Demographics

[egirl]

<b>1.</b> I was doing a query on google and a thread popped up in my search results....I think I read for a few hours! The energy that people put into their discussions is contagious...glad to see so many neurons alive and well.
<b>2.</b> This is my second visit.
<b>3.</b> Los Gatos...hamlet of the Sillycon Valley in the South Bay Area of Northern California.
<b>4.</b> 38 is just a number.
<b>5.</b> What, me work? Actually I'm a casualty of the dotcom meltdown. Yahoo and Infoseek were my last haunts.
<b>6.</b> I enjoy the rantings in the Human Science area since my degree is in Cultural Anthropology. The philosophy area is interesting as well, but I find myself impatient with matters of "faith". Long live the scientific method!
<b>7.</b> Qualifications? College instructor, former archaeologist, protein chemist, couple degrees and way too many units beyond that, webmistress, MUDder, oh yes, and ISO certified.
<b>8.</b> No pets. I used to have a blue point siamese and two rotties.
<b>9.</b> I'm an awesome cook and I have an expanding wine collection.

 

[chroot]

1. How did you first hear about or discover sciforums.com?
I don't remember anymore.
2. How often do you visit sciforums?
Most every day at work.
3. What city/town/state/country are you in?
South bay area, California.
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.)?
Wait, I thought this was my occupation? (I'm an engineer)
6. Which topics in sciforums interest you the most? Why?
Physics. Mainly because I like physics.
7. What qualifications do you have (if any)?
B. Sc., working on an M. Sc.
8. Do you have any pets? What are their names?
Not in California.
9. Give one fact about yourself not already provided in the above answers.
I am Superman.

- Warren

 

[amplified]

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

If I remember correctly i searched on Google.com for sundogs, and a post from this excellent forum came up. Love at first sight!

2. How often do you visit sciforums?

When things slow down at work, and at home of course.

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

Gävle, Sweden. A middle-sized city with approx. 100'000 people on Swedens eastcoast.

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.)?

I study physics and math 3 days/week, to get into university this fall. Also work with deaf people through texttelephones (ever heard of those?) days, evenings and nights.

I also visit the gym 5 times a week. If anyone needs advice on diet or working out, dont hesitate to send a pm.

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

Astronomy, and everything related to it. Free Thoughts and Psuedoscience always seems to offer a chuckle.

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

3-year Swedish gymnasium, Nature and Social-science. Otherwise, none. Oh, and that flashy minesweeping-cert I got in the military. Hate someone? Give me a call.

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

I'm a twin, I love the demoscene and beer.

 

[Balder1]

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

I was searching on Google for information on Nietzsche, and the site came up.

2. How often do you visit sciforums?

Every other day or so, sometimes more often, sometimes less.

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

Ketchikan, Alaska, a city of around 10,000 people.


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.)?
Go to high school, play soccer and other sports with friends. Play video games and watch movies, as well.

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

World Events and Politics, and Ethics, Morality, and Justice. Both are pretty easy to understand without lots of specialized knowledge, and just generally more interesting to me than science and math.

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

A couple years of high school, a good GPA.

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

I'm practically an insomniac.

 

[purple_hairstreak]

1. How did you first hear about or discover sciforums.com? I found ti in google search.
2. How often do you visit sciforums?Every single day (except when my damn server is down, which is pretty often)
3. What city/town/state/country are you in?well, let's just say "east"
4. How old are you, roughly? (please answer the poll, too). 15
5. What do you do when you're not here (i.e. occupation etc.)? school (bleargh)
6. Which topics in sciforums interest you the most? Why? Free thoughts...thy're the most fun!
7. What qualifications do you have (if any)?Hmm...human being (not yet verified)
8. Do you have any pets? What are their names?a dog...rover
9. Give one fact about yourself not already provided in the above answers. i'm a female

 

[SwedishFish]

Originally posted by spuriousmonkey
I am not very intelligent

liar!

there are some pretty interesting people here. ok, i'll give it a go:

1. How did you first hear about or discover sciforums.com?
found it in google looking for help with my comp sci homework
2. How often do you visit sciforums?
whenever i happen to pass by the computer...it's always on
3. What city/town/state/country are you in?
massapequa park/ny originally, now purchase/ny
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.)?
study molecular bio at university, general slave to nat sci division, slave to the professor i ta for
6. Which topics in sciforums interest you the most? Why?
politics, human science, earth science, biology & genetics, scifi, religion
7. What qualifications do you have (if any)?
i can type
8. Do you have any pets? What are their names?
a little blue budgie and an albino mouse i rescued from being "rescued". some animal rights activists don't understand that we actually like the little guys...that's why we study them
9. Give one fact about yourself not already provided in the above answers.
i hate wearing shoes and underwear. what kind of messed up god created those?

