What to call this creature?

[Arthur]

After making this little fellow - :QD: - I got carried away and created all of these. What do you think? What do we call him/her?
http://63.151.114.38/vbicons/fqbite.gif http://63.151.114.38/vbicons/fqthumb.gif http://63.151.114.38/vbicons/fqbeach.gif http://63.151.114.38/vbicons/fqband.gif http://63.151.114.38/vbicons/fqking.gif http://63.151.114.38/vbicons/fqsanta.gif http://63.151.114.38/vbicons/fqviking.gif http://63.151.114.38/vbicons/fqread.gif http://63.151.114.38/vbicons/fqsombrero.gif http://63.151.114.38/vbicons/fqcylon.gif

Arthur
-- somebody stop me please --

[pier]

Questy ?

Pier
[ Cool ]

[sheila]

Originally posted by arthur:
I got carried away
I'll say!

-- somebody stop me please -- The men in the white coats will be right over!

But more seriously: Wow. I wish I could just "whip up" stuff like that! I think Pier's suggestion of "Questy" is best. Some how "Effie" just doesn't sound right.

;)

[Deb]

How's Q.T. sound to everyone?

These are GREAT!!! It's exciting for us to see the logo in action :)

Q.T. -- Cuty, Quest Tech, or Q.T. all sound fine for those with various tastes as far as I can see.

The more the better Arthur :D

Deb
- A Grand Addition To The Team For Sure!

[Marbledog]

QT is fine even though it's bordering on being too Qute. And where's the little cigarette smoking QT???

<JUST KIDDING!!!! RUNNING AWAY AND HIDING NOW>

[Tatu]

I'm afraid Q.T. could be contorted to "cootie" (as in, "You have cooties"). Pretty soon Deb would be e-mailing the employees to call him QuestT NOT Q.T. and Bob would call him the icon formerly known...


Arthur, why is a troubled, unsatisfied smilie being eaten alive? And why didn't you create a single logo that's mooning us?

[Terra]

:QTcylon:

long lost cousin? you decide...

http://www.battlestarfanclub.com/photos/bgpic3.jpg

--
Terra
--Hiding from MTDesigns now--
FutureQuest

[PaulKroll]

Some "names" that come to mind...

"Disturbing, Dancing, Diamond-Doohickey"

"Logon's Run"

"Dancing Baby's Little Logo"

"Arthur's Proof Of Insanity"

"Al"

Of course, the IBM tradition would be to assign a TLA along the lines of DFL, Dancing FutureQuest Logo.

[Bob]

Originally posted by Tatu:
Pretty soon Deb would be e-mailing the employees to call him QuestT NOT Q.T. and Bob would call him the icon formerly known...


Too Funny :QTthumb:

-Bob

[Deb]

Oh come on now.... MTDesigns should help me out here as it's her and I being slammed.

Just because I can't add 5 plus 15 :BPG2: and just because MT has a thing against bandwidth theft doesn't give you all the right to make fun of us! *pout* *sniffle* *whine*

Arthur where's the crying Q.T. ?

Deb
- :QTbeach: <<== It's time for one of these.

[dank]

DFL
In running/racing speak, that stands for Dead F'ing Last, something you definitely don't want to be associated with. :P

Dan

[Arthur]

Originally posted by Tatu:
Arthur, why is a troubled, unsatisfied smilie being eaten alive? And why didn't you create a single logo that's mooning us? That smiley isn't being eaten, it's being embraced by the FutureQuest community ;)

And Q.T. is politically correQT, so he (?) doesn't have a backside, or smoke cigarettes, or drink (yet mE ).

Expect more of Q.T......

Napoleon

[Harley]

When the movie "E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial" came out, Mad Magazine came out with their parody "Q.T. The Quasi-Terrestrial".

[Tatu]

A quick search on Google came up with:
http://web.nwe.ufl.edu/~jrice/spring00/3mmisconi/madet.jpg
Mad #236; Jan. 1983; "Q.T. The Quasi-Terrestrial"


I don't think QT will confuse any one. How you knew or remember this stuff (...or read this stuff :P ) is beyond me.

[MTDesigns]

Hiding from MTDesigns now --Terra
MTDesigns should help me out here as it's her and I being slammed...and just because MT has a thing against bandwidth theft doesn't give you all the right to make fun of us --Deb

I must still be in shock from yesterday, b/c I don't understand. Do I need to send a DMCA-compliant letter to someone ;) ?

