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Offline Hyrax81st

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« Reply #15 on: August 17, 2004, 05:04:25 PM »
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some topics need to be punted sometimes, especially informative ones...


I guess we request it to be "stickied" in that case.
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« Reply #16 on: August 17, 2004, 05:07:11 PM »
many aren't critical enough to be stickied - they're infrequent but recurring topics. plus who wants a full page of stickys?
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« Reply #17 on: August 17, 2004, 05:13:02 PM »
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many aren't critical enough to be stickied - they're infrequent but recurring topics. plus who wants a full page of stickys?



theres a few in the training thread the get punted alot ... and in the hardware software forum theres a couple that get punted alot ... (Blooms pc arcitecture thread is a main one that come to mind)  and once and awhile we punt some other info type threads just so we dont have to repeat ourselves every other week .
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« Reply #18 on: August 17, 2004, 05:18:09 PM »
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i don't care for firefox... too buggy especially how in here the box to enter text in a post is like only 30 charecters wide. very annoying for me personally.
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« Reply #19 on: August 17, 2004, 05:31:10 PM »
The RULES are all negative.  

How about some positive guidelines.  New readers might get the wrong/right impression.
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« Reply #20 on: August 17, 2004, 05:34:36 PM »
Dang...does this mean I'm gonna have to wait until 01-01-2011 to call Pyro a sissy?! ;)
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« Reply #21 on: August 17, 2004, 10:19:43 PM »
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many aren't critical enough to be stickied - they're infrequent but recurring topics. plus who wants a full page of stickys?


Perhaps a dedicated "sticky" Forum, then ? with their unique threads all nicely tucked away in exactly the right spot. Punting threads always seemed like a nasty workaround anyway. If it gets lost in any particular forum maybe their own forum would help. We could call it the Skuzzy Sticky Forum of Critical or Infrequent but Recurring Topics.
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« Reply #22 on: August 18, 2004, 02:07:05 AM »


It was badly needed, Way To Go!!!
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« Reply #23 on: August 18, 2004, 02:31:07 AM »
WTG HTC! It's about time and a breath of fresh air. :D

I think Shane is referring to some of the more useful posts in the "Help and Training Forum". I'd agree we could use a place / seperate forum for those. It's gets old seeing the same questions asked over and over and then having to link to the old threads. IMO.
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« Reply #24 on: August 18, 2004, 08:22:53 AM »
Pryo and I were having trouble how to describe what is acceptible punting.

I agree on the information type topics. What we dont wish to see is
1. punting up very old topics.
2. punting a post you just made every day because you are not getting a response.

Those are the 2 normal abuses I can think of.


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« Reply #25 on: August 18, 2004, 08:44:26 AM »
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Pryo and I were having trouble how to describe what is acceptible punting.

I agree on the information type topics. What we dont wish to see is
1. punting up very old topics.
2. punting a post you just made every day because you are not getting a response.

Those are the 2 normal abuses I can think of.


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Hitech,

Seriously, I’m not trying to be a wise guy here, but in regards to this rule:

“4- Members should post in a way that is respectful of other users and HTC. Flaming or abusing users is not tolerated.”

Would this include Paul Hinds/Voss?  I’m not talking about starting a new 2K bash Voss thread every two months, just the typical Voss wisecrack.  Is he a “user” or a public figure?

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« Reply #26 on: August 18, 2004, 08:48:37 AM »
Good question Eskimo:

Im thinking the wise cracks should be droped. Other thoughts?


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« Reply #27 on: August 18, 2004, 09:07:20 AM »
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Pryo and I were having trouble how to describe what is acceptible punting.

I agree on the information type topics. What we dont wish to see is
1. punting up very old topics.
2. punting a post you just made every day because you are not getting a response.

Those are the 2 normal abuses I can think of.


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One of the major reasons I see people punting is they feel their messages are not getting to you HT.  I'm don't mean that you are not reading or ignoring them, just that you may not be reading every freaking message on this board... can't blame you there, this is a verbose bunch of dweebs ;)

Would it be possible for a weekly (even bi-weekly) update or something on current issues you are looking into?  It might actually clear up a lot of the speculation about certain situations (ie.  ToD status, thoughs on the ENY disabling, etc.)   Think about how every time Pyro posts pictures of the latest stuff how excited everyone becomes...

Just a $0.02 suggestion. ;)
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« Reply #28 on: August 18, 2004, 09:09:47 AM »
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Good question Eskimo:

Im thinking the wise cracks should be droped. Other thoughts?


HiTech


Not trying to argue here, but certainly you expect BBS posters to poke fun at political figures, celebrities, characters, and public figures (people who make the news big time).  

Voss was(/is?) an AH player, but he has certainly acclaimed public figure status.  

Along the same line, how do your feel about BBS posters tastefully poking fun at you and Skuzzy?  You take the spelling jabs very well, but certainly you shouldn’t be expected to put up with downright insults either…

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« Reply #29 on: August 18, 2004, 09:19:28 AM »
Can only speek for myself.

Most people understand the difference between having fun WITH someone , VS inslutling them, or trying to get a rise out of them just to make them mad.

But realy can not think of a single other person simlar to the voss question.

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