Hi everybody,

I'm interested in finding out a bit more about the people who post to this board. Since there doesn't seem to be any kind of survey so far, I thought it might be interesting to ask a few questions. Respond to however much of this you want to.

1. How did you first hear about or discover sciforums.com?
2. How often do you visit sciforums?
3. What city/town/state/country are you in?
4. How old are you, roughly? (please answer the poll, too).
5. What do you do when you're not here (i.e. occupation etc.)?
6. Which topics in sciforums interest you the most? Why?
7. What qualifications do you have (if any)?
8. Do you have any pets? What are their names?
9. Give one fact about yourself not already provided in the above answers.

1. How did you first hear about or discover sciforums.com?

Was pointed here from the Australian ABC <a href="http://www2b.abc.net.au/science/k2/stn" target="_blank">Self Service Science Forum</a>

2. How often do you visit sciforums?

Daily, at least. I'm a moderator.

3. What city/town/state/country are you in?

Melbourne, Australia.

4. How old are you, roughly? (please answer the poll, too).

More than 1 Gigasecond. :)

5. What do you do when you're not here (i.e. occupation etc.)?

Lots of writing.

6. Which topics in sciforums interest you the most? Why?

Um... physics, philosophy, religion, general science, some of the political and cultural stuff.

Sometimes I post in the Pseudoscience forum to annoy the believers. :)

7. What qualifications do you have (if any)?

Almost a Ph.D. (in science).

8. Do you have any pets? What are their names?

A poodle, two cats and a bee. They prefer to remain anonymous.

9. Give one fact about yourself not already provided in the above answers.

I like music.

Edit: a little more up to date. I've been posting here for a while now.

1. How did you first hear about or discover sciforums.com?
**Came up in a net search for exobiology

2. How often do you visit sciforums?
**Daily (Usually)

3. What city/town/state/country are you in?
**Liverpool, United Kingdom

4. How old are you, roughly? (please answer the poll, too).
**23

5. What do you do when you're not here (i.e. occupation etc.)?
**Mechatronic engineer with News Corporation, UK; playing keyboard, guitar, writing

6. Which topics in sciforums interest you the most? Why?
**Any where things get a little heated, It's fun

7. What qualifications do you have (if any)?
**'A' levels, Biology, Chemistry, Physics, 12GCSE's, ONC Electronic Engineering, HNC Mechatronic Engineering, NVQII Engineering Manufacture, NVQIII Engineering Maintenance. Engineering Indenture.

8. Do you have any pets? What are their names?
**Two cats, Gin and Tonic

9. Give one fact about yourself not already provided in the above answers.
**Male

How did I hear about sciforums?

I can honestly say that I have no idea

How often do you visit sciforums?

Usually at least twice a day

What city/town/state do you live in?

Maine, US. I'm sorry but I'm not at liberty to discuss any more information regarding THIS particular subject (heh)

How old are you?

14

What do you do when you're not here?

High-school related stuff, write science fiction, play on the comp, walk dogs at a kennel

Which topics interest you the most? Why?

Free thoughts and the paranormal. I like to listen to people and voice my own opinion, to try to help them (I guess). It's easier to do that under free thoughts and subcultures rather than, say, General Science and Technology. I am interested in science and technology as well but not as much.

Qualifications?
I'm going to say this in a very serious way-I graduated from elementary school.

Any pets?

My house is a zoo. Lets see. Two cats-Jungle and Pepper, two dogs-Jessie and Simon (Simon's retarded-not in the medical sense I swear to god a rock could beat him at any intelligence test on Earth), two birds (that are mine)-Gandalf and Galadriel (I've had them for a few years, I didn't base their names on the Lord of the Rings hype), and my sis has an iguana-bixie.
Phew!

One fact not provided eh?

Not your average nerd. Lotsa (some non nerdy) friends, funny etc/

1. How did you first hear about or discover sciforums.com?
Doing some research and it popped up in the search window...looked interesting.


2. How often do you visit sciforums?
Almost daily.

3. What city/town/state/country are you in?
Big town in North Carolina

4. How old are you, roughly? (please answer the poll, too).
30 something.

5. What do you do when you're not here (i.e. occupation etc.)?
5 sons, #6 on the way...need I say more?

6. Which topics in sciforums interest you the most? Why?
Religion, free thought....just "into" that sort of thing. :O)

7. What qualifications do you have (if any)?
Majored in Education, minored in Psychology
I'm human. LOL
8. Do you have any pets? What are their names?
2 Fish. Harley and Lollita

9. Give one fact about yourself not already provided in the above answers.

Biker Chick

1. Stumbled across it after being 'off-line' for almost fifteen years.
2. Usually daily if computer is up and running.
3. Small, real small, town, Western New York, USA.
4. Almost seventy (sixty nine next trip around the sun).
5. Retired goof-off and general pain-in-the-neck.
6. Science and space; lifelong interests.
7. Electronic Tech, (USN), BS (Psychology) & MS (Crim.Justice).
8. None at present (many & varied when kids were growing up).
9. Not using Viagra as yet. ;)

Q. Why survey since unvalidated data?

Chagur,

<i>Q. Why survey since unvalidated data?</i>

I like to get an idea of who I'm talking to. It's amazing how much you can tell about a person from their pets! ;)

Sure, people can lie, but that doesn't worry me too much. I personally wouldn't see the point in replying to this type of thing if you're going to lie. After all, I haven't asked for any really personal information.

Anyway, how many survey responses are validated?

It is interesting that people are so wary so far, though. This thread (at the time of writing this) has so far been viewed almost 100 times, yet there have been less than 10 responses.

1. How did you first hear about or discover sciforums.com?
2. How often do you visit sciforums?
3. What city/town/state/country are you in?
4. How old are you, roughly? (please answer the poll, too).
5. What do you do when you're not here (i.e. occupation etc.)?
6. Which topics in sciforums interest you the most? Why?
7. What qualifications do you have (if any)?
8. Do you have any pets? What are their names?
9. Give one fact about yourself not already provided in the above answers.




Searched for forums as I was dissatisifed with the forum I was at due to their annoying habit of using popup adds.

At least twice a day.

Mississippi, USA

52

Work on the ocean, putter around the house some.

General science and technology as I like to keep abreast of the latest developments. Astronomy, always had a love of viewing those great pictures.

None other than being an avid and voracious reader.

A cocketial, named Elanoria, after my late grandmother.

Stereo Enthusiast

Interesting:

After all, I haven't asked for any really personal information.

It is interesting that people are so wary so far, though.

Could it be that the anonymity factor (niks, avatars etc.) is compromised
by even a small bit of exposure?

Just a thought.

Take care. :cool:

1. How did you first hear about or discover sciforums.com?
Through another person at Sciforums, when the board I was with suffered monetary problems and that caused it to delapidate through lack of maintainance.

2. How often do you visit sciforums?
Once a day (For an unquestionably long amount of time, like hours)

3. What city/town/state/country are you in?
London, UK

4. How old are you, roughly? (please answer the poll, too).
24

5. What do you do when you're not here (i.e. occupation etc.)?
Incapacitated due to a Industrial Accident. (alright someone decided to do an experiment and it tragically went wrong... You know like the toons, "Bitten by a spider"... alright a Bot (agent on the net)

6. Which topics in sciforums interest you the most? Why?
A.I. (Artificial Intelligence) and the many designs for the systems integers. The reason, Part of one of the many projects I pipe-dream about, which I won't state here as something is being put together for the future.

7. What qualifications do you have (if any)?
I have no qualifications, because I was always given the "You can't get that qualification as you aren't qualified enough" which pretty much meant I couldn't gain one qualification to start me off. So with a need for Revenge, I've been self tutoring myself.

8. Do you have any pets? What are their names?
Nope, no pets not even a Brick.

9. Give one fact about yourself not already provided in the above answers.
I'm in search of something, but nobody knows what I'm searching for.

1. How did you first hear about or discover sciforums.com?
Can't remember. Probably searched with Google

2. How often do you visit sciforums?
Varies: once every two days, or so.

3. What city/town/state/country are you in?
Huizen (near Amsterdam) Netherlands

4. How old are you, roughly? (please answer the poll, too).
27 years

5. What do you do when you're not here (i.e. occupation etc.)?
At the moment I work at a men's fashon shop. This will be a temporary job. Since the government thinks it's fun to minimize funding of scientific research. Thus at the moment I have job that fits my education:(. I need some money.
Furthermore I play Quake III, read, write some DHTML&javascript, etc.

6. Which topics in sciforums interest you the most? Why?
Philosophy, Ethics, General blah, ... why? Just because I think it's interesting.

7. What qualifications do you have (if any)?
Master's degree in cognitive psychology and Human factors (cognitive ergonomics).

8. Do you have any pets? What are their names?
Unfortunately I have a very small house. And no money to feed my favovorite animal (a cat), so I have a fish called "Paul&Patricia". I used to have more fishes ... they all had manes of philosophgers of mind & cognition. (Paul&Patricia [Churchland], Daniel [Dennett], Andy [Clark], ....)

9. Give one fact about yourself not already provided in the above answers.
I am getting frustrated by the things are organized and how my life develops.

1. How did you first hear about or discover sciforums.com?

From John Deevers via the Aussie Self Serve Science Forum. Hi James:-)

2. How often do you visit sciforums?

Every couple of days. Depends on how interseting SSSF is.


3. What city/town/state/country are you in?

It is on all my posts.


4. How old are you, roughly? (please answer the poll, too).

46


5. What do you do when you're not here (i.e. occupation etc.)?

Lithographic printer.


6. Which topics in sciforums interest you the most? Why?

Physics, astronomy all except biology which I find a tad hard, too many long words :-)


7. What qualifications do you have (if any)?

None in any science field.


8. Do you have any pets? What are their names?

No pets.


9. Give one fact about yourself not already provided in the above answers.

One of the founders of the Northern Territory Field Naturalists Club.

1. I wanted to talk about science and just tiped in the adress sciforums.com and voila!
2. every day, if not hooked to a new game.
for hours if discussions are realy heating up.
record ~ 7 hours[/777]
3.Riga/Lativa/Net
4. 18 on 28 dec
5. K-12 student, surf the web, train in taekwon-do
6. all except biology/duno never posted there
7. acquired grade in RPG :)
8. dog, chow chow, name-Haiko
9. I am looking for immortality
[ah I have to read through biology threads after all:) ]

Relax, just a simple poll!