[Arthur]

Here's some more
http://63.151.114.38/vbicons/fqconfused.gif http://63.151.114.38/vbicons/fqcop.gif http://63.151.114.38/vbicons/fqcool.gif http://63.151.114.38/vbicons/fqtongue.gif http://63.151.114.38/vbicons/fqlove.gif

http://63.151.114.38/vbicons/fqcartoon.jpg

http://63.151.114.38/vbicons/halfmast.gif Arthur

[Arthur]

And some more (vbulletin said there were too many in my previous post)

http://63.151.114.38/vbicons/fqwork.gif http://63.151.114.38/vbicons/fqbigeyes.gif http://63.151.114.38/vbicons/fqcrazy.gif http://63.151.114.38/vbicons/fqcry.gif

[Coatza]

FQ sounds: efku or efkiu

FQi sound: efkui or efkiuei or efki

FUIQ sound: fuik



OR SOMETHING ELSE,


I THINK THE NAME MUST CONTAIN "F" AND "Q", THAT IDENTIFIES "FUTURE QUEST"

[Deb]

Wow :QTwow: These are great! I can't believe you are doing this! :QTcrazy: I'm glad you are though :QTlove:

This one is starting to make more sense :QTpacman: :QTwork: :QTthumb:

http://www.aota.net/forums/images/smilies/halfmast.gif The day our latest press release (http://www.futurequest.net/About/PR/FTPemail.php) went out didn't quite go as planned but I'd still like for each of you to take a peak at it :QTcylon:

You'll find it at: http://www.FutureQuest.net/About/PR/FTPemail.php

Uhhh yes, I did play with this thread a bit within the press release :QTcool:

Deb
- Now we need QT to ROTFL :QTtongue:

[teach1st]

Do we get to guess at the BIGGER announcement? I think I know the secret.

[Deb]

Sure :QTthumb:

I'd be curious to know what you all think anyway :P

But, we reserve the right to neither deny or confirm any of the guesses and for the very few that do actually know because of direct communication from us ... please don't tell -- you know who you are :QTtongue:

Deb
- Top Secret Headline News?

[Mandi]

And Q.T. is politically correQT, so he (?) doesn't have a backside, or smoke cigarettes, or drink (yet!).

Obviously, QT doesn't work in direct contact with users or support in any way, shape, or form.

Awesome work, Arthur :QD: !!

-Mandi
First come the users, then come the vices . . .

[teach1st]

Better scratch that. My hunch is so far off the tech wall, that I'd be afraid to comment anyway for fear of being wway wrong. Has to do with :QTlove: and stuff. Don't want to propogate a pause among the FQ family.

[Mandi]

Having actually contacted ET via their prodigious output of SETI units processed on beefed up servers, FutureQuest will be making one last NOC move . . . the DNS propagation's gonna be a killer this time, but at least we'll have bandwith that's the envy of the Milky Way . . .

[Deb]

Don't want to propogate a pause among the FQ family. ROTFL!!!!! (Arthur we need this guy!)

Ummmmm now you've got me wondering if my thoughts are way off base! If uhhh it has to do with me gaining weight...then uhhh I'd have to say you're incorrect...if not then I'll continue being curious as to what your thoughts could be :QThuh:

Deb
- Too old, Too Busy, and I already have Too Many

[Deb]

bandwith that's the envy of the Milky Way . . . Ahh that whole unlimited bandwidth thing again huh? :P

[teach1st]

If uhhh it has to do with me gaining weight...then uhhh I'd have to say you're incorrect

I'm gonna have to stand incorrected then (a stance I'm used to!). The weight thing was what I was thinking. ~#

[Mandi]

Well, heck ya! If your NOC is on Betlegeuse Prime or something, the array between here and there ought to support that, I think :D!!

-Mandi
She Who Knows Her Bandwidth is Already Enviable :QTcool:
Edit . . . yes, really, I know it's bandwidth . . .

[sheila]

Here's what I'm guessing:

If FutureQuest is going to start tracking bandwidth on FTP and email and so forth, we're going to start getting dinged in the bandwidth area for things that previously didn't impact bandwidth. (BTW, is FTP going to account for both uploads and downloads? :( or only downloads? :) )

FutureQuest already has generous bandwidth alottments (I've compared), but it wouldn't surprise me in the least, that coupled with more precise accounting in that area, we also got an increase???

<boy am I going to be embarrassed if I'm wrong...oh, well, always willing to go out on a limb...>

I know, I know...
No confirm, no deny...

