# Where's Bricker? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 29, 2018, 6:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wheres-bricker/826862 "2018-12-29T06:25:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Tim\_R.Mortiss](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tim_r.mortiss/32/142_2.png) [@Tim\_R.Mortiss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tim_R.Mortiss)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2018, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wheres-bricker/826862/21 "2018-12-30T01:44:40Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > FWIW, when I worked at an Air Force base the date format was YYYYMMDD or YYYY/MM/DD. That’s my preferred format for dated computer files, because alphabetizing them also sorts them in chronological order. (Mundane enough for ya?) (Damn, ninja’d!) ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2018, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wheres-bricker/826862/22 "2018-12-30T02:36:23Z")
I donno, but he seems to have taken John Mace with him. ---
**Author:** ![dtilque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d6d6ee/32.png) [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2018, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wheres-bricker/826862/23 "2018-12-30T02:39:29Z")
All in all he’s just another **Bricker** in the Wall ---
**Author:** ![beowulff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beowulff/32/542_2.png) [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2018, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wheres-bricker/826862/24 "2018-12-30T02:58:26Z")
> [@Defensive\_Indifference](#): > > I can only presume that, now seeing the truth of American conservatism laid bare and the consequences of the ideology unfold in real time, he’s taking some time for quiet introspection and reevaluation of his life choices. I have this bridge for sale… ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2018, 6:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wheres-bricker/826862/25 "2018-12-30T06:59:37Z")
Bricker vanished in a puff of logic. ---
**Author:** ![madsircool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madsircool/32/3432_2.png) [@madsircool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madsircool)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2018, 8:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wheres-bricker/826862/26 "2018-12-30T08:37:28Z")
> [@Darren\_Garrison](#): > > I donno, but he seems to have taken John Mace with him. On a romantic holiday? ---
**Author:** ![zoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zoid/32/336_2.png) [@zoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zoid)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2018, 10:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wheres-bricker/826862/27 "2018-12-30T10:11:37Z")
> [@Defensive\_Indifference](#): > > I can only presume that, now seeing the truth of American conservatism laid bare and the consequences of the ideology unfold in real time, he’s taking some time for quiet introspection and reevaluation of his life choices. Snerk! Thanks - I needed that! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2018, 12:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wheres-bricker/826862/28 "2018-12-30T12:18:56Z")
He disappeared for a while not that long ago–I think around February. He came back, and didn’t acknowledge he’d even been gone. I emailed him once last time, and he didn’t answer, so I didn’t bother doing so again. I also seem to remember people doing the “long time, no see” stuff, and not getting a response, either. ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2018, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wheres-bricker/826862/29 "2018-12-30T20:03:22Z")
\ If anyone wishes to take shots at another poster they are free to do so in the Pit. Do not do it here. ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2018, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wheres-bricker/826862/30 "2018-12-30T22:27:43Z")
I’m sorry both of them are on hiatus. I welcome their comments, whether or not I agree with them. ---
**Author:** ![HurricaneDitka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/96bed5/32.png) [@HurricaneDitka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HurricaneDitka)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2018, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wheres-bricker/826862/31 "2018-12-30T23:22:29Z")
> [@Darren\_Garrison](#): > > I donno, but he seems to have taken John Mace with him. Two of my favorite Dopers. ---
**Author:** ![CarnalK](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnalk/32/486_2.png) [@CarnalK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CarnalK)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2018, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wheres-bricker/826862/32 "2018-12-31T01:22:35Z")
> [@BigT](#): > > He disappeared for a while not that long ago–I think around February. He came back, and didn’t acknowledge he’d even been gone. I emailed him once last time, and he didn’t answer, so I didn’t bother doing so again. > > I also seem to remember people doing the “long time, no see” stuff, and not getting a response, either. Why the hell would you think you’re the person he’d want to get in an email correspondence with? That’s just weird. He wasn’t involved in anything particularly heated before he left so either it’s real life or just finally got sick of the place. ---
