A MajorGeeks Idea

Discussion in 'The Lounge' started by LI_Geek_95, Aug 6, 2010.

  1. LI_Geek_95

    LI_Geek_95 Post-and-Run Geek

    You should consider upgrading to vB4. Another forum I'm on is doing a donation drive. I could even help out with the theme (I have a bit of vB4 Skinning experience).

    Plus, you could give me your vB3 license ;):p
     
  2. DavidGP

    DavidGP MajorGeeks Forum Administrator - Grand Pooh-Bah Staff Member

    Dunno if this has been talked about or is in the process of being implemented, but what you need to concider is that any upgrade of a forum of this size and age is not taken lightly, it needs to be properly researched as vB is not the best out there of late.

    I doubt the theme will change from what it is now, as we already have a graphic designer who deals with any of the Majorgeeks and other sites in the groups graphics.

    But I will ping the relevent folks to see if we are upgrading or not.
     
  3. LI_Geek_95

    LI_Geek_95 Post-and-Run Geek

  4. DavidGP

    DavidGP MajorGeeks Forum Administrator - Grand Pooh-Bah Staff Member

    Hopefully you will get somone on the team that is part of the backend process to reply to you as I left an admin message for them on this,.

    As for mybb, nah! more myself would look at phpBB as a better option.
     
  5. LI_Geek_95

    LI_Geek_95 Post-and-Run Geek

    Ok

    AND WHAT?!?!?!?!?!!?!?!?! I <3 MyBB. I am such a fanboy, it's not even funny.
     
  6. DavidGP

    DavidGP MajorGeeks Forum Administrator - Grand Pooh-Bah Staff Member

    Mmm I'm sure we ban "fanboys" need to consult the MG Rulebook and sections 101.3 and 200.5 to see what we do with Fanboys, do we roast them over a spit like a roasted hog or do we whack them over the back of the head like Gibbs from NCIS.

    Back later.. so duck or run :p


    Nah in seriousness a good question on the update and hopefully we will both get an answer as I not asked IIRC the question on updates reciently for the forum soft.
     
  7. LI_Geek_95

    LI_Geek_95 Post-and-Run Geek

    Haha. Ok, thanks! Have a great day ^.^
     
  8. DavidGP

    DavidGP MajorGeeks Forum Administrator - Grand Pooh-Bah Staff Member

    You too Zack,

    David
     
  9. joey off the street

    joey off the street Lounge Lizard No.1

    May I draw your attention to Space Corps Directive 1249?

    "Any crew member referring to himself as a fanboy shall be forced to wear the back end of a pantomime cow where the front end is the crew member with the worst flatulence aboard the vessel of the aforementioned crew member.
    Especially if he is a smart arse school kid from Long Island :major ;)
     
  10. DavidGP

    DavidGP MajorGeeks Forum Administrator - Grand Pooh-Bah Staff Member

    ah now JOTS, well found, and that directive is very apt for Zdawg "make it so" engage!
     
  11. Wenchie

    Wenchie I R teh brat

    Not sure if you're aware, since I've spent many MANY long hours pretending to listen to CP talk about it, (interrupted by the same several stories about his pets that he's convinced he's never told me before) but this forum is just a courtesy portion of the main site.

    The main site itself takes HOURS AND HOURS of the day to implement, run, wrangle sponsors, upload files, check links, etc etc and they do it themselves. This forum they actually kind of lose money on and don't really want or intend to put that manner of manpower into overhauling it without good reason.

    So if you all want to donate a few hundred dollars towards paying someone to get it done for them, then it can go pretty fast, othewise.. deal :p You don't pay to be here, but they DO pay for you to be here so if you don't like it go whine to your mama.
     
  12. LI_Geek_95

    LI_Geek_95 Post-and-Run Geek

    Wow. I didn't know it was like that :O

    And they don't accept donations?
     
  13. Wenchie

    Wenchie I R teh brat

    Nope. Well, they didn't used to. I still don't think so.
     
  14. motc7

    motc7 Vice Admiral (Starfleet)

    Know list of Space Corps Directives.