1.I want to discuss physics and search for physics forums in Google and in great difficulty I find this.
2.Once or twice a day, vary everyday.
3.H.K.
4.19
5.University student in physics
6.Science, the whole forums including the 5 forums in it. I like science, physics most, then biology, astronomy....etc...all about science!
7.No
8.No, I want but no place for it
9.Fooling around

1. How did you first hear about or discover sciforums.com?
I dont remember
2. How often do you visit sciforums?
couple times a day
3. What city/town/state/country are you in?
Michigan, USA
4. How old are you, roughly? (please answer the poll, too).
17
5. What do you do when you're not here (i.e. occupation etc.)?
I goto high school, and i also goto college for free, yes both at the same time lol
6. Which topics in sciforums interest you the most? Why?
Religion, because it is funny to watch people try to rationalize something which they have no past experience or evidense of
7. What qualifications do you have (if any)? Uh, qualifications, in person i have lost one debate/argument in my life(to my language teacher on symbolism and words)
8. Do you have any pets? What are their names?I ahve a dog named brandy
9. Give one fact about yourself not already provided in the above answers. Hmmm fact, I love math

1. How did you first hear about or discover sciforums.com?

A web search on plasma theory, i.e. multiple concurrent big bangs.

2. How often do you visit sciforums?

Daily.

3. What city/town/state/country are you in?

Cupertino (Silicon Valley), California.

4. How old are you, roughly? (please answer the poll, too).

49

5. What do you do when you're not here (i.e. occupation etc.)?

I manage a research department for a leading computer manufacturer. Apart from that I design and build my own computers.

6. Which topics in sciforums interest you the most? Why?

Religion. It angers me more than any other aspect of human life.

7. What qualifications do you have (if any)?

None, I am self-taught.

8. Do you have any pets? What are their names?

Not at the moment.

9. Give one fact about yourself not already provided in the above answers.

I plan to live forever.

1. How did you first hear about or discover sciforums.com?
A user by the name of Lord Manimal pointed me here after a stirring conversation.

2. How often do you visit sciforums?
Daily

3. What city/town/state/country are you in?
Riverside/California/USA

4. How old are you, roughly? (please answer the poll, too).
19

5. What do you do when you're not here (i.e. occupation etc.)?
Student

6. Which topics in sciforums interest you the most? Why?
General Science topics: first as an arguer and second a person of logic; Religion: Atheists are necessary for an equal debate(

7. What qualifications do you have (if any)?
Basic HS education in hon Chem/Physics/Bio and logic

8. Do you have any pets? What are their names?
Three black cats: Kira, Metroid, and Jennifer

9. Give one fact about yourself not already provided in the above answers
I love science, but more so I enjoy a good argument. Originally I planned a career in Genetics or my favorite subject Astronomy. It appears currently that I am more fit for a career in law.

Are you by any chance running the same poll over at 'Scribbly'?

Just curious ;)

1. How did you first hear about or discover sciforums.com?
err... :rolleyes:

2. How often do you visit sciforums?
Constantly

3. What city/town/state/country are you in?
Vancouver, BC, Canada. But not for much longer.

4. How old are you, roughly? (please answer the poll, too).
21

5. What do you do when you're not here (i.e. occupation etc.)?
Student at UBC in computer science/microbiology.

6. Which topics in sciforums interest you the most? Why?
Everything. Topics on the site are all personal interests of mine.

7. What qualifications do you have (if any)?
None yet, but in 3 months I'll have a B.Sc (Hon) in the aforementioned field.

8. Do you have any pets? What are their names?
I grew up with several cats & dogs (3 cats, 3 dogs at the peak). During my formative years, I think I spent more time with cats than humans. Alas, I have been companionless for the last 2 years.

9. Give one fact about yourself not already provided in the above answers.
I am incapable of pursuing a given subject of study for more than 3 years before exhausting my interest. The purpose of life should be to accumulate experience - not skill.

Chagur,

We tend to have one of these every six to twelve months or so at the <a href="http://www2b.abc.net.au/science/k2/stn" target="_blank">Self Service Science Forum</a>, or as the whim takes us. :)

1. How did you first hear about or discover sciforums.com?
Well, I'm a regular at another msg board, where this was mentioned

2. How often do you visit sciforums?
Um, twice today and once yesterday... I'm a newbie

3. What city/town/state/country are you in?
Ottawa, ON, Canada

4. How old are you, roughly? (please answer the poll, too).
15 on Saturday, the 29th

5. What do you do when you're not here (i.e. occupation etc.)?
Go to school..

6. Which topics in sciforums interest you the most? Why?
General Philosophy interests me

7. What qualifications do you have (if any)?
Err..

8. Do you have any pets? What are their names?
a fat cat named Stockings and a younger brother named Peter.

9. Give one fact about yourself not already provided in the above answers.
I'm a lefty and I love Sean

1. How did you first hear about or discover sciforums.com?

linked through from the foresight foundation somehow ...

2. How often do you visit sciforums?

since I first found the site almost daily.

3. What city/town/state/country are you in?

NYC USA

4. How old are you, roughly? (please answer the poll, too).

26

5. What do you do when you're not here (i.e. occupation etc.)?

Grad student in computational/developmental/systems biology

6. Which topics in sciforums interest you the most? Why?

deep, abstract, and/or philosophical, preferably dealing with understanding the universe or our place in it. Scientific or not, so long as there is substance to the discussion.

7. What qualifications do you have (if any)?

BS in bioengineering. getting a phd.

8. Do you have any pets? What are their names?

growing up yes now no. had 4 cats cleo, reggie, scruffles, and scraps. Only cleo is still of this world ... just saw her over christmas.

9. Give one fact about yourself not already provided in the above answers.

I have red hair.

regarding the ~100 viewings and ten posts is most people who posted were interested in what people after them said and viewed it after each response it would account for 55. Actually if it is counted when you get redirected after posting it's up to 65. So maybe it's focused interest of a few and not recalcitrance ...

1. How did you first hear about or discover sciforums.com?
I stumbled into it while investigating a UFO event.

2. How often do you visit sciforums?
Daily, for the most part. I just don't always find something to respond to.

3. What city/town/state/country are you in?
Mo-Town West, A.K.A., Modesto, California, USA. Home of George Lucas.

4. How old are you, roughly? (please answer the poll, too).
34, easily.

5. What do you do when you're not here (i.e. occupation etc.)?
I manage an office full of chimpanzees armed with uzis. Well, actually, they're my co-workers, and they're a pretty fun bunch. If I'm not there or commuting to/from there, I'm doing whatever I can get away with.

6. Which topics in sciforums interest you the most? Why?
UFO experiences, Life, and the Religious forum. UFOs because I think they're neat (and I'm looking for a couple of answers), Life because it's so interesting, and Religious because I moderate it.

7. What qualifications do you have (if any)?
I'm a writer and a cartoonist and I'm working on launching my own publishing house.

8. Do you have any pets? What are their names?
Yes. Rex, Mama, Tiny, Pip, and Squeak.

9. Give one fact about yourself not already provided in the above answers.
I like to answer surveys.

1. How did you first hear about or discover sciforums.com?
School project.....looking for info about the space program and I stumbled upon someone's thread
2. How often do you visit sciforums?
As often as possible
3. What city/town/state/country are you in?
Arkansas, Usa
4. How old are you, roughly? (please answer the poll, too).
15 years, 1 month, 14 days and some odd hours
5. What do you do when you're not here (i.e. occupation etc.)?
I'm a student
6. Which topics in sciforums interest you the most? Why?
philosophy, religion.....just cuz
7. What qualifications do you have (if any)?
um.......
8. Do you have any pets? What are their names?
I had an ant named Leroy, but I lost him :(
9. Give one fact about yourself not already provided in the above answers.
I love band :) I play the flute

1. How did you first hear about or discover sciforums.com?
An interest in science somehow led me to this forum, at least I think that's what happened.

2. How often do you visit sciforums?
Everytime I log on which is daily or every second day.

3. What city/town/state/country are you in?
Sydney, Australia

4. How old are you, roughly? (please answer the poll, too).
I'm 45 and some months.

5. What do you do when you're not here (i.e. occupation etc.)?
Occupation has always been in law enforcement administration, am now an intelligence analyst - no qualifications, just on the job training.

6. Which topics in sciforums interest you the most? Why?
I like all the topics, however I usually start at the top and never get to work my way down to the bottom. I like the free thinking section because I'm curious about people, but I love the science topics because, I guess, as my life changes, my interests change. I've developed a thirst for knowledge for everything, like physics, geology, archaeology, cosmology, chemistry...... everything!
Picking up a magazine on Astronomy changed my life.

7. What qualifications do you have (if any)?
None, as I said, everything I've learnt has been through living it or research.

8. Do you have any pets? What are their names?
I would adore a puppy, but alas, it would be neglected while I'm working.

9. Give one fact about yourself not already provided in the above answers.
I'm an Aquarian.:)

1. How did you first hear about or discover sciforums.com?
I was searching for some information about the latest crop circles.

2. How often do you visit sciforums?
Was daily, then dropped to weekly, back to daily.

3. What city/town/state/country are you in?
Provo, UT

4. How old are you, roughly? (please answer the poll, too).
28

5. What do you do when you're not here (i.e. occupation etc.)?
Work as a Tech Service guy (in training)

6. Which topics in sciforums interest you the most? Why?
Religion, by far. Spent a considerable amount of time studying this topic and feel like I have an inkling about all three sides of the coin.

7. What qualifications do you have (if any)?
AS in Psychology, but majoring in Computer Science. Yeah, well, there's a dichotomy within me, you see ...

8. Do you have any pets? What are their names?
Unfortunately, no. If I did, it would definitely be a dog (too expensive where I live).

9. Give one fact about yourself not already provided in the above answers.
I speak Japanese.

1. How did you first hear about or discover sciforums.com?
Obsessed by inventions.

2. How often do you visit sciforums?
Vary, sometimes several times a day, sometimes once in several days, depends on mood.

3. What city/town/state/country are you in?
Java (it's near Bali, you know?), Indonesia.

4. How old are you, roughly? (please answer the poll, too).
310 years, I'm immortal highlander bitten by a vampire. :D

5. What do you do when you're not here (i.e. occupation etc.)?
Working, sleeping, eating, etc. as normal people do. :)

6. Which topics in sciforums interest you the most? Why?
I got broad interrest, excluding politics matter.

7. What qualifications do you have (if any)?
Mechanical Engineering (Production/Manufacturing), college graduated. Working as programmer since before graduated. But I'm not 'qualified' on both of those :D

8. Do you have any pets? What are their names?
Joe, a turtle. I wander when he gonna die... :rolleyes:

9. Give one fact about yourself not already provided in the above answers.
Speaking in Java language daily. Sorry, my English sux :o

Who is this Sean of whom you speak?
Why do you love Sean so?


