M

[JoeP]

Yes, M. Not Judi Dench, but the Roman numeral for 1000. Roman, because it allows me to create a one-letter thread title (and in honour of our Roman tribune admin). 1000, because this is my one-thousandth post.

:bliss:

:cincin: :cincin: :cincin:

:sheeprope: :sheeprope: :sheeprope:
:bbed: :bbed: :bbed:

:cheers: :cheers: :cheers:

[Ymir's blood]

:woohoo:

Is this forum too small to have a 'no life club?'

[livius drusus]

I prefer to think of it as having a very exclusive "no life club", Ymir's blood.

Joe, I am so proud and happy. The event, the title, the smilies in the OP: it all just comes together so perfectly. Congratulations. Now please redouble your efforts and catch up to me before I hit 4000.

:yes: :winner: :cheer:

[Shake]

I thought it was because this forum is so small that we have a 'no life club'. Heck, I only just passed halfway to D, so M is going to be a while for me (never mind liv's impending MMMM)!

[viscousmemories]

Glad to see you in the no life club, Joe. And thanks for making liv the happiest smilie queen on the 'net by your generous help with the software and appreciation of her enormous efforts in that arena. :spend:

[Shake]

You know ... considering the rest of the layout on this board, I'm surprised the post count isn't done in Roman numerals.

This will be Shake's CCLXX* post!

*this does look kinda cool!

[livius drusus]

Sweet jesu, Shake, that's the best damn idea you've ever had.

[Shake]

Thanks, liv! err, I think...

As I type this, liv's post count is: MMMDL

[JoeP]

You know ... considering the rest of the layout on this board, I'm surprised the post count isn't done in Roman numerals.
Sweet jesu, Shake, that's the best damn idea you've ever had.
:chin:
Gotta look into this...
:read:
:worksign:

[livius drusus]

Yes, yes you must. And just to make this assignment absolutely unforgettable, I shall post a smiley created by MisterIngo (http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/13299388/) of deviantArt, inspired by yours truly.

:control:

[JoeP]

Yes, yes you must. And just to make this assignment absolutely unforgettable, I shall post a smiley created by MisterIngo (http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/13299388/) of deviantArt, inspired by yours truly.

:control:
:scared:
Livius Drusus: taking over the world [:brain:], one mind at a time
:couch:

[Shake]

... and to think, 8 posts ago, JoeP was at: MIX

and most of us are well past: LIX

:sly:

[godfry n. glad]

That's millenial, Shake.

Just don't go millenarian on us. Please.

godfry

[Shake]

That's millenial, Shake.

Just don't go millenarian on us. Please.

godfry
/me looks up 'millenarian'

Oh, uh, yeah. I wouldn't worry about that.

[JoeP]

:control:
/me coughs politely ...

Join Date: Aug 2004
Posts: LVII(57)
on the test forum.

[Socratoad]

Damn you bunch of centurians. You are taking me back to my crummy childhood in a one room school. For some strange reason we had ton learn the roman numerals before we were allowed to move on to those heathen numbers. It was all so long ago that I'm more than a little rusty so perhaps Liv could start a refresher course, just for ancient peeps.

[livius drusus]

:control:
* JoeP coughs politely ...

Join Date: Aug 2004
Posts: LVII(57)
on the test forum.


Sweet sassy molassey. Joe, you are truly a fine, fine mind control victim. It's a thing of beauty. How about making the arabic numerals a hover text?

Oh, and Socratoad, here's (http://www.novaroma.org/via_romana/numbers.html) your huckleberry. :)

[godfry n. glad]

Hey... does this mean we can jocularly refer to liv as 54?

godfry

[livius drusus]

I don't know from 54, but this post brings me to MMMDXCVIII. :giggle:

[godfry n. glad]

liv, what is LIV?

godfry

[livius drusus]

Oh poop. I blame Joe. He got me all excited and I lost all ability to get really obvious jokes. Now that you've enlightened me, godfry, I can categorically state that I'd be amused as hell to be referred to as 54.

[Socratoad]

:control:
* JoeP coughs politely ...

Join Date: Aug 2004
Posts: LVII(57)
on the test forum.


Sweet sassy molassey. Joe, you are truly a fine, fine mind control victim. It's a thing of beauty. How about making the arabic numerals a hover text?

Oh, and Socratoad, here's (http://www.novaroma.org/via_romana/numbers.html) your huckleberry. :)


Thank Liv, that was fast service. Now one more favour (for now) How did this type of information come to be called a huckleberry? This moose muncher missed that progressive bit of edumacation

[livius drusus]

It's a paraphrase of a line from Tombstone (Doc Holliday says "I'm your huckleberry" meaning "I'm the guy for the job"), but the huckleberry has a long, illustrious history (http://www.worldwidewords.org/qa/qa-huc1.htm) of being used in idiomatic expressions.

[Socratoad]

Thanks again Liv, thats very interesting. Tis always a wise move to ask rather than pretend one knows as many a ignorant person remains so in an attempt to save face :yup:

[Shake]

It's a paraphrase of a line from Tombstone (Doc Holliday says "I'm your huckleberry" meaning "I'm the guy for the job"), but the huckleberry has a long, illustrious history (http://www.worldwidewords.org/qa/qa-huc1.htm) of being used in idiomatic expressions.
Val Kilmer was awesome in that role!

Sorry ... now back to the thread. So this is post CCLXXX for me.

[wade-w]

Val Kilmer was awesome in that role!



Oddly, someone told me just the other day that Kilmer's performance ruined that movie for her.

[JoeP]

:control:
* JoeP coughs politely ...

Join Date: Aug 2004
Posts: LVII(57)
on the test forum.


