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geekhack Community => Off Topic => Topic started by: SmallFry on Thu, 18 October 2012, 15:21:58

Title: Are you a Pre-R00TW0RM member or not?
Post by: SmallFry on Thu, 18 October 2012, 15:21:58
Just a poll for my personal (and shared with you) curiosity...


Fill out the FANCY FORM (https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?formkey=dENyaU1BX3c2bjAtZ0ZWcThjMGhETHc6MQ) please!


The results are HERE! (https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AkTdSrM0ftAfdENyaU1BX3c2bjAtZ0ZWcThjMGhETHc)
Title: Re: Are you a Pre-R00TW0RM member or not?
Post by: Sifo on Thu, 18 October 2012, 15:23:59
o_o... yeah, I am.
Title: Re: Are you a Pre-R00TW0RM member or not?
Post by: SmallFry on Thu, 18 October 2012, 15:24:42
I would assume so with so many posts, but who knows...
Title: Re: Are you a Pre-R00TW0RM member or not?
Post by: boost on Thu, 18 October 2012, 15:26:27
I'm also from pre-r00tw0rm
Title: Re: Are you a Pre-R00TW0RM member or not?
Post by: davkol on Thu, 18 October 2012, 15:29:02
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Title: Re: Are you a Pre-R00TW0RM member or not?
Post by: Computer-Lab in Basement on Thu, 18 October 2012, 15:29:07
I am VERY much pre-R00TW0RM...
Title: Re: Are you a Pre-R00TW0RM member or not?
Post by: davkol on Thu, 18 October 2012, 15:30:18
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Title: Re: Are you a Pre-R00TW0RM member or not?
Post by: SmallFry on Thu, 18 October 2012, 15:42:18
Do you guys miss VBB or like SMF? Opinions?
Title: Re: Are you a Pre-R00TW0RM member or not?
Post by: WRXChris on Thu, 18 October 2012, 15:47:07
I miss the VBB smilies.  Other than that I like SMF!
Title: Re: Are you a Pre-R00TW0RM member or not?
Post by: SmallFry on Thu, 18 October 2012, 15:52:47
Me too! :laser:


DARNET!
Title: Re: Are you a Pre-R00TW0RM member or not?
Post by: boost on Thu, 18 October 2012, 15:53:35
It was easier to run GB's using VBB since I already had scripts set up for that, other than that SMF FTW!!
Title: Re: Are you a Pre-R00TW0RM member or not?
Post by: SmallFry on Thu, 18 October 2012, 15:55:28
True, VBB had it's merits... Security not being one of the. :(
Title: Re: Are you a Pre-R00TW0RM member or not?
Post by: phetto on Thu, 18 October 2012, 16:47:39
wtf :O
Title: Re: Are you a Pre-R00TW0RM member or not?
Post by: silat on Thu, 18 October 2012, 17:05:37
I survived the Caligster rein of terror:)
Title: Re: Are you a Pre-R00TW0RM member or not?
Post by: MMB on Thu, 18 October 2012, 17:16:04
What is r00tw0rm?

Title: Re: Are you a Pre-R00TW0RM member or not?
Post by: fohat.digs on Thu, 18 October 2012, 17:40:06
It was a bit of a relief to go cold-turkey from this place for a couple of weeks last summer, but the loss of the wikis was a tragedy of monumental proportions.

I have kicked myself a thousand times for not having studied them more carefully, and not downloading stuff that I knew was important!

And, if I was a diehard Cherry switch fan, there was a world of priceless information for me that evaporated overnight.

As it is, identifying vintage keyboards and oddball switch types is infinitely harder and more frustrating now.

For all his schizophrenic foibles, Ripster personally raised my keyboard knowledge by orders of magnitude with his plethora of broad and insightful wikis.

Thanks again, Ripster!

