Hello,
I'm an ibm'er with English being my second limited language, so I'm not too fast with the keyboard and the keywords. To be more precise, I'm a "Frenglish" exposed to two different languages and two different cultures throughout my life. "Frenglish" is a very special place to be into, especially when one studies ART.
I'm a product of Québec's Silent Revolution. You may not have heard about it since it was ... well ... silent. It happened in the late 60s early 70s. What a trip! What a revolution! No guns, no roses. It had to do with the separation of Church and State, and then something wrong happened.
Lately I have become intolerable with the Christian movements in my surroundings: their soliciting, their promotions, they frights. I hope my registering on this website will help me overcome this negative feeling. Most of the subjects I read in atheist forums are way above my head. I may just login and read here and there and everywhere so as to show HAF that I support them.
As I said, I'm an ibm'er, I think therefore I am (ibm, René Descartes, 1637). One of the many secrets I found within 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968). So what did IBM know when they came up with the name Think Pad?
Thank you
Um, welcome to Haf. :)
Quote from: ibm on March 30, 2012, 04:56:02 AM
Hello,
I'm an ibm'er with English being my second limited language, so I'm not too fast with the keyboard and the keywords. To be more precise, I'm a "Frenglish" exposed to two different languages and two different cultures throughout my life. "Frenglish" is a very special place to be into, especially when one studies ART.
I'm a product of Québec's Silent Revolution. You may not have heard about it since it was ... well ... silent. It happened in the late 60s early 70s. What a trip! What a revolution! No guns, no roses. It had to do with the separation of Church and State, and then something wrong happened.
Lately I have become intolerable with the Christian movements in my surroundings: their soliciting, their promotions, they frights. I hope my registering on this website will help me overcome this negative feeling. Most of the subjects I read in atheist forums are way above my head. I may just login and read here and there and everywhere so as to show HAF that I support them.
As I said, I'm an ibm'er, I think therefore I am (ibm, René Descartes, 1637). One of the many secrets I found within 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968). So what did IBM know when they came up with the name Think Pad?
Thank you
Welcome ibm'er !! It's pretty chill hear. I hope you like it! :)
Hello! ;D
I'm in Ottawa, so I'm very close to Québec! My father was born in Montreal :)
I'm afraid my french is very poor, though. :(
I hope you like it here!
Hello ibm
All the Canadians here are quite nice, all except one (https://www.happyatheistforum.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.cool-smileys.com%2Fimages%2F2068.gif&hash=79a61cc54aecfd381faf25fd9be7ca1c9adddae9)
Hi ibm
That Think Pad was such a lame idea! :D
Thanks for making the effort to sign up and join in.
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Regards
Chris
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Quote from: The Magic Pudding on March 30, 2012, 06:57:13 AM
Hello ibm
All the Canadians here are quite nice, all except one (https://www.happyatheistforum.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.cool-smileys.com%2Fimages%2F2068.gif&hash=79a61cc54aecfd381faf25fd9be7ca1c9adddae9)
That would be me, I'm the evil raving humanist nutter in the corner of Ontario. ;D
Welcome, IBM, from one Canadian to another! I think you'll enjoy it here. :)
Welcome!
Quote from: The Magic Pudding on March 30, 2012, 06:57:13 AM
Hello ibm
All the Canadians here are quite nice, all except one (https://www.happyatheistforum.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.cool-smileys.com%2Fimages%2F2068.gif&hash=79a61cc54aecfd381faf25fd9be7ca1c9adddae9)
Quiet you! >:(
Quote from: DeterminedJuliet on March 30, 2012, 05:05:29 AM
Hello! ;D
I'm in Ottawa, so I'm very close to Québec! My father was born in Montreal :)
I'm afraid my french is very poor, though. :(
I hope you like it here!
Thanks. Ah Montreal, it used to be called the city of a hundred bell towers. There's not that many left today, I'm glad. I love taking the Metro in that city and randomly pop out at a station and take a walk.
Hopefully I'll be going to Ottawa this spring and visit Vincent van Gogh's special exhibit at the National Gallery of Arts. Vincent's my favorite.
Quote from: ibm on April 01, 2012, 03:17:25 AM
Quote from: DeterminedJuliet on March 30, 2012, 05:05:29 AM
Hello! ;D
I'm in Ottawa, so I'm very close to Québec! My father was born in Montreal :)
I'm afraid my french is very poor, though. :(
I hope you like it here!
Thanks. Ah Montreal, it used to be called the city of a hundred bell towers. There's not that many left today, I'm glad. I love taking the Metro in that city and randomly pop out at a station and take a walk.
Hopefully I'll be going to Ottawa this spring and visit Vincent van Gogh's special exhibit at the National Gallery of Arts. Vincent's my favorite.