 

[Niudo]

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

my friend.

2. How often do you visit sciforums?

whenever possible, usually during study hall.

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

canterbury. britian.

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

15ish, roughly. reeeally roughly.

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

sleep.

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

lord of the rings. i'm a self-appointed bloody freak.

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

er.

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

limoge and toulouse. two cats, one of whom thinks i have drawstrings hidden inside all of my pants and therefore attacks my pants daily, usually right before he tries to eat my face, and when he's mad he bloody throws up on my pillow. the other one hates me.

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

er... orlando bloom. i'm obsessed with him, that is. and caffiene. and sarcasm. and i didn't paint that tree.

 

[Cowboy]

Originally posted by James R
1. How did you first hear about or discover sciforums.com?

I just found sciforums last week. I was doing a search for discussion/debate message boards and this site showed up in the results.

Originally posted by James R
2. How often do you visit sciforums?

I just joined this morning, but I have visited this site every day since discovering it, just to see if the level of debate made it worth joining.

It does.

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

The Lost Continent.

Originally posted by James R
4. How old are you, roughly? (please answer the poll, too).

Roughly 26 years and 63 days. Roughly.

Originally posted by James R
5. What do you do when you're not here (i.e. occupation etc.)?

I work for a large computer/electronics company. In my spare time I play video games; read; watch movies; listen to music; spend time with friends and family; swim; watch Formula One, Rally and Superbike races; and do yoga and martial arts.

Originally posted by James R
6. Which topics in sciforums interest you the most? Why?

I find pretty much all the topics interesting. I love politics, philosophy, science and science fiction. I was shocked to find this message board that discusses all of these issues.

Originally posted by James R
7. What qualifications do you have (if any)?

Aside from being brilliant, witty and incredibly attractive, I'm no more qualified than the next guy.

Originally posted by James R
8. Do you have any pets? What are their names?

I have a cat named Ash, after Bruce Campbell's character in the Evil Dead trilogy. Good...bad...he's the guy with the gun.

Originally posted by James R
9. Give one fact about yourself not already provided in the above answers.

I saw the fnords.

 

[airavata]

1. it came up when i googled something.

2. usually once or twice a day, but i have hols now. once school starts it'll probably drop quite a bit.

3. India.

4. 16.

5. aquiring knowledge the way society deems fit.

6. quite a few topics actually. no specific favourites.

7. ummm...not quite sure actually, going to 11th std. student possibly?

8. none whatsoever.

9. i have a grey mark the shape of a hole, and the size of a pin head on my right arm. a year back a pencil went in there and nearly came out the other side. almost ripped up my artery. that's my souveniour of that day.

 

[cyberia]

1. How did you first hear about or discover sciforums.com?
Y'know I don't even know... weird...

2. How often do you visit sciforums?
Everytime I come OL... err... lots...

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

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.)?
Student/Graphic designer/Artist

6. Which topics in sciforums interest you the most? Why?
Ethics
They always raise the most interesting dicussions and points

7. What qualifications do you have (if any)?
I'll be getting TWO highschool diplomas when I graduate

8. Do you have any pets? What are their names?
I have a pet rock name Jorge

9. Give one fact about yourself not already provided in the above answers.
I'm an overachiever?

 

[wesmorris]

Well, I think I've posted this junk before, but what the heck..

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

Some search I did. Can't remember what.

2. How often do you visit sciforums?

Far too often.

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

Columbia, MO

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

33

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

I'm the "Quality Manager" for a small contract manufacturing firm. I do all kinds of stuff for my company. Love my work. Besides that I hang out with my family... wesmorrisbabe and our two beautiful punkins, Molly and Emily. They are very very cute. Ages almost 3 and almost 1 respectively. Oh, and I'm somewhat of a game geek. Been play Vice City lately. Tons of fun.

