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Ummm...right
Walkie here
short for Drunkard's Walk
Short for a) an SFnovel by Frederick Pohl
("A number theorist is suffering from frequent and inexplicable suicide attempts, the latest victim of a small epidemic among academia. In between lectures on Pascal's triangle and the binomial theorem and numerous other mathematical details, along with several close calls on his life, the number theorist investigates a puzzling statistical anomaly and comes to a startling (and dangerous) conclusion about society. " ~randomly selected review
but hell, that was a long time ago. I clean forget what the startling conclusion was. .)
short for b, etceteras ) say, Â Brownian motion, or the path of a newborn photon as it makes i'ts way out of the sun
or an algorithm, useful  for mapping irregular boundaries ( might come in handy here)
or, well, you know, I'm dyspraxic, and nobody noticed or believed me when I tell them I gave up drinking long ago.
But it was mostly the other tuff iinspired me. Honest! I thought everybody knew all that. I was gonna cal myself "random" (way back in the days of semi- mythical Aspergia) but it was already taken. Then I suddely had one of my brilliant ideas.
Heh.
Well, it stuck, anyway
And now I'm here. Sort of.
I've been lurking so long, I lost my "rookie-be-kind-to -me" status. (ooh. I'm scared)
..Well if  "busy with other stuff" counts as lurking.
Don't know what I'm doing here. But hey! That's normal, in my world.
~Walkie
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Hi Walkie. I did wonder how you invented your handle. I'm glad you decided to post.
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hi there.
hope its not too scary here.
once we get a handle on flo, we should be alright. Â but what to do about me.
anyways, hope you have a little fun here.
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Hi Walkie, I recognise you from Fractalus. 8) We don't bite much, unless you prod us with sticks. :angel:
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Hey Walkie!!!!!!! Nice to see another familiar "face". From aspergia to AspergianIsland to Fractalus to Neurolands to Here! We should form our own wandering aspie society. ;D
Peace
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Hiya,
Thanks for the welcome
good to see you people, too. I recognise you from Neurolands, McJ. Obviously, I recognise Ozy, Dunc and Callaway(too late to pretend I don'yt know'em. Shucks ), not to mntion...ah alright, I won't mention 'em.
Ah, you can bite if you like, Dunc, but, must warn you;: I might...umm... sulk.
Callaway! Yep, loads of people ask about my handle and Ijust kinda sigh(you might've noticed) , and change the subject, more often than not. 'cause I'm a slow typer and there isn't any simple explanation. It's a bit like a poem: multiple references crammed inta sinlge image.( Hmm. Well, that's the sort of poetry I like , anyway. If it's easily translated into prose, I fail to see why not say it in prose, in the first place. ??? ). Anyway, now I can just direct people to this thread ;D. I'vre been meaning to post something like this for years (omg, really. I'm that bad at procrastination). I might even correct my typos someday.
Ozy, hey! we already have our own wandering Aspie Society. ;D All we need is a name! Any bright ideas?
~Walkie
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All I can think of is the Primary reason that I chose "Ozymandias" as a user name. From the sci-fi trilogy of John Christopher. A man wandering around pretending to be a fool, when He actually, observes keenly, assesses and then recruits disaffected youths(aspie??) to overthrow alien overlords.
So, how about "Wandering Fools", ;)!!
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So, how about "Wandering Fools", ;)!!
Hey, ;D I like it.
But, hold on...is it unique enough.? I mean, there are shitloads of wandering fools around here, IMO.
~Walkie
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Ok. how about "Wandering Philosopher Fools".
You do make a good point!
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Hi its me Tom from AV. I remember you talking about pink floyd in the windmill pub.
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Walkie here
short for Drunkard's Walk
You can change your name so on the forums it is seen as Walkie. Then you won't have to sign your name at the end of your posts (well, you don't have to do that anyway). :)
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Hi its me Tom from AV. I remember you talking about pink floyd in the windmill pub.
Hey Tom! ;D Small world, huh?
Good to see you. Is AV still going? I’ve been meaning to re-register sometime (but I’ve um, procrastinated as usual) And I’ve also been meaning to get in touch with you. (My Mum’s been gettiing into genealogy. Suspect we might have some common ancestors. Really!)
Ah. The Windmill. :) Fond memories. D’you know that Deano came onto AI , ages ago, and reminisced about that? Heck, I really must sign up again. Send me a link?
~Walkie
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hello :)
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Walkie here
short for Drunkard's Walk
You can change your name so on the forums it is seen as Walkie. Then you won't have to sign your name at the end of your posts (well, you don't have to do that anyway). :)
Thanks, renaeden.
