Flame Warrior voting

**Big Dave** · 2nd March 2005, 15:14

Originally Posted by Sniper_CBR

Whats a Flame Warrior?

I try and keep you guys up to date.....
http://redwing.hutman.net/%7Emreed/

My problem (one of them) is I have no pull down menus at all. Mac OS9.2 IE5 and nada - Gimme a link?

bd

**jrandom** · 2nd March 2005, 15:15

OK, I'll explain.

'Flaming' is an old internet tradition, involving invective, argument, insults against ancestors to the nth generation, and the occasional truck bomb outside a particularly annoying opponent's bedroom window.

It happens a lot on KB. You just weren't familiar with what it's called.

A posted (or emailed) message along the lines above is referred to as a 'flame'. The posting thereof is the act of 'flaming', the poster is the 'flamer', the target, or 'flamee', is 'flamed'.

You get the gist.

A regular occurrance on any sizeable online forum is the eruption of long sequences of invective, arguments, insults against ancestors, etc surrounding a particular point at issue. These sequences of 'flames' are referred to as 'flame wars'.

The participants in flame wars are 'flame warriors'.

The ha-ha-only-serious 'Flame Warrior' list is a description of the typical personality types of combatants.

**vifferman** · 2nd March 2005, 15:19

Yeah, I gathered all that.

It was the application of Flame Warrior... umm... awards? I was unsure of.
Howzit sposed to work in practice?:spudwhat:

**Sniper** · 2nd March 2005, 15:22

That makes sense

**SpankMe** · 2nd March 2005, 15:31

For those who can't use the Quick Links pulldown, I have added the links to the homepage navbar.

**Skunk** · 2nd March 2005, 15:33

Originally Posted by Big Dave

I try and keep you guys up to date.....
http://redwing.hutman.net/%7Emreed/

My problem (one of them) is I have no pull down menus at all. Mac OS9.2 IE5 and nada - Gimme a link?

bd

Stone-ager! Move to OSX promptly...

What's holding you back?

**Big Dave** · 2nd March 2005, 16:18

Originally Posted by Skunk

Stone-ager! Move to OSX promptly...

What's holding you back?

Truuuue- Honestly - it's the $3.5K of upgrading Photoshop, dreamwaver, flash, quark (indesign then), 3d Studio, Freehand, and all my other apps to make it worthwhile. And that's just my licenced stuff ;-) Classic mode is what i already have.

Got 10.4 on the Mrs ibook if i need it.

And I'm happy with the way it's all working. cept for the aforementioned pull down shite.

bd

**Ms Piggy** · 2nd March 2005, 16:33

Heh heh - that's really funny and it says I've been nominated but I can't check it till I get home! Thats aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaages away!!

**Waylander** · 2nd March 2005, 16:35

Oh oh please someone label and catagorize me!
Is this really necisary? (sp) Seems to me it would only start more flamewars when someone with no sense of humor gets nominated for something they don't like. Just my opinion, could be fun I guess.

**Hitcher** · 2nd March 2005, 16:35

Straps on asbestos underwear and waits...

**Ms Piggy** · 2nd March 2005, 16:44

Originally Posted by Hitcher

Straps on asbestos underwear and waits...

The trouble with you Hitcher is that even though you're anally retentive about spelling & punctuation you also contribute hugely to the site...asbestos pants and all!