Why are there so many

tom_e · 8 Oct 2016 at 12:58

Chris Wilson said:
What was his real name? I used to work on one of the owner's race cars, years ago. Nice chap, he ran a Radical at the time.

That sounds like Spie.

Mark Proudfoot IIRC.

Sliver · 8 Oct 2016 at 12:59

Chris Wilson said:
Good Lord, there are lots, probably Bonnie Elizabeth Parker of "Bonnie and Clyde" is the most famous

Yeah Bonnie is a legend. I like these two pics of her the most. The first makes her look a little plain but the second shows she lived up to her name.

Pawnless Endgame · 8 Oct 2016 at 13:04

Malt_Vinegar said:
avatars here are provided, not chosen. They are set by rank. The theme is set by the forums. It has been this way for a long time, previously the ranks were assigned to different weapons.

If you want overclocking advice, you need to post in the correct forum:

https://forums.overclockers.co.uk/forumdisplay.php?f=7

I've been here since 2004 and I don't remember the weapons! But hey ho, learning something new every day :-)

The board has always been the same colour though IIRL with the 2 alternating blue colours. That's because I remember in the early days of TFT monitors, dead pixels were common and someone said on here that the dead pixel was evident against one of the shades of blue but not the other.

tom_e · 8 Oct 2016 at 13:08

Pawnless Endgame said:
I've been here since 2004 and I don't remember the weapons! But hey ho, learning something new every day The board has always been the same colour though IIRL with the 2 alternating blue colours. That's because I remember in the early days of TFT monitors, dead pixels were common and someone said on here that the dead pixel was evident against one of the shades of blue but not the other.

The guns were on the old forum I think so before 2002 at least.

MagicBoy · 8 Oct 2016 at 13:17

Yeah, it was the old UBB forum. Forums moved to vBulletin in mid-2001 IIRC.

Then there were a couple of nukes while the kinks got worked out, hence the October 2002 dates for the earliest members.

SexyGreyFox · 8 Oct 2016 at 13:24

tom_e said:
That sounds like Spie.

Mark Proudfoot IIRC.

Him.

The original owner was called Pete Radford who eventually employed Mark and then a little later they became partners. Since Pete couldn't be bothered Mark bought him out for ridiculously low money and eventually became a multi millionaire.

Nitefly · 8 Oct 2016 at 13:29

I though I was out.... but.... they drew me back in.

VincentHanna · 8 Oct 2016 at 13:41

Think I should get special dispensation to have a certain cop from heat as the avatar

VincentHanna · 8 Oct 2016 at 13:43

Chris Wilson said:
What was his real name? I used to work on one of the owner's race cars, years ago. Nice chap, he ran a Radical at the time.

You'd have liked him. I remember certain posts got leaked from the moderater only section and it wasn't very flattering....

That's all in the past though. Gibbo, the staff and the mods now are much better.

SexyGreyFox · 8 Oct 2016 at 13:49

VincentHanna said:
You'd have liked him. I remember certain posts got leaked from the moderater only section and it wasn't very flattering....

That's all in the past though. Gibbo, the staff and the mods now are much better.

From my point of view (not working for him) I sat talking with him many times in the shop and he was a really nice bloke however his fingers typed sometimes before engaging his brain

Gabbatek · 8 Oct 2016 at 13:53

If you want to post of a forum that has no rules and you can have your own sig and avatar go to www.squatjuice.com

i warn you, the banter and trolling is ruthless haha

benjii · 8 Oct 2016 at 13:53

Feek said:
I used to have a PC with a 'turbo' button, that made it go faster.

I had one too! I think it was on a Pentium 1 or 2 rig, I never felt it did anything though. It didn't stop me pressing it though.

Gabbatek · 8 Oct 2016 at 13:57

benjii said:
I had one too! I think it was on a Pentium 1 or 2 rig, I never felt it did anything though. It didn't stop me pressing it though.

I remember those days

i used to spam the button when the pc crashed

godinman · 8 Oct 2016 at 14:01

tom_e said:
That sounds like Spie.

Mark Proudfoot IIRC.

Proudfeet!! :mad:

Chris Wilson · 8 Oct 2016 at 14:23

SexyGreyFox said:
Him.

The original owner was called Pete Radford who eventually employed Mark and then a little later they became partners. Since Pete couldn't be bothered Mark bought him out for ridiculously low money and eventually became a multi millionaire.

Yes, that's the chap, Proudfoot. Nice chap, I wonder if he's still into his motorsport? Not seen him for ages. Thanks.

SexyGreyFox · 8 Oct 2016 at 18:19

Gabbatek said:
If you want to post of a forum that has no rules and you can have your own sig and avatar go to www.squatjuice.com

i warn you, the banter and trolling is ruthless haha

Wow, 22 users online

Chris Wilson said:
Yes, that's the chap, Proudfoot. Nice chap, I wonder if he's still into his motorsport? Not seen him for ages. Thanks.

You won't do, he went to Switzerland I think.
I think he had a place there before he sold up and lovely it was too.

itchy · 8 Oct 2016 at 19:08

OP don't get what OCUK is at all. :rolleyes:

Its just banter, bans and stepping over the line sometimes.

Its a boys club so to say, women are very welcome as we all like pasties so its a tongue in cheek humor, so to say.

Angilion · 8 Oct 2016 at 19:37

benjii said:
I had one too! I think it was on a Pentium 1 or 2 rig, I never felt it did anything though. It didn't stop me pressing it though.

Originally, "turbo" switched the CPU clock speed between normal and slow, back in 286 days. Manual CPU throttling, essentially. It was still fairly common for software to use the CPU clock for timing, which made it unusable on a PC with a CPU at a higher clock speed unless you reduced it. A button was often put on the case for convenience. It was actually a "slow" button, but calling it "turbo" was far better for marketing purposes. Normal/slow renamed to Turbo/normal.

By the time of the Pentium, the button on the case probably wasn't even connected to anything and wouldn't have done anything if it was.

Angilion · 8 Oct 2016 at 19:42

itchy said:
OP don't get what OCUK is at all.

Its just banter, bans and stepping over the line sometimes.

Its a boys club so to say, women are very welcome as we all like pasties so its a tongue in cheek humor, so to say.

If your tongue is in cheek when you're eating a pasty, your aim is off

UTmaniac · 8 Oct 2016 at 20:08

Maybe there should be a special set of avatars for GD, various sized tins of spam