28-07-2004 17:36									#61
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HAPPY
BIRTHDAY
APOLYTON

	28-07-2004 19:06									#62
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quote: Originally posted by Trip So have the answers to the 5th year quiz been posted yet...

Where's the 6th year quiz?

	28-07-2004 20:07									#63
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quote: Originally posted by Skanky Burns Hooray for Poly! Hooray for Markos and DanQ for making this site the great site it is!

I know I am grateful for this place is da Shizbomb

and I know, I know..

Gramps

	28-07-2004 21:11									#64
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quote: quote: Originally posted by Japher Yaaay for new words!!! http://www.thefreedictionary.com/Publishment

If it shows up as misspelled on MSWord I assume it's wrong... Another reason why Poly roks!

	29-07-2004 18:08									#65
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Oh, I'm a little late, but HAPPY BIRTHDAY POLY

	29-07-2004 19:12									#66
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Happy birthday, Apolyton!

Carolus

	31-07-2004 06:48									#67
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quote: Originally posted by Snowflake Where's the 6th year quiz?

There is no birthday quiz this year; for the record, it is/was never intended to be a regular part of the annual feature.

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	31-07-2004 06:53									#68
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congrats! wheres the speech?

	31-07-2004 09:47									#69
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Ming,

Nice French colours

	31-07-2004 15:25									#70
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quote: Originally posted by Urban Ranger Ming, Nice French colours

3 horizontal bars RWB: netherlands
3 vertical bars RWB: france

if you're going by colour, you could also call it US-colours... or british (union jack) .. or most of the pacific countries... or ... ... you get the point

	31-07-2004 15:45									#71
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quote: Originally posted by laurentius congrats! wheres the speech?

http://apolyton.net/about/6years/

We're still waiting for Dan's speech but you can read the ones by Ming, Ixnay, Gramphos, Rah, Solver and yours truly in the mean time

	31-07-2004 17:35									#72
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quote: Originally posted by Locutus http://apolyton.net/about/6years/

it's somehow sad... reading of all those apolyton events, pub tours, visits, reallife-meetings...

and i'm stuck here in the middle of europe and the nearest frequent poster (MS) lives half way through the country and the 2nd nearest (SR) about 1000km away

	31-07-2004 17:57									#73
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Mapfi is from Zwitserland as well, though i haven't seen him in a while...

1000 kms? Don't be silly. There are plenty of Apolytoners who live in Germany, France, Austria, Italy... most within a 500 km radius from Switzerland... Heck, I live about 500 kms from the Swiss border myself...

And there are 2(!) pan-European Poly meets two weeks from now: one in Paris and one in London...

	31-07-2004 18:22									#74
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quote: Originally posted by DanQ There is no birthday quiz this year; for the record, it is/was never intended to be a regular part of the annual feature. ---------- Dan; Apolyton CS

Ahh, thanks for the enlightment. Perhaps it's more of a 5-year 10-year thing?

	31-07-2004 18:28									#75
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quote: Originally posted by Locutus Mapfi is from Zwitserland as well, though i haven't seen him in a while...

mapfi? where does he lunger around?

quote: 1000 kms? Don't be silly. There are plenty of Apolytoners who live in Germany, France, Austria, Italy... most within a 500 km radius from Switzerland... Heck, I live about 500 kms from the Swiss border myself...

ok, maybe i exadurated with 1000. but within 300km there aren't too many

quote: And there are 2(!) pan-European Poly meets two weeks from now: one in Paris and one in London...

where do these things get organised? OT?

anyway, central europe isn't like southern england where 200 apolytonees live within a 2 hours drive

	31-07-2004 18:41									#76
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sabrewolf- try the link to the Apolyton Location's Thread in my Staff View.

or I'll just repost part of it here:

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Germany- (14)
AroSch (Aug 2000)
Phantom
Pol Pot (Oct 2000)
von Blucher (July 2002)

Bavaria
Buttenheim
Sir Ralph (Dec 2001)

Berlin (3)
Berlin (3)
Martin Gühmann (March 2001)
BeBro
oedo (Feb 2000)

Cottbus
Ecthelion (March 2000)

Hernhofen
Stefan Härtel

Karlsruhe
chrisjg (Aug 2000)

Munich
myrlyn (Jan 2000)

Remscheid
SCDARS (Sep 1999)

Schwabia
Jamski (May 2002)

Stuttgart
D4everyman (June 2000)

Wuppertal
The Pioneer (May 2002)

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Switzerland (4)
Julius Brenzaida (August 2000)
Sabrewolf (June 2002)

Geneva
Aredhran (April 1999)

Zurich
GT (December 2000)

	31-07-2004 20:05									#77
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quote: "Apolyton Location's Thread" in my Staff View

where's this? i presume not available for non-staffers.
but thanks for that list anyway

and as i said: not many (maybe 10 within 300km, and lots inactive).


but i don't want to take this further off topic (after all, it IS a birthday thread)... i was just whining that the culture borders of apolyton havn't spread this far yet and only a few scouts are roaming this area

	31-07-2004 20:28									#78
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You know the Staff Views on the birthday site? That's what he's talking about.

	31-07-2004 20:40									#79
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yup, read all of them, but none by darkcloud. and DC's part

quote: THE YEAR IN... LISTS By DarkCloud

has no link...

oh well.

btw: if any programming needs to be done, i maybe could help out. i'm nowhere near the standard of gramphos, but who knows, maybe there is something...

	31-07-2004 21:05									#80
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DC's feature is yet to be posted. But in that feature he links to (among other things) this thread, which is what he was referring to in the first place.

