So what differences have you noticed since it's working again
it's a little faster, so I guess they've migrated the servers and the dog icon has gone.
( fuck shit up the best you never had, Tue 23 Jun 2009, 10:05, 119 replies, latest was 16 years ago)

I'd put money on new server

( Captain V, Tue 23 Jun 2009, 10:08, Reply)

I've noticed
That I've now got Moderator Status, and that when I type all of the letters are gold and sparkling.
( Cawl, Tue 23 Jun 2009, 10:11, Reply)

Gay!

( girlinthehole, Tue 23 Jun 2009, 10:11, Reply)

What's wrong with that?
I don't think we like your disgusting prejudice here any more. This is b3ta 2.0
No time for bigots.
( Cawl, Tue 23 Jun 2009, 10:13, Reply)

It's an observation more than an insult.
Can I be your faghag?
( girlinthehole, Tue 23 Jun 2009, 10:15, Reply)

Perhaps not bigots
But there's plenty of time for people like me that think this "web 2.0" rubbish needs to die especially the people who support it.

Even more so the people that teach it...
( Captain V, Tue 23 Jun 2009, 10:20, Reply)

Oooo
I am a grumpy fuck this morning.
( Captain V, Tue 23 Jun 2009, 10:21, Reply)

Oh no it's happening
I'm turning in to gonz!
( Captain V, Tue 23 Jun 2009, 10:21, Reply)

Oh...
I think you should leave for a while.
Quarantine.
( Cawl, Tue 23 Jun 2009, 10:24, Reply)

Now I've got Rimmer stuck in my head
And he's wearing a dress. These are not sexy thoughts!
( Captain V, Tue 23 Jun 2009, 10:26, Reply)

A rimmer?
That's a little rude. I'm sure CHCB is lovely really.

Actually, you're likely to be right in this case.
( Cawl, Tue 23 Jun 2009, 10:29, Reply)

Right about what?
You do realise I was referring to Red Dwarf right?
( Captain V, Tue 23 Jun 2009, 10:32, Reply)

Yeah.
Durrr!
( Cawl, Tue 23 Jun 2009, 10:32, Reply)

Just checking!
/not entirely with it today
( Captain V, Tue 23 Jun 2009, 10:33, Reply)

Awh, how come?

( Cawl, Tue 23 Jun 2009, 10:36, Reply)

Fuck knows
I'm a grumpy cunt today. I'm taking everything much more seriously than normal and feeling a touch on the manic side but it's not the enabling kind of manic :(
( Captain V, Tue 23 Jun 2009, 10:38, Reply)

That sucks.
Was it a week today for Super-Happy-Interesting-Time, by the way?
( Cawl, Tue 23 Jun 2009, 10:40, Reply)

Yea why not
I had said 2 so that I'll have been paid but fuck it I get paid a week Wednesday. One day before payday is fine =D
( Captain V, Tue 23 Jun 2009, 10:43, Reply)

Whoops!
Well, we'll see what the situation is next week eh?
I'm a bit retarbed when it comes to remembering dates.
I KNOW it's a Tuesday. But WHICH Tuesday is a mystery to me.
( Cawl, Tue 23 Jun 2009, 10:44, Reply)

Sounds good to me

( Captain V, Tue 23 Jun 2009, 10:49, Reply)

Quickly V ! Remind yourself that in coding practices, the W3C Standards are irrelivent to good website aimed at your customers !
WOOOH THERE, YOU'VE GONE TO FAR, YOU'VE USED FLASH AS A MAIN COMPONENT !
( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Tue 23 Jun 2009, 10:31, Reply)

But I like flashing :(

( Captain V, Tue 23 Jun 2009, 10:34, Reply)

Oh man, you're not thinking of your SEO.
Won't somebody think of the targets !
( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Tue 23 Jun 2009, 10:39, Reply)

I'm sorry Mr very important businessman
I will take time to purify myself of these well thought out practices and convert to the way of the initialisms, acronyms and weasel words.
( Captain V, Tue 23 Jun 2009, 10:42, Reply)

Great, now let's Bluesky Project Pub, I'll get my people to call your people to see if we can synagize our iCals,
It's all Srs Bzns.

