Senior Users...?

Pete Ebbink · 11-03-2002, 01:34 AM

I noticed a few folks have the title "senior user" adjacent to their sign-on avatars.

What gives with this ?

Do senior moments come with the title...? [img]wink.gif[/img]

Or is this a south-of-the border thing...?

Regards,

Pete... <img src="graemlins/yltype.gif" border="0" alt="[typing]" />

Edward Tinker · 11-03-2002, 12:57 PM

I believe that as you post or blather on, that you hit a imposed "senior" user title, I think it is at 500 posts, but I am not positive.

wterrell · 11-03-2002, 01:25 PM

And, then, depending upon the 'quality' of the blathering, they become "Moderators".

Pete Ebbink · 11-03-2002, 04:37 PM

Actually Wes,

Some of us moderators got "volutneered" in the first days just after our new Forum opened...

Pete... <img src="graemlins/yltype.gif" border="0" alt="[typing]" />

wterrell · 11-03-2002, 04:50 PM

Pete,
I had to have a reply to Ed and the blathering bit.

Edward Tinker · 11-04-2002, 01:52 AM

But wasn't blathering such a good word to use, it can be taken many ways [img]biggrin.gif[/img]

John Sabato · 11-04-2002, 09:32 AM

Just to set the record straight about "Senior Users" They are not "old" people like me... they are those USERS that have made at least the arbitrary number of posts that the discussion software had set for a default... I think it might be 500, but I would have to search the admin control functions to find out...

Initially there was also a Junior User category, but we (admin folks) didn't think that appropriate so we just deleted it and everyone starts in the "User" category...

There is no other progression to any other "status" as far as I am aware.

The current crop of moderators were chosen to serve their current "sentence" in this capacity when we changed from the open format to the current discussion format. Some were volunteers and some were volunteered [img]biggrin.gif[/img] like Ed Tinker and Pete Ebbink.

We don't have any shortage of moderators at the present time, but those interested in serving as a moderator for an individual forum can send me a Private Message with an explanation as to why they feel so inclined, to be accompanied with a note from their psychologist where appropriate [img]smile.gif[/img] , those with no note from a psychologist will be encouraged to have their head examined...

I can guarantee you long hours, no fringe benefits and you will get paid twice what John D. Dok, and I get, (but the last time I multiplied it out, two times zero is still sero.)

Aaron · 11-04-2002, 07:50 PM

What is the proper etiquette to use when addressing a "senior user"? I want to observe the proper decorum when communicating with such esteemed individuals. Would "Your excellency" be correct?

ViggoG · 11-04-2002, 07:57 PM

John S, <img src="graemlins/roflmao.gif" border="0" alt="[hiha]" />

<img src="graemlins/offtopic.gif" border="0" alt="[offtopic]" />

An old time Systems Engineer should know better than deviding by "ZERO". <img src="graemlins/yltype.gif" border="0" alt="[typing]" />
I did once on the NASA APT Numerical Control System, Back in 1966, and that resulted in a "Core Dump" <img src="graemlins/c.gif" border="0" alt="[ouch]" /> of the STAR System at Langley.
That was the cause that brought about Supressing Core Dumps as a automatic failure diagnostic.
Such can only be obtained by command by a Sys Eng like you for diag use only.
The printed stack of 0's and "1's was a foot deep.
Viggo <img src="graemlins/roflmao.gif" border="0" alt="[hiha]" /> <img src="graemlins/c.gif" border="0" alt="[ouch]" /> <img src="graemlins/offtopic.gif" border="0" alt="[offtopic]" />

wterrell · 11-04-2002, 10:26 PM

Aaron, the proper etiquette would include "Your Excellency". But wit will allow you to incorporate titles such as:
Imperator,
Autokrator,
Emperador,
Basileus,
KÃ?Â¶nig,
ErbgroÃ??herzog,
Comte Heredetaire,
Herzog,
Markgraf.

