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Topic: The term "Bump" |
Wayne D. Clark
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Montello Wisconsin, USA
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Posted 20 Apr 2006 6:49 pm |
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I'm going to plead ignorance on this, but I see the term "Bump" used, usually it is the only word in the comment. What does it mean?
Wayne
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Bill Hatcher
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Atlanta Ga. USA
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Posted 20 Apr 2006 6:57 pm
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| Bump---to the top. When the thread starts getting buried that will bump it back up. |
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Bobbe Seymour
From:
Hendersonville TN USA, R.I.P.
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Posted 20 Apr 2006 7:21 pm
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David Doggett
From:
Bawl'mer, MD (formerly of MS, Nawluns, Gnashville, Knocksville, Lost Angeles, Bahsten. and Philly)
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Posted 20 Apr 2006 9:33 pm
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| All the threads in the "Today's Active Topics" list are wiped out at midnight West Coast time. The threads are still in the individual subject sections. But the only way to keep a topic in the "Today's Active Topics" list is to post a reply every day. This also temporarily bumps the thread to the top in the individual subject list, thus the term "bump." |
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Per Berner
From:
Skovde, Sweden
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Posted 20 Apr 2006 9:59 pm
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It's simply an acronym for Bringing Up My Post (or something similar) if my memory serves me right. Took me a couple of months to discover.
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Chuck Hall
From:
Warner Robins, Ga, USA
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Posted 21 Apr 2006 2:55 am
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You will also see
TTT
to the top. This will bump up the post.
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Ray Minich
From:
Bradford, Pa. Frozen Tundra
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Posted 21 Apr 2006 5:35 am
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It's kind of a placeholder.
"And thirdly, the Code is more what you'd call "guidelines" than actual rules."
"Hang the code, and hang the rules. They're more like guidelines anyway."
(Apologies to Jack Sparrow...)[This message was edited by Ray Minich on 21 April 2006 at 06:49 AM.] |
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Bill McCloskey
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Posted 21 Apr 2006 6:11 am
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It stands for Brumberger's Uber Message Placement. It is a trademarked and patented mechanism developed by Adolph Brumberger in the early days of the Internet. Unfortunately, a royalty must be payed each time the word is used to bump a message to the top of the screen much as you would pay a royalty for singing "Happy Birthday". Ebay and Apple have been in a costly lawsuit around this very issue.
It is one of the reason's b0b's monthly nut is so high: use with discretion. |
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Ben Jones
From:
Seattle, Washington, USA
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Posted 21 Apr 2006 6:11 am
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dont forget the dreaded "ghost bump".
Thats where you bump a thread and then delete your post so it rises to the the top for apparently no reason.
I dont think we can delete our posts on this forum tho so no ghost bumping around here. |
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Jim Cohen
From:
Philadelphia, PA
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Posted 21 Apr 2006 6:31 am
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| Invisible Bump |
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Wayne D. Clark
From:
Montello Wisconsin, USA
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Posted 21 Apr 2006 6:47 am
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Thank you fellows, I appreciate the explination, Learn something new every day. Also for TTT as well. Some things are obvious but other times ome just has to ask.
Wayne
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Matthew Prouty
From:
Warsaw, Poland
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Posted 21 Apr 2006 10:05 am
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BILL!!!! ROFL!!!!
Absolutely the funniest thing I read all week!
M. |
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