What's the Etymology of your PF Name?

[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.

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 back.jpg

 

[Les Sleeth]

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

That's a nice one . . . so that's what a Hemmi is, I thought maybe you were talking about a Dodge engine. 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 http://thadoomlord.home.att.net/undercut_copy.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

Only looking a little sunburned... avert your eyes ladies... this one's from the front

 

[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.

 

[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

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

 

[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.

Still keep my foot in the door.

 

[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

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

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? 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? I'm baking cookies tonight, lots of cookies.

Mmmmm cookies.

 

[Moonbear]

Mmmmm cookies.

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?

 

[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?

 

[Kerrie]

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

i did actually 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? 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? :!)