[Tiresias]

Baninated?

What does that mean?

[Athens]

means they are not allowed to log in, they are banned from using the forums. It is usally a temp thing.

[mojo2]

Originally Posted by Mr. Gogarty

Baninated?

What does that mean?

To elaborate on Athens' answer, The term was in use when I got here and it was new to me and i've never asked anyone, but I told myself it was a combination of "banned" + "terminated."

And that kinda makes sense because in most every case except for maybe one I've seen, NO ONE comes back from being banned. So, that makes it a terminal banning or bannination.

You don't want to get banned. (as if that needed to be said)

[Tiresias]

Originally Posted by mojo2

NO ONE comes back from being banned. So, that makes it a terminal banning or bannination. You don't want to get banned.

Thanks for the warning. I think, so long as no one is getting banninated for Apple-computer-illiteracy, I'll be okay.

[Railroader]

Originally Posted by mojo2

To elaborate on Athens' answer, The term was in use when I got here and it was new to me and i've never asked anyone, but I told myself it was a combination of "banned" + "terminated."

And that kinda makes sense because in most every case except for maybe one I've seen, NO ONE comes back from being banned. So, that makes it a terminal banning or bannination.

You don't want to get banned. (as if that needed to be said)

I've returned from a ban. Ask nice and play along and there's no problems.

[Cubeoid]

This thread lacks cold NN style humor.

[effgee]

Originally Posted by mojo2

..., NO ONE comes back from being banned. So, that makes it a terminal banning or bannination. ...

Which forum are we talking about here? Surely not MacNN?

[mojo2]

Originally Posted by effgee

Which forum are we talking about, here? Surely not MacNN?

Ok. Maybe I'm wrong. FOR THE FIRST TIME IN MY LIFE!

[Oisín]

Originally Posted by mojo2

To elaborate on Athens' answer, The term was in use when I got here and it was new to me and i've never asked anyone, but I told myself it was a combination of "banned" + "terminated."

Not necessarily 'terminated'; it's a more or less standard jocular way of altering a verb by adding the common verb ending '-inate' to it. It works fine with other verbs as well.

If you vote in a poll, you say 'votinated'; if you reply to one of james9490's posts, you say 'pwninated'; when reading one of effgee's posts, it is customary to think (if not actually write) 'lolinated'; and so on and so forth.

[effgee]

Originally Posted by mojo2

Ok. Maybe I'm wrong. FOR THE FIRST TIME IN MY LIFE!

[mojo2]

Originally Posted by Oisín

Not necessarily 'terminated'; it's a more or less standard jocular way of altering a verb by adding the common verb ending '-inate' to it. It works fine with other verbs as well.

If you vote in a poll, you say 'votinated'; if you reply to one of james9490's posts, you say 'pwninated'; when reading one of effgee's posts, it is customary to think (if not actually write) 'lolinated'; and so on and so forth.

*I can't believe I'm going to actually write this*

I seeinate? Now excuse me beacause I must peeinate?

I think there is science AND art to this. Mebbe I'll leave BOTH to you and others.

I don't think I've ever had a reason or the impulse to argue with you. And I don't believe you are a conservative. Very interesting. Ahhhhh, I remember now. You are extremely intelligent and well reasoned.

Ok.

[Cubeoid]

I like lolinated.

[Athens]

Originally Posted by mojo2

Ok. Maybe I'm wrong. FOR THE FIRST TIME IN MY LIFE!

Not going to gloat when your wrong, but man when your wrong you are soooo wrong I could count at least a dozen come backs lol


We will save the first time in your life comment for later too

[andreas_g4]

Originally Posted by Mr. Gogarty

__________________
The spinning beach ball of death.

And please don't let James see your sig.

[Tiresias]

Originally Posted by andreas_g4

And please don't let James see your sig.

Who's James? Why not?

Actually, since getting my PB, I'm yet to see my old friend the spinning beach ball.

Absit omen.


[Edited typo]

I always thought "baninated" was a nod to Trogdor's theme song ("Burninating the country side...").

[Cubeoid]

TROGDOR!
TROGDOR!
Trogdor was a man
I mean, he was a dragon man
Er, maybe he was just a dragon
But he was still TROGDOR!
TROGDOR!

