24||0|1778|0|yes 0|0|0|||||Evil Use of Board|LostFactor||16:07:29|06/25/2001|Nobody uses it%2C so I%27ll try using it shamelessly to increase my post count for no apparent reason.%0D%0A%0D%0AAnd there%27s a whole bunch of things that EPU can do to stop me%2C and that%27s assuming that I don%27t lose interest in it. Muahahaha.%0D%0A-Eliot %22This is what happens with boards that don%27t have clear functions %3B%3E%22 Lefebvre%0D%0A-%3D%28%29%3D-%0D%0AWe%27re only given a little time in our lives to waste. Make the most of it.%0D%0A%5BLink%3Awww.lostfactor.net%7CElectronic Transcendance Productions%5D%0D%0AProducer of%2C um%2C stuff for an unspecified time-period. 1|1|0|||||RE%3A Evil Use of Board|megazone||16:10:15|06/25/2001|%3ENobody uses it%2C so I%27ll try using it shamelessly to increase my post %0D%0A%3Ecount for no apparent reason. %0D%0A%0D%0ADon%27t make me turn off the post count display. I added a control to do that weeks ago%2C but left them on. %28They%27re turned off over at AnimeonDVD.com precisely because of people posting to deliberately boost their post count. That%27s why I added that control.%29%0D%0A%0D%0A-MegaZone%2C megazone%40megazone.org%0D%0APersonal Homepage http%3A%2F%2Fwww.megazone.org%2F%0D%0AEyrie Productions FanFic http%3A%2F%2Fwww.eyrie-productions.com%2F%0D%0A%5Blink%3Acgi6.ebay.com%2Faw-cgi%2FeBayISAPI.dll%3FMfcISAPICommand%3DViewListedItems%26userid%3Dmegazone%2540megazone.org%26include%3D0%26since%3D-1%26sort%3D2%26rows%3D0%7CSee what I%27m selling on eBay%5D 2|2|1|||||RE%3A Evil Use of Board|LostFactor||16:30:15|06/25/2001|%3EDon%27t make me turn off the post count display. %0D%0A%0D%0AI%27m tempted to keep going just in order to affect major change. %3B%3E%0D%0A%0D%0ADon%27t worry%2C it was a joke to see who caught me first.%0D%0A%0D%0A%3E%28They%27re turned off over at %0D%0A%3EAnimeonDVD.com precisely because of people posting to deliberately %0D%0A%3Eboost their post count. That%27s why I added that control.%29 %0D%0A%0D%0ATo quote myself from a Framed%21%21%21 discussion%3A %22It%27s not the number of posts%2C it%27s how you use them%21%22%0D%0A-Eliot %22Besides%2C this board looked lonely%22 Lefebvre%0D%0A-%3D%28%29%3D-%0D%0AWe%27re only given a little time in our lives to waste. Make the most of it.%0D%0A%5BLink%3Awww.lostfactor.net%7CElectronic Transcendance Productions%5D%0D%0AProducer of%2C um%2C stuff for an unspecified time-period. 3|2|1|||||RE%3A Evil Use of Board|Wedge||18:54:09|06/25/2001|%3EDon%27t make me turn off the post count display. I added a control to %0D%0A%3Edo that weeks ago%2C but left them on. %28They%27re turned off over at %0D%0A%3EAnimeonDVD.com precisely because of people posting to deliberately %0D%0A%3Eboost their post count. That%27s why I added that control.%29 %0D%0A%0D%0AThat%27s always made about as much sense to me as seriously posting %27First%21%27 with no other content. Mongo no understand.%0D%0A%0D%0ADoes that mean I%27m not l33t%3F%0D%0A%0D%0A------------------------%0D%0AChad Collier--%5Bi%5D%22Gee%2C Kent%2C and we were going to make you King of the Winter Carnival...