I've decided I want in on the "ask me anything" fun. Who wants to know what? :)
1. What is your name?
2. What is your quest?
3. What is your favourite colour?
4. What expression does that penguin have and why?
Quote from: Edge on February 20, 2013, 07:58:42 PM
1. What is your name?
I keep coming back to "Emily," but since it's the name of a girl I used to like it's gradually feeling more awkward the more real this trans thing feels. I may change it if I think of something better (I'm a woman, I'm allowed to change my mind :P)
Quote
2. What is your quest?
To find the grail! And also to become a geek girl :)
Quote
3. What is your favourite colour?
Blue!
Quote
4. What expression does that penguin have and why?
I'm not really sure... I was searching for a female Tux (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tux (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tux)). As for why... artist's interpretation?
Do you like creamed corn?
Do you use Linux?
What Linux build are do you prefer?
Quote from: crazy at the coast on February 20, 2013, 10:25:26 PM
Do you like creamed corn?
I have no idea, I've never tried it. Usually I get bagged frozen corn from the grocery store but on rare occasions I'll eat corn on the cob.
Quote from: Spinningtop5 on February 20, 2013, 10:31:27 PM
Do you use Linux?
Quote from: AnarchoChloe on February 20, 2013, 10:32:01 PM
What Linux build are do you prefer?
I use Archlinux for my day-to-day stuff. My development work is usually done against a "changes for the next release" build, but since it's all experimental code I don't like to run it directly. But that's why we have virtual machines :)
Answering before Liminal Stranger asks: The groundhog would hog ALL the ground!
did you figure out why I would ask you if you liked creamed corn?
Because you like creamed corn and wanted to share with me?
Quote from: EmSchuma on February 22, 2013, 11:09:01 AM
Because you like creamed corn and wanted to share with me?
Jeff Dunham - Peanut - "NYEWM" (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wCy8MpT45gk#)
So I should keep guessing...? Maybe penguins eat creamed corn at the zoo? I don't know much about their diet, but I always assumed it was more fish-based...
Quote from: EmSchuma on February 22, 2013, 11:05:39 AM
Answering before Liminal Stranger asks: The groundhog would hog ALL the ground!
Darn, you beat me to it!
Well....
How much wood would a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood? >:-)
What is your favorite species of penguin?
Quote from: crazy at the coast link=topic=136070.msg1091136070.msg109 L^-^686#msg1091686 date=1361552847
did you figure out why I would ask you if you liked creamed corn?
Oh! It's because i called myself a kernel hacker! I figured it out while on my midday walk :)
Quote from: EmSchuma on February 22, 2013, 01:11:25 PM
Oh! It's because i called myself a kernel hacker! I figured it out while on my midday walk :)
Hey, there's still hope for you yet! :P
Heyyy!!!!
Another geek girl! We gotta stick together, you know. (Interesting mental image, that.)
Anyway, what is your preferred language for coding? I'm from the days of coal stoked mainframes and have written in just about every language from autocoder to perl.
What modules have you hacked? Just for fun or are you trying to interface your stratocaster as a USB device?
Any other interests besides hacking?
-Sandy
Quote from: Liminal Stranger on February 22, 2013, 12:13:26 PM
Well....
How much wood would a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood? >:-)
What is your favorite species of penguin?
Why didn't you answer these questions? ???
Quote from: Liminal Stranger on February 22, 2013, 12:13:26 PM
Darn, you beat me to it!
Well....
How much wood would a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood? >:-)
What is your favorite species of penguin?
A wood chuck would chuck as much wood as a woodchuck could chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood.
I don't have any single favorite species. The ones I've seen at the zoo are all cute!
Quote from: Sandy on February 22, 2013, 02:33:45 PM
Another geek girl! We gotta stick together, you know. (Interesting mental image, that.)
I have duct tape...
Quote
Anyway, what is your preferred language for coding?
I do a lot of C, C++ and bash. I used to love python, but I haven't had much of a reason to use it lately, besides as a scriptable calculator :P
Quote
What modules have you hacked? Just for fun or are you trying to interface your stratocaster as a USB device?
I work on the Linux NFS client, but I've also done a little bit of work on the server side. I'm a filesystems gal :).
