<strong>Sir Escher? Thanks for bestowing the honor of knighthood upon me, Retrograde. I had no idea you were actually the Queen of England. (Isn't she the only one who can confer honorary knighthood? Any Brits here to clarify?)</strong><hr></blockquote>
Well, seeing as Mac O' the Isles had taken the liberty to rebrand himself as Sir Mac O' the Isles (mind you, he could really have been officially knighted and if so I heartily encourage Sir Mac O' the Isles to profer forth the details of said knighthood and in particular to share with us a picture or two of the ceremony!) I figured that after your many years of service to the AI community you too ought to be enlisted into the AI knighthood.
Now it is true that only the Queen of England can declare such knighthoods and I am far from royalty, and certainly no queen. But it is also true that the AI Fora do not fall under the remit of only one principality and so knighthoods could be conferred by numerous figureheads of various different countries. And, incidentally, I do happen to know that a certain <a href="http://users.erols.com/ziring/escher_bio.htm"; target="_blank">Escher</a>
was knighted in 1955 in Holland with the "Knighthood of the Order of Oranje Nassau", although I do believe (correctly?) that your AI name is not homage to this great artist.
In any case, Mandricard may be willing to knight able subjects by touching them on each shoulder with his new iPod when it should be updated, released and delivered forthwith!
I remember I was a lurker before the black out. I was at work one day and went to show a co-worker appleinsider (I worked at a school in a tech department full of mac users) Well anyways I go to appleinsider.com and nothing loads. I remember thinking well its probably some server maintenance, I`ll check back tomorrow...
Then there was that whole flamingo site that was supposed to replace AI. I remember reading about that at Maccentral in a comment to some article... Anyways that site could never touch AI
Long live AI! <img src="graemlins/cancer.gif" border="0" alt="[cancer]" />
I remember I was a lurker before the black out. I was at work one day and went to show a co-worker appleinsider (I worked at a school in a tech department full of mac users) Well anyways I go to appleinsider.com and nothing loads. I remember thinking well its probably some server maintenance, I`ll check back tomorrow...
Then there was that whole flamingo site that was supposed to replace AI. I remember reading about that at Maccentral in a comment to some article... Anyways that site could never touch AI
Long live AI! <img src="graemlins/cancer.gif" border="0" alt="[cancer]" />
AI Fora do not fall under the remit of only one principality and so knighthoods could be conferred by numerous figureheads of various different countries.
Thank you for explaining the full legitimacy of the knighthood you just conferred upon me, Retrograde.
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I do happen to know that a certain <a href="http://users.erols.com/ziring/escher_bio.htm"; target="_blank">Escher</a> was knighted in 1955 in Holland with the "Knighthood of the Order of Oranje Nassau", although I do believe (correctly?) that your AI name is not homage to this great artist.
Interesting. I had no idea Morits Cornelis was knighted. You are indeed correct that my AI name does not refer to M.C. Escher's name, but instead to my own. Incidentally, however, our (last) names are the exact same. The only difference is that M.C. is from the Dutch branch of the family, while I am from the Swiss branch.
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In any case, Mandricard may be willing to knight able subjects by touching them on each shoulder with his new iPod when it should be updated, released and delivered forthwith!
It looks like poor Mandricard will have to wait again after another, especially harrowing, false-alarm Tuesday. But to get back on topic, I would certainly welcome Mandricard in this thread, being that he shares many of our good old memories.
Thank you for explaining the full legitimacy of the knighthood you just conferred upon me, Retrograde.
Interesting. I had no idea Morits Cornelis was knighted. You are indeed correct that my AI name does not refer to M.C. Escher's name, but instead to my own. Incidentally, however, our (last) names are the exact same. The only difference is that M.C. is from the Dutch brach of the family, while I am from the Swiss brach.
It looks like poor Mandricard will have to wait again after another, especially harrowing, false-alarm Tuesday. But to get back on topic, I would certainly welcome Mandricard in this thread, being that he shares many of our good old memories.
Escher
Ahh, Escher. Those were the days, before we had faux-subnotebooks from Apple.