That’s a good idea, except….well, Walkie is a sort of affectionate diminutive, I suppose, which originated from my on-line friends. I’m happy for everyone to call me Walkie (that's why I add that signature, so often) but I’ve noticed, down the years, that those who dislike me religiously stick to “Drunkard’s Walk†or DW for short.
Call me over-fastidious, but I don’t think it’s reasonable to force those people to address me as “Walkie†instead. But that’s what I‘d be doing , effectively , if I changed my handle.
(PS. ‘Scuse the delay in responding. I’ve been too busy making myself unpoular to keep up with this thread)
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Call me over-fastidious, but I don’t think it’s reasonable to force those people to address me as “Walkie†instead. But that’s what I‘d be doing , effectively , if I changed my handle.
You can't force people to use a certain name anyway. Those who dislike you can call you other stuff. ;)
If you want to change your name, do it because you want to. Don't worry what others think. It is your name.
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Walkie here
short for Drunkard's Walk
You can change your name so on the forums it is seen as Walkie. Then you won't have to sign your name at the end of your posts (well, you don't have to do that anyway). :)
Thanks, renaeden.
That’s a good idea, except….well, Walkie is a sort of affectionate diminutive, I suppose, which originated from my on-line friends. I’m happy for everyone to call me Walkie (that's why I add that signature, so often) but I’ve noticed, down the years, that those who dislike me religiously stick to “Drunkard’s Walk†or DW for short.
Call me over-fastidious, but I don’t think it’s reasonable to force those people to address me as “Walkie†instead. But that’s what I‘d be doing , effectively , if I changed my handle.
(PS. ‘Scuse the delay in responding. I’ve been too busy making myself unpoular to keep up with this thread)
I might have called you DW or Drunkard's Walk in the past but it was never because I did not like you, Walkie.
I call Ozymandias, Ozymandias rather than Ozy or his Christian name on the forums, but I like him a lot.
Some people may just be sort of formal.
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do you drunk walkenly?
(http://artfiles.art.com/images/-/Christopher-Walken-Photograph-C12148246.jpeg)
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Callaway! Hmm...
Let’s say
A= those who call me Drunkard’s Walk , or DW
B= those who call me Walkie
C= those who dislike me
D= those who don’t dislike me :-\
( I almost made D represent the set of peple who like me. but then I either have to add yet another set. or else get into a pointless argument with somebody who doesn’t have any strong feelings either way ; well, not until they notice that their POV isn't represented in this schema. So , we’ll let D represent the union of those two sets, for the sake of simplicity, hmm?* )
* see my P.S. below for further quibbles
All I said in my post above is that:
(C intersectiion B)= the empty set
What you were saying is that:
(A intesection D) does not equal the empty set; also that ( A intersection B )doesn’t equal the empty set either-
Indeed, Callaway herself is living proof thst the set [(A intersecrtion B)intersection D] contains at least one member.
Right?
But that’s something I already knew, so don’t worry!
I’d draw a Venn diagram but I don’t have a scanner
Anyway, hopefully, you know (or can intuitively grasp) enough Set Theory to see there’s no logical contradition between your statments and mine, and that it doesn’t add up to paranoia on my part!
Or…you could take my word for it?
Anyway thanks for the reassurance, Callaway. It made me smile, and I had a bit of fun responding. ;D
Now for the million dollar question: Is this a sufficiently aspie reponse for y’all ? * big grin *
:asthing:
-Walkie
* P.S.
And now- oops! D=C’, I know, I know, but let’s leave that aside, huh? It doesn’t really affect my argument.
Btw, before somebody points out that I‘ve really gone overboard on the brackets, here, I think maybe I’d better add that I didn’t feel like demontstrating that that the Associative Law applies to that operation, and I can’t assume that Callaway already knows that. Aside from that, my substitution of words for symbols seems to me to demand a few extra brackets, for clarity.
Walkie here
short for Drunkard's Walk
You can change your name so on the forums it is seen as Walkie. Then you won't have to sign your name at the end of your posts (well, you don't have to do that anyway). :)
Thanks, renaeden.
That’s a good idea, except….well, Walkie is a sort of affectionate diminutive, I suppose, which originated from my on-line friends. I’m happy for everyone to call me Walkie (that's why I add that signature, so often) but I’ve noticed, down the years, that those who dislike me religiously stick to “Drunkard’s Walk†or DW for short.
Call me over-fastidious, but I don’t think it’s reasonable to force those people to address me as “Walkie†instead. But that’s what I‘d be doing , effectively , if I changed my handle.
(PS. ‘Scuse the delay in responding. I’ve been too busy making myself unpoular to keep up with this thread)
I might have called you DW or Drunkard's Walk in the past but it was never because I did not like you, Walkie.
