An explaination of my screen name

[munchingfoo]

MUNCHING

munching squares /n./

A display hack dating back to the PDP-1 (ca. 1962, reportedly discovered by Jackson Wright), which employs a trivial computation (repeatedly plotting the graph Y = X XOR T for successive values of T -- see HAKMEM items 146--148) to produce an impressive display of moving and growing squares that devour the screen. The initial value of T is treated as a parameter, which, when well-chosen, can produce amazing effects. Some of these, later (re)discovered on the LISP machine, have been christened `munching triangles' (try AND for XOR and toggling points instead of plotting them), `munching w's', and `munching mazes'. More generally, suppose a graphics program produces an impressive and ever-changing display of some basic form, foo, on a display terminal, and does it using a relatively simple program; then the program (or the resulting display) is likely to be referred to as `munching foos'. [This is a good example of the use of the word foo as a metasyntactic variable.]

FOO

1. /interj./ Term of disgust. 2. Used very generally as a sample name for absolutely anything, esp. programs and files (esp. scratch files). 3. First on the standard list of metasyntactic variables used in syntax examples


I was bored

[hr]Management: The art of writing like you know what you're talking about and making others believe it.

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[James Baster]

Its my name.

Anyone else?

[rubbermuffin]

Rubbermuffin:

Rubber n. 1. an elastic substance produced from the milky sap of various tropical plants or synthetically 2. a piece of rubber used for erasing writing etc. adj. made of rubber

Muffin n. a thick, plain, yeast roll, usually served hot and buttered

The name is my alter ego and also the name of my solo guitar side project.

Cool.

Edited to point out that it's incredibly hard to say when you've had a few.

[hr]'I said I wasn't blaming Jesus or anything. It wasn't His fault that He didn't have any time.'

[niall]

NIALL m Irish, Scottish
Pronounced: NEE-al, NIE-al
Original Gaelic spelling of NEIL


NEIL m Irish, Scottish, English
Pronounced: NEE-ul
From the Gaelic name Niall, which is of disputed origin, possibly meaning "champion" or "cloud". This was the name of a semi-legendary 4th-century Irish king. A famous modern bearer of this name was American astronaut Neil Armstrong, the first person to walk on the moon


oh yeh, its also my name...
(tho that was interesting to see that my spelling of it came first! )


[hr]
do you have a tastyspoon?

http://www.tastyspoon.com/forum

[Cain]

Cain; it's my name.

Also the name of the elder son of Adam and Eve, who killed his younger brother. Rather than punish Cain, god put a mark on him so that he would be doomed to walk the earth for the rest of his life and be known as a murdered.

this explains my signature.

[rae]

rae. = my initials.

Also the first syllable in my first name.

Also what my brothers would call me when I was little(r) and had very short hair and people thought I was a boy. Love my brothers for that one.

Also a drop of golden sun.

[Plette]

Plette is a shortened one syllable version of my real name...it started out as a nickname when my grade 10 English teacher not only seemed incapable of properly pronouncing my full name (Paulette) but absolutely refused to even make an attempt or acknowledge that she was pronouncing it wrong in the first place. Stupid Mrs. Sullivan.

[hr]Sola lingua bona est lingua morta.

[Thackary]

Originally started as a pseudonym for when we went bowling (aged 16 or so), to prevent our mates from discovering how badly we were each playing.
Since then, used for usernames on the increasing number of websites that require registration, as few people use the same spelling as me.

I later found out that my dad had been in hospital to have his wisdom teeth removed, and as he was being wheeled into the operating theatre, groggy from the pre-med injection, the doctor said "Don't worry Mr Thackary, we'll have you out of here in no time".
Unable to form a coherent sentence at the time, my dad just pointed at his wristband and mumbled "walker..." before he passed out.

We never knew what Mr Thackary was in for, but my dad left with just his wisdom teeth missing...

[Oli]

It's my name.
Also a shortened version of my full name, Oliver.
Which is why it's spelt O.L.I., and not Olly or Ollie. Why have a shortened version of your name that's nearly as long as your real name?

[Ashley]

It's the best handle in the whole wide world!

Erm, it's also my real name, too..

That said, my alternate name Ra(l)ph is also-a-pretty nice..

