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Ambro2000 posted 05-18-99 08:13 PM ET

Kyle posted 05-18-99 08:28 PM ET
Really?
Ah, the Nexus.
Ambro2000 posted 05-18-99 09:11 PM ET
Yep, that's the story of my life. Sad but true......

Ambro2000
Dark Nexus posted 05-18-99 09:46 PM ET
All too easy....
Q Cubed posted 05-18-99 10:23 PM ET
hmmm.....
just a bit of vertical thinking was necessary.
Roland posted 05-19-99 03:37 AM ET
Vertical ? Why vertical ?
Thou art the nexus!
Hugo Rune posted 05-19-99 07:01 AM ET
I still haven't figured out a normative way to enter a nexused thread. Is it as hard as I think it is, as hard as I had to go through to get here?
Roland posted 05-19-99 08:52 AM ET
Looking at the source code ? Well, I don't know another way, but then again, my tech skills are anything but great...
BigER posted 05-19-99 09:05 AM ET
I prefer circular thinking followed by horizontal procrastination and then finish off with massive consumption of alcohalic beverages. But if I get bored I sometimes create nexii.
Tintelpe posted 05-19-99 09:47 AM ET
Yup... things are getting pretty slow around here...
Tin
Roland posted 05-19-99 11:55 AM ET
Yes, circular thinking with many, many corners...
BTW, has there ever been an I club in a nexus ? Or a nexus in an I club ?
OhWell posted 05-19-99 12:18 PM ET
Is this the "Phantom" post?
GaryD posted 05-19-99 12:58 PM ET
?
Ambro2000 posted 05-19-99 01:30 PM ET
So, how have your lives been???

Ambro2000
Hugo Rune posted 05-19-99 01:34 PM ET
Looking at the source code? How possibly mundane! When I saw "vertical thinking", I thought the best way was to look through every single numbered thread (within a certain limit, of course). I finally found it at 80.
JohnIII posted 05-19-99 03:23 PM ET
Hehe. Poor you.
John III
Thue posted 05-19-99 04:38 PM ET
I must admit I started by looking at a few numbers, but then thougth "damn I'm stupid" and went for the source code...
JohnIII posted 05-19-99 04:41 PM ET

quote:
thougth "damn I'm stupid"

Thougth? You are .
John III
umbra1 posted 05-19-99 05:49 PM ET
Exculsive club ? or can anyone join ?
Khan Singh posted 05-19-99 06:43 PM ET
No Civ3!
Brother Greg posted 05-20-99 02:33 AM ET
Ah, will JT3 ever figure out how to get here?
GaryD posted 05-20-99 06:48 AM ET
Good Lord Hugo. What a time waste !
Lateral thinking, Abmro2000 was likely to have posted more than one topic on that visit, as he is unlikely to come, post a blank, and then just go again.
So look for his other topics and try the ones either side. Lot quicker.
Must admit source code didn't occur to me though.
Venom posted 05-20-99 08:27 AM ET
Hmm, quite a little nexus here.
Stasis Archon posted 05-20-99 08:38 AM ET
I looked at the source code and now I'm here. That sounded quite stupid
Hugo Rune posted 05-20-99 09:12 AM ET
Not as much as you might think. It was on the fourth page I looked at. (I pretty much knew when it had originated, Took the latest page and went backward from there...)
Anyway, It said "Vertical thinking", not "lateral thinking".
Khan Singh posted 05-20-99 09:17 AM ET
Remember, of course, that you can search the source code, for something like "Ambro". That'll save you about an hour.

From Hell's Heart I stab at Civ3!
BigER posted 05-20-99 09:31 AM ET
Roland, there were a couple of nexii'ed I clubs I think. It's been so long sigh.

I remember broccolli and attack toilets going nexxus but.....

