Who here remembers the infamous GUTB

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billandopus

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Originally posted by: SirFshAlot
Who remembers Gustavus?

The smartest guy to grace this place.

Didn't he grow his own lumber to build his house, and forge his own nails? LOL

Yeah, I remember him. Pretty intelligent guy. His greatest quality was that he owned the same monitor as me - the venerable Samsung 950p (not the "b")

I remember GUTB - what a clown. But an interesting clown nonetheless.

I also remember Paulson getting banned ... and then coming back. Wasn't he one of the original great "neffers"? I vaguely remembering that this was part of the reason he was banned and put on ice 'til he cooled down.



 

Mustangrrl

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Originally posted by: Cougarmadcat
What do you know. I mention the butter thread and a mere couple hours later someone starts up another one!!

Ha! No butter thread could beat the original ;)
I was on dial-up when that thread started, I stopped reading it after the first day... but I got the gist ;)
 

Mday

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GUTB was slightly "before" my OT days, i didnt frequent here until a few months after the new forums came up (fusetalk)... the nowheremom "death" was slightly before my OT days by like a week... the GUTB incidents were about when i came on.

i talked to crysla (nekkid princess) a few weeks ago, briefly.
 

Lounatik

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Help me out here: Did a guy named Modus hang here a while? If he did, he entertained me for hours with his long rants about one thing or another. Semi-intelligent if long winded threads were a hoot!

BTW I've probably been here since '97??? Not too sure.


Peace



Lounatik
 

Sunner

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Originally posted by: Cougarmadcat
Have a Nice Day
Try Not To Die

<Pounces into Harvy's arms and gives him a huge hug and kiss on the cheek>

How ya doin sweety!

Red baby! Mustangg :)

Just got one real good reference which people will probably remember: The BUTTER thread :D

Laters gang ;)

Butter rocked1

Then there's of course the thread that started it all, "Is there such a thing as a God?" :)
 

drizzit

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Yeah, i remember most of those people.

My favorite from that time had to be the butter thread though(long live nowhereman :) ), and some of the old religous debates(very funny to read)

Anybody remember me btw? I guess i could be considered old school, came here just as it changed from geocities. How bout lucy(grin)?
 

Red Dawn

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Originally posted by: Sunner
Damn, I kinda remember Legion...only not....

Possibly cause I never had any arguments with him(her?), or perhaps cause Im too damn drunk...
Legion posted the classic anti-Overclocking rant of all time back in '98 before the Non Hardware General Forum was called Off-Topic. It probably wouldn't make much sense now since Overclocking is so easy but back in the day when you kind of had to have a clue his rant hit the nail on the head.
 

hzl eyed grl

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Anybody remember me btw? I guess i could be considered old school, came here just as it changed from geocities. How bout lucy(grin)?
Hey, I remember you. But......do you remember me? :eek: :p
 

Sunner

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Originally posted by: Red Dawn
Originally posted by: Sunner
Damn, I kinda remember Legion...only not....

Possibly cause I never had any arguments with him(her?), or perhaps cause Im too damn drunk...
Legion posted the classic anti-Overclocking rant of all time back in '98 before the Non Hardware General Forum was called Off-Topic. It probably wouldn't make much sense now since Overclocking is so easy but back in the day when you kind of had to have a clue his rant hit the nail on the head.

Hmm, guess it's just my memory that sucks, and I still hung out quite a bit in general non-hw when it was created...

Oh well...
 

