How about the whole of the 'Name & Picture & Stats' (authorcol ?) becomes a different colour, much harder to fake..
(and it it flashes you'd cetrtainly notice ;-))


Not sure about the flashing bit, tends to distract.

That'd be a great avatar for Mod.Mort, R.L. Casey. If one was a DiscWorld fan. <smile>. We also try to referee and organize.

Not sure about the flashing bit

I'm not sure about that either, Bird-Dog. I'm not in shape for that, and the female/male ratio isn't causing divide by zero errors. <whistles innocently>

When reading through the threads, I usually catch the unusual titles under poster's names like Ethan and Dekim. Others don't. No one approach works for everyone.

Are there more suggestions or samples of artwork for a "Standard Rosetta Moderator" avatar that can be personalized?

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That'd be a great avatar for Mod.Mort, R.L. Casey. If one was a DiscWorld fan. <smile>. We also try to referee and organize.

Mod.Tymbrimi, please be assured that I was not trying to demean the excellent moderation that exists here! Hmmm, perhaps if the person under the cloak were a former executive, librarian, and NFL Line Judge... ;-)

Thanks for all of the roles you all demonstrate!

Something I've noticed reading the quotes of my posts is that my batteries on the Keyboard have been running out, that and the newer laptops keyboard isn't so nice.

So Batteries changed (I really should take notice of the warning the flashes up). Have to live with the laptop, but I don't use it that much since the older one is much nicer to use :-)


Maybe the mods could put a little bit of why they moderate in their mod profile. That adds an extra profile icon as well :-)

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A few people have mentioned that they'd like us to have an Avatar that makes us obvious. I've been told to ask for your help. Like the mice in the story, please offer suggestions. If you're artistic, feel free to share your vision. The goal is to draw attention to the phrase under our name. To prove that we're not normal users. Keep in mind the ideas need to be appropriate for the board. Creative and stunning is good. Something more practical than giving a Circle K brand to a relative moving onto a farm. And sending them a pic of The Circle K Boneless Chicken Ranch.

Let's see your ideas on how to draw attention to our title. Forcing people to learn Latin is probably out.

Well, at least get the Latin right. That should be "Moderato ergo sum." Now write 100 times, "Romanes Eunt Domus" :-)

--miw

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Well, at least get the Latin right. That should be "Moderato ergo sum." Now write 100 times, "Romanes Eunt Domus" :-)
--miw

Clever, evil plot.. Inspire a horde of aspiring John Cleeses to show up and perform the scene from Life of Brian demanding I correct that phrase to "Romani Ite Domum." How to add on helpful advice to that command, like, "turn on your computers, and run Rosetta."?

Does "Moderato" even mean anything close to Moderate, or will those that at least passed their 1st year Latin class be teasing me about not using terms like "tempero" instead?

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Well, at least get the Latin right. That should be "Moderato ergo sum." Now write 100 times, "Romanes Eunt Domus" :-)
--miw

Does "Moderato" even mean anything close to Moderate, or will those that at least passed their 1st year Latin class be teasing me about not using terms like "tempero" instead?

Actually the verb you're looking for could be "moderor", means "to direct", "to temper". The verb uses the a-conjugation, so "I moderate" should be "modero"... So the sentence would be "Modero ergo sum".

Anyone better at Latin than me? I passed the Latinum like 13 years ago and i never ever used it again... :-)

Cheers, Alex.

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Well, at least get the Latin right. That should be "Moderato ergo sum." Now write 100 times, "Romanes Eunt Domus" :-)
--miw

Does "Moderato" even mean anything close to Moderate, or will those that at least passed their 1st year Latin class be teasing me about not using terms like "tempero" instead?

Actually the verb you're looking for could be "moderor", means "to direct", "to temper". The verb uses the a-conjugation, so "I moderate" should be "modero"... So the sentence would be "Modero ergo sum".

Anyone better at Latin than me? I passed the Latinum like 13 years ago and i never ever used it again... :-)

Cheers, Alex.

