AO: We are back from the dead... again! After an 18 day outage, we are finally alive and well. Who knew how complicated updating software/databases from 2008 would be. I still have alot of tweaks to make, but my main goal was getting everything patched and updated to 2026.
Vbulletin 6 has changed alot since 2008 so we will have a ton of new features to dig into.
If it was not for the typical habit of most forums of people posting mindless drivel and answering questions they don't know the answers too and going on and on about unrelated things....we wouldn't be out of space.
Now mind you I am just as guilty as anyone of some of that. Not trying to be Mr Snooty nose... or nothing.
You remember this old thread from way back? Went around years ago and still does from time to time. Might be time to reflect on it. We all can see some of ourselves from time to time in it... It was only written because its so true!
How many AO Forum members does it take to change a light bulb?
1 to change the lightbulb and to post that the lightbulb has been changed.
14 to share similar experiences of changing lightbulbs and how the lightbulb could have been changed differently.
7 to caution about the dangers of changing lightbulbs.
10 to point out spelling/grammar errors in posts about changing lightbulbs.
5 to flame the spell checkers.
3 to correct spelling/grammar flames.
6 to argue whether it is "lightbulb" or "light bulb".
Another 6 to condemn those 6 as stupid.
2 industry professionals to inform the group that the proper term is "lamp".
15 know-it-alls who claim they were in the industry, and that "lightbulb" is perfectly correct.
19 to post that this place is not about lightbulbs and to please take this discussion to a lightbulb forum.
11 to defend the posting to this forum saying that we all use lightbulbs and therefore, the posts are relevant to this place.
36 to debate which method of changing lightbulbs is superior, where to buy the best lightbulbs, what brand of lighbulbs work best for this technique and what brands are faulty.
7 to post URL's where one can see examples of different lightbulbs.
4 to post that the URL's were posted incorrectly and then post the correct URL's.
3 to post about links they found from the URL's that are relevant to this group which makes lightbulbs relevant to this group.
15 to link all posts to date, quote them in their entirety including all headers and signatures, and add "+1".
5 to post to the group that they will no longer post because they cannot handle the lightbulb controversy.
4 to posts "didn't we go through this already a short time ago?"
13 to say "do a Google search on lightbulbs before posting questions about lightbulbs".
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didn't this circulate here on AO a while back?
perhaps you should have used that handy search function before doing a repost newb
Quote: MarkM
"virus attacks have been dealt with, same with back door nasties. ."
angelowners.com has an upgrade option on their site. I believe PBnation also does the same. Not a bad idea of adding that, but will they be able to collect enough to warrant the upgrade or will it be like most WTB threads here where some takes preorders, but the members don't pay?
So this is why the site has been down, wow I feel better. I thought my computer was acting up again .
I feel better now.
I think an upgrade would be nice to. Give us the option to have an avator as well as other useful info.
I never actually had problems with the board until after I viewed the "Perpetual motion puzzles" thread started over in deep blue. Up until that point, everything was fine. Afterwards, well, we've seen the aftermath.
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