Cougarmadcat

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Originally posted by: hzl_eyed_grl
Anybody remember me btw? I guess i could be considered old school, came here just as it changed from geocities. How bout lucy(grin)?
Hey, I remember you. But......do you remember me? :eek: :p


Of course I remember you Hzl ;)

Lots either don't remember me or just don't want to remember :D
 

hzl eyed grl

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Originally posted by: Cougarmadcat
Originally posted by: hzl_eyed_grl
Anybody remember me btw? I guess i could be considered old school, came here just as it changed from geocities. How bout lucy(grin)?
Hey, I remember you. But......do you remember me? :eek: :p


Of course I remember you Hzl ;)

Lots either don't remember me or just don't want to remember :D

WOW! I haven't seen you in ages! How the heck are ya? How's Leopard? *Waves hi* We should chat some time! :D
 

billandopus

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Yes, Modus was big on non-partitioning. He argued that partitioning wasn't necessary if you had decent organizational skills and that partitioning was for those who couldn't figure it out. Kinda like arguing that you only needed one pair of shoes to do everything rather than have a couple of different pairs for different purposes. He had some good points ... but it seemed apparent that he took it a bit personally that many others didn't subscribe to his philosopy wholly and argued with much resilience.

He used to also deal in parts/products (selling).


Hey, what happened to the guy that coined the term

"is suck"? Asian guy or something like that for which a slight language barrier coined the term rather than the usual "sucks".

That was back in 1999 or so.

Originally posted by: Lounatik
Help me out here: Did a guy named Modus hang here a while? If he did, he entertained me for hours with his long rants about one thing or another. Semi-intelligent if long winded threads were a hoot!

BTW I've probably been here since '97??? Not too sure.


Peace



Lounatik

 

kranky

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Originally posted by: bill_n_opus
Hey, what happened to the guy that coined the term

"is suck"? Asian guy or something like that for which a slight language barrier coined the term rather than the usual "sucks".

That was back in 1999 or so.

That was RipRidah. There was a thread in HD about someone having trouble getting a price match or a coupon or something from Staples. His reply was the immortal words "Staples is suck."
 

drizzit

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Yeah i remember ya hzl, How are you doing? :) I should start stopping by more often, its been like a month since ive been here last
 

cliftonite

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Originally posted by: Red Dawn
Originally posted by: ffmcobalt
Originally posted by: Red Dawn
Originally posted by: ffmcobalt
Originally posted by: Gaard
Isn't Crysla the girl who threatened to post pics of her boobs? :) I remember reading something about it on another forum. Didn't many of the more respected members on AT wrongly accuse her of wrong-doing?

You are correct about the latter half. Supposedly she posted the name and street address of one of the Anandtech Moderators. Well, that's what she was accused of anyway. I checked. She didn't.

But oh well. She's happy now. :)
Her husband posted porno shots of her on the web. Very nasty (nasty as in losing your lunch nasty) Some women just shouldn't be seen in the nude.:(

Are you sure it was him? I was told that she did it and blamed it on him to save her dignity.
No I'm not sure it was him. I was giving her the benefit of the doubt because I couldn't imagine anyone who looked like that purposely posting such pictures on the net. They call her the Flour Princess for a reason you know!


Hrmm pics? To confirm :D
 

Red Dawn

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Originally posted by: cliftonite
Originally posted by: Red Dawn
Originally posted by: ffmcobalt
Originally posted by: Red Dawn
Originally posted by: ffmcobalt
Originally posted by: Gaard
Isn't Crysla the girl who threatened to post pics of her boobs? :) I remember reading something about it on another forum. Didn't many of the more respected members on AT wrongly accuse her of wrong-doing?

You are correct about the latter half. Supposedly she posted the name and street address of one of the Anandtech Moderators. Well, that's what she was accused of anyway. I checked. She didn't.

But oh well. She's happy now. :)
Her husband posted porno shots of her on the web. Very nasty (nasty as in losing your lunch nasty) Some women just shouldn't be seen in the nude.:(

Are you sure it was him? I was told that she did it and blamed it on him to save her dignity.
No I'm not sure it was him. I was giving her the benefit of the doubt because I couldn't imagine anyone who looked like that purposely posting such pictures on the net. They call her the Flour Princess for a reason you know!


Hrmm pics? To confirm :D
Trust me, they were nauseating!