Ahh, Escher. Those were the days, before we had faux-subnotebooks from Apple.
Ooh, Jonathan. I love that new expression, faux-subnotebook. No wonder you're at the G-place. Maybe I should change my sig.
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Hope springs eternal (a nod to Mr. Mandricard),
Should it be Sir Mandricard? I think he deserves it for his endless patience and eternally springing hope. And while we're at it, how about Sir Retrograde and Sir Jonathan as well? Can you configure vB automatically to add "Sir" to usernames once they've been members for say two years?
I joined December 2001. I was looking for information on the upcmoing iMac (wasn't everybody). There hasn't been a season of hype quite like MWSF02 since then, has there?
Anyway, it has been interesting to read some of the history. Hope AI stays around long enough that I can one day reminisce in a thread such as this...
I just actually singed up tonight, but have been lurking for years.. even way before the worker bee incident. javascript:smilie(':cool:') even back then people goofed on MOSR (even though they did actually have some right info back then, but they probably got it from somewhere else(remember the cube descriptions?) javascript:smilie('')
I can't exactly remember when I showed up. I wasn't one of the old guard, the sentinels or whatever. I caught the second wave, when Kasper and friends changed the name to AppleInsider, and just when the color scheme was changed from the black and bondi blue scheme to this general scheme. Everyone else then was very technically knowledgeable, so I basically kept my mouth shut in all those chip flamefests in the Future Hardware forum and asked stupid questions every now and then. Never ventured into AppleOutsider, and tended to keep to the software fora.
Ooh, Jonathan. I love that new expression, faux-subnotebook. No wonder you're at the G-place. Maybe I should change my sig.
Should it be Sir Mandricard? I think he deserves it for his endless patience and eternally springing hope. And while we're at it, how about Sir Retrograde and Sir Jonathan as well? Can you configure vB automatically to add "Sir" to usernames once they've been members for say two years?
Escher
the G-Place, huh?
I tell you, Escher, I question my presence here more and more as time passes. The administration is, at best, a cluster****. I'm currently battling them on multiple fronts: (no, your promise of four years of on-campus housing is actually a binding contract... ) and also trying to decipher why all my classmates seem to have nifty internships lined up for the summer at places like the IMF, Lloyd's, and J.P. Morgan.
Did I miss a memo or something?
As for vB automatically changing names at a certain point, i'm afraid to report it's not quite in our grasp. However, you will find a nice surprise in your profile upon reaching the 1000 post milestone.
Perhaps I should confer the 1000+ privileges to certain, *cough* Elite members?
Well, I remember a friend's profs at Wharton calling Harvard and Stanford the H-place and the S-place, respectively. So I figured G-place would work for your alma mater.
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The administration is, at best, a cluster****.
Don't despair, Jonathan. Most university administrations suck ass. When they get too obnoxious, I often remind them of the tens of thousands of dollars I paid and coninue to pay for tuition, and the bazillions I might give as an alumnus. That sometimes gets their ear. In any case, don't give up!
As for summer jobs, just remember that this is only your first summer. Right? I have tons of classmates that were camp counselors or book sales people for all three summers and did really well later on, i.e. went to top-10 grad school or became fancy i-bankers in NYC. My freshman year roommate worked at Eastern Mountain Sports and bummed around Colorado and Europe. He's now at Harvard law. Do you have any family connections? Influential friends or neighbors? If so, work those connections and milk them for all they're worth. Have you tried offering your services for free to places where you'd like to work? If not, try that. You can always work at Starbucks for money.
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Did I miss a memo or something?
LOL. Let me know if you find out. I might have missed it too.
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However, you will find a nice surprise in your profile upon reaching the 1000 post milestone.
Thanks. That'll give me something to look forward to over the next couple of months. I'm not having the greatest time finding a part-time or full-time job right now either. I sincerely hope the economy gets better by the time I graduate in December (and take the bar in February 2004, if I ever get there).
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-J."iremembereliteinstaller'W.
