Member Introduction Thread

[C-Chan]

Oh right, a penguin is technically..................  -v-

*pauses*

*melts away to plot new mischief*

[MisterCat]

Aurora, thank you for the "names" help!  Regarding my switching from Apple to Not Apple, it was an unpleasant but straightforward decision:  I wanted a new iMac, I went to a big store which sold them, I was turned down for credit.  (A recent episode of homelessness was undoubtedly to blame.)

So, a friend of mine who already had an account at another big store offered to co-sign for me; so we went there ââ,¬â€ where no Apple products were sold ââ,¬â€ and I ended up with a Compaq Presario 5WV270 with Windows Millennium Edition installed.  This computing system, Samantha by name, has been good to me insofar as she's "old" (if you factor her age in computing-system years) but still turns up for work every day.

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C-Chan, thanks a bunch for your helpful information!  I now feel better prepared to navigate the waters here.  I've perused some of the stacks in the image-file library and am very impressed!

Your insights into the various personalities manifested by the OS-tans are greatly appreciated.  I know so little about their lives!  I'll head on over to the appropriate discussion areas as soon as I finish whittling away at the present stack of electronic mail.

;hi

Ultimaninja, thank you for your greeting!  It's good to meet you.

NewYinzer, likewise:  Thanks for the welcome!  I'm still running SETI@home, so any day now I'm sure I'll be in touch with odd-looking beings from distant stars ââ,¬â€ maybe even somebody from my home planet, Pemular VII.

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Thank you, SleepyD, for your nice welcome!  You know how message boards are:  up and down, up and down ââ,¬â€ traffic-wise.  "Up" is much more fun, of course.

Kami-Tux, thank you too for your kind reception!  Don't worry:  I'll not eat any birds whilst I'm here, nor mice, nor anything really.  If I get hungry, I'll head on over to the commisary for the tuna cassarole.

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*looks around for penguins*

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[Kami-Tux]

*is not fully relieved*

*nervously stares at MisterCat*

No attacking this OS-tan!

[MisterCat]

I promise you, Kami-Tux, that I have sworn an oath to my household goddess Ifurita (El-Hazard) with my hand upon a complete set of anime digital versatile disks (Betterman) to the effect that I shall neither hunt nor consume any sentient beings whilst here at this message board.  Please rest assured, you have nothing to fear from me!

;hi

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[95Direct]

Well, I guess I can say that I am new to this place. How I got into the OS-tan was simply stumbleing upon wikipedia's article about it as well as a friend telling me about it. I am mainly interested in the Sci-fi Anime genres such as Ghost in the Shell and Cowboy Bebop.

I chose the name 95Direct in insparation from both 95-tan (Who is one of my favorate OS-tans) and Amtrak's NortheastDirect (I am a bit of a railfan).

As of now, I am finishing up my last year in college.

[Alfamille]

Quote from : 95Direct

Well, I guess I can say that I am new to this place. How I got into the OS-tan was simply stumbleing upon wikipedia's article about it as well as a friend telling me about it. I am mainly interested in the Sci-fi Anime genres such as Ghost in the Shell and Cowboy Bebop.

I chose the name 95Direct in insparation from both 95-tan (Who is one of my favorate OS-tans) and Amtrak's NortheastDirect (I am a bit of a railfan).

As of now, I am finishing up my last year in college.

I wanna greet those new people!

eadsja
MisterCat
and to you 95Direct!

Welcome new people! Enjoy around the place and maybe try to contribute what you have  ;010

[C-Chan]

Hehe... Coolness!  ^__^

A Wiki visitor (thanks to Alfamille... ^_~), a GITS viewer, and a fellow train fan to boot.  

Welcome 95Direct!  ^.^

C-Chan added the following  6 minutes after last message :

Your insights into the various personalities manifested by the OS-tans are greatly appreciated. I know so little about their lives! I'll head on over to the appropriate discussion areas as soon as I finish whittling away at the present stack of electronic mail.

Hmm... didn't know you were a space kitty.  I wonder if that means I'm a Subterranean pig.  ^.^

Anyway, no problem on the info.  ^v^
But I should restate my disclaimer that we're currently in the process of creating new OS-tans, so a lot of ideas are still being tossed around to flesh out their personalities.  So don't be surprised if we make stuff up about those particular -tans just playing it by ear.... ^^;

[Pitkin]

Hiya, 95Direct-san, and welcome! ^_^

Great that you've found us, and I hope you find this place worth spending time in. ^__^

[C-Chan]

BTW, given the influx of new members, would it be worthwhile to put this thread as a sticky on the front page with all the other announcements?

Just recalled that when I was new, I didn't see this thread until several weeks later.  

Plus it just feels more welcoming, wouldn't you agree?  ^__^

C-Chan added the following  1 minute after last message :

Although in retrospect, should've stuck this one in the Suggestions thread....  

Doggarnit, there are times when the Forum layout messes with my poor piggy brain too much.... X__x

[MisterCat]

Greetings and salutation, 95Direct!  It's good to meet you!  I've only been here for a day, but it seems a nice place; and I hope you'll enjoy it.

So, if you don't mind my asking, what's your major course of study at college/university?  I've a B.Sc. in journalism from the University of Oregon, myself.

;hi

Thanks for your greeting, Alfamille!  C-Chan, this character-development endeavor you mentioned sounds quite interesting ââ,¬â€ and fun.

:smoke: <---- Starving artist/author takes break from work on beloved MS.

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[Pitkin]

C-Chan's idea was great, and I put this up on the forum front page. ^_^

Why don't I ever get good ideas? -_-;

[rdhdtwns]

Wow so many new people x.x
So~~

eadsja
MisterCat
95Direct

a big old welcome from me, Codi.

Please enjoy it here. And as you can see, everyone here is very knowledgable on OS-tans, so don't feel any question is too bizarre. >>

[MisterCat]

Thank you for your welcome, rdhdtwns!  *waves back*

;hi

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[CaptBrenden]

Um, welcome gato-san and 95direct.   Have a pleasent stay and please dont let the insanity wear off on you.

In another order of buisness... Mistercat... How on earth are you still alive after using ME-tan for 6 years now? I yould have thought your moniter would have exploded killing you after some time. it is quite the mirical.

[MisterCat]

That's a very-good question, CaptBrenden.  (Can I drop the "sir"?)  My present theory, which could change at any time, is that this computing-system's longevity under Windows Millennium Edition is due in large measure to purposeful neglect.

Oh, I run all the usual diagnostic and fix-it programs on a regular basis.  I'm generally polite to the software and only occasionally curse and swear at it.  However, I keep a hammer next to the monitor; and although that's purely a psychological tactic, as I never intend to actually use it, I believe it has a positive effect upon the operating-system's stability.

Mostly, though, I'd say it's the "environmental factors" which have kept ME-tan more or less satisfied all these years.  For instance, I live right next to a very-busy street.  Hence, all manner of crap in suspension comes drifting in through the windows on either side of the computing system; and it settles into all the components.

That would be, I should think, a terrible condition in the view of most people.  But ME-tan doesn't seem to mind a bit.  In fact, I think she likes it!  Also, there are cats:  two of them.  They shed.  I'm not as big on vacuuming as I should be, so lots of cat hair ends up finding its way into the central processing unit (which lives on the floor).

Furthermore, this room where my computing system lives is the hottest room in summer.  I fully expect to come in here one day to find the computing system reduced to a formless blob, with some wires sticking out of it.  No complaints are ever forthcoming from ME-tan!

Perhaps she's a tomboy at heart, who likes to play in dirt and laughs at temperature extremes.  I don't know; and I'm not going to ask her!

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