Quote
Any other interests besides hacking?
I wrote my own music player! The program that I used to use got rewritten and the first few releases removed the features I used the most. I was looking for my own side project at the time, so I decided "if you want something done right, you've got to do it yourself..."
Quote from: DianaP on February 22, 2013, 03:52:40 PM
Why didn't you answer these questions? ???
I was around other people and posting from my phone. I was excited to have an answer for the creamed corn question, but typing that out was frustratingly slow on the small screen.
Guess I'll find out how much like me you are
Do people look at you funny when you're sitting on the beach with a laptop?
If it comes down to finishing some code or eating/sleeping, does the code always win?
Do your eyes light up when someone starts talking geek, then droop when you realize that you got so excited about it that nobody else in the room understand what you just said?
Do you like brussel sprouts?
Hack Colonel:
(https://www.susans.org/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi1279.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fy537%2FDevlynMarie%2Fklink_zpsf7860fd5.jpg&hash=64437eb745c819697b7b336ac6aea5876bddf18f)
Quote from: Emily Elizabeth link=topic=136070.msg1091881#msg1091881 date=1361575718
Do people look at you funny when you're sitting on the beach with a laptop?
/quote]
I can't say I've done that. I do get sad when my laptop runs out of battery on long flights, though. I once saw one of my coworkers sitting poolside answering email on his laptop! I was sitting at another part of the pool with a book and not a computer.
Quote
If it comes down to finishing some code or eating/sleeping, does the code always win?
Code will win for a while, but i do like my sleep. I have no problem getting away from coding for two minutes to bring a sandwich to my desk :P
Quote
Do your eyes light up when someone starts talking geek, then droop when you realize that you got so excited about it that nobody else in the room understand what you just said?
Only all the time! Except i've been doing better at choosing friends that know what i'm talking about.
Quote
Do you like brussel sprouts?
I'll eat them but they're not my favorite. I usually make a combination of corn, green beans and broccoli.
Quote from: Devlyn Marie on February 22, 2013, 05:34:30 PM
Hack Colonel:
$ sudo make me a sandwich :P
Why do you read a book by the pool rather than swim? ???
Quote from: DianaP on February 22, 2013, 05:48:25 PM
Why do you read a book by the pool rather than swim? ???
My bathing suit was on the other side of the country. The same event a year before was in Prague, and there was a city tour on the equivalent day. I was expecting something similar...
I'mshocked that no-one has dumped ths question on you
What is the meaning of life, the universe & everything?
Quote from: Jayne on February 22, 2013, 05:59:00 PM
I'mshocked that no-one has dumped ths question on you
What is the meaning of life, the universe & everything?
42. And it's a good thing I don't know the question to the ultimate answer of life, the universe and everything since there is a theory that if I did the universe would be replaced with something even more unexplainable!
There is another theory that this has already happened...
Quote from: EmSchuma on February 22, 2013, 06:02:08 PM
42. And it's a good thing I don't know the question to the ultimate answer of life, the universe and everything since there is a theory that if I did the universe would be replaced with something even more unexplainable!
There is another theory that this has already happened...
According to the Minbari in Babylon 5 the universe is self aware & in an attempt to better understand itself it broke itself apart into individuals, this is why we have a thirst for knowledge & understanding.
After all, we are mde up of the saame stuff as the stars themselves, we are starstuff
Why does The Doctor always regenerate into another Brit clone? He's from a completely different planet and he's fixated on them?
Quote from: Emily Elizabeth on February 22, 2013, 06:15:56 PM
Why does The Doctor always regenerate into another Brit clone? He's from a completely different planet and he's fixated on them?
Because Time Lords look like humans :). Although, you can find Romana's regeneration scene and see that they don't always need to stay human-looking!
Quote from: EmSchuma on February 22, 2013, 06:17:50 PM
Because Time Lords look like humans :). Although, you can find Romana's regeneration scene and see that they don't always need to stay human-looking!
But why the British? What makes them so special?
Quote from: Emily Elizabeth on February 22, 2013, 06:18:32 PM
But why the British? What makes them so special?
The best I can come up with is because the show is British, but I'm sure you already knew that :P. If you want a Whoniverse answer, maybe The Doctor just really, really likes British people?