[hr]Nobody ever mentions the coolness of the name Ashley

[kensson]

kensson (one n, two s's)

lit: son of Ken

My dad is called Ken.

[MercuryAnna]

Mercury:
1) a liquid, poisonious metal
2) as in mercurial - quick and changeable in temperament.. volatile
3) a rather excellent Counting Crows song
4) my favorite Sailor Moon character (*shame*)

Anna:
Shortened version of my first name, which is Johanna.

[General Porkov]

General Porkov

I have a large toy pig called Porko and at around 1998, I was majorly into playing Command & Conquer - Red Alert on the Playstation, preferably as the Soviets.

Then, shortly after buying Retailation (the 2nd part of Red Alert), I decided to rename Porko with a name that sounded like that of a Russian General.
So, I decided to rename Porko to become 'General Porkov'!!

That's the explanation of my screen name
It's all a bit of insane fun, nothing serious

[hr]Chaos Pig-keeper of Doom
Be kind to Pigs and Igs!!!

[La Jouissance]

erm....

En psychanalyse, le terme de jouissance désigne les différents rapports à la satisfaction qu'un sujet peut attendre et éprouver d'un objet désiré. Freud puis Lacan ont mis en évidence l'originalité de ce concept en psychanalyse. Il se distingue de l'usage commun qui confond jouissance avec les aléas divers du plaisir.


Right, I'll get my coat.

[The_Farwall]

the
\The\, adv. (AS. (eth)(=e), (eth)(=y), instrumental case of s(=e), se('o), (eth)(ae)t, the definite article. See 2d The.) By that; by how much; by so much; on that account; -- used before comparatives; as, the longer we continue in sin, the more difficult it is to reform. ``Yet not the more cease I.'' --Milton.
So much the rather thou, Celestial Light, Shine inward, and the mind through all her powers Irradiate. --Milton.

far
\Far\, a. (Fartherand Farthestare used as the compar. and superl. of far, although they are corruptions arising from confusion with further and furthest. See Further.) (OE. fer, feor, AS. feor; akin to OS. fer, D. ver, OHG. ferro, adv., G. fern, a., Icel. fjarri, Dan. fjirn, Sw. fjerran, adv., Goth. fa(=i)rra, adv., Gr. ????? beyond, Skr. paras, adv., far, and prob. to L. per through, and E. prefix for-, as in forgive, and also to fare. Cf. Farther, Farthest.) 1. Distant in any direction; not near; remote; mutually separated by a wide space or extent.
They said, . . . We be come from a far country. --Josh. ix. 6.p

wall
\Wall\, n. (AS. weall, from L. vallum a wall, vallus a stake, pale, palisade; akin to Gr. ? a nail. Cf. Interval.) 1. A work or structure of stone, brick, or other materials, raised to some height, and intended for defense or security, solid and permanent inclosing fence, as around a field, a park, a town, etc., also, one of the upright inclosing parts of a building or a room.
The plaster of the wall of the King's palace. --Dan. v. 5.

Created by pulling random words out of a hat in an attempt to name a college band, an excercise that produced no satisfactory results (unless we had wanted to call ourselves 'The French Excorcists').
Became an internet psuedonym when it was the only choice in a long list of attempts to find a name not already used on Yahoo.
[hr][s]Don't hate me because I'm beautiful.
Hate me 'cause I'm such a cunt.[/s]

[Gatty Scumbelina]

It seemed like a good idea at the time.

[hr]It is so difficult to make a neat job of killing people with whom one is not on friendly terms.

[Endemoniada]

Endemoniada - the lead track from one of my favourite albums by one of my favourite bands.

Groovy

[hr][s]when did a difference become a disease? - fugazi [/s]

[KayBee]

Not complicated - my initials are K.B
[hr]
"I never travel without my diary. One should have always have someting sensational to read on the train."

OSCAR WILDE

[Mr Comedy]

Mr Comedy - A masculine version of comedy. Erm, thats a bit easy.

[James]

Surprisingly, I am one of the numerous people called "James" here in St. Andrews. Slight imagination-lack I'm afraid.

However, on a lot of other occasions requiring a screen name I am known as "Thump Jingle" which is the sound made by a Morris dancer falling down a hill. Can't remember why I decided against it for the Sinner.