A Warm Fuzzy Glow

RoundyMooney · 08-02-2008 2:42am

orestes wrote: »

I would expect relationships, that's inevitable, but to think that the site is responsible for actual families is a bit surprising to me! But like I said, very cool!

I'm getting all soppy now, please excuse me for a moment to go down a can of beer in one go and then crush the can on my forehead!

LOL.

Oh yes, there have been relationships, and boards babies, and those are only the ones we're privy to.

AckwelFoley · 08-02-2008 2:47am

RoundyMooney wrote: »

Judging by your posts to date, neither is humour, lolocaust or otherwise, or boards in general.

Seriously now, less inanity and more a more constructive approach is the way to go.

If you judge post quality from lolocaust or humor sections you may be perhaps looking for the wrong places to pass judgment on me, perhaps its your sence of humor that needs adjusting. If you dont like lolocast.. dont go there.. if you object to the material i post there.. report it to the relevant authority.

If however you want to check for constructive input from me however feel free to take a peek in the Construction and DIY sections and political discussion.

I hope you dont mind if i dont take your critique of me seriously.

Nerin · 08-02-2008 2:53am

lol no fighting in the warm fuzzy thread.

DeVore · 08-02-2008 3:37am

Ah, I thought for a moment we were somewhere over the rainbow. Snyper try to be less.... omnipresent. WWMan stop baiting him.

Yes, we have several babies as a result of meeting on Boards. We also have a Mod-baby where two mods have had a kid making it some kind of uber Damian-seque devil-child bent on oppressing the world....

DeV.

Nerin · 08-02-2008 3:44am

We also have a Mod-baby where two mods have had a kid making it some kind of uber Damian-seque devil-child bent on oppressing the world....

so in about 10 - 15 years boards is in for an apocalyptic battle?
awesome

DeVore · 08-02-2008 4:09am

It will open one of its six mouths and sing the song that ends the Earth.

DeV.

Mr Magnolia · 08-02-2008 8:12am

We also have a Mod-baby where two mods have had a kid making it some kind of uber Damian-seque devil-child bent on oppressing the world...

LMAO.

I see this type of helpful attitude regularly on the boards I frequent, it's great to see such behaviour.

Crumble Froo · 08-02-2008 9:05am

+10 gotta

boards. my bro introduced me a few years ago when he got into model cars and found here to post questions etc, and couldnt get over just how freindly and helpful people were. since i've become a regular poster, i've just met so many awesome people, from the best place to get a piercing, to advice how best to stay in nz, to just friends to talk to, chill with, drink, dance and have fun with, just

boards and all it's awesome peeps.

seamus · 08-02-2008 10:07am

Even back when I joined, anyone I knew on boards knew that if you asked a question here, you'll probably get the right answer.

It's probably what has made the site so popular - when you ask a question you'll usually get the correct reply or if not you'll get someone who at least makes a good stab at helping. Surprisingly enough #boards.ie used to be a bit like that, but noiser, like asking for car maintenance advice at a boy racer rally. Then it was closed and it was just brainless IRC again...

g'em · 08-02-2008 10:15am

I can hand on heart say a huge portion of my life was directly influenced in a very, very positive way by boards. It's a fantastically powerful resource, underestimated by most who use it. Yay for boards \0/ !!!

Earthhorse · 08-02-2008 12:24pm

I remember being on After Hours one night having a debate about crime with a fellow boardsie well into the wee hours. We were backing and forthing quite a bit, neither of us entirely convinced by the other's point of view. Come 2 o'clock we had to call it a deadlock.

Well, the next day that user met me in town. He even brought some tools with him to help out. He took my clothes, my boots and my motorcycle but in return gave me closure on the issue of inner city crime.

I don't need to tell you I slept well that night.

koneko · 08-02-2008 1:22pm

DeVore wrote: »

It will open one of its six mouths and sing the song that ends the Earth.

DeV.

Thief!

You're not getting away with that one *shifty eyes*

DeVore · 08-02-2008 5:21pm

I was rather hoping people (at least SOME people) would get the reference...

DeV.

Tar.Aldarion · 08-02-2008 5:39pm

OP, he sounds like one of us...an engineer.

