Comments on: Disillusionist http://www.willmidgley.com/2007/04/14/disillusionist/ A conquest for an expanded World View, and the Ultimate Free Lunch Tue, 06 Jan 2009 22:01:40 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.2 By: Will http://www.willmidgley.com/2007/04/14/disillusionist/#comment-2324 Will Wed, 30 May 2007 13:11:47 +0000 http://www.willmidgley.com/2007/04/14/disillusionist/#comment-2324 My first reaction to the above comment was that it was spam. But it actually involved English words, and a sentence of some variety. Not only that, but it seems to link to a website that isn't trying to sell me drugs or porn. But it's such a random comment, and phrased like it's replying to something (God only knows what) that it must be spam. I'm confused! The fact that the IP address is from Romania doesn't help the comment's non-sam status at all either. My first reaction to the above comment was that it was spam. But it actually involved English words, and a sentence of some variety. Not only that, but it seems to link to a website that isn’t trying to sell me drugs or porn. But it’s such a random comment, and phrased like it’s replying to something (God only knows what) that it must be spam. I’m confused!

The fact that the IP address is from Romania doesn’t help the comment’s non-sam status at all either.

]]> By: Boy George http://www.willmidgley.com/2007/04/14/disillusionist/#comment-2300 Boy George Wed, 30 May 2007 01:24:52 +0000 http://www.willmidgley.com/2007/04/14/disillusionist/#comment-2300 Oh wait. Yes, I have. I'm sorry, but I just don't have it in me right now to type it all out again. Besides, it was just ramblings anyway. You didn't want to hear me go on and on about this, right? Oh wait. Yes, I have. I’m sorry, but I just don’t have it in me right now to type it all out again. Besides, it was just ramblings anyway. You didn’t want to hear me go on and on about this, right?

]]> By: Dave of www.peteslovejuice.com http://www.willmidgley.com/2007/04/14/disillusionist/#comment-1693 Dave of www.peteslovejuice.com Thu, 19 Apr 2007 05:29:36 +0000 http://www.willmidgley.com/2007/04/14/disillusionist/#comment-1693 X, Z what are these things, god, Oh Bloody hell... what happens here... whose blog it this? What? No i don't want a turnip... X, Z what are these things, god, Oh Bloody hell… what happens here… whose blog it this? What? No i don’t want a turnip…

]]> By: Gav http://www.willmidgley.com/2007/04/14/disillusionist/#comment-1692 Gav Tue, 17 Apr 2007 16:24:43 +0000 http://www.willmidgley.com/2007/04/14/disillusionist/#comment-1692 I just need to be employed as a demonstrator of sorts, and I'll fit perfectly among the ranks of the current ones. I love my computer I just need to be employed as a demonstrator of sorts, and I’ll fit perfectly among the ranks of the current ones.

I love my computer

]]> By: Sylv http://www.willmidgley.com/2007/04/14/disillusionist/#comment-1691 Sylv Tue, 17 Apr 2007 14:36:58 +0000 http://www.willmidgley.com/2007/04/14/disillusionist/#comment-1691 Will.. a few weeks prior to this, and I would have thought you were describing a certain lecturer who i shall name Z. i could just picture it ... the stereotypical.. computer geek who lives off the pleasure of tormenting his students... I picture Z a s a person who would remain in his office unless he was needed in a lecture theater, and when he was ready, he would go home to his tank of plastic fish -when he tried keeping live fish, they kept dying on him... He then clambers into his giant chair and hunches over his desk at the monitor. To his right, would be a half empty can of soft drink with the straw inserted, and a pile of junk food wrappers littering the floor next to the computer. Once he was nestled in, he would then commence to program away, chuckling to himself occasionally upon the though of his OS tormented students... From a distance, you would simply see the the silhouette of a man with a beard and no neck, hunched over in front of the monitor, which was emitting the only source of light in his dingy room. But even he has a "secret" life - one beyond the programming monitor. I only say this because earlier this semester, a friend of mine.. lets call him X, spotted the man in question exiting a club x.... i think this needs no further explanation. Needless to say.. i can never look at him the same way again...well... to be honest... i still think of him in the same way.... ..just... add a little detour on the way home... Will.. a few weeks prior to this, and I would have thought you were describing a certain lecturer who i shall name Z. i could just picture it … the stereotypical.. computer geek who lives off the pleasure of tormenting his students…

