Bluesman

The answer is, of course...we ALL win.

This place needs a Twit Detector that'll go off when these schmendricks register for membership.

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Parihaka

That twit detector (oh my joy on discovering that twit is a word common to our cultures) would be me, but I like to leave some lying around so you have something to eat for breakfast

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Stan187

YOU'RE OUR TWIT DETECTOR! lol

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glyn

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THL

Good idea, Glyn
I joined a different message board recently and that it what I had to do to become a member...I had to send in a bio on myself and then that had to be approved by a moderator on that board before I could post.

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Bluesman

I like our current 'Open Borders' policy, strangely enough. It's not that I object to letting just ANYbody join (kinda LIKE that aspect, actually). It's just maybe I wish we could all drop the n00b offenders (y'all know of my famously-low tolerance by now, I'm sure ) into a virtual Waring blender and set it to 'Annihilate', so we can all enjoy a FrootLoop Smoothie first thing in the morning.

I suppose we have to be ready to absorb the irritations. I'll try harder to do that myself. Oh, I'll still wield the N00b Hammer with the ruthlessness that I always have, but instead of putting up the razor wire and minefields, I guess we'll just deal with it, and let the established members have some fun with the chew toys. (Hey, who was it that introduced that phrase, anyway? I really like it. )

dalem

I think I was the "chew toy" guy.

-dale

zraver

I enjoy the noob questions, the answers to them serve a very useful education purpose. A recent noob question US vs NK ave me some updated insight into current US Army deployments in South Korea and if the noob is willing a treasure trove of solid critically based thinking for him to ponder.

entropy

If objecting a canditate, a vote should be held, with Contributors having 1 vote point, Senior contributor 1 per 500 posts, Defence and Military Professionals 5 votes + one per 500 posts. The Moderators are not allowed to vote, but then they can rig the elections!

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If memory serves...

entropy

And new members should read some threads and integrate themselves into the local culture before they start posting. Read which subjects are not preferred and the like. And it would be a good idea to allow them to sign a "user agreement" where they swear that they should not open India vs Pakistan threads, compare apples to oranges, or proclaiming that some particular item of military gear is the best.

In the meanwhile, we could have a fun game. We start typical pissing contest threads, and we see which moderator locks them first. First to lock 5 wins.

crooks

Interesting entropy, would this require much coding (question for mod or admin)?

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ArmchairGeneral

Somehow I thought it was 2DREZQ, but I think it was definitely one of you two.

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YellowFever

Originally Posted by colonelf40
Who do you think would win between the 8 most powerfull nations of the middle east/south asia?

EGYPT
INDIA
ISRAEL
IRAN
PAKISTAN
SAUDI ARABIA
SYRIA
TURKEY

no nukes!

in this war it will be every nation for themselves!
no outside help from u.s/russia/china/e.u/nato






Hmmm...this is a tough one.

Given the geo-politics at play, not to mention the terrains and the military hardware each country uses, I have come to the conclusion that Israel or India would win in any military conflict since I've only tasted their food and none of the others.

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