# Stupid moderator **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [September 11, 2006, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-moderator/372321 "2006-09-11T18:33:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 14
**Author:** ![wolfman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a8b319/32.png) [@wolfman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfman)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2017, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-moderator/372321/261 "2017-08-30T18:53:41Z")
> [@iiandyiiii](#): > > That was definitely worth waiting 11 years for. The truth shows up when it damn well pleases, it doesn’t hurry for the likes of us. ---
**Author:** ![Lucas\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lucas_jackson/32/303_2.png) [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2017, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-moderator/372321/262 "2017-08-30T19:59:30Z")
> [@wolfman](#): > > The truth shows up when it damn well pleases, it doesn’t hurry for the likes of us. Beautiful! ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2017, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-moderator/372321/263 "2017-08-30T21:44:23Z")
> [@tnetennba](#): > > You will find the world hostile to those speaking great truths. See Plato’s allegory of the cave. Nobody said it would be easy but don’t be daunted. The truth always prevails. Dude, you really need to upgrade to a faster ISP. ---
**Author:** ![snfaulkner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snfaulkner/32/433_2.png) [@snfaulkner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snfaulkner)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2017, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-moderator/372321/264 "2017-08-31T00:05:38Z")
176 Bytes_8=1408 bits 11yrs_365+3(leap days)-16=4002days_60_60=14,407,200sec 9.772891332111722e-5 bits/sec or 2.8ish hours/bit so…smoke signals? ---
**Author:** ![simster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/simster/32/1047_2.png) [@simster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/simster)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2017, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-moderator/372321/265 "2017-08-31T02:13:49Z")
> [@snfaulkner](#): > > so…smoke signals? no, that was just the mod thinking about … oh, right. ---
**Author:** ![Enter\_the\_Flagon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Enter\_the\_Flagon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enter_the_Flagon)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2017, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-moderator/372321/266 "2017-08-31T02:58:54Z")
So when, exactly, was this turtle egg scheduled to hatch? I stopped holding my breath sometime in 2008. I’m beginning to suspect the OP wasn’t the brilliant philosopher I had originally assumed. ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2017, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-moderator/372321/267 "2017-08-31T03:43:14Z")
Man, reading the early pages of this thread is like walking down memory lane. The names! ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2017, 7:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-moderator/372321/268 "2017-08-31T07:21:53Z")
> [@iiandyiiii](#): > > That was definitely worth waiting 11 years for. He wasn’t aware there was a translation so he had to learn Classical Greek. ---
**Author:** ![Punoqllads](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/d2c977/32.png) [@Punoqllads](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Punoqllads)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2017, 8:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-moderator/372321/269 "2017-08-31T08:51:43Z")
> [@snfaulkner](#): > > 176 Bytes_8=1408 bits > 11yrs_365+3(leap days)-16=4002days_60_60=14,407,200sec > 9.772891332111722e-5 bits/sec > > or > > 2.8ish hours/bit > > so…smoke signals? [Internet Protocol via Avian Carrier](https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc1149) ---
**Author:** ![BubbaDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bubbadog/32/333_2.png) [@BubbaDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BubbaDog)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2017, 1:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-moderator/372321/270 "2017-08-31T13:22:09Z")
[E.L.] What’s all this about we shouldn’t criticize the motivators on this forum? A motivator needs feedback to…what? … Oh!.. Never mind. [/E.L.] ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2017, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-moderator/372321/271 "2017-08-31T20:16:42Z")
> [@Miller](#): > > …I’ll leave this thread open for the time being, because it amuses me… **Miller.** Best moderator _evair._ (Criticism may be restricted to ATMB, but ass-kissing is popular everywhere) ---
**Author:** ![samclem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9a28c/32.png) [@samclem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samclem)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2017, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-moderator/372321/272 "2017-08-31T21:32:38Z")
> [@Miller](#): > > I’ll leave this thread open for the time being, because it amuses me, but everyone, please remember that any contemporary criticism of the moderation staff belongs in ATMB, not here. [dread pirate miller]I’ll most likely kill you in the morning[/dread pirate] [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-moderator/372321.md?page=13)