Burninating the countryside
Burninating the peasants
Burninating all the peoples
In their thatched roof COTTAGES!
THATCHED ROOF COTTAGES!

[andreas_g4]

Originally Posted by Mr. Gogarty

Whose James? Why not?

Actually, since getting my PB, I'm yet to see my old friend the spinning beach ball.

Absit omen.

Reading James' threads is entertaining and fun, I highly recommend it. However, I at first was under the impression we should ignore him, but others have made it quite clear that he is A Useful Troll™, an asset. He does not get banninated, because he is genuinely stupid.

[Oisín]

Originally Posted by mojo2

*I can't believe I'm going to actually write this*

I seeinate? Now excuse me beacause I must peeinate?

I think there is science AND art to this. Mebbe I'll leave BOTH to you and others.

I don't think I've ever had a reason or the impulse to argue with you. And I don't believe you are a conservative. Very interesting. Ahhhhh, I remember now. You are extremely intelligent and well reasoned.

Ok.

Uhhh... okay...

That was a very confusing post, but thank you for what I think is a complement.

[ghporter]

There are temporary and permanent bans. People who get out of hand and don't behave civilly generally are temporarily banned. This is generally considered a "cooling off" sort of thing; folks can get pretty emotionally involved with subjects to the point that they lose sight of Rule Number One of Internet Arguments, the definition of which is left as an exercise for the student.

Spammers are banned permanently (and with extreme prejudice). Personally, I'd like to ban spammers in such a way as to make their computers self-destruct, but that's not something we're capable of doing right now. At least not that we'll talk about publicly, anyway.

[opengame68]

Originally Posted by Athens

means they are not allowed to log in, they are banned from using the forums. It is usally a temp thing.

Actually it's usually a permanent thing which leads most people to just reregister a new username.

[Tiresias]

Originally Posted by andreas_g4

I at first was under the impression we should ignore him, but others have made it quite clear that he is A Useful Troll™, an asset. He does not get banninated, because he is genuinely stupid.

I didn't know MacNN had a troll. But they've never bothered me, because I don't think they pose a threat. They expend a lot of energy to produce little or no effect. Let them waste their time posting. It's a case of "never stop your enemy from making a mistake".

To open content encyclopedias, like Wikipedia (whose utility depends on a reputation for accuracy) Trolls should pose a greater threat than they do to forums. In a forum, the worst a troll can do is upset the community. But a proliferation of bogus articles would be fatal for an online reference tool. So how can Wikipedia survive when any cretin with a computer can edit, delete or create articles? The explaination given in Time (It's a Wiki, Wiki World, June 6, 2005) explains equally well, mutatis mutandis, why trolls don't pose a threat to message forums:

"Naturally, there are also a lot of idiots, vandals and fanatics, who take advantage of Wikipedia's open system to deface, delete or push one-sided views. Sometimes extreme action has to be taken. [..] But for the most part, the geeks have a huge advantage: they care more. Wikipedia lets you put your favorite articles on a watch list and notifies you if anyone else adds to or changes them. According to an M.I.T. study, an obscenity randomly inserted on Wikipedia is removed in 1.7 min., on average. Vandals might as well be spray-painting walls with disappearing ink."

[Chris Taylor]

Of course there's no watch list on a forum, but the "disappearing ink" analogy applies when idle posts sink off the board into eternal obsolescence. Or you can feed your troll so he sticks around, like the boards' very own gimp.



[Edited typo]

[dillerX]

NSFG. Where are you?

[effgee]

Originally Posted by opengame68

Actually it's usually a permanent thing which leads most people to just reregister a new username.

**opensmouth**

"Well, actually ... uhm ..."

**????**
**closesmouth**
**shakeshead**
**shrugs**
**walksoff**

[m a d r a]

i always assumed it was a combination of "bandaged" and "laminated" and its appearance next to someone's name had me believing they were off having mysterious medical treatment.

[amsalpemkcus]

[Cody Dawg]

+1.

I have a feeling Mr. Gogarty is about to be baninated - again.

[rickey939]

Proud of you.®

[Ozmodiar]

Yes, baninate comes from burninate, which comes from the Trogdor theme song.

