I want to prune the forum back and delete every post dating from before January 1st 2007. If there's anything you'd like saving from 2003-2006, let me know, I'll start pruning in a week or two.
Oh, and our funds have run out, we've been paying our own hosting fees for quite a while now, so if you're inclined to do any Christmas gift-giving, please don't hesitate to consider dropping a few pouns our way. No pressure or anything. Really.
quote:Originally posted by Kanye West: just delete everything. The whole site.
It's funny, that's a serious topic of conversation that comes up about once every two or three months round these parts. But we love you guys too much, I guess. All three of you.
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You can't delete it. I only just started posting again for the first time in 2 years (and then i think it was only about 3 posts after another 2 year absence)
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quote:Originally posted by Hades: You can't delete it. I only just started posting again for the first time in 2 years (and then i think it was only about 3 posts after another 2 year absence)
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I wonder which posters are going to be completely erased from history with this move? Uber Trick? Lucid? It's not all bad news.
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It does seem a bit of a shame. I can't say I ever really read any of the old stuff, but it seems like a shame.
Having said that, I looked at a thread earlier today about the olympics that Ben had started and it had all sorts of old names. I was going to post about the cost of the olympics going over six times as much as originally intended but didn't think it was worth doing a thread so decided to tag it onto an old olympics one but that was locked so I gave up.
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quote:Originally posted by Cherry In Hove: I was going to post about the cost of the olympics going over six times as much as originally intended .
This is usually a non-story, though, isn't it, because the costs can be calculated in a number of different ways. The Olympic committee submits a bid that says the olympics are going to cost £1 Billion, and then the press will look at that and go - Ok all these prices are without VAT let's run a headline saying "OMG We're 2 days into the Olympic planning and costs have already inflated by £150 million!!!"
So as long as you can keep finding new things to factor into the cost (maybe take a guess at how many people are going to call in sick to watch the opening ceremony and call that a £10million cost to British industry) you've got an infinitely repeatable news story whenever nothing else happens.
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Hey, I was just thinking. Why does TMO not get new people? Other sites get new people. I think that would be good, don't you? Imagine, a genuine noob. How can we make that happen?
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quote:Originally posted by Kanye West: yeah, it'll be fine, but it seems a bit of a shame.
I could randomly save some for nostalgic purposes? If I don't delete shit the forum will eventually explode. Perhaps that is the natural order of things and we should just wait for that to happen?
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quote:Originally posted by Ringo: Hey, I was just thinking. Why does TMO not get new people? Other sites get new people. I think that would be good, don't you? Imagine, a genuine noob. How can we make that happen?
If we wait long enough, perhaps we could recruit the children everyone's had? One of mine can type, I could ask him to post something.
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quote:Originally posted by Hades: You can't delete it. I only just started posting again for the first time in 2 years (and then i think it was only about 3 posts after another 2 year absence)
That's true. How's your life?
Not too bad. No real carear to speak of though. since uni its just been jobs, half of which i hated (advertising sales *shudders* never again).
Moved to the cotswolds with my lady which is nice. First time i've not lived in a shared house since leaving home.
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