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31-12-2010 11:05PM#1Hi all
Recently I posted a question in the all things retro forum.
It was about a film that I asked to be identified.
A kind soul recommend that I post the query in the films forum.
I did this, and the query was answered within 15 minutes,
with the title of the film and a link to a youtube trailer.
This put to bed one of the longest "what was that called?"
searches I've ever had.
I saw this film in approx 1993 and have been searching for it ever since.
It's not an obsession or anything, every few months I'd do a
Compuserve / Lycos / Yahoo! / Infoseek / Dogpile / Magellan / IMDB / Google search for it
and always came up empty.
But then boards.ie came along. This is what's great about this site, people
chatting and talking and helping each other with life's little queries.
My reason for posting this message is that unfortunately, not everyone
on boards.ie sees the site as the great Irish treasure-trove of information
and entertainment that it is.
Some people will be rude to seemingly innocent or newbie questions asked
in "their" forums.
Now I know, that it takes all sorts, and that some people are "immature" and
what have you. But I really think if you are going to post a reply to someone,
if they have asked a genuine question, don't just take the mick out of them.
If the thread is a funny one, that it's open season. But not in threads about
"how do I get Excel to do ...?" or topics like "Does anyone know how to...?"
This dilutes the quality of boards.ie threads and only pushes people back out
onto Google, to start searching all again. They will inevitabely be sent to some
bobs-super-e-how-knowledge-barn.commm advice site that are ten
for a penny out there in cyberspace and are always a load of flashy advertising
and broken paragraphs.
Boards.ie is frequently name checked in the media - radio stations often say that
"there is a lot of talk about this issue on boards.ie" when they
are talking about the issues of the day. I've heard it mentioned on
topics as diverse as shopping for childrens prams to traffic congestion
to politics and back again.
This is how useful this site can be.
I guess I just want more quality threads that will stop people from Ireland
(and beyond) blindly channel-surfing the internet for anwsers to all the
questions that need to be answered.
We all win when we work together.
Thank you, rant over
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barneysplash wrote: »Hi all
Recently I posted a question in the all things retro forum.
It was about a film that I asked to be identified.
A kind soul recommend that I post the query in the films forum.
I did this, and the query was answered within 15 minutes,
with the title of the film and a link to a youtube trailer.
This put to bed one of the longest "what was that called?"
searches I've ever had.
I saw this film in approx 1993 and have been searching for it ever since.
It's not an obsession or anything, every few months I'd do a
Compuserve / Lycos / Yahoo! / Infoseek / Dogpile / Magellan / IMDB / Google search for it
and always came up empty.
But then boards.ie came along. This is what's great about this site, people
chatting and talking and helping each other with life's little queries.
My reason for posting this message is that unfortunately, not everyone
on boards.ie sees the site as the great Irish treasure-trove of information
and entertainment that it is.
Some people will be rude to seemingly innocent or newbie questions asked
in "their" forums.
Now I know, that it takes all sorts, and that some people are "immature" and
what have you. But I really think if you are going to post a reply to someone,
if they have asked a genuine question, don't just take the mick out of them.
If the thread is a funny one, that it's open season. But not in threads about
"how do I get Excel to do ...?" or topics like "Does anyone know how to...?"
This dilutes the quality of boards.ie threads and only pushes people back out
onto Google, to start searching all again. They will inevitabely be sent to some
bobs-super-e-how-knowledge-barn.commm advice site that are ten
for a penny out there in cyberspace and are always a load of flashy advertising
and broken paragraphs.
Boards.ie is frequently name checked in the media - radio stations often say that
"there is a lot of talk about this issue on boards.ie" when they
are talking about the issues of the day. I've heard it mentioned on
topics as diverse as shopping for childrens prams to traffic congestion
to politics and back again.
This is how useful this site can be.
I guess I just want more quality threads that will stop people from Ireland
(and beyond) blindly channel-surfing the internet for anwsers to all the
questions that need to be answered.
We all win when we work together.
Thank you, rant over
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I know I'm setting myself up for a serious slagging by posting this in
After Hours. No bother, I'm up for a laugh and love a bit of banter.
I just wanted to reach as many heads as possible.