Quote from: Emily Elizabeth on February 22, 2013, 06:18:32 PM
But why the British? What makes them so special?
It's to balance out the Hollywood idea that all bad guys in films have to be British
Fact: the first Doctor in the series reboot was the bad guy from the Gone in 60 Seconds remake. This hypothesis is sound.
Quote from: Jayne on February 22, 2013, 06:20:59 PM
It's to balance out the Hollywood idea that all bad guys in films have to be British
Lately all the bad guys are Middle Eastern, but I see your point. The brits do usually end up in bad guy roles.
What is your favorite time of day? Day of the week? Month of the year? Holiday?
What kind of environment do you prefer?
(https://www.susans.org/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimg.timeinc.net%2Ftime%2Fphotoessays%2F2007%2Fgeorge_clooney%2Fgeorge_clooney_01.jpg&hash=9f8d2d3b3a86eeb9fba71958c7bf6e7085330c98)
Do you think George Clooney is hot?
Which is better? Babylon 5 or the blatent B5 copucat show star trek ds9?
Quote from: Liminal Stranger on February 22, 2013, 09:35:56 PM
What is your favorite time of day? Day of the week? Month of the year? Holiday?
What kind of environment do you prefer?
Favorite time of day is usually between 12:30 and 1. I take a break from working to take a walk and enjoy being outside (even if it's snowing!).
Fridays are always fun, since sometimes my friends put together a game night at their apartment. I actually just got back from that!
As for month, I'm going to go with June since that's when I was born.
I'm going to have to go with Towel Day (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Towel_day) for my favorite holiday. Although, I did choose to celebrate New Companion Day instead of Christmas this last year :).
Quote from: DianaP on February 22, 2013, 09:37:36 PM
Do you think George Clooney is hot?
I can see how he's attractive, but he's no David Tennant...
Quote from: Jayne on February 22, 2013, 10:27:03 PM
Which is better? Babylon 5 or the blatent B5 copucat show star trek ds9?
Between the two I've only seen Star Trek, so I can't have an informed opinion.
My thread seems to have died... so I'll revive it with a picture of some of my toys!
(https://www.susans.org/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ocarinaproject.net%2F%7Ebjschuma%2Fjuggling-toys.jpg&hash=2b7600eae010624eeef29a6b677f89715438558f)
What's the cauliflower-looking stuff on the end of the middle blue stick?
Quote from: DianaP on March 02, 2013, 10:01:14 AM
What's the cauliflower-looking stuff on the end of the middle blue stick?
The tassels slow it down to make it easier to learn tricks. So far I only know some of the basics, but I'm learning :)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Devil_sticks (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Devil_sticks)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ka0ah44fIkA (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ka0ah44fIkA)
What's your reaction?
Quote from: DianaP on March 02, 2013, 10:08:07 AM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ka0ah44fIkA (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ka0ah44fIkA)
What's your reaction?
I'm in awe, that guy is really really good. I'm working on the propeller thing he does a few times during the video, but I hadn't seen most of those tricks before. That just means I need more practice :)
My reaction: FREAKN AWESOME
Quote from: Anna Michele on March 02, 2013, 10:04:55 AM
The tassels slow it down to make it easier to learn tricks. So far I only know some of the basics, but I'm learning :)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Devil_sticks (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Devil_sticks)
Yay, faire toys! I love my poi and devil sticks. I'm still learning on the sticks, but my wife can do two at one time. It's awesomely impressive. I can't wait for the return of the sun so I can go back to the park and practice.
Quote from: AnarchoChloe on March 02, 2013, 01:00:28 PM
Yay, faire toys! I love my poi and devil sticks. I'm still learning on the sticks, but my wife can do two at one time. It's awesomely impressive. I can't wait for the return of the sun so I can go back to the park and practice.
Poi are fun too (I didn't include mine in the picture). I haven't played with them in a couple of weeks, the friend I have to teach me went on vacation to Iceland for a couple of months. I need to find somebody new to show me things...
Bumping my thread, jush for fun. Is there anything anybody would like to know? :)
If I said I think you look beautiful in your picture, what would your response be?
My response would be something like: "aww, thanks for the compliment :D. It's a great self-esteem boost."