Scilosopher...

regarding the ~100 viewings and ten posts... ... maybe it's focused interest of a few and not recalcitrance ...

I quite agree.
In fact, I can confirm that I personally must account for ten to fifteen of the viewings.
It's a very dynamic thead, if you know what I mean.
'Cause of this, people who (a) know the thread exists and (b) have been interested enough to post are very likely to return to view.
I suppose these are the people who want to not just be talking to avatars!
:)

1. How did you first hear about Sciforums?
I used to visit it when it was Exosci.com, several years ago. I never knew there was a forum, yet I visited it at least once a day. You see, I used to be OBSESSED with space, rockets, NASA and the like. I shifted interests later, and stopped going to exosci alltogether. Then, last spring I came back, just for laughs, and found this whole new site there! Wow!

2. How often do you visit Sciforums?
Once a day. When I have nothing to post I just stare at the screen. See, I have NO life.

3. What City/Area are you in?
I'm in New Jersey. Yup. Nothing more to say.

4. How old are you?
14 and one half.

5. What do you do when you're not here?
Well, I watch Golden Girls on Lifetime, I write a ton of poetry, I do weird stuff, like go out and lay in the snow and watch the sunset. Yet mostly I think.

6. Well, Poetry. Assorted things that have little precednet on the forum...YET! Like poetry and art. I find myslef, howver, in the Politics place most often.

7. and 8.
No.

9. I am happy now, yet on an emotional rollercoaster. Times are a changin', you see. I'm building the outer apparatus of my personality after building the inside last year.

1. A web search. I can't remember what it was on, something about string theory I think.

2. Every day. It depends on how busy I am with school, work, homework, python and my g/f. Sometimes it doesn't leave much time :(

3. Alberta, Canada. In some small town near Red Deer.

4. 17

5. See #2 :D in addition, I like to just drive around. Go skiing. Things like that.

6. Religion. I'm trying to discover how something so rediculous could have lasted so long.

7. Uhhh.. none, I'm still in High School. Although I do know how to fuse the backs on lapel pins via work :D

8. A dog, named Buddy (how original). 3 goldfish, one is growing white fuzzy stuff on his fins :confused:

9. I drive a 1988 Honda CRX, paid for by myself. Probably my proudest possession, wouldn't trade it for any other car.

esp,
Well maybe us multi-viewers can fatten up the posts a little too with semi off topic comments and general gossip.

Should the hamster post twice for its two identities??

I love coming back to read everyone's contributions to the demographics thread, I just wish more people would join in.

Can anyone think of a way to promote more participation? I feel like I'm meeting new friends.

Cheers to all,
Teri
:)

1. How did you first hear about or discover sciforums.com?
My cellmate has this url tattooed on his bicep.

2. How often do you visit sciforums?
Several times a day. I often just minimize the window, popping in from time to time to see what's new.

3. What city/town/state/country are you in?
Frederick, MD

4. How old are you, roughly? (please answer the poll, too).
40

5. What do you do when you're not here (i.e. occupation etc.)?
Consultant and software developer for accounting and business management packages.

6. Which topics in sciforums interest you the most? Why?
Politics and forums dealing with ethics, morality and social issues.

7. What qualifications do you have (if any)?
Well, I am human.

8. Do you have any pets? What are their names?
Two golden retrievers and a cat. Tanner - lapdog extraordinaire... Janie - working hunting dog and part-time biker bitch... Hoover - named after the eating habits of a vacuum, not a president

9. Give one fact about yourself not already provided in the above answers.
I'm a gun-totin' conservationist. Go figure that one out.


Peace.

Goofyfish,
Judging by ther number of people who have responded to this thread - and the level of anonymity still involved - I'm guessing space wouldn't be an issue. Personally I just don't have any pictures of myself in electronic format. Or normal pictures either apart from my various ids (well maybe a couple, but nothing recent). I would certainly be curious to see other people's pictures (though I'm sure some jokers would put up cartoons/joke pics/etc).

It's time for someone to invent a disposable digital camera. I think that it's possible to digitize (if that's a word) regular pictures by either scanning them at a friend's place or forking them over to any chain 1 hour photo store.

I have a crappy digital camera now but I lost the software which renders the thing useless, lucky for me I lost the software RIGHT after a total system wipe, losing hundreds of .jpgs of everything.

How did tht happen!
Were playing with registry or perhaps a virii?


(I have bought for a 1Gb hdd for yust a few bucks($6) and keep it as my backup. starts to run short of space recently though).

1. How did you first hear about or discover sciforums.com?

Google search for philosophy forums.

2. How often do you visit sciforums?

Only been here about two days. ;)

3. What city/town/state/country are you in?

Carmichael, California, United States. Just a few miles from Sacramento, which I show as my location since a few more people have heard of it... and besides, it's still Sacramento county.

4. How old are you, roughly? (please answer the poll, too).

Roughly 21 years, 7 months, 4 days.

5. What do you do when you're not here (i.e. occupation etc.)?

I'm a student at CSUS (http://www.csus.edu). I was a computer science major for 3 1/2 years until I, uh, flunked my way into being a philosophy major this semester. :o (I hated math related requirements, so I now hope to come up with a theory to talk math out of existence...)

Another thing I spend my time on when not here is working on my websites: QuietPlease.org (http://www.quietplease.org), Free-webmaster-resources.net (http://www.free-webmaster-resources.net) and BaseballSite.net (http://www.baseballsite.net)

6. Which topics in sciforums interest you the most? Why?

Philosophy (see 1 and 5), plus any Star Wars topics and to a lesser extent maybe Star Trek topics.

7. What qualifications do you have (if any)?

I'm supposed to have qualifications? :bugeye: Well, if it helps, I come highly recommended by myself.

8. Do you have any pets? What are their names?

Cats: India, Daisy. Dog: Goldie (golden retriever).

9. Give one fact about yourself not already provided in the above answers.

Hmm... my name is Paul, but someone who last posted in July of 1999 has that username here.

actually avatar we (my family and I) think it was a virus from this program called 'marketscore.' If you ever see that on the net avoid it, the thing totally f*d up the internet for me and we spent a week ripping apart our pc and then throwing it back together.

I'd start a picture forum if I had any pictures of myself...

Originally posted by Porfiry


Well, you can attach files to posts. I've been wondering if a picture thread would emerge, but so far no-one has been brave enough. :)

Is there a possibility of attaching files to pm's?

Oooh...dangerous...

what happened to the posts between the 10th and the 14th?
I'm sure we've been talking.
Somebody.... anyone... hello?

See 'The Picture Thread'.

1. How did you first hear about or discover sciforums.com?
A friend told me about it
2. How often do you visit sciforums?
When there is nothing else to do
3. What city/town/state/country are you in?
USA!!!
4. How old are you, roughly? (please answer the poll, too).
15 years
5. What do you do when you're not here (i.e. occupation etc.)?
I'm a student
6. Which topics in sciforums interest you the most? Why?
philosophy, Free thoughs, the one w/ all the dreams (can't remember what it's called)
7. What qualifications do you have (if any)?
um.......
8. Do you have any pets? What are their names?
No pets, my family is allergic
9. Give one fact about yourself not already provided in the above answers.
Uh....I'm a caffine addict...:bugeye:

Quite frankly, I don't know how I discovered Sci-forum; I surfed in,signed up, and bookmarked the page, the rest, it's a mystery to me, dude.

I'm here about every 3 day.

I am permanently out of my mind as to my body's physical location, it's somewhere in the USA; now if I could just remember where I left it. I know I left my heart in Rialto, but as to the rest of the pieces, well, uh, I think I was distracted by a lovely pair of legs.

I am old enough to know better, but young enough to do it anyway, e.g.: 30 something (like that OLD tv series...)

Which topics (objective case) have I an interest?
Mostly Morality issues. These of course bleed into the theological issues of religion (opposed to the sociological).

I write, I post denegrations to most daily newspapers (and their inane uneducated reporters) which may or may NOT be printed, depending upon how liberal/green/stupid the editors are. I also custom design spread sheets (accounting sheets for computers that small businessmen haven't time to do for themselves (or are just flat too lazy to learn how to do it themselves--I don't care WHY they don't, as long as they PAY me to do it for them).

I think logically. It scares women.

I have two DSH puddytats that sit up and beg on command, ALWAYS come when called, and love being (mildly) abused. I used to train horses to drive, and did quite well even with Belgian progesterine drops which are noted for their abject stupidity.

Only one fact? Well here's three I despise television which is why I spend 18 hours a day on the 'puter (mostly working, and some puttering...). I believe EVERY person in the
US over the age of 21 should train in fire arms safety, practice at least ONE hour per week at a range, and carry a personal (yeah, concealed) fire arm--there'd be a LOT less hijacks (although we've only seen 4 actuals, and two attempts in the past year--there would be a lot less street crime. As to conservationists, They can buy all the land they want, and do whatever they want ON it so far as I am concerned (as to telling me what I may or may not do, well, there we have a problem).

Mr. K

1. How did you first hear about or discover sciforums.com?
I saw the "Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds." Einstein quote in a friend's lab one day and couldn't remember it completely when i got home, I typed in what i remebered and got a partial match on somone's signature on the board ;)

2. How often do you visit sciforums?
Daily

3. What city/town/state/country are you in?
Ho Ho Kus, NJ, USA

4. How old are you, roughly? (please answer the poll, too).
16

5. What do you do when you're not here (i.e. occupation etc.)?
Highschool Student... do what the normal highschool student does

6. Which topics in sciforums interest you the most? Why?
I have a passion for Physics, I love Religion and Philosophy in general.

