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beverly
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I used the method Sarcasm described.

Just one question: I thought someone had complained that the code had been changed and no one could make empty threads. Is that true? And if so, did HRE just find a new way to make them?

Ok, more than one question.

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Speed
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Eagerly I wished the morrow
Vainly I had sought to borrow
From my books surcease of sorrow
Sorrow for the lost Lenore
For the rare and radiant maiden whom the angels name Lenore

Nameless here forevermore

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pajeba
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It looks blank to me on the thread list deal, but it shows a hyphen in my Back button.

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beverly
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Oops, now that it is 2 pages, I can just click on it!

[ROFL]

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Speed
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Oh, good. We've got numbers to click now. My work here is done.

[The Wave]

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pooka
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Rats, didn't make it in before page two. I guess I'm just gauche.

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HRE
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One way to get a bunch of replies....

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Not even close, but you have time to study.

Do I at least get some creativity points?

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Rappin' Ronnie Reagan
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Ahem. I am not hallucinating.

Evidence:
Here is the main page of the forum, and you can see that the thread is titled "-".

And clicking on that brings me to the thread, and the title on the top of the browser window is clearly "-".

So there.

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Sarcasm
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So you Photoshopped a couple of screen captures. So what?

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HRE
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What browser is that?

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digging_holes
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Well, I am obviously still a very newbie-ish newbie, cuz I didn't know how to get in here till there were numbers to click on.

[ March 12, 2004, 07:43 PM: Message edited by: digging_holes ]

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Rappin' Ronnie Reagan
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...
...
...
It's Safari.

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beverly
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Well, now that the numbers are here, everyone can read how to get into an empty thread. Great newbie education!

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TomDavidson
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Actually, since he's on a toy computer, I wouldn't be at all surprised that his Mac renders ANSI codes differently.

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Rappin' Ronnie Reagan
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TOY?! HE?! HIS?!

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Synesthesia
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How the heck did you all get in here?

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digging_holes
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quote:
Go to a thread above or below it on the page, and then click on the Previous or Next buttons.

Well I guess this makes me the dumbest newbie yet. I never even thought of that.

*goes and hides in a corner, not to emerge again for the next 200 years till all present-day Hatrackers have passed away and no one will be alive to know about my humiliation*

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HRE
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I feel very special.

What is my next challenge that I must pass to evolve from n00bness?

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Rappin' Ronnie Reagan
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Okay... so in mozilla there's no hyphen. In Internet Explorer it's an upside-down ^, and in Netscape there's also no hyphen.

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Bokonon
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RRR: Mozilla and any Netscape 6 or higher is basically the same thing.

-Bok

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PSI Teleport
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HRE:

The first thing you have to do is stop asking if you're a n00b. [Smile]

Then you post in threads making fun of those newer than you. [Big Grin]

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Speed
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Wow, I was using Mozilla, but it does seem to have been much easier in Explorer. Silly me.

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NdRa
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HRE

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Sarcasm
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I'm using IE, and I don't have a hacek instead of a hyphen. It's just blank. Except in the window title, where the hyphen actually shows up.

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Shan
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what's all the fuss about, eh?

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cochick
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well done HRE [Cool]

*presents HRE with pizza to celebrate*

I just clicked on the space where the title should have been and got in straight away! [Taunt]

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imogen
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Guess I made it too late.

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eslaine
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Whatever happened to Twoson Paula?

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beverly
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So, HRE, you aren't going to tell us how you made the empty thread to begin with?

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Ryuko
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(hugs Speed)

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Kama
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Actually, even though it looks blank to me, I can actually click on the blankness.

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Corwin
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Kama, now I can click on the empty title too, but back when there was only one page I couldn't. And I used the method of changing the thread number in the address bar, since it seemed the obvious thing to do [Dont Know]

As for how HRE did this, it's a mistery to me... I tried several things, none of them worked. It's just a matter of finding the *right glitch* in this type of forum...

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HRE
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Its not a "glitch" at all. [Wink]

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Speed
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raventh1
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Interestingly enough, you can click on the blankness *or rather unicode character that isn't very well represented.* in IE, but not in FireFox.

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skillery
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I've been experimenting on an old thread that I started that has dropped off the first page, and I've finally figured out how to do it. Good work HRE. Don't worry, I'm not sharing your secret.

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HRE
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So, who is Thor?

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skillery
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HRE:

I like your explanation of Thor better than anything these folks are likely to come up with.

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Ela
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How come every noobie feels obligated to do this? [Roll Eyes]

And HRE, you still haven't answered the question "Who is Thor?"

Here's another one: Who is The Silverblue Sun?

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skillery
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In the "Word of the Day" thread, Bob posted the following on January 31, 2002:

quote:
Silverblue Sun provided us with a post that was the Rosetta Stone needed to aid in deciphering all those previous Thor posts.

It looks like Thor was already history two years ago. I guess Thor was tough to understand.

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HRE
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quote:
How come every noobie feels obligated to do this?

"Tradition! Tradition!"
-Tevye

Give me a day to be creative. Its midnight here, and I don't think you want any of those early morning "creative ideas."

John: Whats this in the blender?
Bill: Beer, eggs, and pickles.
John: Dare I ask why?
Bill: It seemed like such a good idea at two in the morning...

[ March 14, 2004, 12:14 AM: Message edited by: HRE ]

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skillery
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The Silverblue Sun is Thor. He got a job in a bookstore last September, and we haven't heard much from him since. All the women here at Hatrack thought he was hot and were continually asking "where is Thor?"

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HRE
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I'm working on the real question as we speak.

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skillery
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I hope you find it soon HRE. I'm stuck in a quagmire of Jack Chick religious tract parodies.

Thor's first name = Jason?

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cochick
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i know who Thor challenged [Taunt]

just haven't been able to work out what and who won [Dont Know]

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peterh
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Ela, CT threw down the gauntlet to post a blank thread and figure out the details of Thor in a Newbie post that I'm to lazy to link for you.

Thor is the Silverblue Sun.

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ClaudiaTherese
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Yes, Ela, I was the very devil. The newbies should have told me to get myself behind them. *hides head in shame

cochick, you know about the challenge? Great!

quote:
It looks like Thor was already history two years ago. I guess Thor was tough to understand.

Thor occupies a unique place at Hatrack, and it's his for the duration of the forum. Although we always seem to work out our differences here (with a few notable execptions that prove the rule), with Thor, the turnaround was nothing short of unbelievable from all involved. Hatrack changed to fit him and appreciate him just as much as he changed to fit Hatrack -- and both without losing any of their own peculiar and interesting characters.

Marvelous. I only wish it could always be like that.

[ March 14, 2004, 10:47 PM: Message edited by: ClaudiaTherese ]

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skillery
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the turnaround was nothing short of unbelievable from all involved

Oh great, I've gone and joined a cult. Next thing I'll find out that you're all living with Bo Gritz in some compound in Idaho.

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ClaudiaTherese
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*makes secret hand motions at the other inner-circle cult members

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skillery
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