Programming Forums > Community Introductions

BinkyM · Sep 4th, 2007, 11:32 PM

Hi, folks:

I'm dutifully making my first post here introducing myself like I'm sposta.

I've been online for 24 years, and I've been running forums of my own for 20 years now. (Eeeep! Yikes! I don't *look* old; I musta been a baby when I started. Yeah! That's the ticket!) (Man; you kids prolly won't even *get* that joke.) (sigh) Back in my day, when we walked several miles through the snow uphill both ways to school, emoticons were done in ASCII, like this ;-) (ASCII is what these letters are made with, kids!) and we LIKED it like that! We didn't have any boldface, or italics, or colors, and we did just fine with it!

Hey! One thing we *did* have back then that you don't have now is backspacing and bells. That was fun: you could type "Today I was talking with that assho^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^Hmy boss" and the cursor would backspace over the letters and replace what you'd typed. You could also type ^G to make the reader's PC beep. (Oh: the caret is the Control key.) You could drive people you disliked crazy with the beeps.

Enough with the stroll down memory lane, rambling about the good ol' days; you're prolly snoozing by now anyway, huh? Enough with that nonsense.

So anyway, I currently run forum software written in Perl, and it was abandoned a couple years ago, and I'm bracing to jettison it for vBulletin, but until then, I'm still holding it together with spit, chewing gum, and teeny little mods here and there, which is why I signed up here tonight. I'm gonna go post a Perl question now, but before I do, I wanted to say "Howdy!" so I'm not rude.

PS: I really, really hate emoticons, so I hope you won't use 'em if you reply to me (*especially* that hyperactive banana on crack). I'll make a deal with you: if you don't use emoticons on me, I won't embed an R. Kelly MP3 on you. Deal?

Thanks, and I hope people here are cool!

lectricpharaoh · Sep 5th, 2007, 4:31 AM

Welcome aboard.

I, too, remember the fun abuses- err, uses- to which the ASCII 'BEL' character could be put. I also miss the good old days of DDials and STSs. :/

As for the banana, I'm in 100% agreement. It's even more annoying than when my cat paws the kitty litter over to one side of the litterbox, and then drops turds with loud 'thuds' on the exposed plastic of the box. Plop, plop!

DaWei · Sep 5th, 2007, 4:35 AM

You think you're old; I was a beta tester for Preparation A. This emoticon was my contribution: :beard:. I, too, despise the banana.

Anyway, welcome to the forum.

dr.p · Sep 5th, 2007, 4:36 AM

Well :mad: ... I love emoticons :banana:

Anyway, Welcome

Why do you hate emoticons, btw

lectricpharaoh · Sep 5th, 2007, 4:49 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DaWei

You think you're old; I was a beta tester for Preparation A.

Isn't that back when Ben-Gay was still Ben-Hur? :)

Quote:

Originally Posted by dr.p

Why do you hate emoticons, btw

I myself don't hate them in general, but they are often overused. Still, there are some- like the banana- that just annoy the fuck out of me. I suppose it's just a visceral response.

ReggaetonKing · Sep 5th, 2007, 7:19 AM

Welcome to the Forums! Glad to have ya!

lol, I think of Brian from Family Guy when I see that banana!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SaF5o...elated&search=

peace_of_mind · Sep 5th, 2007, 7:21 AM

Welcome aboard!

