He wasn't talking average, that's just mean.
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He wasn't talking average, that's just mean.
You standard deviant.
Every time I see one of Shaggy Hiker's trademark puns I do a little chef's kiss.
Nope but sometime I stand on Deviant Art :DQuote:
Originally Posted by Shaggy Hiker
I've only seen that on a computer screen. I've never been inclined to stand on one, though. In fact, since my computer monitors are generally upright, I'd have to be REALLY inclined if I was going to even appear to stand on one. Thus I decline to recline to the supine incline required to stand on Deviant Art.
The site is just a platform for any kind of Deviant Art (https://translate.google.com/transla...5C3%25A9viant) so don't worry you can stand on some without risking any backache.
By the way, I must acknowledge that you have a pun's Grand Master Level.
Wow, someone who registered earlier than ShaggyQuote:
Originally Posted by Spetnik
There are lots of people who registered before me, just not a whole lot who still visit....was it something I said?.
However, there was a serious server crash back around early 2000, so people who registered in the 90s tend to all have the same, and inaccurate, registration date.
I didn't realize how old VBForums was. I just assumed that it started in the early 2000s.
When I first got here, people were all talking about the great crash. At least one member was up to 10K posts, even then, and they were wiped out. By some means, their post count was restored...though they didn't post all that much after that, and I don't think they ever topped 11K.
Joecim registered before Shaggy and he was quite active when I first came here.
Look to the first few pages of the Post Race. All those people were active when I joined up. Are ANY of them still around?
Oh yes. I spent way too many hours of my early twenties on this site, the vast majority of them in "Chit Chat"...Quote:
Originally Posted by dee-u
Oh I remember the "great crash". The details are fuzzy but I think its resolution involved the hosting provider FedExing the servers to the site owners (or maybe that was a different site, I don't remember). My account got zombied and for a while I had a new account with a username with just nbsp characters in it (I think). I think the admins eventually merged the two accounts or something - I don't remember. Then there was the time that I wrote a VB6 program to crawl through the site and delete all of my posts (except the ones that were zombied by the great crash). I probably still have that code somewhere (but it wouldn't work on this version of the forum software).Quote:
Originally Posted by Shaggy Hiker
Also, I believe my actual join date was in 1998 or 1999. 2002 was probably when my account was restored after the "great crash".
Here's an example of a zombied post of mine from 2001: https://www.vbforums.com/showthread....hlight=spetnik
Here's a thread that was obviously damaged by the "great crash" (the first post is me, but I obviously didn't start the thread): https://www.vbforums.com/showthread....hlight=spetnik
You can also see how rude young me used to be... 😳
Why obvious? Just because it would be a totally weird way to start a thread? Things WERE weird back then.
I thought that, at the time, if the first post of a thread got deleted then the whole thread was deleted.
Exceptionally so. But most of the weirdness tended to stay in Chit Chat.Quote:
Originally Posted by Shaggy Hiker
Yes, but the "great crash" was an exception. Massive holes were punched in the database, leaving all sorts of messes behind.Quote:
Originally Posted by Shaggy Hiker
I only showed up as the chaos of the crash was settling back down.
I joined in 2002 after the Great Crash had happened. At that time the original owners/creators "sold" the forum to internet.com (jupitermedia). (I actually lurked a little before that). I was the internet.com person that got the "honor" (aka drew the short straw ;) ) of stepping into the forum and assimilating it to the new company. A lot of people were still reeling from the crash, but overall things were back to operating. It was, however, very much the wild west of discussion groups and the weirdness was across the forum. Lots of religion and politics in the mix of technical discussions. My first few months on the forum were brutal because I was the one leading the charge to bring the hammer down on a few people. :) Fortunately,with the help of the great moderator team we pushed most of the weirdness to chit chat. :)
Ironically, I see things like Facebook discussions and it reminds me of where this forum was in 2002. :D
Going less serious - This is a cool kickstarter. It hit its goal within a few minutes and a million dollars on the first day. A bit pricey, but very cool. I saw their prototype at a GenCon a while back. #Gamer
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects...ectronic-dice/