IBM, I didn't even know the National Gallery was putting on a Van Gogh exibit this spring! Thank you! I'll be in Ottawa this spring and I'll need to go check that out! The last time I was at the Gallery, there was a gorgeous Carravagio exibit I really enjoyed seeing. :)
Quote from: Amicale on April 01, 2012, 04:09:01 AM
Quote from: ibm on April 01, 2012, 03:17:25 AM
Quote from: DeterminedJuliet on March 30, 2012, 05:05:29 AM
Hello! ;D
I'm in Ottawa, so I'm very close to Québec! My father was born in Montreal :)
I'm afraid my french is very poor, though. :(
I hope you like it here!
Thanks. Ah Montreal, it used to be called the city of a hundred bell towers. There's not that many left today, I'm glad. I love taking the Metro in that city and randomly pop out at a station and take a walk.
Hopefully I'll be going to Ottawa this spring and visit Vincent van Gogh's special exhibit at the National Gallery of Arts. Vincent's my favorite.
IBM, I didn't even know the National Gallery was putting on a Van Gogh exibit this spring! Thank you! I'll be in Ottawa this spring and I'll need to go check that out! The last time I was at the Gallery, there was a gorgeous Carravagio exibit I really enjoyed seeing. :)
I didn't know either! Super exciting!
Quote from: Amicale on April 01, 2012, 04:09:01 AM
Quote from: ibm on April 01, 2012, 03:17:25 AM
Quote from: DeterminedJuliet on March 30, 2012, 05:05:29 AM
Hello! ;D
I'm in Ottawa, so I'm very close to Québec! My father was born in Montreal :)
I'm afraid my french is very poor, though. :(
I hope you like it here!
Thanks. Ah Montreal, it used to be called the city of a hundred bell towers. There's not that many left today, I'm glad. I love taking the Metro in that city and randomly pop out at a station and take a walk.
Hopefully I'll be going to Ottawa this spring and visit Vincent van Gogh's special exhibit at the National Gallery of Arts. Vincent's my favorite.
IBM, I didn't even know the National Gallery was putting on a Van Gogh exibit this spring! Thank you! I'll be in Ottawa this spring and I'll need to go check that out! The last time I was at the Gallery, there was a gorgeous Carravagio exibit I really enjoyed seeing. :)
Yep, from 25 May to 03 Sep. Fifty, count them, fifty van Gogh paintings under one roof. "C'est du jamais vue à Ottawa" it has never been seen in Ottawa. I'm impressed by impressionists.
http://www.gallery.ca/en/see/exhibitions/upcoming/details/van-gogh-up-close-70
I may bring my I-Pod with me. My hobby is to mix'n match masters' paintings with masters' poems i.e. song writers. It keeps me out of trouble, most of the time.
Quote from: ibm on April 02, 2012, 04:05:00 AM
Quote from: Amicale on April 01, 2012, 04:09:01 AM
Quote from: ibm on April 01, 2012, 03:17:25 AM
Quote from: DeterminedJuliet on March 30, 2012, 05:05:29 AM
Hello! ;D
I'm in Ottawa, so I'm very close to Québec! My father was born in Montreal :)
I'm afraid my french is very poor, though. :(
I hope you like it here!
Thanks. Ah Montreal, it used to be called the city of a hundred bell towers. There's not that many left today, I'm glad. I love taking the Metro in that city and randomly pop out at a station and take a walk.
Hopefully I'll be going to Ottawa this spring and visit Vincent van Gogh's special exhibit at the National Gallery of Arts. Vincent's my favorite.
IBM, I didn't even know the National Gallery was putting on a Van Gogh exibit this spring! Thank you! I'll be in Ottawa this spring and I'll need to go check that out! The last time I was at the Gallery, there was a gorgeous Carravagio exibit I really enjoyed seeing. :)
Yep, from 25 May to 03 Sep. Fifty, count them, fifty van Gogh paintings under one roof. "C'est du jamais vue à Ottawa" it has never been seen in Ottawa. I'm impressed by impressionists.
http://www.gallery.ca/en/see/exhibitions/upcoming/details/van-gogh-up-close-70
I may bring my I-Pod with me. My hobby is to mix'n match masters' paintings with masters' poems i.e. song writers. It keeps me out of trouble, most of the time.
In that case, Don McLean's "Vincent" (Starry Starry Night) is an absolute must. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dipFMJckZOM :)
Quote from: The Magic Pudding on March 30, 2012, 06:57:13 AM
Hello ibm
All the Canadians here are quite nice, all except one (https://www.happyatheistforum.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.cool-smileys.com%2Fimages%2F2068.gif&hash=79a61cc54aecfd381faf25fd9be7ca1c9adddae9)
Hello Ibm. Umm there are canadians here? I thought it was mostly cheeky british people ay.
