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jebjeb · Dec 15, 2004, 09:38 AM

First things first, I must apologise. I have been lurking here at MacNN since 1999 or 2000. I feel bad for not contributing to such an amazing source of info, help and amusement.

I was a bid bored at work today so thought I might finally register and actually reply to a few things. Turned out I had actually registered back in 2001. I thought at the time that it had not worked. Can't remember why I had thought that.

Not too sure why I have lurked for so long. I have been involved in other forums before. I guess I thought that I might just get too involved in the MacNN world when I could be doing other things. I spend enough time reading it let alone if I was actually posting as well. My wife has seen me looking here so much and has always asked me why I wasn't posting here.

So, finally, I have decided to try and give something back to the site that has given me so much over the years. Not sure that what I have to offer is any good but I guess I can only try! I don't see myself being that prolific of a poster though.

There have been some great memories over the years, too many to remember actually. Here's a few that come to mind at the moment;

Witnessing Cash in all his guises,
The saga of PowerBookDude,
The ebb and flow of certain posters,
My fellow Australian Cipher and his smashing of the 10000 post barrier,
Debates on stars and post counts,
Debates on sigs and images (IMO this makes this one of the easiest forums to navigate. It nearly induces fits looking at some other forums with there half-screen-height animated sigs)
The opening of the poli lounge,
Reactions to numerous elections and world events,
The rise of Zimph,
Speculations for Mac Worlds and the like,
and the rest.

There have been some amazingly captivating stories on relationship trouble, work problems, money problems, great ideas and some fantastic bickering.

The reason I wanted to post this was not to make a big fuss, but to thank you guys. In the future, I will try not to be too familiar with some of you regulars. I might "know" you but you haven't had the luxury of observing me for months or years!

Thanks and see you around,

Jeb

xi_hyperon · Dec 15, 2004, 09:48 AM

I feel so... violated!

Just kidding. Welcome out of lurkville and into the fray.

badidea · Dec 15, 2004, 09:53 AM

the king of lurkers!
Welcome!

Zimmerman · Dec 15, 2004, 10:04 AM

Originally posted by badidea:
the king of lurkers!
Welcome!

Nay, dare I say, the Lurker King! The Lurker King has come! Long live the Lurker King!

buffalolee · Dec 15, 2004, 10:16 AM

Originally posted by jebjeb:

...
The rise of Zimph,
...
Jeb

This almost sounds like we have a new prophet on our hands.

"The rise of Zimph is felt upon all of Macnn users as he shares the knowledge of the god with the forum."

ManOfSteal · Dec 15, 2004, 10:22 AM

Welcome.

turtle777 · Dec 15, 2004, 10:48 AM

Welcome !

-t

dillerX · Dec 15, 2004, 10:51 AM

I didn't do any disgusting did I?

wdlove · Dec 15, 2004, 11:04 AM

Very happy that you have decided to join us for real, enjoy.

xi_hyperon · Dec 15, 2004, 11:05 AM

Originally posted by dillerX:
I didn't do any disgusting did I?

You did do a disgusting. Clean yourself up young man.

DeathToWindows · Dec 15, 2004, 11:18 AM

greetings!

For the King of the Lurkers came among the inhabitants of that place known as MacNN and he said it was good.

turtle777 · Dec 15, 2004, 11:20 AM

Originally posted by xi_hyperon:
You did do a disgusting.

I lawled at that sentence, too !

-t

DarwinX · Dec 15, 2004, 11:36 AM

Welcome. Any bets on who gets green stars first? Me or you? Haha, like I said oringally, welcome.

jebjeb · Dec 15, 2004, 11:54 AM

Thanks guys!

DillerX - YOu did and it was much appreciated

DarwinX - At least you registered when you started lurking! I will keep an eye on you.

Lurker King... Hmm, I like that. Never been king of anything before. Maybe the local king of speaking crud but nothing nearly as cool as being the King of Lurkers!

brapper · Dec 15, 2004, 12:09 PM

how many other lurkers are out there?
Maybe we're being watched by many such lurkers!

SHOW YOURSELVES!!

Zimphire · Dec 15, 2004, 12:12 PM

Originally posted by jebjeb:

The rise of Zimph,

Eh, I was once a caterpillar named Sine.

I've been up since 9.

mitchell_pgh · Dec 15, 2004, 12:15 PM

Did you get a chance to see Gorickey... that guy was cool.

shabbasuraj · Dec 15, 2004, 12:17 PM

RESISTANCE IS FUTILE.

YOU HAVE BEEN ASSIMILATED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

welcome to the fray

Sherwin · Dec 15, 2004, 12:53 PM

Hmmm... An Aussie in the UK? Bet ya a tenner he's a barman.

ManOfSteal · Dec 15, 2004, 12:57 PM

Originally posted by mitchell_pgh:
Did you get a chance to see Gorickey... that guy was cool.