    List of Known Directives

    003. 'By joining Star Corps each individual tacitly consents to give up his inalienable rights to life, liberty and adequate toilet facilities.' (Red Dwarf 1996 Log Book)
    005. 'Gross negligance, leading to the endangerment of personnel.'(although titled as an article) (Queeg)
    112. 'that clearly states: a living crew member always out-ranks a mechanical'(Season V, Rimmer mistakes it for SCD113 instead of SCD112, also mentioned in White Hole)
    142. 'quite clearly states that in a hostage demand situation, a hologramatic personality is entirely expendable'(Season V, Rimmer mistakes it for SCD192 instead of SCD142)
    147. 'Crew members are expressly forbidden from leaving their vessel except on permission of a permit. Permits can only be issued by the Chief Navigation Officer, who is expressly forbidden from issuing them except on production of a permit.' ("Ouroboros", Red Dwarf 1996 Log Book)
    195. States that in an emergency power situation, a hologrammatic crewmember must lay down his life in order that the living crew-members might survive. ("White Hole")
    312. States that crew members in quarantine must be provided with minimum leisure facilities, which Rimmer takes to mean: 'a chess set with 31 missing pieces, a knitting magazine with a pull-out special on crocheted hats, a puzzle magazine with all the crosswords completed and a video of the excellent cinematic treat, Wall-Papering, Painting, And Stippling — A DIY Guide. ("Quarantine")
    349. 'Any officer found to have been slaughtered and replaced by a shape-changing chameleonic life form shall forfeit all pension rights.' (Red Dwarf 1996 Log Book)
    497. 'When a crewmember has run out of credits, food may not be supplied until the balance is restored' (although titled as an article) (Queeg)
    592. 'In an emergency situation involving two or more officers of equal rank, seniority will be given to whichever officer can programme a VCR.' (PBS ident, also included on the DVD for series VIII, Red Dwarf 1996 Log Book)
    595. A quarantine regulation (probably something like "any member of the crew who has been in anywhere that carries disease must go into quarantine). ("Quarantine")
    596. Crew files are for the eyes of the Captain only ("Back to Earth (Part Two)")
    597. One berth per registered crew member. ("Quarantine")
    699. States that crew members may demand a rescreening after five days in quarantine showing no ill effect. ("Quarantine")
    723. 'Terraformers are expressly forbidden from recreating Swindon.' (Red Dwarf 1996 Log Book). In the United States, 'Swindon' is changed to 'Cleveland'. (PBS ident, also included on the DVD for series VIII).
    997. 'Work done by an officer's doppleganger in a parallel universe cannot be claimed as overtime.' (Red Dwarf 1996 Log Book)
    1694. 'During temporal disturbances, no questions shall be raised about any crew member whose timesheet shows him or her clocking off 187 years before he clocked on.' (Red Dwarf 1996 Log Book)
    1742. 'No member of the Corps should ever report for active duty in a ginger toupee.' ("Psirens", Red Dwarf 1996 Log Book)
    1743. 'No registered vessel should attempt to traverse an asteroid belt without deflectors.' ("Psirens")
    5796. 'No officer above the rank of mess sergeant is permitted to go into combat with pierced nipples.' ("Psirens")
    5797. Has something to do with "not letting a crew-member aboard if he may, in fact, be a brain-sucking psychotic temporal lobe slurper". ("Psirens")
    7214. To preserve morale during long-haul missions, all male officers above the rank of First Technician must, during panto season, be ready to put on a dress and a pair of false breasts. (Red Dwarf 1996 Log Book)
    7713. States that the log must be kept up to date at all times with current service records, complete mission data and a comprehensive and accurate list of all crew birthdays so that senior officers may avoid bitter and embarrassing silences when meeting in the corridor with subordinates who have not received a card. (Red Dwarf 1996 Log Book)
    34124. 'No officer with false teeth should attempt oral sex in zero gravity.' ("Legion", Red Dwarf 1996 Log Book)
    43872. 'Suntans will be worn during off-duty hours only.' (Red Dwarf 1996 Log Book)
    68250. Is never quoted, but is known to be impossible without at least one live chicken and a rabbi, presumably the Jewish Ritual "Kapparot". ("Emohawk")
    98247. 'No officer should be left behind on an inhabited planet unless he is missing two or more limbs.' (Advertising for the 2009 Red Dwarf special episodes. Message 2 [1])
    196156. 'Any officer caught sniffing the saddle of the exercise bicycle in the women's gym will be discharged without trial.' ("Rimmerworld", Red Dwarf 1996 Log Book)
    1947945. 'A mechanoid may issue orders to human crew members if the lives of said crew members are directly or indirectly under threat from a hitherto unperceived source and there is inadequate time to explain the precise nature of the enormous and most imminent death threat.' (quoted by Kryten in the original script for "Back to Reality")
    572 436 8217968B. 'At all times show your allegiance to Red Dwarf in the US by picking up your phone and calling your local public television station with your pledge.' (PBS ident, also included on the DVD for series VIII; Kryten complains that Rimmer has just made it up)
    39436175880932/B. 'All nations attending the conference are only allocated one parking space.' (Although this is given the title ' The All-Nations Agreement') ("Gunmen of the Apocalypse")
    39436175880932/C. 'POWs have a right to non-violent constraint.' ("Gunmen of the Apocalypse")
    ?. 'It is our primary overriding duty to contact other life forms, exchange information, and, wherever possible, bring them home.' (Not given a number on-screen.) ("Polymorph")
     
  15. DavidGP

    DavidGP MajorGeeks Forum Administrator - Grand Pooh-Bah Staff Member

    No your correct Wenchie, the forums are ok for now, members can buy MG clothig and items from Jinx, to support the forums.
     
