[davep]

I think I've hit upon a way of keeping those seeking status happy.

All those who donate to the site get a colourful set of stars (gold would be cool) for a month. That way, those seeking status have it within their grasp to influence the situation, whilst helping fund Aaron's [s]holidays[/s] servers.

Having said that, given the poor performance of the Donat-O-Meter, I guess it would be beyond the technical ability of the staff to link donations to star colour </challenge>

[emersonbiggins]

$5 a month gets you...

[Ferretlover]

Shouldn't those stars be oil rigs?
Or, in honor of this month's holiday, zombies??

[JPL]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('pstarr', 'A')aron check your paypal cash box. I donated. I really did and I want my gold epaulets like AirplanePilot.

[TheDude]

Damn JPL, your status has upgraded (or not?) to Master of the Universe, which happens to be my favorite Hawkwind song.

I am the centre of this universe
The wind of time is blowing through me
And it's all moving relative to me,
It's all a figment of my mind
In a world that I've designed
I'm charged with cosmic energy
Has the world gone mad or is it me?

I am the creator of this universe
And all that it was meant to be
So that we might learn to see
This foolishness that lives in us
And stupidity that we must suss
How to banish from our minds
If you call this living I must be blind.

Once again, I notice these things before anyone else. The mark of a true Expert.

[JPL]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('TheDude', 'D')amn JPL, your status has upgraded (or not?) to Master of the Universe, which happens to be my favorite Hawkwind song.

I am the centre of this universe
The wind of time is blowing through me
And it's all moving relative to me,
It's all a figment of my mind
In a world that I've designed
I'm charged with cosmic energy
Has the world gone mad or is it me?

I am the creator of this universe
And all that it was meant to be
So that we might learn to see
This foolishness that lives in us
And stupidity that we must suss
How to banish from our minds
If you call this living I must be blind.

Once again, I notice these things before anyone else. The mark of a true Expert.

[Ferretlover]

Wow, JP.. Can you cash in the stars and buy off the French President to let you stay????

What super powers does the Master of the Universe have???

[JPL]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Ferretlover', '
')What super powers does the Master of the Universe have???

[TheDude]

Go to YouTube and watch the BBC doc on Hawkwind to hear some really funny shit. Lemmy talking about the synth players using super high frequency noise to make police dogs involuntarily howl while searching for drugs, or how the band abandoned him in America and he had to hitch a ride with an obviously horny male trucker...

[eXpat]

Hawkwind !!, holy shit, some people here are showing their years , next thing i'll hear is about that new rising star in the Conservative Party , this young chap Churchill

[TheDude]

I'm only 36. Think I discovered Hawkwind on Kazaa, was curious about where Lemmy came from. Everything old is new, you know.

Unfortunately they seem to have a tight lock on what shows up on YouTube and elsewhere. There's a site called the Internet Archive where you can listen to about two years straight of the Dead, but nary a note from Brock and Co. Strange for a band that used to do whole tours of free concerts.

[gg3]

...you will notice small objects like ornaments, oscillating...

think only of yourself!
(your self!)

do not panic!

DO NOT PANIC!

[TheDude]

There will be an ache in the pelvic region...

You may be subject to fits of hysterical shouting,
or even laughter...

[JPL]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('TheDude', 'T')here will be an ache in the pelvic region...

You may be subject to fits of hysterical shouting,
or even laughter...