Adding a little blurb under your user name
 

Forgive a possibly dumb question, but I can't see where you go to add a little blurb under your user name. It's okay for now, I won't be witty enough to create one for a while yet.

jasonp

Ask, and ye shall receive...

(We don't really know how it happens, it just does.)

You could always edit your avatar to add one... but someone (thing?) might just edit it back and add something smart (odd?) for you.

Ah, so the trolls do it; good to know there's still a little magic in the world

I always thought it was the gerbils... Aren't they the playful ones?

p.s.: I'm just the messenger -- rumor has it that Xyzzy has more pull with the Almighty Gerbil who manages the Blurb-o-Rama. ;)

If the gerbils/trolls were to give me a blurb, what would it be?

[QUOTE=fetofs;106395]If the gerbils/trolls were to give me a blurb, what would it be?[/QUOTE]

Give them a suggestion, and they'll do their best ... just realize that their typing skills are limited by their little gerbil paws and clumsy troll hands. Occcasional typos will result.

For the record, "blurbs" are handled (poorly) by the gerbils. The trolls manage the server and run the search engine. Anything requiring template edits belong in the gerbil's domain.

[SIZE=1]Gerbil1: We can be bribed.
Gerbil2: Yeah!
[/SIZE]

I see I "earned" my very own blurb ... not sure though if I should be pleased...ah well I have a sense of humor and I guess I deserved this one.

[QUOTE=ewmayer;106070]Ask, and ye shall receive...

[/QUOTE]:snake1:
[QUOTE=Raman;302120]Can I please have the text log[SUB]10[/SUB] 7 ≈ 431/510
under my own user name?
[I][SIZE=3]log 7 ≈ 431/510[/SIZE][/I] or (otherwise)[I] [SIZE=3]10[SUP]431[/SUP][/SIZE][/I][SIZE=3] [I]≈[/I][I]7[SUP]510[/SUP][/I][/SIZE][/QUOTE]
[SIZE=3][/SIZE]

He didn't say [I]what[/I] ye shall recieve, though. Look at mine, for example.

[SIZE=1](Now that I've scrolled through all potential other [/SIZE][URL="http://www.mersenneforum.org/showthread.php?t=10394"][SIZE=1]anagrams[/SIZE][/URL][SIZE=1], I know for a fact that it could have been much, much worse. You don't wanna know.)[/SIZE]

I asked what was probably the trolls for a specific name once, and never heard anything back, though reading this I think I need to try asking the gerbils.

[QUOTE]I asked what was probably the trolls for a specific name once, and never heard anything back, though reading this I think I need to try asking the gerbils.[/QUOTE]Who did you email your request to? None of the forum assistants have accounts but they do have email addresses.

:mike:

[QUOTE=Xyzzy;303292]Who did you email your request to? None of the forum assistants have accounts but they do have email addresses.

:mike:[/QUOTE]Why TF do you keep bugging me for my snail mail address?

[QUOTE=davieddy;303310]Why TF do you keep bugging me for my snail mail address?[/QUOTE]
[URL]http://www.mersenneforum.org/showthread.php?t=16925[/URL]
[QUOTE=Xyzzy;303292]Who did you email your request to? None of the forum assistants have accounts but they do have email addresses.

:mike:[/QUOTE]
I didn't email anybody but rather sent a PM. I didn't even know the forum assistants had email addresses. How would one go about acquiring such a thing?

[QUOTE]How would one go about acquiring such a thing?[/QUOTE]A forum assistant? They just kind of show up. We never go looking for one specifically.

:huh:

[QUOTE=Xyzzy;303315]We never go looking for one specifically.

:huh:[/QUOTE]
Could have fooled me there Mike.

D

[QUOTE=davieddy;303310]Why TF do you keep bugging me for my snail mail address?[/QUOTE]You want?[URL="http://www.mailpoop.com/"]:poop:[/URL]

[QUOTE=Uncwilly;303343]You want?[URL="http://www.mailpoop.com/"]:poop:[/URL][/QUOTE]
Not really.
Nuff junk already

FWIW, forum assistant email addresses are:

name@mersenneforum.org

I just realized, whom should one email if the Gerbils, well... have moved on to greater things?

We cannot guarantee that emails are understood, but they are all read.

[QUOTE=Xyzzy;303451]We cannot guarantee that emails are understood, but they are all read.[/QUOTE]
I have no experience of gerbils, but give a guinea pig a newspaper article to read and it will take it all in without hesitation.

[QUOTE=Xyzzy;303315]A forum assistant? They just kind of show up.[/quote]... and they assist with the forum.

That's not to say that you hired them or sought them out. :smile:

:doh!:

Never trust the forum assistants to do [i]precisely[/i] what you ask...

[QUOTE=Dubslow;304146]:doh!:

Never trust the forum assistants to do [i]precisely[/i] what you ask...[/QUOTE]Believe me, it could get much worse.

Have you noticed that I'm no longer bamboozled?

[QUOTE=xilman;304150]Believe me, it could get much worse.

Have you noticed that I'm no longer bamboozled?[/QUOTE]Further, I'm surprised that Unctadger hasn't complained about Batalovs' latest blurb.

[QUOTE=xilman;304152]Further, I'm surprised that Unctadger hasn't complained about Batalovs' latest blurb.[/QUOTE]I ain't a wall licker:
[YOUTUBE]3pwvB4_Te8A[/YOUTUBE]
Never attribute to naughtiness that which is adequately explained by cultural differences.