unforum

[hockeyd44]

Playing with the PDP-11

[punxtr]

I think everyone has tried every combo each time the STIES updates. Nothing to see here, carry on.

[machinehead112]

Being a programmer i instinctively gravitate towards code. I went ahead and decompiled the flash file and you are indeed correct, there is nothing else that can be done with the STIES site. The only interesting thing i found was that the user that uploaded the code to the website was GJam. Now we just need to hack that computer and get the rest of the goodies. J/K JJ i wouldn't want to screw things up for the rest. I'll just wait patiently for the next update.

[lrdsatyr8]

Password anyone?

[punxtr]

Have you ever laughed so hard you vomited--without being drunk? Well, I just did. C'mon dude. An obvious trout (if I could find my keyboard to link you.)

[Xeno Lambrose]

lrdsatyr8;

I don't know if you noticed but I discovered something interesting at the top of the Unfiction forum page, and I think that it might be a clue. Notice where it says "unforum" all of the letters are not capitalized, and right underneath that word is this: "a.r.g.b.b." (Probably some secret code?)

At first I thought that it might be a secret code but then I looked below it and there's this icon that looks sort of like a magnifying glass and to the right it reads "Search," and I thought, "Search for what—the a.r.g.b.b. Acronym?" Naw, that would be too easy, and then I used my cursor and clicked on the magnifying glass, and that solved the puzzle! If you click on it a new window pops up allowing us to search this website.

Now that I've cracked that code, perhaps someone could help me with this: who is "?FAQ?"

[JumboTron]

Xeno Lambrose - I believe that the phrase you are looking for is

[simplicityjones]

newbie

[Xeno Lambrose]

Simplicity;

This is an age old problem--new ones not reading the rules, the "game summary," or using the search function, so on down times my satire/sarcasm can get the best of me.

I don't know how long you've been on the forum, but it doesn't take long to see this pattern of newbies waisting time... perhaps after you've seen enough of these, you'll reach your annoyance level, as well.

[NOC14672]

Annoyance level

[hockeyd44]

Sorry

[NOC14672]

I'm Sorry

[jchiv]

i can see why someone would be frustrated if they felt like someone was wasting their time.

What I'm less clear on is how sarcastic comments about an honest mistake (or posts something deemed irrelevant by people who make lots of posts) accomplishes anything. I haven't read anything on this forum that gives people a free pass to treat people with disrespect, which I think happened a few posts ago.

I've searched the forum and haven't found this topic addressed. Can someone explain what the payoff is?

[punxtr]

I stand by my vomit comment. I genuinely laughed (but did not vomit) and felt it was a trout (but did not trout). The truth is the dude will learn how to search the hard way now. Problem solved.

[Xeno Lambrose]

Hockey;

What you posted was completely different than what I was ribbing lrdsatyr8 for--the topic he/she brought up could have easily been found by just looking at the 6th topic (at this time) from the top of the "Topics" column, in fact it's called "[STIES] New Chat Icon [confirmed]" and what's so difficult about at least looking in the "Topics" colum to determine where you're going to post your comment? Would that be so hard?

Hockey, what you, like most of us, added has most probably been, in some way, shape or form, touched upon somewhere on the forum, but new ways of looking at things are always useful. I'm not a computer guy, and probably most of us consider it a big deal to just be able to hit the right keys most of the time. What I see that's needed, and most beneficial, is the willingness to look at the clues we all have access to, respectfully consider/review ideas that have already been tossed out for consideration by others, and then bringing to the table theories/ideas that are based on personal experience, or prompted by looking at others' suggestions/attempts. But unless we're going to respect the efforts that others have put into this process and at least try and gain a rudimentary amount of knowledge of what they've worked hard to contribute, how can we expect to be respected when we offer up something that we've thought up?

I think the "Game Summary" could be tweaked to make a few things better, but overall, the job that Multi-- has put into it has not got the due appreciation called for—it's quite obvious when you see comments where you can tell that the poster has not bothered to give it a look, and why? Do the newbies think that they are above giving someone else's efforts a glance? When I began on this forum, I took the time to read all ON TOPIC pages—now that is a daunting task, and perhaps that's where some tweaking could perhaps benefit the "Game Summary" but all in all, if newbies would at least look over the "Game Summary" we'd have substantially less idiotic comments.