View Full Version : Where the Hell is Texrat?
dkwatts
08-18-2008, 09:13 AM
1+ month in the making, 4,751 posts, and a cast of thousands (http://www.internettablettalk.com/forums/member.php?u=2855#stats).
andrewfblack
08-18-2008, 09:21 AM
Yeah I was wondering the same thing the other day.
sachin007
08-18-2008, 09:30 AM
I dont think he is around.... coz if he is...... he can never be so silent.
But i miss those hints of his!
Last thing I know he was testing his N810WE device, in fact as his only device when traveling. It maybe was a mistake...
Maybe Wayfinder guided him lost, so lost that he drifted away from WiMAX coverage area and can not email/call help... :p:rolleyes:
Benson
08-18-2008, 10:06 AM
You made the mistake of linking to a search, which expires after some minutes, so now it's a dead-link...
Anyway, he's made some comments, which may be interpreted, interlineated, and extrapolated to indicate that Nokia in general and his boss(es) in particular are less than enthused with his community involvement. A search for his posts, and reading through the most recent ones, might reveal more/different; I'm just going from memory.
Hedgecore
08-18-2008, 12:50 PM
Texrat is currently roaming the globe testing the new N900.
Full size keyboard yo.
http://www.everythingweird.com/images/computer-geek_48.jpg
briand
08-18-2008, 01:52 PM
Full size keyboard yo.
It looks as though the sound system has been updated/improved, as well.
I too have been wondering this. I hope it is because he either on vacation or because he is "swamped", as he says here (in a post from about a month ago):
Sorry I haven't visited much. [snip] I have been SWAMPED. Things should settle in about a month...
The post right above that one, however, is particularly ominous, and is probably the one Benson is referring to:
Some bad news: I am having to curtail (and possibly stop outright) my internal blogging. A rather distressing turn of events I believe is wrong, am very displeased about and cannot explain further. Sorry.
Full size keyboard yo.
Good thing they abandoned that crappy LCD thingy for real monitor - now it should be usable in full daylight :-)
ps. Pity about Texrat :-( Good luck dude!
geneven
08-18-2008, 05:18 PM
Yes, but that "very displeased" message was from way back in March, so I hope it doesn't apply.
FREE TEXRAT!!
I agree. Later posts seem to suggest that this is not the problem:
Texrat: the community guy in you deserves to be in the statistic but our sponsorship mini-program is not for Nokia employees. Contact me internally if you need a hand.
benny1967
08-20-2008, 10:36 AM
FREE TEXRAT!!
I'm actually thinking of filing a bug over at the maemo bugzilla...
andrewfblack
08-20-2008, 10:38 AM
lol let us know if you do
sjgadsby
08-20-2008, 10:50 AM
I'm actually thinking of filing a bug over at the maemo bugzilla...
I shouldn't encourage misuse of Bugzilla, but that's seriously amusing.
Greyghost
08-21-2008, 01:07 PM
Count me among those wondering too. I don't know how this sort of thing works, but it was just yesterday I found myself wondering where TR had got off to, and today I find I'm not the only one.
Texrat? Are you out there? Tap once for no, two for yes...
Hedgecore
08-21-2008, 06:18 PM
Well. As a corporate schill myself (albeit a heavily tattooed one that shows up to work bleary eyed from getting to bed at 3am after punk shows):
Nokia. If you're leashing him, let him participate in the community. He hasn't told us anything we hadn't already figured out ourselves from your FCC filings. Actually come to think of it, aside from expert user information he hasn't told us anything. You're only looking like arses if you're gagging him.
And if not, carry on. :)
All the existing memes are stale. Can we start the Cult of the Texrat? (Providing it wouldn't get him into more crap - - if indeed he is in any.)
I'll join the cult, but I ain't touchin' the Flavor Aid (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonestown#Deaths_in_Jonestown).
Greyghost
08-21-2008, 11:53 PM
Hedgecore, I agree with your assessment. If Nokia has gagged him it can only hurt the company. I mean, really, what could he have said that we couldn't have figured out on our own?
One of the best reasons to be in this community is because people like TR are in here with us. His comments kept us interested and engaged.
Then again, perhaps he's just on vacation? :eek:
fatalsaint
08-21-2008, 11:54 PM
This thread needs more tinfoil...http://www.fangamers.net/images/smilies/foilhat.gif
debernardis
08-22-2008, 01:06 AM
http://tbn0.google.com/images?q=tbn:D2Y3Z2mJbDE8uM:http://bp1.blogger.com/_Ki_XGZxWsq4/SDWuu1WTk7I/AAAAAAAADuo/qQ0TSgWJ5Hk/s400/texrat.JPG]
Who's that guy with black goggles near Texrat? Maybe's from The Agency?
Karel Jansens
08-22-2008, 05:45 AM
http://tbn0.google.com/images?q=tbn:D2Y3Z2mJbDE8uM:http://bp1.blogger.com/_Ki_XGZxWsq4/SDWuu1WTk7I/AAAAAAAADuo/qQ0TSgWJ5Hk/s400/texrat.JPG]
Who's that guy with black goggles near Texrat? Maybe's from The Agency?
A dude from Sicily is wondering about the wiseguy with the sunglasses????
Texrat (or someone who stole his identity...) has been sighted today! :D
Karel Jansens
08-25-2008, 03:28 PM
I knew I'd get him out...
Yes, Karel, you were mentioned ;)
What's your occupation?
Professional Irritant, aspiring to Karel Jansens-level evil overlord.
Texrat
08-27-2008, 12:22 AM
ROFL... how the hell did I miss this thread?