But Deb said we could guess!


<added later>
You know, maybe I shouldn't have said that guess. It's probably unrealistic. Bandwidth allowances here at FQ are already generous, and they've said before that the bandwidth on the Platinum accounts is about all that community servers can handle.

So I hereby withdraw my original guess and replace it with:

dedicated servers???

I know many people are hoping for that.

You know, there is really no good way to guess. And Deb just enjoys the teasing too much. It's not healthy, I'm sure. :P
</added later>

[Deb]

BTW, is FTP going to account for both uploads and downloads? or only downloads? This would in fact include all bandwidth for both upload and downloads. Though a few years ago I wouldn't have been able to comprehend charging for uploads, at this time the uploads are much more serious due to things such as webcams which continue to upload images every few seconds 24 hours per day and 7 days per week. :eek: For those with normal upload usage the hit really wont be noticable....

Deb
- I didn't think they noticed me :BPG2:

--

<added later part 2> You know, there is really no good way to guess. And Deb just enjoys the teasing too much. It's not healthy, I'm sure. :P ahhhh yeap :QTcool:

[Dunx]

My guess - widening MySQL availability.

I'm afraid this is based entirely on Terra's remarks about rearranging MySQL domains in the server announcements forum, so it probably counts as cheating, but... I'm guessing that Silver gets some MySQL availability as well.

(apart from this, I'm guessing deelyboppers for everyone)

[PaulKroll]

I'll place some guesses...

1) Dedicated servers
2) New e-mail options/large e-mail accounts (over the 500 member max on EZ-MLM)
3) FQ sponsors concert event where Cher is launched via catapult while singing impossibly annoying "Believe". ("Cher-and-Cher-aflight, 2001")

4) MySQL servers set up to mirror/load share.

[Deb]

Hmmm have the 'quesses' turned into wish lists? :QTtongue:

[Terra]

PaulKroll and Dunx:

In an effort to not hijack this thread, I have placed my responses to your questions here:
http://www.aota.net/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=9211

--
Terra
--Staying on course--
FutureQuest

[janderk]

Originally posted by Deb:
"Someone started a rumor (I think it was me) that the new features were just teasers for a much bigger announcement" said FutureQuest's CEO, Debbie Gillespie, "I am pleased to admit that the rumor is true!" [..]

I'd be curious to know what you all think anyway :P

But, we reserve the right to neither deny or confirm any of the guesses FutureQuest's servers participating in the SETI search for extraterrestrial live is now officially acknowledged to have found ET on the planet of Mars.

ET's response about how she felt about being discovered by FutureQuest was: "Sure I responded to FutureQuest, because they are the best host in the Universe. In addition, I know for a fact that they are gonna offer very competative dedicated servers soon."

[Deb]

ROFL!!! :QTthumb:

[MTDesigns]

Arthur, I think now would be a great time for a FQ smilie waving a US flag...whaddaya think?

[Arthur]

Here it is Joi - http://leonbergerdatabase.com/vbicons/fqflag.gif


PS. Deb; thank you, that was a nice surprise!

[julieA]

Well, whatevery you're gonna call 'em, I LOVE EM!

[Kara]

I love the new QTs!!! Thank you Arthur!!

My guesses are dedicated servers and a way for us to moniter the resources our accounts are using.

Kara

[MTDesigns]

Love it Arthur!! Thanx :)!

[Deb]

:QTUSA: Thanks :QTthumb:

If any others would like to add flags from other countries to the unseen hands of QT please feel free to do so. As long as the image follows the same format that Arthur has so generously laid the foundation for, they will be added.

Deb
- If only I had those skills!

[Daniel Jackler]

Israeli QT - http://www.israelcraft.com/images/fqflag_israel.gif

:) Daniel
- Pixel pushers of the world unite!

[Deb]

As QT begins to travel and explore this International Marketplace Israeli is now online!! :QTIsraeli

Deb
- Now this is fun! :QD:

[Arthur]

Dutch QT: http://leonbergerdatabase.com/vbicons/QTdutch.gif

[Deb]

:QTDutch: Wow he travels fast! :QThat:

[Kara]

Ok where are you all getting these cute little flags?

Kara

[Bruce]

Originally posted by Kara:
Ok where are you all getting these cute little flags? I drew mine by hand: http://untroubled.org/QTcanadian.gif

[dank]

I drew mine by hand
It shows. :P

Dan
- a red cactus?