Sweet sassy molassey. Joe, you are truly a fine, fine mind control victim. It's a thing of beauty. How about making the arabic numerals a hover text?
Just when you think you've got the hang of this mind control victim thing. If I fix this she'll be happy. No. There's always one more request. :writer: Hover text. :workcomp: Mutter.

:worksign:

Oh, and Socratoad, here's (http://www.novaroma.org/via_romana/numbers.html) your huckleberry. :)Greetings :toad:. You can also find the lowdown at wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_numeral) and mathworld (http://mathworld.wolfram.com/RomanNumerals.html).

By the way, "54", why don't you have a keyword "mind" for :control: ?
:wink:

[livius drusus]

Just when you think you've got the hang of this mind control victim thing. If I fix this she'll be happy. No. There's always one more request. :writer: Hover text. :workcomp: Mutter.

:worksign:

Such a good boy you are, yes you are, yes you are. Such a good, hardworking, good boy. :glomp2:

By the way, "54", why don't you have a keyword "mind" for :control: ?
:wink:

Why, whatever do you mean? Of course we have a "mind" keyword for :control:. You must have typed it wrong. :giggle:

[JoeP]

Willl work for smilies

[JoeP]

Done. You give me smilies; I give you hover text. Visit the test forum and check it out; also I have a question for you and vm there.

[livius drusus]

Look at me! Look at me! I've got shitloads of letters where numbers used to be! And then, and then... If you hover over the letters you get numbers again! :bgirl: :woohoo::woohoo: :bgirl:

Thank you, Joe.:hug: Thank you, vm.:huggle:

[wade-w]

Ummm... how to say this diplomatically...

Can we make that an optional thing?

[livius drusus]

:sadnana:

[JoeP]

:bliss:

[livius drusus]

Well, as devastated as I am at the thought that someone might not dig the romanness, Joe, would it be possible to make it a user cp option? Roman numerals with Arabic hovernumberals would be the board default, naturally, but could you rig something up to let folks opt out?

[wade-w]

Damn. Here we see yet another example of "I should have kept my big mouth shut." Oh well. Maybe I'll learn one of these days.

[JoeP]

Ummm... how to say this diplomatically...

Can we make that an optional thing?
Oops, a cross-post. Wade, don't be cross. This is for the greater happiness of the greater number.

See what you've done? You've turned liv into a sad banana. :P

Do you object to the long strings of numerals, or do you rely on the post count often enough that it's a hassle to mouse-over?

One thing can be changed very easily, and that's to display both forms, like
Posts: MCMLX (1,960)

If you really want it to be optional by user, then :qsigh: yes can do that as well. It will take some effort, though ... :worksign:

[viscousmemories]

Damn. Here we see yet another example of "I should have kept my big mouth shut." Oh well. Maybe I'll learn one of these days.
I disagree, wade. I can see how the Roman numerals could be disconcerting. Of course we're slaves to Joe's genius so what do you think of his ideas?

[JoeP]

Next, we'll change all the dates on the board to count from the founding of Rome.

[Dingfod]

DIES SATURNI XIV KALENDIS IANUARIIS MMDCCLVIII (http://www.guernsey.net/~sgibbs/roman.html)

[livius drusus]

Cool site, warrenly.

[Dingfod]

Would that make the year 2758?

[livius drusus]

Yessirree Warn.

[Dingfod]

In the year of our Lord, Julius Caesar, 2758?

[livius drusus]

Naw, Caesar died in 44 BCE. It's 2758 years since the founding of Rome.

[Skep]

Wow, Joe, you're awesome. Same goes for 54 and 995. :D

[livius drusus]

Same goes for 54 and 995. :D

:laughcry:

[Dingfod]

Naw, Caesar died in 44 BCE. It's 2758 years since the founding of Rome.I knew that. I just forgot. Sorry, Romulus.

[JoeP]

2758 AUC - Anno Urbis Conditae

[Shake]

Happy MMV everybody!
:linedance: :party:


eta: Holy shit!!! I only just noticed -- after posting on another thread -- that my idea got implemented! Excellent! I LOVE it! ... 'course, it now takes a little longer to figure out what anyone's specific post count is, but it's pretty cool, nontheless!

[livius drusus]

Hovertext, Shake. Just hover your mouse over the CCLXXXIII and you'll see a little box with 283 pop up. Also, profiles still use the Arabic numerals. :)

[JoeP]

Also, profiles still use the Arabic numerals. :)
Damn, I missed one? :nooo: :signno:

[livius drusus]

No, no... You didn't miss it. That was an intentional choice on your part to give people respite from calculations, even people with fucked up computers which won't show the hover.

You just never stop giving, Joe. :bowdown:

[JoeP]

Oh yes, I remember now. :pooh: (smilie required here 14 mins ago)

[livius drusus]

Done. The whole basic cast, in fact. :yup:

:chrisr: :tigger: :roo: :kanga: :rabbit: :piglet: :owl2: :eeyore:

[Shake]

Hovertext, Shake. Just hover your mouse over the CCLXXXIII and you'll see a little box with 283 pop up. Also, profiles still use the Arabic numerals. :)
You're da bomb, liv!

IOW, you RAWK! :yup:

[livius drusus]

I can only take whining credit. JoeP is da real bomb. :nuke:

[Shake]

Well, my hat's off to JoeP, then! Good on yer!

[JoeP]

Guys, it was a pleasure. Besides, I got paid :hoard:, I didn't do it for the love.

[godfry n. glad]

Y'all RAWK!:parrot:

godfry

[JoeP]

Look! Look! Post # MCXI (1,111 in newspeak).