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Two Teensie Suggestions for this Site
« on: September 01, 2012, 11:53:52 PM »
Hi.  I am a new member to this site but have been an Amigan for a long time. :)  I have a suggestion about the challenge questions that must be answered before a person can beome registered here.  The questions I was asked, all require knowledge of obscure Amiga history.  It seems to me that this makes it very difficult for a person new to the Amigaverse to register (Sorry Fleecy, but your name is not exactly a household word).  Does this not keep the kind of people the Amiga community is trying to recruit, from activly participating?

Also, I live on the east coast of the US.  The timezone here is often written as "GMT -5".  At the top of this page it gives the site timezone as "GMT -6". Yet, the time shown is 2 hours earlier than here.  Shouldn't that be "GMT -7" instead?

All in all, this is a truely awsome and bodaciouly excellent site.  Really- the only one I go to for Amiga news.

Just my 2 pfennings worth.

Thank you for all that you do for the community.

Robert
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Offline pyrre

Re: Two Teensie Suggestions for this Site
« Reply #1 on: September 02, 2012, 12:29:13 AM »
Most questions can be answered if you google it... no need for indept knowlege of amiga history. And you might even learn something you did'nt know about amiga in the prosess... :D

Anyways. welcome.
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Re: Two Teensie Suggestions for this Site
« Reply #2 on: September 02, 2012, 12:31:42 AM »
Welcome to the nuthouse.
Man, things have sure changed a lot since I joined up. I didn't know they hit you with questions like that.
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Re: Two Teensie Suggestions for this Site
« Reply #3 on: September 02, 2012, 02:28:37 AM »
Yes I agree with the Challenge questions even hard core amiga guys sometimes dont know the answer...welcome to the site :)
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Re: Two Teensie Suggestions for this Site
« Reply #4 on: September 02, 2012, 02:38:16 AM »
Quote from: robertcr5;706179
Hi.  I am a new member to this site but have been an Amigan for a long time. :)  I have a suggestion about the challenge questions that must be answered before a person can beome registered here.  The questions I was asked, all require knowledge of obscure Amiga history.  It seems to me that this makes it very difficult for a person new to the Amigaverse to register (Sorry Fleecy, but your name is not exactly a household word).  Does this not keep the kind of people the Amiga community is trying to recruit, from activly participating?

Also, I live on the east coast of the US.  The timezone here is often written as "GMT -5".  At the top of this page it gives the site timezone as "GMT -6". Yet, the time shown is 2 hours earlier than here.  Shouldn't that be "GMT -7" instead?

All in all, this is a truely awsome and bodaciouly excellent site.  Really- the only one I go to for Amiga news.

Just my 2 pfennings worth.

Thank you for all that you do for the community.

Robert




Hi,

Welcome to the community of loonies.

HMMMM!!!

Challenge question!!!

Heck this must really be turning into a Mac site, only a Mac head would think of something like that.

Anyhow if you have any hard questions about the Amiga,

A man wearing a hardhat has the answers, but you have to remember not only does he have a hard hat, but he also has a hard head, but he really is a real nice person.

Well enjoy the looney bin. Just remember a lot of these guys are so old that the bit bucket they use has some holes in it.

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Re: Two Teensie Suggestions for this Site
« Reply #5 on: September 02, 2012, 09:26:48 AM »
I always found the Amiga history question/verification extremely stupid and a waste of time.

Use a decent CAPTCHA system like everyone else.