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/thread <-- That doesn't actually mean end of thread literally

  • 25-09-2012 12:50pm
    #1
    veryangryman
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,660 ✭✭✭


    I could be wrong but /thread doesn't quite compute for me.

    Im guessing the idea came from xml/html where you finish a section with </section>

    Shouldnt we say </thread>

    Sorry for the nerdiness.... Can anyone out-nerd me and explain?


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  • #2
    Mr Benevolent
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,456 ✭✭✭✭Mr Benevolent


    You really are a very angry man. It comes from HTML coding, eg. [/BODY] or Boards code, eg. [/QUOTE]

    /thread


  • #3
    Kenno90
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,184 ✭✭✭Kenno90


    Uh

    </thread>


  • #4
    Slurryface
    Closed Accounts Posts: 225 ✭✭Slurryface


    veryangryman wrote: »
    I could be wrong but /thread doesn't quite compute for me.

    Im guessing the idea came from xml/html where you finish a section with </section>

    Shouldnt we say </thread>

    Sorry for the nerdiness.... Can anyone out-nerd me and explain?
    Too much time on your hands, get a job:D


  • #5
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 1,427 ✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    veryangryman wrote: »
    I could be wrong but /thread doesn't quite compute for me.

    Im guessing the idea came from xml/html where you finish a section with </section>

    Shouldnt we say </thread>

    Sorry for the nerdiness.... Can anyone out-nerd me and explain?

    No it's [/Thread]


  • #6
    SEPT 23 1989
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 43,028 ✭✭✭✭SEPT 23 1989


    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8iO5-ic0Ug4


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  • #7
    MajesticDonkey
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,213 ✭✭✭MajesticDonkey


    Deleted User wrote: »
    No it's [/Thread]
    That's BBCode. </thread> is XML. Obey me, I know what I'm talking about.


  • #8
    humanji
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,976 ✭✭✭✭humanji


    I'm assuming it denotes that a thread can be closed because the best post has been made. In HTML, I think the slash denotes the close of the command.

    Not a particularly witty answer for AH, but there you have it.


  • #9
    kfallon
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 25,775 ✭✭✭✭kfallon


    The 'bang' of Poindexter off this thread is unreal :pac:


  • #10
    MajesticDonkey
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,213 ✭✭✭MajesticDonkey


    humanji wrote: »
    Not a particularly witty answer for AH, but there you have it.
    <thread>witty comment here</thread>

    Now it is! :D


  • #11
    Kenno90
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,184 ✭✭✭Kenno90


    Confab wrote: »
    You really are a very angry man. It comes from HTML coding, eg. [/BODY] or Boards code, eg.

    /thread

    Thats not fair , you edited your post to put in /thread :p


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  • #12
    say_who_now?
    Closed Accounts Posts: 925 ✭✭✭say_who_now?


    MajesticDonkey wrote: »
    Deleted User wrote: »
    No it's [/Thread]
    That's BBCode. </thread> is XML. Obey me, I know what I'm talking about.

    Damn you MD, I was about to say that!


    This could get really annoying but-

    /*thread

    10 GOTO OP


  • #13
    MajesticDonkey
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,213 ✭✭✭MajesticDonkey


    say_who_now? wrote: »
    This could get really annoying but-

    /*thread

    10 GOTO OP
    I concur.


  • #14
    Dave!
    Closed Accounts Posts: 27,857 ✭✭✭✭Dave!


    </pedant>


  • #15
    Duggy747
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,295 ✭✭✭✭Duggy747


    This is how I'd like to finish a thread: :pac:
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4WNyUrAsK1U


  • #16
    PizzamanIRL
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,147 ✭✭✭PizzamanIRL


    End of thread when the mod locks it.


  • #17
    wnolan1992
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,009 ✭✭✭✭wnolan1992


    veryangryman wrote: »
    I could be wrong but /thread doesn't quite compute for me.

    Im guessing the idea came from xml/html where you finish a section with </section>

    Shouldnt we say </thread>

    Sorry for the nerdiness.... Can anyone out-nerd me and explain?



    ................



  • #18
    MajesticDonkey
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,213 ✭✭✭MajesticDonkey


    PizzamanIRL wrote: »
    End of thread when the mod locks it.
    Thanks <member>PizzamanIRL</member>.


  • #19
    RainMaker
    Closed Accounts Posts: 459 ✭✭RainMaker


    Just one of those annoying things that some people do when they've written what they think is a funny/definitive reply along with: 'Nuff said

    It seems people who use these forms of "punctuation" have no grip on reality either, hence these "/thread" or "'Nuff said" remarks usually come after a one word sentence which has little relevance to the OP


  • #20
    MajesticDonkey
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,213 ✭✭✭MajesticDonkey


    RainMaker wrote: »
    Just one of those annoying things that some people do when they've written what they think is a funny/definitive reply along with: 'Nuff said

    It seems people who use these forms of "punctuation" have no grip on reality either, hence these "/thread" or "'Nuff said" remarks usually come after a one word sentence which has little relevance to the OP
    'nuff said.


  • #21
    RainMaker
    Closed Accounts Posts: 459 ✭✭RainMaker


    MajesticDonkey wrote: »
    'nuff said.

    The use of that phrase should warrant an immediate ban! :P


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  • #22
    seven_eleven
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,558 ✭✭✭seven_eleven


    <html>

    hello world

    </hthreadml>


    could be a reference to /quit or /part from irc either etc etc


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