the only noobie question thread...

[Elektro Slime]

hey guys i know a lot of people are often embarrased to ask some noobie questions, thinking theyll be vicitimised by hundreds of flame posts. So ive decided to start my own noobile question thread:

To get the ball rolling here are some things ive been wondering about:

1. What does OSSN stand for?
2. How does one go about increasing one's 'Power' ?

 

[Henyman]

OSSN

 

[indyjones]

Right

1. OSNN stand for: The Operating System News Network (I think this says this on the front page somewhere)
2. To increase your power you need to add to peoples reputation (the little scales icon) when they help you or make you laugh etc… The more reputation you dish out the higher your power

So increase my rep for answering you and you should see your power increase

 

[Henyman]

now the serious reply


to increse power:
give rep/recieve rep.
post lots
become higher in forums rank (vip etc)


the name osnn has been discussed in maaaaaany threads, most popular is Operating Systems News Network :d

 

[Elektro Slime]

thanks guys! i would be pleased to give u all reps, but i cant.

thinks is im having problems with my JAVA, tried reinstall but still not working........

BTW can somone do me a favour... what link do you see in ur statusbar when you hover the mouse pointer overr the add to reputation button?

 

[SPeedY_B]

Giving rep points doesn't use Java.

 

[Elektro Slime]

thats what i get when i click on it:

http://forum.osnn.net/showthread.php?p=433959#

all it does is send me to the top of the page!

what do u get?

 

[Electronic Punk]

It pops up a window.

Reputation level and reputation power are two completely different things that do led with each other, if that made any sense.

You gain power depending on how long you have been here, post count or reputation level. Power is the amount of reputation you can add (or remove... soon, maybe)

Reputation level is the culmination of these power shifts.

 

[Elektro Slime]

i realise that, but when i click on the [image]http://forum.osnn.net/images/buttons/reputation.gif[/image] icon nothing happens, the page just reloads.

 

[SPeedY_B]

It opens a pop-up window...

If you're utilising a pop-up blocker of some sort, then you will need to enable pop-ups for osnn.net if it's too sensitive.

 

[Electronic Punk]

There should never be any popups on osnn or its forums (can't really speak for hosted sites as I have no control over them)

 

[Elektro Slime]

no i dont have any pop-up blockers. it must be the JAVA, i cant use hotmail, when i click on the Inobx,Junk mail, or reply nothing happens...so it must be the java..

 

[SPeedY_B]

I'll say it again. It has nothing to do with Java. Nothing.

 

[Elektro Slime]

if u say so.............
But i still think im right............4get it.....

 

[Electronic Punk]

The only Java on osnn is the onsite chat room.

 

[Xie]

Are you talking Java or javascript? They are 2 very different creatures.

 

[Zedric]

Definately javascript in this case. Especially as the popup uses javascript...

 

[Electronic Punk]

javascript is not java. java is evil.

 

[Geffy]

javascript is not java. java is evil.

javascript is evil as well


as someone who has written programs in Java I will further second the motion that Java is evil

 

[Zedric]

javascript is not java. java is evil.

Javascript is eviler. Java is at least standardized. Just don't mension applets, they give me the creeps.