What I want to know is.........

Hils · Post by **Hils** » Fri Sep 19, 2003 5:16 pm

Who, out of all those pictures that are posted with the messages are really pictures of the people who post. I mean is that really Martin Milner? I know that is Sandy Jasper and I think that may really be Jessie. Anna Martinez is really cute but somehow the ears don't fit. Bloomfield....well is that really you contemplating the difference between an e flat and a b flat? Chuck Clark... you must have got up on the wrong side of the dog house. Sweetone, is that a tatoo on your arm? Ok I give...who is who and what is what?

LeeMarsh · Post by **LeeMarsh** » Fri Sep 19, 2003 5:21 pm

My avatar is from a picture a fellow C&F member took during a visit last year to the Maryland RenFest.

JessieK · Post by **JessieK** » Fri Sep 19, 2003 5:22 pm

Yeah, my avatar is me, but it's a picture from a few (ok, 4) years ago. I look a little older now.

Edit: Here's a current picture.

<img src=http://home.hvc.rr.com/kislindriscoll/J ... ept-03.JPG>

Hils · Post by **Hils** » Fri Sep 19, 2003 5:24 pm

Avatar, oh so that's what they are, where did that word come from?

avanutria · Post by **avanutria** » Fri Sep 19, 2003 6:16 pm

http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=avatar

n. Syn. [in Hindu mythology, the incarnation of a god]
1. Among people working on virtual reality and cyberspace interfaces, an "avatar" is an icon or representation of a user in a shared virtual reality. The term is sometimes used on MUDs.
2. [CMU, Tektronix] root, superuser. There are quite a few Unix machines on which the name of the superuser account is `avatar' rather than `root'. This quirk was originated by a CMU hacker who found the terms `root' and `superuser' unimaginative, and thought `avatar' might better impress people with the responsibility they were accepting.

Monster · Post by **Monster** » Fri Sep 19, 2003 6:38 pm

av-a-tar n.[skt. avatarah ava, down + tarati, he crosses] 1. a. An incarnation or embodiment, as a of a quality or concept. b. A varying manifestation or aspect of a particular entity. 2. The incarnation of esp. a Hindu deity in human form.

So there you have it. As you can plainly see, in the picture is a man playing the sousaphone. That man is me, I am not however (as far as I know) an incarnation of any deity, be they Hindu or otherwise. The photo does however embody a certain something of my (now past) tuba and sousaphone playing self.

IDAwHOa · Post by **IDAwHOa** » Fri Sep 19, 2003 6:44 pm

That is NOT me. At least the last time I checked it was not me. I am NOT that cute. It is actually a leopard gecko that I facilitated the hatching of this year.

I am actually invisible, that is why I have to put that picture there.

Monster · Post by **Monster** » Fri Sep 19, 2003 6:45 pm

Oh yeah, forgot to mention the definitions came from "Webster's II, New Riverside University Dictionary" @ 1984.

slowair · Post by **slowair** » Fri Sep 19, 2003 9:38 pm

Yup, that really is me.

Mike

Easily_Deluded_Fool · Post by **Easily_Deluded_Fool** » Sat Sep 20, 2003 2:38 am

Chiffers complained at my avatar picture

I can't help it.

<img src="http://www.smartgroups.com/vault/nobody ... lymush.jpg" border="0" />

Sulk

Walden · Post by **Walden** » Sat Sep 20, 2003 6:21 am

On my avatar is not me, but an origami representation of St. George, on horseback, conquering the dragon.

dfoster · Post by **dfoster** » Sat Sep 20, 2003 7:24 am

I don't have an avatar yet, but what I want to know is where people get the avatars that move?

lixnaw · Post by **lixnaw** » Sat Sep 20, 2003 7:46 am

Easily_Deluded_Fool wrote:Chiffers complained at my avatar picture
I can't help it.
<img src="http://www.smartgroups.com/vault/nobody ... lymush.jpg" border="0" />

Sulk

says the wise guy who uses his name and avatar to protect himself form foolish people

Walden · Post by **Walden** » Sat Sep 20, 2003 7:51 am

dfoster wrote:I don't have an avatar yet, but what I want to know is where people get the avatars that move?

You can download them from http://www.animationfactory.com or you can download Unfreez from a freeware site, and make your own animated GIF, such as my avatar on Gaelic Crossings.

Chuck_Clark · Post by **Chuck_Clark** » Sat Sep 20, 2003 1:40 pm

Hils wrote:Chuck Clark... you must have got up on the wrong side of the dog house.

GRRRRRRRR!

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