[Bruce]

a red cactus? Hey! You try shrinking a detailed maple leaf emblem down to 8 by 11 pixels, and see if you come up with something that doesn't look aweful...~#

[Deb]

Hmmm I think it looks pretty good :QTCanada:

Deb
- Coming from someone who has yet to create a decent favicon.ico

[Arthur]

QT has started touring the European Union http://leonbergerdatabase.com/vbicons/QTeu.gif , first it was off to Germany http://leonbergerdatabase.com/vbicons/QTgerman.gif , then to Luxembourg http://leonbergerdatabase.com/vbicons/QTluxembourg.gif , then to Belgium http://leonbergerdatabase.com/vbicons/QTbelgium.gif , a quick trip to Austria http://leonbergerdatabase.com/vbicons/QTaustria.gif and QT was last spotted in France http://leonbergerdatabase.com/vbicons/QTfrance.gif . Nobody knows where he'll go next, but probably to a country with a simple flag ;)

[Deb]

Sheesssh what's he traveling in the Concord?
:QTEU: :QTAUT: :QTLU: :QTFrance: :QTDEU: :QTBEL:

I'm ashamed to admit that geography was my worst subject (I couldn't find my way out of our driveway if TeRRa hadn't of painted that big red arrow on it :P) QT's travels are forcing me to explore more for sure!

Deb
- Ya think QT's passing out T-Shirts along the way?

[Joe]

Is he going to be visiting the UK and Japan soon. The latter should be jaunt for him, but the former might present some problems. ;)

[Dunx]

QT could probably manage England or Scotland fairly easily, but Wales and Northern Ireland are right out.

[Arthur]

QT has resumed his trip through the EU, taking pictures of course http://63.151.114.38/vbicons/QTphoto.gif. This time his travels led him to Ireland http://63.151.114.38/vbicons/QTireland.gif, Italy http://63.151.114.38/vbicons/QTitaly.gif, Portugal http://63.151.114.38/vbicons/QTportugal.gif...

[Arthur]

... Spain http://63.151.114.38/vbicons/QTspain.gif, Finland http://63.151.114.38/vbicons/QTfinland.gif and Greece http://63.151.114.38/vbicons/QTgreece.gif.


Beam me up Scotty! http://63.151.114.38/vbicons/QTtransporter.gif

http://63.151.114.38/vbicons/QTuk.gif http://63.151.114.38/vbicons/QTjapan.gif

[sheila]

Arthur...I am just speechless. Too much, too much! Incredible.

[Kara]

Arthur, how can you keep outdoing yourself???

Kara
- totally impressed

[zmax]

I have come up with the name "FuQuito" or "FuQuito's" for these critters! Like Dorito's. I wanted to use the FuQu acronym that was discussed in another post and this seems like it. I will be putting all the international Fuquito's on my web page dedicated to international solidarity against terrorism when its done. :)

David

[Tatu]

http://63.151.114.38/vbicons/QTfinland.gif

Yay!

-the littlest things amuse me so.

[Arthur]

And here's some more for Tatu to enjoy :QTtongue:

Denmark; http://63.151.114.38/vbicons/QTdenmark.gif , Sweden; http://63.151.114.38/vbicons/QTsweden.gif. In Sweden QT met a cute blonde girl; http://63.151.114.38/vbicons/QTgirl.gif, he spends hours on the phone http://63.151.114.38/vbicons/QTphone.gif talking to her.

[Tatu]

Originally posted by arthur:
And here's some more for Tatu to enjoy :QTtongue:

Denmark; http://63.151.114.38/vbicons/QTdenmark.gif , Sweden; http://63.151.114.38/vbicons/QTsweden.gif. In Sweden QT met a cute blonde girl; http://63.151.114.38/vbicons/QTgirl.gif, he spends hours on the phone http://63.151.114.38/vbicons/QTphone.gif talking to her. Has any one ever told you that you have waaay too much time on your hands, or don't actually do any work for your employer? :P


--
:QTUSA:
http://63.151.114.38/vbicons/QTfinland.gif

[Deb]

:QTDR: :QTSweden: are now in the list :QTthumb:

Deb
:QTphone: <<== You want a diamond?!?!?! :QTgirl: <<== Of Course!

[Arthur]

you have waaay too much time on your hands It's really not that much work. You borrow bits here, adapt bits there, recycle a lot and with a bit of handywork... QT is born.

-- It's all in the wrist --

[sheila]

You borrow bits here, adapt bits there, recycle a lot and with a bit of handywork... QT is born.
Reminds me of a story by Mary Shelley...