Is he the one who retired?

macintologist · Dec 15, 2004, 01:01 PM

I also do lots of lurking but no where near as much as the Lurker King

If I had posted in at least half of the threads I read I would be up there with SimeyTheLimey and gorickey.

xi_hyperon · Dec 15, 2004, 01:10 PM

Originally posted by macintologist:
I also do lots of lurking but no where near as much as the Lurker King

If I had posted in at least half of the threads I read I would be up there with SimeyTheLimey and gorickey.

Me too. I often begin a post, get distracted by work, come back to it and realize my interest has waned. Said post never sees light of day.

widget : widget · Dec 15, 2004, 01:30 PM

Originally posted by Sherwin:
Hmmm... An Aussie in the UK? Bet ya a tenner he's a barman.

Seconded.

historylme · Dec 15, 2004, 02:24 PM

From the dark recess of the lurk
he arose toward the light
thus he became, king of the lurks

Albert Pujols · Dec 15, 2004, 02:49 PM

Originally posted by brapper:

how many other lurkers are out there?
Maybe we're being watched by many such lurkers!

SHOW YOURSELVES!!

I used to lurk around here. I've been reading these forums for about a year, mostly the Powerbook forum, I thought the Lounge was boring.

Then one day I saw the baseball thread in the lounge, and thats when I decided to join. Which kind of explains my name.

bradoesch · Dec 15, 2004, 02:59 PM

jebjeb: Has MacNN become better or worse over the years?

Answer in one of your previous posts if you like.

PurpleGiant · Dec 15, 2004, 03:10 PM

'Sup Jebjeb.

From now on, all the addicted members should not post for the next 3 years, and just watch you posting here with the noobs. Then we'll be even

CreepingDeth · Dec 15, 2004, 03:14 PM

Wow, and I thought 10 months of lurking was alot.

d4nth3m4n · Dec 15, 2004, 03:26 PM

hiya!

yeah, i lurked for a long time. i just finally got bored enough to register. i had broken up with my GF at the time and was in a new town. iuno, i found 'NN.

i find myself lurking a lot on other forums. i don't know that i can take the strain of being an active member anywhere else.

jebjeb · 05:19 PM

Firstly, I'm not a barman! Am a consultant to the Immigration area of government over here. Hehe, I always find that sort of ironic...

How could I not remember gorickey. Best-Retirement-Post-Ever.

Always been a fan of you PurpleGiant. Even though you are from down south...

Zimph - you have to be stoked you got a mention in my memories list.

bradoesch - Over the years, MacNN has had its ups and downs - as far as the Lurker King goes here (do I sound like a tosser [been here in the UK too long!] by adopting that nick name?) the last couple of months have seen a bit of a rennaisance here in the forum. We are witnessing people being complimentary to each other, some good personal posts and reasonably little of some of the petty bickering that has plagued the place earlier this year. Not too sure if I am qualified to comment on this but I think the end of US election season has helped. Also - you trying to suggest I might try and boost my boast count by replying to these posts!

I guess the biggest thing I would hopefully like to show is that low post counts do not always mean that person has nothing worth while to say. It may be true in some (or many) cases and some might think it true here as well, but some of us "newbies" have some worth while input. This is one of the things that stopped me from registering/posting over the years. I was afraid that no one here would listen to me I guess. Grew out of that a while ago and finally got off my a5se and started posting. So far seems like a great move!

Off to bed and also need to restart after updating to 10.3.7

ps my wife thinks all you guys are nice!

CreepingDeth · Dec 15, 2004, 05:17 PM

Warning: The political lounge can bite. It's kind of like licking that frozen rocket pop on the fourth. "Looks good�goddamnitallthehell! I'm stuck on it!"

I've lurked for awhile in the GUI forums. I never bothered posting. MacNN probably has the most up to date GUI news (themes, etc.) on the web. You get to see the hype and everything. And you get some sweet icons that never make it onto the big GUI sites. Like the Lutetium icons.

Have fun, but remember: wait 60 minutes before you enter.

Komisar · Dec 15, 2004, 05:19 PM

Originally posted by mitchell_pgh:
Did you get a chance to see Gorickey... that guy was cool.

He taught me how to write in white text

dillerX · Dec 15, 2004, 05:20 PM

Originally posted by dillerX:
I didn't do any disgusting did I?

quoted for emphasis.

Superchicken · Dec 15, 2004, 05:23 PM

We should have DH change your SN to king of the lurkers. hahaha... dang I can't believe you've been lurking that long... then again I can't lurk forums... probably because I am compelled to say SOMETHING... no matter how dumb

Komisar · Dec 15, 2004, 06:26 PM

Start posting jebjeb!

Ghoser777 · Dec 15, 2004, 06:49 PM

Originally posted by jebjeb:
ps my wife thinks all you guys are nice!

Okay, you had me going until that line - nice try, anyone who spends time on the macnn forums, even just lurking, couldn't possible have a wife or significant other... could they?

nredman · Dec 15, 2004, 07:00 PM

Originally posted by Albert Pujols:
I used to lurk around here. I've been reading these forums for about a year, mostly the Powerbook forum, I thought the Lounge was boring.

