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Spock
New Member

Netherlands
2 Posts

Posted - 01/21/2005 :  23:14:20  Show Profile  Visit Spock's Homepage Send Spock a Private Message
Hi all,

after nearly a year of lurking I think it is time for me to start posting

So, let me introduce myself a bit.

First, I have no clue how I ended up on this site, but that's the beauty of the internet, you never know where you end up after a few hours of surfing.

I'm 25 years old, I live in The Netherlands, my political views are on the left side of the spectrum and I'm an atheist.

Well, that's my introduction. Sorry for any grammatical errors I might have made and probably will make, I always mix up Dutch and English grammar (if you say in Dutch "I went to home" it would be literally translated in to English as "I am to home went". You see, that's sort of confusing )

Militant atheist. Think free or die.

Dave W.
Info Junkie

USA
26022 Posts

Posted - 01/21/2005 :  23:54:31   [Permalink]  Show Profile  Visit Dave W.'s Homepage Send Dave W. a Private Message
Welcome, Spock, to the SFN.

I don't remember how I found this site, either, but now I'm the editor.

We've got at least two other regular posters from the Netherlands, and many more from that general area of the world. And please don't worry about your grammar. If people have trouble understanding you, they'll ask.

- Dave W. (Private Msg, EMail)
Evidently, I rock!
Why not question something for a change?
Visit Dave's Psoriasis Info, too.
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Plyss
Skeptic Friend

Netherlands
231 Posts

Posted - 01/22/2005 :  01:36:29   [Permalink]  Show Profile Send Plyss a Private Message
Welcome Spock

I myself found this site while googling for information on scientific creationism. Even though it isn't much of an issue here it never hurts to stay on top of these things.

Incidentally, are you the same Spock as the one from the Discworld MUD?
The way you describe yourself seems to fit very well :)

Anyway, i'm looking forward to reading your posts.
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beskeptigal
SFN Die Hard

USA
3834 Posts

Posted - 01/22/2005 :  01:42:26   [Permalink]  Show Profile Send beskeptigal a Private Message
I Spock.

I'm sure I must have found this site through someone on the Bad Astronomy forum but I can't really remember either. But I must ask, how can one be quiet for a year? I have to give my opinion on everything.
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Dr. Mabuse
Septic Fiend

Sweden
9688 Posts

Posted - 01/22/2005 :  07:19:56   [Permalink]  Show Profile  Send Dr. Mabuse an ICQ Message Send Dr. Mabuse a Private Message
Hello Spock!

I found this site while reseaching Dr. Dino.
Are you a fan of the StarTrek TOS character Spock, or the synth/techno-pop band S.P.O.C.K?

Dr. Mabuse - "When the going gets tough, the tough get Duct-tape..."
Dr. Mabuse whisper.mp3

"Equivocation is not just a job, for a creationist it's a way of life..." Dr. Mabuse

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Siberia
SFN Addict

Brazil
2322 Posts

Posted - 01/22/2005 :  07:24:13   [Permalink]  Show Profile  Visit Siberia's Homepage  Send Siberia an AOL message  Send Siberia a Yahoo! Message Send Siberia a Private Message
Hello!

I'm 20, atheist, leftist (as in closer to communism - leave me alone with my hopeless idealism) and I, too, mix portuguese grammar and words with english grammar and words.

Oh, and I found SFN from Bad Astronomy's link page.

"Why are you afraid of something you're not even sure exists?"
- The Kovenant, Via Negativa

"People who don't like their beliefs being laughed at shouldn't have such funny beliefs."
-- unknown
Edited by - Siberia on 01/22/2005 07:59:44
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filthy
SFN Die Hard

USA
14408 Posts

Posted - 01/22/2005 :  07:28:42   [Permalink]  Show Profile Send filthy a Private Message
Howdy Spock!

I've been here so long, I've forgotten where the door is. That can happen to you at SFN.

Looking forward to your input.


"What luck for rulers that men do not think." -- Adolf Hitler (1889 - 1945)

"If only we could impeach on the basis of criminal stupidity, 90% of the Rethuglicans and half of the Democrats would be thrown out of office." ~~ P.Z. Myres


"The default position of human nature is to punch the other guy in the face and take his stuff." ~~ Dude

Brother Boot Knife of Warm Humanitarianism,

and Crypto-Communist!

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tw101356
Skeptic Friend

USA
333 Posts

Posted - 01/22/2005 :  08:37:16   [Permalink]  Show Profile Send tw101356 a Private Message
Hi Spock. Welcome to SFN.

quote:
Originally posted by Spock


Sorry for any grammatical errors I might have made and probably will make, I always mix up Dutch and English grammar (if you say in Dutch "I went to home" it would be literally translated in to English as "I am to home went". You see, that's sort of confusing )



That actually sounds like the English spoken by the character Yoda in the Star Wars movies, so it's far less confusing to us Star Wars fans than you might think.

- TW

- TW
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R.Wreck
SFN Regular

USA
1191 Posts

Posted - 01/22/2005 :  09:48:02   [Permalink]  Show Profile Send R.Wreck a Private Message
Welcome Spock. Live long and prosper. And enjoy SFN.