-"iremembereliteinstallertoo"Escher
PS: Completely off topic, is there any chance SpyMac's iWalk was coincidentally named after you? Or is my math waaaay off?
Well, I remember a friend's profs at Wharton calling Harvard and Stanford the H-place and the S-place, respectively. So I figured G-place would work for your alma mater.
Sounds like a plan.
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Don't despair, Jonathan. Most university administrations suck ass. When they get too obnoxious, I often remind them of the tens of thousands of dollars I paid and coninue to pay for tuition, and the bazillions I might give as an alumnus. That sometimes gets their ear. In any case, don't give up!
As for summer jobs, just remember that this is only your first summer. Right? I have tons of classmates that were camp counselors or book sales people for all three summers and did really well later on, i.e. went to top-10 grad school or became fancy i-bankers in NYC. My freshman year roommate worked at Eastern Mountain Sports and bummed around Colorado and Europe. He's now at Harvard law. Do you have any family connections? Influential friends or neighbors? If so, work those connections and milk them for all they're worth. Have you tried offering your services for free to places where you'd like to work? If not, try that. You can always work at Starbucks for money.
It's my second summer. Last year, I did the bum-around thing. It wouldn't really concern me if complete and total morons weren't starting to mention the fact that they worked with the World Bank on loans to single mothers in Bangladesh. I mean, really... WTF!
Family connections are there, but not really in the areas that I want. It seems that my parents' friends and our neighbors all seem to be quite tied in with the new (republican :grumble) Maryland governor's office and cabinet. Beats me how.
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Thanks. That'll give me something to look forward to over the next couple of months. I'm not having the greatest time finding a part-time or full-time job right now either. I sincerely hope the economy gets better by the time I graduate in December (and take the bar in February 2004).
I hope so too, for both of our sakes. It seems, luckily that i-finance and i-biz (the two areas that I would be looking to go into) seem to be surviving the downturn nicely.
Now to not get bio-terrorized in the next few weeks...
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PS: Completely off topic, is there any chance SpyMac's iWalk was coincidentally named after you? Or is my math waaaay off?
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... there's been a lack of flashy visionaries with reliable Apple connections or at least feet planted firmly on realistic ground.
Full of nostalgia,
Escher
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how does that in any way describe Kormac?
<strong>Sir Escher? Thanks for bestowing the honor of knighthood upon me, Retrograde. I had no idea you were actually the Queen of England.
Well, seeing as Mac O' the Isles had taken the liberty to rebrand himself as Sir Mac O' the Isles (mind you, he could really have been officially knighted and if so I heartily encourage Sir Mac O' the Isles to profer forth the details of said knighthood and in particular to share with us a picture or two of the ceremony!) I figured that after your many years of service to the AI community you too ought to be enlisted into the AI knighthood.
Now it is true that only the Queen of England can declare such knighthoods and I am far from royalty, and certainly no queen.
was knighted in 1955 in Holland with the "Knighthood of the Order of Oranje Nassau", although I do believe (correctly?) that your AI name is not homage to this great artist.
In any case, Mandricard may be willing to knight able subjects by touching them on each shoulder with his new iPod when it should be updated, released and delivered forthwith!
I remain your faithful servant,
Retrograde OBE
Then there was that whole flamingo site that was supposed to replace AI. I remember reading about that at Maccentral in a comment to some article... Anyways that site could never touch AI
Long live AI! <img src="graemlins/cancer.gif" border="0" alt="[cancer]" />
Originally posted by Mount_my_floppy
I remember I was a lurker before the black out. I was at work one day and went to show a co-worker appleinsider (I worked at a school in a tech department full of mac users) Well anyways I go to appleinsider.com and nothing loads. I remember thinking well its probably some server maintenance, I`ll check back tomorrow...
Then there was that whole flamingo site that was supposed to replace AI. I remember reading about that at Maccentral in a comment to some article... Anyways that site could never touch AI
Long live AI! <img src="graemlins/cancer.gif" border="0" alt="[cancer]" />
Flamingos...?
Originally posted by iBrowse
Flamingos...?
