Bit Banger
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Wow, great pictures. No tineye hits. ...Did you notice the watermark on the pictures for CoverModels.com? Right?
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... My emails and texts from my phone get the same attention as when I'm sitting in front of my computer. ...Agreed! If I have difficulty responding on the phone, I wait until I get to a real keyboard.
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It's actually Maud Adams from The Man with the Golden Gun ...Ah, no. In The Man with the Golden Gun she played Andrea Anders. In Octapussy Maude Adams played the title role. This was my reference in an earlier thread because Gina/Oxy used to run an agency by that name.
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It's not misspelled, but it's "they're" not "their".
Note to self: New SOP: let spelling errors go; rip everyone new ones over homonym misuse.Got it. I had to ad it to my list, to.
In linguistics, a homonym is, in the strict sense, one of a group of words that share the same spelling and the same pronunciation but have different meanings.[1] Thus homonyms are simultaneously homographs (words that share the same spelling, irrespective of their pronunciation) and homophones (words that share the same pronunciation, irrespective of their spelling).Rip
Spelling & word misuse bother me too. As a former engineer writing specifications, design documents, and user manuals, I learned the value of precise language. Correct English was just as important as correct FORTRAN or C.
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Works for me. Thanks.
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Obviously since after slighty over a year I finally decided to activate the Friends feature, I'm in favor of keeping it. I will admit that the signature thread caused me to take a hard look at my own signature. Cleaning it up meant I needed to resolve the issue for myself. While I've not needed to restrict my PMs, I can see how it would be a useful feature.
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Well, I finally decided on a Friends policy. If we've personally me, shared drinks or coffee, etc. then you qualify for my TOB Friends list.
Based on this decision, I've sent out acceptances and some requests.
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...the value to the prospective client is not how eye-catching or pretty or flashy or large or animated a person's signature line is. It should be the content of the post.Slightly off topic, but ^^this^^!
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... Bandwidth concerns -- you can turn off the ability to see sigs. Easy-peasy. In your User CP, ...Done - Thank you for pointing this out. You learn something every day.
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Thank you, Nusa, for crunching the numbers. Yes, bandwidth is one of my main concerns. Loading multiple copies through 3G (I'm not sure what caching Safari does) can be a real drag.
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...For that reason, we're going to implement some more stringent guidelines:
Provider Signature Rules
Your signature may contain ...
My only complaint with this is the use of the word "Provider". I would simplify it down to "Signature Rules." The new rules should apply to all!
These rules place reasonable(?), enforcable limits on the content of posters' signatures in an attempt to control both bandwidth and screen real estate. Thank you.
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It's a new policy, so we're all still learning, trying new things. ...Understood & expected. It will take a while to settle these changes.
... First, Oxy is fair. If you want to limit size for providers, size will be limited for all. Many hobbyists have larger, taller sigs than mine and will have to change too. ...
As expected! Good for the goose - good for the gander.
... The second thing is that ALL graphic content may be banned entirely -- which is a shame, cuz I think a lot of men and women enjoy putting graphics in Sigs. ...
Try accessing the board from a smart phone. I won't miss the graphics. I dislike massive quotes reposting photos too.
That it's nice to think providers come here just to hang out and chat, that it's not just about business. ...
Hanging out & meaningful contribution to the board is good business. I'm far more likely to call someone I've grown to enjoy on the board than someone with my limited experience being the ad boards. As I said earlier, a quick check of her profile should provide me with all the contact info (or links) I need to book an appointment.
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One thing I often find missing or buried several pages into the website is LOCATION!
I don't need something as specific as DTC, but mentioning Denver or Colorado on your intro page would be nice.
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Is your problem the links in signature line or the size of the ad. ...Both actually.
In an earlier reply I addressed the size issue.
As Kudak pointed out, there's a fine line separating signature lines from advertising on the discussion board. On another board in another time a well know provider had the habit of frequent "+1" posts simply to get her name/contact in front of people w/o contributing to the discussion; very annoying. While I don't worry too much about the ladies who have been contributing members of our board (you know who you are), I do worry about new YL unfamiliar with our culture filling the board with ads. Something the mods may have a difficult time controlling because these YL will be acting w/in the rules.
Let's just say that this is one change I'm not happy about, but they're not my rules to make. I do NOT blame those who jumped on it when the rules changed; that's just good business sense.
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... And it's not just the contact information which annoys me - graphics and extensive text in the signature line consume bandwidth & screen space without significant contribution to the discussion.With all due respect Bit (because I DO respect your opinion), it doesn't use more bandwidth that the old GIF I used to have in my sig line.Duely noted. I have similar problems (bandwidth & landscape) with the GIFs which appeared in some signature lines (Not trying to single you out, Destiny). My preference would be for sig lines to be limited to 1-2 lines of plain text.
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I have to agree (partially) with 2Big on this one. "... Stupid and Desperate", not exactly. But 1cm of text followed by 4cm of advertisement is not my idea of fun board reading. One of the reasons I seldom read SoWet was the constant advertisement drowning out discussion. The separation of the two on TOB was a relief. That board has since separated advertisement & discussion; a good improvement. The old TOB policy of placing contact information in a person's profile was just fine with me; I knew where to get it when I wanted. And it's not just the contact information which annoys me - graphics and extensive text in the signature line consume bandwidth & screen space without significant contribution to the discussion.
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... I don't get squicked (http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=squick) by menstrual blood, but don't have a fetish for it either. ...What he said. It's nothing special, in either a good or a bad way.
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Another +1 - Ease of search, both for ASPs and clients
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Anyone know if in Colo you can go incognito if you win. Heard some states you can and some you cannot.We were discussing this. The consensus was, since it's public money it's public record. You may be able to assign the ticket to a trust, making it more difficult for the average Joe to track you down.
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IMO with that kind of money a provider would be the best way to go, no strings attached.^^^ This!
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Well one example is Russ owning something, as Russ' Car....
No quibble with that example of a singular ending in 's'.
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Forum based?
OK, but do NOT allow discussion & chit-chat on the forum. User's may post a review using their board handle based on a "sticky" format. If an ASP needs a rebuttal, it must be posted by a moderator. Use the current rules of moderation for the first few posts by a user to avoid scamming the system.
Fees?
I would not use the database, mostly because I do not have a secure CC. There are several review databases I do not use for this reason.
Access for submitted material?
Not a good idea. This leads to false reviews, etc. It's one of the prime reasons I don't use TER (or ASPD in the past).
Having spent several years in the software industry, I have no trouble believing the costs of a major system overhaul. And I can clearly see why it is not tied to your (Gina's) revenue stream.
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... Beverlys' beautiful hair is red. ...That should be "Beverlys' beautiful hair are red." I'm not sure how many Beverlys we're talking about. But if only one then ColoSeeker has the answer.
Actually in both examples you used it would still be Beverly's.If I remember correctly the only time it is s' is when the name ends in an S for the possessive.
Ends in an 's', as often happens when using a plural form.
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According to my spell checker they are both correct. I guess that means they are interchangeable!
They are no more interchangeable than "there" & "their", or "to","two", & "too". Check out the difference. They are homophones.
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New Pictures??
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For me, "new" == posted for a week or so. After that, switch them out for some more "new" pics from the same photo session.
Another term often bandied about is "Recent" == taken w/in the past three months.