FASCINATION WITH GADGETS
To the engineer, all matter in the universe can be placed into one of two categories:
1. Things that need to be fixed
2. Things that will need to be fixed after you've had a few minutes to play with them.
Engineers like to solve problems. If there are no problems handily available, they will create their own problems. Normal people don't understand this concept; they believe that if it ain't broke, don't fix it. Engineers believe that if it ain't broke, it doesn't have enough features yet.
No engineer looks at a television remote control without wondering what it would take to turn it into a stun gun. No engineer can take a shower without wondering if some sort of Teflon coating would make showering unnecessary. To the engineer, the world is a toy box full of sub-optimized and feature-poor toys.
FASHION AND APPEARANCE
Clothes are the lowest priority for an engineer, assuming the basic thresholds for temperature and decency have been satisfied. If no appendages are freezing or sticking together, and if no genitalia or mammary glands are swinging around in plain view, then the objective of clothing has been met. Anything else is a waste.
LOVE OF "STAR TREK"
Engineers love all of the "Star Trek" television shows and movies. It's a small wonder, since the engineers on the starship Enterprise are portrayed as heroes, occasionally even having sex with aliens. This is much more glamorous than the real life of an engineer, which consists of hiding from the universe and having sex without the participation of other life forms.
DATING AND SOCIAL LIFE
Dating is never easy for engineers. A normal person will employ various indirect and duplicitous methods to create a false impression of attractiveness. Engineers are incapable of placing appearance above function.
Fortunately, engineers have an ace in the hole. They are widely recognized as superior marriage material: intelligent, dependable, employed, honest, and handy around the house. While it's true that many normal people would prefer not to date an engineer, most normal people harbor an intense desire to mate with them, thus producing engineer-like children who will have high-paying jobs long before losing their virginity.
Male engineers reach their peak of sexual attractiveness later than normal men, becoming irresistible erotic dynamos in their mid thirties to late forties. Just look at these examples of sexually irresistible men in technical professions:
• Bill Gates.
• MacGyver.
EGO
Ego-wise, two things are important to engineers:
• How smart they are.
• How many cool devices they own.
The fastest way to get an engineer to solve a problem is to declare that the problem is unsolvable. No engineer can walk away from an unsolvable problem until it's solved. No illness or distraction is sufficient to get the engineer off the case. These types of challenges quickly become personal -- a battle between the engineer and the laws of nature.
Engineers will go without food and hygiene for days to solve a problem. (Other times just because they forgot.) And when they succeed in solving the problem they will experience an ego rush that is better than sex--and I'm including the kind of sex where other people are involved.
Nothing is more threatening to the engineer than the suggestion that somebody has more technical skill. Normal people sometimes use that knowledge as a lever to extract more work from the engineer. When an engineer says that something can't be done (a code phrase that means it's not fun to do), some clever normal people have learned to glance at the engineer with a look of compassion and pity and say something along these lines: "I'll ask Bob to figure it out. He knows how to solve difficult technical problems."
At that point it is a good idea for the normal person to not stand between the engineer and the problem. The engineer will set upon the problem like a starved Chihuahua on a pork chop.
Top 20 of Engineering Terminology
1. A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT APPROACHES ARE BEING TRIED
We are still pissing in the wind.
2. EXTENSIVE REPORT IS BEING PREPARED ON A FRESH APPROACH TO THE PROBLEM
We just hired three kids fresh out of college.
3. CLOSE PROJECT COORDINATION
We know who to blame.
4. MAJOR TECHNOLOGICAL BREAKTHROUGH
It works OK, but looks very hi-tech.
5. CUSTOMER SATISFACTION IS DELIVERED ASSURED
We are so far behind schedule the customer is happy to get it delivered.
6. PRELIMINARY OPERATIONAL TESTS WERE INCONCLUSIVE
The darn thing blew up when we threw the switch.
7. TEST RESULTS WERE EXTREMELY GRATIFYING
We are so surprised that the stupid thing works.
8. THE ENTIRE CONCEPT WILL HAVE TO BE ABANDONED
The only person who understood the thing quit.
9. IT IS IN THE PROCESS
It is so wrapped up in red tape that the situation is about hopeless.
10. WE WILL LOOK INTO IT
Forget it! We have enough problems for now.
11. PLEASE NOTE AND INITIAL
Let's spread the responsibility for the screw up.
12. GIVE US THE BENEFIT OF YOUR THINKING
We'll listen to what you have to say as long as it doesn't interfere with what we've already done.
13. GIVE US YOUR INTERPRETATION
I can't wait to hear this bull!
14. SEE ME or LET'S DISCUSS
Come into my office, I'm lonely.
15. ALL NEW
Parts not interchangeable with the previous design.
16. RUGGED
Too damn heavy to lift!
17. LIGHTWEIGHT
Lighter than RUGGED.
18. YEARS OF DEVELOPMENT
One finally worked.
19. ENERGY SAVING
Achieved when the power switch is off.
20. LOW MAINTENANCE
Impossible to fix if broken.
The Top 10 Things Engineering School didn't teach
• There are at least 10 types of capacitors.
• Theory tells you how a circuit works, not why it does not work.
• Not everything works according to the specifications in the operation manual.
• Anything practical you learn will be obsolete before you use it, except the complex math, which you will never use.
• Always try to fix the hardware with software.
• Engineering is like having an 8 a.m. class and a late afternoon lab every day for the rest of your life.
• Overtime pay? What overtime pay?
• Managers, not engineers, rule the world.
• If you like junk food, caffeine and all-nighters, go into software.