%22%5B%2Fi%5D%0D%0ADigital Bitch%0D%0AJ. Random VFX Company 4|3|3|||||RE%3A Evil Use of Board|Gryphon||18:56:10|06/25/2001|%3EThat%27s always made about as much sense to me as seriously posting %0D%0A%3E%27First%21%27 with no other content. Mongo no understand. %0D%0A%3E%0D%0A%3EDoes that mean I%27m not l33t%3F %0D%0A%0D%0AProbably.%0D%0A%0D%0A--G.%0D%0A-%3E%3C-%0D%0ABenjamin D. Hutchins%2C Co-Founder%2C Editor in Chief%2C Netadmin%0D%0AEyrie Productions%2C Unlimited http%3A%2F%2Fwww.eyrie-productions.com%2F%0D%0A 14|4|4|||||RE%3A Evil Use of Board|jer||07:21:28|06/26/2001|%0D%0A%22So%2C what%27s the minimum number of GIFs I need to have to be in GweepCo%3F%22%0D%0A%0D%0A %22yes. A minimum number of GIFs%22%0D%0A%0D%0Arobfollo%28n%29%3A Terminal doofus.%0D%0A%0D%0A%0D%0A-- %0D%0Ajer%40gweep.net%0D%0ACeci n%27est pas une .signature 16|5|14|||||RE%3A Evil Use of Board|truss||10:00:08|06/26/2001|%3E%22So%2C what%27s the minimum number of GIFs I need to have to be in %0D%0A%3EGweepCo%3F%22 %0D%0A%3E%0D%0A%3E %22yes. A minimum number of GIFs%22 %0D%0A%3E%0D%0A%3Erobfollo%28n%29%3A Terminal doofus. %0D%0A%0D%0AFor the record%2C the exact exchange %28was the other person Derek%2C you%2C or someone else%3F%29 was%3A%0D%0A%0D%0A%22So%2C do I need a minimum number of GIFs to be in GweepCo%3F%22%0D%0A%0D%0A%22Yes. You need %5Bi%5Da minimum number of GIFs%5B%2Fi%5D to be in GweepCo.%22%0D%0A%0D%0A--truss%2C%0D%0Avillage elder.%0D%0A 5|3|3|||||RE%3A Evil Use of Board|Laudre||19:11:13|06/25/2001|[font size="1" color="#FF0000"]LAST EDITED ON Jun-25-01 AT 07:11 PM (EDT)[/font][p]%3EThat%27s always made about as much sense to me as seriously posting %0D%0A%3E%27First%21%27 with no other content. Mongo no understand. %0D%0A%0D%0AWhen I hung out at the Gargoyles comment room it was something of a tradition for the first ten or so posters to post their sequence... once I was %22first%22%2C I lost interest in that game. I don%27t get why people wait for%2C say%2C new articles to get posted to AICN just so that they can be %22first%22 at every single one%2C especially since the forum scripts there function so weird and posts end up out of order anyway.%0D%0A%0D%0AI do occasionally glance at my post count%2C mostly just so I can go %22damn... I%27ve been posting %2Athat%2A much%3F%22%0D%0A%0D%0A-- Sean --%0D%0A%5Bi%5D... or I glance at Gryphon%27s and consider setting up a betting pool on when he%27ll hit 1000...%5B%2Fi%5D%0D%0A%5Blink%3Awww.thebrokenlink.org%7Chttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.thebrokenlink.org%5D %5Bb%5DThe Broken Link 4.0 is live%21%5B%2Fb%5D%0D%0A%22Imagination is more important than knowledge.%22 -- Albert Einstein%0D%0A%22It%27s not easy being green.%22 -- Kermit the Frog 8|4|5|||||RE%3A Evil Use of Board|Wedge||20:16:20|06/25/2001|%3E%3Eonce I was %22first%22%2C I lost interest in that game. I don%27t get why %0D%0A%3Epeople wait for%2C say%2C new articles to get posted to AICN just so that %0D%0A%3Ethey can be %22first%22 at every single one%2C especially since the forum %0D%0A%3Escripts there function so weird and posts end up out of order anyway. %0D%0A%0D%0AI don%27t get how most of the people who post in the AICN talkbacks manage to run a computer. That was one of the reasons I just stopped going to that site%3A scanning the subject lines alone made my blood pressure rise at the sheer LCD quality of it all. It%27s doing it right now just thinking about the last time I read any of them%2C and that was %5Bi%5Dlast summer%5B%2Fi%5D.