Title: Re: Are you a Pre-R00TW0RM member or not?
Post by: SmallFry on Thu, 18 October 2012, 18:37:56
If anyone sees that I've crossed out anything incorrect, please tell me. I left one Ripster because he was indeed a member pre-R00TW0RM, but did not want him spamming the form.
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Post by: esoomenona on Thu, 18 October 2012, 19:14:09
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Title: Re: Are you a Pre-R00TW0RM member or not?
Post by: SmallFry on Thu, 18 October 2012, 19:31:02
You didn't fill out the form! LoL.
Title: Re: Are you a Pre-R00TW0RM member or not?
Post by: rowdy on Thu, 18 October 2012, 19:37:30
I wish I could have R00TW0RMS like everyone else!! :(

You don't want r00tw0rms - they delete all your wikis :(
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Post by: esoomenona on Thu, 18 October 2012, 20:08:17
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Title: Re: Are you a Pre-R00TW0RM member or not?
Post by: rowdy on Thu, 18 October 2012, 20:13:04
All your wiki are belong to us.
Title: Re: Are you a Pre-R00TW0RM member or not?
Post by: TexasFlood on Thu, 18 October 2012, 20:14:18
Ripster, Dipster, Nipster... WTF?
No SonOfRipster or StevieWonder? :D
Title: Re: Are you a Pre-R00TW0RM member or not?
Post by: mmmty on Thu, 18 October 2012, 21:16:53
Ripster=r00tw0rm

He was entertaining though - RIP... no crying smiley??
Title: Re: Are you a Pre-R00TW0RM member or not?
Post by: fohat.digs on Thu, 18 October 2012, 21:52:24
You really think that he took down all his own hard work?

That would be completely unhinged - those wikis were his claim to fame!
Title: Re: Are you a Pre-R00TW0RM member or not?
Post by: AKIMbO on Thu, 18 October 2012, 22:01:47
^He's slowly rebuilding the GH wikis on reddit (or at least putting wayback archive links to them).
 
Title: Re: Are you a Pre-R00TW0RM member or not?
Post by: mmmty on Thu, 18 October 2012, 22:13:27
payback > wiki  :))
Title: Re: Are you a Pre-R00TW0RM member or not?
Post by: DarkShot on Fri, 19 October 2012, 22:18:36
Pre-R00TW0RM lurker, post-R00TW0RM poster.

It really was after everything blew up and reformed did I start to post and such.

Lurked somewhat even before I registered.
Title: Re: Are you a Pre-R00TW0RM member or not?
Post by: TheProfosist on Sat, 20 October 2012, 01:56:12
100% pre :( lots of stuff i did lost then and with the banishing of ripster.
Title: Re: Are you a Pre-R00TW0RM member or not?
Post by: jdcarpe on Sat, 20 October 2012, 03:35:51
The 170 or so of us using the Nostalgia theme are definitely pre-R00TW0RM. :llama:
Title: Re: Are you a Pre-R00TW0RM member or not?
Post by: ranviper on Sat, 20 October 2012, 08:30:37
I was around for a little while pre worm. Didn't really get active until post. Glad I am now tho. =)
Title: Re: Are you a Pre-R00TW0RM member or not?
Post by: sovano on Sat, 20 October 2012, 10:35:24
I'm pre-rootworm. I was a lurker back then, still am now. That'll change in the coming weeks though.
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Post by: esoomenona on Sat, 20 October 2012, 19:38:12
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Title: Re: Re: Are you a Pre-R00TW0RM member or not?
Post by: TheProfosist on Sat, 20 October 2012, 22:38:21
The 170 or so of us using the Nostalgia theme are definitely pre-R00TW0RM. :llama:
agreed had to change back.
Title: Re: Are you a Pre-R00TW0RM member or not?
Post by: thegunner100 on Sat, 20 October 2012, 22:42:58
The 170 or so of us using the Nostalgia theme are definitely pre-R00TW0RM. :llama:

Of course!
Title: Re: Are you a Pre-R00TW0RM member or not?
Post by: noisyturtle on Sat, 20 October 2012, 22:46:07
I think my cat may have r00tworms...
Title: Re: Are you a Pre-R00TW0RM member or not?
Post by: mickd on Sat, 20 October 2012, 23:11:04
I'm just glad the servers are stable and fast now :) Thank you administration team!

Oh, and pre-r00tw0rm!
Title: Re: Are you a Pre-R00TW0RM member or not?
Post by: sovano on Sat, 20 October 2012, 23:28:00
I'm pre-rootworm. I was a lurker back then, still am now. That'll change in the coming weeks though.
Are you getting a keyboard? :))
I've had a few mechanical keyboards already. So it isn't that. I just spent my time on another forum with their mechanical keyboard section.

