What's the Etymology of your PF Name?

[Les Sleeth]

Has anybody besides me wondered about some of the names chosen for one's PF ID? When I first found this place I used to wonder about the name Hurkyl all the time. Is it really his name or does it mean something mysterious? Integral sort of made sense to me, him being a science whiz and all.

But what's the deal with Boulderhead? Is his head huge, hard, volcanic, smooth . . .?

Nereid! What the hell is going on there? I keep getting images of a genius alien here teaching us clueless humans good stuff.

Selfadjoint. . . explain yourself.

What about Moonbear. Does she moon bears?

Tribdog, I hate to even imagine what he's got going on with doggies.

Smurf, is he a little purple thing with hair flying off in every direction?

Chroot, everytime I hear that I think of cigars for some reason.

Evo, is that a secret little way of saying evil?

Fliption, I don't think I'll ever figure that one out. Does he flip people off, or flip out, or flip cards, or what??

Les, well, I'm stuck with it. My mom named me Leslie!!!!!!!! :cry: Jeez mom, that's a girls name! So I've been just "Les" ever since.


Anyway, if you care to share the etymology of your PF name, please do.

[BoulderHead]

:biggrin: :biggrin: This should be an entertaining topic. I may have answered your question in another thread but my memory is unclear on that point.

[edit]
I understood men named Leslie tend to be touchy on how others pronounce it. For instance 'Leslie' is OK but 'lezlie' is insulting. Is this so, or is my information faulty?

[Greg Bernhardt]

mine is too complicated to write out :biggrin:

[Les Sleeth]

I understood men named Leslie tend to be touchy on how others pronounce it. For instance 'Leslie' is OK but 'lezlie' is insulting. Is this so, or is my information faulty?

So I can I assume you didn't like the "huge, hard, volcanic, smooth" comments about your head?

[Les Sleeth]

mine is too complicated to write out :biggrin:

Just explain your avatar and I am sure it will satisfy a great many members.

[BoulderHead]

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :biggrin:
That is very funny, but I'm sorry for making you think that. Lol, now that I read it all over again it does make me laugh. Ok, are you certain you really want to know?

[franznietzsche]

If you can't guess mine, well...

Franz Kafka + Friedrich Nietzsche = Franznietzsche

Kafka was an existentialist author, his stories focused on the absurdityof life, alienation between people, fundamental loneliness of existence.

Nietzsche had a lot of ideas, some good, some not so good, and he was just about the most miserable human being of the 18th century.

[Nereid]

Nereid (http://webhome.idirect.com/~donlong/monsters/Html/Nereid.htm) - one of the 50 daughters of Doris and Nereus ... also the name the name (http://www.nineplanets.org/nereid.html) of a moon of Neptune (not hard to work out how astronomers decided to name those moons, consider that the first moon discovered is called Triton).

Of course, the biologists went and spoiled it - nereids (http://www.nhm.ac.uk/zoology/taxinf/help/howto_ne.htm) indeed!

But, Les dear, this is the internet, and as the famous New Yorker cartoon goes, on the internet, nobody knows you're a dog (http://www.unc.edu/depts/jomc/academics/dri/idog.html) :smile: :surprised :eek: :wink: :eek: :yuck: :!!)

[Les Sleeth]

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :biggrin:
That is very funny, but I'm sorry for making you think that. Lol, now that I read it all over again it does make me laugh. Ok, are you certain you really want to know?

Of course! Let's hear it. In the future I'll make sure to attach a smiley face to my comments (I was attempting deadpan humor, forum-style) so everyone knows I'm teasing. Greg, I'd love to know why you chose (what is it anyway, Bigfoot, a Wookie . . .?) for your avatar.

[Nereid]

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :biggrin:
That is very funny, but I'm sorry for making you think that. Lol, now that I read it all over again it does make me laugh. Ok, are you certain you really want to know?YES, oh, and to satisfy the 'number of characters god, yes.

[Hurkyl]

If I don't explain now, someone will look up the reference and it will be even more awkward!


I used to play Magic: the Gathering. I first got hooked up to the internet through Prodigy, and I participated in a M:tG role play forum, playing two married M:tG characters Hurkyl and Drafna. I eventually developed Hurkyl to have a good personality and Drafna to have an evil personality, so I usually wound up RPing Hurkyl, and only bringing in Drafna to mess things up from time to time. Since I signed off as Hurkyl most often there, I began to sign off as Hurkyl through other media, as it was more familiar, and it just stuck.


Oh, I almost forgot why it's awkward: well, Drafna was the husband...



Greg's is Harry, I think. You know, the sasquach that lived with the Hendersons.

[BoulderHead]

I used to play Magic: the Gathering. I first got hooked up to the internet through Prodigy, and I participated in a M:tG role play forum, playing two married M:tG characters Hurkyl and Drafna. I eventually developed Hurkyl to have a good personality and Drafna to have an evil personality, so I usually wound up RPing Hurkyl, and only bringing in Drafna to mess things up from time to time. Since I signed off as Hurkyl most often there, I began to sign off as Hurkyl through other media, as it was more familiar, and it just stuck.

Hurkyl, if understanding that could have saved my mortal soul I would surely be dead now. I absolutely have no idea what that was all about but don’t think it would be worth anyone’s time trying to explain it to me either, thanks! :biggrin:

[dekoi]

Les you never included me. :sad:

Dekoi.... originated from the word "decoy".

I guess it is a satire -- i am in fact -- or so i see myself -- as the antonym of decoy.

Just a curious question: are moderators given the right to change people's nicknames on request? I know that they can , but do you do it on request?

[check]

Long, stupid story. What's interesting is that half the people I know actually call me 'check' instead of my real name.

[Nereid]

On the surface, SelfAdjoint is pretty straight-forward ... look at his background and interests, and think maths and matrices.

No doubt, given his rich experiences and long life, there are many layers to the name ... I confess to having wondered just how many and what ... I do hope he'll oblige us!

[Evo]

Les, yes, Evo=Evil, but let me explain. My younger daughter has a way of ALWAYS getting what she wants, from EVERYONE. She has incredible robin's egg blue eyes and a can make a face that makes you melt, so I started calling her the "child of evil", which became the "child of evo". That would make me "Evo". :zzz: :zzz:

[Hurkyl]

Hurkyl, if understanding that could have saved my mortal soul I would surely be dead now.

It's such a good feeling when a plan comes to fruition!

[Les Sleeth]

Les you never included me. :sad:

Don't take it personally that I didn't mention you. I was sitting here trying my best to remember who I've wondered about. You are a relative newcomer here, so maybe next year we'll all start teasing you. :smile:

[Les Sleeth]

On the surface, SelfAdjoint is pretty straight-forward ... look at his background and interests, and think maths and matrices.

No doubt, given his rich experiences and long life, there are many layers to the name ... I confess to having wondered just how many and what ... I do hope he'll oblige us!


Just for the record, my joking about everyone's name is totally done with affection and respect. I've disagreed at one time or another with most of whom I've named, but usually while admiring their knowledge and debating skills. SelfAdjoint's breadth of knowledge in particular has been impressive.

[BoulderHead]

It's such a good feeling when a plan comes to fruition!What, not even a smiley? :cry:

[Les Sleeth]

What, not even a smiley? :cry:

Hey, we're still waiting for that explanation. :rolleyes:

[Evo]

I always thought Selfadjoint was linked to the physics term, like selfadjoint operators in Hilbert spaces.

[BoulderHead]

It may be too late, I think Hurkyl has delivered a fatal blow, but if I'm still alive this weekend I promise to make it my next post (brings back bad memories). I need to sleep now.

[tribdog]

I used own all the newspaper racks in Chandler, AZ. I would go out and fill up my racks everynight, 7 days a week 365 a year. I would get bored being by myself so I went to the pound and adopted a puppy to ride along with me. I sold the Tribune in my racks so named my dog trib. One day I got online and found an awesome game called Acrophobia (gone now), I signed up to play and when asked what screen name I wanted I picked Trib. Trib either wasn't long enough or already taken, so I typed tribdog. It was accepted and a legend was born.

ps Hurkyl was the wife

[Moonbear]

My nickname came to existence in a rather round about way. On a variety of other boards, I use a completely different nickname that is a Latin/biological reference to my real name. On one of those boards, someone mentioned, being cute, that it made her think of moon bear. If you knew the other name I go by, the moon reference makes some sense, but I think the bear part was just being cute. When I came here, I wanted a new nickname than the one I've used elsewhere (there is one member here, who shall remain nameless, who I knew from another board, and who made himself a bit of a pest - harmless but annoying - so I don't want him to know I'm that same person lest he think he can fill my PM inbox daily). So, that's the story of how Moonbear came to be.

[franznietzsche]

I used own all the newspaper racks in Chandler, AZ. I would go out and fill up my racks everynight, 7 days a week 365 a year. I would get bored being by myself so I went to the pound and adopted a puppy to ride along with me. I sold the Tribune in my racks so named my dog trib. One day I got online and found an awesome game called Acrophobia (gone now), I signed up to play and when asked what screen name I wanted I picked Trib. Trib either wasn't long enough or already taken, so I typed tribdog. It was accepted and a legend was born.

ps Hurkyl was the wife


I think acrophobia is still around. My dad used to play and recently mentioned something about playing it again. This is a few weeks ago he mentioned this.

[tribdog]

I think acrophobia is still around. My dad used to play and recently mentioned something about playing it again. This is a few weeks ago he mentioned this.
I used to play constantly. I was good too. I think it was the chatting more than the game that was so great. Acrophobia introduced me to the world of message boards you all can blame them.

[Evo]

My nickname came to existence in a rather round about way. On a variety of other boards, I use a completely different nickname that is a Latin/biological reference to my real name.That's also why I chose a new nickname when I joined here. I was very well known for years online (I found out there were some websites dedicated to me by people I did not know :surprised ), CLEAN websites, no kinky stuff, these were mostly propeller heads, just kind of like shrines to me, :bugeye: and I didn't want that following me here.

[Dayle Record]

Well, I was really thinking when I joined, and I just used my name. I may be the only one in the US. This was not so smart on my part. At the same time, it is like hiding in plain sight. If I could, I would change to a nickname, and drop my real name. No one is going to follow me around, or create a shrine to me, I am gloriously unimportant.

[Les Sleeth]

My nickname came to existence in a rather round about way. On a variety of other boards, I use a completely different nickname that is a Latin/biological reference to my real name. On one of those boards, someone mentioned, being cute, that it made her think of moon bear. If you knew the other name I go by, the moon reference makes some sense, but I think the bear part was just being cute. When I came here, I wanted a new nickname than the one I've used elsewhere (there is one member here, who shall remain nameless, who I knew from another board, and who made himself a bit of a pest - harmless but annoying - so I don't want him to know I'm that same person lest he think he can fill my PM inbox daily). So, that's the story of how Moonbear came to be.

Uhhhhh, I think you forgot to include your history of mooning bears, which is legend in Ohio.

[imabug]

I chose mine from a Calvin and Hobbes strip. It's one I've been using for years and years (pre-WWW days even).

[franznietzsche]

Uhhhhh, I think you forgot to include your history of mooning bears, which is legend in Ohio.


