What's with the new avatars?
Member Since: December 18, 2001
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Posted: Friday, March 22, 2002 - 11:04 AM UTC
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When I first saw Sabot's avatar, I was rather intimidated by it. I can't quite explain how....
By the way: Tread, the next time you type something funny (which happens to be quite frequently...) please give warning. It's not good to burst out laughing when you've just taken a big gulp of water and you're sitting near computer equipment.
Kill 2 birds with one stone, drink Windex.
I changed my avatar because Jim offered up a new one and a couple of guys started using my "Terminator" guy. I am the Sabotnator, I'll be back....
California, United States
Member Since: December 01, 2001
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Posted: Friday, March 22, 2002 - 11:06 AM UTC
Well, in second thought, I'll keep an eye out for avatars too :-)
Gunnie
Museum Associate Curator, Military Vehicle Technology Foundation (MVTF), Portola Valley, California
GunTruck Studios
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Virginia, United States
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Posted: Friday, March 22, 2002 - 11:22 AM UTC
Well, I picked my avatar because it looked like me. PC or not, I wish Jim could put a pipe in my mouth and a pair of glasses on. LOL.
Ron Craig
AMPS Central Virginia
IPMS/Richmond
#116
Stockholm, Sweden
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Posted: Friday, March 22, 2002 - 09:19 PM UTC
Mine is definitly not me, my helm is a little different...
Brian Kuehn
Handen, Sweden
United States
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Posted: Friday, March 22, 2002 - 10:37 PM UTC
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OK....Yoda, (WARNING)...Because he looked like a COP!...."License and registration please".....
That's about it...
Now that I've been posting for a while, 135 posts, I'm just too attached to 'Mr. Underbite' to change. I'd only choose a different one if some other visible member started posting with the same avatar.
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Sometimes that's exactly it. Or it's me before I have my caffeine in the morning.
M1, verrry niiice.....
YodaMan
Washington, United States
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Posted: Friday, March 22, 2002 - 10:43 PM UTC
Actually, I only like the Norwegian side of the family for the adventures..... You know R,P,P... Pillaging, Plundering etc. etc. I cannot seem to figure out why the Chain of Command, frowns on this, but what the heck!
Tread
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YOU JUST CAN'T FIX STUPID!!!!
United States
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Posted: Saturday, March 23, 2002 - 07:56 AM UTC
Did I say 'Mr. Underbite'? I meant to say, 'Mr. Underbite™' :-)
YodaMan
Colorado, United States
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Posted: Saturday, March 23, 2002 - 11:39 AM UTC
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It's all a quest to find the most accurate representation of themselves. j/k :-)
Jeez Tin! How did you do that?
Tread.
You're a better man than me, Gunga Din!
Washington, United States
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Posted: Saturday, March 23, 2002 - 11:48 AM UTC
Helicopters don't fly, they beat the air into submission.
Florida, United States
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Posted: Saturday, March 23, 2002 - 08:04 PM UTC
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It's all a quest to find the most accurate representation of themselves. j/k
Jeez Tin! How did you do that?
Do what, find the most representative avatar of myself? I just found the ugliest lookin' one of the bunch...lol!
staff_Jim
PublisherNew Hampshire, United States
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Posted: Saturday, March 23, 2002 - 10:10 PM UTC
Bryan,
Something tells me they are talking about the graphic you added to your signature line.
Nice effect.
Jim
European Union
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Posted: Saturday, March 23, 2002 - 10:46 PM UTC
It took me a while finding an avatar that looks even meaner and uglier than I do, but I finally found one !
Who the hell is General Failure, and why was he reading my hard disk ?
Where's my funky Iraqi general rank that was here on my profile a few years ago? Did they strip my rank, after all I've done for this forum ? Robbery!!
California, United States
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Posted: Saturday, March 23, 2002 - 11:57 PM UTC
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Bryan,
Something tells me they are talking about the graphic you added to your signature line.
Nice effect.
Jim
Agreed Bryan - really nice effect!
Gunnie
Museum Associate Curator, Military Vehicle Technology Foundation (MVTF), Portola Valley, California
GunTruck Studios
AMPS #1044
IPMS/USA #24551
Florida, United States
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Posted: Sunday, March 24, 2002 - 12:01 AM UTC
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Bryan,
Something tells me they are talking about the graphic you added to your signature line.
Nice effect.
Jim
Oh, thanks. I stuck that in my sig block last night. Took a pic of my warfare pin, made it a transparent gif, put it on the web in some webspace I have and put the img html code in the sig block of my profile referencing the location of the where I put the graphic on the web.
Colorado, United States
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Posted: Sunday, March 24, 2002 - 12:28 AM UTC
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Bryan,
Something tells me they are talking about the graphic you added to your signature line.
Nice effect.
Jim
Oh, thanks. I stuck that in my sig block last night. Took a pic of my warfare pin, made it a transparent gif, put it on the web in some webspace I have and put the img html code in the sig block of my profile referencing the location of the where I put the graphic on the web.
What?..............All this time we've all been chattin' with you and none of us knew you spoke Latin!
Tread
You're a better man than me, Gunga Din!
United States
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Posted: Sunday, March 24, 2002 - 05:25 AM UTC
Actualy, Latin would sound something like: Qui est TinCan non Ambulat.
YodaMan
'Trademark something you do not own you cannot.'
Florida, United States
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Posted: Sunday, March 24, 2002 - 06:26 AM UTC
Sorry about that. Gunnie explained this in another post too but I'll go ahead and do it here too:
1) Find a pic you want and upload it to the internet somewhere for storage.
2) In your profile, insert the following code in the signature block:
Code:
<img src="full web address where you put the graphic">
For the sake of bandwidth and site speed, you need to keep the pic within reason and size. I actually did this without asking Jim about the size requirement or if he even wanted us to use them so he may chirp in with some sort of direction. The pic I use is only 3.5K in size. I've seen sites that limit the size of the pic you use in the signature.
United States
Member Since: February 21, 2002
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Posted: Sunday, March 24, 2002 - 08:16 AM UTC
Would you use the same code to put a picture in the main body of the post?
Also, does the picture have to be the only thing on the webpage?
YodaMan
Washington, United States
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Posted: Sunday, March 24, 2002 - 08:39 AM UTC
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Would you use the same code to put a picture in the main body of the post?
Also, does the picture have to be the only thing on the webpage?
YodaMan
Yes you can use the same code. No it doesn't need to be the only thing there.
Helicopters don't fly, they beat the air into submission.
United States
Member Since: February 21, 2002
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Posted: Sunday, March 24, 2002 - 08:57 AM UTC
Whoa...... I did it! Thanks!!!
By the way: M1, does your avatar have a migrane?
YodaMan
Florida, United States
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Posted: Sunday, March 24, 2002 - 09:01 AM UTC
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Would you use the same code to put a picture in the main body of the post?
Also, does the picture have to be the only thing on the webpage?
YodaMan
Yoda, the graphic doesn't even have to be on a web page. As long as it's uploaded to the directory you reference the code to look for it'll show up. I have 10 megs of space my ISP provides so I just upload pics I want to post in a message (or in my signature) to my personal webspace just like it was a directory on my computer. Then I tell the code to look for that file based on the web address of my webspace. Sound confusing...lol!
