surgery to find one of your kidneys has been sold on the black market, or did you just have a hankering for some Castlemaine Rock? Don't forget to Vote 1 Taco! |
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Student extraordinaire
Join Date: May 2004
Location: Canberra, Australia
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Castlemaine Rock is gross. As is most hard candy.
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9" monochrome
Join Date: May 2004
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Less than Stellar Member
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Shit. I go to Spain for a week and things all go to hell! I thought that I couldn't see post counts because I was using IE. (Internet cafe in Barcelona). Glad to see that things keep moving without me.
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Veteran Member
Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: Unknown
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Actually, we were floundering while you were away. We need someone to ask us how it makes us feel to not having point counts!
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BANNED
I am worthless beyond hope. Join Date: May 2004
Location: Inner Swabia. If you have to ask twice, don't.
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Holy fuck!
I go to Germany/Morocco for three weeks; it takes me a week to find this tread; I am still confused as to the vile posts that induced this clamp down on ze count de posts... |
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Subdued and Medicated
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Shhh! If we are all nice, maybe they will come back.
*sinks back into the shadows of the forgotten thread* |
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geri to my friends
Join Date: May 2006
Location: Heaven
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Maybe it's just me. But aren't some of you taking this just a bit to seriously? Does it really matter? Isn't life too short to waste time on this?
Damn i just wasted time on this. Bugger i'm still doing it. Must stop now.......... re-boot required. Forced shut down, last post saved. System Off Line............ I used to be undecided.....But now I'm not so sure. No trees were harmed in the sending of this message. However, a large number of electrons were terribly inconvenienced. |
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Subdued and Medicated
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Well, to be perfectly honest, I do rely in post count quite a bit. I respond differently to noobs than I do to seasoned members, namely by not pointing out mistakes if they post in the wrong forum but also by avoiding abbreviations and providing more detailed instructions. I know it can be intimidating for people to ask for help in a community like this and will go that extra mile to make them feel welcome.
Then again, I can't stick it to someone who should know better. Still, as someone who has a difficult time with names (especially if the change), I find post counts do actually provide useful information to me. I can live without it of course, but in all seriousness, I do think they are helpful if not abused. But I am not a Admin. And Brad knows best. Last edited by Ebby : 2006-06-19 at 21:42. |
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Space Pirate
Join Date: May 2004
Location: Atlanta
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I think the post counts were extremely helpful and I honestly don't know how to respond to people now, so I've stopped posting as much which is a good thing at the end of the day because it means that I'm out in the real world more.
The only problem with the post counts was having incentives for people to boost them. |
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geri to my friends
Join Date: May 2006
Location: Heaven
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I used to be undecided.....But now I'm not so sure. No trees were harmed in the sending of this message. However, a large number of electrons were terribly inconvenienced. |
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geri to my friends
Join Date: May 2006
Location: Heaven
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Subdued and Medicated
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BANNED
I am worthless beyond hope. Join Date: May 2004
Location: Inner Swabia. If you have to ask twice, don't.
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It is true that the intersection of date joined and post count gave a sense of the character of the poster...
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Not a tame lion...
Join Date: May 2004
Location: Narnia
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/me agrees
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Subdued and Medicated
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Perfect example AsLan^.
You and I registered roughly the same time but you seem like a new name to me. Nothing against lurkers BTW. I too, spent quite a bit of time as a lurker back in the day. |
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Less than Stellar Member
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Post counts help me remember people, too. The "date joined" doesn't mean nearly as much to me since I can barely remember what today's date is.
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is the next Chiquita
Join Date: Feb 2005
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This isn't really anything that a username can't do. For one thing, we all know better than to listen to a MacGeek200X's advice on wiping your hard drives. While one doesn't have to remember every username, memory is much better when you glance at the username; it works just like a post count in reminding you who this particular person.
I don't really see any good reasons to have post counts. Make it a private party if you want, but I'm a happy camper without it. Learn to memorize names, not numbers. We are all unique individuals. |
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BANNED
I am worthless beyond hope. Join Date: May 2004
Location: Inner Swabia. If you have to ask twice, don't.
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With ever changing post counts indicating more than just the name...
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is the next Chiquita
Join Date: Feb 2005
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With ever changing posts indicating more than just the post counts...
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Selfish Heathen
Join Date: May 2004
Location: Zone of Pain
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As a reminder to everyone, I should point out again that the post count returned to the user profile page long long ago. It's there if you want it, just not prominently emblazoned on every single post.
The quality of this board depends on the quality of the posts. The only way to guarantee thoughtful, informative discussion is to write thoughtful, informative posts. AppleNova is not a real-time chat forum. You have time to compose messages and edit them before and after posting. |
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Subdued and Medicated
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Yea and I've used it a few times. That fad wore off so I make due. No biggie.
I don't want to be a whiner or anything but *ahem* one reason I like post counts is because I have trouble reading the Usernames. The whole blue-on-blue action forces a squint out of me. Brad, I can read your name just fine with that bold along with all admins, but Banana looses its clarity after "Ban" and the "ifil" in torifile is just a jumble of vertical lines. That black text like the tiny "Administrator" under Brad's name is perfectly legible so don't blame my eyes. So there you know. Gee, I feel like a tattle-tell now. I'm going to take a nap. |
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