This thread is designed so I can make a useless post, to remove the message

That is all, I'm off to play warcraft, world of

(Actually, I'll lurk for a while first)

Pete

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There's so much I don't know about astrophysics. I wish I had read that book by that wheelchair guy.

See, but now you're here and saying hello. :-) Happy zerging.

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I do say stuff, just not as much anymore...I've become less verbose, even on another board I belong to....(shocking, I konw...I go to another board...even besides apollohoax!)

Pete

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PJE

There's so much I don't know about astrophysics. I wish I had read that book by that wheelchair guy.

Shall we maintain this as a thread for lurkers to delurk (briefly) and then disappear again?

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Everything I need to know I learned through Googling.

Word doesn't mean what I thought it did:

lurk v.i. [ME, lurken], 1. to stay hidden, ready to attack. 2. to move furtively. -lurker, n. -lurkingly, adv.

I thought it meant to just hang out without interacting, but apparently it means to do that WITH some sort of intention of future agressive action.

I've got a couple end users I need to go lurk.

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Don of Borg - Cool, Calm, Collective.

It has taken on some of that more benign meaning over the past few years, on the internet. Lurking is nothing to be ashamed of, like stalking.

I've never had a problem with that message myself.

Well I have offloaded most of my little
obsessions these past 9 months and most dont
take a blind bit of notice BTW "lurking" is
a popular word with television shows on
astronomy. Black Holes "lurk" like all
youngsters now know. And the show about Pluto
last night used it!

Somebody obviously picked up on my suggestion....

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Everything I need to know I learned through Googling.

*Turns cloaking device off*

*Pokes thread*

*Turns cloaking device back on*

Ditto

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Reality is for those that can't handle video games.

Two+ down, how many more to go?

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Unlurk. Something I do wonder is to how many people on this board this important message remains an invisible presence?

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"All truth passes through three stages. First, it is ridiculed, second it is violently opposed, and third, it is accepted as self-evident." Arthur Schopenhauer - renowned 19th Century German philosopher.

I lurk, therefore I am

I don't *get it* why flag lurkers? I mean, it's not like lurking does any harm (does it?). Is it against the rules to lurk on BAUT?

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An open mind is like an open window...without a good screen you'll get all sorts of weird bugs!

I dunno it was discussed before though,

Sometimes I forget that there is this teeming under the radar activity, going on...

What opinions or information isn't being expressed I wounder, what personalities havn't we met?

I wonder...

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If this writing is blue you're going too fast!

I think this is supposed to be an outlet for lurkers trying to avoid a particular message BAUT presents to infrequent posters. I think your post count indicates that may not be a problem you face.

And of course, its not against the rules to lurk here on BAUT, but it is a state of membership that is actively discouraged.

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"All truth passes through three stages. First, it is ridiculed, second it is violently opposed, and third, it is accepted as self-evident." Arthur Schopenhauer - renowned 19th Century German philosopher.

while "stickys" are being made, I though that it would be a good idea if there was a spell checker sticky for people, like me, who aren't great at spelling. People could post links to spellcheckers like IEspell.com and there must be others. I know that you need a different spellchecker for firefox but I don't have the address for that.

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The best FF spellchecker I've found is Spellbound However, the official version only works up to Firefox 1.0, for 1.5+ you'd want Spellbound Dev
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To delurk or not to delurk, dat is de question.

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Lighten up! This is a stellar board! Author: duh.

"The Sun, with all the planets revolving around it, and depending on it, can still ripen a bunch of grapes as though it had nothing else in the universe to do..." Author: Galileo supposedly.

Does the Sun appear to be the same color to lurkers as it does to those who have delurked?

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I suppose it varies between them due to the different shades of sunglasses - a requisite for the incognito.

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Lighten up! This is a stellar board! Author: duh.

"The Sun, with all the planets revolving around it, and depending on it, can still ripen a bunch of grapes as though it had nothing else in the universe to do..." Author: Galileo supposedly.