Actually, on a side note, I actually had to use the world "Creative Process" a couple of days ago, as a client hasn't stopped calling me every 12 hours since we signed up for a job, I told him how he can't rush design work like this, and it'll be ready when I said it'll be.
( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Tue 23 Jun 2009, 10:52, Reply)

Twice a day?
Not too bad.
Try every 15 minutes.
That's enough to try even my near-limitless patience.
( Cawl, Tue 23 Jun 2009, 10:55, Reply)

I'm tempted to update him with pointless jargin when I get to the development stage.
"YEah', yeah', I'm just call on the db.mysql.class.php right now, yeah', I've made an incidance of it now, yeah', calling on the Insert function, yeah', using Sprintf to sanitise the query, yup, collecting results now. Damn, left out a percent charactor. Ok, fixed, now updating query, ok, got the results I want. Yup, passing them through to the template instance. Cool, now I'm making a table with three columns, no wa......etc"
( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Tue 23 Jun 2009, 10:59, Reply)

Haha!
Just give him a twitter-style stream of consciousness.
Serve him right!
( Cawl, Tue 23 Jun 2009, 11:02, Reply)

You? Near limitless patience?
Surely not!
( Captain V, Tue 23 Jun 2009, 11:00, Reply)

I've beaten Saints
In patience-contests.
( Cawl, Tue 23 Jun 2009, 11:03, Reply)

Only by cheating
You left an innocent child nearby knowing full well that they'd be unable to control their urges.
( Captain V, Tue 23 Jun 2009, 11:05, Reply)

Not cheating!
A win's a win!
( Cawl, Tue 23 Jun 2009, 11:09, Reply)

you are an argument
for less user generated content, true.
( crackhouseceilidhband Fuck off back to Mumsnet, Tue 23 Jun 2009, 10:21, Reply)

Bah
I meant the terminology and general feeling that, whatever web 2.0 really is, it's somehow better than everything else. Always.

/needs to lighten up today
( Captain V, Tue 23 Jun 2009, 10:24, Reply)

'sup, homes?

( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Tue 23 Jun 2009, 10:42, Reply)

'sup Clive?

( Cawl, Tue 23 Jun 2009, 10:43, Reply)

Yo Barry

( Captain V, Tue 23 Jun 2009, 10:44, Reply)

Roota was saying yesterday that there's
A place called Clive too.
( Cawl, Tue 23 Jun 2009, 10:45, Reply)

Yeah there is!
It's this:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clive,_Shropshire
( Cawl, Tue 23 Jun 2009, 10:46, Reply)

Cool, thanks :D

( Cawl, Tue 23 Jun 2009, 10:46, Reply)

Oh no it's spreading
Is there no cure to Gonz disease?!
( Captain V, Tue 23 Jun 2009, 10:48, Reply)

No there isn't
I'm sorry for your loss.
( Captain V, Tue 23 Jun 2009, 10:48, Reply)

it's like Monkey Rapture

( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Tue 23 Jun 2009, 10:55, Reply)

Mynkiy Rupptore?

( Cawl, Tue 23 Jun 2009, 11:00, Reply)

that's right

( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Tue 23 Jun 2009, 11:05, Reply)

Minnie Ripperton
aaaaaaaaaaaaaaah
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Tue 23 Jun 2009, 11:31, Reply)

I think we ought to find them
All of the towns named after 'blokes'.
Barry, Clive, do you think there's a Nigel?
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Tue 23 Jun 2009, 10:47, Reply)

...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen,_Minnesota
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_District
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David,_Kentucky
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boris_(crater)
( Cawl, Tue 23 Jun 2009, 10:53, Reply)

Well done!
I think we should arrange an expedition. If OT went on an expedition anywhere, it would be to a town named after a bloke.
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Tue 23 Jun 2009, 10:55, Reply)

Apart from Boris.
I've not got funds for a trip to the moon.
( Cawl, Tue 23 Jun 2009, 11:00, Reply)

Kaol?

( thealternativefact, Tue 23 Jun 2009, 10:49, Reply)

Yeah?

( Cawl, Tue 23 Jun 2009, 10:51, Reply)

You're a MOD now, right?
And King of OT?
( thealternativefact, Tue 23 Jun 2009, 10:52, Reply)

He's NEVAH a Mod.

(Slip Digby is a meat puppet, Tue 23 Jun 2009, 10:53, Reply)

Are you Val Kilmer as Doc Holliday?

(Flid James carry on, mongs, Tue 23 Jun 2009, 11:16, Reply)

I am.
You better have your worshippin' hat on.
( Cawl, Tue 23 Jun 2009, 10:53, Reply)

So if you're those things
and you spend all your hours on here and have made loads of new friends blah blah blah
WHY HAVEN'T YOU SHELLED OUT MONEY FOR AN ICON YOU TIGHT BASTARD?
( thealternativefact, Tue 23 Jun 2009, 10:54, Reply)

How much is an icon?
from what can one choooose?
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Tue 23 Jun 2009, 10:56, Reply)

It's however much you want to pay.
A choice of icons will appear on your 'update profile' page.
( thealternativefact, Tue 23 Jun 2009, 10:58, Reply)

You just donate whatever you wish.

