Do You Ever Wonder Why You Do on the Internet?

[highpeaksdrifter]

Do You Ever Wonder Why You Do What You Do on the Internet?

I do, I just spent 2 days fighting for GSS reinstatement on AZ. I didn’t enjoy any of it and found it kind of exhausting after a while. I still think it’s unfair, but I and others where told no…at which point I should have let it go. I didn’t and got more and more wrapped up in it.

I keep telling myself to not get involved in stuff like this again…then I do it again. The main reason I stopped posting here for 4 months is because of stuff like this, which is often of my own making. What a waste of time and energy.

 

[andyzee]

I do, I just spent 2 days fighting for GSS reinstatement on AZ. I didn’t enjoy any of it and found it kind of exhausting after a while. I still think it’s unfair, but I and others where told no…at which point I should have let it go. I didn’t and got more and more wrapped up in it.

I keep telling myself to not get involved in stuff like this again…then I do it again. The main reason I stopped posting here for 4 months is because of stuff like this, which is often of my own making. What a waste of time and energy.

I used to, not too much anymore, not worth it. The only reason I even wrote as much as I did is because of nasty PM from former owner and one from a mod.

 

[tjf67]

I used to, not too much anymore, not worth it. The only reason I even wrote as much as I did is because of nasty PM from former owner and one from a mod.

Dude don't hold out. Cut and paste it and share with all.

 

[ERJ-145CA]

I got to the Killington...err...GSS thread a little late and now it seems inappropriate to post this in that thread after the last few posts. So I'll post it here.

I would like to see GSS back, I always found him entertaining and it made me read this forum more, especially in the summer. So I say give him another chance.

Free GSS.

 

[OldsnowboarderME]

What most of you missed is that GSS and I had an understanding of each other and OUR banter was loss on most of you.. there can't be good without evil...
( please no PM from Mods .. iwon't would care but I don't)

 

[OldsnowboarderME]

I do, I just spent 2 days fighting for GSS reinstatement on AZ. I didn’t enjoy any of it and found it kind of exhausting after a while. I still think it’s unfair, but I and others where told no…at which point I should have let it go. I didn’t and got more and more wrapped up in it.

I keep telling myself to not get involved in stuff like this again…then I do it again. The main reason I stopped posting here for 4 months is because of stuff like this, which is often of my own making. What a waste of time and energy.

Don't give up the fight ...

 

[dmc]

What most of you missed is that GSS and I had an understanding of each other and OUR banter was loss on most of you.. there can't be good without evil...
( please no PM from Mods .. iwon't would care but I don't)

I loved your back and forth banter... Gooooooooooooooooooood internet...
You guys entertained me..

I've been doing this shti since before there was an WWW.. We used to get into it on BBS's(Bulletin Boards) and USENET ... A flame war at 1400 baud was very tactical..

Now I want to take it the the "cloud" - the new word for internet...

 

[2knees]

I used to, not too much anymore, not worth it. The only reason I even wrote as much as I did is because of nasty PM from former owner and one from a mod.

what a load of crap. you live for the internet.

 

[OldsnowboarderME]

what a load of crap. ..........

Hey the subject matter expert contributes ..

 

[Glenn]

Hey the subject matter expert contributes ..

Quoted for extreme irony.

 

[campgottagopee]

I'm in front of a computer 12 hrs a day so it helps pass the time. If it wasn't for that I'm sure I'd never log on here, or anywhere for that matter.

What I do like about it is the fact I've met some really cool people and consider them friends of mine....to me that's cool.

As for GSS, I ain't givin' up the fight.

 

[dbking]

Free GSS!

 

[Riverskier]

I'm in front of a computer 12 hrs a day so it helps pass the time. If it wasn't for that I'm sure I'd never log on here, or anywhere for that matter.

This. The internet and this site pass time at work. GSS, freeing GSS, trip reports, skiing discussions, the dinner thread, etc. all fall under one category- entertainment. I probably use the internet for about an hour a week outside of work.

 

[mondeo]

It's a distraction.

 

[mondeo]

It's a distraction.

While I'm waiting for this model to load.

WHY WON"T YOU LOAD!?

 

[ctenidae]

While I'm waiting for this model to load.

WHY WON"T YOU LOAD!?

This- I'm currently working with an Excel model that requres about 5 minutes of 100% twin dual-core i7 useage to open. To recalc, I hit F9 and go get a cup of coffee.

 

[mondeo]

This- I'm currently working with an Excel model that requres about 5 minutes of 100% twin dual-core i7 useage to open. To recalc, I hit F9 and go get a cup of coffee.

New computer tomorrow. 2.8GHz quad core Xeon, 6 GB DDR3. Should be a nice step up from this 2.6GHz Core 2 duo with 3GB DDR2 on a FSB. It would be nice if I could actually access all that memory, but I'm a week and a half too early to get Win7. Stuck with XP until 2014, hooray!

Unless I convince my boss that I need to step up to the dual sexa-core Xeon machine with 12GB of memory, that could be fun.

 

[SkiFanE]

What else would I do while the conference call drags out endlessly? I work with a few different sites and most meetings are remote (Live meeting) and I have 3 monitors at my desk (2 PCs) so can multi-task nicely. Keep my live meeting going while doing 'work' on other PC..with phone on mute. Although the other day I did have to do the "oh...could you please repeat that, I didn't catch it all".

 

[dmc]

It's tough for non-IT people to understand that we IT guys that work remotely use places like AZ as our water cooler. It keeps us sane by being able to interact with folks..

 

[2knees]

Hey the subject matter expert contributes ..

so they let you out of the institution or have they just granted you internet access?