7. What qualifications do you have (if any)?
None really ;) I like to read.... ;)

8. Do you have any pets? What are their names?
Unnamed male cat :) I couldn't decide on a name, I call him Kitty ;) hehe

9. Give one fact about yourself not already provided in the above answers.
Male, like programming/tennis/chess

1. How did you first hear about or discover sciforums.com?

Actually it was an acident while i was looking for UFO stuff

2. How often do you visit sciforums?

Hourly (god i love cable internet)

3. What city/town/state/country are you in?

Melbourne/Victoria/Australia

4. How old are you, roughly? (please answer the poll, too).

19

5. What do you do when you're not here (i.e. occupation etc.)?

Curently i am a unimployed

6. Which topics in sciforums interest you the most? Why?

Free thoughts stuff (cause its funny) and Phylophy (cause its cool)

7. What qualifications do you have (if any)?

VCE

8. Do you have any pets? What are their names?

I have a cat named Tipsy

9. Give one fact about yourself not already provided in the above answers.

Err, i love to argue (hheheheh thats why i love this site)

1. How did you first hear about or discover sciforums.com?

Mailing list ... Dave invited those who subscribed to his AUFORA mailing list to check out his new site.

2. How often do you visit sciforums?

Oh ... f--k. Dave must be terrified when he looks at the user statistics. These days, technically, I never leave; it's the start page on every internet browser I use and before I quit my job I got used to just having the page minimized on my desktop. Habit, mostly. But every time I sit down at the iMac, I pop Sciforums out of my dock and see what people are saying.

3. What city/town/state/country are you in?

Seattle, Washington, USA ...

4. How old are you, roughly? (please answer the poll, too).

28, Gemini

5. What do you do when you're not here (i.e. occupation etc.)?

I'm trying to avoid going back to work (a noble venture), write the novel (always, always), and smoke my body weight in marijuana (what?) ....

6. Which topics in sciforums interest you the most? Why?

Religion, World Affairs, Philosophy, Art & Culture, Ethics ... not quite in that order but whatever ... ;)

Well, you're sort of looking at my childhood: Religion, Politics, Art/Culture, and eventually Philosophy. The topics happen to chase after the parts of the human experience most vital to me.

7. What qualifications do you have (if any)?

Umm ... I can smoke you under the table ...?

Actually, it's the scariest thing: I have no qualifications whatsoever. I finished high school ... that's about the only thing I've finished. Even the lost novel I wrote when I was 14 & 15 wasn't finished when the forces of the Universe conspired to destroy two electronic and one paper copy of the manuscript, leaving me with nothing.

But what can I say? It's like a job interview: What experience do you have with computers? "Well, I've been around them since I was 9, used them nearly every day." Yes, but qualifications ... do you have any Word proficiency certificates? Have you taken a PowerPoint class? "No, but I considered it education enough putting those things together for the people who had taken the class."

Hey! There's a genuine qualification! ;) I can type 80-100 words a minute. (60 - 80 with this crappy MacAlly keyboard ... can you believe an Apple store that won't sell me an iMac keyboard?)

But yeah ... qualifications? I'm a college dropout who smokes massive amounts of dope in order to hide the fact that I am the most intelligent person I know. There's one other, used to be two. But one has chosen to renounce his considerable intellecutal prowess. I'm hardly the brightest guy in the world, but it's starting to scare me how stupid my closest friends are becoming by the day.

I have no qualifications ....

8. Do you have any pets? What are their names

A cat and a girlfriend.

Okay, it's a bad joke. The girlfriend acts like a pet, though ... I can't seem to make her go away. I've tried pleading, cajoling, bribing, sneaking out the back door ... everything short of violence. It's kind of like teaching a cat to roll over and play dead.

I do, however, have a cat ... her name is Liban, a mixed-breed smoke alpha-female with blue eyes and Siamese tendencies.

9. Give one fact about yourself not already provided in the above answers

I am the Duck of Truth. (Don't ask.)

I seem to be collecting small drums that I don't play ....

thanx,
Tiassa :cool:

1. How did you first hear about or discover sciforums.com?
A searcdh engine request for some science-type question.

2. How often do you visit sciforums?
Most days after classes.

3. What city/town/state/country are you in?
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.

4. How old are you, roughly? (please answer the poll, too).
28

5. What do you do when you're not here (i.e. occupation etc.)?
Computer engineering student (a beginner).

6. Which topics in sciforums interest you the most? Why?
Politics, philsophy, that sort of thing. Why? Because I'm one of those smart-arse bastards who likes to tell everyone what he thinks and yell and scream at those who disagree. :)

7. What qualifications do you have (if any)?
RAN Basic Training.
RAN Firefighting and Damage Control.
RAN NBCD.
RAN Basic Firearms.
RAN First Aid
RAN heaps of other stuff...
RAN Surface Warfare School
Harpoon Charlie missile control.
Licensed barman and gaming attendant.
Certificate 4 in IT (it means something in Ausrtaila; not a lot, but something).
Certificate 2 in IT.

8. Do you have any pets? What are their names?
8 horses, 3 dogs, 2 cats, and miscellaneous visiting wildlife.

Give one fact about yourself not already provided in the above answers.
I want to buy my own island, rule it with an iron fist, and have everyone call me El Presidente!

1. How did you first hear about or discover sciforums.com?
search for physics stuff on google, I think

2. How often do you visit sciforums?
every day, many times (5 - 10)

3. What city/town/state/country are you in?
Deltona, Florida, US

4. How old are you, roughly? (please answer the poll, too).
16

5. What do you do when you're not here (i.e. occupation etc.)?
Student/part-time codeslinger

6. Which topics in sciforums interest you the most? Why?
Everything. Except politics.

7. What qualifications do you have (if any)?
I can eat a bag of chips in less then a minute. Really.
No, seriously. I've completed introductory and advanced college programming classes in VB, C++, VC++ and Java. I've been doing websites (HTML, ColdFusion, ASP, Javascript) for about 11 months for work/volunter, and for about 3 years while I was still learning. I've recently begun doing software development in C++, VB, and C# on a contract basis. I also do a good deal of graphics design with photoshop and Flash (learning 3DS Max right now).

8. Do you have any pets? What are their names?
Dog- Mecho, parrot-Alie, other parrot- coco,

9. Give one fact about yourself not already provided in the above answers.
I'm VERY VERY bored right now.

1. How did you first hear about or discover sciforums.com?

Off Skepticnews.com

2. How often do you visit sciforums?

When I should be working on my english papers or on research online.

3. What city/town/state/country are you in

Michigan, USA

4. How old are you, roughly? (please answer the poll, too)

18

5. What do you do when you're not here (i.e. occupation etc.)?

Study, avoid my horrible job, tell myself I should find a better one.

That is pretty much my occupation, although I am also the High Priestess of the Cult of Cthulhu.

6. Which topics in sciforums interest you the most? Why?

Science, for the information and pleasure. Religion, for the people are odd. Philosophy, for it is fun. Free thoughts, for it is fun.

7. What qualifications do you have (if any)?

I can drink most of you under the table.
I can summon Great Cthulhu when the stars are right
I can thump a Bible
I can fight
I can dance
I'm good in bed
I know my fallacies
I'm a science geek

8. Do you have any pets? What are their names?

A cat. Actually a tiger. He is small for his size though.

Give one fact about yourself not already provided in the above answers.

I am an evangelical skeptic:

I am the very model of a skeptic evangelical
I've information rational, empirical and clinical
I know the precise moment when my thinking must turn critical
From alchemy to zombies and all sort of claims ethereal

I'm very well acquainted with the new age woo woo paradigm
I understand why I must keep a relatively open mind
While faced with the unlikely chance that once perhaps some light may shine
When honestly considered though, it's mostly been a waste of time

I'm very good at sizing up a reasonable argument
I know the Uri Gellers and I know how all the spoons got bent
In short in matters rational, empirical and clinical
I am the very model of a skeptic evangelical

In short in matters rational, empirical and clinical
She is the very model of a skeptic evangelical

When I can hold the bible up to skeptical analysis
When I can tell the big bang from a tale that's told in Genesis
When I know that abduction is more likely sleep paralysis
And I can tell from evidence what's real from tests and common sense

When I can tell a theory from what's mainly hypothetical
When I can tell a scam from something worthy and more practical
When I know that a future can't be foretold astrological
And I can tell a Nessy from a log a boat or mackeral

Then I can write a letter that is seething and incredulous
To Fox TV and TLC for airing the ridiculous
In short in matters rational, empirical and clinical
I am the very model of a skeptic evangelical

In short in matters rational, empirical and clinical
She is the very model of a skeptic evangelical

In fact, when I can say for certain, pyramids were for the dead
Nowhere in ancient Egypt were they seen as fashion for the head
When I can be appalled at psychic surgery and laetrile
I guarantee that hemlock tea is every bit as natural

When I can recognize appeals to test my own credulity
And I can catch each one thereby escaping with impunity
When I know that the speed of light has only one velocity
And I can tell a snake oil without checking it's viscosity

My skeptical pursuits have caused a few to say I'm cynical
I can say I'm not and not be one ounce hypocritical
And still in matters rational, empirical and clinical
I am the very model of a skeptic evangelical

http://www.skepticfriends.org/kil_evangelical.asp

1. How did you first hear about or discover sciforums.com?

It was on the end of one of my frends e-mail addresses.

2. How often do you visit sciforums?

When i feel like it.

3. What city/town/state/country are you in?

UK England Essex Basildon

4. How old are you, roughly? (please answer the poll, too).

16

5. What do you do when you're not here (i.e. occupation etc.)?

Go to college, work, sleep

6. Which topics in sciforums interest you the most? Why?

Physics, time travle. Star Trek

7. What qualifications do you have (if any)?

I am still triing to get them, i studying physics and 2x IT

8. Do you have any pets? What are their names?

Dogs, bitch-sasha dog-lenny

9. Give one fact about yourself not already provided in the above answers.

I am who i am.

:bugeye:

1. Through ABC SSSF, which I'm now sick of. (or, "of which I'm now sick.")
2. Now & then.
3. Hobart, Tasmania, Earth etc.
4. Not as young as I used to be.
5. Art & music, too much gaming, too much lazing around.
6. Don't know yet, barely glanced at what's on offer. We'll see....
7. Not much on paper, just general intellectual brilliance. Everyone who's met me thinks so.
8. Used to have pets but they all kept dying, so it's too sad, don't want any more.
9. I'm good at nearly everything. :D

1. How did you first hear about or discover sciforums.com?
I did a search for astrophotography and one of the sites had this as a link.
2. How often do you visit sciforums?
Allll the time
3. What city/town/state/country are you in?
Fairfield, CA - Smack dab in the middle of Sacramento and SF
4. How old are you, roughly? (please answer the poll, too).
25 - Libra
5. What do you do when you're not here (i.e. occupation etc.)?
Work, hike, play with my daughter, toke up
ahem... Tiassa.... you sure about that remark you made???:D

6. Which topics in sciforums interest you the most? Why?
Legal/moral issues, astronomy, anything that you can argue about.
7. What qualifications do you have (if any)?
Ive had a really rough life - Oh, and im going back to school:D
8. Do you have any pets? What are their names?
2 bullmastiffs- Kaua(boy) Kai(girl). Kai is protector of the children and Kaua means warrior (my husband is Hawaiian) and I have a cat that I never named. He is a mean ass orange tabby. I guess hes mad cuz I never gave him a name:D
9. Give one fact about yourself not already provided in the above answers.
I... kick azz

5. What do you do when you're not here (i.e. occupation etc.)?
- I got a new job as mathematics teacher. It's really fun. Unforrtunately it's only for 2,5 days a week. So -still looking for another job.

