Hatrack River Forum: HI!

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Posted by Alien Touring (Member # 9568) on :

Hmm, well, a friend of Myrddin Fyres here. Uh. I "borrowed" all her OSC books and then realized this forum was OSC related and decided to join or something. So hello! And now I shall get on with lurking... ::disappears:: <_<

>_>

Posted by Jeesh (Member # 9163) on :

Welcome to Hatrack!

Posted by MyrddinFyre (Member # 2576) on :

Hey, you posted! I can finally say I know someone OUTSIDE of the 'rack first. That should count for something, eh?

Posted by Noemon (Member # 1115) on :

Welcome! Myr is great, so I'm sure that any friend of hers will be a great addition to the forum.

Tell us a bit about yourself!

Posted by fugu13 (Member # 2859) on :

Fan of a certain CS great, by any chance?

Posted by Icarus (Member # 3162) on :

Hi there! I love your name! [Smile]

Posted by Alien Touring (Member # 9568) on :

fugu, not a chance, no, never, i am definitely not a big geek. :-D nice catch

Noemon, fugu already caught my big secret. Amazingly enough I think I am the one CS major who hadn't read Ender's Game. A major oversight on my part, it has been remedied thanks to Myr. Oh, and I like longs walks on the beach and candle ... uhm , wrong forum, sorry.

Myr, free cookie maybe?

Jeesh, thanks! Good to be here, I just hope my mouse button can handle all the reload clicking... you guys are fast!

Posted by Alien Touring (Member # 9568) on :

Icarus, thanks!

Posted by Jeesh (Member # 9163) on :

[Big Grin]

We see a new name and swarm to the thread.

Posted by Tatiana (Member # 6776) on :

Lol, I love your username! Welcome! Any friend of Myr's is a friend of all of us.

Posted by Kwea (Member # 2199) on :

Welcome. JenniK (my wife) and I have met Myr IRL, and she is really cool.

I hope you enjoy Hatrack. [Big Grin]

Posted by The Pixiest (Member # 1863) on :

*thinks Alien Touring is an AI and we're being subjected to an Alien Touring Test*

Posted by Alien Touring (Member # 9568) on :

Tatiana, thanks! Good to hear that, I was a little worried letting you guys know that I knew her at first ;-) ((I am so going to get punched for that))

Kwea, I would imagine so :-D

The Pixiest, will anyone ever know? ;-)

Posted by SteveRogers (Member # 7130) on :

French fries? *offers a plate of chili cheese fries*

Posted by Jeesh (Member # 9163) on :

Uh oh *backs away* I'm trying to get in shape

Posted by SteveRogers (Member # 7130) on :

They're not for you. They're for the new person. Geez, are you trying to take away my welcoming gift?

Posted by Jeesh (Member # 9163) on :

I'm trying to stay away from foods like that. I usually decide to steal them.

Posted by peterh (Member # 5208) on :

Salutations!

[Hat]

Posted by Bob_Scopatz (Member # 1227) on :

I think I met Alan Turing IRL, but I can't be certain.

Posted by Tante Shvester (Member # 8202) on :

quote:
Location: <_<
Occupation: >_>

Nice! Welcome aboard and have fun.

Posted by SteveRogers (Member # 7130) on :

I guess you don't want the Chili Cheese Fries?

*begins to retract fries*

Posted by Ela (Member # 1365) on :

Any friend of Myr's is a friend of ours. [Smile]

Posted by Dr Strangelove (Member # 8331) on :

Ah, the thoughts of solipsism. So ... unwanted right now. lol. But that's another story.

Welcome to Hatrack! [Hat]

Posted by Boris (Member # 6935) on :

Welcome. To your left is the room of a million tickles. To the right is the room of a million dobies. Choose wisely.

edit: Goes off to write a crappy landmark...

Posted by SteveRogers (Member # 7130) on :

And straight in front of you is a pedastal with a plate of Chili Cheese Fries sitting on it.

Posted by Alien Touring (Member # 9568) on :

SteveRogers: YES, Oh how I would devour Chili Cheese Fries at this moment. They would go quite fantastically with the Denny's mini cheese burgers and heartland scramble I just consumed. (Hence the delay in accepting your gift).

Bob: Pretty rad (meeting Alan Turing)!

Ela: Awesome, uh, I would return your wave in animated fashion but not knowing how (yet), I will simply describe how I would do it if I knew how ((I probably could have figured it out by now (there's no going back (nesting parens? I should be asleep)))), so good to meet you too!

peterh: Had I a hat, I would tip it back.

Dr. Strangelove: Solipsism eh? I once tried to argue to my philosophy professor that Solipsism was really a universal love type of thought, since in essence you argue that we are all one person and everything is unified... He didn't buy it.

Boris: Not knowing what dobies are, I guess I'd go with the million tickles.

Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :

If you use the Full Reply Form, the animated smilie options will be on the left.

Or you can click on Instant Graemlins, if you prefer the Quick Reply box.

