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    Quick! Someone sum up the last 6 years of ChitChat history!

    I haven't been here regularly in a loooooong time. The last big thread I watched was that guy's "AI" thread where he kept posting about his AI that was essentially a text box and some buttons.

    What's been going on?


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    Re: Quick! Someone sum up the last 6 years of ChitChat history!

    nothing worth writing about.
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    Re: Quick! Someone sum up the last 6 years of ChitChat history!

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    Select sum(history) From ChitChat Where Posted > DateAdd(Year, 6, GetDate())
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    Re: Quick! Someone sum up the last 6 years of ChitChat history!

    Quote Originally Posted by FunkyDexter View Post
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    Select sum(history) From ChitChat Where Posted > DateAdd(Year, 6, GetDate())
    Huh......it returns "Cabbage" and something about things that starts with "i"....

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    That'll be the new iCabbage. It's got a touch screen, you know.
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    Oddly, I was just thinking about reviving the AI thread, but I figured it would not be a popular move. I didn't have anything to say, I just thought it would be interesting. It's kind of like throwing sodium metal into water: You do it just to see what happens.
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    Re: Quick! Someone sum up the last 6 years of ChitChat history!

    Quote Originally Posted by Shaggy Hiker View Post
    Oddly, I was just thinking about reviving the AI thread, but I figured it would not be a popular move. I didn't have anything to say, I just thought it would be interesting. It's kind of like throwing sodium metal into water: You do it just to see what happens.
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    Re: Quick! Someone sum up the last 6 years of ChitChat history!

    Really? Aren't all guys arsonists to one extent or another?
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    Re: Quick! Someone sum up the last 6 years of ChitChat history!

    Quote Originally Posted by FunkyDexter View Post
    That'll be the new iCabbage. It's got a touch screen, you know.
    Amazing........any apps for it?

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    Re: Quick! Someone sum up the last 6 years of ChitChat history!

    Sandpaper(tm)
    Delete it. They just clutter threads anyway.

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    Re: Quick! Someone sum up the last 6 years of ChitChat history!

    I can give you 11 years of history:

    http://www.vbforums.com/showthread.php?t=86711
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    Re: Quick! Someone sum up the last 6 years of ChitChat history!

    It could be summed up as :

    Could have been better.
























    Or worse!

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    Re: Quick! Someone sum up the last 6 years of ChitChat history!

    visualAd and his spleen

    wossname and his grumpiness

    NoteMe and his bad speeling

    mendhak and SandPaper, Frogect Rotamiton, etc

    oceanebelle and hairball, the token girls

    grilkip the Flying Dutchman

    penagay

    manavo and his lolling tongue

    Shaggy_Hiker and his beard and smelly feet

    crptcblade and his direct, and often violent, comments

    Bonker_Gudd and his totally random comments

    NotLKH and his alter ego

    moeur and the maths

    timeshifter and his rubbing people up the wrong way

    Jacob_Roman and the girls

    That guy from India whose name I forget, but who provoked much frustration and mockery. Eventually he became accepted. Then he got married and disappeared.
    Edit: shakti5385 !!

    plenderj, dglienna and the banned brigade

    The Golden Chair

    Post Race

    D#

    wo-man

    ... and much much more.


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    Re: Quick! Someone sum up the last 6 years of ChitChat history!

    Glad to be a part of it. Not quite dead, yet, though.
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    Re: Quick! Someone sum up the last 6 years of ChitChat history!

    Quote Originally Posted by Shaggy Hiker View Post
    Glad to be a part of it. Not quite dead, yet, though.
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    Re: Quick! Someone sum up the last 6 years of ChitChat history!

    That's ok, just keep plenty of paper around. After all, from his posting, he seems to have a real attraction to rocks. I'm sure that's what he'd choose as a weapon.
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    Re: Quick! Someone sum up the last 6 years of ChitChat history!

    That guy from India, you mean Yash? OrdinaryGuy? Did he get married? And disappeared? Hmm.. I have been away too long.

    Heck, it could be me too, only I haven't yet disappeared. I mean I tried, but couldn't! (or )




    I think during the transitions (from John Perceival to Karl Moore to Brad Jones) we lost several British and Australian (or are they British by origin?) members, which has taken away some (heck, most) fun from the Chit Chat. I must say Shaggy Hiker, FunkyDexter and a few others are trying their best to have some fun (or pun) restored, but yes, the old days were better.



    Disclaimer: The comment about transition has been added purely to indicate timelines, it does not imply anything else.

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    Re: Quick! Someone sum up the last 6 years of ChitChat history!

    Quote Originally Posted by honeybee View Post
    ...but yes, the old days were better.
    Ah, nostalgia. It's not what it used to be.
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    Re: Quick! Someone sum up the last 6 years of ChitChat history!

    That Indian guy was Shakti.
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