I'm curious as to what the shortest possible entry could be in a Google search without ANY results (aside from entering nothing of course).

I've gotten it to 6, "nogorf"

Edit: 5, "0qz36"

Help me out here


Last Edit: Dec 31, 2006 21:15:29 GMT by Aaron

I used to design, actually. But sometime after joining Zanmato Design, I found my passion to be with coding. Oddly enough, this occured around the time I made the switch from interest in English to interest in Math. Unfortunately, as I said to Chris, since my break from coding, i've been suffering mentally. I've been coding for over 3 years now but after only 2 months, i'm considering starting all over.

Anyway, learning this stuff isn't necessarily hard. It's all a matter of where your interests lie. Just like anything, if you're willing to work at it, it can go from psycho-babble to elementary.

This world is fucked up beyond repair. "Whining" will make no difference from action in the long run.

Actually, it's been all over youtube for months.

youtube.com/watch?v=dMhCDKxPjHU

Edit: There's a page on Wikipedia about the church:

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Westboro_Baptist_Church

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As for all the Bush-bashing, there are those that believe the war was started to control oil, there are those that believe the war was started over the assassination attempt on Bush Sr., there are those that think otherwise, and there are those that don't give a shit.

I personally think we're all a bunch of patriotic idiots. Our clothes, our lifestyles, our actions...are all whored; borrowed off someone else. We lack the capability to think for ourselves and the very reason Bush is hated so much is because that notion has been whored as well.





Last Edit: Dec 31, 2006 5:34:16 GMT by Aaron

I used to be a code-mod at the late Zenith. And after I quit I was offered a veteran-mod spot. But being one of the first to leave the "new and improved" shadow-of-a-forum, I had good reason not to take it.

Anyway, the largest active forum i've ever moderated or maintained would be the soon-to-be-dead Kronos.


Last Edit: Sept 23, 2006 23:04:07 GMT by Aaron

youtube.com/watch?v=8cECElW8ZGs

Save it! XP

Considering I was 1/3 of those posts, I know full well what Thom did. My eyes are open. I know his ideals, his defiance...his arrogance. Again, I spent weeks debating over ethnicity, mistakes, changes-to-be...And as I clearly stated in a previous message, he didn't want to hear a word of it. Hundreds of posts and he turned a cold shoulder. Even after all his "loyal" followers left and maybe 10 members remained, he couldn't get it through his head. I'm as sick of this as anyone. I still ache when the mere mention of Zanmato is brought up. But if there's even a CHANCE I can do something about it, i'll risk it. I've done it countless times before.




Last Edit: Feb 22, 2006 23:25:03 GMT by Aaron

Thom, I don't mean to pin all this on you. But YOU are the one who holds the key so why are you hiding? There's more to Zanmato than just you. Thousands of members more. I know it's hard but it means the world to us that you bring ZD back. The community, our work, OUR pride. No just yours. Not to sound authoritative but it's called maturity. Show us that you can be a mature and responsible person. Unlock the doors to the promise land.

Being a member of Zanmato practically since it's upbringing, I feel betrayed. Again, we were FORCED to move to IPB or hit the road. We got NO say in the matter. Pretty unjust if you ask me. And people wonder why barely anyone followed Zanmato. Is it not true that the community MAKES the forum? So WHY didn't we get a say in it? Why is it all these things started happening and we were FORCED to follow along? Why is it when nearly EVERY member takes their leave that the point isn't made? When every last remaining person is fighting AGAINST Thom's ideals? When every last person wants to move BACK to proboards? How much more obvious can it be?






Last Edit: Feb 22, 2006 2:05:23 GMT by Aaron

What this campaign is about:

Zanmato Design---as i'm sure you all know---closed down last year. Later replaced by an IPB forum which eventually lead the community to it's downfall. This compaign is about bringing Zanmato back. To do this, we need a few collective contributions to convince Thom (the owner) to hand over the proboard.

My contribution:

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Zanmato Design
What makes Zanmato DESIGN so special? Is it the member count? Or the so called "limitations" that leave us clunge to proboards? No. It's the history. Zanmato was a key factor in my coming into coding and has supported countless others in their pursuits to become better coders or designers. More so it was a place for the members to hang out and converse amongst each other. This was our "escape" from the worries of our lives. This "simple" proboard forum brought together thousands upon thousands of people. The faculty members were friendly, the contests and conversations were a blast and practically everything a young (or old) web surfer craving interaction could want lay open to them. I myself rarely strayed from a single category. Coding. And yet I was STILL able to satisfy my hunger for knowledge and appreciation. I'm sure you're wondering what I mean by "appreciation." Well, it's quite simple. I'm referring to the satisfaction of a simple "thank you" or "nice code" comment left by a member. These posts filled my heart with pride as they did for every other coder, designer, or just plain lovable member. So, what IS WAS Zanmato Design? Zanmato Design was one of the most popular and friendly forums on proboards. So...why the move?

The move to IPB
Before I go any further I would like to state: I don't blame the move on anyone. But why exactly DID we move? Well, according to the higher faculty we had to "escape" the limitations of proboards. Worked out well didn't it? Proboards wasn't really the problem nor was it reason enough for such a giant leap. Do you think it was just coincidence that the move took place just days after Zanmato began to fall apart? I'm sure it was in the making for quite some time by why the rush? It took MONTHS after Zanmato CONCEPT was introduced for it to get finished. No wait...it never WAS finished. I'm guessing the sudden transfer without OUR say was because the higher faculty believed Zanmato Design was dying and in need of dire change. Or did they consider our opinions at all? When Zanmato Design came into being EVERY member formed a piece of the puzzle. Then this new IPB forum comes along and we are literally forced to "follow" or "leave." I still remember the arrogance of that message...We either "followed Zanmato to it's future" or "moved on to other things." Not the exact words but quite similar. Again, we all formed a piece of the puzzle that WAS Zanmato. We were the community, we WERE Zanmato. I think we deserved better than to have our opinions second-bested by the ideals of one. Zanmato Concept was just that. A concept. And it failed. So why persist? Zanmato has no future on IPB. Zanmato (the community) doesn't want to become the next "brand name." We just want to hang out, design, code, chat, have FUN. So what does Zanmato want RIGHT NOW? WE, that's right WE want to move back to proboards. Back to the good ole days and back to our pride and joy.

I never really answered the question. Why DID Zanmato move? Why were these plans in order BEFORE Zanmato fell to pieces? Why weren't OUR opinions taken into consideration? Very few people can answer these questions.

Zanmato started out as a community and flourished as such. How can anyone expect to change that?

The Concept
So, what was this "concept?" Well, the higher faculty believed Zanmato was in need of a more "professional touch." The tutorial boards, coding board, and so on became "modules." The forum became more "generalized" than anything else. What about us coders and designers? Where's that "Appreciation" we crave? Why so biased? Zanmato became less and less of a forum. Still think it was a good idea? Most ALL the Zanmato faculty stopped visiting as did the members. In the end maybe 10 of us were left. Literally hundreds of arguments posted, hours of time thrown to the cause. And for what? Did our "fair" owner, Thom listen to us? No he didn't. Like I said, I don't blame anyone for the move. I do however blame Thom for defying us. For ignoring the opinions of the members. For running and hiding when we needed him most. For "second-besting" our opinions for his folly ideals. Innocent until proven guilty, yes. But where's the defendant? I've said it all before and i'm saying it once AGAIN.






Last Edit: Feb 22, 2006 1:54:12 GMT by Aaron

Oops...I read that off as "around"

Come again? 0_o

My digital camera is pretty much shot...here's an enlarged copy of an over 4-month-old pic of me

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