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Geek Culture / Who here is an "old" person? (3+ years here) and why'd you join?

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DJ Almix
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Posted: 14th Sep 2010 00:02
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Dang I have like nothing!

Also you should all use this image if people deny your wisdom:



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AdrianMa
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Posted: 14th Sep 2010 00:17
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I've actually been here for about 5 years, but made a new account with a new name. I actually originally joined because I had to order a model pack, but when I started chatting on the forums, I... I fell in love.

Rest in peace Heltor. God bless you.
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Seppuku Arts
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Posted: 14th Sep 2010 00:20
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*Cracks fingers*

Quote: " 14580 Forum Messages
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Assuming you took a mere 20 seconds to write each message, you've spent 81.00 hours (3.38 days) posting to this forum.

Must... get... life... "


And I don't think I have the most either.

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CoffeeGrunt
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A broad mind lacks focus.
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Phaelax
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Posted: 14th Sep 2010 00:57
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Quote: "I joined here because, well the RGT forum went kaput . Really though, I kinda waited on DBPro before signing up properly, becomming active. I used the old grey official forum very briefly before RGT, to be honest I'm not exactly sure when I started using DB, it's around 10 years, give or take a month or two.

If you were on RGT, or remember 'ShadowRobert', or remember the 'I hate book' thread, then your officially an oldbie"


Like VanB, I joined here over 7 years ago because RGT and LLRGT went *poof*. I can't really remember if I used the first forum before RGT or not, it's been so long ago and this old-timer's memory isn't what it used to be.

Oh, and to get the ladiezzz.

Eventually, I'll remember how to look up my forum stats like everyone else, but I always forget.


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spooky
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Posted: 14th Sep 2010 00:58
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I joined in 2002 after playing about with DBC for a bit and moving up to DBP. I used to be more of a forum helper for the noobs, but last few years I have had little time for anything other than proper work which is quite sad. Just when I think work will die down for a bit and I can get back into DBPro a shed load of work comes along and ruins it!

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Green Gandalf
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Posted: 14th Sep 2010 01:40
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@budokaiman

And going blind as well it seems. Thanks.
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budokaiman
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Posted: 14th Sep 2010 01:46
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Haha, no problem, I half-read posts all the time.

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BMacZero
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Posted: 14th Sep 2010 02:17 Edited at: 14th Sep 2010 02:18
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I thought there was a smilie of an old guy waving a stick on here...musta been a different forum.

I was at Fry's...or maybe MicroCenter...one day five-ish years ago and I saw one lonely black box with a yellow pyramid on it (and I think there might have been an evil face or something, I don't remember ). I didn't buy it . But I went home and looked it up, and bought DBP off the internet.

Back then DBP came with a PAPER manual of all the commands. Does it still? (My DGS didn't come with one)

After I post this message I'm going to click the little profile button and see if I posted anything worth laughing at 5 years ago.


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Cormorant5
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Posted: 14th Sep 2010 02:21
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I joined because Shadow made me. :/

I know I'm still pretty new but still. Just wanted to say.

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PAGAN_old
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Posted: 14th Sep 2010 02:21
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haha that old man is awesome, he looks like an old gangster from early 1900s

dont hate people who rip you off,cheat and get away with it, learn from them
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JoelJ
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Posted: 14th Sep 2010 05:21 Edited at: 14th Sep 2010 05:22
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I've been here for 7 years and 5 days. I joined because I was searching for a programming language/engine to make games with. After trying several drag-and-drop stuff, I stumbled into DB. I found DBC on ebay for $10. After using that for awhile I grabbed DBP when TGC started doing electronic downloads for it.

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Satchmo
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Posted: 14th Sep 2010 05:44
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I've been here a while. I remember joining not only to get some help but because the projects were a lot cooler back then. Now we only have a few decent wips(not including the fpsc board).

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Insanity Complex
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Posted: 14th Sep 2010 06:06
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Quote: "why is it that everyones made more posts than me, even the noobs"


Maybe you're like me...and only post when you have something to say.

Quote: "2006 Forum Messages
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Assuming you took a mere 20 seconds to write each message, you've spent 11.14 hours (0.46 days) posting to this forum."


