Supracentral said:
should be mandatory reading, included in the registration process.
great write up.
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should be mandatory reading, included in the registration process.
great write up.
If I could rep you 1,000,000 I would. Lagged is correct. Is there any way we can add this post to the signup process?
im a newb to the forums and i stumbled upon this post and found it real useful.good job man,you explained everything perfect! +1 for adding to signup process.it might help keep out 50,000,000,000 posts about if someone has a bhg or not!lol
What you talkin 'bout MDC.. you's *IS* a newb. 
The great Mike Donohue does it again. I coudln't help but think of multiple threads I've posted in ripping apart the original poster since he didnt want to do any work and wanted the answer spoon fed to him. i think I told that kid that considering his lack of doing anything for himself... his project wasn't going to turn out. I've yet ot see a thread from him reading "New FFI working"
The great Mike Donohue does it again. I coudln't help but think of multiple threads I've posted in ripping apart the original poster since he didnt want to do any work and wanted the answer spoon fed to him. i think I told that kid that considering his lack of doing anything for himself... his project wasn't going to turn out. I've yet ot see a thread from him reading "New FFI working"
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Awesome read Mike!
I was thoroughly intrigued through the whole thing.
Good thinking Jeff, also. That's a great idea, but I fear that it may not get read.... maybe if we incorporated a quiz of some sort? that would be killer.
Truly, the only thing I have to say about it is when you mentioned "lurking" and how it should be a couple/few days before you post anything, I must say... the longer the better. I must have lurked for a month or so before posting and really gave me a good learning curve when it came to forum etiquette, posting and responding.
I was thoroughly intrigued through the whole thing.
Good thinking Jeff, also. That's a great idea, but I fear that it may not get read.... maybe if we incorporated a quiz of some sort? that would be killer.
Truly, the only thing I have to say about it is when you mentioned "lurking" and how it should be a couple/few days before you post anything, I must say... the longer the better. I must have lurked for a month or so before posting and really gave me a good learning curve when it came to forum etiquette, posting and responding.
supra90turbo said:
the only downfall with lurker policy is that if someone comes to the forum, cannot find the answer to a desperate problem, they are unable to post for X amount of days?
however i think thats an extreme due to the fact EVERY problem ever had with ma70's has been covered here 15 times :1zhelp:
smokey said:
That's why we don't "enforce" a lurking period via the software. We want people to be able to get help when they need it. That's why I posted the thread. It's a "suggestion" on how to get help.
DrJ echos my only concern that the very people that need to read Mikes Post are the ones that more than likely won't
IJ. said:DrJ echos my only concern that the very people that need to read Mikes Post are the ones that more than likely won't
Disable the cut & paste for the page so they can't copy it, and then make them write it verbatim as part of the registration process. You can also put in a list of the 100 most common words used on the forum, such as 'like', as a spelling test. If it's spelled 'liek', that would cause them to fail....:biglaugh:
:bowdown:
sniff sniff,
omg that is so.......BEAUTIFUL. Just like a watching Old yeller, brought a weee tear to my eye.
Mike,
That post was spot on perfect!
sniff sniff,
omg that is so.......BEAUTIFUL. Just like a watching Old yeller, brought a weee tear to my eye.
Mike,
That post was spot on perfect!