Hm, just checked the list of countries contributing to Rosetta. There is unfortunately no one from the Vatican - they'd probably be able to help. ;-) Now about "I moderate...", dusting off my Latin dictionary and grammer, it seems "to moderate" is "moderi" in Latin, and "I moderate" would be "moderor" (it is one of those verbs with passive form but active meaning). So my non-expert vote would be "Moderor ergo sum"... ;-)

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So my non-expert vote would be: "Moderor ergo sum".

I bow before your wisdom and believe it straight away ;) (i barely passed my Latinum so I'm not going to complain:)

Cheers,
Alex.

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"I am tired of all this sort of thing called science here... We have spent
millions in that sort of thing for the last few years, and it is time it
should be stopped."
-- Simon Cameron, U.S. Senator, on the Smithsonian Institute, 1901.

"Cogito, ergo sum" is a well known Latin phrase that many recognize. How many average, non-latin-speaking people do I lose by switching from faux-Latin (Moderato) to actual latin (Moderor)?

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Verb is "moderare", not "modere", so "moderat" does make sense in real latin. It has been some time that I needed Latin grammar but your "moderatum" does not sound wrong to me.

p.s.: thinking about it, an "o" at the end sounds correctisher

Just found this:

Moderari, moderor, moderatus sum, a-Konj.

It's a german page, and my latin is about 25 years ago, without that much oral or written experience since ;)

And then there is this: http://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coniugatio

Just found this:

So why is it that Germans seem to want to show off their non-existant Latin skills ?? - myself included, mea culpa (I hope at least this is right ;-).

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"non-existing" is not totally correct, it's more like "a bit moldy", not too surprising after ~30 years - even if there are just a few relics intact, it sometimes helps to understand written sentences from other languages.

Btw., maybe someone knows the meaning of "Datis nepis potus colognia" *g

Btw., maybe someone knows the meaning of "Datis nepis potus colognia" *g

I tought it was something like this "Datis nepis potentis negrote" and was written on a bowl found by some divers.

I also think its slightly off topic.

Greetings everyone.

p.s.: thinking about it, an "o" at the end sounds correctisher

If the answers keep changing, it's hard to pick which one is more right. <grin> I just made up Moderatum, so I'm shocked that it's anywhere close to meaning what I was after.

My exposure to learning Latin in school was a challenge made by a teacher. He bet that nobody in the class knew what A.D. stood for, what it meant, and what language it was in. He bet one million Tooty Fruity Milkshakes.
I stated that it was Anno Domini; that it meant "In the year of our Lord"; and then the bit that permanently marked this as a Latin phrase in my mind.. identified that the language was "Hebrew". That was the last time the teacher bet our class over obscure trivia.

Any more samples of concepts for official Rosetta Moderator Avatars? (You're not going to let R.L. Casey get away with being the only one to post an idea, are you?) Give us some inspiration while we wait to see if changes to the forum software to make staff & moderator accounts stand out, are possible here.

I'm curious. Is there a web site that will translate either of those phrases? And is there a link to a page about the bowl's discovery and why it is considered unique?

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I'm curious. Is there a web site that will translate either of those phrases? And is there a link to a page about the bowl's discovery and why it is considered unique?

Don't worry to mush, it's just a hoax..
and like i wrote before somewhat off topic.

But if you anger to know what it means and share the feelings Champollion have had in 1822 then be my guest to decrypt this phrases and have a good laugh when you did.

Screbilde

So why is it that Germans seem to want to show off their non-existant Latin skills ?? - myself included, mea culpa (I hope at least this is right ;-).

Oh hell, I didn't want to show off, i can't! *laugh*
And yeah, the mea culpa was right, but no need to apologize... :)

Alex.

P.S.: Oh, question to the native english-speakers: What does the idiom "putting a bell on the cat" mean anyway?
P.P.S: Got it! A friend of mine said:
<euro-au> you can hear cat comming and it's harder for them to catch birds
<euro-au> the idea is to negate their super-stealth powers

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"I am tired of all this sort of thing called science here... We have spent
millions in that sort of thing for the last few years, and it is time it
should be stopped."
-- Simon Cameron, U.S. Senator, on the Smithsonian Institute, 1901.

Translating it to "Bücherdeutsch" (something, a friend from Finnland told me about) it sure would be something like "Ich modere, also bin ich" - translated back to English that would be "I rot, therefore I am" - I wonder if that's really what it means ;-)