New Moderator | Praxis

[Protium]

Hi All

I have asked Praxis to be a moderator and she has accepted. I have always found Praxis very level headed with a great sense of humour and I appreciate all her posts and the work she's done on RD net promoting the convention.

Please make her welcome as a mod.

[davo]

Great stuff Praxis :)

[boxsey]

welcome, mod!

[Crocodile]

Excellent choice! I think Praxis will do fine as a moderator!

[Lee]

If someone can love CD as much as I do then Protium has made an excellent choice. :D

Onya Prax.

[Crocodile]

Thanks to Praxis I know who Catherine Deveny is now. And I'm glad I do. Catherine writes some great stuff. :)

[Praxis]

welcome, mod!
That's Madam Mod to you :D

Thanks for the welcome and support guys - I hope I can do a good job and remain level-headed even in the face of rampant fundieism.

Cheers!

[atheist_angel]

That's Madam Mod to you :D

Thanks for the welcome and support guys - I hope I can do a good job and remain level-headed even in the face of rampant fundieism.

Cheers!
And Protium suckered you into taking this job? Well I'll be!

You really do have a heart of gold! :D
Thank you for signing up! We know you will do Great!

Oh...pardon me...
We know you'll do great, Madam Mod! ;)

[Crocodile]

That's Madam Mod to you :DHow about Mademoiselle Mod or Moderatess or Moderatorette or something else while we're at it?

Note the use of American spelling for Moderator here. I believe it should be Moderatour instead.

[Praxis]

You really do have a heart of gold! :D
I don't, but I do have a whim of steel ;)

Crocodile, Moderator is correct - no u required. The word moderate is a ME (modern English) word, not derived from any French root word, therefore it has never had a "u". The original root word is the Latin moderatus.

Cheers!

[Crocodile]

I don't, but I do have a whim of steel ;)High speed steel or carbon steel or mild steel or balls of steel or some other type of steel?

Crocodile, Moderator is correct - no u required. The word moderate is a ME (modern English) word, not derived from any French root word, therefore it has never had a "u". The original root word is the Latin moderatus.

Cheers!Ah yes I was sort of "playing around" a little. Like you know how the US spell things like color and behavior etc where as British spellings add unnecessary letters like as in colour and behaviour etcetera? I was sort of playing around with that. So:
Color -> Colour Behavior -> Behaviour Moderator -> Moderatour Escalator -> EscalatourThe possibilities of adding unnecessary letters to words are endless.

[Praxis]

Omigoodness - are we back? Are we really here? Really home?!

http://i238.photobucket.com/albums/ff115/aestheticatheist/bigdance-1.gif

Well done to everyone who helped get us back up and running!!

[Crocodile]

Watch out though it seems the ship is a little unstable. Just needs a bit more RAM that's all. Now if only I had enough money to buy the AFA a supercomputer...

[davo]

Watch out though it seems the ship is a little unstable. Just needs a bit more RAM that's all. Now if only I had enough money to buy the AFA a supercomputer...

I've also fiddled with caching .. this should help.

[Crocodile]

It helps a little bit davo and I am seeing a lot fewer errors as I browse the forums. But if one is to go to the front page of the AFA forums and click on the dinky little icon that is meant to redirect people to the newest post in the newest thread I get a "connection lost" style error.

I am doing this on my laptop and have yet to see whether this works using my primary computer which is a Windows NT machine because it needs a hunk o hunk o burnin love. It should come up with the same results though since I use exactly the same browser on both machines.

[AWarGuy]

Well done Praxis!
Keep on doing what you do! :D

AWarGuy

[Praxis]

Well done Praxis!
Keep on doing what you do! :D
I will! Now if someone could just tell me what the heck it was I was doing ... ;)

Thanks AWarGuy - it's good to be back. I had only accepted the Sceptre of Mod less than 24 hours before the site went down. Not a particularly auspicious start :rolleyes:

[Crocodile]

I will! Now if someone could just tell me what the heck it was I was doing ... ;)I believe you were in the middle of formulating your diabolical plan to promote your self to Administrator now?

Thanks AWarGuy - it's good to be back. I had only accepted the Sceptre of Mod less than 24 hours before the site went down. Not a particularly auspicious start :rolleyes:Coincidentially the site went down approximately the same time I managed to stuff up my desktop computer and now have to reinstall Windows NT thanks to me being stupid enough to uninstall a particular Microsoft service which wasn't needed because I thought it was rather unmicrosofty...

[The Irreverent Mr Black]

I will! Now if someone could just tell me what the heck it was I was doing ... ;)

Thanks AWarGuy - it's good to be back. I had only accepted the Sceptre of Mod less than 24 hours before the site went down. Not a particularly auspicious start :rolleyes:

When Praxis thumps the sceptre on the bench, everybody will listen from now on!

[Protium]

Praxis broke the internet :)

[Praxis]

Praxis broke the internet :)
Yes indeed, I am THAT powerful.

Fear me.

[Crocodile]

So that is what happened to my Windows NT machine...

[Vonnie]

Hey Praxis! (You'll always be "Lil" to me!)

See what happens when an organisation encourages its members to utilise its forum? (Unlike that other fiasco way back when...!)

Glad to have you as a Mod.

[robertkd]

Congratulations Praxis,...