%0D%0A%0D%0AThank the maker for Coming Attractions.%0D%0A%0D%0A------------------------%0D%0A%22We are totally fluxed.%22%0D%0A------------------------%0D%0AChad Collier%0D%0ADigital Bitch%0D%0AJ. Random VFX Company 9|5|8|||||RE%3A Evil Use of Board|Laudre||20:55:14|06/25/2001|%3EI don%27t get how most of the people who post in the AICN talkbacks %0D%0A%3Emanage to run a computer. That was one of the reasons I just stopped %0D%0A%3Egoing to that site%3A scanning the subject lines alone made my blood %0D%0A%3Epressure rise at the sheer LCD quality of it all. It%27s doing it right %0D%0A%3Enow just thinking about the last time I read any of them%2C and that was %0D%0A%3E%5Bi%5Dlast summer%5B%2Fi%5D. %0D%0A%0D%0AI don%27t even scan the subject lines of the Talkbacks... I think the main reason Harry keeps those around is to generate more revenue from the advertisers. After all%2C he and Moriarty and a couple of others don%27t have any other jobs%2C just running AICN.%0D%0A%0D%0A%3EThank the maker for Coming Attractions. %0D%0A%0D%0ACA is a great site%2C but I hit both that and AICN on a daily %28often multiple times a day%29 basis. They overlap quite a bit%2C but they often have exclusives%2C and I tend to have the same tastes in film as Harry does %28although not uniformly%2C thankfully%29%2C so his reviews are helpful.%0D%0A%0D%0A-- Sean --%0D%0A%0D%0A%5Blink%3Awww.thebrokenlink.org%7Chttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.thebrokenlink.org%5D %5Bb%5DThe Broken Link 4.0 is live%21%5B%2Fb%5D%0D%0A%22Imagination is more important than knowledge.%22 -- Albert Einstein%0D%0A%22It%27s not easy being green.%22 -- Kermit the Frog 12|6|9|||||RE%3A Evil Use of Board|Wedge||22:05:01|06/25/2001|%3EI don%27t even scan the subject lines of the Talkbacks... I think the %0D%0A%3Emain reason Harry keeps those around is to generate more revenue from %0D%0A%3Ethe advertisers. After all%2C he and Moriarty and a couple of others %0D%0A%3Edon%27t have any other jobs%2C just running AICN. %0D%0A%0D%0AOh%2C did Moriarty quit%2Fget fired from his job at Dave%27s Laser Video in the beautiful San Fernando Valley%3F%0D%0A%0D%0AA friend and myself used to go over there and start bogus conversations out loud on purpose just to see what we could get going.%0D%0A%0D%0AAnd Harry%27s been here a few times and been given the grand tour by our old PR guy who was milking him for coverage of stuff we were working on. I gave up reading his reviews after the %5Bi%5DBatman %26 Robin%5B%2Fi%5D and %5Bi%5DGodzilla%5B%2Fi%5D %22Oh%2C I got sent to the premier and gosh wasn%27t that a great%2C fun film.%22 followed a few days later with %22I saw it again at my local Googleplex and%2C gee%2C did it suck.%22 nonsense. Feh.%0D%0A%0D%0A------------------------%0D%0A%22We are totally fluxed.