PetaBread
Enlightened
I have an tendency to browse different threads by tracking peoples posts...so compiling threads by date isn't so strange to me
Stalker! :thinking:
:duck: 
List of how Not to start a thread on CPF
- Thread starter jusval
- Start date
Help Support CPF:
Help Support Candle Power Flashlight Forum
Stalker! :thinking:
:duck: 
Illum
Flashaholic
well. I can change it but I'll be taking out half a page with one post...notice I didn't expand DM51's threads all the way? hes been busy😉
Stalker! :thinking:
well, there are threads out and about I would never touch just by reading the title...but reading post contents and locating certain gremlins...as contributed to more posts by yours truly. I'll stop that before b@rt throws me out
PetaBread
Enlightened
:thinking: :shrug:
Anyways, Lol:
"Help a noob!"
"i see lights at the top of the page"
"Ok, hook me up with Eneloops and a charger..."
"Bad experience with Battery Station batteries"
"I HATE DURRACELL!!"
jtr1962
Flashaholic
I sometimes do the same. If a person starts an interesting thread, chances are they've started others in the past. By just looking at the most recent threads there's no way I'd ever come across such threads.
ackbar
Enlightened
I think that some people feel that they are entitled to your help and don't want to do any of the leg work themselves. I vote we start charging an hourly rate for hand holding. 😛
$20/hour sound fair right? 😀
$20/hour sound fair right? 😀
PetaBread
Enlightened
Good one. :thumbsup:
Geofocus
Newly Enlightened
Wil there be an exeption for people like me that dont raelly speak english. Because i have to do a translation of every word before i understand or type. If i do. Put yourself in my shoes it a hard job 2X the job.
First word i searched was very long to find cause it is not a real word, lol. It is the word "NOOB"
First word i searched was very long to find cause it is not a real word, lol. It is the word "NOOB"
PetaBread
Enlightened
"Worst LED flashlight ever" The topic is about a $1 flashlight......
carrot
Flashaholic
I am not sure ridiculing users for current threads is really a good idea. :shrug:
I think Carrot is right. The thread started out in a humorous fashion, but it seems to be used now for pin pointing particular threads. In a sense, that's pin pointing particular posters.
If we had a thread that named members as a matter of ridicule, it wouldn't survive long. This reference to members by virtue of their threads is becoming uncomfortable.
How about getting back to humor, guys?
If we had a thread that named members as a matter of ridicule, it wouldn't survive long. This reference to members by virtue of their threads is becoming uncomfortable.
How about getting back to humor, guys?
http://www.google.com/search?q=looser&sitesearch=candlepowerforums.com Most of those are wrong.
PetaBread
Enlightened
asdalton
Flashlight Enthusiast
Heh. I did a Googlefight comparison of losing versus loosing:
losing: 102 million
loosing: 7.4 million
(While the verb to loose--and thus the participle loosing--does exist, it is used so rarely that I'll bet that nearly all of the Internet uses of loosing actually ought to be losing.)
Wil there be an exeption for people like me that dont raelly speak english. Because i have to do a translation of every word before i understand or type. If i do. Put yourself in my shoes it a hard job 2X the job.
First word i searched was very long to find cause it is not a real word, lol. It is the word "NOOB"
:thumbsup:
carrot
Flashaholic
Preferably AAA's.
looks like it has a rubberized grip but I can't tell for sure since I don't own one. Some Chinese manufacturer will read this thread and make a 2.9" long 6" diameter showerhead light with 60 AAAs (3s40p) DDing 300 LEDs and sell it for $29.87.
Then someone will buy it and post a thread about it!
My two personal favorites:
- "How does (Fill in the blank) compare to Surefire?"
Sometimes a question posted out of genuine curiosity by someone who recently signed up to CPF, and has noticed the generally high regard that Surefire lights enjoy on CPF... And other times it's just a trolling topic. The result is usually the same. Thread degenerates into yet another Surefire vs. (Fill in the blank) topic.
- "How many lumens does it take to blind an attacker?"
I'm not sure which one of us is more fed up with that topic... Me, for giving realistic replies that some don't want to hear since they can't stomach the truth. ~ Or ~ DM51, for locking the same topic over and over again for the following two reasons.
1) Folks not bothering to use the search function.
2) The topic eventually degenerates into a discussion on how to physically hurt people in general, and then get away with it. :shakehead
- "How does (Fill in the blank) compare to Surefire?"
Sometimes a question posted out of genuine curiosity by someone who recently signed up to CPF, and has noticed the generally high regard that Surefire lights enjoy on CPF... And other times it's just a trolling topic. The result is usually the same. Thread degenerates into yet another Surefire vs. (Fill in the blank) topic.
- "How many lumens does it take to blind an attacker?"
I'm not sure which one of us is more fed up with that topic... Me, for giving realistic replies that some don't want to hear since they can't stomach the truth. ~ Or ~ DM51, for locking the same topic over and over again for the following two reasons.
1) Folks not bothering to use the search function.
2) The topic eventually degenerates into a discussion on how to physically hurt people in general, and then get away with it. :shakehead
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