Longest Thread Ever in DellTalk History :o)

These first 8 posts are the beginning of the "Longest Thread Ever"

Also Known As: The Theme Park Thread

I saved them because I had a feeling that the thread was going to turn into something incredible and it did. Notice how the whole thing started with a message posted by a new comer that was probably just trying to figure out how to post a message.

Unfortunately I did not save quite a few messages that scrolled off the board in between the first 8 and the next 158. Nor did I have the opportunity the see any of messages beyond number 158 before the problems started and they were all deleted.

Thanks to Chris Mueller, we also have messages 159 thru 170, as he too saved a copy of the thread before logging off.

Final count was 243 messages before DellTalk couldn't handle it anymore and Brian (Dell Tech) had to delete all of the messages one at a time.

You can read the Aftermath in this thread.

You can read about the complaints received (there were only two), how they were handled, and more of the Aftermath, in this thread.

A great time was had by all while it lastest as you will see when you read this thread :o)

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Topic: No Topic (1 of 8), Read 96 times

Conf: 07-Power Management/Batteries

From: Ralph Postmus

Date: Thursday, July 08, 1999 09:58 PM

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Topic:	No reply (2 of 8), Read 69 times
Conf:	07-Power Management/Batteries
From:	Brian McCullough [DELL]
Date:	Friday, July 09, 1999 01:50 PM

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Topic:	No followup question to Brian's reply (3 of 8), Read 78 times
Conf:	07-Power Management/Batteries
From:	Tom Arnett
Date:	Friday, July 09, 1999 06:14 PM

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Topic:	No comment to Tom's followup (4 of 8), Read 72 times, 1 File Attachment
Conf:	07-Power Management/Batteries
From:	Dave Dykhuis
Date:	Friday, July 09, 1999 10:04 PM

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Topic:	No suggestions to Dave's non-comment on Tom's non-followup of Brian's non-reply to Ralph's non-topic (5 of 8), Read 61 times
Conf:	07-Power Management/Batteries
From:	Christian Ritchie
Date:	Monday, July 12, 1999 04:40 PM

Christian Ritchie

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Topic:	No question as to the lack of suggestions to Dave's non-comment on Tom's non-followup of Brian's non-reply to Ralph's non-topic (6 of 8), Read 32 times
Conf:	07-Power Management/Batteries
From:	Sergei Poskriakov
Date:	Wednesday, July 14, 1999 04:51 PM

Sergei

"Whoever sets himself up as judge in the
field of Truth and Knowledge is shipwrecked
by the laughter of the Gods." -A.Einstein

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Topic:	No continuation of the thread with a slightly different subject several days later (7 of 8), Read 14 times
Conf:	07-Power Management/Batteries
From:	Tom Arnett
Date:	Saturday, July 17, 1999 08:48 PM

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Topic:	No reply to the no continuation of the thread with a slightly different subject several days later (8 of 8), Read 5 times
Conf:	07-Power Management/Batteries
From:	Gil Bar-Zion
Date:	Sunday, July 18, 1999 01:37 PM

And Thus the Fun Began :o)

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Topic:	Sergei, you wasted an opportunity--if you had made the second part a reply to the first, we'd be a little closer. Oh, and have fun in Moscow. =) (1 of 158), Read 133 times
Conf:	07-Power Management/Batteries
From:	Tom Arnett
Date:	Sunday, August 01, 1999 04:24 PM

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Topic:	We better get cracking here Tom. 5 messages will scroll off this thread sometime tomorrow. (2 of 158), Read 123 times
Conf:	07-Power Management/Batteries
From:	Dave Dykhuis
Date:	Sunday, August 01, 1999 10:43 PM

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Topic:	And Sergei will be in Moscow! You're right, Dave, we've got our work cut out for us. (3 of 158), Read 126 times
Conf:	07-Power Management/Batteries
From:	Tom Arnett
Date:	Sunday, August 01, 1999 10:55 PM