I call Ozymandias, Ozymandias rather than Ozy or his Christian name on the forums, but I like him a lot.
Some people may just be sort of formal.
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:plus: for reminding me of long-forgotten maths. :clap:
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Callaway! Hmm...
Let’s say
A= those who call me Drunkard’s Walk , or DW
B= those who call me Walkie
C= those who dislike me
D= those who don’t dislike me :-\
( I almost made D represent the set of peple who like me. but then I either have to add yet another set. or else get into a pointless argument with somebody who doesn’t have any strong feelings either way ; well, not until they notice that their POV isn't represented in this schema. So , we’ll let D represent the union of those two sets, for the sake of simplicity, hmm?* )
* see my P.S. below for further quibbles
All I said in my post above is that:
(C intersectiion B)= the empty set
What you were saying is that:
(A intesection D) does not equal the empty set; also that ( A intersection B )doesn’t equal the empty set either-
Indeed, Callaway herself is living proof thst the set [(A intersecrtion B)intersection D] contains at least one member.
Right?
But that’s something I already knew, so don’t worry!
I’d draw a Venn diagram but I don’t have a scanner
Anyway, hopefully, you know (or can intuitively grasp) enough Set Theory to see there’s no logical contradition between your statments and mine, and that it doesn’t add up to paranoia on my part!
Or…you could take my word for it?
Anyway thanks for the reassurance, Callaway. It made me smile, and I had a bit of fun responding. ;D
Now for the million dollar question: Is this a sufficiently aspie reponse for y’all ? * big grin *
:asthing:
-Walkie
* P.S.
And now- oops! D=C’, I know, I know, but let’s leave that aside, huh? It doesn’t really affect my argument.
Btw, before somebody points out that I‘ve really gone overboard on the brackets, here, I think maybe I’d better add that I didn’t feel like demontstrating that that the Associative Law applies to that operation, and I can’t assume that Callaway already knows that. Aside from that, my substitution of words for symbols seems to me to demand a few extra brackets, for clarity.
Walkie here
short for Drunkard's Walk
You can change your name so on the forums it is seen as Walkie. Then you won't have to sign your name at the end of your posts (well, you don't have to do that anyway). :)
Thanks, renaeden.
That’s a good idea, except….well, Walkie is a sort of affectionate diminutive, I suppose, which originated from my on-line friends. I’m happy for everyone to call me Walkie (that's why I add that signature, so often) but I’ve noticed, down the years, that those who dislike me religiously stick to “Drunkard’s Walk†or DW for short.
Call me over-fastidious, but I don’t think it’s reasonable to force those people to address me as “Walkie†instead. But that’s what I‘d be doing , effectively , if I changed my handle.
(PS. ‘Scuse the delay in responding. I’ve been too busy making myself unpoular to keep up with this thread)
I might have called you DW or Drunkard's Walk in the past but it was never because I did not like you, Walkie.
I call Ozymandias, Ozymandias rather than Ozy or his Christian name on the forums, but I like him a lot.
Some people may just be sort of formal.
:LMAO:
:plus:
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Nice one, Walkie, oh Consort-of-Spock. :laugh: :P
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Nice one, Walkie, oh Consort-of-Spock. :laugh: :P
Tut tut, Pyraxis! Former-consort-of-Spock, if you please. :laugh:
Heck, it's lucky his wife doesn't read this board, isn't it?
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Nice one, Walkie, oh Consort-of-Spock. :laugh: :P
Tut tut, Pyraxis! Former-consort-of-Spock, if you please. :laugh:
Heck, it's lucky his wife doesn't read this board, isn't it?
:LMAO:
:plus:
It may be Former Consort-of-Spock because she read this board.
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Hi its me Tom from AV. I remember you talking about pink floyd in the windmill pub.
Hey Tom! ;D Small world, huh?
Good to see you. Is AV still going? I’ve been meaning to re-register sometime (but I’ve um, procrastinated as usual) And I’ve also been meaning to get in touch with you. (My Mum’s been gettiing into genealogy. Suspect we might have some common ancestors. Really!)
Ah. The Windmill. :) Fond memories. D’you know that Deano came onto AI , ages ago, and reminisced about that? Heck, I really must sign up again. Send me a link?
~Walkie
AV is www.aspievillage.org.uk
I think there are some photos of that meetup there!
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AV is www.aspievillage.org.uk
Many thanks. :) I'm having a problem getting in there, mind. Check your inbox, for more details
I think there are some photos of that meetup there!
Oh no! *cringe*
~Walkie
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walkie, how old/young are you?