Cray
03/26/02 02:04 PM
204.245.128.3
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Alright, I check "Who's online" frequently, and just about every day, 4 "anonymous" folks show up who do nothing but "view user's profile". Who are these people? Search engines after e-mail addresses to spam or just cyberstalkers?
Mike Miller, Materials Engineer
Disclaimer: Anything stated in this post is unofficial and non-canon unless directly quoted from a published book. Random internet musings of a BattleTech writer are not canon.
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Cray
03/26/02 02:32 PM
204.245.128.3
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Look at that! 20 minutes later and 3 of'em are still reading user profiles! The profiles can't all be THAT interesting, can they?
Mike Miller, Materials Engineer
Disclaimer: Anything stated in this post is unofficial and non-canon unless directly quoted from a published book. Random internet musings of a BattleTech writer are not canon.
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Nightward
03/26/02 04:01 PM
132.234.1.13
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This is the reason CBT shut down the User profile lists. My SPAM doubled after I registered there...
Yea, verily. Let it be known far and wide that Nightward loathes MW: DA. Indeed, it is with the BURNING ANIMUS OF A THOUSAND SUNS that he doth rage against it with.
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Karagin
03/27/02 12:45 AM
63.173.170.197
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Could be worse they could be one of the numerous invisable memebers that are logged on and we wouldn't know what they are doing...
Nic might be able to block them from looking at the User list if you ask him about it...
Karagin
Given time and plenty of paper, a philosopher can prove anything.
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Diablo
03/28/02 05:13 PM
206.186.146.254
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N/T
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Cray
03/29/02 08:50 AM
24.165.244.231
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A materials engineers selects, optimizes, and de-bugs materials. I specialized in composites (fiberglass) and ceramics in school, but the real world seems to use little other than steel and aluminum. I'm currently helping the US Navy make better high strength steels. Or, rather, make sure the manufacturers don't make the same mistakes that makes steels to the current specs sub-par.
I could get a PhD in steels alone and still have not learned everything there is about steels. The many thousands of alloys of steels and their complex behaviors in response to heat treating, mechanical work, and their service environment (corrosion, stress, fatigue) make this one metal complex for even metallurgists. There are a lot of materials out there to be learned, and hence aerospace, mechanical, and automotive engineers call for specialists like me.
If you ever see another gee-whiz-wow super high tech thing made possible by its materials (shuttle heat tiles, carbon fiber composites, carbon nanotubes, Chobham armor, etc.) a materials engineer (or sub-speciality thereof) was there.
Mike Miller, Materials Engineer
Disclaimer: Anything stated in this post is unofficial and non-canon unless directly quoted from a published book. Random internet musings of a BattleTech writer are not canon.
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Bob_Richter
03/29/02 09:06 AM
134.121.157.14
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>>>
If you ever see another gee-whiz-wow super high tech thing made possible by its materials (shuttle
heat tiles, carbon fiber composites, carbon nanotubes, Chobham armor, etc.)<<<
Battlemech armor?
-Bob (The Magnificent) Richter
Assertions made in this post are the humble opinion of Bob.
They are not necessarily statements of fact or decrees from God Himself, unless explicitly and seriously stated to be so.
:)
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Cray
03/29/02 12:03 PM
24.165.244.231
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Yes. Yes many times over. That's some b*tichin' steel in that armor.
Mike Miller, Materials Engineer
Disclaimer: Anything stated in this post is unofficial and non-canon unless directly quoted from a published book. Random internet musings of a BattleTech writer are not canon.
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raven
03/29/02 12:18 PM
68.81.155.30
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ya learn something new everyday
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Spartan
03/29/02 11:36 PM
172.148.220.209
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You work on getting me the right materials and I'll work on getting that mech ready when I finish up school. I get to drive first though.
Spartan
We demand rigidly defined areas of doubt and uncertainty.
(I refer you to what Nightward said)
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novakitty
03/30/02 12:11 AM
209.242.100.230
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By my education, I can prepare the interface. By my personal studies, the power core is nought but a few enigmas away.
meow
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Black_Phoenix
03/30/02 08:42 AM
207.252.105.101
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*In the voice of the Croc. Hunter.*
"There's a group of 'em right now. Okay, what I'm gonna do is sneak up behind 'em and try to beat the s*** out of 'em. Now for this job I'm going to use a bar made from mech armor. If I do this right we should here quite a few bones crack."
Okay, that's about enough I think. It's too easy to make fun of him anyway. :P
History is much like an endless waltz. The three beats of war, peace and revolution continue on forever.
-Gundam Wing: Endless Waltz
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Spartan
03/30/02 10:53 AM
172.163.136.87
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Cool! I'm in school for Mechanical Engineering so I can take care of pretty much everything else that ya'll don't pick up. Bundling the myomers correctly(just have to talk to a biologist), designing and setting up the joints, frame, actuators, etc. The trickiest part will be the gyro I think. But shouldn't be to hard, they already have bipedal robots so it's just a matter of getting a scaled up version to work. Might need some help from an EE but otherwise...
Spartan
We demand rigidly defined areas of doubt and uncertainty.