[Arthur]

http://63.151.114.38/vbicons/QTmagic.gif http://63.151.114.38/vbicons/QTchef.gif http://63.151.114.38/vbicons/QTidea.gif http://63.151.114.38/vbicons/QThelp.gif http://63.151.114.38/vbicons/QTsilenced.gif http://63.151.114.38/vbicons/QTjester.gif

-- Say when... --

[Deb]

Wow! QT is turning out to be a pretty wild and talented lil guy! :QTthumb:

:QThelp: :QTwand: :QTidea: :QTjester: :QTchef: :QTquiet:

Deb
- I'll never say the "w" word!

[Dart]

I'm sure FQ-people know how to make a dollarhttp://00-00-00.org/fqbigdollareyes.gif, though I'm on the basic package..
I guess Arthur could make this one somewhat better.

Well, as finns, danes and swedes has got their QT I request a norwegian to!

[Deb]

If any others would like to add flags from other countries to the unseen hands of QT please feel free to do so. As long as the image follows the same format that Arthur has so generously laid the foundation for, they will be added. Let's remember this is all volunteer work for the Community by the Community as a whole because Deb doesn't claim to be a graphic artist ;)

Deb
- Now :QTmoney: should make :QTgirl: extremely :QTthumb:

[Arthur]

One Norwegian flag coming up; http://leonbergerdatabase.com/vbicons/QTnorway.gif , reverse the colours and we get Iceland http://leonbergerdatabase.com/vbicons/QTiceland.gif.
Here's my rendition of the money smiley (nice idea! :QTidea: ); http://leonbergerdatabase.com/vbicons/QTmoney.gif and where to put all that money? Your swiss bank account, of course! http://leonbergerdatabase.com/vbicons/QTswitzerland.gif

Arthur http://leonbergerdatabase.com/vbicons/QTwhip.gif

[Deb]

Arthur :QTwhip: ROFL!!!!!!

:QTSwiss: :QTnorway: :Iceland: :QTmoney:
Have been checked in :D

Deb
- Subliminal Message: coffee

[Arthur]

Turkey, http://leonbergerdatabase.com/vbicons/QTturkey.gif, Republic of Yugoslavia, http://leonbergerdatabase.com/vbicons/QTyugoslavia.gif , Bulgaria, http://leonbergerdatabase.com/vbicons/QTbulgaria.gif , Hungary, http://leonbergerdatabase.com/vbicons/QThungary.gif , Slovakia, http://leonbergerdatabase.com/vbicons/QTslovakia.gif ...

[Arthur]

Czech Republic, http://leonbergerdatabase.com/vbicons/QTczech.gif , Rumania, http://leonbergerdatabase.com/vbicons/QTrumania.gif , Latvia, http://leonbergerdatabase.com/vbicons/QTlatvia.gif , Lithuania, http://leonbergerdatabase.com/vbicons/QTlithuania.gif , Estonia, http://leonbergerdatabase.com/vbicons/QTestonia.gif .

So, that concludes almost all of Europe....

-- How many countries are there in the world? That many!?! :QTwow: --

[Marbledog]

Oh please send QT to Nepal - I have no talent so I can't do it myself but you can find the flag on http://elephantpolo.com


The ellies thank you

[Arthur]

Boy, that's not an easy flag to make with just a few pixels, but here it is, for the ellies... http://leonbergerdatabase.com/vbicons/QTnepal.gif

[Marbledog]

Wow! I'm impressed. Thanks!!!

[Deb]

WOW! So many!!
:QTlight:
While we're at the light can you check to see if I've got them all added?

I think Arthur got ahead of me while I was ... :QTsnore:

Deb
:QTFQuest:

[Marbledog]

I was just looking at this thread again and thinking that FutureQuest is the coolest host in the whole world.

[Deb]

That about sums up what I was feeling as well! It's hard to explain but I think our little QT really does a good job of it! We keep saying "There's more to it than just hardware and bandwidth" but how do you put into words the "feeling" a true community gives?

You guys are just plain AWESOME!!!!!!

:QTband:

Deb
- Luckiest host on the net!

[Arthur]

Deb, yes you have them all, well had, here's two more :)
http://leonbergerdatabase.com/vbicons/QTdive.gif
http://leonbergerdatabase.com/vbicons/QTbars.gif

I think you're gonna have to split up that pop-up window with all smilies, for people on a slower connection it's probably starting to get a bit too much...