# Longtime posters Missing in Action? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 15, 2004, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/longtime-posters-missing-in-action/245218 "2004-05-15T02:56:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2004, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/longtime-posters-missing-in-action/245218/61 "2004-07-03T03:34:34Z")
[Heisenberg Uncertainty Priciple](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uncertainty_principle) [Quantum foam](http://www.astronomycafe.net/qadir/ask/a11792.html) ---
**Author:** ![Zoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/a4c791/32.png) [@Zoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zoe)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2004, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/longtime-posters-missing-in-action/245218/62 "2004-07-03T04:09:25Z")
**NoClueBoy** , I didn’t see you for a while and just assumed that you felt guilty about not responding to my postcard from Paris. I need a smilie that conveys a state of miffedity… ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2004, 4:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/longtime-posters-missing-in-action/245218/63 "2004-07-03T04:15:16Z")
**Zoe** sent me a wonderful post card from Paris! It was subatomic, baby! I probably missed some others, too, in my _rush_ to buy my own postcards. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2004, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/longtime-posters-missing-in-action/245218/64 "2004-07-03T04:23:44Z")
Oh yeah, I also worked out of town in some godawful little town full of cyberpunk hillbillies for about 2 weeks or less or so right around that time, so when I came back, I just erased all my emails and cleared my cookies and stuff. I erase phome messages, too. Nothing personal to anyone who caled or sent something, it’s just my T-Rex mentality. Besides, people called my on the cell, not even knowing I was out of town. Some knew, and just wanted to tell me stuff. Plus, some girl missed me. She doesn’t miss me now, except maybe tonight, 'cause I had to go see about a job I needed to get paid for before the holiday set in completely. Hey, I’m taking her to the lake tomorrow! But, I had no net access during that time. What was my point anyways? (And people wonder why I have so many more posts than they do. Ha! I can’t complete a thought! Take that, Boba Phet!) ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2004, 5:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/longtime-posters-missing-in-action/245218/65 "2004-07-03T05:09:42Z")
Though I see her on LJ, **Sister Coyote** isn’t around anymore. ---
**Author:** ![DocCathode](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doccathode/32/18773_2.png) [@DocCathode](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DocCathode)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2004, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/longtime-posters-missing-in-action/245218/66 "2004-07-03T19:47:57Z")
> [@NoClueBoy](#): > > Oh yeah, I also worked out of town in some godawful little town full of cyberpunk hillbillies The sky abuv th’ port was the color of a tee-vee tuned to dead channel. Clem downed the methamphetamine annielogs and had hisself some more pickled hog jowls. The bartender asked ‘im ifn he wanted another. The mad had an artiefisshul arm- not one of those new fangled new ones what you kin hardly even tell they ain’t real- this was an old fashioned clunky thingamajigger wrapped in a pink sleeve like a gigantic dishwashing glove- it was uglier than th’ woman ya wake up with after drinkin’ a whole keg by yerself. Never dismiss the cyberpunk hillbillie, folks. Y’all should be afeared o’ their plumb crazy leet skillz. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2004, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/longtime-posters-missing-in-action/245218/67 "2004-07-03T23:40:23Z")
Doc, remind me to _never_ get you pissed off. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Zoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/a4c791/32.png) [@Zoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zoe)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2004, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/longtime-posters-missing-in-action/245218/68 "2004-07-05T15:54:57Z")
**NoClueBoy** , I just wanted to be sure that you got the message and to let you know that you were missed. Anyone who calls a this 60 year old woman “Baby,” can get away with murder. All is forgiven. ---
**Author:** ![Ross](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e274bd/32.png) [@Ross](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ross)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2004, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/longtime-posters-missing-in-action/245218/69 "2004-07-05T16:16:15Z")
I was away for a long time, and only came back properly once the boards went subscription. Aren’t I just nutty? I bet you all think I’m great. ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2004, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/longtime-posters-missing-in-action/245218/70 "2004-07-06T20:21:46Z")
> [@Zoe](#): > > **NoClueBoy** , I just wanted to be sure that you got the message and to let you know that you were missed. > > Anyone who calls a this 60 year old woman “Baby,” can get away with murder. All is forgiven. Aw, shucks… [looks down, kicks at dirt] Well, I guess when ya average over 15ppd, even a fortnight’s absence is noticable. Thanks. Hi, **Ross**! Glad yer back. ---
**Author:** ![Lok](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e8c25b/32.png) [@Lok](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lok)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2004, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/longtime-posters-missing-in-action/245218/71 "2004-07-06T22:54:26Z")
> [@Ranchoth](#): > > I actually checked with **Scylla** , a little while back, right before the boards switched to paid subscriptions. FYI, I even made the offer of paying for his subscription, if price or the ethics of paying were the only factor. But alas, he said that it had become too “Politically Hostile” for him around here for him to consider paying for membership. > > Let me just say: God…f\*\*\*ing…_damnit!_ ☹ :mad: ☹ > > Let me also just say…oh, forget it. The pain is just too fresh. Just pretend I made a Cartman-esque tirade about “lousy tree-hugging hippies.” Next time you talk to him, you might let him know that someone paid for his subscription. He is listed as a member, and his location and post count shows, and that happens when someone is a paid member but have not logged in since becoming a paid member. So if he did not pay, someone thought enough of him to pay it for him. Apparently anonymously. ---
**Author:** ![vivalostwages](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d07c76/32.png) [@vivalostwages](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vivalostwages)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2004, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/longtime-posters-missing-in-action/245218/72 "2004-07-07T01:57:49Z")
> [@NoClueBoy](#): > > Aw, shucks… [looks down, kicks at dirt] > > Well, I guess when ya average over 15ppd, even a fortnight’s absence is noticable. Thanks. > > Hi, **Ross**! Glad yer back. I thought Quantum Foam was from that episode when Sam Beckett had rabies. Did you happen to see any Alien Nazis in that cyberhillbilly town? – **viva** , irrelevantly as always ---
