things i wonder about on bh forum...

just been looking at the member list. can't really handle the categories

what is a member plus?
and member minus edit?

i think there are more questions coming up, but i forgot them right now

Well, a member plus is a member that's posted some 400 times or simmilar. I'm not sure about the number.

But where did you find the category member minus edit?

thanks...
well i'm sure it was in the member list, but now it's gone
maybe it was just some illusion

Could have been a mistake in loading the page, too...

Well, if there are any more questions, fire away!

Well, i'm quite sure i saw it too yesterday... but now it's gone

Sorry for the late reply guys!

Your eyes didn't play tricks on you. That category which is now missing was a temporary solution which I'd forgotten to remove. So thanks for pointing it out!

All members who have posted 450 times or more are "Member Plus". It simply means that they, as seasoned members, get more space to store private messages.

oh, thanks...
but what was it?

*curious*

Well, you know how different groups like admins, moderators and members have different "powers" and perks in the forum, right? Like how "Members Plus" have the added perk of space for 50 more PMs in their Message Box?
This group was simply a regular member group without the power to edit their own posts. I don't need it anymore so I removed it.

ah, now i understand...

oh yes, i knew there were more questions

what exactly does "spiffy" mean?
i can figure it out more or less, but i'd like to understand it completely...

Ah! Ok... if you look up the word in a dictionary you'd get this:

spiffy
A adjective
1 dapper, dashing, jaunty, natty, raffish, rakish, smart, spiffy, snappy, spruce
marked by smartness in dress and manners; "a dapper young man"; "a jaunty red hat"

That's what the word actually means.

They way we use the it here though is slightly different. We use it as a word for something that we like and enjoy. Something cool, good and/or exciting.

Like so: "Ooooo! That's spiffy!" or "I had a spiffy time!".

<- Some spiffy smileys.

It's up to you how you want to use it really. In short; it's forum slang.

spiffy explanation

Now you've got it!

Just out of curiousity...I noticed a couple of people who had over 450 posts that were still in the regular members group...

There are a couple of members with over 450 posts who are still "only" regular members, yes.

That's because they haven't posted since the "Members Plus" group was added. If they posted they'd be "promoted" automatically.

oh yes, there goes another one:

viewing the online list, i sometimes see someone "using the user cp"

what's that?

CP stands for "control panel". You see that line when someone has clicked the "My Controls" link at the top. It means that they are looking at their forum settings, changing their signature/avy or something like that.

*sits back & listens intently*

<----- hasn't learnt this much in a long time

Keep the questions coming...

You're just too shy to ask...

that's why i started this
by the way, whoever has some questions, you can also post them here.
i don't want to be the only one asking stupid questions

I have a stupid question... Right now there is a "GoogleBot" in the active users list, but it's not marked as any other user in blue, but in black... Why is it there? Aren't the bots just marked as guests? Why is it so special?

Maybe i should post this in the spambots topic, but it's not really spaming, it's just sitting there

yeah, i also saw it
and you couldn't click on it, like to view the user informations...

It's back It's viewing "I caught you" topic, maybe it wants to play with us

now it's viewing battlefront II...
this thing scares me!

I've temporarily activated a feature in the forum which identifies big search bots (like GoogleBot) to see how many they are and how frequently they visit.
You're quite right. They used to be marked as "Guest".

Sorry to freak you out. No cause for alarm. Don't panic!

I saw it too... I thought it was a spambot!

To bad I didn't catch the pesky little devil so I coul deactivate it with my lightsaber

Oh, OK. Thanks for the explanation

Ceri - you can deactivate it next time, it seems to visit quite often

but why use a lightsaber when you got that axe?

Good point...

Or it would have ended up in a scone topic like last time

[Homer Simpson]
Mmmmmm... scones....
[/Homer Simpson]


Any more questions? Don't be shy!

Why is it called a TV set when you only get one?

Why is it so hard to remember how to spell mnemonic?

Why is there an eject button on the VCR remote? Don't you have to get up to get to the tape?

Why isn't there mouse-flavored cat food?

Why does your nose run, and your feet smell?

What was the best thing before sliced bread ?

Good luck, Blue

How many questions does Obi have to ask before he becomes a smartarse?

Zero, its already too late for me.

...

You forgot the second one...


get it? forgot....mnemonic....

...or did you do that on purpose?

couldn't think of anything good to say.

haha...it was funny and you didn't even realize it.

The answer my friend, is blowing in the wind, the answer is blowing in the wind.

I suddenly had a flashback to my college days

'nother question...
what is the difference between an open topic and a hot topic? well, i can imagine that a hot topic is one that was started not so long ago... but how much time does it take until it's not a hot topic anymore?

oh yes, and could someone please explain me how a synchrotron works? oh how to measure the mass defect of an atom?
sorry, just my physics exams catching up with me

An open topic is any topic that you can post in, which hasn't been closed/locked.

All topics that have more than 20 posts in it is a "hot topic". This simply means that there's been enough activity in the topic for it to be considered "hot". A topic never stops being hot once that status has been reached.

As for the physics stuff I'm affraid that it's been way too long since I studied the subject for me to help. Try looking it up: http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hauptseite

I have another stupid question...

Why does it say that we have 1294 registered members, but my number is 1555, and the newest member has number about 1870? Were some guys in between deleted?

Yup, quite right. When people register they are assigned a number. The next member to register will be member 1873. If a new member never use their account to post, the account is eventually deleted by the system. That's why the numbers differ.

1294 is how many members we have at the moment, Members who have been active at one time or another.
1872 is how many people who have registered in the forum.

We get rather a lot of people who register on a whim and then forget about it or never post for unknown reasons.

OK I get it. Thanks (let me know when you are tired of all those questions)

Nonono! This is good! Ask away if you've got more quesions.

Not at this moment... ok, maybe the last one : who is member number 2? Cause you are obviously number one, but who was second on the forum?

according to the member list, "miss piggy" joined the same day as blue! they only posted 13 times though

i wanted to look for it myself but then i got tired: who is member number 1138?

Hehehe, member 1138, as it turned out, is one of the deleted accounts.

If you click on your own name you'll see an URL up in the address firld of your browser that ends with "showuser=" and your member number. Delete that number and type whatever you want, to check up on member 42, 666, 1000 or whatever.