Cute sayings?

Viseguy · 09-01-2010, 07:24 PM

Who thinks up those cute sayings that pop up when you hover the pointer over the asterisks under a user's name? Are they generated by a robot? Or do the moderators of this board have incredible amounts of time on their hands?

I hope it's the latter. Or maybe both.

GeoffC · 09-02-2010, 04:14 AM

they are plucked from the ether ....

[How they know about me, the angels and the head of a pin, I'll never know - I thought that one was a secret known only to those who were in the know].

montsnmags · 09-02-2010, 05:04 AM

They are a large conglomerate of contributions from quite a few people, but credit must be given to Nate (the Great) for not only being a major contributor but for being the one responsible, I believe, for initiating and organizing and implementing the massive expansion of them. Nate's humour has a tendency to take the most delightfully amusing quarter-turn to eleventy-past-odd, for which I am most grateful, especially in this particular example.

Cheers,
Marc

GeoffC · 09-02-2010, 05:36 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by montsnmags

They are a large conglomerate of contributions from quite a few people, but credit must be given to Nate (the Great) for not only being a major contributor but for being the one responsible, I believe, for initiating and organizing and implementing the massive expansion of them. Nate's humour has a tendency to take the most delightfully amusing quarter-turn to eleventy-past-odd, for which I am most grateful, especially in this particular example.

Cheers,
Marc

If, by example, you are referring to your current blue squaredness, then YES .... !

montsnmags · 09-02-2010, 05:38 AM

I'm currently on my iPad = I don't know what it says.

GeoffC · 09-02-2010, 05:48 AM

you are 'considered a powerful good luck charm in most of the civilised world' ...

assuredly so !

sakura-panda · 09-02-2010, 02:14 PM

I'm having trouble with this computer on MobileRead only, where nearly all of the images are not showing up. I do get the texts though. And for the little blurb under the names, I seem to get about 10 or 12 boxes of them.

That said, what I see is "GeoffC can grip it by the husk" and "montsnmags gives new meaning to the word 'superlative'". Does that mean that besides having a screen full of red x boxes and text, I'm not even getting the right comments?

(Maybe I don't really have a set the Star Wars action figures?

)

GeoffC · 09-03-2010, 08:02 AM

I wouldn't worry about it ... mine seems to change every time I look at it ....

If you say "I can grip it by the husk", that's a different saying to the one I noticed yesterday, and is different to the one I can currently see ..... (I'm at one with the great books in the World" [does that mean I'm old, musty, with a tinge of mildew and out of touch !!!!!!!!])

sakura-panda · 09-03-2010, 10:55 AM

This is like a game! Is it karma-driven? Now it is "GeoffC is not required to obey the law of gravity."

I'm more concerned about the fact the I don't have any pictures, although it is nice to see what everyone is without hovering. I miss having avatars and smilies and all of the other little icons. (I still don't know what is wrong. I saw two avatars yesterday! Maybe I need to delete my cookies or something.)

GeoffC · 09-04-2010, 02:27 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by sakura-panda

This is like a game! Is it karma-driven? Now it is "GeoffC is not required to obey the law of gravity."

I'm more concerned about the fact the I don't have any pictures, although it is nice to see what everyone is without hovering. I miss having avatars and smilies and all of the other little icons. (I still don't know what is wrong. I saw two avatars yesterday! Maybe I need to delete my cookies or something.)

Check in your

User CP
>> Edit Options
>> Thread Display Options (part way down the list) ....
>> Check Show Signatures/Avatars/Images, according to your preference ...

See if that helps at all ....

sakura-panda · 09-08-2010, 04:30 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by GeoffC

Check in your

User CP
>> Edit Options
>> Thread Display Options (part way down the list) ....
>> Check Show Signatures/Avatars/Images, according to your preference ...

See if that helps at all ....

If I uncheck those boxes, then the red x boxes for the avatars go away. All the other red x boxes are still there.

It's just odd because this is the only site that does it.

zelda_pinwheel · 09-08-2010, 06:29 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Viseguy

Who thinks up those cute sayings that pop up when you hover the pointer over the asterisks under a user's name? Are they generated by a robot? Or do the moderators of this board have incredible amounts of time on their hands?

