Thinking out loud...well, typing out loud
 

Here are a few things that have crossed my mind in the year I have been here. Feel free to answer, ponder, or ignore any or all.

Also, feel free to put your own ponderences and or observations in this thread as well.


1. I have heard a lot of people mention 'senior members'. Is there a definition of this? Is it by post count? Is it by time here? Is it by post content? I mean there are people who've been here 3 months, who have 5 times more posts than I do.

2. What is the differenc between being pwned, and being flamed?


Ok, that's all I have right now.:laughing:

I think the answer to the first question is people who have spent more time here. You could come onto the forum and if you are a loser within a week you could have 1,000 posts. That wouldn't really make you a senior member, just a nerd.

And as for the second question, being owned is when you get the upper hand on someone in a situation and make them look stupid. Being flamed is (I think) when you get followed around the forum and argued at. It's a form of spamming, me thinks, only crueller.

So, you have 1,000 more posts than me, in 6 less months. Does that make you a senior member, or a nerd?


BTW, were you just pwned, or flamed?



*edit* Sorry, but you just left it there. I had to.

I was pwned.... Oh my God... you've only just found out the meaning and you have pwned me...

Well, I see a lot I could comment on, but I mostly just stay out of things. I try not to get away from the main idea of this place, which is music.

However, today, it's raining, I am bored, and there is nothing in the new posts I can comment on without making myself look foolish. So, I am goofing off. Starting this thread is a prime example of that. I also posted in one about video games, one in the picture gallery. Boredom. LOL.

haha we love you jr. :)

and senior members is a combination of Time spent here, post content and a little bit of it is post count.

and "pwn" is dominating someone "flame" is like and internet squabble. a pointless arguement that usually spills over into many different threads.

Ok, I have another question....


How do you tell who the moderators are? Do they have any identifying symbols next to their names, or anything like that?

And here is an observance:

The lead solo in ELO's Mr. Blue Sky sounds just like Brian May of Queen.


And one more question:

Am I the only one who is going to try and get this thread rolling?

no but if you look at the people who are on part of the page they're gray.

i thought these were just your own personal questions, not a just wondering type of thread.

why's your avatar a cool ninja-ish guy?

The cool looking Ninja guy is His Holiness the Dalai Lama. And he is cool. LOL.


No, this thread isn't just for me. I just thought it would be a neat place for people to make observations. Not neccesarily all about music. You know, if someone heard a song and said "so and so's voice cracks a little bit on that one word".

Just little observations. Who knows? Maybe someone will learn something.

For instance...I don't know if any of you watch that CSI Miami show, but the red haired guy, as soon as he stops walking, puts his hands on his hips. Every time. Even if you can't see it on the screen, you can see his shoulders go up a little. You know he's doing it. And, once you see it, you can't not see it.

You know something that's exactly like that? The kid in Dazed and Confused, with the long hair. He's constantly squeezing his nose, and once you notice it or someone tells you about it, you notice it every time, just like the hands on the hips.


Anyway, I could easily look this up, I suppose, but I like jr., so I'll help out with his thread. Does anyone know what it means when a movie is shot in letterbox format? Like, what it looks like on screen?

this explains it
http://www.firsttvdrama.com/show2/letterb.php3

will someone tell me what a bollock is. I understand it's a demeaning word apparantly used in the u.k.-ish region but, what exactly does it mean?

Bullshit, roughly.

bollocks = testicles. although i thought that was commonly used out of the uk :S so maybe its something else your refering to.

and yes 'thats a load of bollocks' > ' thats a load of bull****'. also that...

Why do complex chords on guitar normally sound like bullocks (hehe i used bullocks)

well that's nice and all but im afraid its bollocks*

to answer your question what you probably consider to be a complex chord is a chord thats dissinant, like in king kong, chords that sound like they clash, therefore far more difficult to put into sequence, to they can alot of the time end up sounding like absolute bollocks.

i need to know how to take a screen shot quickly... anybody?

in refrence to Jrs question, i beleive the Mods names are bold and blueish....

Why are drive-thru ATM's equipped with Braille lettering?

http://musicbanter.com/showgroups.php?

They're names are also colored, and the Admins are bolded.
& I agree with what rise said, except I more see flaming as just straight out insulting (you stupid f*cktard, etc..). Cause I really don't see it as flaming if its like just pointless arguing, cause it could still be done in a nice manner if its pointless arguing. Its when it gets nasty I consider it flaming.

can i need a favor maybe.

I'm a rather big 'Saves the Day' fan and i've been for some reason noticing some weird things about there album 'through being cool' and well the point:

the song: The Last Lie I Told

the intro to that song, just the sound of the instruments it sounds just like another song. And i know this other song is newer and so they must be ripping off Saves the Day. My problem? i can't figure out what band it is that has the same intro to one of there songs and its bugging the hell out of me. I'm thinking that it could possibly be a pop punk group but i can't be sure. hmm if anyone else has noticed this please help find out what song is like 'the last lie i told'.

thanks

A question for jr. are you an ELO fan?

You stole mine!
1. they cant drive
2. they cant read the screen to push the number

what does atm stand for?
automated teller machine?

everything is meaningless, even the fact that everything is meaningless is meaningless. wee.

which came first the colour orange or the fruit?

And when they're constructing, it's called a building. So when it's complete why is it not called a built?

Metallica-...And Justice For All doesnt have any bass just muted guitar.

if progress means to move foward then shouldn't congress mean to move backwards?

What's tosser mean?

erm....basically you use it in the same context as you would a wanker.

if your tossing yourself off your wanking and it can be used as an insult in the same context as wanker too.:)

whatever happened to simply terms like 'shit head'

I think it's cool im going to start calling my friends bollocks and tossers while informing them that cream soda is pretty ace. That's my favorite English thing, that's ace.

In some senses it does.

:bowdown: this one's getting ready to demonstrate...

heh i just watched the simpsons portrayal of jolly old england, aparently we all live in medieval times and have an accent i've never even heard before :S

You dont really do that?!

Come on, its brilliant, that's the one where they spend ages on a roundabout right? Fantastic. If you've seen the one they did about Australia then I think it shows how much they love the Brits really.

My accent does actually sound a lot like the American impression of a British accent, which is worrying...

i didn't say it was a bad thing :D it was one of the best episodes ever, next to the one i just watched with ricky gervais in it.

The very though is making me moist.

he has his own little song for marge and everything, its fu.cking brilliant.:laughing:

Right, that's it, you've instilled in me so much national pride I'm starting a bless/bash Britain thread.

another question

Who exactly is St. George and what did he do?