Thread Killer Champions: Franzbear & Moonbear

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In summary, Franzbear is the most prolific thread killer in the forum. He has killed at least 12 threads and is likely responsible for 21 more. His ability to kill threads is not a direct outcome of the evidence (number of last posts). You have to at least factor in the total number of posts by each person (posts in GD) to get a more accurate representation of the killer instinct. Franz and Moonie have so many posts here, they are more likely to be the winning killers. You have to divide the number of kills by the total number of posts during the same period to get a corrected distribution.
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I just ran across this in the technology forum, posted by Anttech in the "How does google work" thread.

And now we know the truth! :biggrin: Just make sure your mouth is empty when you read this.

http://www.google.com/technology/pigeonrank.html
 
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Google's pigeon-driven methods make tampering with our results extremely difficult. While some unscrupulous websites have tried to boost their ranking by including images on their pages of bread crumbs, bird seed and parrots posing seductively in resplendent plumage, Google's PigeonRank technology cannot be deceived by these techniques. A Google search is an easy, honest and objective way to find high-quality websites with information relevant to your search.
All that work for nothing! Well, I'm out 2 dozen loaves of wonder bread and they'll never let me into the pet store again. That could have something to do with my hampster powered generator.
 
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By collecting flocks of pigeons in dense clusters, Google is able to process search queries at speeds superior to traditional search engines, which typically rely on birds of prey, brooding hens or slow-moving waterfowl to do their relevance rankings.

When a search query is submitted to Google, it is routed to a data coop where monitors flash result pages at blazing speeds. When a relevant result is observed by one of the pigeons in the cluster, it strikes a rubber-coated steel bar with its beak, which assigns the page a PigeonRank value of one. For each peck, the PigeonRank increases. Those pages receiving the most pecks, are returned at the top of the user's results page with the other results displayed in pecking order.
I'm still wiping the tears out of my eyes. :biggrin:
 
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http://www.bpoi.org/forum/images/smilies/sheepskip.gif http://www.bpoi.org/forum/images/smilies/ferret.gif http://www.bpoi.org/forum/images/smilies/sheep.gif
sheep.gif
pirate.gif
toilet_claw.gif
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Here are some smilies that I found amusing. I'm sure Artman and Danger will be pleased with the sheep. :wink:
 
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Huckleberry said:
[PLAIN]http://www.bpoi.org/forum/images/smilies/sheepskip.gif http://www.bpoi.org/forum/images/smilies/ferret.gif [PLAIN]http://www.bpoi.org/forum/images/smilies/sheep.gif [PLAIN]http://www.timebomb2000.com/vb/images/smilies/sheep.gif[ATTACH=full]196112[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]196113[/ATTACH][/URL]

Here are some smilies that I found amusing. I'm sure Artman and Danger will be pleased with the sheep. :wink:
The sheep are facing us, so I'm not too sure Danger will recognize them as sheep. I think they look cute!

[PLAIN]http://www.bpoi.org/forum/images/smilies/sheepskip.gif [PLAIN]http://www.bpoi.org/forum/images/smilies/sheep.gif [PLAIN]http://www.timebomb2000.com/vb/images/smilies/sheep.gif[/URL]

This one is keeping an eye out for Danger.
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http://www.lissaexplains.com/forum/images/smilies/cake.gif http://www.lissaexplains.com/forum/images/smilies/hamster.gif looks[/URL] like that one had too much cake.
http://www.xtremepccentral.com/forums/images/smilies/firedevil.gifhttp://www.xtremepccentral.com/forums/images/smilies/crazy.gifhttp://www.xtremepccentral.com/forums/images/smilies/tongue.gif
http://www.xtremepccentral.com/forums/images/smilies/laughatabove.gif Another one for Artman MwuHAhahhaha!

http://www.xtremepccentral.com/forums/images/smilies/lalala.gif I'm not listening!
http://www.xtremepccentral.com/forums/images/smilies/fordbikini.gif Shameless advertisement! I love it!
Work this into your thesis... [PLAIN]http://www.lissaexplains.com/forum/images/smilies/meow.gif [PLAIN]http://www.lissaexplains.com/forum/images/smilies/meow.gif [PLAIN]http://www.lissaexplains.com/forum/images/smilies/meow.gif
 
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http://www.hosting-unlimited.net/forums/images/smilies/tank.gif Oh[/URL] No. Look out. SOS is coming through!
 
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Artman said:
The sheep are facing us, so I'm not too sure Danger will recognize them as sheep. I think they look cute!

http://www.bpoi.org/forum/images/smilies/sheepskip.gif http://www.bpoi.org/forum/images/smilies/sheep.gif
sheep.gif
[/URL]

This one is keeping an eye out for Danger.
[PLAIN]http://www.timebomb2000.com/vb/images/smilies/sheep.gif[/QUOTE][/URL]

:smile: Those are great!
 