The foundation of morality is to . . . give up pretending to believe that for which there is no evidence, and repeating unintelligible propositions about things beyond the possibliities of knowledge.
T. H. Huxley

The Cattle Prod of Enlightened Compassion
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ljbrs
SFN Regular

USA
842 Posts

Posted - 01/22/2005 :  10:42:15   [Permalink]  Show Profile Send ljbrs a Private Message
I lurk a lot also. Somebody needs to read the input of the other members of this forum. Since I have a limited amount of time to be online, I usually read YOUR input and do not feel the necessity for adding my boring replies too often. Therefore, there are some of us who read the replies of others alot and do not have much leftover time to participate. It is a great site and the discussions of others here are much too interesting to ignore. Therefore, I am a LURKER. Just think of all of the boring stuff that I could write ad infinitum which you do not need to read.

ljbrs

"Innumerable suns exist; innumerable earths revolve about these suns in a manner similar to the way the seven planets revolve around our sun. Living beings inhabit these worlds."
Giordano Bruno
(Burned at the stake by the Roman Catholic Church Inquisition in 1600)
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Ricky
SFN Die Hard

USA
4907 Posts

Posted - 01/22/2005 :  11:15:16   [Permalink]  Show Profile  Send Ricky an AOL message Send Ricky a Private Message
Welcome!

I'm pretty sure I found this site when searching Creation or Evolution or at least something like that back in April.

And your grammar is fine, much better than what we are used to here (although you probably know that).

Oh, and ljbrs, when you pass the 500 post mark, I don't think you can call yourself a lurker anymore.

Why continue? Because we must. Because we have the call. Because it is nobler to fight for rationality without winning than to give up in the face of continued defeats. Because whatever true progress humanity makes is through the rationality of the occasional individual and because any one individual we may win for the cause may do more for humanity than a hundred thousand who hug their superstitions to their breast.
- Isaac Asimov
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Dr. Mabuse
Septic Fiend

Sweden
9688 Posts

Posted - 01/22/2005 :  19:52:17   [Permalink]  Show Profile  Send Dr. Mabuse an ICQ Message Send Dr. Mabuse a Private Message
Hey guys, just remember not to confuse him with SFN-member Mr. Spock.
He doesn't write much these days though.

Dr. Mabuse - "When the going gets tough, the tough get Duct-tape..."
Dr. Mabuse whisper.mp3

"Equivocation is not just a job, for a creationist it's a way of life..." Dr. Mabuse

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Spock
New Member

Netherlands
2 Posts

Posted - 01/23/2005 :  09:41:24   [Permalink]  Show Profile  Visit Spock's Homepage Send Spock a Private Message
quote:
I lurk a lot also. Somebody needs to read the input of the other members of this forum. Since I have a limited amount of time to be online, I usually read YOUR input and do not feel the necessity for adding my boring replies too often. Therefore, there are some of us who read the replies of others alot and do not have much leftover time to participate. It is a great site and the discussions of others here are much too interesting to ignore. Therefore, I am a LURKER. Just think of all of the boring stuff that I could write ad infinitum which you do not need to read.

That's the main reason I was lurking for months, usually somebody else already made a reply that said what I was thinking. But as you stated, the discussions are very interesting and give me a better and broader view on various subjects.

quote:
Are you a fan of the StarTrek TOS character Spock, or the synth/techno-pop band S.P.O.C.K?

Not really a fan but I do like StarTrek

quote:
Incidentally, are you the same Spock as the one from the Discworld MUD?

No that's not me. That Discworld MUD looks interesting though

quote:
Hey guys, just remember not to confuse him with SFN-member Mr. Spock.
He doesn't write much these days though.

Hm.. is it possible to change my name? This could be confusing indeed.

Militant atheist. Think free or die.
Edited by - Spock on 01/23/2005 09:47:38
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Cuneiformist
The Imperfectionist

USA
4955 Posts

Posted - 01/23/2005 :  11:01:09   [Permalink]  Show Profile Send Cuneiformist a Private Message
quote:
Originally posted by ljbrs

I lurk a lot also. Somebody needs to read the input of the other members of this forum. Since I have a limited amount of time to be online, I usually read YOUR input and do not feel the necessity for adding my boring replies too often. Therefore, there are some of us who read the replies of others alot and do not have much leftover time to participate. It is a great site and the discussions of others here are much too interesting to ignore. Therefore, I am a LURKER. Just think of all of the boring stuff that I could write ad infinitum which you do not need to read.

ljbrs



A lurker, but with 788 posts!
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Wendy
SFN Regular

USA
614 Posts

Posted - 01/23/2005 :  13:18:31   [Permalink]  Show Profile  Send Wendy a Yahoo! Message Send Wendy a Private Message
Welcome to SFN, Spock.

Millions long for immortality who don't know what to do on a rainy afternoon.
-- Susan Ertz
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Dr. Mabuse
Septic Fiend

Sweden
9688 Posts

Posted - 01/23/2005 :  14:41:33   [Permalink]  Show Profile  Send Dr. Mabuse an ICQ Message Send Dr. Mabuse a Private Message
quote:
Originally posted by Spock
quote:
Hey guys, just remember not to confuse him with SFN-member Mr. Spock.
He doesn't write much these days though.

Hm.. is it possible to change my name? This could be confusing indeed.

Just send a PM to Dave_W or @tomic.

(edited to add PM-links)

Dr. Mabuse - "When the going gets tough, the tough get Duct-tape..."
Dr. Mabuse whisper.mp3

"Equivocation is not just a job, for a creationist it's a way of life..." Dr. Mabuse

Support American Troops in Iraq:
Send them unarmed civilians for target practice..
Collateralmurder.
Edited by - Dr. Mabuse on 01/23/2005 14:44:37
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