  16. BoredOutOfMyMind

    BoredOutOfMyMind Picabo, ICU

    When VB4 first came out, I did an upgrade that I later back out to 3.5.

    One word.

    Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!
     
  17. Mimsy

    Mimsy Superior Imperial Queen of the MG Games Forum

    That explains why I never see them in the gaming forum! I've been wondering were they are... LOL
     
  18. DavidGP

    DavidGP MajorGeeks Forum Administrator - Grand Pooh-Bah Staff Member

    Zack, to reply to your question and Philipp the codegeek here at MGs, mentions that vB4 is not that feature rich and more likely if we "are" to upgrade it would likely be to vB4.1 which should have the features of 3.8 which we have now.

    A better move would be to Invision Powerboard which is very feature rich but could take 2 days to convert vB to that, so would likely mean some downtime.

    But again cheers for a good question and well made me ask where we are upto with forum software versions and if we are to change to any otehr forum soft like Invision Powerboard, Mybb and/or phpbb
     
  19. Wenchie

    Wenchie I R teh brat

    I think we should just all update to skype or something, give eachother a hard time in real time.
     
  20. mcadam

    mcadam Major Amnesia

    vB4, please don't. It's sluggish and looks awful.
     
  21. LI_Geek_95

    LI_Geek_95 Post-and-Run Geek

    Thanks for your reply, Dave!
    I really do not like IPB. We should have a poll. I'll have my fellow MyBB fanboys spam it.;)
    Yeah, because everybody wants to hear my voice...
     
  22. DavidGP

    DavidGP MajorGeeks Forum Administrator - Grand Pooh-Bah Staff Member

    Your welcome, and I wouldnt start a poll as whatever the outcome, it wouldnt mean anything as whatever forum software is to be used in the future its not really open for discussion (we are a dictatorship) ;)


    personally I think that IPB is very good, feature rich and works well, but we'll likely cross the forum software bridge one day, so far vB is ok.
     
  23. LI_Geek_95

    LI_Geek_95 Post-and-Run Geek

    Lol.

    And thanks.

    Also, how did you guys make MG so popular?
     
  24. joey off the street

    joey off the street Lounge Lizard No.1

    It ain't what you do, it's the way that you do it.
     
  25. Wenchie

    Wenchie I R teh brat

    My voice is cute. Picture Minnie Mouse, sucking on Helium and swearing like a sailor. Muahaha.
     
  26. Phantom

    Phantom Brigadier Britches

    C.P. is known as the 'Benevolent Dictator' for a reason. He don't need no stinkin' polls!;)

    Yep, on VB V4.0 being a no-go atm. Let's just say that the latest aint necessarily the greatest.

    @ Wenchie:- Yeah, that sounds so hot!....roflmao
     
  27. DavidGP

    DavidGP MajorGeeks Forum Administrator - Grand Pooh-Bah Staff Member

    Well MG became popular as it followed on in part from Tweakfiles (way before many users times) and that it was the place to find apps and the forum was just like MGs is now or sort of.

    Tweakfiles was the original downloads site that tested each and every app it listed, unlike any of the others who just list every bit of crap you can find, which is why Tweakfiles became popular, all you gained was great apps for geeks, so the same is true of Majorgeeks.

    The forum is popular as it sticks to a bit of a rule, keep tech areas techy and the fun.. fun, dont add too much fun to tech questions or replies as when a novice user has an issue the last thing they want is a smartarsed funny remark, for some PC problems are stressful, so keeping to this as well as treating a novice user as such and helping them without being flaming and condescending is what makes us popular.

    We dont care for age, race, beliefs just keep them out of the picture the main think that brings all together is tech and the love or hate of!

    And the final part of the puzzle is great members on the forum, and great and malware free apps that are chosen my Tim, Jim and the users of the site, not all apps suggested make the grade but great ones will.
     
  28. Wenchie

    Wenchie I R teh brat

    That, and I'm here. WIN! End Story.
     
  29. Mimsy

    Mimsy Superior Imperial Queen of the MG Games Forum

    They're just that good. Sheesh. rolleyes
     

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