8. Do you have any pets? What are their names?
- Finally I decided to have a cat. (even though I still got my financial problems). He's called Boender. He is about 15 yrs of age. So, when i saw him in that cage in the animal shelter, I just thought of giving this poor creature a save home for his old day. I can tell this is much better for him. He is much more vivacious, looks more healthy and generrally seems to enjoy life with me. I am very happy.

Wow, it sounds like things are really picking up for you! Im very happy for you. And about he cat... I would of done the same thing. Just think, that poor cat probably never had any happiness and now he gets to live our the rest of his life - happy! That was very thoughful of you.
Take care :)

1. I stumbled across these boards whilst looking for info on a 3600 mile long 'supercolony' of ants that I had heard about a few weeks ago (There's a thread here somewhere).

2. I visit the boards and have a quick look whenevr I'm online but I only post if a) I have something to say and b) I have time.....

3. I live in Scotland and am quite patriotic about it. Given that I believe in a one-world setup where there are no economic borders and everyone is treated equally my patriotism bothers me slightly!

4. I am 31 years old, which never fails to shock me (surely it was my 21st last year?!)

5. I am the Health and Safety consultant to a (fairly) large hotel chain.

6. I try to maintain an equal interest in all subjects but I have little time for those whose answer to difficult questions invokes (any) god- lower case intentional. It just smacks of the head-in-the-sand mentality that I believe is hampering our development of knowledge.

7. I got good grades in every subject I took at school, including all the sciences on offer and then in my carefree (foolish) 18 year old way I elected not to go to university immediately but to take a year out and work. Needless to say I got caught up in the joy of a regular paycheck and have still not expanded my formal studies. I have dozens of personnel, catering and health and safety quals and am a qualified trainer, but I've never checked to see whether these quals carrry any weight outside of the UK. I do, however, understand people (my time as a personnel manager).

8. I do not believe that it is right to keep pets, certainly not in towns or cities, unless they have all the space and freedom to live as natural a life as possible. A bit of a sweeping statement I know, but there you have it.

9. Let me see, one fact not shown above....

I am a bleeding-heart liberal type who believes that everyone should be allowed to do whatever the hell they please as long as their actions do not detriment any other individuals. I sometimes come across as a bit of a hippy because of this.

Oh, and tiassa , you couldn't smoke me under the table, but the chat would be interesting (to us)

1. How did you first hear about or discover sciforums.com?

I found it from the internet


2. How often do you visit sciforums?

I dunno. We will find out soon.


3. What city/town/state/country are you in?

California Silly-con (breast) Valley.


4. How old are you, roughly? (please answer the poll, too).

I am a young punk in my early 20's.


5. What do you do when you're not here (i.e. occupation etc.)?

Work, keep my woman happy, play with my ham radio and play with myself.


6. Which topics in sciforums interest you the most? Why?

Anything. Porn perhaps.


7. What qualifications do you have (if any)?

Nothing other than RF and radiation. I bought my degree from the internet.


8. Do you have any pets? What are their names?

I had a dog once and it was delicious.


9. Give one fact about yourself not already provided in the above answers.

I believe my future son will be the anti-Christ.

I'll answer with the questions included to make it easier for me :)

1. How did you first hear about or discover sciforums.com?
I saw a link to a specific post a couple of days ago from an atheist website.

2. How often do you visit sciforums?
Well since I've only been here a couple days... pretty much 3 hours per day total, reading up on old posts and building my knowledge of atheism so i dont sound so ignorant!

3. What city/town/state/country are you in?
Chemainus (South Vancouver Island)/British Columbia/Canada.

4. How old are you, roughly? (please answer the poll, too).
About 17.5.

5. What do you do when you're not here (i.e. occupation etc.)?
I'm a Student in grade 11... mom held me back a year from starting school so I may seem a bit old for grade 11.. point being: I didn't fail Anything! I like electronics, computers, and philosophy a little bit... but discussing it gets really annoying sometimes. I'm also learning Japanese because I wanted to learn a language (it feels like a real accomplishment) and it was interesting. As for highschool, I am lazy, hate doing any work & homework (and so i dont), but usually manage to get 90+ percent anyways.. I DESPISE CHEMISTRY.

6. Which topics in sciforums interest you the most? Why?
Religion (I'm atheist obviously), computers, and politics a little bit (But I don't know too much about it). I am most interested in learning about the arguments for/against relgion being a farce, so that I can debate it with people I know in real life.

7. What qualifications do you have (if any)?
Uhhhh, passed grade 10 ;) Will get a bachelors in either language, philosophy, economics, computers, or engineering (electrical).. dunno yet.

8. Do you have any pets? What are their names?
One pet rat, named Hibiki. Fairly common japanese name I think. And I can write it in Japanese :)

9. Give one fact about yourself not already provided in the above answers.
I wish I knew more so I could talk in more interesting subjects. So i'll probably talk in the aforementioned subjects anyways and annoy the hell out of you! Beware.

There you go.

Originally posted by James R

1. How did you first hear about or discover sciforums.com?
A friend found 'Exosci', and told me I might like the site. So I looked and liked it.

2. How often do you visit sciforums?
At least once a week


3. What city/town/state/country are you in?
Fresno, in Central California; no beaches, lots of smog, can't see the Sierra Nevadas most days, even though they are a few miles off to the east

4. How old are you, roughly? (please answer the poll, too).
Roughly 47 suns & a few moons.

5. What do you do when you're not here (i.e. occupation etc.)?
Lots of paperwork, supervisor in a public health center

6. Which topics in sciforums interest you the most? Why?
Science, Pseudeoscience, Philosophy & Religion; want to know what others think, ideas, share, discuss

7. What qualifications do you have (if any)?
somewhat computer literate, can't type very well

8. Do you have any pets? What are their names?
Fish; Neon Tetras, White clouds, Headlight Tetras, A 'plea-a- something or other' (an algae eater), that I call "Shotgun' because of it's marking pattern & goldfish. I prefer plants, have over 25 Orchids under lights in a bathroom & natural light in an east facing living room.

9. Give one fact about yourself not already provided in the above answers.
I haven't bought a computer yet, I've been spoiled growing up on massive doses of 'Star Trek', and am waiting for an affordable, semi-AI computer. In about 5 years from now, I guess? But I'll wait until after the first ones come out, since they will still be expensive & have a lot of bugs.

Originally posted by James R

1. How did you first hear about or discover sciforums.com?
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I don't remember... I think I was looking for an information about programming.
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2. How often do you visit sciforums?
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At least once a day.
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3. What city/town/state/country are you in?
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That's already written but I'm from Nantes, that's in West of France.
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4. How old are you, roughly? (please answer the poll, too).
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I'm 23 years old
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5. What do you do when you're not here (i.e. occupation etc.)?
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Well, I'm student in University (Computer Science) so it takes most of my time and... no, I'm jocking, that doesn't take so much time. In fact I like listening music, watching TV and going on the Internet. When I'm not on my computer, I go out with friends.
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6. Which topics in sciforums interest you the most? Why?
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Which topic ? I don't know ! I'm more interested by questions than by "topics"...
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7. What qualifications do you have (if any)?
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Now it is June,11 so in one week I will know if I passed my Bachelor (4th year in university) and then I will try to pass a Master (5th year).
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8. Do you have any pets? What are their names?
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I've got a brother and two sisters ( LOL ).
No, I don't have any pets with me but at my parents'home we've got 2 cats, a few fishes, a rabit and a horse.
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9. Give one fact about yourself not already provided in the above answers.
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:confused: I ..., or maybe ...,
no, I should add that ..., well... ? ;)
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1. How did you first hear about or discover sciforums.com?

From an Elite DJ Site. Sorry no questions please, we don't talk about Fight Club :D

2. How often do you visit sciforums?

When I have the time. For now, I'd say every other day.

3. What city/town/state/country are you in?

Hawaii, USA

4. How old are you, roughly? (please answer the poll, too).

17 baby

5. What do you do when you're not here (i.e. occupation etc.)?

[]D[][]V[][][]D[][]\[], sports, gym, research, read, chill, work, et al

6. Which topics in sciforums interest you the most? Why?

Physics (science is my favorite subject) and Religion, I can exercise my debating skills there.

7. What qualifications do you have (if any)?

All the stuff in High School, I'm pretty much qualified for SCA, PLDC, Leadership stuff, and so on.

8. Do you have any pets? What are their names?

A dog, named Lucky.

9. Give one fact about yourself not already provided in the above answers.

I have an insatiable desire to learn and continue learning and I'm very argumentative. ;) I'm full AzN also and proud of it. Look at profile.

Peace

1) I got a link to a post while looking for info.

Go look at my profile.

6) Literature, I enjoy sci-fi and fantasy. And science.

7) I'm an aircraft armament systems specialist(F-16).

9) The voices are talking to me.:D :D

1. How did you first hear about or discover sciforums.com?
I was meandering along the Internet stream when I chanced upon a hidden glade known as SciForums...

2. How often do you visit sciforums?
Less than I should, hahaha

3. What city/town/state/country are you in?
Toronto, Ontario, Canada, that giant piece of land north of USA

4. How old are you, roughly? (please answer the poll, too).
15, unless my birth certificate is false or something

5. What do you do when you're not here (i.e. occupation etc.)?
School, read, breathe, eat, live, blink, walk, sit, talk, etc

6. Which topics in sciforums interest you the most? Why?
I like them all! :D

7. What qualifications do you have (if any)?
Qualification to do what, exactly? hehehe :)

8. Do you have any pets? What are their names?
Nope, I'm a sad sad person with no pets :p

9. Give one fact about yourself not already provided in the above answers.
I "play" guitar, if termed loosely, heh heh
:rolleyes:

1. How did you first hear about or discover sciforums.com?

I had a premonition one rainy night last October, more letters in the URL filled in every once in a while in my mind until I knew the whole thing.

