#181668 - 27/09/2003 13:09
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carpal tunnel
Registered: 25/06/1999
Posts: 2993
Loc: Wareham, Dorset, UK
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Over the years this BBS has been running, there have been some pretty impressive posts made by people that were memorable, witty, or definitive on some subject or other.
Why don't you post (in this thread) a link to your favourite individual posting, even ones as far back as the early days of the board?
After a while, when a collection has built up, we should post a poll so that people can vote for their favourite.
Come on people, get searching! 
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#181669 - 27/09/2003 13:17
Re: Favourite posts
[Re: schofiel]
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pooh-bah
Registered: 14/01/2002
Posts: 2489
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Although recent, it has to Tony's spider one that gave him images I imagine he didn't want!
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#181670 - 27/09/2003 14:52
Re: Favourite posts
[Re: schofiel]
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carpal tunnel
Registered: 20/12/1999
Posts: 31600
Loc: Seattle, WA
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My favorite is this one, but it's only funny in the specific context and the time.
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#181672 - 27/09/2003 14:57
Re: Favourite posts
[Re: schofiel]
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carpal tunnel
Registered: 05/01/2001
Posts: 4903
Loc: Detroit, MI USA
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I don't have a link, but somebody once collected all of Tony's posts where he mentions making a mess on his monitor... 
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#181673 - 28/09/2003 14:24
Re: Favourite posts
[Re: schofiel]
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carpal tunnel
Registered: 08/07/1999
Posts: 5549
Loc: Ajijic, Mexico
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pretty impressive posts
I have always felt that this ranks as one of the best, if not the best post ever made on this bbs as far as being informative.
I think the best story on the bbs is this one.
I think the best one-liner on the bbs is this post.
tanstaafl.
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#181674 - 28/09/2003 14:32
Re: Favourite posts
[Re: tanstaafl.]
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carpal tunnel
Registered: 20/12/1999
Posts: 31600
Loc: Seattle, WA
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Thanks, Doug, I was proud of that little story. (Not proud of the stupidity that was the subject of the story, but proud of the way I'd written it.) And I agree, the towels/china line was one of the best one-liners on the BBS. Definitely right up there in the running with the "God has to wait for his queue number just like everyone else" post.
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#181676 - 28/09/2003 16:22
Re: Favourite posts
[Re: schofiel]
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carpal tunnel
Registered: 29/08/2000
Posts: 14496
Loc: Canada
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Well, here's one of mine (yes, waving my own flag here!) that I've regretted practically every time I've boarded a plane in the past couple of years..
The Word that changed my life.
Cheers
Edited by mlord (28/09/2003 16:24)
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#181677 - 28/09/2003 18:31
Re: Favourite posts
[Re: mlord]
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carpal tunnel
Registered: 05/01/2001
Posts: 4903
Loc: Detroit, MI USA
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Yeah, I remember "that word" being brought into question at some point. It's so odd seeing your post as a "newbie". Also odd seeing how that kernal "hack" for one little feature ended up evolving into what it is today!
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#181678 - 28/09/2003 18:48
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[Re: SE_Sport_Driver]
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carpal tunnel
Registered: 20/12/1999
Posts: 31600
Loc: Seattle, WA
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Yeah, I remember "that word" being brought into question at some point. I see from the post date that the first version of the program existed approximately one month before "the word" suddenly became a four-letter word. But that particular post doesn't yet name it that. What date did it officially become "hijack"?
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#181679 - 28/09/2003 20:05
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[Re: tfabris]
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carpal tunnel
Registered: 29/08/2000
Posts: 14496
Loc: Canada
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What date did it officially become "hijack"?
That would be this version, I think. This version (V11) was the first one to incorporate hijack.c in the sources. From V3 onwards I just kinda used that nasty word more often, so I'm not 100% sure if there's a better defining moment for when it became known simply as hija--
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#181680 - 28/09/2003 20:51
Re: Favourite posts
[Re: SE_Sport_Driver]
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carpal tunnel
Registered: 14/01/2002
Posts: 2858
Loc: Atlanta, GA
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Also odd seeing how that kernal "hack" for one little feature ended up evolving into what it is today! Yeah, cause software never evolves like that!  But hey, at least there was a capable programmer all the way through. Most software projects I've worked on start out with the least capable (usually a college student or intern making a simple program for a small task) and elevates in complexity until it gets into the hands of the most capable, at which point the programmer's hands are tied by poor design at the beginning (I've been a programmer at both stages, I must shamefully admit!). But I digress, clearly this was no such development effort!
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#181681 - 28/09/2003 21:17
Re: Favourite posts
[Re: JeffS]
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Carpal Tunnel
Registered: 08/02/2002
Posts: 3411
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LOL. Too true. Mark graced us incompetants with an easily understood design - the existence of Bass and Treble controls is testamount to that.
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#181682 - 29/09/2003 01:25
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[Re: JeffS]
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carpal tunnel
Registered: 10/06/1999
Posts: 5916
Loc: Wivenhoe, Essex, UK
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Yeah, cause software never evolves like that!
I think that hijack must be the most extreme form of feature creep I have ever seen, excepting of course Linux itself...
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#181683 - 01/10/2003 02:31
Re: Favourite posts
[Re: tfabris]
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carpal tunnel
Registered: 13/02/2002
Posts: 3212
Loc: Portland, OR
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somebody once collected all of Tony's posts where he mentions making a mess on his monitor... Yeah, I thought that was pretty funny. Unfortunately, I can't find it on the BBS. Getting the search terms right is hard... Posted here. I'm honored that one of my posts is mentioned.
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#181684 - 01/10/2003 05:26
Re: Favourite posts
[Re: canuckInOR]
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carpal tunnel
Registered: 05/01/2001
Posts: 4903
Loc: Detroit, MI USA
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Wow! I spent a good 1/2 hour looking for that. I could have sworn you'd use the word "monitor" in there. Thanks for finding it!
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#181686 - 02/10/2003 03:19
Re: Favourite posts
[Re: canuckInOR]
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carpal tunnel
Registered: 20/12/1999
Posts: 31600
Loc: Seattle, WA
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searching for one of pca's posts that I liked OH YEAH, that's the "big" post that I think I enjoyed the most on the BBS... This one by PCA.
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#181687 - 02/10/2003 07:39
Re: Favourite posts
[Re: tfabris]
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carpal tunnel
Registered: 19/01/2002
Posts: 3584
Loc: Columbus, OH
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This is my favorite all time one-liner. Also posted by PCA at Hugo's expense.
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#181688 - 02/10/2003 20:48
Re: Favourite posts
[Re: tfabris]
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carpal tunnel
Registered: 13/02/2002
Posts: 3212
Loc: Portland, OR
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