tmp000,

Seems Ms Cuddles posted the dictionary part of what i was going to post, but i will repeat it anyway.

Also, your suggestion is stupid really, i wonder
what other non-brilliant ideas go on in that
head of yours tmp000 . Hoping you know that no
offence is actually meant there, but when a
case for the probable need for "electro shock therapy"
is evident ... well, i think it should be pointed
out.


"The Concise Oxford Dictionary" ...

forum:

Public place, market-place, place of assembly for
judicial and other business. Place of or meeting
for public discussion; periodical etc, giving
opportunity for debate etc; court, tribunal.


>>
You are obviously only running a discussion board
here ...
>>

Which by definition, is a "forum"



>>
Of course this lie is intentional ...
>>

An inadequately researched conclusion, based
totally on your own, somewhat limited perceptions.
Not to mention its' inherently insulting. To
say it sounds more appealing is also drawing
a presumptive, and so biased, conclusion.


>>
Why do I sound so impolite here?

Easily answered, I'm frustrated that so many
web sites still look like 1996 - forcing me to
get yet another user account (had already trashed
a hundred elsewhere) on a _discussion board_
that I only use once is somewhat impolite.
>>

So, your frustrated by simple responsibility.
I hope you can maintain your own finances with
a little more skill.

Basically, that doesn't make much sense really.
You mean you can't see why different sites would require a separate account
???.

And what does 1996 actually look like, anyway ?,
and what is 2004/2005 supposed to look like.
Some personal conceit of your own it would seem.
I think if you were to ask SCO, they would say
that the "look" for 2005, really should include
the lable "licenced by SCO inc" :rool:


>>
This is not in the open source spirit at all,
regardless of how you paint it or which pseudo
excuses you have for that oh-we-need-to-build
-a-community-with-many-thousand-user-accounts
attitude.
>>

More rubbish. Maybe if they (?) just culled the
web down to one site, you might find life a
bit easier then :rool:

And what has it got to do with "Open Source Spirit",
the idea of an account is to legitimise a
poster. Otherwise you would find a lot of people
would abuse the privaledge/opportunity to post on a public forum. It's a
kind of ant-troll attempt. It would seem that your
the one doing all the painting here .


Originally "forums" were more along the lines of
"boards". The web was more of a domain used by
academics. They would post queries and statements
with the intention to just generally announce
various issues, as well as accessing
data-bases. This wouldn't necessarily involve
the intention of stimulating on-line debate,
though, that too was possible. A "board", as
such, is basically an announcement area. As
popularity increased though, there has been a
subtle separation between the two, and a subtle
merging. Both "forums" and "boards" tend to operate
along similar lines, with sub-catagories included.

The distinction is more historical than anything
else. Is that it ?, you just lack a certain history.
And so, find it hard to see the point ...

Ouch

jm