John D. · 11-04-2002, 10:52 PM

[quote]Originally posted by ViggoG:
<strong> The printed stack of 0's and "1's was a foot deep.
Viggo <img src="graemlins/roflmao.gif" border="0" alt="[hiha]" /> <img src="graemlins/c.gif" border="0" alt="[ouch]" /> <img src="graemlins/offtopic.gif" border="0" alt="[offtopic]" /> </strong><hr></blockquote>

Wow that dates you (of course - my answer might date me [img]smile.gif[/img] .... That was machine language in base 2, to program and debug the Z80 CPU. Great language, but somewhat troublesome if a "0" slipped into a "1" slot...

Been there - done that, as Machine Language was my first programming language - well before PLC/PL1, Fortan, C+, Cobol, VB, VBS, Java, (I could go on)........ [img]eek.gif[/img]

John Sabato · 11-04-2002, 11:44 PM

REALLY <img src="graemlins/offtopic.gif" border="0" alt="[offtopic]" /> I can beat that date John D. The first computers I worked on were designed in 1947, the same year I was born. They were rack mounted and used vacuum tubes and memory cores. The function they performed was secret...but I was trained to install, operate and repair them down to the discreet components... They don't teach core theory to too many folks today...and the school was 8 months long just to learn how to keep this one piece of equipment functional...

The memory was measured in bits, not bytes, not kilobytes, or megabytes or gigabytes or terabytes... working voltages were greater than -250 volts and speeds were less than 200 timing cycles a second. I could measure the timing by manually counting the cycles on an ocilloscope.

Computer programming back then was accomplished by writing the code out by hand on 80 column sheets of paper and then punching cards to match the coding.

And the equivalent of today's messages were transmitted and received manually on punched Baudot code tape. Know what a transmitter-distributor is? How about a reperforator? Have you ever seen a TT-4 teletypewriter? AN/FGC-58?

Well enough of a core dump for tonight... see you guys tomorrow if the Good Lord decides I am supposed to open my old eyes in the morning...

[img]smile.gif[/img]

Hugh · 11-05-2002, 12:06 AM

John & John & Viggo,

I've not used any of those, but I've used a manual typewriter, and I slept at a Holiday Inn last nite. <img src="graemlins/bigok.gif" border="0" alt="[thumbsup]" />

Edward Tinker · 11-05-2002, 09:16 AM

You OLD foggies!

okay, I know the truth every time I comb my gray hair. (that is more than one Hugh).

Wes, I don't think those are all words, and if they are, not appropriate if I have to get a dikshunnary out [img]biggrin.gif[/img]

11-03-2002, 01:34 AM	#1
Pete Ebbink User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: The USA Posts: 5,919 Thanks: 0 Thanked 6 Times in 4 Posts	Senior Users...? I noticed a few folks have the title "senior user" adjacent to their sign-on avatars. What gives with this ? Do senior moments come with the title...? [img]wink.gif[/img] Or is this a south-of-the border thing...? Regards, Pete... <img src="graemlins/yltype.gif" border="0" alt="[typing]" />

11-03-2002, 12:57 PM	#2
Edward Tinker Super Moderator Eternal Lifer LugerForum Patron Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: North of Spokane, WA Posts: 15,930 Thanks: 2,030 Thanked 4,527 Times in 2,090 Posts	I believe that as you post or blather on, that you hit a imposed "senior" user title, I think it is at 500 posts, but I am not positive. __________________ Edward Tinker ************ Co-Author of Police Lugers - Co-Author of Simson Lugers Author of Veteran Bring Backs Vol I, Vol II, Vol III and Vol IV

11-03-2002, 01:25 PM	#3
wterrell User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Colorado Posts: 1,096 Thanks: 0 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post	And, then, depending upon the 'quality' of the blathering, they become "Moderators". __________________ Noli me vocare, ego te vocabo, wes --------------------

11-03-2002, 04:50 PM	#5
wterrell User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Colorado Posts: 1,096 Thanks: 0 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post	Pete, I had to have a reply to Ed and the blathering bit. __________________ Noli me vocare, ego te vocabo, wes --------------------