Bad Flamingo? Pink Flamingo? something like that...
ask applenut
Originally posted by Retrograde
AI Fora do not fall under the remit of only one principality and so knighthoods could be conferred by numerous figureheads of various different countries.
Thank you for explaining the full legitimacy of the knighthood you just conferred upon me, Retrograde.
I do happen to know that a certain <a href="http://users.erols.com/ziring/escher_bio.htm"; target="_blank">Escher</a> was knighted in 1955 in Holland with the "Knighthood of the Order of Oranje Nassau", although I do believe (correctly?) that your AI name is not homage to this great artist.
Interesting. I had no idea Morits Cornelis was knighted. You are indeed correct that my AI name does not refer to M.C. Escher's name, but instead to my own. Incidentally, however, our (last) names are the exact same. The only difference is that M.C. is from the Dutch branch of the family, while I am from the Swiss branch.
In any case, Mandricard may be willing to knight able subjects by touching them on each shoulder with his new iPod when it should be updated, released and delivered forthwith!
It looks like poor Mandricard will have to wait again after another, especially harrowing, false-alarm Tuesday. But to get back on topic, I would certainly welcome Mandricard in this thread, being that he shares many of our good old memories.
Escher
Originally posted by Escher
Thank you for explaining the full legitimacy of the knighthood you just conferred upon me, Retrograde.
Interesting. I had no idea Morits Cornelis was knighted. You are indeed correct that my AI name does not refer to M.C. Escher's name, but instead to my own. Incidentally, however, our (last) names are the exact same. The only difference is that M.C. is from the Dutch brach of the family, while I am from the Swiss brach.
It looks like poor Mandricard will have to wait again after another, especially harrowing, false-alarm Tuesday. But to get back on topic, I would certainly welcome Mandricard in this thread, being that he shares many of our good old memories.
Escher
Ahh, Escher. Those were the days, before we had faux-subnotebooks from Apple.
Hope springs eternal (a nod to Mr. Mandricard),
J
Originally posted by Jonathan
Ahh, Escher. Those were the days, before we had faux-subnotebooks from Apple.
Ooh, Jonathan. I love that new expression, faux-subnotebook. No wonder you're at the G-place.
Hope springs eternal (a nod to Mr. Mandricard),
Should it be Sir Mandricard? I think he deserves it for his endless patience and eternally springing hope. And while we're at it, how about Sir Retrograde and Sir Jonathan as well? Can you configure vB automatically to add "Sir" to usernames once they've been members for say two years?
Escher
Anyway, it has been interesting to read some of the history. Hope AI stays around long enough that I can one day reminisce in a thread such as this...
I remember when AI was a "real" (in the loosest sense) rumor site and it had some respect as one
now, it is just a really nice looking forum.
I was nebagakid, am nebagakid, and one day I hope to become nebagaman
Originally posted by Xool
Whoa, Late '98 for me. I guess I must be an AI ancient. Who knows how long a lurked prior. I'm ashamed of my low post count.
Probably not much earlier as the forums opened in November of 1998.
Originally posted by Escher
Ooh, Jonathan. I love that new expression, faux-subnotebook. No wonder you're at the G-place.
Should it be Sir Mandricard? I think he deserves it for his endless patience and eternally springing hope. And while we're at it, how about Sir Retrograde and Sir Jonathan as well? Can you configure vB automatically to add "Sir" to usernames once they've been members for say two years?
Escher
the G-Place, huh?
I tell you, Escher, I question my presence here more and more as time passes. The administration is, at best, a cluster****. I'm currently battling them on multiple fronts: (no, your promise of four years of on-campus housing is actually a binding contract...
Did I miss a memo or something?
As for vB automatically changing names at a certain point, i'm afraid to report it's not quite in our grasp. However, you will find a nice surprise in your profile upon reaching the 1000 post milestone.
Perhaps I should confer the 1000+ privileges to certain, *cough* Elite members?
-J."iremembereliteinstaller'W.
Originally posted by Jonathan
the G-Place, huh?
