Geof F. Morris
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« Reply #30 on: September 20, 2005, 08:48:48 AM » |
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Edit: Geof... there's a lot of "odd" functionality on these boards, like the ability to change one's name, etc, etc. Have you thought of having a two-level subscription system with premium features (sort of like the SomethingAwful.com forums, I guess...)?
Did I give it thought? Yes. I'm not going to do it that way, though, because then it's all cheeseball. Honestly, the 100-post point is a tipping point [1]. As the activity level of the Rumor Forum is what drives the resource outlay---we have a dual-CPU server purely because this place always drove a single-CPU into heat death!---it makes sense to have the major users of the Rumor Forum help to pay for its costs. Edit 2: I know all these things have probably been hashed and re-hashed, but what about new members to the community? Do they get a free three-month trial period or something like that where they can integrate into the community at large?
Any registered member under 100 posts has free reign over the entire forum, minus any usergroup-specific fora. You may wish to think of that as a trial period, if you wish. I chose not to make it time based because people post at different rates, and many come here once, register, forget about it, then come back a few months later and then begin posting. Or they register, lurk, and then screw up their courage and jump in. I can think of a couple Bartenders, actually, who did that last. I don't want to penalize people for any initial timidity---this place can be pretty doggone intimidating. [I mean, there's this crazy bearded guy who has like 60,000 posts! How do you relate to someone like that?!] GFM [1] Why yes, I am Malcolm Gladwell's pregnant Pomeranian. Thanks for asking! |
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Hic liber est in quo sua quærit dogmata quisque,
Invenit et pariter dogmata quisque suaLeave it to Spencer to jump to the next level of stupid.
And I'm not even all that smart.
Geof, I'm sure that you are totally right.
no team should ever celebrate being the nl central champs (st. louis included) thats like bragging that you made it 2 second base with a hooker.
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« Reply #31 on: September 20, 2005, 08:53:20 AM » |
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When I first came here... you people scared the hell out of me.
dan (with the hobbit and cake bit...)
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Geof F. Morris
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« Reply #32 on: September 20, 2005, 08:57:46 AM » |
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When I first came here... you people scared the hell out of me.
dan (with the hobbit and cake bit...)
Some days, this place still scares me. GFM |
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Hic liber est in quo sua quærit dogmata quisque,
Invenit et pariter dogmata quisque suaLeave it to Spencer to jump to the next level of stupid.
And I'm not even all that smart.
Geof, I'm sure that you are totally right.
no team should ever celebrate being the nl central champs (st. louis included) thats like bragging that you made it 2 second base with a hooker.
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« Reply #33 on: September 20, 2005, 09:02:59 AM » |
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When I first came here... you people scared the hell out of me.
dan (with the hobbit and cake bit...)
Some days, this place still scares me. GFM It's a very tight group sometimes. dan (still an outsider) |
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Dr. Shake
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« Reply #34 on: September 20, 2005, 09:06:02 AM » |
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Dan, you are TOTALLY an insider. You're even approaching old-school.
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It is a truth universally acknowledged that when you have wasted as much time on this board as Steve, Katey, and I have, you are perpetually disappointed. (It's our own damn fault.)
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Jamie
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« Reply #35 on: September 20, 2005, 09:24:38 AM » |
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dan, you will always be an insider to me.
or something.
<---- still feels like an outsider some days
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I believe in the sun even when it is not shining I believe in love even when I cannot feel it I believe in God even when He is silent (These words were written on the wall of a cellar in Cologne where Jews had been hiding from the Nazis. In the midst of perhaps the most terrible atrocity ever perpetrated by 'civilized' Man, they refused to become less. No one would have blamed them for heaping imprecations on the heads of their oppressors, or even that of their Creator. Instead they entered fully into their humanity and left a message of hope and love to inspire generations to come.) http://rmfo-blogs.com/jamie/ |
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« Reply #36 on: September 20, 2005, 09:25:41 AM » |
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So, I guess the real question is "Is one year of use of these Boards worth one McDonald's Value Meal?"
To that I say, "no...", um, I mean, sure!
Jeff
hummmmm maybe we could get toys like they give out with happy meals. |
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I believe in the sun even when it is not shining I believe in love even when I cannot feel it I believe in God even when He is silent (These words were written on the wall of a cellar in Cologne where Jews had been hiding from the Nazis. In the midst of perhaps the most terrible atrocity ever perpetrated by 'civilized' Man, they refused to become less. No one would have blamed them for heaping imprecations on the heads of their oppressors, or even that of their Creator. Instead they entered fully into their humanity and left a message of hope and love to inspire generations to come.) http://rmfo-blogs.com/jamie/ |
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Geof F. Morris
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« Reply #37 on: September 20, 2005, 09:48:15 AM » |
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hummmmm maybe we could get toys like they give out with happy meals.
No room in the budget for toys! GFM |
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Hic liber est in quo sua quærit dogmata quisque,
Invenit et pariter dogmata quisque suaLeave it to Spencer to jump to the next level of stupid.
And I'm not even all that smart.
Geof, I'm sure that you are totally right.
no team should ever celebrate being the nl central champs (st. louis included) thats like bragging that you made it 2 second base with a hooker.
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« Reply #38 on: September 20, 2005, 09:51:25 AM » |
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hummmmm maybe we could get toys like they give out with happy meals.
No room in the budget for toys! GFM ... so we do the package deal. $5 for online membership, $20 gets you that plus a t-shirt. Good times all around.  |
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« Reply #39 on: September 20, 2005, 09:54:51 AM » |
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hey! noone told me about this!
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« Reply #40 on: September 20, 2005, 09:55:05 AM » |
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kidding.
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« Reply #41 on: September 20, 2005, 09:55:33 AM » |
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geof, do i have to pay too?
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Geof F. Morris
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« Reply #42 on: September 20, 2005, 09:59:00 AM » |
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geof, do i have to pay too?
Bryan, given all the work you did in establishing this place in the first place, I think we can give you a bye. This year, anyway.  GFM |
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Hic liber est in quo sua quærit dogmata quisque,
Invenit et pariter dogmata quisque suaLeave it to Spencer to jump to the next level of stupid.
And I'm not even all that smart.
Geof, I'm sure that you are totally right.
no team should ever celebrate being the nl central champs (st. louis included) thats like bragging that you made it 2 second base with a hooker.
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« Reply #43 on: September 20, 2005, 10:08:38 AM » |
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Dan, you are TOTALLY an insider. You're even approaching old-school.
Noooo... the Rumor Forum is like an onion... there's a core... and then layers... and I'm in one of those layers. dan (and I make people cry) |
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Geof F. Morris
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« Reply #44 on: September 20, 2005, 10:26:59 AM » |
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Dan, you are TOTALLY an insider. You're even approaching old-school.
Noooo... the Rumor Forum is like an onion... there's a core... and then layers... and I'm in one of those layers. dan (and I make people cry)  More like a Venn diagram. GFM |
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Hic liber est in quo sua quærit dogmata quisque,
Invenit et pariter dogmata quisque suaLeave it to Spencer to jump to the next level of stupid.
And I'm not even all that smart.
Geof, I'm sure that you are totally right.
no team should ever celebrate being the nl central champs (st. louis included) thats like bragging that you made it 2 second base with a hooker.
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