%22%0D%0A------------------------%0D%0AChad Collier%0D%0ADigital Bitch%0D%0AJ. Random VFX Company 13|7|12|||||RE%3A Evil Use of Board|Laudre||23:23:00|06/25/2001|%3EOh%2C did Moriarty quit%2Fget fired from his job at Dave%27s Laser Video in %0D%0A%3Ethe beautiful San Fernando Valley%3F %0D%0A%0D%0AHe quit%2C from what he said in some interview or another.%0D%0A%0D%0A%3Eon. I gave up reading his reviews after the %5Bi%5DBatman %26 Robin%5B%2Fi%5D and %0D%0A%3E%5Bi%5DGodzilla%5B%2Fi%5D %22Oh%2C I got sent to the premier and gosh wasn%27t that a %0D%0A%3Egreat%2C fun film.%22 followed a few days later with %22I saw it again at %0D%0A%3Emy local Googleplex and%2C gee%2C did it suck.%22 nonsense. Feh. %0D%0A%0D%0AI don%27t blame him. I did that with Godzilla and Independence Day... the first time I saw Godzilla%2C I was like%2C %22That was a pretty good monster movie%2C even if it was a lousy Godzilla movie%22... then I thought about it%2C and said%2C %22Wow%2C that movie just sucked all around.%22 I was influenced by the fact that I really %2Awanted%2A to like Godzilla. ID4 I really enjoyed the first time I saw it... the second time I absolutely hated it because I saw just how colossally dumb it was. I don%27t want to ever see Armageddon again because I enjoyed it the first time%2C but just thinking about it makes me hate certain parts of it%2C and if I saw it again%2C I%27d start hating it the same way I hate ID4.%0D%0A%0D%0ALike I said%2C Harry and I tend to have similar reactions%2C and I also know how we differ%2C so I can generally judge how I%27ll react to a film based on how he reacts.%0D%0A%0D%0A-- Sean --%0D%0A%0D%0A%5Blink%3Awww.thebrokenlink.org%7Chttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.thebrokenlink.org%5D %5Bb%5DThe Broken Link 4.0 is live%21%5B%2Fb%5D%0D%0A%22Imagination is more important than knowledge.%22 -- Albert Einstein%0D%0A%22It%27s not easy being green.%22 -- Kermit the Frog 6|1|0|||||RE%3A Evil Use of Board|ejheckathorn||19:15:00|06/25/2001|Concerning number of posts and being first on threads... is there some sort of social status thing going on that I%27m not aware of%3F%0D%0A%0D%0AEric J. Heckathorn%0D%0Aericjh%40stargate.net 7|2|6|||||RE%3A Evil Use of Board|Gryphon||19:17:59|06/25/2001|%3EConcerning number of posts and being first on threads... is there some %0D%0A%3Esort of social status thing going on that I%27m not aware of%3F %0D%0A%0D%0AOnly among twinks.%0D%0A%0D%0A--G.%0D%0A-%3E%3C-%0D%0ABenjamin D. Hutchins%2C Co-Founder%2C Editor in Chief%2C Netadmin%0D%0AEyrie Productions%2C Unlimited http%3A%2F%2Fwww.eyrie-productions.com%2F%0D%0A 10|3|7|||||RE%3A Evil Use of Board|Astynax||21:09:56|06/25/2001|%3E%3EConcerning number of posts and being first on threads... is there some %0D%0A%3E%3Esort of social status thing going on that I%27m not aware of%3F %0D%0A%3E%0D%0A%3EOnly among twinks. %0D%0A%3E%0D%0A%0D%0A%27twinks%27%3F I always thought such people were called %27trolls%27.%0D%0A%0D%0A%0D%0A-%3D%7B%28Astynax%29%7D%3D-%0D%0A%22SlashDot can leave a permanent mark on your psyche%22 11|4|10|||||RE%3A Evil Use of Board|Gryphon||21:24:16|06/25/2001|%3E%3E%3EConcerning number of posts and being first on threads... is there some %0D%0A%3E%3E%3Esort of social status thing going on that I%27m not aware of%3F %0D%0A%3E%3E%0D%0A%3E%3EOnly among twinks. %0D%0A%3E%3E%0D%0A%3E%27twinks%27%3F I always thought such people were called %27trolls%27. %0D%0A%0D%0ATrolls are a subset of twinks%2C which are in turn a subset of choads.