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Topic:	Too much time on your hands!! :) (4 of 158), Read 108 times
Conf:	07-Power Management/Batteries
From:	Nils Mungan
Date:	Tuesday, August 03, 1999 12:26 PM

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Topic:	Yeah, but what better way to waste it :o) (5 of 158), Read 106 times
Conf:	07-Power Management/Batteries
From:	Dave Dykhuis
Date:	Tuesday, August 03, 1999 07:54 PM

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Topic:	Waste? This isn't a waste! We're testing the integrity of the WebBoard software! It's our civic duty! =) (6 of 158), Read 108 times
Conf:	07-Power Management/Batteries
From:	Tom Arnett
Date:	Tuesday, August 03, 1999 09:43 PM

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Topic:	Oh Puleeze! You know darn well that Dell thoroughly tests all of it's software before releasing it to the general public, so what could we possibly find out that they don't already know? :o) (7 of 158), Read 113 times
Conf:	07-Power Management/Batteries
From:	Dave Dykhuis
Date:	Tuesday, August 03, 1999 09:56 PM

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Topic:	Thank you, Dave--I needed a good laugh. A really, REALLY good laugh! =) (8 of 158), Read 109 times
Conf:	07-Power Management/Batteries
From:	Tom Arnett
Date:	Tuesday, August 03, 1999 10:55 PM

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Topic:	You ALL are in desperate need of serious psychiatric help. See what I miss when I spend all my time in the I7000 conference? (9 of 158), Read 103 times
Conf:	07-Power Management/Batteries
From:	Brian McCullough [DELL]
Date:	Wednesday, August 04, 1999 05:37 PM

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Topic:	Excuse me, but who started this whole thing in the first place? I'll tell you who- It was you when you didn't have a reply for the guy that didn't have a topic :o) You are right though Brian- could you please recommend a good shrink that does groups? (10 of 158), Read 104 times
Conf:	07-Power Management/Batteries
From:	Dave Dykhuis
Date:	Wednesday, August 04, 1999 08:53 PM

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Topic:	Ahem! Tom, Dave, there is still quite a way to go before the right hand side is reached. Don't give up! We all should strive to meet our goals in life. Now if y'all could just explain the importance of this mission to my wife, then... (11 of 158), Read 93 times
Conf:	07-Power Management/Batteries
From:	Nils Mungan
Date:	Wednesday, August 04, 1999 11:23 PM

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Topic:	I am courious. Who is going to accept responsibility if what you are doing causes the server to crash with a possible serious loss of data or even hardware????? (12 of 158), Read 98 times
Conf:	07-Power Management/Batteries
From:	Frank Eierstock
Date:	Thursday, August 05, 1999 08:23 AM

Frank

He who knows how will always have a job

But he who knows WHY, will be his boss!!!

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Topic:	Are you kidding? Who WOULDN'T take responsibility? These guys would proudly proclaim they crashed a server. They are just that way. I, however, want no part of this. Leave my name out of it. (13 of 158), Read 99 times
Conf:	07-Power Management/Batteries
From:	Brian McCullough [DELL]
Date:	Thursday, August 05, 1999 01:12 PM

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Topic:	Brian, Frank, you realize that by posting, you have contributed to our rendez-vous with destiny... (14 of 158), Read 100 times
Conf:	07-Power Management/Batteries
From:	Nils Mungan
Date:	Thursday, August 05, 1999 02:11 PM

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Topic:	It's not the server, it's the software!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (15 of 158), Read 102 times
Conf:	07-Power Management/Batteries
From:	Chris Mueller
Date:	Thursday, August 05, 1999 02:28 PM

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Topic:	Brian, Dave, Nils, Chris--you're all absolutely right. We shall go forth--let not concerns of crappy software stand in the way! This shall go down in DellT@lk history! By which, I mean people will say 'Remember those nuts in Conference 7?' (16 of 158), Read 100 times
Conf:	07-Power Management/Batteries
From:	Tom Arnett
Date:	Thursday, August 05, 1999 04:16 PM