The 170 or so of us using the Nostalgia theme are definitely pre-R00TW0RM. :llama:
agreed had to change back.
Wait a second you can change your preference for the forum skin? How?
Title: Re: Are you a Pre-R00TW0RM member or not?
Post by: mickd on Sat, 20 October 2012, 23:33:57
Profile -> Forum Profile
then
Modify Profile -> Look and Layout
Title: Re: Are you a Pre-R00TW0RM member or not?
Post by: sovano on Sat, 20 October 2012, 23:36:16
Profile -> Forum Profile
then
Modify Profile -> Look and Layout
Ah I see now. Thank you very much! Make that 173 people now using Nostalgia :)
Title: Re: Are you a Pre-R00TW0RM member or not?
Post by: mickd on Sat, 20 October 2012, 23:43:32
Haha yeah. If I realised I could do that earlier I would of as well. But now I'm too used to this new theme...
Title: Re: Are you a Pre-R00TW0RM member or not?
Post by: rowdy on Sun, 21 October 2012, 04:40:11
Rowdy is using Nostalgia theme too :)
Title: AW: Are you a Pre-R00TW0RM member or not?
Post by: mbc on Sun, 21 October 2012, 11:13:40
So pre rootworm is a thing now :D
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Post by: esoomenona on Sun, 21 October 2012, 11:15:34
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Title: Re: Are you a Pre-R00TW0RM member or not?
Post by: fohat.digs on Sun, 21 October 2012, 16:21:23
Wow, I had no idea that you could use the old theme.

However, after switching back for a few minutes, I do think that the new default theme is easier on the eyes.

Thanks for giving us the choice, and maybe I am not hopelessly old after all.

Cheers, Harry
Title: Re: Are you a Pre-R00TW0RM member or not?
Post by: Computer-Lab in Basement on Sun, 21 October 2012, 16:24:28
Just read through some of the results... looks like Ripster has been having fun at our expense.
Title: Re: Are you a Pre-R00TW0RM member or not?
Post by: zzAaron on Tue, 23 October 2012, 23:10:21
actually i was a lurker. then when i finally wanted to make an account. rootworm happened. i was part of DT when the refugee camp started.
Title: Re: Are you a Pre-R00TW0RM member or not?
Post by: whiskerBox on Tue, 23 October 2012, 23:55:15
This is a funny thread. Someone should make a timeline of all the events that prevented keyboard ogling. Remember when the server crashed during the CC sale and everyone freaked out? that was funny too.
Title: Are you a Pre-R00TW0RM member or not?
Post by: Halverson on Wed, 24 October 2012, 00:38:15
This is a funny thread. Someone should make a timeline of all the events that prevented keyboard ogling. Remember when the server crashed during the CC sale and everyone freaked out? that was funny too.

Lol. I had just joined GH a few weeks before the sale. Had NO IDEA what I was in for!
My buddy wanted to play SCll. But I refused to play and spent two hours refreshing. He had no idea what I was doing...."dude, just buy your stuff and come on".
"EVERYTHING'S BROKEN!! Ahhh!"
Title: Re: Are you a Pre-R00TW0RM member or not?
Post by: sth on Wed, 24 October 2012, 00:50:58
It was a bit of a relief to go cold-turkey from this place for a couple of weeks last summer, but the loss of the wikis was a tragedy of monumental proportions.

I have kicked myself a thousand times for not having studied them more carefully, and not downloading stuff that I knew was important!

And, if I was a diehard Cherry switch fan, there was a world of priceless information for me that evaporated overnight.

As it is, identifying vintage keyboards and oddball switch types is infinitely harder and more frustrating now.

For all his schizophrenic foibles, Ripster personally raised my keyboard knowledge by orders of magnitude with his plethora of broad and insightful wikis.