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A little story is in order. A few years ago Moonbear received the letter in her mailbox which changed her life forever http://carboninside.com/16.gif


Before she used to fight with her colleages to get into the only bathroom available on the floor http://carboninside.com/41.gif,[/URL] and the battle wasnt always in her favor http://carboninside.com/2.gif

But now she found out she got a tenure! http://carboninside.com/45.gif
It seems her sleepless nights devoted to prayer have been answered http://carboninside.com/47.gif,[/URL] and now her creativity can really take off http://carboninside.com/34.gif as she can stay in her new lab all week long http://carboninside.com/44.gif
 
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cronxeh said:
A little story is in order. A few years ago Moonbear received the letter in her mailbox which changed her life forever http://carboninside.com/16.gif


Before she used to fight with her colleages to get into the only bathroom available on the floor http://carboninside.com/41.gif,[/URL] and the battle wasnt always in her favor http://carboninside.com/2.gif

But now she found out she got a tenure! http://carboninside.com/45.gif
It seems her sleepless nights devoted to prayer have been answered http://carboninside.com/47.gif,[/URL] and now her creativity can really take off http://carboninside.com/34.gif as she can stay in her new lab all week long http://carboninside.com/44.gif
That's[/URL] adorable!
 
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Artman said:
Speaking of badgering, where is Danger? :biggrin:
Was at work. Now I'm not. I had to interrupt my games 6 times to deal with customers today. How inconvenient.

Artman said:
I need a pair of his dirty socks for my dastardly plot. :devil:
Only if I get half credit for the kill. Those socks are worth all of your other ingredients put together. (Do you have a 'Hazardous Materials Handling Permit'?)

Moonbear said:
DocToxyn said:
Save yourself...!
Traitor! :smile:
He's not a traitor; he's just trying to keep the level of competition from increasing.

Moonbear said:
:smile: Yeah, there's nothing questionable about it, good taste is simply not to be found anywhere around here.
Even when I'm not around, it can be pretty disgusting. :eek:

Evo said:
:smile: (we need a snorting smilie)
We have one right here. http://img285.echo.cx/img285/1640/evo53vp.jpg

Evo said:
Those are great! I can't quite make out the leper though. :frown:
Cronxeh, all of your smilies are terrific! I also can't decipher the lepr(?), but I'm sure it's as clever as the rest.

Evo said:
I just ran across this in the technology forum, posted by Anttech in the "How does google work" thread.
I've always wondered about that. Great link. Thanks.

Huckleberry said:
they'll never let me into the pet store again. That could have something to do with my hampster powered generator.
I don't think it's what you have the hamsters doing that they object to, so much as your motivational methods.

Huckleberry said:
http://www.bpoi.org/forum/images/smilies/sheepskip.gif http://www.bpoi.org/forum/images/smilies/ferret.gif http://www.bpoi.org/forum/images/smilies/sheep.gif
sheep.gif
pirate.gif
toilet_claw.gif
[/URL]

Here are some smilies that I found amusing. I'm sure Artman and Danger will be pleased with the sheep. :wink:
Thank you so much! Love them (er... I mean... oh hell...) :blushing:

Ferrets are nice too, but don't ever let one get loose in your pants.

Artman said:
The sheep are facing us, so I'm not too sure Danger will recognize them as sheep.
Oh yes. I'm fully acquainted with all aspects of ovine anatomy.

Artman said:
This one is keeping an eye out for Danger.
[PLAIN]http://www.timebomb2000.com/vb/images/smilies/sheep.gif[/QUOTE][/URL]
Wrong eye—I'm behind her.

Huckleberry said:
http://www.xtremepccentral.com/forums/images/smilies/fordbikini.gif
That's enough to make me forget about sheep for a while. :-p
Huckleberry said:
http://www.hosting-unlimited.net/forums/images/smilies/tank.gif Oh[/URL] No. Look out. SOS is coming through!
My kinda gal... :!)

cronxeh said:
A little story is in order.
Excellent! :biggrin:
 
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Seems like I have a virus. Anyone know where I can get some free software to remove it? Grrr! This is so frustrating. I can't do anything. So slowwwww.
 
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Huckleberry said:
Seems like I have a virus. Anyone know where I can get some free software to remove it? Grrr! This is so frustrating. I can't do anything. So slowwwww.
You don't have antivirus software like Symantec? You may have adware.
 
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Yeah, I think it's adware. Any idea how to get rid of it? I tried a few online programs and they search for the added files but won't delete them until I purchase their product. Is there a truly free one out there? Hmm, prolly not. :cry:
I think it was that cheap anime floosie.
 
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Huckleberry said:
Anyone know where I can get some free software to remove it?
I don't know if http://www.findarticles.com/p/search?tb=art&qt=%22Antiviral+agents%22 is reliable or not, but it looks okay. I found it amusing that I was looking for something on antiretroviral medicine and the same site is offering anti-virus software. :biggrin:
 
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Get http://www.lavasoftusa.com/software/adaware/ and if you are using IE I suggest you switch to Mozilla Firefox or Opera - depending on how much memory you have (if less than 512 I'd go with Opera, if over go with Firefox)
 
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Huckleberry said:
Yeah, I think it's adware. Any idea how to get rid of it? I tried a few online programs and they search for the added files but won't delete them until I purchase their product. Is there a truly free one out there? Hmm, prolly not. :cry:
I think it was that cheap anime floosie.
Yep, that's very likely. have you tried ad-aware?
 
