The good old days
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LOL...you're right about that! I also suspect that, while they won't admit it, those with thousands of post like to see that number up there. Some kind of "badge of expertise" I suspect. Well ya gotta take the good with the bad.
So you say. You still haven't answered my question, so what if they do?
Sorry Mr. Soetoro...I still can't seem to find your college transcripts. And I really like how you lead from behind.
Ack! What if they do what??????? :'(
Ahhhh...I understand now. Well IMHO, and this is ONLY my opinion, and you know what they say about opinions
....that post count number is rather meaningless. It really just means you are a chatty person with lots of time on your hands. But some folks who go on a forum look at that number and associate it with some kind of "expertise". That's all I'm saying. Personally, if Auran did drop everyone's post count number to zero, or even kept my personal post count number at zero, I couldn't care less. Some forums use a special feature where you can grade a person based on how helpful/informative a post is. That would be a valuable addition to a person's information, rather than just counting how many times someone just posts. There is also another measure of veteran's status, and that is when the person joined the forum. But that is also pretty useless. Someone could have joined the form on the day it first openned and never posted one helpful or useful post. So the joined date would be useless for judging a person's knowledge of Trainz.
With joy at being a proud member of the Tea Party Express. Who do you think forced the Dems to NOT raise taxes and CUT spending? That means you will have more cash in your pocket to spend on Trainz. Now you will be able to afford TS2012 Anniversary Edition
Actually, the DLS was part of the deal when people bought TRS2004-06. So just shutting it off is voiding that agreement.
Also part of the deal for 2010 according to the box. I haven't seen the newest version. That word FREE used to mean not having to pay additional fees although I never argued that it was for a good cause. Just like health care, I don't want to be forced into buying...it's so un American.
With joy at being a proud member of the Tea Party Express. Who do you think forced the Dems to NOT raise taxes and CUT spending? That means you will have more cash in your pocket to spend on Trainz. Now you will be able to afford TS2012 Anniversary Edition
Me too Cuz ! I am a proud upstanding radical Hezbollah teaparty member of the Republican Party. At least that's how some on the left see it.
Now back to our regularly scheduled program.
Frankly I don't think of social security and medicare as "entitlements", in my opinion they're insurance plans that I was forced to pay premiums into. And as an honorably discharged veteran of the US armed forces I don't think anyone can accuse me of taking more out of the country than I contributed.
From the point of view of an outsider (i.e. a non USA person) this talk of debt, taxes, tea parties (real milk and sugar with mine please - not that "half and half" you Americans drink), Mr. Soetoro (who is he??), Democrats and Republicans, has been fascinating, if OT, but largely incomprehensible. But we here in Oz have similar issues with our inept politicians, proposed Carbon Taxes and their alternatives, disaster levies, etc, etc - but I won't bore you with the details.
Back on OT - I would have no problem with removing the post count altogether, not just resetting it to zero which would only recreate the same perceived problem further down the track (no pun). A high or low count says nothing about a persons expertise. I would not be in favour of removing the icon(s) that show which programs a person has registered - I have used this on a number of occasions to identify a problem with a post (i.e. which version of the program they are using).
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Peter Ware
Back on OT - I would have no problem with removing the post count altogether, not just resetting it to zero which would only recreate the same perceived problem further down the track (no pun). A high or low count says nothing about a persons expertise. I would not be in favour of removing the icon(s) that show which programs a person has registered - I have used this on a number of occasions to identify a problem with a post (i.e. which version of the program they are using).
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Peter Ware
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One point I will add is that the support offered by forum members to new (and not so new) users to help them solve issues has always been first class. This is often given under difficult circumstances such as very brief and vague posts (e.g. "It's not working" - end of message), posts that were made in the heat of frustration ("IT'S NOT WORKING - FIX IT NOW!!!!) and posts that are just plain incomprehensible (poor spelling, bad grammar, no typing skills - you all know what they can look like). All too frequently we post the answers and suggestions to their problems but never hear back from the original poster on that issue - although they sometimes pop up again in a new thread.
But it is always gratifying to get a post in a thread like this one
http://forums.auran.com/trainz/showpost.php?p=838385&postcount=11
Regardless of the "good old days/bad new days" problems, keep up the good work Trainzers - you are the backbone of the program.
Peter Ware
But it is always gratifying to get a post in a thread like this one
http://forums.auran.com/trainz/showpost.php?p=838385&postcount=11
Regardless of the "good old days/bad new days" problems, keep up the good work Trainzers - you are the backbone of the program.
Peter Ware
I don't think I'd pay any attention to post counts, the internet is so cluttered with self-annointed experts that anyone who pays homage to post count deserves what he gets. Look who the second biggest blabbermouth at trainsim.com is;
http://www.trainsim.com/vbts/memberlist.php?order=desc&sort=posts&pp=30
and 99% of that was silly comments and questions, about 1% had anything to do with expertise of any kind. :hehe:
http://www.trainsim.com/vbts/memberlist.php?order=desc&sort=posts&pp=30
and 99% of that was silly comments and questions, about 1% had anything to do with expertise of any kind. :hehe:
Agreed that we paid into it and we should get our money back. And it was never meant to be the ONLY source of income for retired Americans. It was supposed to SUPPLEMENT savings accounts. And it IS headed towards going broke as there are more people going to be collecting it than are putting money into it. BTW...because I have a pension from the County Sheriff Dep I used to work for, I only get HALF of the payments I am supposed to receive.
And I also have that HD. US Army 1967-70.
If something isn't done about Social Security, there WON'T BE any Social Security for our kids or even those who are in their 40s right now.
Mr. Soetoro is the guy leading from behind in the White House
Agree with you 100% about post counts. And good point about the icons that I hadn't thought of! :Y:
Awww fewy;;;?.,! yur jush braggin becuz yew got sum fancy ejumicashion. :hehe:
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