I love that one!!

Everyone gatherround the fire now while Les tells the story...:bugeye:

[tribdog]

lol, evo has shrines. I'd like a shrine.

[tribdog]

I chose mine from a Calvin and Hobbes strip. It's one I've been using for years and years (pre-WWW days even).
am I that old? I didn't realize Calvin and Hobbes was pre www. I remember when it was new.

[Moonbear]

am I that old? I didn't realize Calvin and Hobbes was pre www. I remember when it was new.

Yeah, you're old, just like me. I miss Calvin and Hobbes! That's one of my all-time favorite cartoons! When I was in grad school, a bunch of us TAs got a great game of Calvin Ball going during our end of year party. It was so much fun! And much better suited to a bunch of uncoordinated bio geeks than any real sport.

[Evo]

lol, evo has shrines. I'd like a shrine.It's kind of creepy. This was years ago, we were all video conferencing, I found out people were capturing my image and making websites about me and posting pictures they had captured. I'm happy to say that I never showed more than my face and was always very proper.

Those were good times though, the internet was in it's infancy and I met some of the people that shaped what it is now. Like one of the guys involved with developing ICQ. He kept telling us about this new thing they were doing to "instant message" and kept asking us to go set up an account. I didn't see the point. He was a good guy, so I finally signed up, I have a three digit member number.

[Moonbear]

It's kind of creepy. This was years ago, we were all video conferencing, I found out people were capturing my image and making websites about me and posting pictures they had captured. I'm happy to say that I never showed more than my face and was always very proper.

Those were good times though, the internet was in it's infancy and I met some of the people that shaped what it is now. Like one of the guys involved with developing ICQ. He kept telling us about this new thing they were doing to "instant message" and kept asking us to go set up an account. I didn't see the point. He was a good guy, so I finally signed up, I have a three digit member number.

LOL! And wow! I don't think I have any shrines. My pest wasn't idolizing me in that sort of way, just didn't understand that a PhD in a field of biology does not make me an expert on solving all his personal problems. I'd love to tell stories, but since he is a member here, I won't.

[Evo]

LOL! And wow! I don't think I have any shrines. My pest wasn't idolizing me in that sort of way, just didn't understand that a PhD in a field of biology does not make me an expert on solving all his personal problems. I'd love to tell stories, but since he is a member here, I won't.You're going to have to pm your sisters with the details, you vixen, you!!! You may have shrines out there that you just don't know about. If someone hadn't tipped me off, I would not have known.

[tribdog]

3 digit ICQ? wow. I am impressed. ICQ used to be my favorite thing in the world. Especially after I changed all the "uh-oh"s to "I want you" in the voices of the person calling. Aahhhh the good ol days.

[tribdog]

I think I don't get shrines cause I'm more of a stalker than a stalkee. Wouldn't you say moonbear? What? I can't understand you with that tape over your mouth, just nod.

[Moonbear]

I think I don't get shrines cause I'm more of a stalker than a stalkee. Wouldn't you say moonbear? What? I can't understand you with that tape over your mouth, just nod.

*nods* Mmmph mmm phmph.

:tongue2:

[Moses]

Well, i was in high school famous by being the 1st rebel against the principle who I DO HATE TO THE MAX, i was usually critisize him so badly by putting some articels in the school magazines about the Pharoah of our school which i mean him abvously. Once I was having a goaty and all the 10th grade students as a joke "attacked" me, tied my up and shave it [the embarrising thingy that some girls share in the attack :cry: ...no comment] I get really pissed off [and laughing in the same moment] and tell them that Moses does not deserve from his clan this reward for standing against the Pharoah.... a peace process happened and i forgot about it.

Friends jokes by calling me Moses, and they remember that event, haha
And the name stuck with me after wards

[BTW: I have my goaty back :biggrin:]

[imabug]

am I that old? I didn't realize Calvin and Hobbes was pre www. I remember when it was new.
C&H definitely predates WWW. Started all the way back in 1985. I still read it every day online. I don't know how many times I've read each strip, but they still crack me up.

[Janitor]

No offense, but I had assumed that 'Hurkyl' was some sort of tribute to Steve Urkel. Also, I thought tribdog had been a reporter for the Mesa Tribune, going by one of his early posts. I believe 'Chroot' was explained as having something to do with 'change root,' though that doesn't help me much.

[Les Sleeth]

No offense, but I had assumed that 'Hurkyl' was some sort of tribute to Steve Urkel. Also, I thought tribdog had been a reporter for the Mesa Tribune, going by one of his early posts. I believe 'Chroot' was explained as having something to do with 'change root,' though that doesn't help me much.

What about Janitor? :smile:

[Les Sleeth]

Friends jokes by calling me Moses, and they remember that event, haha And the name stuck with me after wards [BTW: I have my goaty back :biggrin:]

You and Tribdog should collaborate on a book with such stories. :smile:

[tribdog]

I was getting ready to get offended by that comment for some reason then I remembered my principal. Actually it is a little bit funny.
You have to understand that I came from a really small town. There was one nice neighborhood, the cul-de-sac I lived on. Right across the street from me lived the principal of the high school. One Fourth of July me and a couple of kids were outside playing with fireworks. we had been busted a few days earlier and all our illegal firecrackers and bottle rockets had been confiscated. All we had were stupid snakes and flowers. You know flowers right? they spin around and look pretty. They aren't the most satisfying firework on the market. In order to get a little bit more enjoyment out of them we started holding them as the fuse burned, then throwing them as high as we could. It was a complete accident, but I threw one up in the air. It wasn't my best throw ever, a little shy of vertical. We all watched it fly across the street and land on top of principal's car, bounce once onto the street and get lodged under the tire. No longer able to spin it simply blew a flame which either 1: went out naturally or 2: was extinguished by the sudden blast of air from the previously un-punctured tire. I'm not exactly sure because by then I had already run to my backyard, hopped the fence, and was halfway to my buddy's house. The crazy thing is I couldn't do it again if I tried.
but I tried any way, we threw flowers at every car, bike, truck you name it. the only tire ever popped was the principals

[Les Sleeth]

I was getting ready to get offended by that comment for some reason then I remembered my principal. Actually it is a little bit funny.

LOL! You don't understand. I really meant it. I wasn't talking about writing a novel, but a biography. You two guys have great stories. :smile:

[tribdog]

great stories to you maybe. traumatic and painful experiences on my part. glad my pain and suffering are amusing. Hey, earlier I got my testicle caught in my zipper. I'm thinking about testing this stapler to see if really could go all the way to the bone. I'll let you know how it turns out. Should be good for a giggle.

[Les Sleeth]

great stories to you maybe. traumatic and painful experiences on my part. glad my pain and suffering are amusing.

I assumed you are now a happy person able to look back on things with humor. I was just appreciating your story in total sincerity. I could tell you some majorly painful stuff about my life too, but I wouldn't put it in thread that is dedicated to being silly!

[tribdog]

lol, don't be so serious. Hey! this one is for you. *slamming mouse against left ear*

[Les Sleeth]

lol, don't be so serious. Hey! this one is for you. *slamming mouse against left ear*

LMAO! So you got me, eh? I'll remember that. :cool:

[tribdog]

Sure you will? for how long.
Hi, my name's tribdog.

[jcsd]

In quantum physics observables are represneted by self-adjoint operators as they have real eigenvalues.

jcsd is the name of a rain God worshipped by nude ethnic people in the rainforest, however I called myself jcsd because it is the intials of my first, middle and last names.

[Les Sleeth]

Sure you will? for how long.
Hi, my name's tribdog.

Work for the Arizona Tribune, right? In the pet section, surrepticiously selling puppies to Chinese restaurants, right? I was shot in the had in Viet Nam, so occasionally I get things mixed up, but I always get my revenge. You are on my list dogboy. :biggrin:

[tribdog]

damn! I gotta quit making all these lists. Stop me before I say anything else stupid. If you can remember. lol, damn did it again.

[Moonbear]

I assumed you are now a happy person able to look back on things with humor. I was just appreciating your story in total sincerity. I could tell you some majorly painful stuff about my life too, but I wouldn't put it in thread that is dedicated to being silly!

I think he could look back on these things are more humorous if he was actually looking BACK, and not still doing them! :rofl: I think he needs a more attentive keeper. :tongue2:

[Loren Booda]

"Loren" as in the laurel wreath of champions. My parents found that, my given name, in a phone book.

"Booda" evolved from Bode, as in Bode's law. Our original German surname was "Americanized" (but sounding more Chinese) when my ancestors emigrated from Europe in the mid-1800's.

[Mk]

Mk is a tribute to Michio Kaku.

[Moonbear]

I'm still waiting for Les to tell me more about that bear mooning episode. That night is all such a blur now. Last thing I recall was sitting out by the campsite, and someone mentioned having a bottle of tequila. Nobody had a shot glass, so we were just swigging from the bottle...I think...it's such a haze. I just know they were all looking at me really funny the next day and laughing and not telling me what was so funny.

:rofl:

[Math Is Hard]

:rofl: I just know they were all looking at me really funny the next day and laughing and not telling me what was so funny.



who was? The bears? :biggrin:

[Moonbear]

who was? The bears? :biggrin:

I don't even know. I was sooo hungover. :rofl:

[Evo]

I don't even know. I was sooo hungover. :rofl:I remember the one time I got totally blitzed. I was out with a few friends and my best friend Cindy had recently broken up with my brother (her fiance) and she was in a rotten mood, so she kept challenging me to chugging contests. The problem was I was drinking scotch - neat, she was drinking beer. Not really a fair chugging contest. :devil:

I got really drunk, really fast. I ended up putting too much perfume on. Everyone said it was too much.

That's it. I am so boring that even having imbibed enough scotch to put a blue whale into a coma, the worst thing I've ever done is go too heavy on perfume. I remember every moment of that night.

[franznietzsche]

Yeah evo, that's pretty bad.

If it makes you feel any better the worst thing i've ever done was throw up, and i've never forgotten anything either.

[Moonbear]

I remember the one time I got totally blitzed. I was out with a few friends and my best friend Cindy had recently broken up with my brother (her fiance) and she was in a rotten mood, so she kept challenging me to chugging contests. The problem was I was drinking scotch - neat, she was drinking beer. Not really a fair chugging contest. :devil:

I got really drunk, really fast. I ended up putting too much perfume on. Everyone said it was too much.

That's it. I am so boring that even having imbibed enough scotch to put a blue whale into a coma, the worst thing I've ever done is go too heavy on perfume. I remember every moment of that night.

Oh, don't feel too bad about that. In reality, I've never done anything bad while drunk. For me, there's just too fine of a line between complete coherence and passed out for me to really do anything stupid. I just lose the ability to thermoregulate while drunk, so I spend the night putting clothes on and taking them back off because I'm cold, I'm hot, I'm cold, I'm hot, I'm cold, I'm hot....

[Evo]

Yeah evo, that's pretty bad.

If it makes you feel any better the worst thing i've ever done was throw up, and i've never forgotten anything either.Perhaps it's because we both like Kafka.