2. How often do you visit sciforums?

Pretty often.

3. What city/town/state/country are you in?

Err... Phoenix, Arizona, USA

4. How old are you, roughly? (please answer the poll, too).

12, 13 in August

5. What do you do when you're not here (i.e. occupation etc.)?

Err... Basically just student. Although I do multiple things most of the time which do not include student, they aren't exactly my occupation...

6. Which topics in sciforums interest you the most? Why?

US involvement in international affairs, religion, Mideast conflict.

Why? That isn't a very easy question to answer...

7. What qualifications do you have (if any)?

Well, I spent a few weeks reading just books about the conflict, I did quite a bit of research on it. US involvement in international affairs? Generally I read the newspaper and have read quite a bit on foreign policy. Religion? Well, considering I spent one year in religious school (that was preschool, lol) which doesn't really qualify me... However I did read a modern translation of the Bible from cover to cover, I've witnessed evolution, and I am God... (I've witnessed evolution, yes, but I'm not God lol.)

8. Do you have any pets? What are their names?

I've got 3.

Rabbits:

=Honey, Rabbit, part Netherlands Dwarf, part something else, light brown-orange colour, perhaps like honey mixed with mayonnaise, female, my own rabbit, spayed

=Wicket, Rabbit, purebred Netherlands Dwarf, jet black colour, male, my older sister's rabbit, neutered

Wicket and Honey live together and are quite close, and he instinctually defends her against danger even though she is quite a bit larger than him. They're both very small, have lived about half their lifespans already, and are adopted rabbits (she's been with me for about 1~2 years now, he has been 3~4 years now), she came from a woman who could no longer take care of her, he came from a traumatic situation in which he was one of the last surviving rabbits of a kid who went to college, leaving his father to take care of his barn of rabbits (but his father never did), also the youngest of them.

=Speedy, Desert tortise. Family pet, perhaps about 10~11 years old, more sentimental than most tortises (craves attention and high voices, neck stroking)

About 5 years ago, my 3rd Grade teacher found him in the middle of the road on the way to school, searched for an owner (he seemed to have had extensive contact with humans before) but never found one, sort of just absorbed him from the teacher who didn't want to have to take care of him.

9. Give one fact about yourself not already provided in the above answers.

I'm a male :P

--GB-GIL Trans-global--
12? Wow, you're very mature! I used to be second-youngest, and now I'm third or fourth...or ninth! (at least to my knowledge). I remember when I was 12, the world was in the palm of my hand, and I could still get away with being immature. You lucky one. Use your youth wisely. Be as crazy as you want, while you still have the time.. :) After 14, it all goes downhill. :( :D

1. How did you first hear about or discover sciforums.com?

I was sitting there one night on herb and John Lennon looked from the cover of my Sgt. Pepper's album and said 'Hey man, you should check out sciforums dot com. it's real groovy' in his old accent.

Okay, now that the standard joke is over; I had heard something about some time-space thing on Discovery and wanted to find out the whole story. A google search led me to here.


2. How often do you visit sciforums?

Daily.


3. What city/town/state/country are you in?

Toronto/Ontario/Canada

4. How old are you, roughly? (please answer the poll, too).

Sixteen.

5. What do you do when you're not here (i.e. occupation etc.)?

Student. But I play hockey for my main extracurricular interest. I'm also a distance runner and I play guitar as well as hold a job as a bike builder and sports equipment salesman.

6. Which topics in sciforums interest you the most? Why?

General Philosophy, Religion, World Politics.

7. What qualifications do you have (if any)?

I'm Canadian. Haha. Um, I read the paper daily, have been reading philosophy for 3 years, am Canadian (on second thought, I am using this, haha), have studied political and other histories for quite some time... None, really.

8. Do you have any pets? What are their names?

Two dogs. One named Paris (German Sheppard, female). One named Mozart (Mutt, we rescued from a puppy farm, male).

9. Give one fact about yourself not already provided in the above answers.

I have a pic of the '72 Paul Henderson goal autographed by Henderson beside me. Anyone who does not know who Paul Henderson is or what the significance of 1972 is and is Canadian; please leave the country. Anyone who does not know who Paul Henderson is or what the significance of 1972 is and is not Canadian; please keep out of Canada, you are not welcome.

Paul....Henderson? *spring-loaded trap explodes! and I get shot out of Canada so fast I reach supersonic speeds*

1. How did you first hear about or discover sciforums.com?

GOOGLE

2. How often do you visit sciforums?

ON AVERAGE ONCE A DAY

3. What city/town/state/country are you in?

TORONTO, ONTARIO, CANADA

4. How old are you, roughly? (please answer the poll, too).

23

5. What do you do when you're not here (i.e. occupation etc.)?

STUDENT

6. Which topics in sciforums interest you the most? Why?

MANY TOPICS INTEREST ME BECUASE IN ORDER TO GET A BROAD PICTURE YOU MUST UNDERSTAND MANY TOPICS

7. What qualifications do you have (if any)?

WORKING ON THEM

8. Do you have any pets? What are their names?

UMMM.... NO

9. Give one fact about yourself not already provided in the above answers.

UMMM.... NO

1. How did you first hear about or discover sciforums.com?

A friend gave me the link. I just registered tonight, and this is my first post. Hooray.

2. How often do you visit sciforums?

A couple of times so far. Probably a few more times, and maybe a lot more if it looks interesting.

3. What city/town/state/country are you in?

Arkansas, USA. The town varies. Actually the state and country vary a bit as well, but not often enough to matter.

4. How old are you, roughly? (please answer the poll, too).

Twenty-one years, one month, eight days.

5. What do you do when you're not here (i.e. occupation etc.)?

I'm a college student at a snobbish liberal arts school. If there's an archaeological dig anywhere near, I'm usually trying to be in the middle of it. Most of my time not here is being spent studying, exploring (the urban spelunking kind), reading, harmonica-ing, playing video games, studying, or visiting friends, or doing something else entirely. Like studying.

6. Which topics in sciforums interest you the most? Why?

Human sciences, and whatever else has a nice discussion going. I don't know much about physics or chemistry or most of biology, but I've read my Sagan, Dawkins, and Gould.

7. What qualifications do you have (if any)?

HA! None. I'm working towards a BA in history and anthropology with emphasis on the Classical period, and one day I hope do have a big shiny PhD in Classical Archaeology hanging on my wall. I'm fairly good at reading and translating Classical and Medieval Latin, and I'm not too shabby at web-design.

8. Do you have any pets? What are their names?

I used to have a ferret, but she died this past winter. The next pet I get is either going to be a malamute or a mastiff, and it will be named "Caracalla" after my favorite Roman emperor. You know, the one that Rise and Fall... called "The Common Enemy of All Mankind?" S/he's going to be a good dog.

9. Give one fact about yourself not already provided in the above answers.

Right now, thanks to the painkillers provided for my recovery from getting a wisdom tooth removed, I'm feeling really happy. And if none of this makes sense, that's why. Oxycodone!

-j

1. I did a search on Yahoo using the word Athiesm(since the word Athiest had produced mostly Athiest bashing Christian propaganda, heard the one about the bear?) and a post on these forums came high on the result list.

2. Considering I just registered yesterday, quite a bit actually. Expect an absense soon, extending to next week, see #3.

3. Currently? Durham NC USA, shortly I will be moving back to Telford PA USA.

4. 19, brn Nov 1, 1982

5.Full time student of life, programming and writing mostly

6. Religion is what drew me here, but I'm sure i'll be interested in the science forum as well, if I can just get around to it...

7. Besides common sense and a developed sense of logic? Just a course in Intro to Philosophy and Biological Anthropology. Um, not really relevent to Sciforums but A class on C and one on C++ and a couple years exerience. Oh, and life experience in the fallacies of religion, I was raised Catholic.

8. Sadly no, but I love cats, i think i would name mine Raist.

9. I'm a game junkie and frequent the WheelOfTime.com game forum, I also frequent the hackers.com C++ forum because of my interest in programming and recently learned of cprogramming.com(who would've thought, cprogramming's a site? about programming?) I can also be extremely sarcastic, but only on my good days.

Stay away from the religion forum. It's a pit of vipers.

1. How did you first hear about or discover sciforums.com?

I was referred by another member! Xevious. I made his avatar too. You should see the entire picture. *sniff*

2. How often do you visit sciforums?

We'll see. So far so good.

3. What city/town/state/country are you in?

That's strictly confidential. If I told you, I'd have to kill you. And who wants to be buried in a 3rd ring suburb of Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota?

4. How old are you, roughly? (please answer the poll, too).

Rougly the age of a newly emerged cicada.

5. What do you do when you're not here (i.e. occupation etc.)?

I engage in heterotrophy, catabolism, respiration, defecation; phases of suspended animation, occasional copulation... ummm you get the idea.

6. Which topics in sciforums interest you the most? Why?

You might have guessed already. I do love biology. Food chemistry, so I know what I am eating.

7. What qualifications do you have (if any)?

High school education, but it was accelerated! science classes. Oooh!

8. Do you have any pets? What are their names?

Four felines -- Monkey, Ernie, Tybalt, Bobbette. Two pet mice-- BrownE and BrownF. Calamities HAVE happened. :(

9. Give one fact about yourself not already provided in the above answers.

I do not use a QWERTY keyboard. All of us fine scientific minds recognize the inherent superiority of the Dvorak key layout. Be on the lookout for unlikely typos however....

Originally posted by Pugget
3. What city/town/state/country are you in?

That's strictly confidential. If I told you, I'd have to kill you. And who wants to be buried in a 3rd ring suburb of Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota?
Tell Jesse, "Hi!"

4. How old are you, roughly? (please answer the poll, too).

Rougly the age of a newly emerged cicada.

From the clues provided, a 17-year cicada?

I do not use a QWERTY keyboard. All of us fine scientific minds recognize the inherent superiority of the Dvorak key layout. Be on the lookout for unlikely typos however....
Wouldn't a voice-activated system be better?

