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calandale
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08 Apr 2007, 11:08 pm

Now, that's mature.



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08 Apr 2007, 11:19 pm

And the irony is I'm the youngest mod.


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08 Apr 2007, 11:32 pm

I thought Starbuline is younger. And no, that's not the full extent of the irony.



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08 Apr 2007, 11:34 pm

I know - the Intensity thing.

I had fun with that.


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08 Apr 2007, 11:39 pm

Don't bother complaining about the semi- naked ladies in the banner ads. We've been griping about them for a year+, with no change.

I can't read this site unless I have an adblock program on. The flashing and images are huge sensory overload for me.



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09 Apr 2007, 12:09 am

FireFox has a nice plug-in to handle it. The only one that really disturbed me was the Tyra Banks in a skimpy swimsuit one, but I kind of know where y'all are coming from.



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09 Apr 2007, 1:44 am

calandale wrote:
I'm not talking about the young teens, but rather some 7 and 8 year olds.
We should afford them some protection, I think.



The youngest person I think that I've seen is 11-12 in the past and now 13. So while we
should not use profane language from a practical stand point there are not alot of pre-teens using WP. Kids should not really be surfing the net alone younger than 13 in my
opinion. Certainly not without software to block offensive content installed on their computers. I think its trival simple to block profane words with such software. And any kid smart enough to defeat such software likely want be shocked by profane words anyway.



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09 Apr 2007, 1:47 am

Ah. I didn't realize that such software existed. I'm sure it's not good enough to kill some of the stuff, but anything too egregious is handled by us anyhow.


UbbyUbbyUbby is 7 yrs old though. That's the youngest that I know of.



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09 Apr 2007, 8:08 pm

Apatura wrote:
Don't bother complaining about the semi- naked ladies in the banner ads. We've been griping about them for a year+, with no change.

I can't read this site unless I have an adblock program on. The flashing and images are huge sensory overload for me.

I sometimes get an ad with a gif of a guy riding a kangaroo. I guess it only appears on au IP's. It looks like the guy is "riding" the kangaroo :?


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09 Apr 2007, 8:14 pm

I'm yet to get that Bazza...


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09 Apr 2007, 8:37 pm

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I'm yet to get that Bazza...


Do I detect a little regret that you haven't seen that yet? :P


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09 Apr 2007, 8:55 pm

Graelwyn wrote:
Quatermass wrote:
I'm yet to get that Bazza...


Do I detect a little regret that you haven't seen that yet? :P


You may be surprised, but no. 8) I had enough mental images of that from the first Red Dwarf novel....

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(Earlier in the novel, a crewmember spat tobacco on Rimmer's boots, and he hasn't lived it down yet)

On the very last morning of his life, Rimmer strode into the lecture theatre to give Z Shift their work schedule for the day.

'OK men' he said as always, 'listen up.'

As always the whole of Z Shift inclined their heads to one side and pointed their ears at the ceiling. But, as always, Rimmer missed this as he turned his back to pull down the blackboard he'd prepared the day before. As always his schedule wasn't there. What was there was a crudely-drawn cartoon of a man making love to a kangaroo, wearing hugely exaggerated footwear covered in brown spit, and underneath, in the same crude hand, 'Old Tobacco Boots goes down under!'

Nobody laughed. Rimmer looked round at a sea of blank faces. He'd long given up referring to the blackboard insults.


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10 Apr 2007, 5:02 am

And Aussieboy is 8, and I saw there was a nine year old posting to him tonight.

We're getting the little critters more and more, so a little maturity in the language usage can go a long way here. I am guilty of the occasional cuss word, I hope not too bad, but it seems they have parents who want them to learn what their futures are going to be like, and to make friends, and they are the sweetest guys...And the moms and dads are watching what goes on, too.

The yucky spam will just have to be dealt with as it comes up, and so far, you mods have been right on top of it. Thank you.

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10 Apr 2007, 12:31 pm

Rjaye wrote:

The yucky spam will just have to be dealt with as it comes up, and so far, you mods have been right on top of it. Thank you.


I've been the spam. But, you're welcome.



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10 Apr 2007, 3:00 pm

Firefox! Sorry alex, but you leave us with little option.


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10 Apr 2007, 6:51 pm

BazzaMcKenzie wrote:
Apatura wrote:
Don't bother complaining about the semi- naked ladies in the banner ads. We've been griping about them for a year+, with no change.

I can't read this site unless I have an adblock program on. The flashing and images are huge sensory overload for me.

I sometimes get an ad with a gif of a guy riding a kangaroo. I guess it only appears on au IP's. It looks like the guy is "riding" the kangaroo :?


Waitamoment, is that the one with the guy in just his underwear riding past some kangaroo signs? Yike...


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