[Praxis]

Vonnie!! Great to have you back (where've you been? As your Moderatrix, I demand to know ;) )
Hey Praxis! (You'll always be "Lil" to me!)
And to lots of others! But my old internet name of Praxis fits me like a favourite old pair of trakkie daks :)

See what happens when an organisation encourages its members to utilise its forum? (Unlike that other fiasco way back when...!)
Indeed. On both counts. And how could I ever forget? :confused:

Glad to have you as a Mod.
Thanks! So far my duties have been largely ceremonial. I haven't actually done anything yet. Maybe I will end up as welcoming committee and maker of nice cups of tea.
OR
I could be controlling the entire operation behind-the-scenes so very subtly that even super-clever-trousers like Black and Prote don't realise it yet ;)

Thanks for the well wishes, robertkd :)

No Crocodile, I'm not responsibleThat happened because your machine is crap ;)

[The Irreverent Mr Black]

So that is what happened to my Windows NT machine...
Croc, if Windows Anything happens to your machine, Occam's Razor says you need look no further when it fails to satisfy.

[Crocodile]

http://dc-mrg.english.ucsb.edu/WarnerTeach/E192/Images/MATRIX.jpg

[Crocodile]

No Crocodile, I'm not responsibleThat happened because your machine is crap ;)It's better than Windows XP and Vista for real.

Croc, if Windows Anything happens to your machine, Occam's Razor says you need look no further when it fails to satisfy.Getting rid of Internet Exploder 2.0 helps a little too. ;)

[The Irreverent Mr Black]

old pic.
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3255/4035433439_95ea92db35_o.jpg
There... seamless!

[Crocodile]

Starring Praxis Reeves

[Praxis]

Starring Praxis Reeves
You're my fanboy, aren't you Croc? ;)

[Crocodile]

Just so long as the bus stays above 50mph you'll be fine.

[Praxis]

Just so long as the bus stays above 50mph you'll be fine.
But I stopped doing speed in my 20s ...

[Crocodile]

http://files.myopera.com/AgentCROCODILE/files/PraxisReeves.PNG

[Crocodile]

But I stopped doing speed in my 20s ...That might be a valid explanation for how the Big Bang originated...

[Praxis]

That might be a valid explanation for how the Big Bang originated...
You don't know me well enough to go making assumptions about my (possibly sordid, definitely interesting) younger days :cool:

[Crocodile]

Well I know that you were born at a very early age. That must have been pretty hard.

[two dogs]

Well I know that you were born at a very early age. That must have been pretty hard.
It wasn't hard for Samuel Clemens.

[Praxis]

It wasn't hard for Samuel Clemens.
I mark that a twain in this thread seems to have occurred.

[two dogs]

I mark that a twain in this thread seems to have occurred.
And the reports of its death have been greatly exaggerated.

[Made Of Stars]

Praxis who?

[Praxis]

:eek: What are you doing bumping up old threads MOS?

Praxis who indeed.

I'll Praxis who YOU!

[Made Of Stars]

*Giggles and runs away*

PS. How do I get a bigger avatar? My burkha's getting in a bunch...

[Praxis]

*Giggles and runs away*

PS. How do I get a bigger avatar? My burkha's getting in a bunch...
We can't be having that - burkha wedgies can be a bitch.

Just upload a bigger version if you have one.

[wolty]

*Giggles and runs away*




Hahaha that is a classic.

*runs away and hides in the corner* :D

[Praxis]

Hahaha that is a classic.

*runs away and hides in the corner* :D
Having met MOS now, I can tell you that it's even funnier imagining him doing that :p

[riddlemethis]

Ha laughed at that image too! Soooo not a giggle pot - chortle yes, wry smile certainly, but giggle! Bwahahaha

[Made Of Stars]

:cool:

[Praxis]

Stop keeping this damned thread bumped up :p

[Protium]

I'm not going to mention what RD said about you lot in the taxi on the way to the after party ;)

[Made Of Stars]

Which lot? Atheists?

[Protium]

no.... ex RDers

[Praxis]

no.... ex RDers
:eek:

:confused:

:rolleyes:

[Made Of Stars]

I'm not going to mention what RD said about you lot in the taxi on the way to the after party ;)
Go on, tell us then. It's only the internet.

[wolty]

Stop keeping this damned thread bumped up :p

OK. :D

Edit: Damn about 5 posts too late.

[riddlemethis]

Richard is notorious for being a poor judge of character, so unless he said glowing things, he was merely demonstrating this character flaw! ;-P

[Made Of Stars]

Richard is notorious for being a poor judge of character, so unless he said glowing things, he was merely demonstrating this character flaw! ;-P
And if he did say glowing things? :p

[Protium]

whoops.. didn't mean to bump this... I tripped over....

[Crocodile]

I guess all those bumps to this thread can only mean one thing: Praxis is the new mod...again... :D

Or should we say "Born Again Moderator" from now on? :D

[Praxis]

The way I'm feeling lately, it might shortly be Newly Un-Moderater Praxis :rolleyes:

[Protium]

oh rubbish.. you'll be here when Fass gives his evidence for Cod.

[Loki]

http://www.smileyvault.com/albums/userpics/10172/smiley-face-popcorn.gif (http://www.smileyvault.com/)

[Praxis]

oh rubbish.. you'll be here when Fass gives his evidence for Cod.
That is a red herring.

[Protium]

no.. Cod is of the genus Gadus while Herring is of the genus Clupea so..... oh.... you didn't mean that! *runs back to treehouse behind the Anglicans dorms on the Island*

[Made Of Stars]

The way I'm feeling lately, it might shortly be Newly Un-Moderater Praxis :rolleyes:
Join teh club! :D

[Fearless]

The way I'm feeling lately, it might shortly be Newly Un-Moderater Praxis :rolleyes:

Have you ever had to drag a 6 foot 4 guy who weighs well over 100kgs around holding on to your ankles? :(

[Praxis]

Have you ever had to drag a 6 foot 4 guy who weighs well over 100kgs around holding on to your ankles? :(
I thought I'd gotten rid of that particular ex b/f years ago ... ;)

MOS! Trouble round your parts? (um, so to speak)

[Fearless]

I thought I'd gotten rid of that particular ex b/f years ago ... ;)

Touché!