When I was 14, I had not read "The Castle", I think I had read everything else. I went once a week to an "artsy" theatre that played some off the wall movies and one week they were playing "The Castle". It was pretty interesting, the land surveyor comes to this village that has a hold on it by this mysterious, foreboding Castle. He is just about to go to the castle and discover what this dark secret is when (wait, I don't want to ruin this for anyone that doesn't know). franznietzsche, don't say anything. Let them all get ticked off like I did. :grumpy:

[Evo]

Oh, don't feel too bad about that. In reality, I've never done anything bad while drunk. For me, there's just too fine of a line between complete coherence and passed out for me to really do anything stupid. I just lose the ability to thermoregulate while drunk, so I spend the night putting clothes on and taking them back off because I'm cold, I'm hot, I'm cold, I'm hot, I'm cold, I'm hot....Oh, we'd be a great pair. I'll be wallowing in a cloud of perfume and you'll be getting dressed and undressed all night. :rofl: I think the guys will find you more interesting. :biggrin:

[BoulderHead]

I thought it was all about ME ! :bugeye:
Aye was at the top of the list ! :grumpy:
Eye had interest expressed to me ! :!!) :!!) :!!)
I changed my mind, carry on. :biggrin:

[franznietzsche]

Perhaps it's because we both like Kafka.

When I was 14, I had not read "The Castle", I think I had read everything else. I went once a week to an "artsy" theatre that played some off the wall movies and one week they were playing "The Castle". It was pretty interesting, the land surveyor comes to this village that has a hold on it by this mysterious, foreboding Castle. He is just about to go to the castle and discover what this dark secret is when (wait, I don't want to ruin this for anyone that doesn't know). franznietzsche, don't say anything. Let them all get ticked off like I did. :grumpy:


I actually haven't read the The Castle either. I've read The Judgement, The Metamorphosis and Conversation with the Supplicant. Great stuff all of it. I have In the penal colony, and A Hunger Artist (its a one volume collection), but i haven't read them yet.

[franznietzsche]

Oh, we'd be a great pair. I'll be wallowing in a cloud of perfume and you'll be getting dressed and undressed all night. :rofl: I think the guys will find you more interesting. :biggrin:


Yeah, because around her we won't be choking on the fumes.

[Evo]

Posts 58 & 59 were on topic. We're just hijacking, I mean keeping the thread going until more members share their stories.

BTW, Boulderhead, where is YOUR story? or did I miss it. :blushing:

[franznietzsche]

He still hasn't posted it yet, the bum.

[Evo]

I actually haven't read the The Castle either. I've read The Judgement, The Metamorphosis and Conversation with the Supplicant. Great stuff all of it. I have In the penal colony, and A Hunger Artist (its a one volume collection), but i haven't read them yet.Oh, I am so glad I didn't tell you the end of The Castle. In the Penal Colony was the first story I read. I still can't use a rotiserrie without thinking of that story.

[tribdog]

penal colony. is it too Bevis and Butthead if I laugh at that? I'm not here, just woke up to use the bathroom, going back to bed now

[franznietzsche]

I read The Metamorphosis first, for 11th grade english and immediately after read The Stranger by Camus(for the same class). I need to start reading Dostoevsky, just because of all the references to him in Nietzsche and the influence on Kafka.

[Moonbear]

Oh, we'd be a great pair. I'll be wallowing in a cloud of perfume and you'll be getting dressed and undressed all night. :rofl: I think the guys will find you more interesting. :biggrin:

Only one guy has ever borne witness to this behavior of mine. He said it made for a very LONG night. He didn't mind that I was taking my clothes off, but then I kept wanting to put them back on a few minutes later. :rofl:

[franznietzsche]

Only one guy has ever borne witness to this behavior of mine. He said it made for a very LONG night. He didn't mind that I was taking my clothes off, but then I kept wanting to put them back on a few minutes later. :rofl:


Moonbear, you're such a disappointer. Teasing himlike that, its just not nice. Tsk tsk. :grumpy:

[Moonbear]

Moonbear, you're such a disappointer. Teasing himlike that, its just not nice. Tsk tsk. :grumpy:

Um, it wasn't teasing, it was foreplay. That's my story and I'm sticking to it. :biggrin:

[Evo]

I read The Metamorphosis first, for 11th grade english and immediately after read The Stranger by Camus(for the same class). I need to start reading Dostoevsky, just because of all the references to him in Nietzsche and the influence on Kafka.I also enjoy Dostoevsky.

[franznietzsche]

Um, it wasn't teasing, it was foreplay. That's my story and I'm sticking to it. :biggrin:


Foreplay implies you had...relations...withhim afterwards. Is this one of your dirty stories tribdog keeps alluding to?

[franznietzsche]

I also enjoy Dostoevsky.


Is it too much to hope that there is a younger version of you around my age somewhere?

[Math Is Hard]

This thread is swinging wildly between erudite and titillating!

[franznietzsche]

This thread is swinging wildly between erudite and titillating!


but those are the two best parts of life!!!

Really the only parts worth themselves for their own sake.

[Moonbear]

Foreplay implies you had...relations...withhim afterwards. Is this one of your dirty stories tribdog keeps alluding to?

:blushing: Yeah, no point in throwing me into the volcano. I can't satisfy that virginity requirement the volcano gods have. Sorry to disappoint.

[Moonbear]

This thread is swinging wildly between erudite and titillating!

Yeah, pretty funny.

[franznietzsche]

:blushing: Yeah, no point in throwing me into the volcano. I can't satisfy that virginity requirement the volcano gods have. Sorry to disappoint.


Damn, i guess we'll just have to keep ya...dang it... :wink:


But we can still throw Saint in!!

[Evo]

:blushing: Yeah, no point in throwing me into the volcano. I can't satisfy that virginity requirement the volcano gods have. Sorry to disappoint.We found an open minded volcano god, he'll take whatever he can get. :approve:

[Moonbear]

We found an open minded volcano god, he'll take whatever he can get. :approve:

:rofl:

Well, I'll let the erudite discussion take over. I'm heading to bed (to sleep that is).

[Evo]

Is it too much to hope that there is a younger version of you around my age somewhere?Yes, I'm afraid it is. :frown: I was a bookworm, a weird bookworm. :wink:

[franznietzsche]

Yes, I'm afraid it is. :frown: I was a bookworm, a weird bookworm. :wink:


Damn, you got me all hopeful that maybe there were girls out there with interesting things to say that did not involve 'The OC' and the Americaninvention of yoga... i'm so disenchanted right now.

[Evo]

Ok, there is a probability that there is one girl your age out there like me. Now you have hope. :biggrin:

[franznietzsche]

Ok, there is a probability that there is one girl your age out there like me. Now you have hope. :biggrin:


Clever Evo, but not clever enough. A probability, but not necessarily a significant or even nonzero probability.

Come on now, I read Kafka, you didn't reallythink i would fall for that, did you?

[Evo]

Clever Evo, but not clever enough. A probability, but not necessarily a significant or even nonzero probability.

Come on now, I read Kafka, you didn't reallythink i would fall for that, did you?I know, it was a lame attempt to give you hope. :redface:

[franznietzsche]

I know, it was a lame attempt to give you hope. :redface:

Downright cruel. No hope is better than false hope, no matter what they say. I'd rather be Gregor than Grete.

[Integral]

Well, as noted by Les in the first post, my name is pretty self explanatory. An interesting side note, pertaining to my infamous spelling abilities, I was initially Intergral, thankfully, after I realized the error, Greg fixed it for me!

A final, but unimplimented part of the initial scheme, was to always sign off with "That Sums it up".

[franznietzsche]

A final, but unimplimented part of the initial scheme, was to always sign off with "That Sums it up".


That is really corny, and yetstill entertaining. Althoughit would ahve lost its humour after a while.

[Math Is Hard]

I was initially Intergral ...
What's wrong with that? That's how our president pronounces it. :rofl:

[plover]

When I was 14, I had not read "The Castle", I think I had read everything else. I went once a week to an "artsy" theatre that played some off the wall movies and one week they were playing "The Castle". It was pretty interesting, the land surveyor comes to this village that has a hold on it by this mysterious, foreboding Castle. He is just about to go to the castle and discover what this dark secret is when (wait, I don't want to ruin this for anyone that doesn't know).
That was close. One more detail and it would all have been given away. At least you didn't mention the assistants... o:)

[Integral]

That is really corny, and yetstill entertaining. Althoughit would ahve lost its humour after a while.
Yep, that pretty much sums it up. :biggrin:

[Les Sleeth]

I also enjoy Dostoevsky.

Yeah, two of my favorite books are Crime and Punishment and The Idiot.

Hey, as moderator I think you should PM Boulderhead and tell him to get his story out or you are making one up for him involving the moon and drunken bears . . . :smile:

[Moonbear]

Yeah, two of my favorite books are Crime and Punishment and The Idiot.

Hey, as moderator I think you should PM Boulderhead and tell him to get his story out or you are making one up for him involving the moon and drunken bears . . . :smile:

:eek: BoulderHead was there too!? I'm never going to live that night down. :cry:

[tribdog]

has it ever occured to anyone that maybe Boulderhead can't remember why he was named that? He's not exactly the sharpest knife in the cupboard.
In fact, has it ever occured to anyone that perhaps Boulderhead is his given name?

[decibel]

Funny story. So I’m sitting on the computer and I find PF. It asks me for a username, and I have no idea what to type. By chance, my physics book happens to be right next to me. So what I do is, close my eyes, open the book, take my index finger and VOILA!!..Decibel

[BoulderHead]

:eek: BoulderHead was there too!? I'm never going to live that night down. :cry:
It was one of those embearassing moments. :blushing:

[Moonbear]

It was one of those embearassing moments. :blushing:

Or could it have been an em-bare-assing moment? :rofl:

[BoulderHead]

Yeah, two of my favorite books are Crime and Punishment and The Idiot.

Hey, as moderator I think you should PM Boulderhead and tell him to get his story out or you are making one up for him involving the moon and drunken bears . . . :smile:
I am quite capable of making up lies of my own, but thanks for the thought! :tongue:

Actually, I have had it prepared and ready for cut and paste since yesterday. I'm in consideration mode. :uhh: :uhh:

[BoulderHead]

Or could it have been an em-bare-assing moment? :rofl:
Yes, it could have been that too. Serveral humorous variations came to mind. :tongue2:

[Les Sleeth]

I'm still waiting for Les to tell me more about that bear mooning episode. That night is all such a blur now. Last thing I recall was sitting out by the campsite, and someone mentioned having a bottle of tequila. Nobody had a shot glass, so we were just swigging from the bottle...I think...it's such a haze. I just know they were all looking at me really funny the next day and laughing and not telling me what was so funny.

Okay, I didn’t want to have to reveal this but here’s the real story of how Moonbear got her name.

Moonbear was not her original name, Little White Dove was-a her name, such lovely sight to see. She was raised by a lost tribe of Seneca Indians by a river in Eastern Ohio. When she was 18 she got the hots for a young brave on the other side of the river named Runnin’ Bear. But their tribes fought with each other so their love could never be. The tribes would regularly lob dirt bombs at each others teepees, give each other the finger, pee upstream while someone from the other tribe was bathing . . . needless to point out that it was a horrible situation.

