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Your nickname, and you.

Kurt_Godel
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Posted 08/06/08 - 01:01 PM: Subject: Your nickname, and you.	#1
Feel free to answer any or all of the below: What does your nickname mean? - Namesake of the Austrian mathematician who gave the famous Incompleteness Theorem Why did you choose it? - Coz Godel was da bomb, even acc to Einstein. How old are you? - 20s. Male or Female? - wtf? What does my nickname tell you? Where at? NY Any additional details/interesting facts? Too many to list, but here's one: I travel 55 miles over 2 bridges across 3 islands for 1.5 hours each way everyday to work. I am seriously considering purchasing lottery tickets on a large scale and regular basis. Edited by Kurt_Godel on 08/08/08 - 01:03 PM

kkiiji
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Posted 08/06/08 - 01:06 PM:	#2
Name means: Nothing, a mere random fluactuation of letters coming together to form my lack of identity. Why did I choose it: I was like 12 when I chose it, I really don't remember why. How old: 21 Sex: Male Additional details: I literately have no friends, and am very proud of it.
Heard joke once: Man goes to doctor. Says he's depressed. Says life seems harsh and cruel. Says he feels all alone in a threatening world where what lies ahead is vague and uncertain. Doctor says "Treatment is simple. Great clown Pagliacci is in town tonight. Go and see him. That should pick you up." Man bursts into tears. Says "But Doctor... I am Pagliacci." Good joke, everybody laugh. Roll on snare drum... Curtains.

abba
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Posted 08/06/08 - 04:36 PM:	#3
Name means?: "Father" in Aramaic Hebrew. Why did I choose it?: On another forum, I changed nicks every 500 posts, using various languages for "Father". I finally stopped with abba. It hopefully reflects my judeo-christian belief. I have 3 children and 8 grandchildren. How old?: 67 Sex?: No thank you, I'm married. eta to comply with edited OP - Where at: Sarasota - where a lot of old farts end up. Additional details?: Click on my nick to see my profile. I currently work as a Medical Courier 3 days/week. Edited by abba on 08/09/08 - 05:14 AM

Cadrache
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Posted 08/06/08 - 06:38 PM:	#4
Name means?: Some character in a book. Why did I choose it? Maybe I didn't choose it. Personification of a specific thinking styling; though occasionally it lapses. The characters' basic single line summary is that this character dabbles in everything, and follows no-one since all leadership seems to be a lie. Age: 28 Sex? Male. Additional details? Um... brown hair. I also tend to talk it up about things that I do not have an education for.

unenlightened
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Posted 08/06/08 - 07:00 PM:	#5
It's in the dictionary, if you're not sure. To remind me. 56 male I have a double jointed thumb.
The observer is the observed. J Krishnamurti "Philosophy, to the Philistine, is an evolutionary process, watched over by some sort of brisk dynamic Providence, and culminating in the supreme insight of modern thought." John Cowper Powys

Maloy
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Posted 08/06/08 - 07:38 PM:	#6
What does your nickname mean? - Not much. It's what my last name would have been if my great grandfather didn't take on his step fathers name. Why did you choose it? - Always figured I'd use it as a pen name because it has a better ring to my ear. How old are you? - 35 Male or Female? - male Any additional details/interesting facts? - Not sure. I am a stage manager for some local promoters (music) when I'm able to work and am the primary care giver to my wife who is in the final stages of a very aggresive form of breast cancer. Probably not the best time to debate philosophy as you need your wits about you and my wits are rather frayed. I try my best not to label my beliefs as they are subject to change.
In the infinite library, there are no two identical books. -- The library of Babel. The only true nihilist is a dead nihilist.

Paul
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Posted 08/06/08 - 11:02 PM:	#7
What does your nickname mean? - an acronym for "Pointer to an Array of Unsigned Longs" Why did you choose it? - I love unsigned longs because they can represent an incredible amount of numbers, yet they're conceptually so simple, being just natural numbers. An array of them is obviously better than one. Yet the array itself would get hefty and wasteful, so I like the elegence of being a pointer to that array. No wasteful copying here, I can represent a ton of shared information in practically no space at all. How old are you? - 82 Male or Female? - tralfamadorean (no gender) Any additional details/interesting facts? - No.

Cuthbert
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Posted 08/06/08 - 11:08 PM:	#8
Kurt_Godel wrote: Any additional details/interesting facts? Too many to list, but here's one: I travel 55 miles over 2 bridges across 3 islands for 1.5 hours each way everyday to work. I am seriously considering purchasing lottery tickets on a large scale and regular basis. I don't know if this will make you feel any better but where I live 1.5 hours will get you about 10 miles if you're lucky.

Kelby
Cognitive Philosopher

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Posted 08/06/08 - 11:11 PM:	#9
What does your nickname mean? - It means I'm a philosopher who does cognitive science. Why did you choose it? - Because I am a philosopher who does cognitive science. How old are you? - 21 Male or Female? - male Any additional details/interesting facts? I'm greek........like Plato.
Embodied Cognition: http://www.iep.utm.edu/e/embodcog.htm#H2

Mech
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Posted 08/06/08 - 11:24 PM:	#10
Mech: An abbreviation of mechanism. Because it sounded cool. I don't age. Immortality and anti-aging skin care products are a wonderful asset. I can be awesome.
"Take the word of one immortal." - Disturbed "How could that be gay if im pretending you're a woman?" - Flight of the Conchords "Whose to know if your soul will fade at all" - Seether

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