Thanks again, Ripster!



there is quite a lot of information on dtwiki. maybe not as much conjecture/pseudoscience though.
Title: Re: Are you a Pre-R00TW0RM member or not?
Post by: asdf on Wed, 24 October 2012, 20:08:45
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewanalytics?formkey=dENyaU1BX3c2bjAtZ0ZWcThjMGhETHc6MQ
Title: Re: Are you a Pre-R00TW0RM member or not?
Post by: tipo33 on Fri, 26 October 2012, 01:17:52
Not that many posts, but I am definetly pre r00tworm. 
I also just switched to the nostalgia theme :)
Title: Re: Are you a Pre-R00TW0RM member or not?
Post by: ra7c7er on Fri, 26 October 2012, 01:29:39
I am post worm
Title: Re: Are you a Pre-R00TW0RM member or not?
Post by: Input Nirvana on Fri, 26 October 2012, 18:15:52
Pre-worm here. Too bad peeps that do damage don't go to jail.

The wikis loss is tragic no matter how you slice it. To say otherwise is spiteful. Some may be rebuilt over time, but the loss definitely hurts everyone.
Title: Re: Are you a Pre-R00TW0RM member or not?
Post by: SmallFry on Fri, 26 October 2012, 18:19:58
'Tis true... :(
Title: Re: Are you a Pre-R00TW0RM member or not?
Post by: Computer-Lab in Basement on Fri, 26 October 2012, 18:24:18
Indeed.  I have been looking for a guide on how to mod a full sized Model M to make it a space saver, but unfortunately the guide was lost to the R00TW0RM...

Anyone happen to know where I might find said guide?  (sorry to hijack your thread there SmallFry...)
Title: Re: Are you a Pre-R00TW0RM member or not?
Post by: khaangaaroo on Fri, 26 October 2012, 18:26:27
can someone explain this r00tw0rm business to me? how would someone that's post-r00tw0rm know that r00tw0rm is? haha
Title: Re: Are you a Pre-R00TW0RM member or not?
Post by: telepete on Fri, 26 October 2012, 19:41:42
I'm pre r00tw0rm too.
Title: Re: Are you a Pre-R00TW0RM member or not?
Post by: i3oilermaker on Fri, 26 October 2012, 19:52:42
Pre-worm w00t w00t

We all take it for granted how well things run now.
Title: Re: Are you a Pre-R00TW0RM member or not?
Post by: Rumudiez on Fri, 26 October 2012, 19:52:46
We can't talk about the details: it's part of being in the pre-r00tworm club.
Title: Re: Are you a Pre-R00TW0RM member or not?
Post by: SmallFry on Fri, 26 October 2012, 20:48:05
First rule of R00TW0RM Club is that you do NOT talk about it.
Title: Re: Are you a Pre-R00TW0RM member or not?
Post by: Input Nirvana on Fri, 26 October 2012, 22:17:48
Pre-rootwormhole is a club?
Is posthole-rootwormholio a club too?
Am I talking about it toooooo much?
Are you gonna frag me like Meatloaf (Man-Titty-Bob alias Rootwermie)?
Title: Re: Are you a Pre-R00TW0RM member or not?
Post by: SmallFry on Fri, 26 October 2012, 22:44:28
I was just kidding Input Nirvana. :P
Title: Re: Are you a Pre-R00TW0RM member or not?
Post by: rowdy on Sat, 27 October 2012, 05:51:52
What about those who were pre-r00tw0rm, but could not reactivate their accounts and so created new accounts.

Are they both pre- and post-r00tw0rm?

Have they truly been enlightened?
Title: Re: Are you a Pre-R00TW0RM member or not?
Post by: fohat.digs on Sat, 27 October 2012, 19:50:48
can someone explain this r00tw0rm business to me? how would someone that's post-r00tw0rm know that r00tw0rm is? haha

Using the dictionary as an example, the "unabridged" dictionary of keyboards does not exist.

Pre-R00TW0RM, the "wiki" section of Geekhack was perhaps the biggest and best reference available anywhere, while the current GH wikis (and slightly more comprehensive Deskthority wikis) are little more than "pocket" paperbacks at best.

I am a lazy sod, and had only made a few small contributions, each with a dozen photos and a dozen paragraphs of instructions on deconstructing and rebuilding Model M/Fs, but even those are gone.

It is hard for me to comprehend someone deliberately eliminating work that took hundreds of hours of his own time to create, and especially since it was work that benefited hundreds or thousands of people, greatly, in their quest to educate themselves about mechanical keyboards.