In either case, [Wave]

Posted by Alien Touring (Member # 9568) on :

Tante: I appreciate your appreciation of my paranoia ;-) Public displays of information weird me out (google knows all). Glad to be aboard.

Posted by Alien Touring (Member # 9568) on :

rivka: [Party]

I'll resist the urge to act out a story using every single graemlin... must resist. ok resisted. i shall try to be responsible with my new found power. [Evil]

Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :

We had a thread like that . . . it might still be around here somewhere.

Posted by Bob_Scopatz (Member # 1227) on :

quote:
Bob: Pretty rad (meeting Alan Turing)!

Sorry, that was supposed to be a joke. He died 4 years before I was born.

Oh well, I guess it wasn't nearly as funny as I thought it was.

Posted by Bob_Scopatz (Member # 1227) on :

Arggh! I killed the thread.

Posted by Tatiana (Member # 6776) on :

AT, have you read Godel, Escher, Bach?

Posted by Alien Touring (Member # 9568) on :

Bob, I did finally get your joke, I felt silly for not getting it the first time.

Tatiana, not entirely. I have the book, but I've never made it directly though, I've delved into bits and pieces at different times. Some really fascinating stuff in it! What about you?

Posted by Tatiana (Member # 6776) on :

Yes! I <3 that book!

Posted by Tatiana (Member # 6776) on :

quote:
Originally posted by Bob_Scopatz:
I think I met Alan Turing IRL, but I can't be certain.

I still don't get it... ?

Posted by Bob_Scopatz (Member # 1227) on :

Alan Turing is famous for (among other things) describing what has become known as "the Turing test." Basically, his insight was that if a native speaker of a language, interacting with an unknown entity (we've secretly switched your normal customer service rep with a computer) can't tell whether he or she is talking to a person or a computer, then the computer has reached a level of artificial sentience that is is as close to the real thing as we could.

His test was devised for typed interactions, btw, but the idea goes forward from there to the idea that our criterion of "success" in AI would be that people couldn't tell if they were interacting with a computer or a person, as long as they couldn't touch/see/probe whoever is talking to them.

So...

I might have met Alan Turing...then again...

Posted by Tatiana (Member # 6776) on :

Okay, it was the IRL part that had me confused. [Smile]

Thanks for explaining.

Posted by Bob_Scopatz (Member # 1227) on :

Sure thing.

NOW is the joke funny?

I'm feeling very insecure about that joke.

Posted by Dr Strangelove (Member # 8331) on :

Don't worry Bob, I got it.

Posted by Bob_Scopatz (Member # 1227) on :

Really!?

You're not just saying that?

Posted by Dr Strangelove (Member # 8331) on :

Yeah, I really did! It brought a smile and a chuckle to me. In fact, it brings a smile and a chuckle to me now. [Smile]

. So yes, your humor is appreciated.

Posted by mr_porteiro_head (Member # 4644) on :

Tell me more about not just saying that.

Posted by ginette (Member # 852) on :

I laughed more about what you said in your posts after the joke Bob [Big Grin]

Ohh... and welcome AT:-)

Posted by Alien Touring (Member # 9568) on :

Bob, I have to admit, it's nice seeing someone else have to explain a joke as much as that. I feel your pain ;-)

Ginette, thanks! I'm feeling exceptionally welcome here; it's a pleasure.

Posted by Tatiana (Member # 6776) on :

[ROFL]

Bob, you're funnier when you're not funny than you are when you're funny, if that makes any sense!

Posted by Bob_Scopatz (Member # 1227) on :

[Hat]

Posted by SteveRogers (Member # 7130) on :

I dislike having to explain jokes. Especially math jokes. The few that I do tell are so grueling to explain.

Posted by Dr Strangelove (Member # 8331) on :

Explain the chilli cheese fries, Steve, if you consider that a joke. It's ... odd, but at the same time mildly amusing. However, I don't understand it at all. No suprise there, but since the subject has been broached...

Posted by SteveRogers (Member # 7130) on :

It's not a joke. It's just me being non-sensical. And I have no way to explain that.

Posted by Dr Strangelove (Member # 8331) on :

Well, randomness definately has a place in this world, and I respect that with a ... great deal of respect. Just wondered if there was some story behind it [Smile]

EDIT: grr ... top of the page. [Mad]

Posted by MrSquicky (Member # 1802) on :

Werner Heisenberg was speeding through Nevada to get to a physics conference on time. Sure enough, a cop pulls him over. He asks Heisenberg, "Do you know how fast you were going?" and Werner replies "No, but I know where I am."

Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :

>_<

Posted by MrSquicky (Member # 1802) on :

There's at least three iterations of that joke. I leave the other two up to the reader as an exercise.

Posted by Alien Touring (Member # 9568) on :

Speaking of randomness:

How many kids with ADHD does it take to screw in a lightbulb?

Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :

Look, shiny!

Posted by Alien Touring (Member # 9568) on :

Where! Wanna go for a bike ride?

Posted by MyrddinFyre (Member # 2576) on :

::smacks forehead::