# Another Lurker joins the ranks **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [February 21, 2007, 7:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-lurker-joins-the-ranks/393065 "2007-02-21T07:03:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![enigm4tic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7ba0ec/32.png) [@enigm4tic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enigm4tic)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2007, 7:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-lurker-joins-the-ranks/393065/1 "2007-02-21T07:03:33Z")
Or at least, I finally hit the register button to experience the joy of posting on the SDMB instead of merely lurking and reading the fascinating threads everybody comes up with around here. Hopefully I myself will be able to contribute to some of those threads, and maybe come up with a few myself. Few details about myself, since I didn’t see a better place to introduce myself than mundane pointless stuff 😛 . Currently a junior at the University of Florida having gone from a Software Engineering major with the Eng. department through the Computer Science business major and am currently pursuing a combined degree intending to get a bachelor in Decision Information Sciences but more importantly a master’s in Supply Chain Management. In particular I’m interested in the applications of the emerging technology of RFID being applied to retail and supply operations. In my previous majors I intended variously to go in to Game Design, in particular Artificial Intelligence and as a corollary robotics, all of which I’m still interested in. Game design in particular, for any gaming nerds out there, I was semi-famous in the warcraftIII mapping community for the map Custom Hero Arena under the name Slayerdragon (this will make sense to you if you’re part of the community, if not, well… guess it won’t matter anyways!) Since I’ve been lurking for a bit now, I intend to pretty much jump in at the deep end so I figured I’d get all the intro stuff out of the way here. Don’t be afraid to smack me if I say something stupid. :needs a hello wave smiley: ---
**Author:** ![scotandrsn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a4c791/32.png) [@scotandrsn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scotandrsn)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2007, 7:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-lurker-joins-the-ranks/393065/2 "2007-02-21T07:26:19Z")
Greetings and Welcome to the Straight Dope Message Boards, **enigm4tic**! I’m a Software Engineering Masters candidate myself. Can’t say I blame you for switching gears, though. ---
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2007, 8:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-lurker-joins-the-ranks/393065/3 "2007-02-21T08:35:46Z")
Hi there, pull up a chair and get ye to the table! Or don’t pull up a chair if you don’t feel like it, we’re an equal-position bunch around here. Tables are kind of a recommended option, though, wouldn’t want you to get hurt juggling bits of computer 😉 ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2007, 11:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-lurker-joins-the-ranks/393065/4 "2007-02-21T11:52:01Z")
Welcome! Here, have a snorkel – the squid will be here momentarily. ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2007, 12:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-lurker-joins-the-ranks/393065/5 "2007-02-21T12:00:27Z")
Welcome, **enigm4tic**! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![glee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b5a626/32.png) [@glee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glee)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2007, 12:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-lurker-joins-the-ranks/393065/6 "2007-02-21T12:39:14Z")
Welcome to the boards! 🙂 I note you are into computer game design. 🆒 I myself dabbled in this when ‘Pong’ first came out. 😕 I made a simple text game, where the player typed in choices from a menu. Those were the days… ---
**Author:** ![Scubaqueen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c0e974/32.png) [@Scubaqueen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scubaqueen)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2007, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-lurker-joins-the-ranks/393065/7 "2007-02-21T14:11:40Z")
[QUOTE=twickster] Welcome! Here, have a snorkel – the squid will be here momentarily. [/QUOTE] bring beer! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2007, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-lurker-joins-the-ranks/393065/8 "2007-02-21T14:48:15Z")
Welcome aboard the Dope. Enjoy the stay. Here is your substitute hello wave smiley **N** Jim ---
**Author:** ![Scuba\_Ben](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/278dde/32.png) [@Scuba\_Ben](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scuba_Ben)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2007, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-lurker-joins-the-ranks/393065/9 "2007-02-21T15:42:14Z")
Glad to have you here! We can always use more info tech people. The barrel of calamari got frozen in transit, so we’ll use the giant squid for the initiation. Would someone please round up the goat, make the lime jello, and hire the mariachi band. ---
**Author:** ![enigm4tic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7ba0ec/32.png) [@enigm4tic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enigm4tic)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2007, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-lurker-joins-the-ranks/393065/10 "2007-02-21T17:57:45Z")
> [@](#): > > we’ll use the giant squid for the initiation :eek: maybe pressing the register button WASN’T a good idea > [@](#): > > Tables are kind of a recommended option, though, wouldn’t want you to get hurt juggling bits of computer nah I’ll take any nearby space, I recently entered the laptop age 🙂