Hailing Frequency 0010 0001 0001 0010

Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8L IS USM II

02/04/2010 09:23:20 AM · #2

Trolls take many forms- you'll see people on forums comment on how people are trolling (think trolling like fishing... throwing out comments just to get a rise out of people and frustrate them). There's also the carryover to the supposed voting trolls, which means there's a deep conspiracy to make your score lower. It seems to afflict everybody and its always the fault of the trolls for voting things low (because low votes are never deserved).
You can't be THAT much of a noob if you knew the term, though.
In any case, welcome to the site and hope you enjoy it here. Don't hesitate to ask questions, then keep an open mind and a tough hide and you'll do great.

PhotoDave

Canon EOS-5D Mark II

02/04/2010 09:25:19 AM · #3

Welcome to the club, pull up a chair and stay a while. A few of us have been snatched up by the nice men in the white coats so you will have to keep an eye out for them. Otherwise have fun and dont take your score or comments too seriously, as some people are trying to be honest and come across sounding like jerks and well this is the internet so yes there is a few jerks as well so you will have to read between the lines.

AS for the trolls they are an elite bunch that take great personal satisfaction in voting down the photos of others in a lame attempt to compensate for their incredible lack of skills and make them selves feel better but there are means in place to counter this as well.

Most importantly HAVE FUN,

-dave

Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8L IS USM

02/04/2010 09:34:32 AM · #4

Welcome to the madhouse. I had look at your entries and recognized one of them because it gave me opportunity for a nice snarky comment. I'm sorry you are still having such bad problems with that Egyptian fog.

Mick

Canon EOS-5D

02/04/2010 05:23:30 PM · #5

Originally posted by e10icus:

BTW - I have seen numerous references to "trolls", but not sure what that is.

A troll is anybody that disagrees with whatever nonsense you are currently spewing. ;)

Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8L IS USM II

02/04/2010 06:57:46 PM · #6

Originally posted by Mick:

A troll is anybody that disagrees with whatever nonsense you are currently spewing. ;)

I disagree with that nonsense!

PhotoDave

Canon EOS-5D Mark II

02/04/2010 11:51:57 PM · #7

Originally posted by Yo_Spiff:

Originally posted by Mick:
A troll is anybody that disagrees with whatever nonsense you are currently spewing. ;)

I disagree with that nonsense!

I would have to disagree with both of you.

02/04/2010 11:53:02 PM · #8

What's with the 2112?

02/04/2010 11:56:55 PM · #9

Originally posted by Covert_Oddity:

What's with the 2112?

I figured he was just displaying his geek cred.

02/05/2010 12:04:04 AM · #10

Originally posted by Yo_Spiff:

Originally posted by Covert_Oddity:
What's with the 2112?

I figured he was just displaying his geek cred.

But surely if he was doing that there must be a relevance to the number, otherwise the geek cred isn't very credible :)

Olympus 14-42mm f.3.5-5.6 ED Zuiko Digital Zoom

02/05/2010 12:52:28 AM · #11

Originally posted by Covert_Oddity:

But surely if he was doing that there must be a relevance to the number, otherwise the geek cred isn't very credible :)

Perhaps you and I aren't as geeky as we thought and we will be humiliated by not knowing the significance. Maybe I need to watch some more Star Trek.

e10icus

Olympus E-500 EVOLT

02/05/2010 03:34:51 AM · #12

Thanks to all for putting out the welcome mat. Glad to see someone got the 2112 message. Unfortunately, I'm not that much of a Trekkie (besides the "hailing frequency" thingy). The 2112 reference is one of my all-time favorite albums by the band Rush.

macwilyum

Canon EOS-60D

Canon EF-S 18-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS STM

02/05/2010 03:53:27 AM · #13

hey welcome!fellow noob here, registered 2 mo ago, been a member for 2 weeks and joined 3 challenges of which 2 are in voting. it is rough out there so we gotta stick together. noobs FTW!

02/05/2010 04:34:32 AM · #14

Originally posted by e10icus:

Mystery explained!

odriew

Fujifilm X-T5

Fujifilm XF 35mm f/1.4

02/05/2010 04:54:18 AM · #15

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Sorry, can't resist. =)

Sigma 30mm f/1.4 EX DC HSM for Canon

02/05/2010 04:56:55 AM · #16

Originally posted by odriew:

See now that's just silly because I don't know if you're using single or double byte characters ;)

odriew

Fujifilm X-T5

Fujifilm XF 35mm f/1.4

02/05/2010 05:01:59 AM · #17

Originally posted by Covert_Oddity:

See now that's just silly because I don't know if you're using single or double byte characters ;)

I'm going to pretend I understood what you just said. =P

james_so

Canon EOS 77D

02/05/2010 06:27:48 AM · #18

Originally posted by odriew:

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Message edited by author 2010-02-05 06:28:05.

Luci11e

Nikon D40

Nikon AF-S DX Zoom-Nikkor 55-200mm f/4-5.6G IF-ED VR

02/05/2010 07:12:44 AM · #19

e10icus - WELCOME! :-)

Oh and don't pay attention to Spiff. What would someone from TX know about Podunkville??????? Oh, wait, that's right....He's in the heart of Podunk! ;-)

Message edited by author 2010-02-05 07:19:22.

goinskiing

Canon EOS-6D

Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8L USM

02/05/2010 10:18:42 AM · #20

Originally posted by Covert_Oddity:

Originally posted by odriew:
010000100110010100100000011100110111010101110010011001
010010000001110100011011110010000001100100011100100110
100101101110011010110010000001111001011011110111010101
110010001000000100111101110110011000010110110001110100
01101001011011100110010100101110

Sorry, can't resist. =)

See now that's just silly because I don't know if you're using single or double byte characters ;)

Hahaha...

02/05/2010 10:43:01 AM · #21

Originally posted by Covert_Oddity:

See now that's just silly because I don't know if you're using single or double byte characters ;)

Well, if it is Unicode, then the first 128 characters will be the same as the older ASCII standard, regardless of the specific implementation he is using.

Nikon AF-S DX Zoom-Nikkor 55-200mm f/4-5.6G IF-ED VR

02/05/2010 10:45:48 AM · #22

Originally posted by Luci11e:

Oh, wait, that's right....He's in the heart of Podunk! ;-)

Can't get much more podunky than this attraction:

Luci11e

Nikon D40

02/05/2010 11:15:37 AM · #23

Originally posted by Yo_Spiff:

Originally posted by Luci11e:
Oh, wait, that's right....He's in the heart of Podunk! ;-)

Can't get much more podunky than this attraction:

ROFL!

e10icus

Olympus E-500 EVOLT

Olympus 14-42mm f.3.5-5.6 ED Zuiko Digital Zoom

02/05/2010 01:44:01 PM · #24

Originally posted by Yo_Spiff:

Originally posted by Luci11e:
Oh, wait, that's right....He's in the heart of Podunk! ;-)

Can't get much more podunky than this attraction:

1st of all... not sure how all this quote crap works, so if it's funky, deal with it.

2nd of all... this was just a simple hello message. Get a grip.

and C... I lived in San Antonio for about six years, so I already know the "everything's big in Texas", "Yankee with a U-Haul", and "Don't mess with Texas" stuff.

But 'fess up - You Photo-Shopped the belt buckle, didn't you?