Newbie with questions

How can I get into the chat room?

What is a freakin BLOG?

Why are my smileys not working?

Is the Top Secret Area really worth the points?

Oh, one last thing, what's the meaning of life?

How can I get into the chat room?
YOU HAVE TO HAVE AT LEAST 20 OR 30 POSTS TO GET INTO CHAT.

What is a freakin BLOG?
LOOK IN THE BOTTOM LEFT OF ATS.

Why are my smileys not working?
THEY DO WORK, OPEN YOUR EYES

Is the Top Secret Area really worth the points?
YES, 3500 POINTS

Oh, one last thing, what's the meaning of life?
START A THREAD ON IT.

Originally posted by Lady Lily
How can I get into the chat room?What the guy above me said.

What is a freakin BLOG?A place for someone to write down their feelings or whatever for the day, month, week whatever...Just keeps people more closely linked I guess.

Why are my smileys not working?

They are...they just dont show up when your typing the message.

Is the Top Secret Area really worth the points?Thats a secret....

Oh, one last thing, what's the meaning of life?To go to ATS find everything out and then die.

Welcome aboard and enjoy the ride, its a fun one.

[Edited on 4-3-2004 by Dreamz]

How can I get into the chat room?
click the chat link at the top of the screen (it's right next to 'member center'. if it's not popping up, make sure your popup blocker isn't killing it.

What is a freakin BLOG?
it's short for 'weblog'. it's a place for users to rant about whatever they want, without all that nasty spotlight-stealing other users tend to do on a message board

Why are my smileys not working?

they're on strike. as soon as we come to an agreement with the union, they should be back.

Is the Top Secret Area really worth the points?
are Girl Scout Cookies worth the price? if you like cookies, damn right they are.

Oh, one last thing, what's the meaning of life?

cookies. and Hello Kitty. and happiness. and world domination. (oops, did I say that out loud?)

welcome to the board

Welcome, glad to have you aboard!

well lol.....

looks like all your questions have been answered!

NOw sit down and have a drink!!

It will all come to you soon..

Asala

Hey, drinks are on Colonel... he'll love that.

How can I get into the chat room?
Now that I can't answer - I've never been there. I guess you just open the door and go in

What is a freakin BLOG?
A weblog. Not to be confused with the Captains log or the one the dog dropped earlier, which was pretty rancid.

Why are my smileys not working?
The Lord tells me he can get my smileys working, but he's pretty sure yours are fooked

Is the Top Secret Area really worth the points?
Yes - you get to see nice red thread titles of RATS posts when you click on the 'recent posts' button.

Oh, one last thing, what's the meaning of life?

Ask him -->

everything like what they said, except blogs.

blogs are like those internet journals. in my mind....kinda stpid, but whatever makes you happy. its like telling an empty screen what you did with your life...but most things put in there are about how bored they are or what someone said.

it takes longer to post them than for the event to occur. this means that life sucks.

HAHAH!

yeah ive noticed the same about blogs... no one really takes the time to do anything other than talk about trivial issues like "today I took a crap and nothing came out"

ok that's gross. take two

...no one really takes the time to talk about things that are little more than trivial like how their day was or who insulted their intelligence with rude comments, etc.


on the other hand, some people may be interested in learning or reading about those tedious details. hell, it;s their blog; they can do whatever the hell they want with it, right? I, for one, never write about such things in my blog. I am pretty aware that no one will give a crap about how I felt when I got in the car today, or what thoughts were roaming my head when I bought a pack of cigarettes. I use my blog as an outlet for my urges to write about ideas and fiction.