Old Weather Forum

Hanibal94 wrote:Mon Sep 12, 2016 5:54 pm

While in the middle of a serious transcribing session, transcriber receives a serious PM from a moderator.

Helen J wrote:Mon Sep 12, 2016 6:29 pm Definitely serious if the mod has come round to deliver it in person!

AvastMH wrote:Mon Sep 12, 2016 6:33 pm I love the way the moderator is so humbly dressed and courteously handing over the note to the exhaulted and finely attired transcriber.
As it should be eh?

Craig wrote:Mon Sep 12, 2016 9:26 pm I think it's a TWYS lesson.

Michael wrote:Mon Sep 12, 2016 11:47 pm I hate to mention it, but the poor transcriber looks a little out of it. Were I not so diplomatic, I might use the word stunned. Perhaps fried brain from trying to read too many illegible logs???

Hanibal94 wrote:Sun Sep 18, 2016 7:29 pm

Michael Purves timing how long it takes to transcribe a page when using his AutoHotKey BoxDraw script.

Hanibal94 wrote:Sat Sep 24, 2016 8:10 pm

Hamlet's father is horrified at how badly his son follows TWYS.

Craig wrote:Sat Sep 24, 2016 8:58 pm Alas, on the poor Yoriktown

Hanibal94 wrote:Sun Sep 25, 2016 10:00 am You are such a punny man, Craig.

Hanibal94 wrote:Sun Oct 02, 2016 3:13 pm

Another one done: Jamestown 1886 is complete.

AvastMH wrote:Sat Oct 08, 2016 7:00 pm With their great and patient skills Craig and Michael revive another transcriber working on The Patterson who has fainted from the horror of the log mess-ups

Hanibal94 wrote:Fri Oct 14, 2016 6:08 pm

Newbie transcriber asks moderators for help.

Hanibal94 wrote:Mon Oct 17, 2016 5:24 pm A follow-up to the previous one:



Moderator walks idiot newbie transcriber through the forum guidelines.

Dean wrote:Thu Oct 20, 2016 8:26 pm

The Mods set out in search of new Logs to keep us busy.

Hanibal94 wrote:Fri Oct 21, 2016 5:04 pm I didn't know the mods wore such big hats

AvastMH wrote:Fri Oct 21, 2016 7:13 pm Hey those hats are really important - you see the hairy bit at the top? That detects wind direction and speed.
The peak at the front collects rain, tips it off the head so rainfall can be accurately assessed by dint of it running down your face.
The horse has the pocket barometer.
And the sword? Oh that's for cutting the cheese slices for lunch.

Hanibal94 wrote:

Disgruntled OW'er posts "Everything wrong with OW Whaling and OW5".

Dean wrote:Thu Oct 27, 2016 1:43 pm After Hannibal's transcriber posted the 'Issues,' he was summoned before the Mods!!

Hanibal94 wrote:Thu Oct 27, 2016 5:59 pm Unfortunately, the little meeting didn't go so well:



Transcriber stomps out furiously after his complaints fall on deaf ears.

Hanibal94 wrote: The cardinal in the original painting is Thomas Cajetan, a theologian and cardinal who was the spokesman of the Catholic church against Martin Luther and Protestants.

Now, time to continue this little story...



The PTB hold an emergency meeting on "Why are OW Whaling and OW5 so unpopular, and what should we do about it?"

Hanibal94 wrote:Wed Nov 02, 2016 6:39 pm Well, it's been fun talking about the mishaps of the new interfaces, but I'd like to move on:



Two veteran OW'ers arguing about the proper way to transcribe cloud codes.

Hanibal94 wrote:Sat Nov 05, 2016 10:27 am

You and your least favorite ship.

Hanibal94 wrote:Tue Nov 08, 2016 5:09 pm

Zooniverse developer enjoying a Saturday afternoon at home with his family... until he receives word that OW Classic has crashed again.

AvastMH wrote:

The problem with this one 'You and your least favorite ship.' is that a clever person is going to fish it out of the reeds and make it terribly famous and very powerful. That'll make it nigh on impossible to ignore

The second one is spooky - that looks so much like a mobile phone in his hand. It really does

Craig wrote:

The fishing line in the little girl's hands doesn't bode well for diagnosing the problem.

Hanibal94 wrote:Tue Nov 08, 2016 7:34 pm

AvastMH wrote:Tue Nov 08, 2016 6:17 pm The second one is spooky - that looks so much like a mobile phone in his hand. It really does

I know!
I looked up the painting - Interieur, by Pieter de Hooch - and that's supposed to be a letter in his hand. But I can't stop seeing a cell phone.

AvastMH wrote:Tue Nov 08, 2016 8:00 pm It's almost impossible not to see a mobile - it's the dimensions. I'm sure this is something that a social science doctorate could be based on.

Hanibal94 wrote:

Zooniverse developer after a week of 12-14 hour days.

Hanibal94 wrote:Mon Nov 14, 2016 7:51 pm Welcome back!



Randi making her way from France to Pennsylvania.

Hanibal94 wrote:Sat Nov 19, 2016 9:25 am

Getting out and enjoying nature is one of the best ways to relax after a serious OW session.

Hanibal94 wrote:Tue Nov 29, 2016 6:00 pm


OW moderator to Zooniverse developer: "Please, please PLEASE keep the outdated software of OW Classic running! We're almost done!"

Hanibal94 wrote:Tue Nov 29, 2016 8:37 pm Okay - looks like most people have misunderstood what I was trying to say, so here's some clarification:
The skull is the outdated, frequently-crashing software that OW Classic depends upon.
The developer is examining said software, but is horrified at how old and flimsy it has become.

I sure hope OW Classic can hold on long enough for us to finish it.

Hanibal94 wrote:Sat Dec 03, 2016 1:16 pm This really happened to me once while transcribing the Pioneer - good thing it was a Friday-to-Saturday night!



"Oh my gosh - is it 3 am already?"

Hanibal94 wrote:Sat Dec 03, 2016 8:43 pm

Bob wrote:Sat Dec 03, 2016 3:02 pm Been there, but not with OW. Yet.

You haven't been with OW for as long as I have