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Zaibatsu
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Posted: 14th Sep 2010 07:24
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I joined in 06, after I got FPSC, but I actually bought my first TGC product back in 02. I don't really post very much any more, but I still read a lot of threads. When I do post, it's in the DBP boards nowadays.

oh and...

Quote: "To date you have posted:

3299 Forum Messages
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Assuming you took a mere 20 seconds to write each message, you've spent 18.33 hours (0.76 days) posting to this forum.

Must... get... life..."


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Mnemonix
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Posted: 14th Sep 2010 08:40 Edited at: 14th Sep 2010 08:44
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Come december, I will have been registered here for EIGHT YEARS!!

I'll never get those eight years back

I hope to spend many more in this great community

3309 Forum Messages
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8 years = 2921 days, so I have made more than one post a day. Wow, it certainly does not feel like that many!

1.12904533 per day to be exact

MikeS(aka yellow, aka boooook), you joined the forum on the same day as me

Even our IRC channel (Which became an IRC network, devhat.net has been going for more than seven years now, check it out)

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Green Gandalf
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Posted: 14th Sep 2010 12:27 Edited at: 14th Sep 2010 12:28
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This is me before the leg injury.

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The Slayer
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Posted: 14th Sep 2010 16:19
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Quote: "This is me before the leg injury."

And after...?

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Posted: 14th Sep 2010 16:40 Edited at: 14th Sep 2010 16:41
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Something like this:



That's not a good likeness by the way.

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Green Gandalf
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Posted: 14th Sep 2010 16:48 Edited at: 14th Sep 2010 16:49
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This is a better likeness:

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MSon
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Posted: 14th Sep 2010 17:13
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personally i think this language is a good way to better your math skills, things like Algebra is horrible learning from a book, but a lot of programming requires you to use your head to find solutions.

Maybe basic programming should be included in school teaching, when i was about 7 or 8 i use to program on old BBC Computers at school, but then again I was a bit of an odd kid when i was young.

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Green Gandalf
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Posted: 14th Sep 2010 17:20
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Quote: "but then again I was a bit of an odd kid when i was young."


And when you got older?
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MSon
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30 next year so i dont think i can call myself young anymore


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Libervurto
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I have over 4500 posts! and I've made 143 threads! That's seems like too much...

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The Slayer
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Posted: 15th Sep 2010 12:31
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Hum, I like the previous one better (the jumping and dancing part, that is )

Quote: "30 next year so i dont think i can call myself young anymore"

Not calling yourself 'old', are you??
What am I than??
It's all about how old you feel, ain't it?

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Green Gandalf
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Posted: 15th Sep 2010 13:07
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So do I - but that's how I injured myself.
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The Slayer
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Posted: 15th Sep 2010 13:26
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Sorry to hear. At least, you had fun before your enjury.
And, those who do nothing, can not hurt themselves, right?

Cheers

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TheComet
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Posted: 15th Sep 2010 14:09 Edited at: 15th Sep 2010 14:09
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No. Nobody here is going to be sucking seed

I joined because I needed help in DBC DUH (Actually, my first post is really quite embarrassing )

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MSon
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Posted: 15th Sep 2010 14:58 Edited at: 15th Sep 2010 14:59
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Not calling yourself 'old', are you??
What am I than??
It's all about how old you feel, ain't it?"

if your only as old as you feel, Then can I collect my pension?

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Ocho Geek
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Posted: 15th Sep 2010 17:14 Edited at: 15th Sep 2010 17:14
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you'd be amazed how many kids are terrible at computers, despite being surgicaly attached to technology like phones....
At this point, I'd like to say if I sound old I'm not a technophobe, and I'm underage
...I think introducing programing as (UK) Secondary school Options would be the earliest realistic time to do this. we need to prioritize turning schoolchildren into mindless office workers before the part of IT which only needs a few people
(think about it, a lot more people are needed to use software than create it)

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Aaagreen
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School IT departments are a shambles. The IT people know NOTHING about computers, outside Microsoft Office. If you're caught doing something other than the many exciting features of Excel, instant ban.