1. How did you first hear about or discover sciforums.com?
Search engine. Looking for political forums.
2. How often do you visit sciforums?
Couple of times a day (im unemployed)
3. What city/town/state/country are you in?
ohio usa
4. How old are you, roughly? (please answer the poll, too).
Old ehough so that I dont need as much sleep as I used to, not dead yet.
5. What do you do when you're not here (i.e. occupation etc.)?
Last job was as a geek, mostly sysadmin/nework stuff. I also like taking naps.
6. Which topics in sciforums interest you the most? Why?
Politics, religion. The strange things people believe fascinate me.
7. What qualifications do you have (if any)?
I have opinions.
8. Do you have any pets? What are their names?
no
9. Give one fact about yourself not already provided in the above answers.
I can wiggle my ears.

1. How did you first hear about or discover sciforums.com?
I was arguing with this clown that reckons all the moon landing are a hoax and I was searching google to support my argument and stumbled on this site that had the same argument.

2. How often do you visit sciforums?
maybe once every 2 days depands if any of my posts get a reply

3. What city/town/state/country are you in?
London/England/United Kingdom

4. How old are you, roughly? (please answer the poll, too).
22

5. What do you do when you're not here (i.e. occupation etc.)?
Student riding, Mountain bikes.

6. Which topics in sciforums interest you the most? Why?
Some science ones (can get questions answered), and the funny ones (they make me giggle) .

7. What qualifications do you have (if any)?
9gcse, 5 A levels(maths, computing, physics, sociology, communications).

8. Do you have any pets? What are their names?
No no pets but I want an AIBO

9. Give one fact about yourself not already provided in the above answers.
Im Black.

Originally posted by James R
1. How did you first hear about or discover sciforums.com?
Think I heard about it someday, or did a search for forums when I was bored.
2. How often do you visit sciforums?
Many times a day. At least three times. :o
3. What city/town/state/country are you in?
UK, near London.
4. How old are you, roughly? (please answer the poll, too).
17, 11 months and 13 days. :cool:
5. What do you do when you're not here (i.e. occupation etc.)?
Student, 'cept it's hols now, so laze about or work.
6. Which topics in sciforums interest you the most? Why?
Any I can understand, so I tend to steer clear of Acquisition and science etc. :p
7. What qualifications do you have (if any)?
GCSE's, A levels, if they count.
8. Do you have any pets? What are their names?
A cat, named Amber.
9. Give one fact about yourself not already provided in the above answers.
I'm addicted to the net?

Originally posted by
What's your name? _______???

[5. What do you do when you're not here (i.e. occupation etc.)?
Student riding , Mountain bikes.
That's an interesting occupation, is that "writing" or just a Freudian slip?
6. Which topics in sciforums interest you the most? Why?
Some science ones (can get questions answered), and the funny ones (they make me giggle) .
You're at the right place for all that!! :D :D :D
7. What qualifications do you have (if any)?
9gcse , 5 A levels(maths, computing, physics, sociology, communications).
What's 9gcse????
8. Do you have any pets? What are their names?
No no pets but I want an AIBO
An AI, What?
9. Give one fact about yourself not already provided in the above answers.
Im Black.
Is your family from the West Indies or Africa?

1. How did you first hear about or discover sciforums.com?
From my cousin.

2. How often do you visit sciforums?
Now and then.

3. What city/town/state/country are you in?
Ehm, isn't that what the user profile is for?

4. How old are you, roughly? (please answer the poll, too).
Profile again.

5. What do you do when you're not here (i.e. occupation etc.)?
I look for jobs. Programming. Until I find a good one.

6. Which topics in sciforums interest you the most? Why?
So far, the Computer Science ones, since it's my area of expertise.

7. What qualifications do you have (if any)?
Ms. Sc. (C.Sc. to be precise)

8. Do you have any pets? What are their names?
Nope. Pooky, Terberak and Fido.

9. Give one fact about yourself not already provided in the above answers.
My eyes are blue with orange specks.

Originally posted by Randolfo

What's your name? _______???
My name is ______________ but you can call me _____ for short.___

That's an interesting occupation, is that "writing" or just a Freudian slip?
nope its a typo I am a Full Time student at University studying maths and computers, I shifted the ',' it was suppose to be riding mountain bikes. (http://www.denai.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/bikes/mesaracen.JPG)

You're at the right place for all that!! :D :D :D

What's 9gcse????
another typo!! GCSE's you do them for two years between the ages of 14 and 16.

An AI, What?
AIBO http://www.industrialnetworking.co.uk/images/aibo.jpg

Is your family from the West Indies or Africa?
West Indies, St Vincent to be exact.

Anyway are you the person running this Demographic thing?

1. How did you first hear about or discover sciforums.com?
I searched for it! Got it from www.google.com

2. How often do you visit sciforums?
I'm new here, but I guess I'll visit this forum quite often...

3. What city/town/state/country are you in?
Currently in Thailand.

4. How old are you, roughly? (please answer the poll, too).
16

5. What do you do when you're not here (i.e. occupation etc.)?
I'm a high school student. When not here I study something or do a project. Before I was really engaged with programming but now I'm delving into physics and calculus. I also play computer games.

6. Which topics in sciforums interest you the most? Why?
Physics, mostly because there are lots of questions that I can't answer (I need your help guys!!!)

7. What qualifications do you have (if any)?
-

8. Do you have any pets? What are their names?
-

9. Give one fact about yourself not already provided in the above answers.
I'm a wannabe game programmer, probably focusing on physics and graphics engine development :)...

1. <b>How did you first hear about or discover sciforums.com?</b>
From Google.

2. <b>How often do you visit sciforums?</b>
Daily so far.

3. <b>What city/town/state/country are you in? </b>
Seattle, WA, USA.

4. <b>How old are you, roughly? (please answer the poll, too).</b>
35.

5. <b>What do you do when you're not here (i.e. occupation etc.)?</b>
Dad. Software developer.

6. <b>Which topics in sciforums interest you the most? Why?</b>
Physics. Because I had a vivid dream in which I met Einstein, who encouraged me to extend his theory. Before that I found physics boring.

7. <b>What qualifications do you have (if any)?</b>
Self-taught.

8. <b>Do you have any pets? What are their names?</b>
Kitster the loudmouthed cat.

9. <b>Give one fact about yourself not already provided in the above answers.</b>
I like to hike.

1. How did you first hear about or discover sciforums.com?
I found my way here through the space.com message boards.

2. How often do you visit sciforums?
As often as possible.

3. What city/town/state/country are you in?
Michigan, US (i'm always surprised how many other people from michigan i find online)

4. How old are you, roughly? (please answer the poll, too).
17

5. What do you do when you're not here (i.e. occupation etc.)?
College student at the University of Michigan

6. Which topics in sciforums interest you the most? Why?
Almost everything, except for the pseudoscience type stuff

7. What qualifications do you have (if any)?
High School graduate

8. Do you have any pets? What are their names?
I have a golden retriever/cocker spaniel mix named Zelda, and a calico cat named Thunder.

9. Give one fact about yourself not already provided in the above answers.
I plan to go into some sort of science career, not sure what yet...but i have time to decide... :)

Originally posted by James R
Hi everybody,

I'm interested in finding out a bit more about the people who post to this board. Since there doesn't seem to be any kind of survey so far, I thought it might be interesting to ask a few questions. Respond to however much of this you want to.

1. How did you first hear about or discover sciforums.com?
2. How often do you visit sciforums?
3. What city/town/state/country are you in?
4. How old are you, roughly? (please answer the poll, too).
5. What do you do when you're not here (i.e. occupation etc.)?
6. Which topics in sciforums interest you the most? Why?
7. What qualifications do you have (if any)?
8. Do you have any pets? What are their names?
9. Give one fact about yourself not already provided in the above answers.

1. Surfed on in.
2. at least 2 times daily
3. Scotland
4. 17
5. student
6. politics, free thoughts and philosophy
7. secondary school graduate
8. no pets
9. i'm male.

lol@Jerry picture!

ORiginaLLy postEd by %BlueSoulRobot%
4. How old are you, roughly? (please answer the poll, too).
15, unless my birth certificate is false or something

Correction: 16! Ahahahaha! *maniacal laugh* Dam, I got older. :mad: :D *laughs it off, just like everything else*

1. dont rember i think a link from a page
2. every day
3. south carolina
4. 15
5. skool
6. Religion,General Philosophy,Physics & Math because
7. none really
8. yeah i 100 pound dog in my lap now licking me name chevy
9. im a computer geek

1. I'm not sure where i found sciforums from
2. Daily
3. Chichester, Pennsylvania, USA
4. Almost 17
5. Highschool student
6. Free thoughts because new threads are started often; biology because biology rules.
7. Hm. I know english and spanish, learning some russian by myself. That's about it
8. My dad's cat, Trixie
9. I dont have a girlfriend

9. I dont have a girlfriend
On the count of three, everyone: Awwwwwwww...

:D

8. Do you have any pets? What are their names?
I now have an unofficially registered pet, named Kahzakstan. He's majorly volatile and unnaturally hostile for a fish. :D I plan to get some more, and name them Reject, Tofu, Ludovic, and Miser. And one girl fish, called Rampage. Fighting fish are cool. :)

1) How did I discover this beautiful place?
Came up from a search on Communism

2) How often?
Daily

3)Location?
North Central New Jeresey, between Philly and NYC, USA

4) How old, roughly?
16, roughly :)

5)What do I do when I'm not here?
High School student, work as a landscaper every weekend, pretty much normal life.

6)Topics that interest you in Sciforums?
I love Parapsychology, Astronomy, Politics, General Philosophy, Science and Society, and of course Art and Culture.

7)Credentials?
None, except for middle school education :cool:

8)Any pets, what are their names?
2 dogs-Lady (yellow lab) and Milo (Maltese), 2 cats- Spot and Trinket (both black and white) and some fish.

9) Any other facts other than above?
Play the guitar very well, play soccer and basketball for school and Plans to go on cross country road trip with a friend from Philly after high school, to meet lots of people and hear thier stories, I can't wait!