%0D%0A%0D%0A--G.%0D%0A-%3E%3C-%0D%0ABenjamin D. Hutchins%2C Co-Founder%2C Editor in Chief%2C Netadmin%0D%0AEyrie Productions%2C Unlimited http%3A%2F%2Fwww.eyrie-productions.com%2F%0D%0A 15|5|11|||||RE%3A Evil Use of Board|LostFactor||08:23:59|06/26/2001|%3ETrolls are a subset of twinks%2C which are in turn a subset of choads. %0D%0A%0D%0AI don%27t know about everyone else%2C but now I%27m thoroughly confused. Can somebody just call someone else a Nazi and end this joke post gone horribly wrong%3F%0D%0A-Eliot %22Yeah%2C I know%2C it%27s not USENET%22 Lefebvre%0D%0A-%3D%28%29%3D-%0D%0AWe%27re only given a little time in our lives to waste. Make the most of it.%0D%0A%5BLink%3Awww.lostfactor.net%7CElectronic Transcendance Productions%5D%0D%0AProducer of%2C um%2C stuff for an unspecified time-period. 17|6|15|||||RE%3A Evil Use of Board|Mephron||11:13:59|06/26/2001|Nazi.%0D%0A%0D%0A%28Improperly invoking Godwin%27s Law for amusement since 1993.%29%0D%0A%0D%0A--%0D%0AGeoff Depew - Mephron%0D%0A%22Big O%21 Showtime%21%22 18|7|17|||||RE%3A Evil Use of Board|LostFactor||11:18:34|06/26/2001|Thank you.%0D%0A%0D%0AI note with some level of amusement that this is the longest thread on this board...%0D%0A-Eliot %22We%27re all Nazis%2C so let%27s move on with our lives%22 Lefebvre%0D%0A-%3D%28%29%3D-%0D%0AWe%27re only given a little time in our lives to waste. Make the most of it.%0D%0A%5BLink%3Awww.lostfactor.net%7CElectronic Transcendance Productions%5D%0D%0AProducer of%2C um%2C stuff for an unspecified time-period. 19|8|18|||||RE%3A Evil Use of Board|goldenfire||22:26:51|06/26/2001|%3EI note with some level of amusement that this is the longest thread on %0D%0A%3Ethis board... %0D%0A%0D%0Awe can call on Atropos%2C if it really gets to you %3A%29%0D%0ABut that%27s not generally recommended...%0D%0A%0D%0Asomehwat akin to using a patriot missile on a fly... 20|9|19|||||RE%3A Evil Use of Board|LostFactor||08:24:21|06/27/2001|%3Ewe can call on Atropos%2C if it really gets to you %3A%29 %0D%0A%3EBut that%27s not generally recommended... %0D%0A%3E%0D%0A%3Esomehwat akin to using a patriot missile on a fly... %0D%0A%0D%0AYes%2C using an anti-missile system to shoot something down does indeed strike me as a bad idea... %3B%3E%0D%0A%0D%0AIt doesn%27t really get to me. I was just noting the irony.%0D%0ADANTE%3A Wow%2C this is sure one ironic thread.%0D%0ARANDALL%3A Yep%2C you can%27t find irony like that just anywhere.%0D%0A-Eliot %22Why are we walking like this%3F%22 Lefebvre%0D%0A-%3D%28%29%3D-%0D%0AWe%27re only given a little time in our lives to waste. Make the most of it.%0D%0A%5BLink%3Awww.lostfactor.net%7CElectronic Transcendance Productions%5D%0D%0AProducer of%2C um%2C stuff for an unspecified time-period. 