john smith 1924 Veteran Posted July 8, 2002 Veteran Share Posted July 8, 2002 Well ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the second term of Neowin's forums, as today is its 1st birthday! Along time ago - in a galaxy far, far away - Neobond and Redmak installed ikon-board. At the time, it was a cgi-based board, with regular re-installs with server moves and upgrades. Gradually, we progressed onto a php/my_sql based board, which lasted us for a while. Yet, with growing demand we soon exceeded the potential presented by Ikon-board, and moved onto higher things with phpBB, which neowin kept for a while. However, with the rapid growth in the community, the boards were once again moved, this time onto vbulletin, which brings us to where we are today. This amazing rate of growth today continues - almost 50 new sign-ups per day, and more than 3,000 new posts per day: from humble beginnings to 14,000 members is some feat! The boards have also expanded rapidly meeting a rising demand amongst the community. Last summer, frenzied activity was seen as people with their newly obtained copies of Windows XP hurried to the boards to get solutions to their problems. Equally, Neowin was somewhat of a founding father to the community of modders, and windows skinners / themers. This artistic and creative talent amongst the community continues today in many forms - e.g. new themes and the monthly desktop thread. Yeah we've had our share of problem kiddies at neowin. Theres some who just wont take the hint and leave; yet, we've over-come petty differences. Neowin's policy has been firm. Firm, firm but fair. Neowin has been home to many leaks, exclusive bits of news, tweaks, and general ######-bits of information, and it?s ready to cope with the future. With new forums (such as real-world issues) we're continually expanding, and developing. Neowin is not a community centred around one country- let alone one continent. We have members from all over the world, and can truely claim to be a global community from a vast array of ethnic and social backgrounds. The moderators and admins of Neowin do difficult job, yet they do it with dedication, and with a fair hand. Most of all, they act fairly and responsibly, a quality that gives Neowin its solid reputation. Equally, we should say thanks to you : the member! It's the people who post in the forums on a day to day basis that shape neowin, and truely make it what it is, so as our hero would say, "give yourself a pat on the back"! So, my friends and fellow Neowinians; here's to future. Neowin is not just a place where other sites on the web send their women folk to be married into the technological elite; its a place where anyone and everyone can come and find out more. May it continue to bring prosperity to Neowin, and its members! The neowin teamb> (Oh and all hail Neobond and Redmak)i> Further Reading b> Neowin Slang 1. Doing a scoobie : "Doing a Scoobie" colloquial, phrase, adj. to generally make an arse of one's self, and to annoy all in attendance. 2. "Pulling a Keldyn" AKA "Pulling a Homer", to act irresponsibly due to imbibing large quantities of hard liquor, and to generally act the arse in front of your boss (employer). and finally... the neowin man... our hero...! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greenmuncher Posted July 8, 2002 Share Posted July 8, 2002 happy birthday neowin. Love the scooby pic lol Greenmuncher Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Borg77 Posted July 8, 2002 Share Posted July 8, 2002 Happy birthday Neowin! Many more years of success. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gator Posted July 8, 2002 Share Posted July 8, 2002 Cheers cheers fellow Neowinians. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twist Posted July 8, 2002 Share Posted July 8, 2002 along with most of the members ;) just joking, congrats neowin :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sphere Posted July 8, 2002 Share Posted July 8, 2002 yey for neowin. happy birthday :D do we get a cake? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freeza Posted July 8, 2002 Share Posted July 8, 2002 LOL rock on magoo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Borg77 Posted July 8, 2002 Share Posted July 8, 2002 Originally posted by sphere yey for neowin. happy birthday :D do we get a cake? /me makes a cake in the refurbished Neowin kitchen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ramesees Posted July 8, 2002 Share Posted July 8, 2002 Wish this could have been my 200th post, but never mind Congratulations to Neowin and long may it continue Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sailgreg Posted July 8, 2002 Share Posted July 8, 2002 Happy Birthday neowin :) Neowin has been a great site the last year, and I hope it stays tha way for a while :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cheekymonkey Posted July 8, 2002 Share Posted July 8, 2002 Great post Magoo :D Well done everyone for making sure that Neowin goes from strength to strength. Some have come, others have fallen... Neowin continues to grow. Nuff said. