where is everyone gone???

Rabies

is it just me or does any one else notice that since college finished the traffic on boards is reduced.

there are a lot less posts, as of right now there is nearly one and a half hours between the first and last posts on the front page "Latest 20 Threads from Bulletin and Community Boards"

bombidol

I noticed that the last while alright, nobody here anymore, Wahoo!!! ......Runs around naked......



bomb:D

WhiteWashMan

no one bothers to post becuase boneidle always seems to be waiting to give his opinion on every subject.
so we cant post becuase we are too busy laughing at his hilarious replies.

bombidol

oh god..not again....

koneko

lol @ wwm. you funny bitch.


It has been a little quiet alright. I think it's finally happened. People have run out of things to talk about.

azezil

only my second summer here but if i remember correctly last summer was quite enough too... actually the only time i posted was to ask how to fix something (was on work placement)

Rabies

i'm still pretty much a (hate to say it but) "newbie", only started using boards in March so i think there is huge drop in usage. dunno what is like every other summer....

Lump

Hey, when I'm in college I get to use boards less. Wait till I get back to Ireland I can actually access the internet at night. Oh dear god the prospect.


John

Victor

where is everyone gone???

Exams, holidays, football, no free net access in college.

Kalina

It's easy to post up in college, it passes the time when you're stuck in a stupid programming practical or whatever. At home I spend a lot less time online and as this post has pointed out traffic in general on the boards is a lot lighter so there are far less topics to reply to.

OLDYELLAR

i am still here! well most days anyway at some stage or another , it was great in colege with the free access and all but nowadays the ould phone bills are wrecking my fun .

Monty - the one and only

Its always quiet during the summer months...

DRakE

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BuffyBot

*sings* Where has everybody gone?

God, you would swear people have jobs or something!

mike65

The collapse in traffic has confimed everything I suspected about the typical boards member - that they are students who never spend thier own money on net access! The society boards have nearly ground to a halt now massive posts have to be written
on members own time.

Mike.

elexes

when i was in collage i would post about 20 times a day . now that im working i do it maby 3 times that depending on the day

TacT

well then there'll always be annoying lil runts like me who have net access in both jobs so...........post post post.........*me does a naked dance to liven up the tumbleweeds drifting by

Lump

HE HE, I'lkl be on during the summer lots, some of us still have No limits


HA HA HA HA


John

Littletinyman

Lump, I hate you.

El Marco

Well I don't mind the slow down. Cause with a drought in the boards, the summer months are usually quite busy in irc.

Crash

hehe, i'l actually be online more during the summer. nearly empty T1 connection for 3 weeks!


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BuffyBot

Post, Post whereever you may be,
Cos I'm the lord of the bandwith you see,
I'm got no work, so I'm sittin on me diddle-y..

Hmmm wonder if my singing has anything to do with the drop in post volumes

OLDYELLAR

Its your singing that keeps me going BuffyBoy!

strat

still ere
posting mostly from work
i was online for abotu 10 hours in total last summer
it wasent pretty

this time i have a job and can keep on top of the fone bill

Kolodny

Still here too. But unfortunately I have one of those jobs that gets very busing during the summer, so posting during the day doesn't happen as much as it used to.

Btw, can I just say I'm impressed with the amount of naked people running around here... can anyone join in?

BuffyBot

I think me naked would be enough to close down boards forever....the bandwith alone for my ass would be exorbitant

SYL

I post from work so I'll be a permanent fixture for the 'summer' (term used lightly). I'll be heading back to Uni as a mature student in September, but should still have time to offer my 2 cents here from time to time.

It has gotten very quiet in here though.

Ruaidhri

Originally posted by Kolodny

Btw, can I just say I'm impressed with the amount of naked people running around here... can anyone join in?

huh huh,huh huh huh. you said join huh huh huh....
/lapses into beavis and butthead mode

OLDYELLAR

I want a job with free internet access , help me !!!oh yeah im here again , hello all !

azezil

find a cyber café! emmm free net access on slightly better than home speeds!

leeroybrown

Just as I'm coming back to boards following a FYP/Exam related absence of two months I find the useage tailing off.

I've still got college net access but no home dial up when I'm in Galway. Its a pain in the ass the only time I can get on at night is if i go home. Despite the pitifully slow speeds I really miss dialing up late at night.

BuffyBot

Originally posted by OLDYELLAR
I want a job with free internet access , help me !!!oh yeah im here again , hello all !

Yes a job like that must be good...ooh it is

leeroybrown

I had a job like that for 5 months last year ... work placement!

But the great thing (not from a work experience point of view of course) was that I wasn't actually doing any work. IR£230 per week to come in for 39 hours and browse the internet. I came in for 8 hours Monday to Thursday but I used to take a lot of Fridays off. Took about 2 hours of breakfast/lunch/tea breaks every day.

So much for being a co-op working as an "Integration and Test Engineer" then!

To keep this on topic ... that was when I signed up for boards ... and it was quiter back then a bit like now!