big_k105 · Sep 5th, 2007, 11:37 AM

welcome to the community

Infinite Recursion · Sep 5th, 2007, 3:46 PM

welcome

Booooze · Sep 5th, 2007, 5:17 PM

Welcome to the forums

Sep 4th, 2007, 11:32 PM	#1
BinkyM Newbie Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Manhattan Posts: 4 Rep Power: 0	Oldbie here! Hi, folks: I'm dutifully making my first post here introducing myself like I'm sposta. I've been online for 24 years, and I've been running forums of my own for 20 years now. (Eeeep! Yikes! I don't look old; I musta been a baby when I started. Yeah! That's the ticket!) (Man; you kids prolly won't even get that joke.) (sigh) Back in my day, when we walked several miles through the snow uphill both ways to school, emoticons were done in ASCII, like this ;-) (ASCII is what these letters are made with, kids!) and we LIKED it like that! We didn't have any boldface, or italics, or colors, and we did just fine with it! Hey! One thing we did have back then that you don't have now is backspacing and bells. That was fun: you could type "Today I was talking with that assho^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^Hmy boss" and the cursor would backspace over the letters and replace what you'd typed. You could also type ^G to make the reader's PC beep. (Oh: the caret is the Control key.) You could drive people you disliked crazy with the beeps. Enough with the stroll down memory lane, rambling about the good ol' days; you're prolly snoozing by now anyway, huh? Enough with that nonsense. So anyway, I currently run forum software written in Perl, and it was abandoned a couple years ago, and I'm bracing to jettison it for vBulletin, but until then, I'm still holding it together with spit, chewing gum, and teeny little mods here and there, which is why I signed up here tonight. I'm gonna go post a Perl question now, but before I do, I wanted to say "Howdy!" so I'm not rude. PS: I really, really hate emoticons, so I hope you won't use 'em if you reply to me (especially that hyperactive banana on crack). I'll make a deal with you: if you don't use emoticons on me, I won't embed an R. Kelly MP3 on you. Deal? Thanks, and I hope people here are cool! __________________ Binky Putting the smackdown on pop culture Last edited by BinkyM; Sep 4th, 2007 at 11:34 PM. Reason: I forgot a word

Sep 5th, 2007, 4:31 AM	#2
lectricpharaoh Caffeinated Neural Net Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Dry west coast of Canada Posts: 1,031 Rep Power: 5	Welcome aboard. I, too, remember the fun abuses- err, uses- to which the ASCII 'BEL' character could be put. I also miss the good old days of DDials and STSs. :/ As for the banana, I'm in 100% agreement. It's even more annoying than when my cat paws the kitty litter over to one side of the litterbox, and then drops turds with loud 'thuds' on the exposed plastic of the box. Plop, plop! __________________ And once again, Probability proves itself willing to sneak into a back alley and service Drama as would a copper-piece harlot. - Vaarsuvius, Order of the Stick

Sep 5th, 2007, 4:35 AM	#3
DaWei Resident Grouch Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 6,453 Rep Power: 10	You think you're old; I was a beta tester for Preparation A. This emoticon was my contribution: :beard:. I, too, despise the banana. Anyway, welcome to the forum. __________________ Abstraction doesn't make it impossible to write bad code; it makes it possible to write superior code. Contributor's Corner: Grumpy on C++ Exceptions DaWei on Pointers

Sep 5th, 2007, 4:36 AM	#4
dr.p Programmer Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Ohio Posts: 93 Rep Power: 3	Well :mad: ... I love emoticons :banana: Anyway, Welcome Why do you hate emoticons, btw __________________ Neeley.org

Sep 5th, 2007, 7:19 AM	#6
ReggaetonKing Sexy Programmer Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: New Jersey Posts: 891 Rep Power: 3	Welcome to the Forums! Glad to have ya! lol, I think of Brian from Family Guy when I see that banana! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SaF5o...elated&search= __________________ I would love to change the world, but they won't give me the source code!

Sep 5th, 2007, 7:21 AM	#7
peace_of_mind Professional Programmer Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Hell if I know most of the time Posts: 439 Rep Power: 5	Welcome aboard! __________________ Amateurs built the ark Professionals built the Titanic

Sep 5th, 2007, 11:37 AM	#8
big_k105 PFO Founder Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Fargo, ND Posts: 1,646 Rep Power: 10	welcome to the community __________________ BIG K aka Kyle Programming Forums Kyle K Online Please do not PM or email me programming questions. Post them in the forums instead.

Sep 5th, 2007, 3:46 PM	#9
Infinite Recursion Programming Guru Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: United States Posts: 3,467 Rep Power: 8	welcome __________________ http://jasonpowers.net "There are a thousand hacking at the branches of evil to one who is striking at the root."

Sep 5th, 2007, 5:17 PM	#10
Booooze Expert Programmer Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Igloo Posts: 710 Rep Power: 3	Welcome to the forums

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Programming Forums > Community Introductions

Oldbie here!