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foxcorner
Operator
Joined: Nov 28, 2004
Posts: 49
Location: Colorado, USA
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 Posted: Tue Nov 30, 2004 8:53 pm Post subject: Blue pill? |
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So where does that sub-name come from? I certainly don't have "Blue Pill" in my profile.
And I don't need no blue pills!! 
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OPENSTEP
The One
Joined: May 25, 2003
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Location: Santa Barbara, CA
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| Posted: Tue Nov 30, 2004 10:13 pm Post subject: |
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Hehe. The little sub names aren't in the profile but come from the server itself. They change depending on how much you post  You'll see a couple of different ones as you read through the threads. There are at least two folks here who have been through all of them now so I have to start adding more 
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OPENSTEP
The One
Joined: May 25, 2003
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Location: Santa Barbara, CA
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| Posted: Tue Nov 30, 2004 10:13 pm Post subject: |
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(hint...IIRC the first switch in names occurs after 5 posts)
ed |
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sardisson
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Joined: Feb 01, 2004
Posts: 4588
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| Posted: Wed Dec 01, 2004 2:56 am Post subject: |
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| OPENSTEP wrote: | | There are at least two folks here who have been through all of them now so I have to start adding more |
jakeOSX, schlesi and I are all Oracles; aside from Dan, Patrick, and Ed's cutsom ranks, I haven't seen anyone with higher post counts/ranks. It feels very strange, though, to be in the same category with the other two, who have such a longer and richer history with the project(s).
(There's not any place on trinity that lists all the ranks, is there?)
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OPENSTEP
The One
Joined: May 25, 2003
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Location: Santa Barbara, CA
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| Posted: Wed Dec 01, 2004 10:38 pm Post subject: |
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Unfortunately, no, there's nowhere that lists who all is a member of what rank. You can see everyone's in their user profile, but there's nowhere that lists all the users. Something else I can try and add in my spare time...I think it'd be fun
ed |
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OPENSTEP
The One
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Location: Santa Barbara, CA
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| Posted: Wed Dec 01, 2004 10:50 pm Post subject: |
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Gee. I wonder what movie I was jonesing on when I came up with these.
Right now the active ranks are (in order of "newbie" to "veteran"):
Blue Pill
Red Pill
Agent
Sentinel
Pure-blooded Human
Operator
Captain
Keymaker
Councilman
Oracle
The only "special" ranks are:
The Architect (Patrick & Dan)
The One (me)
I figured early on giving us three different ones would help newbies kind of associate our handles here with the developers
The ranks are actually the only conscious Matrix reference here...I did it in response to a French article that brought it up as a criticism and was like "heh, funny". Ironically, I chose "neo" for "new" ("newoffice" just doesn't sound cool, and the "neo" <-> "neolithic" made sense for prototypes too). "trinity" is named after the Trinity Site (first nuclear bomb explosion...a rather historic event, kind of like I hoped this place would be) and also after the first actual software application I ever wrote (a purchasing order system named "Trinity" for a school district).
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| Posted: Thu Dec 02, 2004 12:25 am Post subject: |
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You can't fool us, ed. The donation page is clearly a reference to more-fee-us.
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sardisson
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Joined: Feb 01, 2004
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| Posted: Thu Dec 02, 2004 2:03 am Post subject: |
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| OPENSTEP wrote: | | "trinity" is named after the Trinity Site (first nuclear bomb explosion...a rather historic event, kind of like I hoped this place would be) and also after the first actual software application I ever wrote (a purchasing order system named "Trinity" for a school district). |
And here I had been going along thinking trinity was named for the three apps, OOo, Neo, and Neo/J But the real explanation is cool!
Smokey |
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OPENSTEP
The One
Joined: May 25, 2003
Posts: 4752
Location: Santa Barbara, CA
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| Posted: Thu Dec 02, 2004 11:23 pm Post subject: |
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| Anonymous wrote: | | \The donation page is clearly a reference to more-fee-us. |
ROFL!!!!
ed
( i think i broke a hip...don't pull that kind of humor on a drunk... ) |
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earthshine
Red Pill
Joined: Nov 27, 2007
Posts: 7
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I got curious about this and searched, too. I've noticed there are even more titles now. Is there an up-to-date list that lives somewhere? I'd love to see it!
Funny stuff. |
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Lorinda
Captain Mifune
Joined: Jun 20, 2006
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Location: Midwest, USA
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| Posted: Wed Nov 28, 2007 11:13 am Post subject: |
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I haven't seen a full list, although Ed probably has access to it. There's a little more detail here but it's not a full list.
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sardisson
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| Posted: Wed Nov 28, 2007 10:06 pm Post subject: |
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This screams "NeoWiki article needed"
Smokey
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Lorinda
Captain Mifune
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| Posted: Thu Nov 29, 2007 5:55 am Post subject: |
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I've added it to the New Articles Needed page. I'll try to get around to writing it one of these days.
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