11-04-2002, 01:52 AM	#6
Edward Tinker Super Moderator Eternal Lifer LugerForum Patron Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: North of Spokane, WA Posts: 15,930 Thanks: 2,030 Thanked 4,527 Times in 2,090 Posts	But wasn't blathering such a good word to use, it can be taken many ways [img]biggrin.gif[/img] __________________ Edward Tinker ************ Co-Author of Police Lugers - Co-Author of Simson Lugers Author of Veteran Bring Backs Vol I, Vol II, Vol III and Vol IV

11-03-2002, 04:37 PM	#4
Pete Ebbink User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: The USA Posts: 5,919 Thanks: 0 Thanked 6 Times in 4 Posts	Actually Wes, Some of us moderators got "volutneered" in the first days just after our new Forum opened... Pete... <img src="graemlins/yltype.gif" border="0" alt="[typing]" />

11-04-2002, 09:32 AM	#7
John Sabato Lifer Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: The Capital of the Free World Posts: 10,154 Thanks: 3,003 Thanked 2,306 Times in 1,097 Posts	Just to set the record straight about "Senior Users" They are not "old" people like me... they are those USERS that have made at least the arbitrary number of posts that the discussion software had set for a default... I think it might be 500, but I would have to search the admin control functions to find out... Initially there was also a Junior User category, but we (admin folks) didn't think that appropriate so we just deleted it and everyone starts in the "User" category... There is no other progression to any other "status" as far as I am aware. The current crop of moderators were chosen to serve their current "sentence" in this capacity when we changed from the open format to the current discussion format. Some were volunteers and some were volunteered [img]biggrin.gif[/img] like Ed Tinker and Pete Ebbink. We don't have any shortage of moderators at the present time, but those interested in serving as a moderator for an individual forum can send me a Private Message with an explanation as to why they feel so inclined, to be accompanied with a note from their psychologist where appropriate [img]smile.gif[/img] , those with no note from a psychologist will be encouraged to have their head examined... I can guarantee you long hours, no fringe benefits and you will get paid twice what John D. Dok, and I get, (but the last time I multiplied it out, two times zero is still sero.) __________________ regards, -John S "...We hold these truths to be self-evident that ALL men are created EQUAL *and are endowed by their Creator* with certain UNALIENABLE* rights, and among these are life, LIBERTY, and the pursuit of happiness..."*

11-04-2002, 07:50 PM	#8
Aaron Banned Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Vista, CA Posts: 1,008 Thanks: 0 Thanked 9 Times in 9 Posts	What is the proper etiquette to use when addressing a "senior user"? I want to observe the proper decorum when communicating with such esteemed individuals. Would "Your excellency" be correct?

11-04-2002, 07:57 PM	#9
ViggoG RIP Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: South Side Virginia Posts: 534 Thanks: 0 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post	John S, <img src="graemlins/roflmao.gif" border="0" alt="[hiha]" /> <img src="graemlins/offtopic.gif" border="0" alt="[offtopic]" /> An old time Systems Engineer should know better than deviding by "ZERO". <img src="graemlins/yltype.gif" border="0" alt="[typing]" /> I did once on the NASA APT Numerical Control System, Back in 1966, and that resulted in a "Core Dump" <img src="graemlins/c.gif" border="0" alt="[ouch]" /> of the STAR System at Langley. That was the cause that brought about Supressing Core Dumps as a automatic failure diagnostic. Such can only be obtained by command by a Sys Eng like you for diag use only. The printed stack of 0's and "1's was a foot deep. Viggo <img src="graemlins/roflmao.gif" border="0" alt="[hiha]" /> <img src="graemlins/c.gif" border="0" alt="[ouch]" /> <img src="graemlins/offtopic.gif" border="0" alt="[offtopic]" />