(I refer you to what Nightward said)
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Spartan
03/30/02 10:58 AM
172.163.136.87
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Actually it would probably be something more like this: "Alright, now this beautiful creature is the anonymous stalker. It's the most deadly creature on the planet. One look from it will kill 12 elephants. LET'S PICK HIM UP! OH! HE DOESN'T SEEM TO LIKE THAT MUCH!! Okay, now as you can see he's sunk his fangs in pretty deep, I can feel him scraping against the bone in me arm. Now this is really painful, but we don't want to hurt him, so we're going to walk over to that tree a mile over there and put him up in the tree."
Spartan
We demand rigidly defined areas of doubt and uncertainty.
(I refer you to what Nightward said)
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Nic Jansma
03/30/02 12:23 PM
12.245.50.29
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Just changed it so only registered users can view user profiles..
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Black_Phoenix
03/30/02 12:26 PM
207.252.105.195
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LMAO
That was perfect. I sounds just like something he would do, too. I still say my solution is better. 
History is much like an endless waltz. The three beats of war, peace and revolution continue on forever.
-Gundam Wing: Endless Waltz
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TRYCORP
03/30/02 12:28 PM
12.16.168.254
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Just left off the KRI-KEE!
"Machine Guns! Thats a Summoner out there! Do you plan to punch little holes in it, and have it fall down from too much ventilation!?!"
TRYCORP
Clan Nova Cat
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Cray
03/30/02 06:24 PM
65.33.103.24
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Ah, thank you.
Mike Miller, Materials Engineer
Disclaimer: Anything stated in this post is unofficial and non-canon unless directly quoted from a published book. Random internet musings of a BattleTech writer are not canon.
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Cray
03/30/02 06:26 PM
65.33.103.24
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If your school offers it, take an intro to materials course, or a basic metallurgy course. I've heard MEs describe the basic course at my college as "eye opening".
Mike Miller, Materials Engineer
Disclaimer: Anything stated in this post is unofficial and non-canon unless directly quoted from a published book. Random internet musings of a BattleTech writer are not canon.
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Black_Phoenix
03/31/02 11:42 AM
207.252.105.101
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That just means they had a teacher that would hit them if they fell asleep.
History is much like an endless waltz. The three beats of war, peace and revolution continue on forever.
-Gundam Wing: Endless Waltz
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Spartan
03/31/02 01:59 PM
172.144.115.20
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Actually there are two materials courses that are required for ME's. I'm in the intro one right now.
Spartan
We demand rigidly defined areas of doubt and uncertainty.
(I refer you to what Nightward said)
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Cray
03/31/02 03:33 PM
65.33.103.24
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Cool.
Mike Miller, Materials Engineer
Disclaimer: Anything stated in this post is unofficial and non-canon unless directly quoted from a published book. Random internet musings of a BattleTech writer are not canon.
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Black_Phoenix
04/01/02 07:18 AM
207.252.105.77
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Um, Slayer, I hate to tell you this, but your idea isn't working. They're back and they're reading people's profiles.
History is much like an endless waltz. The three beats of war, peace and revolution continue on forever.
-Gundam Wing: Endless Waltz
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Diablo
04/04/02 05:09 PM
206.186.185.6
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I'm just cryptic anyway...
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The_Ogre
04/06/02 01:30 PM
199.43.48.22
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I haven't posted in a LOOOONG time- just remembered this board.
So- I looked up where I had posted last.
I was anonymous- so it would look like I was stalking...
Plus- then would I would post, I wouldn't remember where I was- so I'd look it up that way...
Anyway.
"We will bring you the limp and beaten body of Bob Barker!"
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Cray
04/06/02 08:17 PM
12.78.177.203
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You and three friends would examine the "user list" at the same time?
Mike Miller, Materials Engineer
Disclaimer: Anything stated in this post is unofficial and non-canon unless directly quoted from a published book. Random internet musings of a BattleTech writer are not canon.
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The_Ogre
04/06/02 10:04 PM
67.243.57.24
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So I didn''t figure it ALL out!
:P
It's more of an answer than thinking it's a search engine...
"We will bring you the limp and beaten body of Bob Barker!"
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Nightmare
04/07/02 07:28 AM
194.251.240.107
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One thing though, many people like using multiple windows while surfing. Someone who leaves Sarna open while going
off to check something else will seem to be there. And there`s always the chance they have enabled "always open in a new window" and don`t know how to turn it off. Finally deciding to just close all windows when they quit surfing.
Advice for Evil Overlords:
My legions of terror will be trained in basic marksmanship. Any who cannot learn to hit a man-sized target at 10 meters will be used for target practice.
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Cray
04/07/02 08:36 AM
12.78.177.225
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Fair enough, but this ONLY shows up when someone is looking at the "users list."
Mike Miller, Materials Engineer
Disclaimer: Anything stated in this post is unofficial and non-canon unless directly quoted from a published book. Random internet musings of a BattleTech writer are not canon.
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rock
04/09/02 12:28 AM
205.188.192.158
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If they are "SPAM" stalkers --- they are doing are lot work for a small payback. I randomly checked a few profiles from the "users list" and I found that email addresses were routinely not listed. In fact not much info was listed at all. Many did like I did and only have a "user name". Of course, maybe my sample was too small.
The question really does become --- Why are they there? It was really boring looking at profiles.
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