 

Cougarmadcat

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Originally posted by: hzl_eyed_grl


WOW! I haven't seen you in ages! How the heck are ya? How's Leopard? *Waves hi* We should chat some time! :D

Leopard is doing fine. His normal self. It will be our 5th anniversary this year. Can you believe it? :)

Hm. Can't find a pm thingie here. Oh well. You can send me a message to cougarmadcat@yahoo.com. I usually check that about every day. When I am work I can take a peek on my breaks. Lotsa fun there.

Laters ;)

 

BuckNaked

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Wasn't Modus most well known for his support of Winmodems vs. Hardware modems? I think I remember him and Red Dawn having a rather long winded debate on the subject... Not that Red Dawn would ever be part of such a thing... :)

Remember the 'is suck' as well, probably the longest running 'anandtech speak' term of all time.... it became annoying as hell, but still not as bad as 'all your base are belong to us'....

and the Hitachi monitor/buy.com fiasco..... coining such phrases as 'wounded monitor children' and talking of driving down I-5 and storming the walls of buy.com.... heh... hate to admit I was in the middle of that one....

Dave
 

Sunner

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Originally posted by: Buck_Naked
Wasn't Modus most well known for his support of Winmodems vs. Hardware modems? I think I remember him and Red Dawn having a rather long winded debate on the subject... Not that Red Dawn would ever be part of such a thing... :)

Remember the 'is suck' as well, probably the longest running 'anandtech speak' term of all time.... it became annoying as hell, but still not as bad as 'all your base are belong to us'....

and the Hitachi monitor/buy.com fiasco..... coining such phrases as 'wounded monitor children' and talking of driving down I-5 and storming the walls of buy.com.... heh... hate to admit I was in the middle of that one....

Dave

Yeah that was Modus alright, damn I remember him going on and on about those Winmodems :D
 

cliftonite

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Originally posted by: Red Dawn
Originally posted by: cliftonite
Originally posted by: Red Dawn
Originally posted by: ffmcobalt
Originally posted by: Red Dawn
Originally posted by: ffmcobalt
Originally posted by: Gaard
Isn't Crysla the girl who threatened to post pics of her boobs? :) I remember reading something about it on another forum. Didn't many of the more respected members on AT wrongly accuse her of wrong-doing?

You are correct about the latter half. Supposedly she posted the name and street address of one of the Anandtech Moderators. Well, that's what she was accused of anyway. I checked. She didn't.

But oh well. She's happy now. :)
Her husband posted porno shots of her on the web. Very nasty (nasty as in losing your lunch nasty) Some women just shouldn't be seen in the nude.:(

Are you sure it was him? I was told that she did it and blamed it on him to save her dignity.
No I'm not sure it was him. I was giving her the benefit of the doubt because I couldn't imagine anyone who looked like that purposely posting such pictures on the net. They call her the Flour Princess for a reason you know!


Hrmm pics? To confirm :D
Trust me, they were nauseating!

cant we all judge for ourselves :(
 

etech

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Originally posted by: Buck_Naked
Wasn't Modus most well known for his support of Winmodems vs. Hardware modems? I think I remember him and Red Dawn having a rather long winded debate on the subject... Not that Red Dawn would ever be part of such a thing... :)

Remember the 'is suck' as well, probably the longest running 'anandtech speak' term of all time.... it became annoying as hell, but still not as bad as 'all your base are belong to us'....

and the Hitachi monitor/buy.com fiasco..... coining such phrases as 'wounded monitor children' and talking of driving down I-5 and storming the walls of buy.com.... heh... hate to admit I was in the middle of that one....

Dave

Red wasn't the only one debating Modus on winmodems. ;)

I always wondered what Carolyn got out of the buy.com settlement. I wonder if there is a time limit on the NDAs.


I must admit that I enjoy seeing some of the old names popping up again. It brings back some pleasent memories.
 

KGB1

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Yeah I remember that little fart from Firingsquad. I didn't know of AT forums back then. Always a moron, I had humongous battles with him. I never put him down on Firingsquad though we debated, but others found it just easier to flame him LOL. Good times... and DailyRadar.com was still around...awww