**Author:** ![Berkut](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a88e57/32.png) [@Berkut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Berkut)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2004, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/longtime-posters-missing-in-action/245218/73 "2004-07-07T02:01:29Z")
> [@Lok](#): > > Next time you talk to him, you might let him know that someone paid for his subscription. He is listed as a member, and his location and post count shows, and that happens when someone is a paid member but have not logged in since becoming a paid member. So if he did not pay, someone thought enough of him to pay it for him. Apparently anonymously. That happens whether someone has paid or not. ---
**Author:** ![Berkut](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a88e57/32.png) [@Berkut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Berkut)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2004, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/longtime-posters-missing-in-action/245218/74 "2004-07-07T02:04:24Z")
Oops, hit submit too soon. Anyways, pick someone at random. Say, like [this guy](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/member.php?userid=10045). He’s listed as a member, but I’m willing to bet he hasn’t been subscribed. ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2004, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/longtime-posters-missing-in-action/245218/75 "2004-07-07T02:48:42Z")
Man, I miss ol’ **BlueHobo** , I wonder if he’s burnt the plant down yet. I enjoyed all of his posts. ---
**Author:** ![Welfy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e56c9b/32.png) [@Welfy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Welfy)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2004, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/longtime-posters-missing-in-action/245218/76 "2004-07-07T19:59:21Z")
> [@vanilla](#): > > Has **Sealemon** completely left us? > I remember him about to be a father. Sealemon is alive and well on Livejournal. And yes, he’s a father. :^) ---
**Author:** ![Lok](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e8c25b/32.png) [@Lok](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lok)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2004, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/longtime-posters-missing-in-action/245218/77 "2004-07-08T03:25:23Z")
> [@Berkut](#): > > Oops, hit submit too soon. Anyways, pick someone at random. Say, like [this guy](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/member.php?userid=10045). He’s listed as a member, but I’m willing to bet he hasn’t been subscribed. No, I don’t mean his profile. In a thread, the location and post count only show up on a post if the subscription is paid. Look at the thread linked earlier, Scylla’s post has his post count on it. Lok ---
**Author:** ![Berkut](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a88e57/32.png) [@Berkut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Berkut)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2004, 4:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/longtime-posters-missing-in-action/245218/78 "2004-07-08T04:28:07Z")
I’m not sure that’s the case, either. If you look through older threads, you will see the occasional “member” with all their info listed, even if they haven’t logged on in a couple of years. Like this guy: [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=1971824&postcount=21](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=1971824&postcount=21) I suspect there is something else at work here. ---
**Author:** ![Lok](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e8c25b/32.png) [@Lok](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lok)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2004, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/longtime-posters-missing-in-action/245218/79 "2004-07-08T17:52:04Z")
Guess so. I have only seen it when I was taking care of subscriptions for people during the initial signup. After paying for them, their status would change from Guest to Member and their info would start showing, but the Charter Member would not show until they logged in. Oh well, it was worth a try. 🙂 Lok ---
**Author:** ![Esprix](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/esprix/32/7899_2.png) [@Esprix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Esprix)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2004, 10:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/longtime-posters-missing-in-action/245218/80 "2004-07-10T10:00:06Z")
> [@Ed Zotti](#): > > **Esprix** , this is a warning. You are insinuating that another user has committed plagiarism, a serious matter. We are not aware that any substantive question has been raised about the provenance of Scylla’s blimp post; in the discussion elsewhere to which you apparently refer, the issue was raised and dismissed. If you have evidence indicating that Scylla is not the author (and I mean something specific, not just gossip), please send it to an admin and we will take appropriate action. If not, please be advised that baseless accusations against another user constitute libel and are grounds for revocation of your posting privileges without further notice. After lengthy discussions and e-mails with both **Tubadiva** and **Ed Zotti** , several things have been brought to my attention that require me to offer my apology in this thread. First, let me say that I was away for the Independence Day weekend, so I didn’t see **Ed** ’s post until I was already back for a day, and then after talking with him and **Tuba** it’s taken me some time to compose this follow-up post. Second, I want to be clear that I did not intend to imply that **Scylla** committed plagiarism - I only meant to comment on the _existence_ of a previous discussion; however, it is clear now that it was inappropriate for me to do so. Third, I committed the sin **Cecil** would likely tut-tut me over - I posted what I’d heard rather than taking the time to follow up with factual information. In trying to present all the information I knew about the topic at hand (i.e., the existence of previous discussions), I inadvertently perpetuated erroneous information. Both **Tuba** and **Ed** informed me that they are satisfied with information previously presented to them and the _Reader_ (information of which I was unaware) that **Scylla** is indeed the original author of the blimp story, and no evidence has been presented to disprove that. I also neither dispute such evidence nor have evidence to the contrary. Fourth, I remembered the discussions about who wrote the piece had happened here on the SDMB, but **Tuba** pointed out to me that they hadn’t, so what I thought had been a rehashing elsewhere online had actually been the entire discussion. I know the rules about “crossovers” with other online forums and the SDMB and that wasn’t my intent - I erroneously recalled that it had been discussed here first. If I had known the previous question of authorship had already been answered to the SDMB’s satisfaction I wouldn’t have had reason to mention a discussion that has since proven to be in error. As it stands by bringing it up at all I am clearly in error and could be seen as trying to disseminate false information. So, in short, I sincerely apologize to **Scylla** , the SDMB, and the _Reader_ for my ignorance, and rescind any inferences of plagiarism that may have been perceived. Esprix [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/longtime-posters-missing-in-action/245218.md?page=3)