Hi and welcome. Will have to do more research on what an ibm'er is. I would have thought it was a person using a certain type of computer. :D
Quote from: Amicale on April 02, 2012, 04:49:40 AM
Quote from: ibm on April 02, 2012, 04:05:00 AM
Quote from: Amicale on April 01, 2012, 04:09:01 AM
Quote from: ibm on April 01, 2012, 03:17:25 AM
Quote from: DeterminedJuliet on March 30, 2012, 05:05:29 AM
Hello! ;D
I'm in Ottawa, so I'm very close to Québec! My father was born in Montreal :)
I'm afraid my french is very poor, though. :(
I hope you like it here!
Thanks. Ah Montreal, it used to be called the city of a hundred bell towers. There's not that many left today, I'm glad. I love taking the Metro in that city and randomly pop out at a station and take a walk.
Hopefully I'll be going to Ottawa this spring and visit Vincent van Gogh's special exhibit at the National Gallery of Arts. Vincent's my favorite.
IBM, I didn't even know the National Gallery was putting on a Van Gogh exibit this spring! Thank you! I'll be in Ottawa this spring and I'll need to go check that out! The last time I was at the Gallery, there was a gorgeous Carravagio exibit I really enjoyed seeing. :)
Yep, from 25 May to 03 Sep. Fifty, count them, fifty van Gogh paintings under one roof. "C'est du jamais vue à Ottawa" it has never been seen in Ottawa. I'm impressed by impressionists.
http://www.gallery.ca/en/see/exhibitions/upcoming/details/van-gogh-up-close-70
I may bring my I-Pod with me. My hobby is to mix'n match masters' paintings with masters' poems i.e. song writers. It keeps me out of trouble, most of the time.
In that case, Don McLean's "Vincent" (Starry Starry Night) is an absolute must. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dipFMJckZOM :)
You took the words right out of my mouth ... errr ... keyboard. Yep, it's a dead giveaway. Thanks.
If ever I go to London, it's a sure bet that I'll see "Music in the Tuileries" at the National Gallery. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Music_in_the_Tuileries
And on my I-Pod, I'll play "The Carpet Crawlers". http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KrclBlJ39r4
To be brief: On Sunday afternoons they would lay down a carpet of wool so not to dirty the aristocrats' shoes, and bugs would be "crawling" under that carpet. Beautiful song. There are so many of them.
Quote from: Anti-antidisestablishmentarianism on April 02, 2012, 03:44:25 PM
Quote from: The Magic Pudding on March 30, 2012, 06:57:13 AM
Hello ibm
All the Canadians here are quite nice, all except one (https://www.happyatheistforum.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.cool-smileys.com%2Fimages%2F2068.gif&hash=79a61cc54aecfd381faf25fd9be7ca1c9adddae9)
Hello Ibm. Umm there are canadians here? I thought it was mostly cheeky british people ay.
Well now that there's wireless, we now have Internet service in our igloos. We share a power generator amongst ourselves. In the summertime (3 days), there are more bugs outside than bugs in our computers.
Quote from: ibm on April 04, 2012, 02:36:15 AM
Quote from: Anti-antidisestablishmentarianism on April 02, 2012, 03:44:25 PM
Quote from: The Magic Pudding on March 30, 2012, 06:57:13 AM
Hello ibm
All the Canadians here are quite nice, all except one (https://www.happyatheistforum.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.cool-smileys.com%2Fimages%2F2068.gif&hash=79a61cc54aecfd381faf25fd9be7ca1c9adddae9)
Hello Ibm. Umm there are canadians here? I thought it was mostly cheeky british people ay.
Well now that there's wireless, we now have Internet service in our igloos. We share a power generator amongst ourselves. In the summertime (3 days), there are more bugs outside than bugs in our computers.
Yup. And we ride our pet polar bears to work, and if the mosquitos only carry off our firstborn child rather than all of them, we consider it a good day.
Hahaha, this reminds me of Rick Mercer's "talking to Americans".
http://youtu.be/hs1UiT4GEIQ (http://youtu.be/hs1UiT4GEIQ)
lol
Quote from: DeterminedJuliet on April 04, 2012, 08:28:28 PM
Hahaha, this reminds me of Rick Mercer's "talking to Americans".
http://youtu.be/hs1UiT4GEIQ (http://youtu.be/hs1UiT4GEIQ)
lol
:D I LOVE "Talking to Americans".
Quote from: Amicale on April 04, 2012, 04:33:17 AM
Quote from: ibm on April 04, 2012, 02:36:15 AM
Quote from: Anti-antidisestablishmentarianism on April 02, 2012, 03:44:25 PM
Quote from: The Magic Pudding on March 30, 2012, 06:57:13 AM
Hello ibm
All the Canadians here are quite nice, all except one (https://www.happyatheistforum.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.cool-smileys.com%2Fimages%2F2068.gif&hash=79a61cc54aecfd381faf25fd9be7ca1c9adddae9)
Hello Ibm. Umm there are canadians here? I thought it was mostly cheeky british people ay.
