dsmith

Of course there are lots of BBS packages that dont have these ODBC bugs - and have avatars etc built in.

carl

Post to get rid of the ODBC error

Oops. Missed it

[Edited by carl - 10/14/2002 4:49:15 PM]

MarkO

Jeez, and there was me thinking you were doing it as a business concern. I didn't realise it was a charitible organisation. Get real, Simon, and don't be so patronising.
I have, several times. And I still don't see what the big deal is about the humourous use of some gifs to make some posts look amusing.
LOL. I like that. I was pretty much done (hence my comment about the joke wearing thin, and the thread being muppetised) and was going to let it lie. You were the one who waded in with your size-tens, throwing your weight about and threatening to disable the account of a Scoobynet member - and, might I point out Simon, a Scoobynet member who's been involved with Scoobynet for years longer than you have!!! [img]images/smilies/mad.gif[/img]

I'll let it lie now, but I may well decide to link to images on my site in the future. If that's a problem, I suggest you update your terms and conditions to clarify that.

MarkO

Shaun, no offence, but shove it where the sun don't shine. I was having a bit of non-offensive, zero-cost fun in a thread which was already out of hand.

Jeez, some people need a sense of humour. [img]images/smilies/mad.gif[/img]

carl

Oops. Double post. Genuine, not muppety, too



[Edited by carl - 10/14/2002 4:50:07 PM]

davyboy

And there was me almost putting money on the fact you would get upset having been called a *** head!

lol

Lets all be cool just like the Fonz

MarkO

What makes me laugh is that there were 4 or 5 pages of this misuse of Simon's letters before I even came into the damned thread - and all using Simon's bandwidth. How come I'm the one who gets threatened?!?!?!

Tiggs

cause yours were funny?

Wurzel

iTrader: (1)

Isn't that slander or deflamation of character being called a *** head in public

MarkO

No, 'cos I am in fact a *** head.

Wurzel

iTrader: (1)

Ok well as long as we cleared that little misunderstanding up

dsmith

Carl - not only a double post but late an uneccesary - bit like MarkO

Tiggs

he meant slander to *** heads being linked to you

ex-webby

Mark

thanks for pointing out that you've been around for so much longer than this spring chicken. I'm sure you spent pretty much EVERY SINGLE NIGHT and weekend working on it FOR ABSOLUTELY NO FINANCIAL REWARD AT ALL during those years.

For the last 2 years that I've run scoobynet, paying it's costs, and spending countless (and I really mean countless) hours working on software, paying for servers, software, badwidth which is not always covered by the revenue generated by the banners, supporting bad debts with my own personal money, paying up front for insurances, licenses, solicitors, etc in the hope that the ad revenue will pay me back at some point (then forgetting about it), spending EVERY holiday I've had in the last 2 years working on scoobynet software / bug fixing / upgrading software / thinking about new ways of making it better, worrying about legal action that is threatened on a fairly regular basis, and the working almost every single night of the last six months trying to put together something that will be of huge benefit to YOU, the vendors and scoobynet (hopefully giving it a bit of an income to allow for someone to run the accounts (which I currently do), answering the 150 or so emails a day (which I currently do), chasing advertisers for banner ad payments (which I currently do) montoring the server (which I currently do), etc, etc, etc...

If I was in this for the money, I would be the biggest fool alive!

Grow up Mark.

Regards

Simon

Beastman666

Mark?

Wurzel

iTrader: (1)

This is better than one of those crappy Australian soaps

bros2

One of the reasons I love Scoobynet is that what seems like a small issue, something really rather trivial, rapidly escalates into a slanging match. As the hours pass, the abuse becomes more obvious, the humour more forced ..... classic stuff.

(By the way, I have no idea what you guys are talking about re technical terms - I wouldn't know if you buy bandwidth by the pound, trip over it in the dark, or salute it.)

One request - can all those concerned go to the muppet forum (you included Simon, for originating the "hmm, tasteful!" logos) and handbag some sense into each other. Then you can all re-emerge into General as best mates, pretending nothing's happened.

Ta very much

bros

dsmith

Which one looks like Holly Valance ?

MarkO

Fair points Simon. But regarding your comment:

Might I suggest that if you're losing as much money as you claim through Scoobynet, either

a) you've got so much money it doesn't matter,

b) you're not being totally truthful and do at least break even or

c) you're foolish not to be doing it for the money.

It's time for me to **** off home, and I think I've made my point. What started off as a laugh by everyone else has turned into a witch hunt to me 'cos I did it better than they all did. Fine. Whatever. If you can't see the funny side, it's no skin off my nose.

Anyway, I'll leave you to it. Have a nice evening.



[Edited by MarkO - 10/14/2002 5:02:44 PM]

Wurzel

iTrader: (1)

No keep it here !!! if it goes to the muppet forum it will get locked mega quickly as it will be overun by muppets and get out of hand

Wurzel

iTrader: (1)

Tune in tomorrow for the next compelling episode of "The MarkO witch Project"

Avi

ROTFLMFAO

ex-webby

bros2... ROFLMAO! one of the funniest things I've read in a while.. and very apt.

Mark.. I promise it's nothing to you personally.. it was just that you were the only one carrying on. Let's forget it. Neither of us want the agro, so it was probably just a mis-understanding.

I never said "i was losing so much money"... I think we probably break even financially.. if we don't it's not THAT far off.. but I would hate to add up the cost of my time making sure that it DOES come close to breaking even.

Either way.. it's not your concern.. and that's the way I've always tried to make it work.. that nobody apart from me has to worry about that.

All the best

Simon

ex-webby

serious note...

It looks like avatars are the way to go then?

If we restrict it so there are a number (hopefully large) avatar images available and you can select one, rather than allowing people to post their own, would this be OK?

If someone wanted something specific, they could send it to us, and as long as it met guidelines (size, content, etc) it could be added?

Let me know what you would prefer.

All the best

Simon

Lee

avatars are bollox. Just slow things down and get in the way.

Instead of appending images to the end of your post, just stick a small logo under the username. An example would be the sidc forums.

Content = King

IanW

Si, I will mail you a copy of an Avatar which i use on a few forums, shuold give you an idea of file size limits and image size.

Ian

johnfelstead

i think all aditions to the message (sig, avatar, fancy smancy membership status) other than its content are ****. But you know that already si.

Wurzel

iTrader: (1)

Sorry Simon but I reckon you should leave it as it is!! if it ain't broke don't fix it!! I understand how things need enhancing and tweaking in order to keep up with the Jonses but it seems apparent that a lot of people on here don't want this particular enhancement. I have removed all Sig files and Avatars from my BB S at work and nobody has complained and as it is MY BBS I decided to do i, Respect to you for not adopting the same attitude as me but Please don't add stupid Avatars

Cheers
Steve

Pumpkin

Avatars - well if you want to go down that route, then have a range of Scabbynet approved Avatars or the option to an off-site image.
Why not have a more functional search utility - much more useful, a better use of time and resources than silly eye candy.

[Edited by Pumpkin - 10/14/2002 5:33:14 PM]

muppet paster

What? We're not capable of producing our own crap?