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Originally Posted by Evo
I just ran across this in the technology forum, posted by Anttech in the "How does google work" thread.


Danger said:
I've always wondered about that. Great link. Thanks.
:confused: Did you really read it? http://www.google.com/technology/pigeon_system.jpg
 
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Evo said:
:confused: Did you really read it?
Most of it. I suppose I should have put one of these ( :rolleyes: ) in my thank-you post, but I figured it was obvious. :redface:
 
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Danger said:
Most of it. I suppose I should have put one of these ( :rolleyes: ) in my thank-you post, but I figured it was obvious. :redface:
I "knew" you were a skimmer. :wink:
 
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We sgould get a bird smile... :rolleyes:
 
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yomamma said:
We sgould get a bird smile... :rolleyes:
There are some cute smilies here. http://www.paw-talk.net/forums/misc.php?do=showsmilies
 
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:geek: :roll: too bad they don't work
 
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cronxeh said:
A little story is in order. A few years ago Moonbear received the letter in her mailbox which changed her life forever http://carboninside.com/16.gif


Before she used to fight with her colleages to get into the only bathroom available on the floor http://carboninside.com/41.gif,[/URL] and the battle wasnt always in her favor http://carboninside.com/2.gif

But now she found out she got a tenure! http://carboninside.com/45.gif
It seems her sleepless nights devoted to prayer have been answered http://carboninside.com/47.gif,[/URL] and now her creativity can really take off http://carboninside.com/34.gif as she can stay in her new lab all week long http://carboninside.com/44.gif
[/URL]

:smile: That's a really great story! :biggrin:

Anyone want a kitten? I've got two living under my deck. I've seen the mom cat around a lot lately, but never noticed the kittens before, so had no idea that's why she's been around so much. The kittens are really cute, but I can't get at them (they hide up close by the house I think, or maybe in the little space under the concrete slab that used to be a patio that apparently pre-dated the deck).
 
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yomamma said:
:geek: :roll: too bad they don't work
I know. :cry: I like the pirate thread hijacker. :-p
 
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Evo said:
I know. :cry: I like the pirate thread hijacker. :-p

:smile: That's a funny one! And there are definitely days when I could really use that Doh smiley too! Those dancing prairie dogs are adorable. There's even a smurf smilie! I was looking for a skunk one for Ivan, but didn't see any among the animals, though I was looking rather quickly.
 
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Hmm, I ran the ad aware program like 10 times. Things kept popping up and hijacking my browswer, or whatever it's called. I noticed some files that were very persistent and would be there every time I did a scan. They were called atomni or something and it said nouninstallers. Then there was a long list of toolbar files. I can't get rid of them. :mad:

Looks like it may be time to buy some new software.
 
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cronxeh said:
A little story is in order.
I like this a lot. :smile:
 
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Huckleberry said:
Hmm, I ran the ad aware program like 10 times. Things kept popping up and hijacking my browswer, or whatever it's called. I noticed some files that were very persistent and would be there every time I did a scan. They were called atomni or something and it said nouninstallers. Then there was a long list of toolbar files. I can't get rid of them. :mad:

Looks like it may be time to buy some new software.
Go out and by Norton Anti-virus, it will detect spyware and adware, if it can't delete the files automatically, it will link you to their site where they have tools to uninstall the stuff and worse case, instructions on how to do a manual delete.

I found this on Symantec's website "Adware.Adtomi is a stock tracking program that will display pop-up advertisements in the background."

See if you have "websearch" on your computer, it's obnoxious. It sounds like you may have an assortment of adware.
 
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Well, I keep saying I want to hear a new sound in music. On the Tonight Show tonight, I just heard it...someone rapping to country music. :bugeye: Yep, it was different. :rolleyes:
 
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Evo said:
Go out and by Norton Anti-virus, it will detect spyware and adware, if it can't delete the files automatically, it will link you to their site where they have tools to uninstall the stuff and worse case, instructions on how to do a manual delete.

I found this on Symantec's website "Adware.Adtomi is a stock tracking program that will display pop-up advertisements in the background."

See if you have "websearch" on your computer, it's obnoxious. It sounds like you may have an assortment of adware.
I see a trip to a computer shop in my future. Yeah, I neeed to get Norton's. This is ridiculous. It just started today too.

The worst popup is the spyware warnings. Every 30 seconds or so they interrupt me.
 
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: WTF?
 
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SOS, that movie is awesome!

So that's where you've been spending all your time lately. How long did that take you?
 
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Making those movies is easy. I made one. :biggrin:
 

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