( girlinthehole, Tue 23 Jun 2009, 10:58, Reply)

but hasn't everybody already chosen then best ones?
I think I'd like a sugar dummy.
So, like a tenner?
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Tue 23 Jun 2009, 11:00, Reply)

You can have the same icon as someone else.
And you can only choose from a small group although more are added now and then.

A tenner sounds about right.
( girlinthehole, Tue 23 Jun 2009, 11:02, Reply)

cheers!
I'm off to get tea and toast...
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Tue 23 Jun 2009, 11:03, Reply)

'cos I don't have a debit card or paypal?
Also, I have a Mod icon. Only other Mods can see it.
( Cawl, Tue 23 Jun 2009, 10:56, Reply)

You're just a tight bastard.
Shame on you.
( thealternativefact, Tue 23 Jun 2009, 10:57, Reply)

LOL, EMPEROR'S NEW CLOTHES SYNDROME.

(Slip Digby is a meat puppet, Tue 23 Jun 2009, 10:57, Reply)

Better than DOWNS SYNDROME,
Mongo!
( Cawl, Tue 23 Jun 2009, 10:58, Reply)

You've been exposed as a fraud
and a cheat, sir.
I must ask you to leave.
( thealternativefact, Tue 23 Jun 2009, 10:59, Reply)

Oh shit.
Now I know how Edmund felt.
You can take my dignity, BUT YOU CAN NEVER TAKE MY WIVES!
( Cawl, Tue 23 Jun 2009, 11:01, Reply)

Hahaha!
Wins the internet.
( girlinthehole, Tue 23 Jun 2009, 11:02, Reply)

lolz

( fuck shit up the best you never had, Tue 23 Jun 2009, 11:03, Reply)

Watch it, you'll be deleting threads next
on your way to the south pole in your jet, etc.
(Slip Digby is a meat puppet, Tue 23 Jun 2009, 11:06, Reply)

But wait!
I have to perform an operation first!
(Flid James carry on, mongs, Tue 23 Jun 2009, 11:08, Reply)

INCOMING!

( Cawl, Tue 23 Jun 2009, 11:10, Reply)

O SHIT, NOT AGAIN!
*flashbacks to a war I was never in*
(Slip Digby is a meat puppet, Tue 23 Jun 2009, 11:11, Reply)

Is this ever gonna get old?

( Cawl, Tue 23 Jun 2009, 11:13, Reply)

Hell no

( fuck shit up the best you never had, Tue 23 Jun 2009, 11:13, Reply)

Probably not.
People still laugh about that bellend Stig bloke.
(Flid James carry on, mongs, Tue 23 Jun 2009, 11:14, Reply)

Pffft!
A fair point indeed.
Do you think there's some kind of "I'm too socially loathsome, even for b3ta" club?
Stig and Gayer just sit around awkwardly.
( Cawl, Tue 23 Jun 2009, 11:18, Reply)

And Bert,
presumably.
(Flid James carry on, mongs, Tue 23 Jun 2009, 11:19, Reply)

Nah,
I think he's given up the internet entirely.
He was pretty broken in the head though.
( Cawl, Tue 23 Jun 2009, 11:24, Reply)

Not literally I hope
(Flid James carry on, mongs, Tue 23 Jun 2009, 11:25, Reply)

How very fucking dare you?
I'll put up with a lot, but I won't stand for being mentioned in the same breath as Stig.
(Edmund has no idea what you mean, Tue 23 Jun 2009, 11:19, Reply)

Why not?
We put up with you.
( fuck shit up the best you never had, Tue 23 Jun 2009, 11:20, Reply)

I'd hardly call this tolerance.
You'll feel bad when I cure diabetes. And cat AIDS.
(Edmund has no idea what you mean, Tue 23 Jun 2009, 11:26, Reply)

Oh get to fuck you lying scumbag

( fuck shit up the best you never had, Tue 23 Jun 2009, 11:30, Reply)

Be nice to him.
He earns LOADS of money.
( thealternativefact, Tue 23 Jun 2009, 11:35, Reply)

Well how else are you expected to run a jet, eh?
WAR HEROS are looked after in GREYT BRITTUN.
(Slip Digby is a meat puppet, Tue 23 Jun 2009, 11:37, Reply)