Poor Little White Dove couldn’t seem to get Running Bear to notice, so one day while he was washing his hands in the river, she turned her backside to him and lifted her buckskin skirt. Well, that got Runnin’ Bear’s attention, who dove in the water, Little White Dove did the same. And they swam out to each other through the swirling stream they came. As their hands touched and their lips met, the ragin' river pulled them down. Now they'll always be together in that happy hunting ground . . . well, not quite.

Little White Dove got caught in the current and was pulled miles down stream where some campers from Steubenville found her half drowned on the bank. They carried her to their campsite, and while they nursed her back to health asked her name and what had happened. All she could do was moan “mooning bear, mooning bear.” So the half-drowned girl became known as Mooning Bear (I’m not sure but I think some guy named Johnny Preston even wrote a song about the whole river incident).

If that were the end of the story, it would be a happy one. But unfortunately Mooning Bear got addicted to flashing her rear until she became known far and wide in Ohio country as Mooning Bare. After numerous arrests and years of therapy, she’s finally been able to control the urge (though sometimes when she’s alone in the lab, she can’t resist flashing the rats, who are quite appreciative). Someone from Ohio who got obsessed with her backside has been following her around from website to website, begging for just one more view, so she changed her name to Moonbear at PF hoping he wouldn’t realize it’s the famous Ohio flasher here in our very midst (her picture in her profile isn’t a risk since her admirer has never seen her face).

Well, that’s the story, and it’s true every word.

[Moonbear]

Okay, I didn’t want to have to reveal this but here’s the real story of how Moonbear got her name...

Well, that’s the story, and it’s true every word.

:eek: How did you find that out?! I thought I had put that life behind me.

Moral of the story: Never swim in the Ohio River! :biggrin:

[loseyourname]

Mine rhymes with username.

[Les Sleeth]

Mine rhymes with username.

That's pretty funny. I'd imagined you were making a philosophical statement about leaving one's identity/ego behind while participating here at PF.

[franznietzsche]

That's pretty funny. I'd imagined you were making a philosophical statement about leaving one's identity/ego behind while participating here at PF.


One might think that, the Johansson avatar just wouldn't fit then.

[loseyourname]

That's pretty funny. I'd imagined you were making a philosophical statement about leaving one's identity/ego behind while participating here at PF.

I figured people would think that. Part of the fun of having the name.

[BoulderHead]

he'da qu'i a' yanaji
(Here is the scenario)

As may have been noticed I capitalize two letters. I do this for three reasons; they are initials to my name, to honor a history behind those Deities from which my name comes and finally to pay a small but polite respect to a country which had those same initials, where I spent a portion of my life and was most likely born (long story). It is, certainly, a most unholy trinity but as such remains my own.
As to the name; I was affectionately teased by childhood friends with nicknames having to do with a not-so spectacular rock formation which, when viewed from a certain angle, was said to resemble my profile. I wanted a user name that would reflect all of this. Of course, having learned English, I felt BoulderHead had better connotation than either “aj nuj po'l” (big head) or the more used “aj tu'nich po'l” (rock head). Please resist any temptation, haha. That is the half of it.

[chroot]

Mine is indeed a unix command. Unix has a history of very short, almost cryptic program names, presumably to save keystrokes. Some unix program names are quite amicable, like "sed" and "awk." Others are kinda weird, like "ls" and "cp." Others are just downright awful, like "rmdir" and "chroot."

As it happens, when you use unix a lot around friends, you start trying to pronounce the unpronouncable onces, and it becomes a big joke. Eventually, one of the friends begins using "chroot" as a username precisely because no one is really sure how to pronounce it.

- Warren

[graphic7]

Mine is indeed a unix command. Unix has a history of very short, almost cryptic program names, presumably to save keystrokes. Some unix program names are quite amicable, like "sed" and "awk." Others are kinda weird, like "ls" and "cp." Others are just downright awful, like "rmdir" and "chroot."

As it happens, when you use unix a lot around friends, you start trying to pronounce the unpronouncable onces, and it becomes a big joke. Eventually, one of the friends begins using "chroot" as a username precisely because no one is really sure how to pronounce it.

- Warren

Well, there are exceptions to the ones that are actually `words.' When I hear someone pronounce `vi' like "veye," I run like hell. Pronouncing `sed,' as "said," and `awk' like "awk" is acceptable.

I suppose if you pronouce `chroot' syllabically, you get "sh-root," or "c-root (holding the h silent)."

It's funny when UNIX users unite. :tongue: :tongue:

[Evo]

Okay, I didn’t want to have to reveal this but here’s the real story of how Moonbear got her name.<snip>Well, that’s the story, and it’s true every word.Les, that's hysterical!!!! I always knew there was more to that name than she would let on. :rofl:

[Moonbear]

Well, there are exceptions to the ones that are actually `words.' When I hear someone pronounce `vi' like "veye," I run like hell. Pronouncing `sed,' as "said," and `awk' like "awk" is acceptable.

I suppose if you pronouce `chroot' syllabically, you get "sh-root," or "c-root (holding the h silent)."

It's funny when UNIX users unite. :tongue: :tongue:

Funny, I just assumed you pronounced it the way it's spelled. "Ch-root "
Maybe it's good to know nothing of computer programming. :biggrin:

[graphic7]

Funny, I just assumed you pronounced it the way it's spelled. "Ch-root "
Maybe it's good to know nothing of computer programming. :biggrin:

Well, you might be right, but "Ch-root" is kind of broken and harsh. Regardless, it's tradition to seperate the `c' and `h' and then say "root."

[relskid]

relskid... hmm...

rel is the last part of my last name (shidler) spelled backwards (hey, if you're lucky, i might just tell you my social security number, and my mother's maiden name too!).

"skidlebop" was the my first username ever; some word i made up back in 8th grade.

i think chose my name as that because when spelled backwards, it spells "diksler." the only thing need to keep this immature bozo going is that "diks" part.

i mean... diksler. come on.

[Moonbear]

relskid... hmm...

rel is the last part of my last name (shidler) spelled backwards (hey, if you're lucky, i might just tell you my social security number, and my mother's maiden name too!).

"skidlebop" was the my first username ever; some word i made up back in 8th grade.

i think chose my name as that because when spelled backwards, it spells "diksler." the only thing need to keep this immature bozo going is that "diks" part.

i mean... diksler. come on.

Aww...I like skidlebop.

[Les Sleeth]

he'da qu'i a' yanaji
(Here is the scenario)

As may have been noticed I capitalize two letters. I do this for three reasons; they are initials to my name, to honor a history behind those Deities from which my name comes and finally to pay a small but polite respect to a country which had those same initials, where I spent a portion of my life and was most likely born (long story). It is, certainly, a most unholy trinity but as such remains my own.
As to the name; I was affectionately teased by childhood friends with nicknames having to do with a not-so spectacular rock formation which, when viewed from a certain angle, was said to resemble my profile. I wanted a user name that would reflect all of this. Of course, having learned English, I felt BoulderHead had better connotation than either “aj nuj po'l” (big head) or the more used “aj tu'nich po'l” (rock head). Please resist any temptation, haha. That is the half of it.

Wow, interesting. But I'm not sure if you've raised more questions than you've answered! I've been racking my brain for deities with the initials B and H. :tongue2:

[Moonbear]

Wow, interesting. But I'm not sure if you've raised more questions than you've answered! I've been racking my brain for deities with the initials B and H. :tongue2:

That's alright, I had to go look up the country with the initials B H. Bosnia-Herzegovina. I always just think of it as Bosnia. No wonder I couldn't think what country had those initials. :rolleyes:

[plover]

Mine is indeed a unix command. Unix has a history of very short, almost cryptic program names, presumably to save keystrokes. Some unix program names are quite amicable, like "sed" and "awk." Others are kinda weird, like "ls" and "cp." Others are just downright awful, like "rmdir" and "chroot."

As it happens, when you use unix a lot around friends, you start trying to pronounce the unpronouncable onces, and it becomes a big joke. Eventually, one of the friends begins using "chroot" as a username precisely because no one is really sure how to pronounce it.
:rofl: I assume your ratings here are on pronunciability rather than relation to function (for which awk and ls rate the lowest of your examples, IMHO).

I wonder how much of this depends on where or when you learn these things. I don't recall anyone ever trying to pronounce 'ls' or 'cp' any other way than just saying the letters ('ell-ess', 'see-pee'). I don't remember any conversations offhand where someone said 'chroot', but I don't remember ever being surprised by someone saying it differently than I hear it in my head (like the word 'cheroot' collapsed to one syllable. (I think of 'chmod' similarly, and 'chown', of course, is easy.)
I suppose if you pronouce `chroot' syllabically, you get "sh-root," or "c-root (holding the h silent)."
I don't know. Given that 'chroot' is a command where it's actually possible to see where the name derives from, pronouncing the 'ch' in a way different from the word it actually comes from just seems esthetically wrong somehow.

Yet another opinion worth what you paid for it... :tongue2: :wink: :rolleyes:

(hmm... YAOWWYPFI)

[meteor]

When i joined this forum two years ago i was one of the fastest couriers of my city (and the fastest of my firm by far). This, jointly with my interest in astronomy made me decide to name myself meteor.
Now, I'm not so rapid. Age, fines and accidents have diminished my faculties

[Les Sleeth]

That's alright, I had to go look up the country with the initials B H. Bosnia-Herzegovina. I always just think of it as Bosnia. No wonder I couldn't think what country had those initials. :rolleyes:

Yeah, all I could think of was British Honduras and then maybe the deities were Mayan (of course, now it's called Belize, but waaaaaaaaaay back when BH was born . . . no wait, that would've been the Mayan name :tongue2: ).

[Nereid]

Yeah, all I could think of was British Honduras and then maybe the deities were Mayan (of course, now it's called Belize, but waaaaaaaaaay back when BH was born . . . no wait, that would've been the Mayan name :tongue2: ).Spooky ... I had the same thought Les! After not finding any (ex-)British colony in the Pacific that began with 'H'! (Henderson Island doesn't count - it was never called 'British', and last time it had inhabitants - one crazy person aside - was, what, 300 years ago? or am I thinking of another, nearby island?). But the language doesn't look Bosnian (where are those c's and z's with the upsidedown hats? the apostrophes look more like syllable markers).

[franznietzsche]

I got a story...

This one time my brother had a crush on a girl or was just friends with her, and one day she met, came on to me, and then slept with me. Everyone was mad.

This one time I met my girlfriends sister, and then she came on to me...

I got lots.

And this has what to do with the etymology of thine screen name?

[JasonRox]

And this has what to do with the etymology of thine screen name?

I read halfway through and people were talking about stories.

My name has no special significance, but back in the day when I played online games I had the name DeathMaker. If you relate it to troublemaker, you can see it.

I was also the leader of a small clan (hard to find good players) called USA. This stands for United States Assassins.

I miss the good old days. :smile:

[JasonRox]

On an other note, can we change our names?

I'm going to think of something new. I've had this name for so long, I'd like something new without starting a new account. I could join a different forum, but just about all the others have lack of respect between users. Sure there may be crackpots on this site, but overall this site is the most friendly.