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Topic:	Sometimes you feel like a nut, sometimes you don't. (17 of 158), Read 94 times
Conf:	07-Power Management/Batteries
From:	Chris Mueller
Date:	Friday, August 06, 1999 02:39 AM

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Topic:	I hope you're right Tom :o) The desktop forum has had threads go over 100 messages in the past. As for the 'Nuts in Conference 07'- Remember Brian, you have posted in this thread and are a part of it now :o) (18 of 158), Read 93 times
Conf:	07-Power Management/Batteries
From:	Dave Dykhuis
Date:	Friday, August 06, 1999 11:31 AM

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Topic:	We're in a race against time--the messages scroll off every ten days. Sergei's still not here, but if the desktop guys can hit 100 so can we--and from there to the right hand side! So, uh--who wants pizza? =) (19 of 158), Read 95 times
Conf:	07-Power Management/Batteries
From:	Tom Arnett
Date:	Friday, August 06, 1999 02:18 PM

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Topic:	I'll try to help you guys with this top secret mission you have. I would have posted earlier but I wasn't able to check the conference for a couple of weeks. When I came in today I had about 1900 new messages! Yipes! (20 of 158), Read 89 times
Conf:	07-Power Management/Batteries
From:	Gil Bar-Zion
Date:	Friday, August 06, 1999 07:13 PM

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Topic:	No secret--anyone is welcome to help. Welcome back, Gil! =) (21 of 158), Read 95 times
Conf:	07-Power Management/Batteries
From:	Tom Arnett
Date:	Friday, August 06, 1999 07:28 PM

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Topic:	I just hope that something happens when we finally achieve our goal. It would suck if the conference just kept on going. (22 of 158), Read 97 times
Conf:	07-Power Management/Batteries
From:	Gil Bar-Zion
Date:	Friday, August 06, 1999 07:42 PM

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Topic:	Well, there's one way to find out! (23 of 158), Read 97 times
Conf:	07-Power Management/Batteries
From:	Tom Arnett
Date:	Friday, August 06, 1999 07:48 PM

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Topic:	I think it will end up being like that Bunny- It just keeps going, & going, & going, & going......... (24 of 158), Read 96 times
Conf:	07-Power Management/Batteries
From:	Dave Dykhuis
Date:	Friday, August 06, 1999 08:11 PM

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Topic:	Yeah, but maybe you forgot, a couple of years ago the bunny just disappeared and was never heard from again :-o (25 of 158), Read 96 times
Conf:	07-Power Management/Batteries
From:	Gil Bar-Zion
Date:	Friday, August 06, 1999 08:18 PM

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Topic:	No, I saw the bunny on TV just last week. Not that it really matters, most of the batteries around this house are Duracell. =) (26 of 158), Read 97 times
Conf:	07-Power Management/Batteries
From:	Tom Arnett
Date:	Friday, August 06, 1999 08:48 PM

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Topic:	How come I didn't see it? I haven't seen one of those commercials for at least a year. Both of the companies are the same to me, doesn't seem like any one of them lasts longer than the other. Could that cute little bunny have been lying to us? (27 of 158), Read 98 times
Conf:	07-Power Management/Batteries
From:	Gil Bar-Zion
Date:	Friday, August 06, 1999 08:57 PM

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Topic:	You can always find the Bunny at www.energizer.com, where you can also find answers to all sorts of Power Management /Batteries questions :o) (28 of 158), Read 86 times
Conf:	07-Power Management/Batteries
From:	Dave Dykhuis
Date:	Saturday, August 07, 1999 09:41 AM

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Topic:	According to my calculations, we have to post at least 52 more messages before we reach the right hand margin.... but that's not even counting if we scroll across using the slider at the bottom of the left-hand frame, at least in Netscape...I am quite... (29 of 158), Read 85 times
Conf:	07-Power Management/Batteries
From:	Nils Mungan
Date:	Saturday, August 07, 1999 01:31 PM