If I can reach one person and prevent them from replying to one
thread with a smarmy comeback instead of good advice, (or saying nothing)
then I will have succeeded. 0 -
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good post.. fair play to you OP...
I agree with you..
I vaguely remember asking a question in another forum thread a good while back...
To say I was completely ignored would be a vast understatement...
I actually deleted my post after a day I was mightily pissed off, I won't be going to that forum again..
But a little kindness goes a long way...
But I must say that the majority of people on here will go out of their way to help others.
THANK YOU to all the boardsies who have made me laugh, smile, cry, mad, and made me into the multi skilled technical computer wizard that I am nowwell I can add pics now 0 -
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barneysplash wrote: »Hi all
Recently I posted a question in the all things retro forum.
It was about a film that I asked to be identified.
A kind soul recommend that I post the query in the films forum.
I did this, and the query was answered within 15 minutes,
with the title of the film and a link to a youtube trailer.
This put to bed one of the longest "what was that called?"
searches I've ever had.
I saw this film in approx 1993 and have been searching for it ever since.
It's not an obsession or anything, every few months I'd do a
Compuserve / Lycos / Yahoo! / Infoseek / Dogpile / Magellan / IMDB / Google search for it
and always came up empty.
But then boards.ie came along. This is what's great about this site, people
chatting and talking and helping each other with life's little queries.
My reason for posting this message is that unfortunately, not everyone
on boards.ie sees the site as the great Irish treasure-trove of information
and entertainment that it is.
Some people will be rude to seemingly innocent or newbie questions asked
in "their" forums.
Now I know, that it takes all sorts, and that some people are "immature" and
what have you. But I really think if you are going to post a reply to someone,
if they have asked a genuine question, don't just take the mick out of them.
If the thread is a funny one, that it's open season. But not in threads about
"how do I get Excel to do ...?" or topics like "Does anyone know how to...?"
This dilutes the quality of boards.ie threads and only pushes people back out
onto Google, to start searching all again. They will inevitabely be sent to some
bobs-super-e-how-knowledge-barn.commm advice site that are ten
for a penny out there in cyberspace and are always a load of flashy advertising
and broken paragraphs.
Boards.ie is frequently name checked in the media - radio stations often say that
"there is a lot of talk about this issue on boards.ie" when they
are talking about the issues of the day. I've heard it mentioned on
topics as diverse as shopping for childrens prams to traffic congestion
to politics and back again.
This is how useful this site can be.
I guess I just want more quality threads that will stop people from Ireland
(and beyond) blindly channel-surfing the internet for anwsers to all the
questions that need to be answered.
We all win when we work together.
Thank you, rant over
tl;dr
(sorry first time to use that, had to, just had to..)
After Hours responds by saying....
What was the bleeding film?
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barneysplash wrote: »Hi all
Recently I posted a question in the all things retro forum.
It was about a film that I asked to be identified.
A kind soul recommend that I post the query in the films forum.
I did this, and the query was answered within 15 minutes,
with the title of the film and a link to a youtube trailer.
This put to bed one of the longest "what was that called?"
searches I've ever had.
I saw this film in approx 1993 and have been searching for it ever since.
It's not an obsession or anything, every few months I'd do a
Compuserve / Lycos / Yahoo! / Infoseek / Dogpile / Magellan / IMDB / Google search for it
and always came up empty.
But then boards.ie came along. This is what's great about this site, people
chatting and talking and helping each other with life's little queries.
My reason for posting this message is that unfortunately, not everyone
on boards.ie sees the site as the great Irish treasure-trove of information
and entertainment that it is.
Some people will be rude to seemingly innocent or newbie questions asked
in "their" forums.
Now I know, that it takes all sorts, and that some people are "immature" and
what have you. But I really think if you are going to post a reply to someone,
if they have asked a genuine question, don't just take the mick out of them.
If the thread is a funny one, that it's open season. But not in threads about
"how do I get Excel to do ...?" or topics like "Does anyone know how to...?"
This dilutes the quality of boards.ie threads and only pushes people back out
onto Google, to start searching all again. They will inevitabely be sent to some
bobs-super-e-how-knowledge-barn.commm advice site that are ten
for a penny out there in cyberspace and are always a load of flashy advertising
and broken paragraphs.