**Author:** ![Sunny\_Daze](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunny_daze/32/438_2.png) [@Sunny\_Daze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunny_Daze)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2018, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wheres-bricker/826862/33 "2018-12-31T02:14:43Z")
> [@HurricaneDitka](#): > > Two of my favorite Dopers. We agree this time. 🙂 Two of my favorite posters as well. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Nylock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/77aa72/32.png) [@Mr.Nylock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Nylock)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2018, 5:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wheres-bricker/826862/34 "2018-12-31T05:51:52Z")
He probably wasn’t enjoying engaging with posters on the Dope any more; I’m surprised any conservative leaning posters come here at all. ---
**Author:** ![HurricaneDitka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/96bed5/32.png) [@HurricaneDitka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HurricaneDitka)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2018, 7:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wheres-bricker/826862/35 "2018-12-31T07:01:09Z")
> [@Mr.Nylock](#): > > He probably wasn’t enjoying engaging with posters on the Dope any more; I’m surprised any conservative leaning posters come here at all. “You will never find a more wretched hive of scum and villainy. We must be cautious.” 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2018, 7:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wheres-bricker/826862/36 "2018-12-31T07:01:35Z")
> [@Voyager](#): > > He was third in line to be Trump’s new chief of staff, and is working off his disappointment. Well, he’ll be in the job within a couple weeks then, and back on the Dope in about a month. ---
**Author:** ![DesertDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/desertdog/32/11503_2.png) [@DesertDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DesertDog)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2018, 12:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wheres-bricker/826862/37 "2018-12-31T12:52:58Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > \ > > This is why I like the format of ##mon####, as in 15Nov2018. The letters of the month act as a separator for the numbers, eliminating the need for hyphens or slashes (which can be misinterpreted when handwritten), and it’s unambiguous even for people unfamiliar with it. > [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > FWIW, when I worked at an Air Force base the date format was YYYYMMDD or YYYY/MM/DD. In the Navy, for humans at least, everything would have been 15 NOV 2018 – spaces and all UC for the month. I date my (infrequent) checks that way. Dating punch cards\* or the like would be 20181115 so, as has been mentioned a couple times, they will sort properly. \*I dated a punch card only once. She was too flat and had too many holes for my taste. ---
**Author:** ![Hermitian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hermitian/32/470_2.png) [@Hermitian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hermitian)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2018, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wheres-bricker/826862/38 "2018-12-31T15:29:55Z")
> [@garygnu](#): > > I only use anything _other_ than YYYYMMDD when other idiots require it. It alphabetizes properly and is unambiguous. This! ---
**Author:** ![Melbourne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b5e925/32.png) [@Melbourne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Melbourne)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2019, 8:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wheres-bricker/826862/39 "2019-01-02T08:35:54Z")
> [@DesertDog](#): > > In the Navy, for humans at least, everything would have been 15 NOV 2018 – spaces and all UC for the month. I date my (infrequent) checks that way. Dating punch cards\* or the like would be 20181115 so, as has been mentioned a couple times, they will sort properly. > > \*I dated a punch card only once. She was too flat and had too many holes for my taste. The problem, of course, with dates like 15 NOV 2015 is that some people don’t use English month abbreviation, which plays havoc with some of the auto-conversion routines. Fortunately, there is no well-known culture that commonly uses YYYY DD MM, and since recent centuries can’t be confused with months, we sometimes used YYYYMMDD to construct strings that needed to be automatically converted to dates. ---
**Author:** ![Acsenray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/acsenray/32/4519_2.png) [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2019, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wheres-bricker/826862/40 "2019-01-10T18:45:30Z")
I have a vague notion that Bricker was a government contractor. With the shutdown and resulting furloughing of many contractors, perhaps he’s got more important considerations right now than participating in a message board. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wheres-bricker/826862.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wheres-bricker/826862.md?page=3)