And yet is too cheap to buy an icon
Might show you his cock for free though
( fuck shit up the best you never had, Tue 23 Jun 2009, 11:46, Reply)

Christ, looks like these fantasists are everywhere
www.broadcastnow.co.uk/news/multi-platform/news/sas-faker-to-head-c4-first-cut-doc-strand/5001585.article
(MoistTickle we are legion, Tue 23 Jun 2009, 11:48, Reply)

I was in 'the Regiment', thank you.
Me and Tucker and Ginger and Corky. We went in to the Iranian Embassy back in '80. I killed seven terrorists dead with a single thought, that's how hard I am.
(Slip Digby is a meat puppet, Tue 23 Jun 2009, 11:54, Reply)

I honda accorded eight terrorists last night
that's how ninja I am
( fuck shit up the best you never had, Tue 23 Jun 2009, 11:58, Reply)

Will you marry me?

(Flid James carry on, mongs, Tue 23 Jun 2009, 11:21, Reply)

Get in line, none of his divorces are final yet

( fuck shit up the best you never had, Tue 23 Jun 2009, 11:23, Reply)

Pwned!

(Slip Digby is a meat puppet, Tue 23 Jun 2009, 11:24, Reply)

It's OK.
Commitment scares me.
Especially to the committed.
(Flid James carry on, mongs, Tue 23 Jun 2009, 11:26, Reply)

So?
I'm already a bigamist, might as well be hung for a sheep as a lamb.
(Edmund has no idea what you mean, Tue 23 Jun 2009, 11:29, Reply)

Steady on now!
Let's get to know each other a little bit first. How about I gaz you a picture of my cock?
(Edmund has no idea what you mean, Tue 23 Jun 2009, 11:27, Reply)

Will I be able to see tears of woe upon it?

(Flid James carry on, mongs, Tue 23 Jun 2009, 11:30, Reply)

Of course not.

It'll be tasteful.
(Edmund has no idea what you mean, Tue 23 Jun 2009, 11:31, Reply)

WTF IS GOING ON HERE?

( thealternativefact, Tue 23 Jun 2009, 11:32, Reply)

Would you like one too?

(Edmund has no idea what you mean, Tue 23 Jun 2009, 11:33, Reply)

*cries*

( thealternativefact, Tue 23 Jun 2009, 11:34, Reply)

You made Clendrix cry
YOU UTTER CUNT.
( fuck shit up the best you never had, Tue 23 Jun 2009, 11:51, Reply)

Never.
Ever.

Ever.

Well, until a bigger lying prick turns up on the internet anyway, so it shouldn't be too long now.
(Slip Digby is a meat puppet, Tue 23 Jun 2009, 11:17, Reply)

I am Jeremy Clarkson.

(Flid James carry on, mongs, Tue 23 Jun 2009, 11:17, Reply)

No you're not.
I can tell, becase you haven't run around yelling "POWERRRRRRR!"

Honestly.
(Slip Digby is a meat puppet, Tue 23 Jun 2009, 11:25, Reply)

I'm actually quite normal at home.

(Flid James carry on, mongs, Tue 23 Jun 2009, 11:31, Reply)

On your shitty knees

( fuck shit up the best you never had, Tue 23 Jun 2009, 11:10, Reply)

OK
But first, tell me that you love me.
(Flid James carry on, mongs, Tue 23 Jun 2009, 11:12, Reply)

die for me first

( fuck shit up the best you never had, Tue 23 Jun 2009, 11:14, Reply)

How shall I go?

(Flid James carry on, mongs, Tue 23 Jun 2009, 11:22, Reply)

Poison

( fuck shit up the best you never had, Tue 23 Jun 2009, 11:22, Reply)

*sings*
Unskinny Bop, just blows me away
(Flid James carry on, mongs, Tue 23 Jun 2009, 11:24, Reply)

Is it a gold star?
I mean, like one hitler made the jews wear, rather than the one your mum put up on your wallchart.
( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Tue 23 Jun 2009, 11:01, Reply)

Nah.
It's like a Sheriff's badge with an "M" on it.
( Cawl, Tue 23 Jun 2009, 11:04, Reply)

rusty sheriff's badge?

( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Tue 23 Jun 2009, 11:05, Reply)

Nope.
It shines silver like a bullet in the heart of a werewolf.
( Cawl, Tue 23 Jun 2009, 11:07, Reply)

Ewww
*feels sick*
( thealternativefact, Tue 23 Jun 2009, 11:07, Reply)