[rickey939]

Originally Posted by opengame68

Actually it's usually a permanent thing which leads most people to just reregister a new username.

Do you know this from experience or something?

[opengame68]

Nope, not at all. Seriously, most of the time if you're banned, you're gone. If you try to argue or get more information, then you get told to calm down and it's just the internet and it doesn't really matter. Then you say well if it doesn't matter why should I even abide by your stupid rules and then just reregister a new username and do whatever you want.

[Kevin]

Or you just wait out the bannination and you get let back in.

[nredman]

i predict that this thread will get locked in the near future and someone who has posted in it will get banned

[wdlove]

Originally Posted by Cody Dawg

+1.

I have a feeling Mr. Gogarty is about to be baninated - again.

Hi Cody,

The talk of banning is a subject that makes me very nervous.

Very nice to be among friends here though, especially Cody.

[Kerrigan]

"Baninated" comes from the latin baninatare which means "to remove from the forum".

It was common practice in ancient Rome for mischief-makers to be baninataterunt, or "baninated" from the Roman Forum, and the worst offenders received the dreaded interdit protacimus (IP) baninatare

[Chuckit]

Originally Posted by wdlove

Hi Cody,

The talk of banning is a subject that makes me very nervous.

Very nice to be among friends here though, especially Cody.

Hi Cody.

[mojo2]

Originally Posted by Oisín

Uhhh... okay...

That was a very confusing post, but thank you for what I think is a complement.

Yes. You're welcome.

[mojo2]

Originally Posted by ghporter

There are temporary and permanent bans. People who get out of hand and don't behave civilly generally are temporarily banned. This is generally considered a "cooling off" sort of thing; folks can get pretty emotionally involved with subjects to the point that they lose sight of Rule Number One of Internet Arguments, the definition of which is left as an exercise for the student.

Spammers are banned permanently (and with extreme prejudice). Personally, I'd like to ban spammers in such a way as to make their computers self-destruct, but that's not something we're capable of doing right now. At least not that we'll talk about publicly, anyway.

So, Rita didn't baninnate your dwelling? Good thing you are safe.

[Kerrigan]

Originally Posted by Chuckit

Hi Cody.

Is it widely known yet that CodyDawg is also WDLove? Or do people still think WDLove is a friend of Cody?

[mojo2]

Originally Posted by nredman

i predict that this thread will get locked in the near future and someone who has posted in it will get banned

Who do you think you are, Dr. Turi?

Btw, for the record, he predicted (on national media) Katrina (on the nose) and Rita (on the nose) months before they happened!

I have no connection at all with him but am fascinated by people's 'gifts' that defy our conventional understanding.

End of derail.

Further comment on this subject is best posted here:

http://forums.macnn.com/showthread.p...=1#post2708639

Thanks for your consideration.

[Atomic Rooster]

Originally Posted by Mr. Gogarty

Baninated?

What does that mean?

Ask Budster.

You know him?

He should be around soon under another name.

Hmmmmmm?




It's banninated! Two n's as in MacNN.

[m a d r a]

Originally Posted by Kerrigan

Is it widely known yet that CodyDawg is also WDLove? Or do people still think WDLove is a friend of Cody?

jeez! - how many times do i have to tell you folks? - WDlove is ca$h's alter ego.

[Tiresias]

Originally Posted by Cody Dawg

+1.

I have a feeling Mr. Gogarty is about to be baninated - again.

I've never been baninated. Explain.

[Cubeoid]

oh oh spaghetti o's

[Salty]

I got banned from my own forum once... never let your friends on your iMac when logged into your phpBB as an admin

That said, never been banned here, I don't give the admins enough trouble

[Railroader]

You have to do some pretty stupid things to get banned from here. "That said", I did a very stupid thing that caused me to get banned once.

[Warung]

Originally Posted by Athens

It is usally a temp thing.

That's right, - if "temp" means 2 years +.

[ghporter]

I'm surprised at how widely this thread has wandered for starting with such a simple question. And unfortunately I'm not too surprised at the number of "I gotta say my say about this" responses-it's still kind of a good example of good old "Rule Number One of Internet Arguments" though...

[JoshuaZ]

This thread needs more cowbell and or trogdor.

[Kevin]

Lalalala