PForums wins the 2004 Most Friendly Forum Award

[BoulderHead]

Wow, interesting. But I'm not sure if you've raised more questions than you've answered!
But I did answer the one question which was originally asked, so there should scarcely be any complaint. I could have backed out from my promise. :shy:
I've been racking my brain for deities with the initials B and H.
Now, now, you should stop racking it :biggrin: . You may recall from PM I do not give out my name (so three members I see have my encouragement to stop guessing out loud, haha :tongue2: ). Perhaps at this point you can understand my reluctance but if not, here is a little saying;

Jun pe'el taj nojxi janala, mi'ilic u kelemkuntaj a bak pec'e.
(One plate of big food, did not make a thin dog fat)

One interpretation; it means, if you should take your time doing what you are doing you will have all the time needed. But if you get greedy, you grab some and run away, so when it is finished, you want more, but you have blocked yourself. :wink:

In friendship,
-BH

[Loren Booda]

B & H? Bacchus and Hermes come to mind.

[BoulderHead]

B & H? Bacchus and Hermes come to mind.
Make that four members. :smile:

[Smurf]

Smurf, is he a little purple thing with hair flying off in every direction?

Well you see it all started when I went swimming in a river that 'supposedly' had nuclear waste dumped in it.....

[Les Sleeth]

Now, now, you should stop racking it :biggrin: . You may recall from PM I do not give out my name . . . BH

I'd forgotten the specifics, but remember the feel of it. But you must know that at a site filled with an unusually high percentage of curious minds, you have hit every possible curiosity nerve. Thanks a lot for making us nuts!!!

P.S.
I think everyone respects your privacy (and should be starting to understand your desire for it). We are just teasing you because we love you. :!!)

[BoulderHead]

Thank you for the sentiments and while I'm here I should practice some manners and express congratulations to you on taking the guru spot in philosophy! :smile:

[Evo]

Hmmm, the magical, mysterious BoulderHead. He knows the name of the Mayan Goddess of Suicide. Lived in Central America. Brilliant. Hmmmmm.

[franznietzsche]

Silly evo, Ix Tab was the mayan goddess of suicide, thats not B.H.

[honestrosewater]

Spooky ... I had the same thought Les! After not finding any (ex-)British colony in the Pacific that began with 'H'! (Henderson Island doesn't count - it was never called 'British', and last time it had inhabitants - one crazy person aside - was, what, 300 years ago? or am I thinking of another, nearby island?). But the language doesn't look Bosnian (where are those c's and z's with the upsidedown hats? the apostrophes look more like syllable markers).

Henderson is part of the Pitcairn group, the only remaining UK territory left in Oceania. Pitcairn is where the Bounty mutineers landed (their decendants still live there- IIRC about 50 people). Henderson and Pitcairn were previously inhabitied by polynesians, yes, at least 300 years ago (the island was uninhabited when discovered in early 1600s). But who is this crazy person you're talking about? Maybe I know what island you're thinking of.
I only mention this because I had to research French Polynesia for a play I was writing and I have never found any other use for this knowledge :rolleyes: And this thread is so off-topic anyway...

[Clausius2]

Mine is evident. It came across with me when I studied the Clausius Theorem of the 2nd principle. It seems to me a bit superb and serius name. But when I suscribed here as Clausius, I forgot my password, so I had to suscribe again with another password and a similar name: Clausius2. And it seems more accurate than the first, because at the same time I admit the existence of the real Clausius and I don't use his famous name.

To FranzNietzsche:

Kafka and Nietzsche are two of my favourite writters. The discussion about if the Nazis interpreted wrongly the Nietzsche comments would be a large one.

[Nereid]

Henderson is part of the Pitcairn group, the only remaining UK territory left in Oceania. Pitcairn is where the Bounty mutineers landed (their decendants still live there- IIRC about 50 people). Henderson and Pitcairn were previously inhabitied by polynesians, yes, at least 300 years ago (the island was uninhabited when discovered in early 1600s). But who is this crazy person you're talking about? Maybe I know what island you're thinking of.
I only mention this because I had to research French Polynesia for a play I was writing and I have never found any other use for this knowledge :rolleyes: And this thread is so off-topic anyway...I think the Mentors are a little more liberal in GD regarding posts being OT (or not); besides, you never know when such trivia might be of interest ...

Here (http://gohawaii.about.com/gi/dynamic/offsite.htm?site=http%3A%2F%2Flibrary.puc.edu%2Fpi tcairn%2Fpitcairn%2Fislands-map.shtml) is a link with some interesting info (I remembered Ducie Island, but not Oeno) - click on each island for more background (the story I remembered was something like that of Robert Tomarchin, but that what drove him off was the rats ... I also remember it as being more recent than 1957 ...

[franznietzsche]

To FranzNietzsche:

Kafka and Nietzsche are two of my favourite writters. The discussion about if the Nazis interpreted wrongly the Nietzsche comments would be a large one.


I hate the misinterpretation that Nietzsche was either proto-fascist or anti-semitic, he was neither. He was definitely anti-socialist, and his sister was a proto-fascist who used her brother's fame to her advantage, and selectively published his last few works to her advantage ( a la The Will to Power). However, the only anti-semitic remarks i have ever come across while reading Nietzsche were in 'The Birth of Tragedy' when he blames the Jews for the birth of Christianity (which he considered a very very bad thing). In other works however he was clearly neither fascist nor anti-semitic.

There are two reasons Nietzsche has been subject to that misinterpretation:

1)Bad English translations for the better part of the first 60 years after his death. The Kaufmann translations arestill the best today and did not come out until 1966, and previous translationswere horrendous at best.

2) The Nazis took Germany's most famous (or infamous) philosopher and used him to their advantage, much as his sister did. The overman is not a biological evolution of man. To say NIetzsche was a darwinist makes little sense given the doctrine of eternal recurrance.

If you read 'Thus Spoke Zarathustra' and 'Beyond Good and Evil' (his two principle works) there is no hint of either fascism or anti-semitism, although there are strong strains of hatred for christianity and misogyny.

[marlon]

I think mine is not too difficult to guess...

Let me give some hints for those who don't know: A Streetcar named Desire, Over the Waterfront, Last Tango in Paris...

regards

Marlon B...

[Clausius2]

I hate the misinterpretation that Nietzsche was either proto-fascist or anti-semitic, he was neither. He was definitely anti-socialist, and his sister was a proto-fascist who used her brother's fame to her advantage, and selectively published his last few works to her advantage ( a la The Will to Power). However, the only anti-semitic remarks i have ever come across while reading Nietzsche were in 'The Birth of Tragedy' when he blames the Jews for the birth of Christianity (which he considered a very very bad thing). In other works however he was clearly neither fascist nor anti-semitic.

There are two reasons Nietzsche has been subject to that misinterpretation:

1)Bad English translations for the better part of the first 60 years after his death. The Kaufmann translations arestill the best today and did not come out until 1966, and previous translationswere horrendous at best.

2) The Nazis took Germany's most famous (or infamous) philosopher and used him to their advantage, much as his sister did. The overman is not a biological evolution of man. To say NIetzsche was a darwinist makes little sense given the doctrine of eternal recurrance.

If you read 'Thus Spoke Zarathustra' and 'Beyond Good and Evil' (his two principle works) there is no hint of either fascism or anti-semitism, although there are strong strains of hatred for christianity and misogyny.

I have nothing to add, because I agree with you completely. It was my impression too.

And yes, I have read 'Thus Spoke Zarathustra'. I read it when I was 18 or so. To say the truth I have understood a few points of all the book (despite I was taking a course of Philoshophy at High School at that time). But the crazy and unusual atmosphere described in the book, evolved me and I felt myself into an imaginary world. Also he seemed to me as a guy that feels like to say the real truth, and who escapes from political recurrent ideologies that are made for feeding the social sense of merely good appearance towards the rest of the people.

I think we are deviating the main theme here.... :smile:

[Artman]

Uhhhhh, I think you forgot to include your history of mooning bears, which is legend in Ohio.Until that one took a swipe...terrible disaster (read dis-assed-her).

[Chi Meson]

Mine is indeed a unix command. Unix has a history of very short, almost cryptic program names, presumably to save keystrokes. Some unix program names are quite amicable, like "sed" and "awk." Others are kinda weird, like "ls" and "cp." Others are just downright awful, like "rmdir" and "chroot."

As it happens, when you use unix a lot around friends, you start trying to pronounce the unpronouncable onces, and it becomes a big joke. Eventually, one of the friends begins using "chroot" as a username precisely because no one is really sure how to pronounce it.

- Warren

I always imagined it pronounced "Kroot." It's been a couple of months since someone posted it's pronounciation as "chu-root" but I still can't stopp thinking of it as "Kroot." Not knowing UNIX, I actually thought it was Warren's real last name.

[Morbius]

"Morbius" is taken from "Dr. Edward Morbius" a character in the
50s science fiction movie "Forbidden Planet" and was played by
Walter Pidgeon.

Dr. Gregory Greenman
Physicist

[Les Sleeth]

"Morbius" is taken from "Dr. Edward Morbius" a character in the
50s science fiction movie "Forbidden Planet" and was played by
Walter Pidgeon.

Dr. Gregory Greenman
Physicist

When I was a kid and just starting to read science fiction I stumbled onto this movie. WOW, it was the best SF around then. I still remember being entranced when they found the underground world of the former inhabitants.

[Les Sleeth]

I think mine is not too difficult to guess...

Let me give some hints for those who don't know: A Streetcar named Desire, Over the Waterfront, Last Tango in Paris...

One of my favorite actors, and On the Waterfront is my all-time favorite movie.

[Les Sleeth]

And this thread is so off-topic anyway...

Hey, where's your etymological explanation? I've been curious about your name since I first saw it. :smile:

[Clausius2]

One of my favorite actors, and On the Waterfront is my all-time favorite movie.

Oh yes, Paul Newman, a wonderful actor..... :rofl:

[recon]

I wasn't planning to stay for long.

[PerennialII]

There are two reasons Nietzsche has been subject to that misinterpretation:

1)Bad English translations for the better part of the first 60 years after his death. The Kaufmann translations arestill the best today and did not come out until 1966, and previous translationswere horrendous at best.

2) The Nazis took Germany's most famous (or infamous) philosopher and used him to their advantage, much as his sister did. The overman is not a biological evolution of man. To say NIetzsche was a darwinist makes little sense given the doctrine of eternal recurrance.

If you read 'Thus Spoke Zarathustra' and 'Beyond Good and Evil' (his two principle works) there is no hint of either fascism or anti-semitism, although there are strong strains of hatred for christianity and misogyny.

Had to say how very much I agree with you. Haven't come across better philosophical works.

Perennial ~ has a ring of eternity in it (~the fancy part), and is typically used for plants (~the personal part). :tongue:

[hypnagogue]

Hypnagogue was inspired by hypnagogic imagery, that strange, dreamy and wonderful state of consciousness halfway between sleep and wakefulness. I tend to experience it fairly often and fairly vividly. I wanted to go for a noun-ish form of the word, and hypnagogue sounded right and also vaguely sounds like synagogue, hence faintly evocative of a sort of temple or alter place devoted to an interesting type of consciousness. (But that was obvious, right? :biggrin:)

It was only later that I found that hypnagogue is actually a word meaning "a drug or an agent that induces sleep." Hopefully my posts aren't so boring that I actually have this effect on readers! :tongue:

[Les Sleeth]

Oh yes, Paul Newman, a wonderful actor..... :rofl:

That's what happens en you read too much Nietzsche . . . brain gets fried. :bugeye:

[Les Sleeth]

Hypnagogue was inspired by hypnagogic imagery, that strange, dreamy and wonderful state of consciousness halfway between sleep and wakefulness.