11-04-2002, 10:26 PM	#10
wterrell User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Colorado Posts: 1,096 Thanks: 0 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post	Aaron, the proper etiquette would include "Your Excellency". But wit will allow you to incorporate titles such as: Imperator, Autokrator, Emperador, Basileus, KÃ?Â¶nig, ErbgroÃ??herzog, Comte Heredetaire, Herzog, Markgraf. __________________ Noli me vocare, ego te vocabo, wes --------------------

11-04-2002, 10:52 PM	#11
John D. Administrator & Site Owner LugerForum Patron Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: A Little NE of Somewhere... Posts: 2,651 Thanks: 477 Thanked 515 Times in 128 Posts	[quote]Originally posted by ViggoG: <strong> The printed stack of 0's and "1's was a foot deep. Viggo <img src="graemlins/roflmao.gif" border="0" alt="[hiha]" /> <img src="graemlins/c.gif" border="0" alt="[ouch]" /> <img src="graemlins/offtopic.gif" border="0" alt="[offtopic]" /> </strong><hr></blockquote> Wow that dates you (of course - my answer might date me [img]smile.gif[/img] .... That was machine language in base 2, to program and debug the Z80 CPU. Great language, but somewhat troublesome if a "0" slipped into a "1" slot... Been there - done that, as Machine Language was my first programming language - well before PLC/PL1, Fortan, C+, Cobol, VB, VBS, Java, (I could go on)........ [img]eek.gif[/img]

11-04-2002, 11:44 PM	#12
John Sabato Lifer Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: The Capital of the Free World Posts: 10,154 Thanks: 3,003 Thanked 2,306 Times in 1,097 Posts	REALLY <img src="graemlins/offtopic.gif" border="0" alt="[offtopic]" /> I can beat that date John D. The first computers I worked on were designed in 1947, the same year I was born. They were rack mounted and used vacuum tubes and memory cores. The function they performed was secret...but I was trained to install, operate and repair them down to the discreet components... They don't teach core theory to too many folks today...and the school was 8 months long just to learn how to keep this one piece of equipment functional... The memory was measured in bits, not bytes, not kilobytes, or megabytes or gigabytes or terabytes... working voltages were greater than -250 volts and speeds were less than 200 timing cycles a second. I could measure the timing by manually counting the cycles on an ocilloscope. Computer programming back then was accomplished by writing the code out by hand on 80 column sheets of paper and then punching cards to match the coding. And the equivalent of today's messages were transmitted and received manually on punched Baudot code tape. Know what a transmitter-distributor is? How about a reperforator? Have you ever seen a TT-4 teletypewriter? AN/FGC-58? Well enough of a core dump for tonight... see you guys tomorrow if the Good Lord decides I am supposed to open my old eyes in the morning... [img]smile.gif[/img] __________________ regards, -John S "...We hold these truths to be self-evident that ALL men are created EQUAL *and are endowed by their Creator* with certain UNALIENABLE* rights, and among these are life, LIBERTY, and the pursuit of happiness..."*

11-05-2002, 12:06 AM	#13
Hugh RIP Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Southeast Texas Swamp Posts: 2,460 Thanks: 2 Thanked 165 Times in 64 Posts	John & John & Viggo, I've not used any of those, but I've used a manual typewriter, and I slept at a Holiday Inn last nite. <img src="graemlins/bigok.gif" border="0" alt="[thumbsup]" /> __________________ *TRUMP FOR PREZ IN '20!*

11-05-2002, 09:16 AM	#14
Edward Tinker Super Moderator Eternal Lifer LugerForum Patron Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: North of Spokane, WA Posts: 15,930 Thanks: 2,030 Thanked 4,527 Times in 2,090 Posts	You OLD foggies! okay, I know the truth every time I comb my gray hair. (that is more than one Hugh). Wes, I don't think those are all words, and if they are, not appropriate if I have to get a dikshunnary out [img]biggrin.gif[/img] __________________ Edward Tinker ************ Co-Author of Police Lugers - Co-Author of Simson Lugers Author of Veteran Bring Backs Vol I, Vol II, Vol III and Vol IV