[Timo]

So Lerk's new sig...



...is cheery and non-confrontational. Has it worked its magic on you?

[thePurpleGiant]

I like it

The angry-lerk sig always made is seem like he was cross, even when he was being funny

The new one makes me smile (if I'm not already...)

[Spheric Harlot]

I've already come out as preferring the old one in another thread...though IIRC, he did change it because people were complaining...

-s*

[mo]

His new sig makes me want to buy Girl Scout cookies, give money to Sally Struthers and donate plasma. I find myself humming "We Are the World" whenever I see it.

[Demonhood]

without this new sig i wouldn't have known that lerk is george lucas.

[Zimphire]

Originally posted by Demonhood:
without this new sig i wouldn't have known that lerk is george lucas.

I was thinking the same thing.

[nonhuman]

Speaking of new sigs, I really like yours, Zimphire. Very Cthulhu-esque.

[Craig R. Arko]

Originally posted by Demonhood:
without this new sig i wouldn't have known that lerk is george lucas.

It really does look quite a bit like the real Lerk, though, from the pics I've seen.

I'd really like to see a Sparky the Wonderpig sig, however.

[yakkiebah]

Originally posted by nonhuman:
Speaking of new sigs, I really like yours, Zimphire. Very Cthulhu-esque. :thumgsup:

Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn.

[Mark Tungston]

makes my asss hair shine brighter than the moon

[Lerkfish]

Originally posted by Craig R. Arko:
It really does look quite a bit like the real Lerk, though, from the pics I've seen.

I'd really like to see a Sparky the Wonderpig sig, however.

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ok, that should frighten everyone sufficiently.

I'm not sure whether to be flattered about this thread, or whether I should read up on those internet stalking laws.

[MikeM33]

Originally posted by Demonhood:
without this new sig i wouldn't have known that lerk is george lucas.

No I believe his identity has already been revealed



I just wonder if he can do "The Time Warp"

MikeM

[Zimphire]

Yes you do look like Tim Curry.

[MikeM33]

Oh heck, added in for entertainment value



MikeM

[CaseCom]

I liked the original Lerk sig (the one before LerkHulk, anyway).

[MikeM33]

Handsome rogue. If I weren't a straight male I'd

MikeM

[funkboy]

Originally posted by CaseCom:
I liked the original Lerk sig (the one before LerkHulk, anyway).

Me too... was it Benjamin Franklin?

[cheerios]

LOVE the sig. soothing colors gooooood... always good to see your handsome face Tim, er Lerk

[DeathMan]

Originally posted by CaseCom:
I liked the original Lerk sig (the one before LerkHulk, anyway).

second that. (I guess third, eh.)

[mrfrost]

I miss the old sig, fortunately his post quality has not been affected.

[maxelson]

Originally posted by yakkiebah:
Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn.

WHOAAA! Hay man! This is a FAMILY forum. Wanna get us all banned?

Move along, folks, nothing to see here.
What?
He says... uh... cheese is... uh... good.

[sambeau]

I don't think people should put cartoon drawings of themselves in their sigs..

.. totally against it, myself.

yup.

[boots]

Whether or not people like it better, it does seem to have effected the way people respond to his posts...which was the idea behind replacing the angry-hulk Lerk.

I still think the new sig looks like the opening graphics for a daytime talk show.

[dav]

Originally posted by Timo:
So Lerk's new sig...



...is cheery and non-confrontational. Has it worked its magic on you?

i dunno, looks somewhat condescending...
i like the fact that it has a black twisted line running down the middle of the face like the macos logo - could i see the his left eye and mouth in a dark blue, and his right eye and forehead in a light blue?

[vmarks]

Originally posted by Lerkfish:
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ok, that should frighten everyone sufficiently.

I'm not sure whether to be flattered about this thread, or whether I should read up on those internet stalking laws.

WHOA.

Now, delving back into the heart of MacNN archives, before FaceAche was even a member (was there such a time? )

Lerk used to have a blue sig that only showed his eyes. He claimed at that time, his wife was averse to showing his face/picture, for privacy and other reasons.

So, now, after his life has been threatened, his anger raised and soothed, -now- it's okay?

Just remembering.

[Lerkfish]

Originally posted by vmarks:
WHOA.

Now, delving back into the heart of MacNN archives, before FaceAche was even a member (was there such a time? )

Lerk used to have a blue sig that only showed his eyes. He claimed at that time, his wife was averse to showing his face/picture, for privacy and other reasons.

So, now, after his life has been threatened, his anger raised and soothed, -now- it's okay?

Just remembering.

hmmm. good point.
I might have said exactly that, I dunno, but the main thing (for her) was for me not to show pictures of my kid online.

the privacy thing was out the window when someone posted my online resume. I might have even done that once, myself, after it was already posted.

But you make a good point.

[Lerkfish]

Originally posted by CaseCom:
I liked the original Lerk sig (the one before LerkHulk, anyway).

you mean this?:

[Lerkfish]

Originally posted by funkboy:
Me too... was it Benjamin Franklin?

nope, twas mine own eyes.

[Brien]

Originally posted by CaseCom:
I liked the original Lerk sig (the one before LerkHulk, anyway).