"sometimes my brain fails me I wish I could fire it."
GaryD posted 05-20-99 10:54 AM ET
Have you tried Quickflame (TM) (C) (R) (OUTCAA) guaranteed barbecue lighter ? Guaranteed to fire anything !
Valtyr posted 05-20-99 03:07 PM ET
Ah! Finally, I'm in here. Not worth the trouble, if you ask me . But then you don't, so...I'm out of here.
Zero_Gauss posted 05-20-99 06:42 PM ET

Heh, I feel pretty sorry for those of you who scrolled down until you found it.
Being a Specialist, it naturally occurred to me to search for the topic just above this one, "cool demos." Then, scroll my mouse wheel once or twice, and VOILA!
"I can only show you the door ..."
Zero-Gauss
Brother Greg posted 05-20-99 07:00 PM ET
Hey Roland, I think you had better head over to the IIIS - we're going to have a few new patches for you to sell.
trippin daily posted 05-21-99 03:12 AM ET
That was easy. Source Code. Come on Ambro, I'm like completely bombed right now, and I solved that one. Jeez, that says a lot for JT then. I don't guess anybody is going to give him a more obvious clue. Like the address itself. Nah, we can't do that... that would be to easy. JT, if you get in here man, I'm just messing, and if you don't, your a complete idiot.
Trippin Daily
-trippin' through the nexus-
Dreadnought posted 05-21-99 06:03 AM ET
Hmmmmm
I thought I was missing out on something, hehe. "View source" proved me wrong...
Well, we might as well get a topic going to make this nexus worth while. BTW, how DID you get a blank topic Ambro?
Cameleon posted 05-21-99 06:10 AM ET
Hey, I got in. That was way too easy. But try to reply after this message...BWAAHAHAHAHA!
(Not you Ambro, I stole this idea from you )
GaryD posted 05-21-99 06:23 AM ET
You swine Cameleon !!!!!

Hey, watch you language!
And you're right, it's not the replying thats hard, it's the viewing.
Hmmm something definately is wrong here, but I'm not going through all that HTML again.
In case my name doesn't show again, I'm Cameleon, at your service.
Roland posted 05-21-99 07:23 AM ET
Ouuuuhh... what does this button do ?
silly thing Stasis Archon posted 05-21-99 07:23 AM ET
Ambro, how the hell did you do that? Cameleon posted 05-21-99 07:29 AM ET

I think this still works
Cameleon, who hopes this shows up, does know a lot of HTML, but hasn't got the time to sort it all out.

.......??????@@@�$�{{[]}}} jig posted 05-21-99 08:56 AM ET
Hoping this works.
jig
a little less confused Ambro2000 posted 05-21-99 08:59 AM ET
Trasan och Banarne

Ambro2000 jig posted 05-21-99 09:04 AM ET
If you can read this properly then you're using Internet Explorer. Netscape doesn't support the [/plaintext] tag.
Hmmmmmmm...
jig
starting to favour IE more and more Stasis Archon posted 05-21-99 09:05 AM ET
????? Cameleon posted 05-21-99 09:06 AM ET
Hmmm, how to fix this thread.......
Cameleon jig posted 05-21-99 09:07 AM ET
I guess IE5 doesn't like the [plaintext] tag. Stasis Archon posted 05-21-99 09:09 AM ET
?? Stasis Archon posted 05-21-99 09:09 AM ET
?? Stasis Archon posted 05-21-99 09:12 AM ET

Cameleon posted 05-21-99 09:20 AM ET
Ah, so that is what the [plaintext] tag does. I just loaded the page in Netscape, 'cause IE5 doesn't show anything after the plaintext tag. It is an official HTML3 or 4 tag, isn't it? I support your proposal to declare this thread DEAD. Tintelpe posted 05-21-99 09:32 AM ET

Tintelpe Thread surgery
Tin
JohnIII posted 05-21-99 01:10 PM ET
hehe
Stasis Archon posted 05-21-99 01:10 PM ET
I'm not very good at html. How do you cancel the plaintext tag?
bene4 posted 05-21-99 02:37 PM ET
The brute force method:
Collect every URL on the page. Compare, look for sequence. Look for breaks in the sequence.
Go to the breaks.
Find a break that brings up this list.
Post.
To get fewer breaks, you need the full list of topics. They do recycle themselves, I think.
Ambro2000 posted 05-21-99 07:55 PM ET

You can't cancel plaintext it's a old html tag that unfortunaly hasn't been removed from later versions of many web browsers like ie5....

