In an effort to keep the SDMB from crashing so often, we’re pruning the oldest threads in the largest forums such as MPSIMS. We’re archiving some threads and deleting the remainder. As of right now we’ve cleaned out everything in MPSIMS prior to 7-1-99. We’ll be continuing this process here and in other forums in the weeks ahead. Pruning may cause your post count to go down - sorry, but better that than have the board be out of commission for hours at a stretch several times a week. We’re also taking other steps to improve reliability - I’ll be posting a thread about this in ATMB soon. Thanks for your patience!
You are going to send the pre-July posts to a publisher, aren’t you? “The Not-So-Straight Dope” by those who aspire to be as enlighted as Cecil Adams. 
Lord knows there’s tons of material.
Wrong thinking is punished, right thinking is just as swiftly rewarded. You’ll find it an effective combination.
Hey, yeah, a book of our posts! And if all 5,000 of us posters can convince just 10 of our friends to buy the book, it’ll only lose a couple thousand dollars for the publisher! Assuming any of us can find 10 friends who aren’t already posters.
Sounds like a winning prospect to me! Whaddya say, Mr. Zotti?
JMCJ
Give to Radiskull!
John Corrado writes:
Isn’t that predicated on any of us being able to find ten friends at all?
“I don’t just want you to feel envy. I want you to suffer, I want you to bleed, I want you to die a little bit each day. And I want you to thank me for it.” – What “Let’s just be friends” really means
MUAHAHAHAHAHA!!
You’ll have to get to January before you affect my post count!
- Rick
Bricker, you are a madman. 
Madness takes it’s toll… So does New Jersey.
Same here, Bricker - I’m safe until they prune through February.
Esprix
Ask the Gay Guy! (or, if you prefer the Jesusfied version, Asketh the damn Priest Guy!)
Check my post count out. I think I may be tied with Bricker for most posts in shortest amount of time.
I think Three Minute Mystery is our secret. ::shhhhh::
On the upswing, we could all have our 500th or 1K post parties again every two or three months.
Seriously, though, if this is necessary, why bother having the post count at all? It’ll be misleading, as someone like DavidB could likely end up at some point having less posts than Esprix, simply because of the amount of time they’ve each been on the boards.
It’s not a big deal, but the loss of earlier posts sort of invalidates the whole thing.
Battles are won in nuance.
Then I guess we’ll have to start judging people on the quality of their posts.
Damn. I’m in trouble either way.
“My mind reels with sarcastic replies!” - Snoopy
Pffft, check out mine. Bricker’s got us both beat, though.
Esprix
Ask the Gay Guy! (or, if you prefer the Jesusfied version, Asketh the damn Priest Guy!)
So that’s what happened to my post count!
Way to go, Ed! Be viscious! Spare no lame thread! Kill all of mine, if it helps you guys keep the board running.
Homepage: http://www.bigfuckinboatwithbadassplanes.mil
Occupation: Swabbie Pounder, First Class
Location: Anywhere you feckless landlubbers ain’t.
Interests: Navy Chow, Port of Call, The Head, Air Superiority
ICQ Number: CVN69 – An UncleBeer Profile
“Avast and ahoy, landlubbers! Shore leave’s in August. Hide your women.” – A WallySig
Is there any way to bulk download threads or forums? I’d be interested in saving a lot of this if there’s a way to do that. No way I’m going to go to each topic and save it though. I haven’t really thought of it, but it seems like the HTML wouldn’t take up much space. How many threads do you think you could put on a CD?
Just make yourself comfy while I shoot nuclear particles into your heart.
(Courtesy of Wally)
I’ve spent almost five minutes researching this answer, and I’d have to say… er, all of them.
Threads seem to be anywhere from 30-100kb per page, depending on the amount of UBB used. Let’s go a little high on the average and say 80kb per page. That gives us a grand total of 520Mb for all of General Questions. Since everything pre-July has gone into limbo already, we could probably still come in at just under 650Mb by this July, allowing you to squeeze each exciting, action packed year of each SDMB forum on a CD.
Can I place my order now?
<ahem>
Swimming Riddles: 742 posts since 1/14/00 = 8.73 ppd
Esprix: 1070 posts since 1/14/00 = 12.59 ppd
Bricker: 1421 posts since 12/18/99 = 12.69 ppd
SingleDad: 798 posts from 2/24/00 = 18.56 ppd
And I’ve only participated in one 3 minute mystery. Laggards! 
Time flies like an arrow. Fruit flies like a banana.
Whew! Just under the wire to remain untrimmmed!
Catrandom
Go to a vet that’s also a taxidermist. Either way, you’ll get your cat back. Sig courtesy of the amazing WallyM7
Hey Demo, what you should try is Webcopier, it batch downloads every file on a certain site, and stores it in a zip file. I’m not sure how it’ll work with the ubb though, I wouldn’t want to accidentally copy the entire UBB. Anyway, you can find it at Tucows just put in a search for webcopier. Hope this helps!
Ophanim
Not Voted, **Coolest, Dumbest, Happiest, Drunkest, Surliest, Gayest, Most Godly, or anything else! ** Damn you all to HELL!
Where’s my side of FUN!?
Kisses!
Ophy
Thanks Ophy! That looks great. I’ll try it tonight when I get home and report back to you tomorrow.
Says Cat:
From what I’ve heard, you’ve been “trimmed” quite a few times before…[insert smiley]
Homepage: http://www.bigfuckinboatwithbadassplanes.mil
Occupation: Swabbie Pounder, First Class
Location: Anywhere you feckless landlubbers ain’t.
Interests: Navy Chow, Port of Call, The Head, Air Superiority
ICQ Number: CVN69 – An UncleBeer Profile
“Avast and ahoy, landlubbers! Shore leave’s in August. Hide your women.” – A WallySig
563 posts (including this one) since 012800. 7.93 ppd.
Post which received response from Cecil: 1.
KMA.