Well now that there's wireless, we now have Internet service in our igloos. We share a power generator amongst ourselves. In the summertime (3 days), there are more bugs outside than bugs in our computers.
Yup. And we ride our pet polar bears to work, and if the mosquitos only carry off our firstborn child rather than all of them, we consider it a good day.
Ahaha. I so wanna ride a polar bear. <3
Quote from: Sweetdeath on April 05, 2012, 04:54:35 AM
Quote from: Amicale on April 04, 2012, 04:33:17 AM
Quote from: ibm on April 04, 2012, 02:36:15 AM
Quote from: Anti-antidisestablishmentarianism on April 02, 2012, 03:44:25 PM
Quote from: The Magic Pudding on March 30, 2012, 06:57:13 AM
Hello ibm
All the Canadians here are quite nice, all except one (https://www.happyatheistforum.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.cool-smileys.com%2Fimages%2F2068.gif&hash=79a61cc54aecfd381faf25fd9be7ca1c9adddae9)
Hello Ibm. Umm there are canadians here? I thought it was mostly cheeky british people ay.
Well now that there's wireless, we now have Internet service in our igloos. We share a power generator amongst ourselves. In the summertime (3 days), there are more bugs outside than bugs in our computers.
Yup. And we ride our pet polar bears to work, and if the mosquitos only carry off our firstborn child rather than all of them, we consider it a good day.
Ahaha. I so wanna ride a polar bear. <3
http://theoatmeal.com/comics/polar_bear
I love The Oatmeal.
I had NO ideas polar bears could slow their own metabolism down. That is freaking awesome!
I love the Oatmeal, too! He caused a shitstorm on Facebook the other day because he posted a few atheist cartoons.
Quote from: Amicale on April 04, 2012, 04:33:17 AM
Yup. And we ride our pet polar bears to work, and if the mosquitos only carry off our firstborn child rather than all of them, we consider it a good day.
And there's only one road in Canada. The big thrill of the day is when we cross a time-zone. Honey, why do we have to reset our watch?
Quote from: ibm on April 06, 2012, 03:57:03 AM
Quote from: Amicale on April 04, 2012, 04:33:17 AM
Yup. And we ride our pet polar bears to work, and if the mosquitos only carry off our firstborn child rather than all of them, we consider it a good day.
And there's only one road in Canada. The big thrill of the day is when we cross a time-zone. Honey, why do we have to reset our watch?
:D
True story: I have two friends who live 30 minutes apart, but are in 2 different time zones. That's just crazy!
Quote from: DeterminedJuliet on April 05, 2012, 02:11:35 PM
I love the Oatmeal, too! He caused a shitstorm on Facebook the other day because he posted a few atheist cartoons.
Blurg,,really?
I want to see~ i'm gonna head over to fb.
Btw, I treat Fb comments on their communities like youtube ones; I don't bother to read or take them seriously. If I did, I would be crying and feeling hopeless for all of humanity.
Don't get me wrong, my faith that humanity will weed out the religious fools is still 5%, but at least when I come to HAF, I feel "evolution seemed to have worked for some people. :D" <3
Quote from: Amicale on April 04, 2012, 04:33:17 AM
Quote from: ibm on April 04, 2012, 02:36:15 AM
Quote from: Anti-antidisestablishmentarianism on April 02, 2012, 03:44:25 PM
Quote from: The Magic Pudding on March 30, 2012, 06:57:13 AM
Hello ibm
All the Canadians here are quite nice, all except one (https://www.happyatheistforum.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.cool-smileys.com%2Fimages%2F2068.gif&hash=79a61cc54aecfd381faf25fd9be7ca1c9adddae9)
Hello Ibm. Umm there are canadians here? I thought it was mostly cheeky british people ay.
Well now that there's wireless, we now have Internet service in our igloos. We share a power generator amongst ourselves. In the summertime (3 days), there are more bugs outside than bugs in our computers.
Yup. And we ride our pet polar bears to work, and if the mosquitos only carry off our firstborn child rather than all of them, we consider it a good day.
Wouldn't riding a large group of penguins be safer?!?!
There are no penguins up north! Only at the southern pole ;D
Quote from: DeterminedJuliet on April 06, 2012, 06:06:24 PM
There are no penguins up north! Only at the southern pole ;D
Blast! Damn my lack of knowledge in the area of indigenous species of North America >:(
Quote from: DeterminedJuliet on April 06, 2012, 06:06:24 PM
There are no penguins up north! Only at the southern pole ;D
I think the Edinburgh Zoo classifies as 'up north' ;D