Anyway, work situation is improving. I am back to blogging again (whoo hoo!) and just got back from a training trip to Virginia (got to visit Maryland and Washington DC too).
I appreciate the thread, guys. Funny stuff in here. I will make every effort to keep visiting.
andrewfblack
08-27-2008, 09:50 AM
Welcome back.
Greyghost
08-27-2008, 12:38 PM
Texrat (or someone who stole his identity...) has been sighted today! :D
Ah, so I can finally take off this tinfoil hat? Whew! Welcome back, TR!
Texrat
08-27-2008, 12:49 PM
So you trust this "Mara" character? How do you know he isn't part of the conspiracy? :cool:
(oh, and recent studies show that the tinfoil hats amplify the signals they are beaming at you)
briand
08-27-2008, 04:49 PM
(oh, and recent studies show that the tinfoil hats amplify the signals they are beaming at you)
true! Someone in my neighborhood has a leaky cable splitter/amplifier, and I can listen in on HBO as long as I'm wearing the tinfoil and facing in that general direction.
i would go out and do some direction-finding to find out who it is... but, then, that'd be silly, walking around with a tinfoil hat...
Greyghost
08-27-2008, 05:37 PM
but, then, that'd be silly, walking around with a tinfoil hat...
O of course it would!http://www.fangamers.net/images/smilies/foilhat.gif
I just wear a wig over mine. Nobody notices, not even all the guys in suits who keep following me everywhere.
danramos
08-27-2008, 06:33 PM
true! Someone in my neighborhood has a leaky cable splitter/amplifier, and I can listen in on HBO as long as I'm wearing the tinfoil and facing in that general direction.
i would go out and do some direction-finding to find out who it is... but, then, that'd be silly, walking around with a tinfoil hat...
I wonder if I can catch more open wifi spots if I wear a tinfoil hat and keep holding my N800 over my head to catch the radio signals.
Greyghost
08-27-2008, 08:15 PM
I wonder if I can catch more open wifi spots if I wear a tinfoil hat and keep holding my N800 over my head to catch the radio signals.
That's how I finally got the gps in my N810 to work.
Thanks, qole, I'll consider the wig thing...good idea that.
Texrat
08-27-2008, 08:59 PM
I just wear a wig over mine. Nobody notices, not even all the guys in suits who keep following me everywhere.
-1, Quentin
I just wear a wig over mine. Nobody notices, not even all the guys in suits who keep following me everywhere.
Wow! I didn't know anyone else did that!
But, my wig is made of tin-foil too, so that the reception isn't harmed. ;)
b-man
08-27-2008, 09:41 PM
not even all the guys in suits who keep following me everywhere.
Are theas the Nokia guys or your body gards. :p
Wow! I didn't know anyone else did that!
But, my wig is made of tin-foil too, so that the reception isn't harmed. ;)
Hope you don't walk around during thunderstorms! :D
benny1967
01-28-2009, 06:53 AM
btw: do rats hibernate?
pycage
01-28-2009, 07:28 AM
No, the sewers are warm and cosy all year. :)
mullf
01-28-2009, 12:20 PM
No, the sewers are warm and cosy all year. :)
Not to mention fragrant.
I got the feeling that Texrat got upset after this thread (http://www.internettablettalk.com/forums/showthread.php?t=26174).
His second-to-last post was:
I'm taking a vacation, later.
He's still posting over at his blog (http://tabulacrypticum.wordpress.com/), however.
We should go over there and bug him to come back to ITt.
mullf
01-28-2009, 01:39 PM
I got the feeling that Texrat got upset after this thread (http://www.internettablettalk.com/forums/showthread.php?t=26174).
His second-to-last post was: "I'm taking a vacation, later."
If he did post that he's deleted it now.
GeneralAntilles
01-28-2009, 01:39 PM
I got the feeling that Texrat got upset after this thread (http://www.internettablettalk.com/forums/showthread.php?t=26174).
This (http://www.internettablettalk.com/forums/showthread.php?t=26176) is the thread you're looking for.
His reaction to a single Thanks! was . . . surprising. I don't think he's coming back.
mullf
01-28-2009, 01:48 PM
This (http://www.internettablettalk.com/forums/showthread.php?t=26176) is the thread you're looking for.
His reaction to a single Thanks! was . . . surprising. I don't think he's coming back.
I think Texrat is watching and deleting his posts as soon as someone refers to them.
*waves at the Rat*
allnameswereout
01-28-2009, 01:50 PM
His reply wasn't odd at all to me... but perhaps a bit over-emotional.
We should go over there and bug him to come back to ITt.
Might piss one off further.
He's on vacation. Usually people come back after vacation. And while on vacation, they prefer to be left alone. Or maybe one small message about hows it going.
If he did post that he's deleted it now.
No. Click on the quote in my post, it takes you to his post.
I think Texrat is watching and deleting his posts as soon as someone refers to them.
No, I think he deleted his posts in the thread GA is referring to shortly after the incident. There are many times that I wish I could delete my posts, too. And the quotes of my posts in other people's posts that immortalize my words, too.
His reply wasn't odd at all to me... but perhaps a bit over-emotional... He's on vacation. Usually people come back after vacation...
This is a pretty stressful time for him. I hope he'll be back; I'm sure he knows that he's got friends here.
mullf
01-28-2009, 02:02 PM
No. Click on the quote in my post, it takes you to his post.
I don't see a post by him about vacation in that thread, but he might have deleted that one later on as well.
GeneralAntilles
01-28-2009, 02:07 PM
His reply wasn't odd at all to me... but perhaps a bit over-emotional.
There was more to it than the public posts. :)
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