Things about VBW that you probably don't want to know.

Did you know...
that the first person in here is NOT John or James but it's a tomsomething?
that James had 100 posts, but looking into his post records, you find NOTHING that contains his name?
that I am trying to find out what the "secret rank" is?
that Matthew is the future of Microsoft? ;)
that HeSaidJoe is really Wayne?
that Dax, a VBWorld editor, is actually NOT Senior Editor but is a Junior Member?
that John got his posts from nowhere?

Anyone with any more of these please post them here:).

[parksie]

Well...Dax is just a contributing author :)

Some of those are a bit strange, though ;).

About this post: http://forums.vb-world.net/showthread.php?threadid=33141

How did you know it was closed when you posted your reply???

It's a mystery, isn't it.

All right. I'll try to tell you privatly, but since I can't, I'll post it and let everyone else see it.

I've reopened it, posted it, and closed it again. Foolish of me...

Think I was psychic or something?

[parksie]

Nah...I thought it was a bug (never!). Didn't know you could reopen a thread again.

Yes, I could. I'm the author of the thread and usually I can do anythind with the thread as I want.

Oops, this thread is getting off-topic.

Did you know that John registered a long time after James? I wonder why...

I found something else.

There are two people on the forums named Dim and Dim A.

If you search through both of their posts, you will notice that they both share the same search results.

For example, if you search through Dim (http://forums.vb-world.net/search.php?query=&forumchoice=&booleanand=&searchin=&searchdate=&searchuser=Dim&exactname=yes&action=dosearch&getdaily=&pagenum=)'s posts, you will notice that in some, Dim A is the starter of a thread (see this thread (http://forums.vb-world.net/showthread.php?threadid=32982)), yet why is it in Dim's search when he's not even in the thread!?

Hmm...

The same goes for John...Let me see if My Second Valued Escaflowne Omega's Posts appear on mine...

So John, you heard that! Get fixin'!

The same is for me. Look inside my profile for a GetPixel thread by Megatron in the API forum and you can find that its "Escaflowne Omega" with the bad signature who, by truth, is my second name. There's no me at all! (Obviously, I'm afraid to post useless ones, so...).

A bug! I discovered it! Let's see, what shall I name it. Should I name it after myself? The Matthew Bug or The Gates Bug or Bug Gates...hehe, just kidding :D.

Did you know about this John?

[Edited by Matthew Gates on 10-11-2000 at 08:47 PM]

[Bill Gates]

The Gates Bug sounds good!

[Kaverin]

Isn't Windows the "Gates Bug"? :D

Very funny, Matt.

You just HAVE to do that, right?

Originally posted by Matthew Gates
A bug! I discovered it! Let's see, what shall I name it. Should I name it after myself? The Matthew Bug or The Gates Bug or Bug Gates...hehe, just kidding :D.

Did you know about this John?

[Edited by Matthew Gates on 10-11-2000 at 08:47 PM]

I don't think it's a bug, rahter, it's a natural affect of pattern matching.


Escaflowne: Keep in mind that these forums started around Jan 1999, but the records only go back to October 1999. Therefor, John and James have probably posted a lot before OCt 1999.

Originally posted by Escaflowne
Very funny, Matt.

You just HAVE to do that, right?

What are you talking about? Do you think I created that Bill Gates name? It's not me. I will prove you wrong:

Matthew Gates
Fanatic Member

Registered: Apr 2000
Posts: 2241



Bill Gates
New Member

Registered: Mar 2000
Posts: 9


March <> April. I registered in April, Bill registered in March. Therefore, how could I register Bill Gates before my name? I may have knew about the forum for more than a year, but I never registered to it, I didn't need to because I used to just get what I needed off of it by looking at people's question, but than I got interested and realized I could answer people's questions and learn more this way, so I joined, blah blah blah...thus, a happy ending :rolleyes:, so far. So it ain't me. And search his posts, I never even saw Bill Gates before, I thought someone had just created that name, but I saw the Mar 2000 and realized, Bill was registered before me!

Get my point? I'm not Bill! I'm Matthew and I don't think I need to fake being Bill Gates, I have the last name, don't I? That's all i need ;).

Nope, Megatron, the profiles had a "Search all posts" feature and look into it and discover.

Also, that does count in post count, but <Secret kept to Matthew G. and Me>

And if that's not Matt, it's not bill either because he DOESN'T have humor. He also had a lot of better things t:)o:) :)d:)o:).:)