Then one day I saw the baseball thread in the lounge, and thats when I decided to join. Which kind of explains my name.

stay in the PB forum....dont get sucked into the lounge....its bad news

xi_hyperon · Dec 15, 2004, 08:13 PM

Originally posted by Ghoser777:
Okay, you had me going until that line - nice try, anyone who spends time on the macnn forums, even just lurking, couldn't possible have a wife or significant other... could they?

Or one that would think we are nice.

yukon · Dec 15, 2004, 08:45 PM

Heh, lots of stuff on this board I remember. I usually didn't post much, there were so many posters that the easy questions were answered pretty damn fast, the funny knee-jerk answers were certainly given at blinding speed ;-)

Been posting a lot more lately, I guess I've been around long enough to know some answers. I used to use the forums as a source of news, links to new happenings, advice, but I've since found other sources. Right now, the boards are useful to me to see what problems update xyz brings. It's a good (or easy) place to argue, I've been having trouble getting answers though ;-)

Krusty · Dec 15, 2004, 08:45 PM

Originally posted by jebjeb:

ps my wife thinks all you guys are nice!

So ... that's at least one more lurker we know of

phantomdragonz · Dec 15, 2004, 09:56 PM

POWERBOOK DUDE!!!!! That guy was awesome, mostly because I was roughly his age... but somehow, I knew not to complain about girl to all you nerds, although I did a few times...

Zach

DarwinX · Dec 15, 2004, 10:08 PM

Originally posted by phantomdragonz:
POWERBOOK DUDE!!!!! That guy was awesome, mostly because I was roughly his age... but somehow, I knew not to complain about girl to all you nerds, although I did a few times...

Zach

Careful...you said girl and nerd in the same sentence!

Jim Paradise · Dec 15, 2004, 11:48 PM

You left out the most important thing to ever happen here and that was the Damn Bill Gates And His Rugged Good Looks� thread: a moment when the purpose for the existence of the internet was fully realized by a group of individuals here.

jebjeb · Dec 16, 2004, 02:38 AM

Ah, the memories are flooding back!

My wife is, surprisingly, real. She is actually English (stealing the local women hehe) so it is always fun when patriotic things come up.

I have annoyed her with Apple related tales for so long she is now fully converted. All her friends dig her pink iPod Mini. Guys, if you want to be in the good books, there are not many women that would not be happy with a pink iPod Mini!

I was out at a Christmas party last night and was trying to make some switches. One guy was asking me about a New Toshiba laptop and how great it is blah blah. I asked him what he wanted to do. He said "Music, Photos, bit of Vid editing and web, email and a bit of office". What a prime candidate for a Mac! But he didn't want to hear it.

Luckily there was a bit of good news. One of my collegues who I have been working on for about a year now has seen the light. He makes music (has a recording deal and is supposed to be pretty big in the underground scene) and had just built a PC. Only reason he did it was the studios he was going to were all PC earlier this year. Now they have all conveted to Mac and he is finding the in-stability and latency extremely annoying. Next deal he gets he is coming over to the good side!

Not sure if I can count him yet but that would make about eight or nine switchers for me!

SuperChicken - there have been times when I have so wanted to comment on something but I didn't quite make it!

buffalolee · Dec 16, 2004, 07:23 AM

Originally posted by jebjeb:
Ah, the memories are flooding back!
.....
Luckily there was a bit of good news. One of my collegues who I have been working on for about a year now has seen the light. He makes music (has a recording deal and is supposed to be pretty big in the underground scene) and had just built a PC. Only reason he did it was the studios he was going to were all PC earlier this year. Now they have all conveted to Mac and he is finding the in-stability and latency extremely annoying. Next deal he gets he is coming over to the good side!
.....

Latency from the Mac or latency from the PC?

jebjeb · Dec 16, 2004, 07:38 AM

Sorry, should have made that clear. He is finding the latency bad on his PC. He had to pull out of doing a live gig as it is near impossible to mix and alter stuff on the fly with that latency and even if he could, he said that the setup is to unstable. This is a kick ass P4 3.6 with 2GB RAM running the latest version of Cubase as well. In the studio (now on Macs) he has been able to do everything he wants to do and more in real time. That shows that it is not always the numbers that shows the better machine.

He said that Logic has just completly taken over in the last year or so. Audio production is not really my arena but I will listen to the professional!

Krusty · Dec 16, 2004, 07:39 AM

jeez ... lurked for years. Now we can't get you to shut up.

jebjeb · Dec 16, 2004, 07:40 AM

Its all just flowing out of me!

So...much...pent...up...crap...to...say!

ManOfSteal · Dec 16, 2004, 07:42 AM

Originally posted by jebjeb:
How could I not remember gorickey. Best-Retirement-Post-Ever.

Thanks!

jbartone · Dec 16, 2004, 07:58 AM

"from down south"

Heh. I'm from Melbourne too. You a banana bender?