Seeks and destroys sea-bound CodeMonkeys... http://i.imgur.com/fDhfx.jpg
--Cpt. Vince Foster 2nd Cannon Place Fort Marcy Park, VA
P.S. I'm bored
How is this weapon called, captain?
It looks so small for something targeting ships.
Looks more like a short/medium range AAM or maybe something hunting radiating targets like a HARM or Shrike.
Sick but interesting choice for a nom de plume.
Here is something similar to my last project:
www.papermarc.com.au/.../mat-black-lg.jpg
Sensitive information has been redacted.
Aww - too hard image compression used.
Created in PASCAL, I created my own "matt black" desktop [tiled] background:
http://i.imgur.com/wpAYH.png
Fantastic work fellows - Jackson Pollock would have been proud...
VF, Please ask Area51 for my spaceship back.
I meant, published for public consumption.
Yes, I know.
Unless you are trying to say something else like I 'lifted' the photo to claim it was my work. (?)
Something like that, yes. You need some source or other for your 'Captain Vince the weapons programmer' fantasies, it therefore follows that the material you post must be published somewhere. I must congratulate you on your choice of forum to live this one out, the gullibility of posters here is just about unbelievable. It seems that Tamir actually believed you were someone called 'Cpt Vince Foster' until this thread!
I have plenty more photos of widgets that can dispell such an avenue of thought. (The kind you get at your development desk and not off the internet).
Yes, yes, of course you do.
...and do you eat no fat too, Jack?
Vincent,
What about the grassy knoll? Who was really there????
Jack:
I don't think I am naive. I do believe the captain - I mean, you use a moniker yourself - are you suggesting we start to seriously consider claims you or anybody else here is a fraud based on some incident that happened years ago to a person with the same name? If you think so, you are the one that is gullible here. How do you know the captain is not using a moniker? Face it: what you and others find hard to accept is that somebody here is doing such cool work.
One last thing:
Does it really matter? Is it that important?
If the good old captain is not really a weapons designer, so what? He has interesting wordy stories, and all in all his technical remarks are of great value most of the time. I believe him. You can call me naive. I don't care. It does not matter - don't you have your own fantasies?
I don't think I am naive. I do believe the captain - I mean, you use a moniker yourself - are you suggesting we start to seriously consider claims you or anybody else here is a fraud based on some incident that happened years ago to a person with the same name? If you think so, you are the one that is gullible here. How do you know the captain is not using a moniker?
Ok, you seem very confused by all this.
There is nothing wrong with using a pseudonym, alias, moniker or whatever you want to call it, in fact it is the accepted norm - a Usenet tradidion, even. I have never seen it even mentioned, never mind criticised, outwith this forum.
My view that Vince is not in reality some sort of military weapons programmer is based primarily on the fact that nobody in that position would be bragging about it on a public forum. There's lots of supporting evidence to go along with this - the choice of alias complete with mysterious story, the addition of 'captain' and associated fragile ego, the near archaic programming terminology used, the novice like approach to commonly accepted programming techniques, the fact that every little snippet of, nod, nod, wink, wink semi-secret information he drops pops up verbatim after a quick Google and so on.
You may not think yourself naive but do please realise that people frequently differ enormously from the image they try to present on the internet.
Face it: what you and others find hard to accept is that somebody here is doing such cool work.
Don't fool yourself into thinking that your views are those of all of us. I certainly don't have any desire to work on weapons designed to maim and kill other human beings, indeed I would not do so.
Cpt V,
Dont drink the fluoridated water ;)
I'm sorry for the "2nd Cannon Place" post. I figured people either recognized the reference or didn't, but hadn't planned on a full-text wikipedia quote.
At the end of the day, quite a lot of progress in society has required people using aliases. A name or alias can greatly affect how people look at peoples initial posts. But after a while, people will move all focus to the contents and not the name.
No, indeed it isn't.
If the good old captain is not really a weapons designer, so what?
Indeed, so what? Although don't forget he isn't a good old captain either.
He has interesting wordy stories
Lose the 'interesting' and I'm with you...
and all in all his technical remarks are of great value most of the time.
But I can't agree with that.
I believe him. You can call me naive. I don't care.
Ok, ok!
It does not matter - don't you have your own fantasies?
Of course. Do I feel the need to reinforce them by posting them to the internet and trying to get others to believe them? No.
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