Couldn't help myself
You're probably right. 🙂
Not on my computer...or else I'm at the wrong "ladies stinky underwear"
Of Course You Have To Pay Your Dues....
....you have to be a surveyor.
After that the rest is only money.
We are happy that you are here.
We are happy that we are here.
We are happy there is a here.
Paul in PA
PS, as to the other board which claims to have 30,000 members, very darn few are surveyors.
Scott, Quoting Me Out Of Context?
The Keith comment was an aside, I believe it is more critical to criticize that list of 30,000 members.
Are they really members or merely Blondie's Facebook Friends or even imaginary friends?
I believe POB is not well served by such media misrepresentation.
The magazine is still well worth the price.
Paul in PA
Resonal Question (Maybe) For Wendell
Surveyor Connect has 2698 registered users.
Are 2,000+/- surveyors or in the industry?
You may not have a record and one can understand if you are unwilling to share.
I seriously doubt a board claiming 10 times your membership worries you.
I a not one to wish that other board goes away or changes it's ways.
What I do miss was the activity on the manufacturer's side forums. Not just that they were there but that the manufacturer's seemed to care that they were there and followed them.
Fortunately a few manufacturer's reps have gone where their customers and users are.
Paul in PA
Resonal Question (Maybe) For Wendell
There is no way to truly know how many of our registered users are actually surveyors. But I think it's probably a reasonable assumption that 2,000+ of our members are surveyors or in a very closely related field. The site is marketed specifically at surveyors, which is why you have to be registered to see non-surveying related topics.
We see every registration as it occurs via email notifications and we see the email addresses used for same (but we never share those email addresses nor will we). The reason I bring this up is that many of the emails are on domains of surveying-related companies, and for those using Gmail, MSN, etc., the usernames often make it pretty obvious that they are surveyors. The fact that I am a surveyor helps too, because I may recognize a person's name and am familiar with surveying terms.
I don't think 30,000 registered surveying-related users is impossible to have, but I do think that you have to assume some duplication and "fluff", especially when you consider the old way of registration on that previous surveying forum. You might recall that back before 2010, it was easy to register multiple accounts with the same email address (a very welcome feature for spammers) and lots of people had multiple accounts based on the computer they were using. That's probably true to a certain extent here as well (except for the spammers -- we delete and block those upon discovery), although to a much lesser extent because each of our accounts is tied to a specific email address which can only be used for a single account. That doesn't mean there aren't duplicates (using different email addresses), but there are systems in place to minimize that here and in most forums these days.
Can't Spill "Personal" On A 91° Friday
Windell howeber where smarts enuff 2 figgerit owt.
Paul in PA
Resonal Question (Maybe) For Wendell
I would guess that maybe anybody who has ever been registered over there is counted. I haven't even looked at it in a couple of years but mat still be a member. I haven't been getting the magazine for awhile though.
Paul says “you have to be a surveyor,” and I hope he includes non-surveyors who are seriously trying to learn more about surveying. This site has done a tremendous amount for me by taking much of the steepness out of the learning curve. For that and a lot more—humor, compassion, camaraderie, and occasional bursts of spectacular beauty or flat-out weirdness of the sort that sticks with you and makes you healthier—I am deeply grateful. I don’t even have to like beer. Thanks, Wendell and Angel, for so very much.
Couldn't help myself
> You're probably right. 🙂
[sarcasm]PROBABLY[/sarcasm]
😉
Scott, Quoting Me Out Of Context?
you'll remember that they migrated the ENTIRE ROSTER from RPLS.COM when they went live with new site. that was every login in RPLS.COM's history...and about 28500 personas.
[sarcasm]so at 30000, that means they've had about 1500 attempts by people who couldn't remember their log in and had to build new profiles. poor bugger's probably got logged in, got lost in the maze, and will never be heard from again---- could be a plot for an episode of DR. WHO. [/sarcasm]
😛
:good: :beer:
Surveyors...or a Surveryor at heart...
DDSM:beer:
Scott, Quoting Me Out Of Context?
[sarcasm]They had the same math teacher as O__m_[/sarcasm]
Resonal Question (Maybe) For Wendell
Paul, remember, their magazine used to be 10 times as thick too. :-$
"surveyor" No Capital "S"
I expanded that in my Wendell question "surveyors or in the industry".
I never intended to limit it to registered surveyors.
Paul in PA
I wouldn't worry about what gets posted there. There are only about 10 people who read it.
MLB
That infamous snapshot aside, and also aside that I, myself, have never perceived any redeeming social value to the man, he is a friend of Radar's and that, to me, means something.
It means that I'm missing something essential that is good. Radar sees it, but I don't. It means that Radar is a better judge than I am or, at least, more perceptive and accepting.
In any case, and I've said it before, if Radar likes him, so should we all because Radar is right, as he usually is.
Just a thought, knowing that I've given many people good reason to dislike me.
Don
Oh crap, I hit submit instead of preview, sorry, I probably wouldn't have actually posted this
Freudian Slip?
😉
> Oh crap, I hit submit instead of preview, sorry, I probably wouldn't have actually posted this
You can always go back and hit the delete button, I do that a lot.....B-)
I try not to judge people Don; I tend to take them for what they are worth, good or bad. Good or Bad traits in a person are best jugded by something much greater than you or I.
As for Michael Binge, he's the kind of guy that yould give you the shirt off his back; I've seen him do it. He does like to push your buttons, but he does it for you, not him. He might come off as crass, obtuse, maybe even a little philistine; but he makes you think. I try to learn something from everyone I encounter; If I ask Mike a question he's not going to give me an answer, he's going to give me a resource from which I can learn it on my own.
My tolerance level is set way too high, much higher than anyone I've met, well, except for maybe Mike. Mike is going to stand up to anything, anybody throws at him; I assume he expects the same.
Dugger
> I wouldn't worry about what gets posted there. There are only about 10 people who read it.
Well that accounts/for at least 200 of the registered users right there...
I have never understood trolling. Why? What is the pleasure in lying to get a response? Are people really that bored?
