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#287266 - 29/09/2006 04:25 Should we really be unofficial?
jbauer veteran Registered: 08/05/2000 Posts: 1429 Loc: San Francisco, CA	Since empeg/Rio/SonicBlue/etc. are no more, there will really never be an "official" empeg BBS... Is it time that we became "official"? - Jon
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#287267 - 29/09/2006 05:06 Re: Should we really be unofficial? [Re: jbauer]
loren carpal tunnel Registered: 23/08/2000 Posts: 3826 Loc: SLC, UT, USA	well... Attachments 287939-logo.gif (106 downloads) _________________________ \|\| loren \|\|
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#287268 - 29/09/2006 05:26 Re: Should we really be unofficial? [Re: jbauer]
boxer pooh-bah Registered: 16/04/2002 Posts: 2011 Loc: Yorkshire UK	Why bother with official? Why not just "The Empeg & Rio: Car; Receiver;Central; Karma BBS". Just delete the discussion point as to whether its official or not. _________________________ Politics and Ideology: Not my bag
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#287269 - 29/09/2006 13:53 Re: Should we really be unofficial? [Re: boxer]
hybrid8 carpal tunnel Registered: 12/11/2001 Posts: 7738 Loc: Toronto, CANADA	Why not just remove any point of contention about what's discussed in here at all? Just remote the whole title completely. Na, just kidding. Drop the empeg/rio part and just call it "the Official BBS" _________________________ Bruno Twisted Melon : Fine Mac OS Software
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#287270 - 29/09/2006 14:59 Re: Should we really be unofficial? [Re: hybrid8]
boxer pooh-bah Registered: 16/04/2002 Posts: 2011 Loc: Yorkshire UK	(a)It comes up with a mountain of sites, nothing to do with us, if you google, including "The Official BBS - faq" (b) Somebody from outside our community, similarly googling, wishing to find out about Empegs, would never find us. _________________________ Politics and Ideology: Not my bag
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#287271 - 29/09/2006 15:01 Re: Should we really be unofficial? [Re: boxer]
jbauer veteran Registered: 08/05/2000 Posts: 1429 Loc: San Francisco, CA	I like Loren's suggestion and graphic. Let's keep our unofficial heritage, but update it with a more dignified officiality. - Jon
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#287272 - 29/09/2006 15:13 Re: Should we really be unofficial? [Re: jbauer]
peter carpal tunnel Registered: 13/07/2000 Posts: 4180 Loc: Cambridge, England	FWIW I always think of an "unofficial" BBS as similar to a "non-government-run" mass media; in other words an important check-and-balance, and withal more dignified and credible than the "official" sort. And if one's allowed to unilaterally declare officialness just because the original group that could have bestowed officialness has disappeared without doing so, there's way cooler things we could be than the official Empeg BBS: how about the Official Douglas Adams BBS, or perhaps the Official Concorde BBS? Or maybe we could crown ourselves the Official Holy Roman Emperor? Peter
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#287273 - 29/09/2006 15:25 Re: Should we really be unofficial? [Re: peter]
boxer pooh-bah Registered: 16/04/2002 Posts: 2011 Loc: Yorkshire UK	Or "The thoughts of Chairman Boxer" _________________________ Politics and Ideology: Not my bag
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#287274 - 29/09/2006 17:23 Re: Should we really be unofficial? [Re: jbauer]
Dignan carpal tunnel Registered: 08/03/2000 Posts: 12338 Loc: Sterling, VA	I'm guessing that there's a moderator/administrator who got a kick out of this thread and changed the title of the BBS _________________________ Matt
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#287275 - 29/09/2006 17:28 Re: Should we really be unofficial? [Re: Dignan]
peter carpal tunnel Registered: 13/07/2000 Posts: 4180 Loc: Cambridge, England	Quote: I'm guessing that there's a moderator/administrator who got a kick out of this thread and changed the title of the BBS Oh, cool, I was wondering if he'd done that to everyone or just to me Charlemagne
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#287276 - 29/09/2006 18:25 Re: Should we really be unofficial? [Re: peter]
jbauer veteran Registered: 08/05/2000 Posts: 1429 Loc: San Francisco, CA	Great! I love this BBS. - Jon
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#287277 - 29/09/2006 18:37 Re: Should we really be unofficial? [Re: peter]
hybrid8 carpal tunnel Registered: 12/11/2001 Posts: 7738 Loc: Toronto, CANADA	Hopefully it won't get changed before Google has a chance to index. _________________________ Bruno Twisted Melon : Fine Mac OS Software
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#287278 - 29/09/2006 19:24 Re: Should we really be unofficial? [Re: Dignan]
Mataglap enthusiast Registered: 11/06/2003 Posts: 384	Just a minute ago I was skimming all the open tabs and looking for "empeg". "I swear I have the BBS open," I told myself. "Where the 'ef is it?" --Nathan
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#287279 - 29/09/2006 19:38 Re: Should we really be unofficial? [Re: peter]
webroach old hand Registered: 23/07/2003 Posts: 869 Loc: Colorado	I prefer "Holy Roman Empegger"... _________________________ Dave
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#287280 - 29/09/2006 20:23 Re: Should we really be unofficial? [Re: peter]
music addict Registered: 25/06/2002 Posts: 456	Quote: Quote: I'm guessing that there's a moderator/administrator who got a kick out of this thread and changed the title of the BBS Oh, cool, I was wondering if he'd done that to everyone or just to me Charlemagne There's still a little Hadrian's wall around the proprietary parts of the source code.... (Cue Roger Waters, "Bring Down the Wall! Bring Down the Wall!" ) Genghis Khan
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#287281 - 29/09/2006 22:36 Re: Should we really be unofficial? [Re: peter]
jimhogan carpal tunnel Registered: 06/10/1999 Posts: 2591 Loc: Seattle, WA, U.S.A.	Quote: Quote: I'm guessing that there's a moderator/administrator who got a kick out of this thread and changed the title of the BBS Oh, cool, I was wondering if he'd done that to everyone or just to me Charlemagne It must be just you. I don't see anything. _________________________ Jim 'Tis the exceptional fellow who lies awake at night thinking of his successes.
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#287282 - 30/09/2006 14:47 Re: Should we really be unofficial? [Re: jimhogan]
lectric pooh-bah Registered: 20/01/2002 Posts: 2085 Loc: New Orleans, LA	Check the title bar.
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