How did you come up with your screen name?

[wavector]

While studying physics in college, I remember a wave vector as a function of a light and sound wave in Cal-Based Physics III (sight and sound). Basically, it's a combination of the two words and is used in theoretical papers concerning wave functions of many types. With Doppler Effect, the wave vector is represented by "k".

Being an electrician, I thought is was suitiable for me as a screen name.

 

[yellowtin]

I used to race stock cars, and every year we would have to put new fenders and other parts of the body on the car. It is called "skinning" or "tinning" the car. My cars were usually yellow, so when I had to come up with a name years ago for logons, I just used yellowtin.
By the way, I discovered how to make a small fortune in racing. Start with a large one!

 

[camocook]

I got my first computer a little more than a year ago and picked an email address. GUZZLINGOURMET.Cooking is my hobby and I like beer.I enjoy hunting and my woman bought a camo apron,oven mitt,and pot holder.I already had the hat and shirt.I said to her, at home I can be the guzzling gourmet,and at camp I can be the camo cook.I chose that for this forum.

 

[beebeque]

Last name is BEEBE. Great story. What creativity, Huh!

Can't wait to hear from SoFlaQuer !!!!!!

 

[lisacsco]

SOme of these stories are great!! I had always tried to figure out some of the names and I never even came close!!

Lisa

 

[mj-air23]

I was and still am a big fan of Michael Jordan, too bad he is still not playing, and I saw he had Air23 on one of his license plates, so I added the MJ and there you have it. A tribute to the greatest basketball player ever...JMHO. I love this website!!

 

[fatback joe]

I was thinking the same thing. I always had my thoughts about how different names came out and I have not been right yet...........well I think I did figure out FLA Griller. LOL

I figured you probably worked for Cisco.

 

[lisacsco]

Joe, you are the 3rd person who thought that!!

 

[richtee]

Be really cool iffin' yer first was Quincy ;{)

 

[shellbellc]

Now that's funny!

 

[geek with fire]

I suppose mine is one of the simple ones. I AM a Geek! It's not an insult....that's the way God wired me.

Now the "0xDEADBEEF" thing under my signon, well, that's an old IBM thing you'll have to wikipedia. Again, very much Geek related.

Nice thread.

 

[shellbellc]

Dude, you are a geek!

There are ten types of people, those who know binary and those who don't.

 

[fatback joe]

LOL That joke just loses something with 10 being spelled out. LOL

 

[geek with fire]

yea, and don't make me pull out the HEX jokes!

On a slightly related note (geek that is), I just won 2nd place in a robotics contest for my smoker temperature controller program (USB-Q). Not quite up there with world domination, but I was pleased none the less (and 100 duckets didn't hurt my feelings either):
http://forums.trossenrobotics.com/showthread.php?t=1141

 

[fatback joe]

Yeah, congratulations. Someone posted that link just the other day on here.

 

[geek with fire]

hey, gnarly! I must have missed that thread. This stupid day job is really getting in the way of my forum reading

 

[squeezy]

I would too ... if it was cheaper here ... which it is definitely not!

 

[fatback joe]

http://www.smokingmeatforums.com/for...ead.php?t=9379

Here it is

 

[gypsyseagod]

congrats geek. now will you be installing a robotic arm to flip meat. it could go w/ the robotic beer tossing fridge that was on letterman.

 

[payson]

No fun here, simply my middle name. It's unique so I like it.