21|10|20|||||RE%3A Evil Use of Board|goldenfire||13:46:50|06/27/2001|%3E%3Esomehwat akin to using a patriot missile on a fly... %0D%0A%3E%0D%0A%3EYes%2C using an anti-missile system to shoot something down does indeed %0D%0A%3Estrike me as a bad idea... %3B%3E %0D%0A%0D%0Ayes%2C but with some of the foul-ups %28especially in guidance systems%29 I%27ve heard of%2Fread about%2C I wouldn%27t be %5Bi%5Dtoo%5B%2Fi%5D surprised if it happenned 22|11|21|||||RE%3A Evil Use of Board|LostFactor||13:50:13|06/27/2001|%3Eyes%2C but with some of the foul-ups %28especially in guidance systems%29 %0D%0A%3EI%27ve heard of%2Fread about%2C I wouldn%27t be %5Bi%5Dtoo%5B%2Fi%5D surprised if it %0D%0A%3Ehappenned %0D%0A%0D%0AI%27d hope not intentionally%2C though. %3B%3E%0D%0A-Eliot %22Gha%21 Even Godwin%27s Law didn%27t work%21%22 Lefebvre%0D%0A-%3D%28%29%3D-%0D%0AWe%27re only given a little time in our lives to waste. Make the most of it.%0D%0A%5BLink%3Awww.lostfactor.net%7CElectronic Transcendance Productions%5D%0D%0AProducer of%2C um%2C stuff for an unspecified time-period. 23|10|20|||||RE%3A Evil Use of Board|megazone||14:20:02|06/27/2001|%3EYes%2C using an anti-missile system to shoot something down does indeed %0D%0A%3Estrike me as a bad idea... %3B%3E %0D%0A%0D%0ABTW%2C the Patriot is not an anti-missile system. It was developed as an anti-aicraft system - the anti-missile capabilities came in software upgrades mainly%2C to the radar and guidance systems. We%27re on PAC-3 now - Patriot Advanced Capability 3.%0D%0A%0D%0AThey just got a lot of press because their big debut was against Scuds - but they really didn%27t do as well as the press gushed. They were designed to kill by proximity through blast%2Ffragmentation. Doesn%27t work too well on a ballistic object. PAC-3 is %27hit to kill%27.%0D%0A%0D%0A-MegaZone%2C megazone%40megazone.org%0D%0APersonal Homepage http%3A%2F%2Fwww.megazone.org%2F%0D%0AEyrie Productions FanFic http%3A%2F%2Fwww.eyrie-productions.com%2F%0D%0A%5Blink%3Acgi6.ebay.com%2Faw-cgi%2FeBayISAPI.dll%3FMfcISAPICommand%3DViewListedItems%26userid%3Dmegazone%2540megazone.org%26include%3D0%26since%3D-1%26sort%3D2%26rows%3D0%7CSee what I%27m selling on eBay%5D 24|11|23|||||RE%3A Evil Use of Board|LostFactor||14:39:07|06/27/2001|%3EBTW%2C the Patriot is not an anti-missile system. It was developed as %0D%0A%3Ean anti-aicraft system - the anti-missile capabilities came in %0D%0A%3Esoftware upgrades mainly%2C to the radar and guidance systems.%0D%0A%0D%0AI knew this in the back of my mind%2C but I decided to ignore that knowledge for a couple reasons%3A%0D%0A%5Bol%5D%0D%0A%5Bli%5DThe joke isn%27t really funny otherwise.%0D%0A%5Bli%5DI wasn%27t certain%2C and if I said they were an anti-aircraft system and were wrong I%27d look worse than if I said they were an anti-missile system %28which they were at least USED for%29.%0D%0A%5Bli%5DUm. There was a %233%3F%0D%0A%5B%2Fol%5D%0D%0A%0D%0A%3EThey just got a lot of press because their big debut was against Scuds %0D%0A%3E- but they really didn%27t do as well as the press gushed.%0D%0A%0D%0AIt was the Gulf. They hardly %5Bstrong%5Dneeded%5B%2Fstrong%5D to. %3B%3E%0D%0A-Eliot %22My memories back then are kind of fuzzy anyways%22 Lefebvre%0D%0A-%3D%28%29%3D-%0D%0AWe%27re only given a little time in our lives to waste. Make the most of it.%0D%0A%5BLink%3Awww.lostfactor.net%7CElectronic Transcendance Productions%5D%0D%0AProducer of%2C um%2C stuff for an unspecified time-period.