The hardest bit was trying to think of a suitably embarrassing moment. You bet there are going to be people who don't believe that one.

  • Name: I'm Vernoring. Can I say "Vernoring" in public? It's disappointing that Google doesn't recognise the word. I believe Greg Bear coined it (in Moving Mars), alluding to Vernor Vinge and his novel True Names.

  • Age: Old, but not as old as I sometimes make out (palaeontologists have not written papers about me).

  • Pets types/names: Seven cats: Possum, Cole, Sqeeχ, Lilly, Fluffy, Clyde, and Bonnie. No, I didn't name them.

  • Meaning behind your username: Let's say it's this; but I actually picked it because of its originality.

I don't have "favourites" (even if I do call them bookmarks) - I have A-lists that I review occasionally

  • Favorite quote: No matter how great your triumphs or how tragic your defeats, approximately one billion Chinese couldn't care less.

  • Most valued posession: My sentience.

  • Fav type of music: Classical, Smart Techno, 70s British rock... Yeah, I've got Gorillaz playing at the moment.

  • Favorite movie: Bladerunner (dircut - haven't seen the Final Cut yet), Contact, The Dish

  • Favorite computer game: Hunt the Wumpus

  • Favorite computer program: me shrugs

  • Did OJ do it? Haven't got to OJ yet (see above).

  • Type of car you drive: Gold 2003 Nissan 350Z

  • Type of car you really drive (the truth please): 2008 Nissan Cube (my petrolhead brother has the Z. It's his show car.)

  • Fav alchoholic beverage: Absinthe, sometimes butterscotch schnapps. Maybe the odd bourbon and cola. TBH, though, I tend to favour that other psychoactive substance, the ol' 1,3,7-trimethylpurine-2,6-dione.

  • Next vacation: HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! No, I really don't take time off as often as I should.

  • If you have any superpower in the world, what would it be, and why? Persuasion; so that when I get pulled over by a traffic cop for speeding I can convince him that "these aren't the droids you're looking for".

  • Unique talent: I can do a pretty mean Freddie Mercury impression. At least when I'm drunk. Oh, and I can cross my fingers. All eight of them. Simultaneously.

  • Most embarrassing moment: I do recall a streaking incident at school once during lunchtime. The details are mercifully forgotten but found afterwards some of the girls had hidden my clothes.

  • Write a sentence that ends with 'about 5 inches.' It had to be an American who came up with the idea for writing a sentence that ends with 'about 5 inches'.

  • Years in the industry: This one in particular? Um, over twenty years with PHP, I forget how far back in general (where does the time go and can I have some of it back please?). Time for a change?

  • Which platform do you use: Depends on what's available.

  • Fav PHP editor/IDE: PFE, kate, Sublime text, Zend Eclipse, Visual Studio

  • What's your favorite PHP function/why? make_shopping_cart(). Let 'em think I'm a miracle-worker.

  • Tips for the noob: Show that you're making an effort to learn and people will make the effort to teach.

  • Why do you volunteer your time as a moderator? You know, I ask myself that sometimes. I really do.

  • Free for all (anything you'd like to say): Welcome to PHPBuilder! The origin of Weedpacket's Law: "Copy-paste code never works".

Cool... I was hoping you'd give us the low down. 🙂

    Favorite movie: Bladerunner (dircut), Contact, The Dish

    ah yes The Dish, suppose you havent seen The Castle both quite funny for those who havent seen it. But the US version they went over and changed tomato sauce with of course ketchup that ruins the whole movie

      Originally posted by planetsim
      But the US version they went over and changed tomato sauce with of course ketchup that ruins the whole movie

      I've the same problem with my spaghetti !!! 😃

      I think I view 50th times Bladerunner, but never the director's cut version! There is a conspiracy...

      :rolleyes:...hmm... I want underline the "this" link isn't working...
      =>
      "Meaning behind your username" == NULL ?

        Originally posted by bad76
        I think I view 50th times Bladerunner, but never the director's cut version! There is a conspiracy...

        Oh, much better than the studio-dictated version - it's a much better movie now that Ridley Scott gets to throw his name around.

        "Meaning behind your username" == NULL ?

        Oh yes, thought there was something left to do.

          I think he answered most questions in a circular manner. 😃 Nice to know bit bout you, weed, now only if we can get bunker and tomhath to cooperate...😉

            Originally posted by stolzyboy
            No Pic?

            I've been having a hard time finding one that's more than a few years old. Tell you what - I'll borrow a camera and do a self-portrait. You want one with the beard or without?

              Finally, we all get to see what you look like... the suspense is killing me!

                Originally posted by piersk
                Finally, we all get to see what you look like... the suspense is killing me!

                Gee, I'm not sure I'll be able to cope with the inevitable anticlimax on my conscience, now 🙂

                  NONONONONONONONO!!!! You must show us what you look like... please please please (with a cherry on the top)

                    Originally posted by Weedpacket
                    Gee, I'm not sure I'll be able to cope with the inevitable anticlimax on my conscience, now 🙂

                    It'll be worth it.

                      Poot. Can't attach a file to a post that doesn't already have one.

                      This is just a temporary one.

                        ...Is the Blair Witch
                        who I can see behind of you ? :rolleyes:

                        Be carefull in the wood!!! 😃

                          Originally posted by bad76
                          ...Is the Blair Witch
                          who I can see behind of you ? :rolleyes:

                          Be carefull in the wood!!! 😃

                          Don't worry it's just Bunker.

                          It is you, isn't it, Bunker? Bunker?

                            Wow!! Completely not what I was expecting... (don't ask what I was expecting, but it's just different)

                              Originally posted by piersk
                              Wow!! Completely not what I was expecting... (don't ask what I was expecting, but it's just different)

                              Me too...

                                Right, got the proper one now (read, one not taken one-handed with dead-reckoning aiming at 3:20am with entirely the wrong whitepoint selected).