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Hello i see that a lot of people have feathers under the user i.d's and i was wondering how the feather system goes?

Like is it 100-200 post =
201-300 post =
ECT...

Just wanted to know how that worked and how you get them!

thanks,

Matthew

I thin it's more a function of time rather than the number of posts.

furrycute wrote:I thin it's more a function of time rather than the number of posts.

o ok.

im mostly replying to this to give me 100 posts!!

WOOT 100 posts!!

Junior (250 posts) - one feather
Senior (500 posts) - two feathers
ThinkPadder (1000 posts) - three feathers
Senior ThinkPadder (2000 posts) - four feathers

Moderators also get four feathers -- and admins get a bird.

tomh009 wrote:Junior (250 posts) - one feather
Senior (500 posts) - two feathers
ThinkPadder (1000 posts) - three feathers
Senior ThinkPadder (2000 posts) - four feathers

Moderators also get four feathers -- and admins get a bird.

Ok thanks!

Only 149 more to go!

Ok,

how do I make the big bouncing bird appear?

Temetka wrote:Ok,

how do I make the big bouncing bird appear?

: bouncing-bird : (without the spaces between the colons and the letters...

Also, when you are on the reply screen, to the left are the emoticons, under them it says View More Emoticons; click that and another screen will open and that bouncy thing is in there.

I've been so close to 2000 posts for what seems like 6 months. Here's to another 6.

ok this is kinda on the topic too because i noticed i got a feather(small yay! ) but i noticed certain people which shall remain nameless that has more than 500 posts but have no feathers but they do have a "Special Member" title by their name I wonder if he'll figure it out.

We have several people who are old friends of Bill or that have provided exceptional service to the community (or both) that hold the Special Member or **SENIOR** Member designations. They're not based on a post count.

And remember, it's quality, not quantity, that is really meaningful.

This community is great. I have helped and received help from various members over the years. Here is to a continuance of a great forum and excellent people!

Temetka wrote:This community is great. I have helped and received help from various members over the years. Here is to a continuance of a great forum and excellent people!

And that is what we strive to maintain.

hmm i have another question? how come bill bolton gets to have a white parrot?

Because he's from Australia.

nonny wrote:Because he's from Australia.

thats the only Reason?

And shouldn't Bill Morrow have some really cool thing seeing how this is his site!

compnerd4 wrote:And shouldn't Bill Morrow have some really cool thing seeing how this is his site!

I think you're overlooking the banner....

nonny wrote:Because he's from Australia.

hahaha. i'm moving out to Poland at the end of summer. can i get some spcial bird as well?

ryengineer wrote: I think you're overlooking the banner....

you mean the guy in black is bill?

mattbiernat wrote:

ryengineer wrote: I think you're overlooking the banner....

you mean the guy in the black suite is bill?

A little bit to the right, in the middle, below the thinkpads.com banner.

On a side note, Bill does not need any special "cool" thing, he likes parrots and i'm sure he is more than happy with his bird and other members with feathers around this forum...

compnerd4 wrote:thats the only Reason?

He's a forum admin from Australia.

nonny wrote:

compnerd4 wrote:thats the only Reason?

He's a forum admin from Australia.

Ya i know but why dont you have something different because your from Greenville SC!

mattbiernat wrote:hmm i have another question? how come bill bolton gets to have a white parrot?

That's no mere parrot....... its a Sulphur Crested Cockatoo!



Cheers,

Bill B.

bill bolton wrote:That's no mere parrot....... its a Sulpher Crested Cockatoo! snip......

True Blue........ is it me and you?
Is it Mum and Dad, is it a Cockatoo?........


Cheers mate!

I have to admit. Sulphur Crested Cockatoo is quite something. Looks much better than those regular orange parrots.

carbon_unit wrote:

Temetka wrote:This community is great. I have helped and received help from various members over the years. Here is to a continuance of a great forum and excellent people!

And that is what we strive to maintain.

I quite agree.

I have been a member of various forums over the years (modded some, co-SysOp'd BBS back in the day too). Some come and some go. However this forum is special. The feeling of community here is very strong.

Other than supplying the occassional part and .ISO of restore discs to people as well as my own (meager) technical knowledge of the t4x line I still **want** to contribute more because it is something I enjoy doing.

This is the only forum that I check multiple times a day. One thing that I really love is seeing the posts from new members who come by to ask a question or two, then realizing that it is now 6 months later and they are established members of our little community.

It's almost but not quite unlike the feelings I used to have back in the BBS days. Hard to describe, but I think that most of us who have been here a while (and some far longer!) feel the same way as well.

And with that I have no choice but to summon the bouncing bird whose purpose is as yet unknown to me....

bill bolton wrote: That's no mere parrot....... its a Sulphur Crested Cockatoo!

http://photogallery.canberrabirds.org.a ... llager.jpg

Cheers,

Bill B.

*squawk* No mere parrot indeed! (Although I'm more partial to rainbow lorikeets myself)

KristianJ wrote:(Although I'm more partial to rainbow lorikeets myself)

Please don't take this the wrong way, but you must be deaf .

The din of at least one hundred rainbows roosting in some trees at dusk was something I'll never forget!

rkawakami wrote: Please don't take this the wrong way, but you must be deaf .

The din of at least one hundred rainbows roosting in some trees at dusk was something I'll never forget!

I know what you mean, Ray - the sound that flocks of them make in trees in town is indeed amazingly loud, but I'm more partial in terms of seeing a few in a shrub outside my house every so often...very nice photographic subjects

Plus they have more colours than the Cockatoo