I get some of my best insights in that state, especially after struggling to understand something for several days.


(But that was obvious, right? :biggrin:)

No way. Your name along with Fliption's (and now honestrosewater :confused: what's DIShonest rosewater, rosehip water?) were totally strange to me. Thanks for clearing that one up!

[Clausius2]

That's what happens en you read too much Nietzsche . . . brain gets fried. :bugeye:


:rofl: My fried brain has nothing to do with Nietzsche... :rofl:

It is this forum what is frying me.... :rofl:

Marlon....Newman...

Marlon....Pacino....

Marlon....Ford

Marlon....Nicholson....

Hmmmm......

Marlon...Brindis? :rofl:

I don't know.... :zzz:

[Les Sleeth]

:rofl: My fried brain has nothing to do with Nietzsche... :rofl:

It is this forum what is frying me.... :rofl:

Marlon....Newman...

Marlon....Pacino....

Marlon....Ford

Marlon....Nicholson....

Hmmmm......

Marlon...Brindis? :rofl:

I don't know.... :zzz:

I see you've been doing a little Marlon fishing. But no silly, it's Marlon Perkins! :smile:

[hypnagogue]

No way. Your name along with Fliption's (and now honestrosewater :confused: what's DIShonest rosewater, rosehip water?) were totally strange to me. Thanks for clearing that one up!

Yeah, now that you mention it, I've always wondered particularly about the inspiration behind both Fliption and honestrosewater too. Great idea for a thread!

[honestrosewater]

Fine, but you asked for it :shy: Old, long story short-
I hung up some roses to dry and started to throw out the water they had been living/dying in, but it had the most beautiful aroma so I wanted to do something useful with it. After a few days of not finding any use for it, I dumped it out on the lawn and decided to use it as my pen name- Rosewater. Of course, it does have symbolic meaning, but we don't have all day.

A few years later, I wanted to change my (real, legal) name and decided on Honest as a first name (as in self-honesty, intellectual honesty- the most crucial trait of someone seeking the truth). Naturally, I chose Rosewater as a last name, but (thankfully?) couldn't decide on a middle name so I never changed it.
____
Of course, dumping it on the lawn was useful, but that's part of the point. Okay, I'll shut up.

[marlon]

One of my favorite actors, and On the Waterfront is my all-time favorite movie.

I can only agree...

i know it is a cliché but may i add The Godfather ???

Brando really makes up that movie although Pacino comes close...Part 3 is my favourite when it comes to the plot...

regards
marlon

I also could have chosen Jack as a nickname...especially as a tribute to Nicholson in A few good man...YOU CAN'T HANDLE THE TRUTH...

regards
Jack...or Marlon...or Al...or Robert...aahh what should i take...

Perhaps i will be needing several accounts here :wink:

[Les Sleeth]

Fine, but you asked for it :shy: Old, long story short-
I hung up some roses to dry and started to throw out the water they had been living/dying in, but it had the most beautiful aroma so I wanted to do something useful with it. After a few days of not finding any use for it, I dumped it out on the lawn and decided to use it as my pen name- Rosewater. Of course, it does have symbolic meaning, but we don't have all day.

A few years later, I wanted to change my (real, legal) name and decided on Honest as a first name (as in self-honesty, intellectual honesty- the most crucial trait of someone seeking the truth). Naturally, I chose Rosewater as a last name, but (thankfully?) couldn't decide on a middle name so I never changed it.
____
Of course, dumping it on the lawn was useful, but that's part of the point. Okay, I'll shut up.

Wow, you've joined the ranks of Tribdog and Boulderhead for stories, though no one can measure up to Mooning Bare. I don't suppose you'd care to share why you wanted to change your (legal) name?

P.S.

I thought I saw you sign your name as Rachael??? Honestly now Rosewater! :biggrin:

[honestrosewater]

I don't suppose you'd care to share why you wanted to change your (legal) name?
Youth, asserting my independence, maybe a little symbolic disconnect from the not-so-wonderful-past. I also didn't like using my real name when writing, so it grew out of getting used to a pen name. Who knows, I might still change my name if I could think of the perfect middle name, or decide to go without one. Maybe I should make Rachel my middle name.
I thought I saw you sign your name as Rachael??? Honestly now Rosewater! :biggrin:
Yep, my name is Rachel. I never changed (any of) my name(s). That's not funny. ( :biggrin: )

[BobG]

I see you've been doing a little Marlon fishing. But no silly, it's Marlon Perkins! :smile:

That would have been my guess.

Marlin Perkins and his Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom was great. It used to come on right before Walt Disney, another great classic (at least Walt Disney was still alive).

My name is just a protest. I hate it when you reach the part of the party where everyone thinks it would be cute to start saying everyone's name backwards. From that point on, when someone starts to talk to me, their smile turns to a sympathetic frown and they say, "Aaw... Gee, Bob ...."

[Les Sleeth]

Who knows, I might still change my name if I could think of the perfect middle name, or decide to go without one. Maybe I should make Rachel my middle name

Well, everyone's heard of Honest Abe, and since you are of the female persuasion, maybe your name could be: Honest Babe Rosewater!

No wait, how about: Honest Lee Rosewater.

Honest Tea Rosewater?

Honest Injun Rosewater? (Just trying to be helpful o:) )

[honestrosewater]

My name is just a protest. I hate it when you reach the part of the party where everyone thinks it would be cute to start saying everyone's name backwards. From that point on, when someone starts to talk to me, their smile turns to a sympathetic frown and they say, "Aaw... Gee, Bob ...."
Look on the bright side, at least you weren't named Poop. That would be extra bad. :tongue2:

[honestrosewater]

Who can guess Les' middle name(s)?

Les N.
Les B. N.
Les Bo
Les Izmore (okay, I stole that)
Les Rantilles
Les Rove Tweevils
??? :tongue2:

[Gokul43201]

Who can guess Les' middle name(s)?

Les N.
Les B. N.
Les Bo
Les Izmore (okay, I stole that)
Les Rantilles
Les Rove Tweevils
??? :tongue2:

Les "Say Faire" Sleeth
Les "Sir Oftoo Evils" Sleeth

[Les Sleeth]

Who can guess Les' middle name(s)?

Les Bo:


That'd be lez bo

You know Honest Babe, you and Gokul are not showing very much respect to the Philosophy Guru. Aren't you supposed to be genuflecting, or kissing my butt, or something similar? :cry:

[The Bob]

Mine name makes sense. I am THE ONE AND ONLY BOB (MWHAHAHAHAHAHA <-- Evil Laugh). I got a vote in the funniest PF awards and I didn't even know they had happened until today. It is like having your birthday and then realising you are 30 and not 29. I can see that happening in the future to me.

The Bob (2004 ©)

P.S. Who voted for me??? :blushing:

[BoulderHead]

That'd be lez bo
Lol, this is what I asked you about in my first post but never got an answer (I think the answer must be yes).

As to the honestrosewater username I confess it was only recently I took time to figure it out. I was content to let pattern association sort it out for me and what I thought the name meant was horse-drawn-to-water. :redface:

[Hurkyl]

You know Honest Babe, you and Gokul are not showing very much respect to the Philosophy Guru. Aren't you supposed to be genuflecting, or kissing my butt, or something similar?

Gokul's just demonstrating his community spirit. o:)

[Les Sleeth]

Mine name makes sense. I am THE ONE AND ONLY BOB (MWHAHAHAHAHAHA <-- Evil Laugh). I got a vote in the funniest PF awards and I didn't even know they had happened until today. It is like having your birthday and then realising you are 30 and not 29. I can see that happening in the future to me.

The Bob (2004 ©)

P.S. Who voted for me??? :blushing:

For some reason your name reminds me of that Cialis commercial where they go, "This is Bob! Bob has a big new swing in his walk . . . "

Was that you?

[Les Sleeth]

Lol, this is what I asked you about in my first post but never got an answer (I think the answer must be yes).

Very funny . . . I can see you really were crushed by my comments about your head being volcanic. If you ever call me Lez I'll report you (to somebody!! :grumpy: )

As to the honestrosewater username I confess it was only recently I took time to figure it out. I was content to let pattern association sort it out for me and what I thought the name meant was horse-drawn-to-water. :redface:

At least you made words out of it. My mind kept seeing hones -trosewater . . . I was thinking "is it a guy or gal?" (BTW, I think when people register Greg should REQUIRE people state their gender so straight guys don't mistakenly think Saint is cute.) "Hones" sort of reminded me of big cahones (sp ?), but trosewater seemed feminine. A space would have been nice Honest!

[BoulderHead]

I even thought horse-drawn-to-water alluded to the difficulty in making people see a valid point.

Very funny . . . I can see you really were crushed by my comments about your head being volcanic. If you ever call me Lez I'll report you (to somebody!! )
Haha, still you won't answer! Just for that I'm removing my username story and demand you delete reference to it in your own post, hmmph!

[honestrosewater]

That'd be lez bo
Okay, if you say so, lez bo. :tongue2:
You know Honest Babe, you and Gokul are not showing very much respect to the Philosophy Guru. Aren't you supposed to be genuflecting, or kissing my butt, or something similar? :cry:
We tease because we love (to tease you). Sorry, I can't help it. I'll start genuflecting as soon as I look it up.
What do you want from me anyway? I'm a horse with big cojones. That's not something a girl likes to hear more than once.

I think it's time to tease someone else. Preferably a mentor.

[BoulderHead]

I'm a horse with big cojones.
Oh, but what lovely cojones they must be! :!!)

[franznietzsche]

I'm going to delete that horrible horrible image from my brain now, thank you.

[Math Is Hard]

At least you made words out of it. My mind kept seeing hones -trosewater . . . I was thinking "is it a guy or gal?" (BTW, I think when people register Greg should REQUIRE people state their gender so straight guys don't mistakenly think Saint is cute.)

Naaahhh... straight guys hitting on Saint would be funny... though slightly IMMORAL. :wink:

[Les Sleeth]

Naaahhh... straight guys hitting on Saint would be funny... though slightly IMMORAL. :wink:

Well, I hate to confess that for a long time his avatar combined with his name had me believing he was a she. I felt more fatherly and understanding when he was a she. :blushing:

[Math Is Hard]

I hope you will feel "fatherly" towards me, Les. The major I am going into is philosophy-intensive, so I will probably be seeking your advice a great deal over the next couple of years.

oh, the etymology of my name has to do with my junkie-like calculator/spreadsheet-dependence. (I am getting much better at figuring by hand, though.)

[Les Sleeth]

I hope you will feel "fatherly" towards me, Les. The major I am going into is philosophy-intensive, so I will probably be seeking your advice a great deal over the next couple of years.

oh, the etymology of my name has to do with my junkie-like calculator/spreadsheet-dependence. (I am getting much better at figuring by hand, though.)