Ditto. Small and simple.

[davesimondotcom]

I like all of Lerk's sigs.

LerkHulk was cool, but for some reason I like the new one. He looks like a happy guy from a 40's advertisement.

Lerk, are you selling tooth whitener?

(The eyes one was the coolest though. Very mysterious!)

[Lerkfish]

Originally posted by brien:
Ditto. Small and simple.

but does it make you perceive my posts as less confrontive?

that is the real interesting thing about this whole deal. Once I switched to the Lerkhulk sig, I started getting a lot more negative responses, my points were getting lost in simple confrontations. IMMEDIATELY after changing to the latest logo, that tapered off and people starting addressing my arguments instead of me personally.
It was a dramatic difference, though what I had to say did not change that much.

[Timo]

Originally posted by Lerkfish:
that is the real interesting thing about this whole deal. Once I switched to the Lerkhulk sig, I started getting a lot more negative responses, my points were getting lost in simple confrontations. IMMEDIATELY after changing to the latest logo, that tapered off and people starting addressing my arguments instead of me personally.
It was a dramatic difference, though what I had to say did not change that much.

That was the point of the poll (oh, and a little humor too).

But one complicating thing: LerkHulk and the build-up to and fighting of the Iraq war happened around the same time...while baby-blue Lerk sig appeared (I think) after current events started simmering down.

Just one complication I can think of: during the war all tempers were high. But I think it's safe to say LerkHulk did "bump it up a notch" in the flame-broiler that is the "Politics/War" room.

[Lerkfish]

But one complicating thing: LerkHulk and the build-up to and fighting of the Iraq war happened around the same time...while baby-blue Lerk sig appeared (I think) after current events started simmering down.

Just one complication I can think of: during the war tempers were high. But I think it's safe to say LerkHulk did "bump it up a notch" in the flame-broiler that is the "Politics/War" room. [/B][/QUOTE]

good point. But, like I said, I found myself getting more embroiled in confrontations than seemed proportional. More than once I had people acting as if I was angry or telling me to calm down, when I knew I wasn't angry in those particular posts.
I do think some threads there would have been confrontations regardles, but I noticed it in threads where there shouldn't have been confrontations to that level.

its an interesting phenomenon.

[Timo]

no doubt.

perhaps that's why i've opted for the mysterious, celestial and (let's admit it, no shame) snobby

Project for a Cenotaph for Newton, by French architect Etienne-Louis Boul�e in 1784.



Says Boul�e about Newton:

Sublime mind! Vast and profound genius! Divine being! Newton, accept the homage of my feeble talents!

What is it? A cenotaph is a peculiar monument designed to honor a person whose body lies elsewhere. If, for example, someone is lost at sea they might have a centotaph on land, as with the Swissair flight lost off of Nova Scotia. In the case of Newton, he is of course buried in England, however, the linking of the idea of cenotaph to a man who revolutionized our idea of the heavens is IMO brilliant.
From a brief description:

In 1784, French architect Etienne-Louis Boul�e designed a memorial for Newton. This cenotaph was to be a vast hollow sphere. Hundreds of meters across, by day light would shine through small holes pierced in the dome to form a star-field, a predecessor of the planetarium.
By night, a great lamp lit a giant orrery suspended in the sphere?s center. The entirety of the universe as known in the late 18th century would be represented within. Boullee adhered to Neoclassical geometric principles and worked mostly with large, clean, solid forms. It was not until the 20th century that the technology to create buildings this size even existed, but his works inspired architecture for centuries hence, including the Hayden Planetarium, and unfortunately including Speer?s fascist designs for the 3rd Reich and the Soviets? monumental plans in the 1920s.

I like the last part. The brilliant ideas can be yoked to good and evil. Ah, the drama.

[Sven G]

Originally posted by Lerkfish:
you mean this?:

... + ...

Personally, I think they both are good: maybe you could alternate between them every now and then, also depending on your mood of the moment...?

Fine beard, BTW...

[wdlove]

I like your new sig. Lerkfish, it brings on a smile. It let's us see a positive side!

[chris v]

Originally posted by Lerkfish:
More than once I had people acting as if I was angry or telling me to calm down, when I knew I wasn't angry in those particular posts.
I do think some threads there would have been confrontations regardles, but I noticed it in threads where there shouldn't have been confrontations to that level.

its an interesting phenomenon. [/B]

Whoa, easy there, big guy. Simmer down! No need to get hostile! Really, lighten UP!

CV

[l'ignorante]

mm, I like it but the blue 'stoned' eyes were more intriguing.
This is certainly friendlier, but close to what you might see on a billboard near the harbour..
nevermind, it's cool.

[wdlove]

Originally posted by chris v:
Whoa, easy there, big guy. Simmer down! No need to get hostile! Really, lighten UP!

CV

Definitely if Lerkfish would stop count to 10 and take some slow deep breaths, that will usually do the trick! I think that with his new sig he is saying that he's a friendlier kind of guy!

[euphras]

Quote:
"I liked the original Lerk sig (the one before LerkHulk, anyway)."

I second that, the old one (for your...) eyes only was very minimalistic, but the new one is pretty OK

Pat

[daimoni]

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