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Old 16-October-2006, 03:46 PM
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i thought he was a she...!?
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Old 16-October-2006, 08:55 PM
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Actually, he's a senior member (I know the memories may be fuzzy, but YOU voted for him), so you can tell him without killing him. Just not here.
The memory must be fuzzy for you, too, since Frog March is right. I'll take your word for the voting though. I'm afraid of what I'll remember if I think too hard about that night.
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Old 16-October-2006, 09:17 PM
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I did know that you(Tobin Dax) where a she but I was referring to Greenfeather who I think is a she too.


I knew I should have made myself clearer.
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Old 16-October-2006, 09:38 PM
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Same here. I haven't gotten any clear indication about greenfeather, who is the one I used the 'he' pronoun in reference to.
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Same here. I haven't gotten any clear indication about greenfeather, who is the one I used the 'he' pronoun in reference to.
Looks female to me.
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I miss the old multi-tier system. It gave me something to look forward to -- getting my post-doc someday. Now I'm just a senior member.
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Old 17-October-2006, 02:09 AM
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I did know that you(Tobin Dax) where a she but I was referring to Greenfeather who I think is a she too.


I knew I should have made myself clearer.
Greenfeather is female. I, however, am not.
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Old 17-October-2006, 12:05 PM
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i have just one question about these senior/junior member "milestones"

why is it so easy to become a senior member, i'd have thought it would take more than 100 posts
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Old 17-October-2006, 12:35 PM
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My understanding is that it reduces the tendency for people to make lots of short content-free posts for the sake of getting to the next level. It also proved to be a sort of false status.
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I've been on this board a few months. I'm astonished to find I'm listed as a Senior Member!! Wow, I'm so flattered. It's not often I get any respect. And I"m not even an astronomer!
It means we consider you an old fogey.
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When a Junior member is approaching his 100th post we hold a big convention of all the senior members at Phil's secret retreat on the Big Island of Hawaii...
There is talk that the location will be changed for the next meeting. The natives complained that the last initiation ceremony - where all the BAUT Senior Members tried to do the hula in unison - caused the island to rock uncontrollably.

(I won't name names, but some of you need to lose weight and gain rhythm.)
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Old 17-October-2006, 04:06 PM
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where all the BAUT Senior Members tried to do the hula in unison - caused the island to rock uncontrollably.
Sad but true. The real tremors were from most of us doing the WAVE while Phil and Fraser were mud-wrestling. My understanding is that the local zoning board is most likely going to let us off with a warning.
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Old 17-October-2006, 04:21 PM
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Oh not the mud wrestling again! I thought we'd voted to stop them two doing that?
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Old 17-October-2006, 04:33 PM
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Greenfeather is female. I, however, am not.
sorry!



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Old 17-October-2006, 05:15 PM
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I don't know where I get these ideas from.
The gorgeous creature in my avatar.
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The gorgeous creature in my avatar.
Of course, my screen name does match my gender.
At least not the Tobin part. Dax, on the other hand is questionable. (but, I'm sure most of you knew that.)
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Old 19-October-2006, 01:45 PM
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My understanding is that it reduces the tendency for people to make lots of short content-free posts for the sake of getting to the next level. It also proved to be a sort of false status.
ah, yes, that makes sense, fair enough
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My understanding is that it reduces the tendency for people to make lots of short content-free posts for the sake of getting to the next level. It also proved to be a sort of false status.
Well, looking at this thread, I can see that plan is working beautifully.
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Well, looking at this thread, I can see that plan is working beautifully.
The idea was to reduce the tendency, not to squash it completely.
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Old 19-October-2006, 09:27 PM
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Sad but true. The real tremors were from most of us doing the WAVE while Phil and Fraser were mud-wrestling. My understanding is that the local zoning board is most likely going to let us off with a warning.
*brrrr* I still have nightmares from that.
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Sad but true. The real tremors were from most of us doing the WAVE while Phil and Fraser were mud-wrestling. My understanding is that the local zoning board is most likely going to let us off with a warning.
Until they found out that the aftershocks caused some astronomical instruments on Mauna Kea to go out of calibration.
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Ok. I see "Senior Member".

How long 'till I get to be a "Disinfo Agent"?
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Ok. I see "Senior Member".

How long 'till I get to be a "Disinfo Agent"?
You'll need a lot more than just a lot of posts.

For one, you have to know the secret handshake...
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Do senior members ever die, or do their post counts just slowly fade away?
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