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

Blah, I'm everywhere. I probably post way too much. I don't know why, it's become compulsory. I literally feel like I've left part of my brain online and I have to check on it to see how it's doing.

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

BS in Industrial Engineering. Would like to eventually get a PhD, but I'm not sure I'll ever be in the financial position to do it. *shrug* Dare to dream damnit.

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

I recently had a dog that I ended up hating and got rid of him. It was somewhat disturbing, since I like animals a lot.

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

I do a lot of stupid accents IRL.

 

[Blue_UK]

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

2. How often do you visit sciforums?
I visit forums when ever I am on the net (~1-7 times/week?)

3. What city/town/state/country are you in?
Surrey/Hampshire (Parents house / my house)

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.)?
Read, Work (John Lewis), Think, xbox.

6. Which topics in sciforums interest you the most? Why?
Philosophy, Technology - I'm that kind of person.

7. What qualifications do you have (if any)?
Maths GCSE(A), AO(B), A-level (A). CertHE Biology w/ Maths
(8 other GCSES, 2 other A-levels)
8. Do you have any pets? What are their names?
All gone. They were cats (Oldie, Ambrose, Sutek the destroyer)

9. Give one fact about yourself not already provided in the above answers.
ADHD, pyromaniac, the list goes on...

 

[DarkEyedBeauty]

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

I did a search on yahoo while I was researching for a paper I was doing on Dretske.

2. How often do you visit sciforums?

Whenever I check my mail. Which is actually too often.

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

Lehighton, Pennsylvania 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.)?

I have a terrible job. But in my area, there aren't that many jobs available without training. And since I'm a full-time student, nobody will hire me with the limited hours I'm available. So I've been working in my hometown Subway for YEARS. And beside studying...I spend most of my time there working myself to death.

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

Free Thoughts, Philosophy and Parapsychology. Free thoughts are just usually fun. I'm a philosophy major. And I just laugh at people in parapsychology.

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

Well...I am a third year philosophy major. Other than that...I breathe, think, and am capable of typing coherently (usually). I guess that qualifies me?

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

Odd question, but ok...I have 4 cats and 3 dogs. KoKo is a Siamese, and she thinks she's the queen of my house. Bacchus is a giant grey cat, and his sons Elliot and Bubba (I did not name him) live with us as well. We took Bacchus in as a stray kitten. Dewey and Sukki are pure-bred Shar Peis...actually very annoying dogs. And Peter is a pure-bred English Pointer. Very beautiful dog.

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

About myself, hmm...that's hard. I'm not a very secretive person. How bout...I have a freckle right underneath my belly button. Haha. Oh wait...did you want something serious. Ok...I once ransomed a rubber chicken.

 

[Mors]

1. How did you first hear about or discover sciforums.com?
** Google
2. How often do you visit sciforums?
** Daily
3. What city/town/state/country are you in?
** Moraga, CA, 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.)?
** Student
6. Which topics in sciforums interest you the most? Why?
** Religion, Art & Culture, Nerd Culture
7. What qualifications do you have (if any)?
** None
8. Do you have any pets? What are their names?
** 2 yellow labs (Madison, Zoe), 1 chocolate lab(Tobius), 1 senegal (Youji) <<< My baby
9. Give one fact about yourself not already provided in the above answers.
** Male

 

[tempusme]

1. How did you first hear about or discover sciforums.com?
....I was looking for something on riemann hypothesis, so Google.
2. How often do you visit sciforums?
....Daily
3. What city/town/state/country are you in?
....Charlotte, NC, USA
4. How old are you, roughly? (please answer the poll, too).
....18.245932503523..
5. What do you do when you're not here (i.e. occupation etc.)?
....Getting "ready" for college.
6. Which topics in sciforums interest you the most? Why?
....Science, politics
7. What qualifications do you have (if any)?
....I got a 5 on my chemistry AP test, lol. none... yet.
8. Do you have any pets? What are their names?
....a doberman, lexus.
9. Give one fact about yourself not already provided in the above answers.
....I like to tap my feet when sitting still for a long time.