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Y/C Posted July 8, 2002 Share Posted July 8, 2002 HAPPY BIRTHDAY NEOWIN!!! Even though I thought neowin was a lot older... :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tesseract Posted July 8, 2002 Share Posted July 8, 2002 Congratz Neowin! Here's to another year and many more! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MulletRobZ Posted July 8, 2002 Share Posted July 8, 2002 Actually, if you ask me, I think the site slumped by ethics over the year as I have witnessed! I'm not going to lurk out the full details on that since I know I'd have my ass banned for that! :D Therefore, I'm not that positive of the one year anniversary of Neowin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cheekymonkey Posted July 8, 2002 Share Posted July 8, 2002 Well ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the second term of Neowin's forums Yep , this here forum is 1... Neowin itself is a fair bit older ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Borg77 Posted July 8, 2002 Share Posted July 8, 2002 Originally posted by Webgraph Actually, if you ask me, I think the site slumped by ethics over the year as I have witnessed! I'm not going to lurk out the full details on that since I know I'd have my ass banned for that! :D Therefore, I'm not that positive of the one year anniversary of Neowin. What did you expect? As the members increase, more lurkers/trolls there will be. Also more concerned_dad's. LMAO! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MulletRobZ Posted July 8, 2002 Share Posted July 8, 2002 Originally posted by Borg77 What did you expect? As the members increase, more lurkers/trolls there will be. Also more concerned_dad's. LMAO! I think you're a bit misunderstood there! I wish I could explain it to you on the forums, but I can't. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JodyWatts Posted July 8, 2002 Share Posted July 8, 2002 Happy B-day neowin. And thanks to all the people who keep the "the" place to be ... And scoobie .... yeah, whatever ... :p Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keldyn Posted July 8, 2002 Share Posted July 8, 2002 Originally posted by Webgraph Actually, if you ask me, I think the site slumped by ethics over the year as I have witnessed! I'm not going to lurk out the full details on that since I know I'd have my ass banned for that! :D Therefore, I'm not that positive of the one year anniversary of Neowin. Webgraph, keep your ill informed, troll like comments to yourself eh? No one give's a damn. Sorry for the unpleasantness everyone. Brilliant post magoo, very well written. Congratulations Neowin and happy birthday!!:) and three cheers for many many more years of sweet success;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Borg77 Posted July 8, 2002 Share Posted July 8, 2002 Originally posted by Webgraph I think you're a bit misunderstood there! I wish I could explain it to you on the forums, but I can't. O.K., thanks for the response. :p Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tesseract Posted July 8, 2002 Share Posted July 8, 2002 Originally posted by Webgraph I think you're a bit misunderstood there! I wish I could explain it to you on the forums, but I can't. My friend, please don't mention any thing bad here. I saw what happened not too long ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fvbounty Posted July 8, 2002 Share Posted July 8, 2002 Happy Birthday NEOWIN, and thanks for all the help...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MulletRobZ Posted July 8, 2002 Share Posted July 8, 2002 Originally posted by codyg11 My friend, please don't mention any thing bad here. I saw what happened not too long ago. I'm not going to mention it anyway. Besides, I know what happened and what I believe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twist Posted July 8, 2002 Share Posted July 8, 2002 Originally posted by Keldyn Webgraph, keep your ill informed, troll like comments to yourself eh? No one give's a damn. Sorry for the unpleasantness everyone. Brilliant post magoo, very well written. Congratulations Neowin and happy birthday!!:) and three cheers for many many more years of sweet success;) damn right! lay down the law keldyn! hehe kicking ass and taking names:ninja: -Keldyn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeathLace Posted July 9, 2002 Share Posted July 9, 2002 nicely written mr magoo :p. Happy birthday neowin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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