Ambro2000
Stasis Archon posted 05-22-99 03:14 AM ET
Oh. JT 3 posted 05-22-99 10:04 PM ET
Ah, you see, people, I am not an idiot after all, just a slow learner. Singularity posted 05-23-99 12:08 PM ET
Your secret has been revealed! Ambro2000 posted 05-23-99 07:50 PM ET
This thread is hereby declared dead!!!

Ambro2000 Dark Nexus posted 05-24-99 02:38 AM ET
This is interesting..... Dark Nexus posted 05-24-99 02:40 AM ET
Let's try this again, shall we?
< /noframes> Dark Nexus posted 05-24-99 02:45 AM ET
I'm not convinced it's the plaintext tag....
one more try
Allod posted 05-24-99 03:34 AM ET
Spock? I think we've made it. The Klingons won't find us here. Spock?!? Ensign Masterson? Anybody? Hellooo? Oh ****. I knew I should've stayed on the Enterprise. I wonder if there will ever be a regulation which forbids Captains to leave their ship.
Hmmm.
So I'm in the Nexus. Where's some wood to chuck? I've got the strange feeling that I should be chucking wood here until some guy in a ridiculous uniform with a bald head arrives and explains that the universe is in great danger. Well. Where's the axe? Singularity posted 05-24-99 05:23 PM ET
Any bets as to how long it takes a newbie to figure out my ??????? post? JohnIII posted 05-31-99 04:09 PM ET