 

[kazakhan]

1. How did you first hear about or discover sciforums.com?
I used to visit a site called Extreme Science(I think?), which led me here, is sciforums.com what became of that site? I can't remember, but only joined recently.
2. How often do you visit sciforums?
Nearly everyday
3. What city/town/state/country are you in?
Lake Macquarie, NSW, Australia
4. How old are you, roughly? (please answer the poll, too).
Thirty Odd
5. What do you do when you're not here (i.e. occupation etc.)?
Being unemployed, whatever, Used to be a Test Engineer.
6. Which topics in sciforums interest you the most? Why?
Science/Technology, philosophy, umm everything(?)
7. What qualifications do you have (if any)?
None really, started a lot like one year of Uni, tafe etc
8. Do you have any pets? What are their names?
3 cats, spook, punk & sis.
9. Give one fact about yourself not already provided in the above answers.
Can play a guitar

 

[ElectricFetus]

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

Dam I can't remember! Maybe it was something like this:

And I had a vision of God and it told me: "Go to scifourms.com", and I was like "Why?" and it said "Shut up!, do as I tell you!"

2. How often do you visit sciforums?

My job involves a computer, my internship involves a computer, I am always in front of it, what do you expect???

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

St. Cloud/MN/USofA

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

On Oct 16, 2003 I will be 21, and will celebrated by remaining totally sober.

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

work, sleep, eat, defecate, socialize, everything else that represent the minority of my daily tasks.


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

Biology sub-forum: I am a sophomore/junior dual majoring in biotech and biochemical (there only 6 classes different what a deal!) Still no sure which on I want to focus on in grad. school

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

~3 years of ongoing college education in a science, oh ya that and I am a nerd

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

Ya a Quaker parrot named Federica, trust me DO NOT get one of these as a pet!

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

I am a fan of new-age American cartoons, like south park, B&B, *the below*, SL2021, Space Ghost, ect.

 

[Jade Squirrel]

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

I found it when I was trying to find a question I had about general relativity.

2. How often do you visit sciforums?

Almost every day.

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

Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.

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.)?

I'm a policy and compliance analyst for the government.

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

The Cosmology and Physics forums because they deal with understanding the universe on the largest and smallest scales.

The Religion forum because I like to do my part in helping to cure ignorance.

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

I'm a good analyst and a good writer.

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

A cat. Cuddles.

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

I once memorized the first 1,000 digits of pi for no good reason.

 

[Tragenda.]

• How did you first hear about or discover sciforums.com?
  Someone mentioned Xev on another board, I became curious and thus I am here
• How often do you visit sciforums?
  Everyday
• What city/town/state/country are you in?
  Slovakia > Bratislava
• How old are you, roughly? (please answer the poll, too).
  Around 20
• What do you do when you're not here (i.e. occupation etc.)?
  Student on University of Jan Amos Komensky
• Which topics in sciforums interest you the most? Why?
  Religious and General Philosophy - These forums are a perfect example that truth is a very vague term
• What qualifications do you have (if any)?
  I am still a student ...
• Do you have any pets? What are their names?
  2 Dogs - Avar, Ari
• Give one fact about yourself not already provided in the above answers.
  I can fluently speak English, German, French, Czech and Russian.
  I am still learning Japanese and Spanish.

 

[Raithere]

Okay, I promised myself I wouldn't read anyone else's post until I gave mine, so here goes:

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

I followed a link off of some news-site but I cannot remember which one.

2. How often do you visit sciforums?

Usually a couple of times each day during the week, once or twice on the weekends too.

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

SW Chicago suburbs.

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

6^2

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

Team Focal for IBM Global Services. An IBM focal is basically a team lead but for a specific location. I'm also an excellent chef (if I do say so myself), an avid water and jet skier, reader, movie buff, accomplished sand-castle and snowman builder, and I like to streak through shopping malls (just checking to see if you're paying attention).

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

Religion is where I post most often, I'm not sure why. It's something I've been studying for years. But I'm interested in everything.

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

Qualifications for what, Miss America? None.

I'm a voracious reader (about 1200 pages a week, not counting work related, internet, and magazines). I also attended 2 Universities and 1 local college for a total of about 7 years but I didn't get a degree because I kept changing schools and majors. But I have lots of hours racked up

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

HA! Claudia, Lestat, Jessie, Armand, Velcro, Puck, Stain, Ben, Rocky, Erica, and Shelby (but the fish don't have names).

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

My high-school jazz band won an international (Canada and U.S.) competition. I played tenor sax.

~Raithere