Absolutely. Any time I can be of assistance don't hesitate to ask. :smile:

Speaking of calculators, when I was in college I used a slide rule. In my sophmore year, the first calculator came out, and I remember someone who paid $120 for what banks give away for free today!

[BobG]

Wow, two subjects near and dear to my heart back to back: finger counting and slide rules.

(I am getting much better at figuring by hand, though.)
Speaking of calculators, when I was in college I used a slide rule. In my sophmore year, the first calculator came out, and I remember someone who paid $120 for what banks give away for free today!
One of my favorite slide rules:
http://www.sphere.bc.ca/test/ted/p-1460versalogvariant2%20back.jpg

[Les Sleeth]

One of my favorite slide rules:
http://www.sphere.bc.ca/test/ted/p-1460versalogvariant2%20back.jpg

That's a nice one . . . so that's what a Hemmi is, I thought maybe you were talking about a Dodge engine. :smile: I still have a very cool little Pickett slide rule. I recently gave my big one away to a young man impressed with it.

[The Bob]

Was that you?
That was not me but I will ask my otehr personality..........(walks off to ask his otehr persaonlity (that half a banana again))..............(returns)..... he says that it was not him either so sorry, it was neither of us.

The Bob (2004 ©)

[enigma]

Why did I pick 'enigma'?

It is one of the coolest words ever created by man. Describes me perfectly. All my life people have either thought I was a complete idiot or have been terrified of me until they actually spoke to me. I actually perpetuated the image because I generally like to be left alone. Can you blame them though?

Picture if you will, an 18 year old enigma: Dressed entirely in black. Big hippie stomping boots, black jeans (progressed to black slacks in my early 20s), black band shirt (progressed to dark sweaters/button down shirts), big black leather motorcycle jacket, long dirty blonde hair w/ undercuts (for those that don't know, they look like this (http://thadoomlord.home.att.net/undercut_copy.gif). Not me. Mine go up about 4" higher... more like this (http://www.wellcoolstuff.com/Merchant2/graphics/00000001/newstead.gif)), earring... oh yeah. And I knew how to do calculus in my head. Not a big accomplishment in this group, but caused most of the general populace to do a doubletake. Only a little has changed since then. Still have the hair. Still have the boots. Still have the jacket. Don't wear black quite as often. Oh. And I know how do design and size rockets now. Yeh. I'm an enigma unless you know me.

EDIT:

Right... remembered that there's evidence of me (in my more polished state) on the web:

Joking around after we won a competition (http://spacecraft.ssl.umd.edu/academics/484S04/ENAE484S04/040430.RASC-AL.15.jpg)

Only looking a little sunburned... avert your eyes ladies... this one's from the front (http://spacecraft.ssl.umd.edu/academics/484S04/ENAE484S04/040430.RASC-AL.13.jpg)

[Moonbear]

I must have missed your pictures before Enigma! You're a cutie! How could anyone be afraid of you? You look exactly how I pictured a rocket scientist would look. :biggrin:

[Nereid]

So what's the avatar enigma? In your present environment (I assume some leading astronautic company or university dept), do you still utterly perplex folk by being able to do calculus in your head?

[Les Sleeth]

Only looking a little sunburned... avert your eyes ladies... this one's from the front (http://spacecraft.ssl.umd.edu/academics/484S04/ENAE484S04/040430.RASC-AL.13.jpg)

All I can say is, I just can't believe you knew Jerry Seinfeld!

[enigma]

The ability to do calculus in my head has dwindled a bit with time (plus the difficulty of the problems requires pen and paper now). The avatar is left over from PF2.0. It was the only one which truly fit me. Businessman with bat wings.

Jerry Seinfeld?

[Les Sleeth]

Jerry Seinfeld?

Look at the face that greets us here:

Only looking a little sunburned... avert your eyes ladies... this one's from the front (http://spacecraft.ssl.umd.edu/academics/484S04/ENAE484S04/040430.RASC-AL.13.jpg)

[Astronuc]

It's probably obvious, but Astronuc = Astronuclear.

It's based on probably the most interesting work that I have done - nuclear propulsion for spacecraft - particularly for manned missions to Mars. I thought we'd be there by now. Oh, well - may be someday. :wink:

Still keep my foot in the door. :cool:

[Evo]

I wanted to extend a belated welcome to General Discussion Astronuc. You're an asset to PF!

[enigma]

Look at the face that greets us here:

Only looking a little sunburned... avert your eyes ladies... this one's from the front (http://spacecraft.ssl.umd.edu/academics/484S04/ENAE484S04/040430.RASC-AL.13.jpg)

I only see myself and four people who I spent practically every waking hour with for almost a semester working on the project you see on the three posters behind us.

[Clausius2]

Look at the face that greets us here:

Only looking a little sunburned... avert your eyes ladies... this one's from the front (http://spacecraft.ssl.umd.edu/academics/484S04/ENAE484S04/040430.RASC-AL.13.jpg)

Which of them? There are many of them that look sunburned....I bet for the second on the left, right?

[honestrosewater]

Which of them? There are many of them that look sunburned....I bet for the second on the left, right?

Enigma is the guy with
long dirty blonde hair w/ undercuts

Les' Seinfeld look-alike is on your left.

[enigma]

She (standing on my left as I was in the picture) certainly doesn't look like Seinfeld.

He (on the left looking at the picture) doesn't look like Seinfeld, does he? Well... maybe a little.

[Moonbear]

She (standing on my left as I was in the picture) certainly doesn't look like Seinfeld.

He (on the left looking at the picture) doesn't look like Seinfeld, does he? Well... maybe a little.

A little, but just his smile really. It sure wasn't a striking resemblance.

You, on the other hand, are the cutest of the bunch! Is it too late to accept that marriage proposal? :biggrin: I'm baking cookies tonight, lots of cookies.

[franznietzsche]

A little, but just his smile really. It sure wasn't a striking resemblance.

You, on the other hand, are the cutest of the bunch! Is it too late to accept that marriage proposal? :biggrin: I'm baking cookies tonight, lots of cookies.


Mmmmm cookies. :cool:

[Moonbear]

Mmmmm cookies. :cool:

Yep, one of my friends is having a "cookie exchange" party tomorrow afternoon. She asked everyone to bring a dozen cookies. I warned her I can't stop at just a dozen. I think I have at least 5 dozen cookies! I have snickerdoodles, pepper-spice cookies (also known as pfefferneussen...if I spelled that at all close to correctly), almond crescents, and kifli. I have to turn my office upside down...I've lost my favorite recipe and I know it's somewhere in there! I have one for mocha cookies that I then dip in semisweet chocolate and roll in hazelnuts...yum! They're pretty quick to bake, so if I can find the recipe by morning, I'll bring those too (everyone always requests them once they've had them, so I know they are hoping for them again).

I have plenty of extras! *sends cookies to everyone* Enjoy!

[Kerrie]

wow, many posts to this topic so fast!

my real name is skorpiano, but i use kerrie as an alias...

[Les Sleeth]

my real name is skorpiano, but i use kerrie as an alias...

Is that really true, or are you just doing a bit of horoscope humor? :smile:

[Kerrie]

actually les, when i first joined PF, my user name was skorpiano. i got tired of everyone asking me what my name meant...

[Moonbear]

actually les, when i first joined PF, my user name was skorpiano. i got tired of everyone asking me what my name meant...

I guess you didn't have the Scorpio avatar at the time to clue them in? :wink:

[Kerrie]

I guess you didn't have the Scorpio avatar at the time to clue them in? :wink:

i did actually :tongue2: but many don't know what the glyphs mean.

[BobG]

I was kind of disappointed that the number 42 didn't explain his PF name. He's obviously a Lewis Carroll fan, but that still doesn't provide an answer.

Is his name for the King's Rule 42, "the oldest rule in the book", or Rule 42 of the Naval Code (as regards Snark hunting), or the amount of time it takes an underground gravity train to complete one of its trips (at least, according to Lewis Carroll).

Or does his name refer to when the Mad Hatter invited the March Hare to Tea for Two and Two for Tea, and then became annoyed when Alice showed up For Tea Too.

[enigma]

The number 42 is the answer to life, the universe, and everything, according to "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy".

The problem of course is you don't know what the question was.

[enigma]

You, on the other hand, are the cutest of the bunch! Is it too late to accept that marriage proposal? :biggrin: I'm baking cookies tonight, lots of cookies.

Hrmm... so you like long haired dorks, do you?

*ponders*

*plots*

[BobG]

The number 42 is the answer to life, the universe, and everything, according to "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy".

The problem of course is you don't know what the question was.
Wasn't the question in the "Restaraunt at the end of the Universe"? (although I probably butchered the title).

That just proves Douglas Adams is as big a Lewis Carroll fan as the number 42.

[Math Is Hard]

Hrmm... so you like long haired dorks, do you?

*ponders*

*plots*

doesn't everyone? :!!)

[Moonbear]

Hrmm... so you like long haired dorks, do you?

*ponders*

*plots*

Hair length doesn't matter to me, as long as my guy doesn't have hair longer than mine (don't worry, you'd have to have it all the way down to your butt to accomplish that). It just has to suit the face it surrounds. Some guys look their best all clean-cut with short hair, and some are perfect for the long-haired look, and some are so adorably sexy with a little 5 o'clock shadow!

I'm sure you're not a dork, just a geek. :biggrin: Geeks are the new cool, at least according to me. :approve:

[Les Sleeth]

Hair length doesn't matter to me, as long as my guy doesn't have hair longer than mine (don't worry, you'd have to have it all the way down to your butt to accomplish that). It just has to suit the face it surrounds. Some guys look their best all clean-cut with short hair, and some are perfect for the long-haired look, and some are so adorably sexy with a little 5 o'clock shadow!

I'm sure you're not a dork, just a geek. :biggrin: Geeks are the new cool, at least according to me. :approve:

Could this be a love connection? :!!)

[Les Sleeth]

Here's a member's name I just noticed: E=penisC^2

Dare we ask?

[Math Is Hard]

Here's a member's name I just noticed: E=penisC^2

Dare we ask?

reminds me of that limerick about the man named Frisk. You'll have to PM me if you want to know the rest :wink:

[cronxeh]

By The Powers of Necromancy and Forum CPR invested in me, I resurrect this thread!

cronxeh..

well actually I usually use cronx
cronx - cron tab daemon in unix + x window system.. cronx. I also used crony - croNY or cronz for consistancy.. so I had 3 bots - cronx, crony, and cronz. I know its nerdy but there you go.

[JamesU]

I only chose my name because I'm a sarchastic SOB :smile:

[Danger]

By The Powers of Necromancy and Forum CPR invested in me, I resurrect this thread!

cronxeh..

well actually I usually use cronx

Thanks. It's only taken about 2 hours out of my evening to read it, but it was worthwhile. I'm glad to see that I've been pronouncing your name properly, if only in my head.
There's no mystery to my name. I didn't realize that there was a fun side to this site until Brewnog corrupted me, so I registered with my normal name. Just about everybody in town knows me as Danny Danger, or Dr. Danger, or just Danger, and it's what I use for putting on pinball scoreboards or whatnot. If I'd known that comedic entries were allowed, I probably would have used my favourite pen name: Julian Stumpwart.