Well, I remember a friend's profs at Wharton calling Harvard and Stanford the H-place and the S-place, respectively. So I figured G-place would work for your alma mater.
The administration is, at best, a cluster****.
Don't despair, Jonathan. Most university administrations suck ass. When they get too obnoxious, I often remind them of the tens of thousands of dollars I paid and coninue to pay for tuition, and the bazillions I might give as an alumnus. That sometimes gets their ear. In any case, don't give up!
As for summer jobs, just remember that this is only your first summer. Right? I have tons of classmates that were camp counselors or book sales people for all three summers and did really well later on, i.e. went to top-10 grad school or became fancy i-bankers in NYC. My freshman year roommate worked at Eastern Mountain Sports and bummed around Colorado and Europe. He's now at Harvard law. Do you have any family connections? Influential friends or neighbors? If so, work those connections and milk them for all they're worth. Have you tried offering your services for free to places where you'd like to work? If not, try that. You can always work at Starbucks for money.
Did I miss a memo or something?
LOL.
However, you will find a nice surprise in your profile upon reaching the 1000 post milestone.
Thanks. That'll give me something to look forward to over the next couple of months. I'm not having the greatest time finding a part-time or full-time job right now either. I sincerely hope the economy gets better by the time I graduate in December (and take the bar in February 2004, if I ever get there).
-J."iremembereliteinstaller'W.
-"iremembereliteinstallertoo"Escher
PS: Completely off topic, is there any chance SpyMac's iWalk was coincidentally named after you? Or is my math waaaay off?
Originally posted by Escher
Well, I remember a friend's profs at Wharton calling Harvard and Stanford the H-place and the S-place, respectively. So I figured G-place would work for your alma mater.
Sounds like a plan.
Don't despair, Jonathan. Most university administrations suck ass. When they get too obnoxious, I often remind them of the tens of thousands of dollars I paid and coninue to pay for tuition, and the bazillions I might give as an alumnus. That sometimes gets their ear. In any case, don't give up!
As for summer jobs, just remember that this is only your first summer. Right? I have tons of classmates that were camp counselors or book sales people for all three summers and did really well later on, i.e. went to top-10 grad school or became fancy i-bankers in NYC. My freshman year roommate worked at Eastern Mountain Sports and bummed around Colorado and Europe. He's now at Harvard law. Do you have any family connections? Influential friends or neighbors? If so, work those connections and milk them for all they're worth. Have you tried offering your services for free to places where you'd like to work? If not, try that. You can always work at Starbucks for money.
It's my second summer. Last year, I did the bum-around thing. It wouldn't really concern me if complete and total morons weren't starting to mention the fact that they worked with the World Bank on loans to single mothers in Bangladesh. I mean, really... WTF!
Family connections are there, but not really in the areas that I want. It seems that my parents' friends and our neighbors all seem to be quite tied in with the new (republican :grumble) Maryland governor's office and cabinet. Beats me how.
Thanks. That'll give me something to look forward to over the next couple of months. I'm not having the greatest time finding a part-time or full-time job right now either. I sincerely hope the economy gets better by the time I graduate in December (and take the bar in February 2004).
I hope so too, for both of our sakes. It seems, luckily that i-finance and i-biz (the two areas that I would be looking to go into) seem to be surviving the downturn nicely.
Now to not get bio-terrorized in the next few weeks...
PS: Completely off topic, is there any chance SpyMac's iWalk was coincidentally named after you? Or is my math waaaay off?
ooh. your math is... quite good.
Originally posted by Jonathan
Perhaps I should confer the 1000+ privileges to certain, *cough* Elite members?
Elitism sucks. Unless, of course, you're one of the effete elite.
Originally posted by GardenOfEarthlyDelights
Elitism sucks. Unless, of course, you're one of the effete elite.
Brad wields all the power around here anymore, anyway.
When I try to do things, they break.
Originally posted by GardenOfEarthlyDelights
Elitism sucks. Unless, of course, you're one of the effete elite.
Yay, I just learned a new word. Throwing around xenologies, like GOED just did, is elitism at its best.
Escher