I'd love to see things from your point of view but I can't get my head that far up my bum.
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Indicium
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Total win. They are trying to teach me that in a database you can have a 'number' datatype. and a 'hyperlink' datatype. It's quite depressing really.

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Quik
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iam going to IT classes, and theyre teaching me that, i didnt knew anything about it because, why would i? I even now dont see what good it will do me, since ill probably work in Media (3d design or photoshop) then why would i know all this 10101 bullocks?


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Seppuku Arts
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Posted: 16th Sep 2010 00:41
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What I find funny is that the school I went to was crowned as a 'Mathematics and ICT Specialist School', which is a joke. Our ICT teacher spent most of the time looking down girls' tops, knew nothing about computers and when asked a question he'd say, "Look on the website". Though there was one or 2 good IT teachers.


Maths teachers. My GCSE Maths teacher was a chav, she spend a lot of time talking to the chavs at the front, she'd take a while to go around and help somebody (like us) with a problem, but if the chavs were stuck, she'd stop the whole class to explain it on the board - even if we're 3 pages ahead of the equation. When when a friend and us would discuss a problem we were stuck on, she'd tell us to 'shut up', her words exactly.


I had a hard time figuring out why it was called a 'Mathematics and ICT specialist school', I walked out terrible at maths and all I knew about ICT was learned from me being a geek.

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Aaagreen
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Posted: 16th Sep 2010 00:54
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That sounds like what I'm gonna do!


I'd love to see things from your point of view but I can't get my head that far up my bum.
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I managed to survive, despite being told Adobe Flash was a legit 2D editor for my project...

I basically snuck onto Fireworks like it was a crime, and was the only one with a Distinction... :S

Maths? Got an A despite my class distracting my teacher by talking about football managers and the many window piercing capabilities of a brick...

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It's been a good three years.
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Seppuku Arts
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Posted: 16th Sep 2010 01:23
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That sounds exactly like my old French teacher. I'm glad I took up German for my GCSEs.

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Kevin Picone
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Joined the DB community just as DB Classic V1.07 was either being released or was in testing. That was about 10 years ago now. Prior to DB i'd retired from programming.


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Green Gandalf
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Yes, it certainly rekindled my interest in programming too. Occasional bugs yes, but most of the time the task of getting something up and running is painless.
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The Slayer
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Maybe it's them bugs that keeps us hooked to DBPro? Other languages are too dull and not exciting enough, perhaps?
Just kidding of course.

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Green Gandalf
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Yes, DBPro certainly keeps us on our toes, er toe in my present state.
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Aaagreen
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It keeps you on your arse, admit it.


I'd love to see things from your point of view but I can't get my head that far up my bum.
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Yes, I admit it.
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Kevin Picone
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Quote: "Yes, it certainly rekindled my interest in programming too. Occasional bugs yes, but most of the time the task of getting something up and running is painless."


Well, it was restart, but I guess you know my opinion on that now.


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Fatal Berserker
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Quote: "you'd be amazed how many kids are terrible at computers, despite being surgicaly attached to technology like phones"

This.

Programming to some people makes so little sense that they are adamant that all games are made in a 'drag and drop' editor. And take very little time to create.

Smoke me a kipper, ill be back for breakfast.
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Jeku
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I'm pretty sure Access has 'number' as a datatype.


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Quik
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this doesnt mean they are interested in how it is made or alike?
I personally didnt care until like 8th grade, however that was my own choise aswell


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Quote: "iam going to IT classes, and theyre teaching me that, i didnt knew anything about it because, why would i? I even now dont see what good it will do me, since ill probably work in Media (3d design or photoshop) then why would i know all this 10101 bullocks?"


Thats not what he was saying, and the more skills you have on computers the more likely you are to get employed by somebody; Microsoft Office is still a good thing to have, just not a specialized one.


that "10101 Bullocks" is what you're entire computing and half your electronical life boils down to. You may not appreciate (the actually quite interesting) Binary but show some respect to the code that revolutionized the world

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I joined 'cause I wanted to make teh gamez.

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I found a demo version of dark basic classic on a cd of friend of mine 8 years ago. It took me a month to hook up to game programming. After a year i found out that there's a db forum and a pro version of dark basic. I've been programming ever since and joined the forums in 2005.

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