Author	Topic:
Ambro2000	posted 05-18-99 08:13 PM ET
Kyle	posted 05-18-99 08:28 PM ET Really? Ah, the Nexus.
Ambro2000	posted 05-18-99 09:11 PM ET Yep, that's the story of my life. Sad but true...... Ambro2000
Dark Nexus	posted 05-18-99 09:46 PM ET All too easy....
Q Cubed	posted 05-18-99 10:23 PM ET hmmm..... just a bit of vertical thinking was necessary.
Roland	posted 05-19-99 03:37 AM ET Vertical ? Why vertical ? Thou art the nexus!
Hugo Rune	posted 05-19-99 07:01 AM ET I still haven't figured out a normative way to enter a nexused thread. Is it as hard as I think it is, as hard as I had to go through to get here?
Roland	posted 05-19-99 08:52 AM ET Looking at the source code ? Well, I don't know another way, but then again, my tech skills are anything but great...
BigER	posted 05-19-99 09:05 AM ET I prefer circular thinking followed by horizontal procrastination and then finish off with massive consumption of alcohalic beverages. But if I get bored I sometimes create nexii.
Tintelpe	posted 05-19-99 09:47 AM ET Yup... things are getting pretty slow around here... Tin
Roland	posted 05-19-99 11:55 AM ET Yes, circular thinking with many, many corners... BTW, has there ever been an I club in a nexus ? Or a nexus in an I club ?
OhWell	posted 05-19-99 12:18 PM ET Is this the "Phantom" post?
GaryD	posted 05-19-99 12:58 PM ET ?
Ambro2000	posted 05-19-99 01:30 PM ET So, how have your lives been??? Ambro2000
Hugo Rune	posted 05-19-99 01:34 PM ET Looking at the source code? How possibly mundane! When I saw "vertical thinking", I thought the best way was to look through every single numbered thread (within a certain limit, of course). I finally found it at 80.
JohnIII	posted 05-19-99 03:23 PM ET Hehe. Poor you. John III
Thue	posted 05-19-99 04:38 PM ET I must admit I started by looking at a few numbers, but then thougth "damn I'm stupid" and went for the source code...
JohnIII	posted 05-19-99 04:41 PM ET quote: thougth "damn I'm stupid" Thougth? You are . John III
umbra1	posted 05-19-99 05:49 PM ET Exculsive club ? or can anyone join ?
Khan Singh	posted 05-19-99 06:43 PM ET No Civ3!
Brother Greg	posted 05-20-99 02:33 AM ET Ah, will JT3 ever figure out how to get here?
GaryD	posted 05-20-99 06:48 AM ET Good Lord Hugo. What a time waste ! Lateral thinking, Abmro2000 was likely to have posted more than one topic on that visit, as he is unlikely to come, post a blank, and then just go again. So look for his other topics and try the ones either side. Lot quicker. Must admit source code didn't occur to me though.
Venom	posted 05-20-99 08:27 AM ET Hmm, quite a little nexus here.
Stasis Archon	posted 05-20-99 08:38 AM ET I looked at the source code and now I'm here. That sounded quite stupid
Hugo Rune	posted 05-20-99 09:12 AM ET Not as much as you might think. It was on the fourth page I looked at. (I pretty much knew when it had originated, Took the latest page and went backward from there...) Anyway, It said "Vertical thinking", not "lateral thinking".
Khan Singh	posted 05-20-99 09:17 AM ET Remember, of course, that you can search the source code, for something like "Ambro". That'll save you about an hour. From Hell's Heart I stab at Civ3!
BigER	posted 05-20-99 09:31 AM ET Roland, there were a couple of nexii'ed I clubs I think. It's been so long sigh. I remember broccolli and attack toilets going nexxus but..... "sometimes my brain fails me I wish I could fire it."
GaryD	posted 05-20-99 10:54 AM ET Have you tried Quickflame (TM) (C) (R) (OUTCAA) guaranteed barbecue lighter ? Guaranteed to fire anything !
Valtyr	posted 05-20-99 03:07 PM ET Ah! Finally, I'm in here. Not worth the trouble, if you ask me . But then you don't, so...I'm out of here.
Zero_Gauss	posted 05-20-99 06:42 PM ET Heh, I feel pretty sorry for those of you who scrolled down until you found it. Being a Specialist, it naturally occurred to me to search for the topic just above this one, "cool demos." Then, scroll my mouse wheel once or twice, and VOILA! "I can only show you the door ..." Zero-Gauss
Brother Greg	posted 05-20-99 07:00 PM ET Hey Roland, I think you had better head over to the IIIS - we're going to have a few new patches for you to sell.
trippin daily	posted 05-21-99 03:12 AM ET That was easy. Source Code. Come on Ambro, I'm like completely bombed right now, and I solved that one. Jeez, that says a lot for JT then. I don't guess anybody is going to give him a more obvious clue. Like the address itself. Nah, we can't do that... that would be to easy. JT, if you get in here man, I'm just messing, and if you don't, your a complete idiot. Trippin Daily -trippin' through the nexus-
Dreadnought	posted 05-21-99 06:03 AM ET Hmmmmm I thought I was missing out on something, hehe. "View source" proved me wrong... Well, we might as well get a topic going to make this nexus worth while. BTW, how DID you get a blank topic Ambro?
Cameleon	posted 05-21-99 06:10 AM ET Hey, I got in. That was way too easy. But try to reply after this message...BWAAHAHAHAHA! (Not you Ambro, I stole this idea from you )
GaryD	posted 05-21-99 06:23 AM ET You swine Cameleon !!!!! Hey, watch you language! And you're right, it's not the replying thats hard, it's the viewing. Hmmm something definately is wrong here, but I'm not going through all that HTML again. In case my name doesn't show again, I'm Cameleon, at your service.

Tintelpe	Thread surgery Tin
JohnIII	posted 05-21-99 01:10 PM ET hehe
Stasis Archon	posted 05-21-99 01:10 PM ET I'm not very good at html. How do you cancel the plaintext tag?
bene4	posted 05-21-99 02:37 PM ET The brute force method: Collect every URL on the page. Compare, look for sequence. Look for breaks in the sequence. Go to the breaks. Find a break that brings up this list. Post. To get fewer breaks, you need the full list of topics. They do recycle themselves, I think.
Ambro2000	posted 05-21-99 07:55 PM ET