Sabrewolf, we could use your programming expertise in the CtP2 Source Code Project

	31-07-2004 21:49									#81
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oh, that thread is in the archives (should be topped in this thread imho)

i never played CtP2, so i would first have to play several 1000 hours for that
once took a look into freeciv, but was both overwhelmed (by the size) and disgusted (by c++... i have a strong antipathy against it :rant

i was more referring to web-based programming (have experience with php (yay!), asp (yuck!) and lots of coldfusion (lesser, but still yuck!).

	31-07-2004 22:10									#82
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main article posted!
http://apolyton.net/misc/column/222_sweet.shtml

	31-07-2004 23:11									#83
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Yo Dan! Good article. I commend you on not using "Good golly, miss molly" this time. You have successfully clawed your way out of dorkhood.

quote: s the most used version of this OS (62.3%), with Windows 2000 and Windows98 in a distant second (13.2%) and third (12.1%) respectively. Macintosh (2.1%) tops Linux (1.3%) ford third spot, but the collective 'unknown' takes second at 2.7%. Internet Explorer is still the dominant browser, but down ~10% over last June to 76%. Mozilla has lept into secon

So specific numbers for older Windows, such as Windows 3.1, aren't counted any more?

PS Excellent feature, guys.

	31-07-2004 23:27									#84
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entire feature is posted now

many thanks to locutus for going through a 2-years news archive and darkcloud for his lists

	31-07-2004 23:43									#85
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quote: Originally posted by mrmitchell Yo Dan! Good article.

Thanks, mrmitchell.

quote: Originally posted by mrmitchell I commend you on not using "Good golly, miss molly" this time. You have successfully clawed your way out of dorkhood.

quote: Originally posted by mrmitchell So specific numbers for older Windows, such as Windows 3.1, aren't counted any more?

Numbers for older Windows operating systems are still counted, yes, but the percentages are so small and so close together I elected not to include them in the article. That said, I am inferencing that you are interested in this data and perhaps others are as well.

For last month, there were 27(!) recorded visits from users running 3.1 whose Windows usage share translates into near zero. Me share stood at 4.2%, while 95 took 0.4%.

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	31-07-2004 23:50									#86
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quote: Originally posted by DanQ Thanks, mrmitchell. Numbers for older Windows operating systems are still counted, yes, but the percentages are so small and so close together I elected not to include them in the article. That said, I am inferencing that you are interested in this data and perhaps others are as well. For last month, there were 27(!) recorded visits from users running 3.1 whose Windows usage share translates into near zero. Me share stood at 4.2%, while 95 took 0.4%. ----------- Dan; Apolyton CS

Dan..even at work..I get requests from companies for email quotes, i ask em "do you have Word?"

Inevitably..I get me someone from Radar O'Reillyville-ya know..Atumwa Iowa..that sez they only have works!..WORKS?.. but if thats what they have then..come on down and join the party!

	01-08-2004 01:31									#87
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Great article Dan

quote: Originally posted by Grandpa Troll Inevitably..I get me someone from Radar O'Reillyville-ya know..Atumwa Iowa..that sez they only have works!..WORKS?.. but if thats what they have then..come on down and join the party!

What's wrong with MS Works? The latest version is 2004, for many home users and small companies it's an excellent cheap alternative to an expensive Office package, with a set of software much more suitable to their needs. I don't use it myself, but I've recommended it to others.

If all you need is a word processor and a simple personal finance manager, why on earth would you pay for more? (Of course, there's always non-MS products, but unfortunately most people would never even consider that)

(MS Works includes MS Word BTW)

	01-08-2004 01:37									#88
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quote: Originally posted by Locutus Great article Dan What's wrong with MS Works? The latest version is 2004, for many home users and small companies it's an excellent cheap alternative to an expensive Office package, with a set of software much more suitable to their needs. I don't use it myself, but I've recommended it to others. If all you need is a word processor and a simple personal finance manager, why on earth would you pay for more? (Of course, there's always non-MS products, but unfortunately most people would never even consider that) (MS Works includes MS Word BTW)

Well these folks told me they didnt have the upgrade Locutus so i am assuming they had 95..

But then again I have works & word..I had to install my old 95 cd to get access to some old files 10 years old when i got my XP..I aint the guru you folks are, i just know that when i tried to open WORKS from XP and OFFICE 2000 it wouldnt

BUt thats another story..

Thanks for letting me know that works is still up and running, had no idea..for real..thought it went by the wayside woith 95-98 Windows

	01-08-2004 01:46									#89
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n/p Gramps, we all learn something new every day -- keeps life interesting

quote: Originally posted by Grandpa Troll But then again I have works & word..I had to install my old 95 cd to get access to some old files 10 years old when i got my XP..I aint the guru you folks are, i just know that when i tried to open WORKS from XP and OFFICE 2000 it wouldnt

That's odd, never heard of that before. Obviously, Works95 (or similar) was never designed for WinXP, but there's no reason why it shouldn't work on it.

Then again, it might be another dirty MS ploy to force people to upgrade. If true, my opinion of MS just sunk to a new low, sabotaging their own software to extort more money from their customers

Anyway, FYI a modern version of MS Word should still be able to open old MS Works95 files, you normally shouldn't need an actual copy of Works for that.

	01-08-2004 02:28									#90
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quote: Originally posted by sabrewolf where do these things get organised? OT?

Forgot to reply to this. Yes, in the OT. Check out this thread. It would be great if you could make it to Paris (which is after all not too far from where you are)