I picture Z a s a person who would remain in his office unless he was needed in a lecture theater, and when he was ready, he would go home to his tank of plastic fish -when he tried keeping live fish, they kept dying on him…

He then clambers into his giant chair and hunches over his desk at the monitor. To his right, would be a half empty can of soft drink with the straw inserted, and a pile of junk food wrappers littering the floor next to the computer.

Once he was nestled in, he would then commence to program away, chuckling to himself occasionally upon the though of his OS tormented students…

From a distance, you would simply see the the silhouette of a man with a beard and no neck, hunched over in front of the monitor, which was emitting the only source of light in his dingy room.

But even he has a “secret” life - one beyond the programming monitor.

I only say this because earlier this semester, a friend of mine.. lets call him X, spotted the man in question exiting a club x…. i think this needs no further explanation. Needless to say.. i can never look at him the same way again…well… to be honest… i still think of him in the same way…. ..just… add a little detour on the way home…

]]> By: Dave http://www.willmidgley.com/2007/04/14/disillusionist/#comment-1688 Dave Mon, 16 Apr 2007 12:17:00 +0000 http://www.willmidgley.com/2007/04/14/disillusionist/#comment-1688 hell no... switches back to matlab after spending weekend in sydney hell no…

switches back to matlab after spending weekend in sydney

]]> By: Pete http://www.willmidgley.com/2007/04/14/disillusionist/#comment-1687 Pete Sat, 14 Apr 2007 08:47:46 +0000 http://www.willmidgley.com/2007/04/14/disillusionist/#comment-1687 It's ok Will, you are not alone.... *Goes back to spending Saturday night abusing MATLAB* It’s ok Will, you are not alone….

*Goes back to spending Saturday night abusing MATLAB*

]]> By: Will http://www.willmidgley.com/2007/04/14/disillusionist/#comment-1686 Will Sat, 14 Apr 2007 04:38:51 +0000 http://www.willmidgley.com/2007/04/14/disillusionist/#comment-1686 You always are a one for juicy gossip, and someone picking up the tab Sach! Yes Pete, yes I am a lab demonstrator. And I'd guess that my students don't think I have a real life either. Of course, they'd be right, but that's not really the point here. You always are a one for juicy gossip, and someone picking up the tab Sach!

Yes Pete, yes I am a lab demonstrator. And I’d guess that my students don’t think I have a real life either. Of course, they’d be right, but that’s not really the point here.

]]> By: Pete http://www.willmidgley.com/2007/04/14/disillusionist/#comment-1685 Pete Sat, 14 Apr 2007 03:57:38 +0000 http://www.willmidgley.com/2007/04/14/disillusionist/#comment-1685 *scratches head* Arent you a lab demonstrator will? *scratches head*

Arent you a lab demonstrator will?

]]> By: Sach http://www.willmidgley.com/2007/04/14/disillusionist/#comment-1684 Sach Fri, 13 Apr 2007 16:56:17 +0000 http://www.willmidgley.com/2007/04/14/disillusionist/#comment-1684 Yes, your view is somewhat solipsistic (good word, btw... I might start using it) but I am glad to hear that it's changing. It's nice to know that they are human too. I think that I must go to an extraordinary school, where we actually work (in the real world) and go out drinking and all sorts of stuff with our professors and TA's and the like. Sometimes they even pick up the tab... sweet. And a lot of the time, you find out some juicy gossip. Yes, your view is somewhat solipsistic (good word, btw… I might start using it) but I am glad to hear that it’s changing. It’s nice to know that they are human too. I think that I must go to an extraordinary school, where we actually work (in the real world) and go out drinking and all sorts of stuff with our professors and TA’s and the like. Sometimes they even pick up the tab… sweet. And a lot of the time, you find out some juicy gossip.

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