Tad late, but hey, whatyagonnado

1. How did you first hear about or discover sciforums.com?
Found it by chance while looking for a picture on a game

2. How often do you visit sciforums?
I never leave

3. What city/town/state/country are you in?
Hampshire, UK

4. How old are you, roughly? (please answer the poll, too).
16 (17 in Oct?)

5. What do you do when you're not here (i.e. occupation etc.)?
I'm always here or I'm at college

6. Which topics in sciforums interest you the most? Why?
Free Thoughts and Nerd Culture, dunno why, I just do

7. What qualifications do you have (if any)?
12 GCSE's

8. Do you have any pets? What are their names?
No

9. Give one fact about yourself not already provided in the above answers
I like Pizza

1) How did I discover this beautiful place?
Came up from a search on Communism

that could be my fault. lol ;)

I wouldn't doubt that Cap'n

I don't think so, you didn't reply to the one I was looking at

here's the link:
Communism and America (http://www.sciforums.com/t4802/s0dafeb756fabe5fa5d6c09d8a822b47f/showthread.php?s=&threadid=4802&perpage=20&pagenumber=1)

edit: Here's one that Capn started
Communism...the way ahead? (http://www.sciforums.com/t4802/s0dafeb756fabe5fa5d6c09d8a822b47f/showthread.php?s=&threadid=8193)

Originally posted by James R
Hi everybody,

I'm interested in finding out a bit more about the people who post to this board. Since there doesn't seem to be any kind of survey so far, I thought it might be interesting to ask a few questions. Respond to however much of this you want to.

1. How did you first hear about or discover sciforums.com?
2. How often do you visit sciforums?
3. What city/town/state/country are you in?
4. How old are you, roughly? (please answer the poll, too).
5. What do you do when you're not here (i.e. occupation etc.)?
6. Which topics in sciforums interest you the most? Why?
7. What qualifications do you have (if any)?
8. Do you have any pets? What are their names?
9. Give one fact about yourself not already provided in the above answers.

1. I visit the www.alliedassault.com off-topic forum once in a while and someone said that this was THE forum to visit and participate in. I agree...

2. I try to visit once a day and look at each section (the downside to being interested in almost all topics...)

3. I live in Gatineau, Quebec in Canada. It's getting cold ;)

4. I am 21 years old.

5. Depending on the time of day, I might be playing chess, basket-ball, weight-lifting, playing billiards, video-games, eating, sleeping, reading or doing some math...

6. I am still new to the forum and I haven't had the chance to check out all of the sections in detail so I will answer this at a later time.

7. I consider myself a jack of all trades, as I find most people incomplete: aside from the special hobby the person might have, he/she will usually have a very general education (nothing very impressive) but ONE specialisation. I want to be as knowledgeable as possible in ALL areas :D

8. When I was younger, I had 2 pet rats. Now we have a family dog (Shi-Tzu) named Tenchi.

9. One fact about myself ? I am usually underestimated and my talents/skills, underappreciated. Life in the dark isn't always bright :D :D :D

Originally posted by James R
Hi everybody,

I'm interested in finding out a bit more about the people who post to this board. Since there doesn't seem to be any kind of survey so far, I thought it might be interesting to ask a few questions. Respond to however much of this you want to.

1. How did you first hear about or discover sciforums.com?
2. How often do you visit sciforums?
3. What city/town/state/country are you in?
4. How old are you, roughly? (please answer the poll, too).
5. What do you do when you're not here (i.e. occupation etc.)?
6. Which topics in sciforums interest you the most? Why?
7. What qualifications do you have (if any)?
8. Do you have any pets? What are their names?
9. Give one fact about yourself not already provided in the above answers.

1. I discovered these amazing and interesting forum boards
accidently, I really don't remember how and why.
Maybe it was when I searced for Paranormal subject in Google, and one of the results linked me to Sciforums.
2. For now, I visit here very few times per week due to the mant tasks i have in School lately.
Furthermore, I hate politics, so some months ago people poseted many threads like this here regarding the situation in my country and the Midst. and this caused me a lot of despression and anger. Therefore I decided to live Sciforums for a while..
3. I live in Haifa, Northern Israel. Don't believe any foreign media.
People in Haifa llive in respect to each other and with harmony,
without the matter of religion, beliefs, tendecies and etch.
Of course there's always a place to improve and getting better.
Haifa is a good example of living like human beings.
I'm very proud of it. :)
4.I'm almost 17 years old. My birthday is on 6th Jan.
5. I build and design web sites, hate Microsoft Cop. but use her ssl and techs, I search for Nibiru Planet in the sky, pray for a better future and get out with a few and good friend of mine to movies, especially.
6.
Life: free thoughts, It's very important and basic disccusion that the mankind should takes.

Science: Earth Science Astronomy and Genetics.
The first one because my awareness to the mad climate world wide and last envoirmental happenings in the nature.
We are facing something very dangerous, and we gotta learn how to stop it. The first thing we must learn is to respect the nature and ourselves. The super-powers send space shuttle to space and other planets while people on Earth starve to death.
I'm interested in the Genetics stuff also due to the last developments and achievements and all the moral problem these bring. Furthermore, I like this subject very much and maybe my occupation will be around this in the future.

Subcultures: Pseudoscience (I hate this name, it's not a suitable one for this such of issue, in my opinion)
I've been reading and learning about UFOs, aliens, beings and all of this stuff for many years. I've gotten into it mysteriously; Simply one of my hobbies.

and the Site Fidback, of course. It's very interesting knowing more about people you don't know very well, but hearing their emotions, feelings and opinions.
7. I prefer not answering this one.. :p (School stuff, what do I have more to say about it? ;) )
8. I HAD pets, fish and some hamsters, but my parents didn't like it very much.. :(
I wanna have a monkey. this is so friendly, calm and cheerful animal. Unfortunately, I don't have enough appropriate envoirmental conditions for growing and taking care of a monkey, and in addition to that- the law in Israel forbid it. :(
9. I like questions like these. :D
Seriously, I came here to read, undergo and learn. Watching from the side, especially.

Thank you all,
love & peace,
Gil Weinstein.

1. How did you first hear about or discover sciforums.com? Through a "migrator" at the Smashing Pumpkins' Philosophy board.
2. How often do you visit sciforums? Almost daily.
3. What city/town/state/country are you in? Indiana, USA
4. How old are you, roughly? (please answer the poll, too). 16, birthday in MArch
5. What do you do when you're not here (i.e. occupation etc.)? Student, side job as a server at an assisted living place
6. Which topics in sciforums interest you the most? Why? Philosophy and Art
7. What qualifications do you have (if any)? For what, being a mod? I'm on this quite often
8. Do you have any pets? What are their names? Queenie is my black-mutt mix labrador, McKenzie is my yellow labrador, and Sunny is my sis' parakeet (though he likes me the best)
9. Give one fact about yourself not already provided in the above answers? If you can't use logic, I'm a writer. I write poetry, short stories,editorials, and newspaper artricles.

1. How did you first hear about or discover sciforums.com?
google trying 2 find critics for the photoread scam. it brought me here, and i read all of the posts about it. there were a bunch. nobody actual had the program, but they all seemed 2 agree it was a scam.
then i spotted the riddle thread in free thoughts
thats the only reason i joined at first.
then i got stuck with no chance of escape.

2. How often do you visit sciforums?
usually a few times per day
at least a few times per week

3. What city/town/state/country are you in?
glen cove, fort lauderdale

4. How old are you, roughly? (please answer the poll, too).
26 - 12/14/76 (sagittarius year of the fire dragon)

5. What do you do when you're not here (i.e. occupation etc.)?
dance, vocalize lyrics, city planning, study for personal knowledge.

7. What qualifications do you have (if any)?
dance, vocals, writing and editing, math, human development and social/city planning, business organizational design, public speaking and teaching.
computers - autocad, any desktop publishing office software

i have a drivers license
i know how to drive

i am a state licensed mortgage broker
i know how to drive

6. Which topics in sciforums interest you the most? Why?
the short fun ones.
its because i dont usually read long threads or respond 2 threads that require long explaination.
but sometimes i do.

other:
growing up, i took inteests in: music/the stage, science, life.

8. Do you have any pets? What are their names?
no roaches lately.
yes!

9. Give one fact about yourself not already provided in the above answers.
:rolleyes:
this is my 1st apartment. i did alot of time on the streets and in homeless shelters, but other than sharing rooms with people in shelters and school dorms, i never lived alone.

Originally posted by James R
Hi everybody,

I'm interested in finding out a bit more about the people who post to this board. Since there doesn't seem to be any kind of survey so far, I thought it might be interesting to ask a few questions. Respond to however much of this you want to.

1. How did you first hear about or discover sciforums.com
2. How often do you visit sciforums?
3. What city/town/state/country are you in?
4. How old are you, roughly? (please answer the poll, too).
5. What do you do when you're not here (i.e. occupation etc.)?
6. Which topics in sciforums interest you the most? Why?
7. What qualifications do you have (if any)?
8. Do you have any pets? What are their names?
9. Give one fact about yourself not already provided in the above answers.

1. askjeeves.com
2. Once a day on weekdays, more on weekends.
3. Omaha Nebraska, USA
4. 17
5. Senior in high school, painting, light programming, fantasizing.
6. Social sciences, Politics, Biology, technology.
7. High school education, 143 IQ, Eternally reading.
8. I have 2 rats (Plato & Pixel); a guinie pig; 3 cats (Maggie, Rufus, & Carusoe); and a dog (Mickey).
9. I am Somewhat Autistic.

1. How did you first hear about or discover sciforums.com?
Google search

2. How often do you visit sciforums?
Daily

3. What city/town/state/country are you in?
The Netherlands

4. How old are you, roughly? (please answer the poll, too).
26

5. What do you do when you're not here (i.e. occupation etc.)?
i pretend to work

6. Which topics in sciforums interest you the most? Why?
Astronomy mostly, free thoughts, events

7. What qualifications do you have (if any)?
none whatsoever :)

8. Do you have any pets? What are their names?
a cat and a dog

9. Give one fact about yourself not already provided in the above answers.
i'm from mars :)

i'm from mars :)
Hey, how's Earth for you so far? Not too cold, not too hot? Hope you like our mixture of oxygen, carbon dioxide, and smog. :) Have you infiltrated our government system yet? Taking home any specimens for the kids to play with? :D

9. I am Somewhat Autistic
:) Me too. My mother's afraid to let me near the car, or any heavy machinery. :D

9. Give one fact about yourself not already provided in the above answers? If you can't use logic, I'm a writer. I write poetry, short stories,editorials, and newspaper artricles.
Cool. :) Will you and Pollux V be heading off one-on-one any time soon, seeing as how you're both writers? :D

1. How did you first hear about or discover sciforums.com?
I was just looking for a new place to post after my ezboard community went all to hell.

2. How often do you visit sciforums?
A lot. Everytime I get a email that says that someone has replied to my post I go see what it is. But I check the new topics about every 5 hours... depending on my level of boredom.

3. What city/town/state/country are you in?
Louisville Kentucky