February 21, 2003

 

Authority on the Internet

On Internet message boards (bulletin boards, forums), a person's status in the community is often made explicit by displaying a measure of how many posts that person has made and/or how long they've been a member of the board (when they joined).

Participants treat people who have been on the board a long time or posted a lot as "experts"; people who have just joined are "newbies" (to be treated with pity or contempt), or they may be suspected of being "trolls" (people who post just in order to make trouble).

unforgiven11883

(Diviner)

 Here's something Unforgiven doesn't know!! lol.
how do you post screenies here, without first loading them to a site... or do you have to upload em first... I took some kick A$$ screenies, and kinda wanted to share em with you

Katana3DG

(Adept)

 Assuming you are not kidding, yes you do have to have them on a server somewhere.

Since the image tag was disabled the best you can do is link to where the pictures have been uploaded.

punk59

(Disciple)

 you have to upload them first ......that always ruined the screenie thing for me and i have some good ones

Katana3DG

(Adept)

 the great troll and diviner laid low by an adept!
I kinda figured that, and I know well that images were disabled in threads, i was just confirming that I couldn't actually upload to ES
oh well

punk59

(Disciple)

 ah yes a lowly deciple layd waste to your wisdom also heh heh

Katana3DG

(Adept)

 *lol*

I've been here as long as you guys, I just don't talk as much

bleeb

(Layman)

 eno haalu must be in the arena in vivee
but i can,t found him!
he is the guildmaster of the tong!
i see 2 locked doors with a lockpickskill above the 100
is he behind this doors??
(im am level 2 now)

Stormrider

(Initiate)

 Don't post spoilers here! There's a forum for that! Sorry if I appear rude... I'm assuming you didn't know, since you're a layman, so you know now.

Choanocyte

(Novice)

 right, iw as walking through the bitter coast region and i tested the icarian flight, this time aiming into the sea, but as i reached the point just as you begin ur descent i landed on something browny orange. it was like a big rusty egg with portholes in the side. I tink its part of the story but i need a special key to get in. Anyone think this is too hard a quest, as most ppl probably wont find it.

Fondooliepants

(Layman)

 I saw that too! I was hunting Nix Hounds and I was attacked so i used the icarian flight thing, i was in Molag Mar though! I had a secret dwemer key but the door was trapped, i didnt have a probe so i marked the spot and when i came back it was gone! It looked like a kind of flying rusted submarine.

Chambon

(Diviner)

 Newsflash!! Cnn reports that Christaine Amonpour has an exclusive interview with Azura about the airship. Stay tuned!.

Jarx Xun

(Adept)

 Original poster is from UK, next post is by a layman that has registered today, post after that is by another user registered today, another subsequent post that believes they saw it has been register today, dwemerking's e-mail is from England (UK). This guy is just trying to stir up trouble... He must be from the gamefaqs boards @_@

A newsgroup exchange (alt.adoption)

From: SusanDyne (susandyne@aol.com)
Subject: Re: A question for other amoms
Newsgroups: alt.adoption
View: Complete Thread (186 articles) | Original Format
Date: 2000-12-04 05:49:26 PST

>Subject: Re: A question for other amoms
>From: annebabb@homes4kids.org (L. Anne Babb)
>Date: 12/3/00 3:56 PM Eastern Standard Time
>Message-id: <90ecbi$2ls_010@news.tds.net>
>
>
>I wrote:
>>>Oh. I get it. You don't want to believe that conceiving, gestating, and
>>>birthing a baby actually mean anything on an infant-mother level.>>
>
>Susan wrote:
>>Anne Babbles:
>
>Ah. In the predictable progression, during a debate, of exasperation from
>mild
>to volcanic, the degree to which one debater has the other at a disadvantage
>can usually be calculated by the rapidity of the loser's reliance on
>name-calling, which, next to stick- and rock-throwing and hand-to-hand
>combat,
>is the lowest form of interpersonal conflict resolution known to humans.
>
>Then Susan wrote:
>>You are really a piece of work. This is a cheap shot and you know it. Where
>>did you gather your information that lead you to this wild assumption, Anne?
>
>
>Well, I gathered my information from your reactions and your articles. I just
>
>call 'em as I see 'em. Give me some better evidence and maybe I'll change my
>mind about the theoretical underpinnings of your behavior here.
>
>I wrote:
>>> Some day--and hopefully before your
>>>adopted kid gets any older--you might want to look at your sense of security
>>>as a mother. Just a suggestion.>>
>
>Susan wrote:
>>Wow. You don't hesitate to cross the line, do you? Are we going to call into
>>question now my mothering? You don't know the first thing about me or my
>>mothering, but don't let that stop you.
>
>I don't hesitate any more than you do, Susan. Kind of like the pot calling
>the
>kettle black, isn't it? Or, perhaps you want to clarify what your rules of
>engagement are. Let me guess: Susan gets to attack anything about anyone else
>
>that she wants, but no one else is allowed to attack anything about her.
>Isn't
>that Susan's First Rule of Conflict?
>
>Susan then asks:
>>Shall we call your own into question,
>>too, Anne? How well do you mother more than a dozen children? Does the
>>compulsion to add child after child after child to your household speak for
>>your own mothering insecurities? Perhaps some day--and hopefully before your
>>adopted and/or bio kids get any older--you might want to look at your senseof
>>security as a mother. Just a suggestion.
>
>LOL! Girl, you are cracking me up! I haven't had such an entertaining romp on
>
>alt.adoption in years! But, to answer your terribly upsetting and, oh dear
>me,
>*mean* questions: I mother my children expertly, of course. In a recent poll,
>
>I had an astounding 91.66% approval rating (+/- 3% margin of error)(1).
>
>What really cracked me up was that you'd see my having 13 children as
>indication of a lack of security in mothering on my part. Logic would presume
>
>that an insecure mother would avoid having her inability displayed. The more
>children one has, the more frequently one's failures are displayed. Thus, the
>
>person with more children either (a) is very secure about her mothering, or
>(b) has a psychiatric disorder, or (c) is an angel come to earth to bring
>Tidings of Gladness and Joy to all of God's Little Cherubs. In my case, (b)
>was ruled out when I was subjected to extensive psychiatric testing in
>preparation for my doctorate in psychology, leaving (a) and (c) as the only
>explanations for my large family.
>
>Susan then concluded:
>>You are such a legend in your own mind. Excuse me. I think I have to go throw
>>up.
>
>Hope you get well soon!
>
>Anne
>-----
>(1) 91.66% of children polled were asleep. The remaining population,
>consisting of one child (8.33%) awake at 1:00 a.m., complained of not being
>allowed to eat potato chips in bed, resulting in the 8% disapproval rating.
>
Anne,

You misattributed. I didn't write any of that. I don't know who did. Could have
been Kay or P2P. Mistaskes are not permitted by a woman of your brilliance. You
MUST try harder :-)


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Susan

Fanaticism consists of redoubling your efforts when you have
forgotten your aim.
-- George Santayana