[mapper]

I use to make oil and gas field title mapping applications. You give the coordinates and other params and it would print it off to a plotter. The service name in windows the .exe ran under was mapper.exe. I also make maps for video games. Mostly with worldcraft/valve hammer editor. For counterstrike, hl etc.. My friend started calling me mapper and ive pretty much been that ever since. On most forums and email addy's.

Sometimes im Digitalblast on forums though. Thats just a name i made up one night.

[brewnog]

I didn't realize that there was a fun side to this site until Brewnog corrupted me...


I'd like to think 'enlightened' would be a better word to use.

However, I'd be wrong.

[Danger]

I'd like to think 'enlightened' would be a better word to use.

However, I'd be wrong.
:biggrin: :devil:

[infidel]

At the risk of getting back on topic...

Mine's pretty straightforward. I'm an atheist and I thought it was a cool name. Also at the time I picked it I was getting into Bob Dylan's "Infidels" album. :smile: I use it everywhere I post on the web now.

[Ouabache]

Uhh ohhhh two back on topic, anyone wanna try for a hat trick?? http://www.deephousepage.com/smilies/spinning.gif

Mine is the French spelling of a river that flows by my alma mater.
(austin zitro, Macgyver and pattylou should spot this right away)

"Oh, the moonlight's fair tonight along the ......"

[bomba923]

I'd like my user name to: Scyllitol

(*my favorite organic chemical, its really
just 1,3,5/2,4,6-hexahydroxycyclohexane)
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Anyway, Bomba923 is just a friend's AIM screenname
Intently it translates to Russian; as you guessed,
it means: "BOMB!"
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Back in October 2004, I should
have signed up as Scyllitol :biggrin:

[EnumaElish]

(I found out there were some websites dedicated to me by people I did not know :surprised ), CLEAN websites, no kinky stuffYou mustn't have seen my shrine dedicated to ye Goddess of dirt and kinkiness. :smile:

I meant, Goddess of perfume and scothiness.
*Goes back to read the rest of the thread.*

[EnumaElish]

I was kind of disappointed that the number 42 didn't explain his PF name. He's obviously a Lewis Carroll fan, but that still doesn't provide an answer.

Is his name for the King's Rule 42, "the oldest rule in the book", or Rule 42 of the Naval Code (as regards Snark hunting), or the amount of time it takes an underground gravity train to complete one of its trips (at least, according to Lewis Carroll).

Or does his name refer to when the Mad Hatter invited the March Hare to Tea for Two and Two for Tea, and then became annoyed when Alice showed up For Tea Too.Isn't 42 the answer to "everything and the universe"?

[EnumaElish]

Mine rhymes with username.I thought it was an oblique reference to Malcolm X. (Signifiers have multiple signifieds waiting to be deconstructed.)

[z-component]

Very cool thread!

When I first discovered PF, I wanted to use the nickname I traditionally used on the Internet, but, like Moonbear, I thought a change was necessary. My old nickname was prefixed with the letter "z," which always did (and probably still will) remain a part of all of my nicknames for some reason. So, after thinking of some physics terms, I thought of "z-component," the vector component of the z-axis for 3D space. I liked it because it was both original and appropriate for a physics forum.

However, ZapperZ calls me "the orthogonal component of x and y" instead... :P

[Townsend]

I thought of "z-component," the vector component of the z-axis for 3D space.

In that case I would have went with k hat...........
:smile:

[EnumaElish]

I came across the myth of Enuma (http://www.sacred-texts.com/ane/enuma.htm) Elish (http://www.mindspring.com/~mysticgryphon/enuma.htm) in a couple of books by Karen (http://www.randomhouse.com/modernlibrary/karmstrong.html) Armstrong (http://www.powells.com/authors/armstrong.html).

[EnumaElish]

That just proves Douglas Adams is as big a Lewis Carroll fan as the number 42.Or it proves that ol' Doug thought it'd be pretty much all over when one hits 42 (as in, years old). (Over the hill.)

[EnumaElish]

oh, the etymology of my name has to do with my junkie-like calculator/spreadsheet-dependence. (I am getting much better at figuring by hand, though.)Have you tried an abacus? More fun than a calc, more versatile than the digits.

[Gale]

my name is uninteresting, Gale is the last half of my first name, abigale. I like it cause its the part of my name thats spelled funny, and i hate the name 'abby' though thats what everyone calls me. 17 was the age i wished i was when i joined... 3 years ago... i'm actually really sick of being 17 now...

(18 in 9 days!!!!!)

[EnumaElish]

my name is uninteresting, Gale is the last half of my first name, abigale. I like it cause its the part of my name thats spelled funny, and i hate the name 'abby' though thats what everyone calls me. 17 was the age i wished i was when i joined... 3 years ago... i'm actually really sick of being 17 now...

(18 in 9 days!!!!!)We will call you Gale17, never Abby. In 9 days, happy birthday, Gale17! Ready for life's responsibilities that come with 18 years of age? :smile:

[Tom Mattson]

Wow, someone revived this old thread. I don't think I ever answered, so here goes.

Well, in case you hadn't guessed, I'm just using my real name. PF was the first message board I've ever joined, so I didn't even know to pick a wacky handle. But I wasn't so brave at first, and so I spent the first 2 years or so at PF as simply "Tom". Then I got more comfortable here and asked Greg change my userid to my first + last name, just like Russ Watters, Fred Garvin and Space Tiger (wish my mom and dad had given me a name that cool :biggrin: ).

Actually, I wondered for a while if Fred Garvin is in fact that member's real name. When I first saw it I thought it was a subtle reference to an old Dan Aykroyd character from SNL. I watched him for a while to see if he was going to spam the site with porn. Happily, it didn't work out that way, and I'm thinking that the name thing was just a big coincidence.

For fun, try Googling "Fred Garvin Dan Aykroyd" and you'll probably see what I mean. :biggrin:

[EnumaElish]

"Space Tiger" is his real name? No freaking way![Backspace][Backspace][Backspace][Backspace] [Backspace][Backspace][Backspace][Backspace][Backspace][Backspace][Backspace][Backspace] [Backspace][Backspace]I mean, how nice! :smile:

Now I wouldn't be surprised a whole lot if his avatar turns out to be his actual photo!

[Gale]

We will call you Gale17, never Abby. In 9 days, happy birthday, Gale17! Ready for life's responsibilities that come with 18 years of age? :smile:

ugh, you know the only thing worse than the name abby, is when people capitalize it *shudder* but sides, only my real friends call me abby, not pfers. heh.

actually, i want to change my name after my birthday methinks... greg makes that stuff happen right? i'll pm him sometime. i don't want to be thought of as 17 when i'm FINALLY not!

[EnumaElish]

actually, i want to change my name after my birthday methinks... greg makes that stuff happen right? i'll pm him sometime. i don't want to be thought of as 17 when i'm FINALLY not!Yeah, how about Gale18 with an option to add +1 with each October?

[Mk]

wow, many posts to this topic so fast!

my real name is skorpiano, but i use kerrie as an alias...
Uhm... me too.

[Math Is Hard]

Have you tried an abacus? More fun than a calc, more versatile than the digits.
ooh, I love abaci! I'd really like to try to make one - maybe carve it out of wood and use some semiprecious stones for the beads. :smile:
I was just at the King Tut exhibit and seeing all those beautifully-crafted treasures was inspiring. Even the very simple, functional things were such ornate works of art!

[EnumaElish]

ooh, I love abaci! I'd really like to try to make one - maybe carve it out of wood and use some semiprecious stones for the beads. :smile: I thought of making one out of cloth hangers and beads (clothespins being the inferior alternative, although they'd work too). Sadly I never came across a cloth hanger having 10 rows.

[Evo]

(18 in 9 days!!!!!)No way, the child of Evo will be 18 in 10 days. We're going to have to have a two day PF blow out!!!!!! :approve:

(I was only 5 years old when she was born...really!!!)

[Math Is Hard]

No way, the child of Evo will be 18 in 10 days. We're going to have to have a two day PF blow out!!!!!! :approve:

(I was only 5 years old when she was born...really!!!)
You married way too young, Evo! Must have been arranged.

[Evo]

You married way too young, Evo! Must have been arranged.Yeah, old traditions die hard. :uhh: :biggrin: Man, kids grow up way too fast. :frown:

[Hercule Poirot]

I was reading a series of crime novels by agatha christi at the time when I registred in PF

probably that was a hasty impulse for I am not quite the smart detective as my PF name suggests but for me I think that I share this trait with the main character in that we don't jump into "obvious" conclusions! (Yes, I like to reflect a lot and look at things from different angles and possiblities)

[arildno]

I was reading a series of crime novels by agatha christi at the time when I registred in PF
What a surprize!

If I were to choose like this, I haven't quite found out whether I would have ended up with Lord Wimsey (Whimsy?) or Miss Marple..

[Hercule Poirot]

What a surprize!

If I were to choose like this, I haven't quite found out whether I would have ended up with Lord Wimsey (Whimsy?) or Miss Marple..ha ha, but that depends on what you were doing in your life or what was that your were mainly concerned with at the time (the day, the week, or the month) you registred in PF, :rolleyes:
For me, Christi's novels were the first things I turned to after 4 years in university of engineering. Also, forgot to mention that I was born in Belgium (though I am not a belgian myself) so there is a particular bond to this character

[JamesU]

No way, the child of Evo will be 18 in 10 days. We're going to have to have a two day PF blow out!!!!!! :approve:

YAY! 2 CAKES!

(I was only 5 years old when she was born...really!!!)
I'm not that surprised, I thought that was a sisterhood requierment

[Tom Mattson]

ooh, I love abaci!


Um, it's "abacuses" dear. :rofl:

[EnumaElish]

Um, it's "abacuses" dear. :rofl:If alumni is plural for alumnus, and octopi is plural for octopus, why isn't abaci same for abacus?

[Tom Mattson]

T'was a joke.

[Math Is Hard]

I'll go ask Arildno. He seems to be quite the expert on plural forms these days! :biggrin:

[fourier jr]

Has anybody besides me wondered about some of the names chosen for one's PF ID?

in case anyone has wondered...
http://www-groups.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/~history/Mathematicians/Fourier.html
(everyone on this forum should know who that guy was, except maybe the biologists & philosophers)

[Ouabache]

in case anyone has wondered...
http://www-groups.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/~history/Mathematicians/Fourier.html
(everyone on this forum should know who that guy was, except maybe the biologists & philosophers)

Yup, knew that one.. With that user name, we have high expectations of your posts. :smile:

As a paper for college, I wrote one that delved a bit into Fourier's biogr.. for example, his formulating the concepts of his "Fourier Series" while posted along the Nile (Egypt), in the commission of Napoleon's Army. For the appendix of the paper, I worked out the Fourier Transform of several useful functions commonly found in engineering. Pretty cool, being able to get some math credit for writing an historical account. :cool:

[NewScientist]

i'm 'new' to 'science' and also think I'm a bit of a 'scientist' oh and theirs a magazine so i though ooooo snazzy woird play