I hope it's the latter. Or maybe both.

actually Teh Karma knows all, and tells all.

also, "they are plucked from the ether .... "

or something.

but really, rendering to Caesar, and all that, the original batch of sayings were invented by NatCh, who is sadly a bit less present around here lately. they were further supplemented some time later in a group effort which nate the great (among several others) did participate in. i may have had a hand in organising the sacrificial offerings to Teh Karma in hopes that our collective suggestions would be considered worthy. i am pretty sure it was the bottomless ZCD which did the trick.

zelda_pinwheel · 09-08-2010, 06:30 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by sakura-panda

If I uncheck those boxes, then the red x boxes for the avatars go away. All the other red x boxes are still there.

It's just odd because this is the only site that does it.

try refreshing the page / emptying your cache (ctrl + F5). that sometimes helps.

09-01-2010, 07:24 PM	#1
Viseguy Just a kid from Bklyn Posts: 135 Karma: 4448 Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: NYC Device: Kindle 3 Wi-Fi; Samsung Galaxy Tab 7	Cute sayings? Who thinks up those cute sayings that pop up when you hover the pointer over the asterisks under a user's name? Are they generated by a robot? Or do the moderators of this board have incredible amounts of time on their hands? I hope it's the latter. Or maybe both.

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GeoffC Chocolate Grasshopper ... Posts: 27,600 Karma: 20821184 Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Scotland Device: Muse HD , Cybook Gen3 , Pocketbook 302 (Black) , Nexus 10: wife has PW	they are plucked from the ether .... [How they know about me, the angels and the head of a pin, I'll never know - I thought that one was a secret known only to those who were in the know].

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montsnmags Grand Sorcerer Posts: 10,155 Karma: 4632658 Join Date: Nov 2007 Device: none	They are a large conglomerate of contributions from quite a few people, but credit must be given to Nate (the Great) for not only being a major contributor but for being the one responsible, I believe, for initiating and organizing and implementing the massive expansion of them. Nate's humour has a tendency to take the most delightfully amusing quarter-turn to eleventy-past-odd, for which I am most grateful, especially in this particular example. Cheers, Marc

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montsnmags Grand Sorcerer Posts: 10,155 Karma: 4632658 Join Date: Nov 2007 Device: none	I'm currently on my iPad = I don't know what it says.

09-02-2010, 05:48 AM	#6
GeoffC Chocolate Grasshopper ... Posts: 27,600 Karma: 20821184 Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Scotland Device: Muse HD , Cybook Gen3 , Pocketbook 302 (Black) , Nexus 10: wife has PW	you are 'considered a powerful good luck charm in most of the civilised world' ... assuredly so !

09-02-2010, 02:14 PM	#7
sakura-panda Guru Posts: 923 Karma: 9558874 Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Southeast Michigan, USA Device: 2017 10.5" iPad Pro (Kobo, NOOK, Kindle, Google Play Books & Scribd)	I'm having trouble with this computer on MobileRead only, where nearly all of the images are not showing up. I do get the texts though. And for the little blurb under the names, I seem to get about 10 or 12 boxes of them. That said, what I see is "GeoffC can grip it by the husk" and "montsnmags gives new meaning to the word 'superlative'". Does that mean that besides having a screen full of red x boxes and text, I'm not even getting the right comments? (Maybe I don't really have a set the Star Wars action figures? )

09-03-2010, 08:02 AM	#8
GeoffC Chocolate Grasshopper ... Posts: 27,600 Karma: 20821184 Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Scotland Device: Muse HD , Cybook Gen3 , Pocketbook 302 (Black) , Nexus 10: wife has PW	I wouldn't worry about it ... mine seems to change every time I look at it .... If you say "I can grip it by the husk", that's a different saying to the one I noticed yesterday, and is different to the one I can currently see ..... (I'm at one with the great books in the World" [does that mean I'm old, musty, with a tinge of mildew and out of touch !!!!!!!!])

09-03-2010, 10:55 AM	#9
sakura-panda Guru Posts: 923 Karma: 9558874 Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Southeast Michigan, USA Device: 2017 10.5" iPad Pro (Kobo, NOOK, Kindle, Google Play Books & Scribd)	This is like a game! Is it karma-driven? Now it is "GeoffC is not required to obey the law of gravity." I'm more concerned about the fact the I don't have any pictures, although it is nice to see what everyone is without hovering. I miss having avatars and smilies and all of the other little icons. (I still don't know what is wrong. I saw two avatars yesterday! Maybe I need to delete my cookies or something.)

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