Change forum names, titles, and sigs to all say “Hey, read the announcements.”
Have a pop-up with sound that contains an animated cartoon dog explaining that the Board will be down. This will have a run-time of about 15 minutes to accommodate our…slower Members.
Hold a technical conference at the Salt Lake City Marriott where folks can present papers, hold poster sessions, and generally pontificate on the fact that the Board will be upgraded soon.
Casual mention by Lord Obama at the DNC hoe-down.
Creative Loafing hires sky-writers over every major city.
Since (5) won’t hit the very large crowd who never leave their basements, hack WoW and make a virus such that every NPC says “Hey, oh Elf Maiden, did you hear the SDMB will be down?”
Burn the news into the moon with a gamma ray laser.
Buy commercial time on American Idol.
Upload pictures of lolcats saying “SDMB iz teh down now fed meh.”
Print it on every package of Doritos. Trust me, this last one will work.
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Thank you, Una! That one totally made my day!!!
This is good news. I’m glad that patience has won out over impatient idiocy, er, infantilism, er, that is, um, unhappiness. :eek:
But please note that the LAST server upgrade already had us up to Capybaras. They didn’t work well enough at all. We need something Prehistoric in size to make a real dent in our efforts!!!
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I don’t think that sending big chain pizzas to a Chicagoan is generally considered polite.
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We’re really not all that picky. But Lou Malnatti’s is generally a safe choice, and while their online ordering is only for shipping frozen stuff, they do have telephones now.
ivylass, I’ll play. If I’m using my Location field to help a man get elected president, I guess I can use my sig line for something important!
ETA: Oh. Right. Gotta check that box *after *the Preview.
What an unexpected surprise my own systems(all 3 of them) are also being upgraded this weekend and we’re also finally ditching ‘‘peasant net’’ and having a wireless antenna installed on Tuesday. My systems here haven’t been upgraded since the boards separated from AOL. Needless to say I had thought the boards would upgrade before I did but both at the same time. I’m going to have to sit down this is just too much for one fisherman to bear.
Oh and thanks to Jerry and the team.
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This is all a conspiracy to get my wife to stick around, isn’t it? I KNEW you guys would like her better than me. Just because she’s got nice boobies!
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Cite?
(I know, I know. But somebody had to say it.)
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Seconded. Lots of big upgrades and boobies…Hell I’m going to have to lay down for a minute.
Ohmigawd! I can’t believe the server and the board are being updated and on my birthday no less! This is friggin’ sweet! I knew you guys liked me, but I didn’t realize it was this much!
No but seriously, I know I’ve been really down on the administration in regards to the board and I wish to give everyone my effusive thanks and praise and apologize for my cynicism.
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But please note that the LAST server upgrade already had us up to Capybaras. They didn’t work well enough at all. We need something Prehistoric in size to make a real dent in our efforts!!!
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Rumor has it the SDMB is upgrading the power source to this.
Good news! And thanks to those who do all the hard work. And now I won’t need to care when “Labor Day” is 'cos I will know I have it noted down as “SDMB changeover”. Ignorance-fighting with a difference.
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Ya know, it just dawned on me with the SDMB down for the Labor Day weekend, that leaves the Jerry Lewis Labor Day Telethon as its replacement.
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Or Jerry Davis Labor Day Dopeathon
(Heck, I hadn’t realised that Jerry Lewis was still alive. :smack: )
Jesus Christ, there really *is * a Santa Claus. Spread the words kids, we lost a lot of friends through attrition over these last few years, hopefully we can hear from some long lost missing Dopers after the “change of life” takes place. Go tell it on the mountain, hit all the friendly boards, Facebook, Myspace, etc. Tell everyone who left that it’s time to come home.
This is just the absolute shit.
Thanks Jerry, Ed, CL, and everyone else with a hand in this truly momentous undertaking.
Free at last, free at last. Thank God almight…Ok, I’m getting carried away.