Boards.ie is frequently name checked in the media - radio stations often say that
"there is a lot of talk about this issue on boards.ie" when they
are talking about the issues of the day. I've heard it mentioned on
topics as diverse as shopping for childrens prams to traffic congestion
to politics and back again.
This is how useful this site can be.
I guess I just want more quality threads that will stop people from Ireland
(and beyond) blindly channel-surfing the internet for anwsers to all the
questions that need to be answered.
We all win when we work together.
Thank you, rant over
You forgot to mention something about having an onion tied to your belt?.0 -
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All the same, depends on the question, if the question really is serious ya can tell and I wouldn't try and take the p1ss, but sometimes ya do think 'why post this on AH?' when there's almost definitely a dedicated forum for it on boards where ya know for certain ya won't be joked about. I posted serious questions elsewhere on boards and got helpful replies from nice people, I come to AH for a laugh and a bit of slagging mostly and sometimes the discussion turns more serious, that's just AH.barneysplash wrote: »I know I'm setting myself up for a serious slagging by posting this in
After Hours. No bother, I'm up for a laugh and love a bit of banter.
I just wanted to reach as many heads as possible.
If I can reach one person and prevent them from replying to one
thread with a smarmy comeback instead of good advice, (or saying nothing)
then I will have succeeded.0 -
All the same, depends on the question, if the question really is serious ya can tell and I wouldn't try and take the p1ss, but sometimes ya do think 'why post this on AH?' when there's almost definitely a dedicated forum for it on boards where ya know for certain ya won't be joked about. I posted serious questions elsewhere on boards and got helpful replies from nice people, I come to AH for a laugh and a bit of slagging mostly and sometimes the discussion turns more serious, that's just AH.
Yeah, I'm the same dude.
I mean, when you post a technical question in some forums, you either
get completely ignored, or some "expert" starts making smart-ass repies.
I find this is the case in the Computer + Technology forums, many of
these threads show no mercy to people who don't know what
a ASUS MB running at 2.4 GHz on a modded gaming rig is.
They can be very elitist and snobby, I find anyway. And it is in these
areas that people are most likely to want to search the site for
technical information and advice on specific problems, instead of having
to use Google to find a hundred "Free PC advice" sites.
I was inspired by the help given to me to identify the below film.
So, I spend a good 30 minutes crafting a thread about a set of
story books that a teacher used to read to use in primary school
back in the 1980s.
I posted this up in the All Things Retro forum, in the hope that someone
else doing a search to identify these books would find an answer.
Here is the post :
http://boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2056126690
The films I posted up about was called "Starcrossed"
It wasn't very good, I probably built it up to be great in my head, over
the years of trying to find out what it was. Not to worry, it was super-cool
how another user of boards identified it so quick, and was so kind to
post up the below information :
Starcrossed
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barneysplash wrote: »
We all win when we work together.
Thank you, rant over
Most cringeworthy post I've ever read, what multinational organisation have you worked for that has your head so full of "lets all be the best", "go team" bullsh*t?!?
Seriously, it's just a website...
"Make boards the best", will you take your head out of your rectum???0 -
TeddyTedson wrote: »AGHHGHGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH. Look at the OP's post count! :eek::eek::eek:
It's 2011 not 2012 isn't it!
Ha ha I only copped that myself.
That's the first seal broken to unleash hellHellFireClub wrote: »Most cringeworthy post I've ever read, what multinational organisation have you worked for that has your head so full of "lets all be the best", "go team" bullsh*t?!?
Seriously, it's just a website...
"Make boards the best", will you take your head out of your rectum???
It's a class feeling when you do a search on boards and find not only what you were
looking for, but the opinions of everyone out there, like your good self.
"If you like this film, you'll love this one..."
"That happened to me, I fixed it by..."
"You should try this sauce with that dish..."
That's what makes boards so good.0 -
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TeddyTedson wrote: »666 posts and then the hellfireclub starts posting! I'm off to the local church for safety from the deceiver!
lmfao here hahaha!
:D:D Don't turn on the TV, david Ike will be on haha! ;-)
Or worse again, Joe Coleman!0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h3CuD8PYSmI
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