If you don't like OT, stay out! - Page 3

traveler · 12-15-2004, 03:59 PM

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Originally Posted by count minaba

I made a lot of friends in OT and I've done thousands of tech posts... I therefore qualify for an opinion... unlike some

Keep OT, keep tech (of course) and lets get on with it.

What is the big deal people?

Yep.

FearFactory · 12-15-2004, 04:04 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by count minaba

I made a lot of friends in OT and I've done thousands of tech posts... I therefore qualify for an opinion... unlike some

Keep OT, keep tech (of course) and lets get on with it.

What is the big deal people?

Nothing more to say...

SupDawg · 12-15-2004, 04:06 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Bofinn

A better idea would be able to check the forums you would like to hide (from front page and new posts).

I would hide:

Programming and web work
Linux
Distributed computing
Classified Zone

Excellent idea Boffin.. (not DC lol though)

Protoplasm72 · 12-15-2004, 04:27 PM

Personally I wouldn't be here without the OT forum. I rarely need technical help and although I'm a nice guy

I wouldn't spend nearly as much time around here if I was just going to answer the same old questions over and over. I come to read the OT forum and while I'm here I'll try answer questions I'm familar with and then I leave. I imagine I'm not the only member who would be bored just answering technical questions when most of the questions are similar.

traveler · 12-15-2004, 04:30 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Protoplasm72

Personally I wouldn't be here without the OT forum. I rarely need technical help and although I'm a nice guy

I wouldn't spend nearly as much time around here if I was just going to answer the same old questions over and over. I come to read the OT forum and while I'm here I'll try answer questions I'm familar with and then I leave. I imagine I'm not the only member who would be bored just answering technical questions when most of the questions are similar.

Oh yeah! That reminds me! I wanted to ask you ...

How do I update my BIOS

?

**Sandog** · 12-15-2004, 04:36 PM

Well I would start then by changing the name from Asus boards to 'Open forum where you learn nothing but increase your post count' boards. I'd say ABX has changed to half and half now by just looking at the front page. If you want to laugh and have fun I would go hang out with family or friends. I don't think it is good business running this forum into an OT lounge. JMO

Wingit · 12-15-2004, 05:00 PM

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Originally Posted by Sandog

Well I would start then by changing the name from Asus boards to 'Open forum where you learn nothing but increase your post count' boards. I'd say ABX has changed to half and half now by just looking at the front page. If you want to laugh and have fun I would go hang out with family or friends. I don't think it is good business running this forum into an OT lounge. JMO

Sandog, when I look at the front page I see two sections..."active threads" and "active off-topic threads"...depending on my mood, I read one or the other first, usually both before I am done. Any "OT lounging" is done in the area with the header "active off-topic threads".....what part of this is unacceptable? It seems perfectly clear to me which area is for what

...

To everyone: Look at the sign on the door folks, it reads "supporting Computers and Building Friendships"...if you want to drop the "Building Friendships" part, then you better take down the sign and put up a new one celebrating the new sterile tech site clone that will result.

count minaba · 12-15-2004, 05:50 PM

We can change it to... "Supporting computers and banning friendships"

Lucas_Maximus · 12-16-2004, 12:25 AM

There are two distict areas for tech and non tech.

what the hell is the problem really, I give my advice that I can on the tech thread and give my reponses on the non-tech threads. In the correct areas. That is how a forum sch as this works.

8itgreat · 12-16-2004, 12:59 AM

what and where is OT obvioulsy its another board...what the heck is it? i need to know asap imho aka *** cant we just type out the whole word...how lazy we all are

guiness · 12-16-2004, 01:39 AM

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Originally Posted by Sandog

Well I would start then by changing the name from Asus boards to 'Open forum where you learn nothing but increase your post count' boards. I'd say ABX has changed to half and half now by just looking at the front page. If you want to laugh and have fun I would go hang out with family or friends. I don't think it is good business running this forum into an OT lounge. JMO

One can learn and grow much by interacting with with their peers, be it tech, common interest, human nature, laughs, sad tales, etc. The whole thing depends and revolves around sharing our knowledge and experiences. Some are just more inclined, or able, to contribute more or less to one area or the other.

Seems to me we all enjoy our area of interest here, so why not ?

SLM crew chief · 12-16-2004, 01:59 AM

Who decides what is and what isn' "tech"? That's been my question all along and it seems that no one wants to tackle that one. My feeling is that it is because it is a question that can't be answered. To paraphrase, "One man's tech is another man's trash" meaning that what some find tech, others will find totally OT.

Examples can be provided if requested.

sammy2066 · 12-16-2004, 02:24 AM

abx is a nice mix ...... OT and Tech .... not too much not too less ....

if you go over to cdfreaks .... you would see how drab the website is ..... its hardcore cd tech .... no fun, no humor .... only dry kprobe scans!!!!

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Protoplasm72 Mmmm..... Folding@Home Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Chicago, IL Posts: 3,298	Personally I wouldn't be here without the OT forum. I rarely need technical help and although I'm a nice guy I wouldn't spend nearly as much time around here if I was just going to answer the same old questions over and over. I come to read the OT forum and while I'm here I'll try answer questions I'm familar with and then I leave. I imagine I'm not the only member who would be bored just answering technical questions when most of the questions are similar. __________________ proto My Folding Details "Friends, Family, Religion... These are the three demons you must slay in order to succeed in business" C.M. Burns
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12-15-2004, 04:36 PM	#36
Sandog DP45SG/Q9650 Join Date: May 2003 Location: Alabama Posts: 6,297	Well I would start then by changing the name from Asus boards to 'Open forum where you learn nothing but increase your post count' boards. I'd say ABX has changed to half and half now by just looking at the front page. If you want to laugh and have fun I would go hang out with family or friends. I don't think it is good business running this forum into an OT lounge. JMO __________________
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12-15-2004, 05:50 PM	#38
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12-16-2004, 12:25 AM	#39
Lucas_Maximus Self Terminated Join Date: Dec 2002 Posts: 3,311	There are two distict areas for tech and non tech. what the hell is the problem really, I give my advice that I can on the tech thread and give my reponses on the non-tech threads. In the correct areas. That is how a forum sch as this works.
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12-16-2004, 12:59 AM	#40
8itgreat Registered User Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Oregon (From Toronto) Posts: 793	what and where is OT obvioulsy its another board...what the heck is it? i need to know asap imho aka *** cant we just type out the whole word...how lazy we all are
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12-16-2004, 01:59 AM	#42
SLM crew chief We Came We Saw We Folded Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: NE Ohio, USA Posts: 4,641	Who decides what is and what isn' "tech"? That's been my question all along and it seems that no one wants to tackle that one. My feeling is that it is because it is a question that can't be answered. To paraphrase, "One man's tech is another man's trash" meaning that what some find tech, others will find totally OT. Examples can be provided if requested. __________________ Folding on a CUSL2/TUSL2? Why not..........Join F@H Team-CUSL2The "Old-School Crew" SLM crew chief, EJD3, SKI, Drufuss, PeterT Your name here I walk a lonely road The only one that I have ever known Don't know where it goes But it's home to me and I walk alone -- Greenday
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12-16-2004, 02:24 AM	#43
sammy2066 ABX Public Relations Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: ABXZone.com Posts: 8,561	abx is a nice mix ...... OT and Tech .... not too much not too less .... if you go over to cdfreaks .... you would see how drab the website is ..... its hardcore cd tech .... no fun, no humor .... only dry kprobe scans!!!! __________________ That's what she said ....
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