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Topic:	...discouraged, I feel that our dreams may be unattainable, but at least the Web-Board seems to be working at record speed today, so I will keep posting to my heart's delight for now... (30 of 158), Read 85 times
Conf:	07-Power Management/Batteries
From:	Nils Mungan
Date:	Saturday, August 07, 1999 01:34 PM

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Topic:	...but I wonder if that is cheating or not... is that fair play? (31 of 158), Read 85 times
Conf:	07-Power Management/Batteries
From:	Nils Mungan
Date:	Saturday, August 07, 1999 01:35 PM

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Topic:	I also wonder if we will all be expelled from the web-board forever, in which case, we will have to come up with those aliases like spfxx@bs.com.... (32 of 158), Read 85 times
Conf:	07-Power Management/Batteries
From:	Nils Mungan
Date:	Saturday, August 07, 1999 01:36 PM

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Topic:	This is unbelievable, this board is turbo-charged today, I wonder if that energizer bunny is in here or something, or maybe... (33 of 158), Read 86 times
Conf:	07-Power Management/Batteries
From:	Nils Mungan
Date:	Saturday, August 07, 1999 01:38 PM

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Topic:	or maybe all right-minded people are outside on a Saturday afternoon, enjoying the air now that the heat index has dropped below 115.... (34 of 158), Read 88 times
Conf:	07-Power Management/Batteries
From:	Nils Mungan
Date:	Saturday, August 07, 1999 01:39 PM

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Topic:	I think it is your last theory that explains the forum speed today Nils. (35 of 158), Read 88 times
Conf:	07-Power Management/Batteries
From:	Dave Dykhuis
Date:	Saturday, August 07, 1999 05:15 PM

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Topic:	No, it is not cheating to make extra posts while the forum is going so fast :o) (36 of 158), Read 87 times
Conf:	07-Power Management/Batteries
From:	Dave Dykhuis
Date:	Saturday, August 07, 1999 05:17 PM

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Topic:	They shouldn't expel us. They should reward us! (37 of 158), Read 87 times
Conf:	07-Power Management/Batteries
From:	Dave Dykhuis
Date:	Saturday, August 07, 1999 05:18 PM

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Topic:	We'll be heros in this and all other web boards across the country. We'll have our own holiday and theme park!!! (38 of 158), Read 87 times
Conf:	07-Power Management/Batteries
From:	Gil Bar-Zion
Date:	Saturday, August 07, 1999 05:27 PM

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Topic:	And you're right, the forum is very fast today :-) (39 of 158), Read 88 times
Conf:	07-Power Management/Batteries
From:	Gil Bar-Zion
Date:	Saturday, August 07, 1999 05:28 PM

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Topic:	You have no idea how encouraging it is to see thirteen new messages added to this thread. We've got a record going--this makes 48! The forum is blazing fast today. By my calculations, the forum is about 210 messages wide, which means... (40 of 158), Read 84 times
Conf:	07-Power Management/Batteries
From:	Tom Arnett
Date:	Saturday, August 07, 1999 08:43 PM

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Topic:	...that we'd have to consistently post at least 21 messages per day to reach the edge. C'mon, this makes fifteen! No, taking advantage of DellT@lk speed records isn't cheating. So, the question of the day is now: What do we call the theme park? =) (41 of 158), Read 85 times
Conf:	07-Power Management/Batteries
From:	Tom Arnett
Date:	Saturday, August 07, 1999 08:50 PM

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Topic:	Dell World? Dell Land? Mikey's World? I don't know- Those are kinda dull for names for a theme park. Anyone else have some ideas? (42 of 158), Read 84 times
Conf:	07-Power Management/Batteries
From:	Dave Dykhuis
Date:	Saturday, August 07, 1999 08:54 PM