Serial killer? or Programmer? [Archive]

mikmik

11-23-2003, 06:01 AM

The only one I knew for sure was "The Son of Sam" guy, David something or other. (Two coincidences at play here, right Mr. Puppy? Right, Mr. David? Right, oh exalted blonde leaders?)
Any which, I got 5/10, which, considering I knew the one, is below 50/50, but I GUESS if it is rounded up, it's about right.
Rocky1, it was an inspired display, I am suitably, and very, impressed. I have some experience in the 'losing it for a good cause' arena, which then leads to this series on someone of your ilk, without the restraint! :
Rocky1; Programmer Killer, or Serial Fishing Proponent?

(makes mental - I wonder does it mean 'proponent of serial fishing? or serial proponent of fishing? Or all three?)

carju1

11-23-2003, 06:30 AM

Wooohooo 8/10 OK that make me the defacto expert in the game of "Killer or coder"

So lets have a look at the photo's on these posts above me.
1. Minstral - ummm has that I'm analysising you look of a serial killer and has facial hair. Mind you looks old enough to have been around when people invented computer languages. Presses Programmer option. yep 1/1
2. Rocky - OMG dark glasses, hidden face, facial hair everything points to killer. Mind you whole apperance in geeky enough for a coder. So we'll press Programmer option. yep 2/2
3. Mikmik - Ummmm happy cheerful looking persona, clean shaven doesn't look like he'd hurt a mouse. However he really really doesn't look anything like a programmer. Presses killer option. yep 3/3 woohoo, wait whose that knocking on the door, Oh hi Mik.... agghhhhhhhhhhhh

Julian

Greyhawk

11-23-2003, 09:03 AM

9/10 but I think that it is a trick because serial killers and programmers, aren't they the same thing?

Greyhawk

minstrel

11-23-2003, 10:02 AM

it is a trick because serial killers and programmers, aren't they the same thing?
No... programmers are cereal killers (or more accurately cereal out of the box killers)...

Greyhawk

11-23-2003, 10:24 AM

My competitive dance partner is a programmer. I will have to send her that link and get her to join WPW.

Greyhawk

carbonize

11-23-2003, 11:10 AM

Should we make our own? Thread killer or MVP?

or better yet, helper or prat that posts links in answer to every problem

wenwilder

11-23-2003, 11:34 AM

7/10 and I read books on serial killers! Maybe I should go back to the books with only pictures. :)

(mental note: add Rocky to the profiling notebook)

(reminds Minstrel that I'm already in his notebook for the whole Jello/ghost thing and who knows what else. :))

minstrel

11-23-2003, 11:38 AM

7/10 and I read books on serial killers! Maybe I should go back to the books with only pictures. :)
I only got 7/10 too, and I have taught courses on such issues...

(mental note: add Rocky to the profiling notebook)
(reminds Minstrel that I'm already in his notebook for the whole Jello/ghost thing and who knows what else. :))
That's true... :-) After hanging out here at WPW for a few months, I'm on volume 2 of that notebook...

Greyhawk

11-23-2003, 05:11 PM

minstrel

11-23-2003, 05:18 PM

Hell I alone could fill volume 3 for you.
I wasn't going to say anything because it's semi-classified but I have a separate one for you, Greyhawk... ;-)

mikmik

11-23-2003, 06:45 PM

I just want to say thanks to wen for all your help earlier [o;

http://factor1.net/temp/mikCap.jpg

minstrel

11-23-2003, 06:56 PM

Let's hope that the hat was all he took...

mikmik

11-23-2003, 07:52 PM

But of course!

http://factor1.net/temp/mikmik3.jpg

(okay, enough, I promise)

minstrel

11-23-2003, 08:16 PM

my gawd... if we're not careful there'll be none of us left by morning... okay, listen up and listen carefully:

(1) NO ONE goes ANYWHERE alone - make sure you're in pairs at all time (except for that inevitable guy who's paranoid and everyone hates - he'll be the next one to go missing).
(3) STAY IN THE LIGHT at all times, even if it's just a Zippo lighter! it's well know than serial killers and programmers are afraid of light.
(4) DON'T let your kids go to Never Never Land for a sleepover! (I know that one has nothing to do with this thread but I can't believe that, after 1993, or for that matter after even just seeing a recent photo of MJ, any parent would say to their 12 year old, "Of course you can go have a sleepover with MJ".)

OH NO! It's already started! Who stole #2?

minstrel

11-23-2003, 08:21 PM

"...and that was our first real evidence."

End of first note in the new special McBook (get it? code name? Mik? Book? oh, never mind...)

matauri

11-23-2003, 08:24 PM

Not bad... 8/10. Thought I would have blitzed this coz I'm a fan of crime books (the ones with pics too Wen!). The Ukranian had me fooled! I would have gone on a date with the Terminator! :-)

So lets have a look at the photo's on these posts above me.
1. Minstral - ummm has that I'm analysising you look of a serial killer and has facial hair. Mind you looks old enough to have been around when people invented computer languages. Presses Programmer option. yep 1/1
2. Rocky - OMG dark glasses, hidden face, facial hair everything points to killer. Mind you whole apperance in geeky enough for a coder. So we'll press Programmer option. yep 2/2
3. Mikmik - Ummmm happy cheerful looking persona, clean shaven doesn't look like he'd hurt a mouse. However he really really doesn't look anything like a programmer. Presses killer option. yep 3/3 woohoo, wait whose that knocking on the door, Oh hi Mik.... agghhhhhhhhhhhh

My choices as well Julian ! LOL
Though, if we had included you & Greyhawk in it also...

4. Carju - Doesn't look geeky enuff to invent programming language, so could be one of those repressed killers. 4/4
5. Greyhawk - Definately not someone I would trust in a dark lane! ;-) 5/5

;-)

Cindy

wenwilder

11-23-2003, 08:30 PM

The Ukranian had me fooled! I would have gone on a date with the Terminator! :-)

Cindy

There's something about those Ukranian's - but that's another story :)

matauri

11-23-2003, 08:33 PM

Dave you surprise me :-)

(4) DON'T let your kids go to Never Never Land for a sleepover! (I know that one has nothing to do with this thread but I can't believe that, after 1993, or for that matter after even just seeing a recent photo of MJ, any parent would say to their 12 year old, "Of course you can go have a sleepover with MJ".)

Ya see his home movies? I think he's just an 'innocent', he has no concept of what is 'sociably' acceptable of an adult. Which I can associate with, coz my family continually asks when I am going to start looking & acting 42 (how does a 42yr old look & act???). Now I'm not saying that he is by any social defintiion of 'normal', but I think he's relatively harmless. Have you noticed that the parents that have pursued this are parents that need money? MJ is an easy touch, coz he is different. Society doesn't like different :-)

Cindy

matauri

11-23-2003, 08:35 PM

There's something about those Ukranian's - but that's another story :)

That in itself beggs the telling of :-)

Cindy

minstrel

11-23-2003, 08:49 PM

I think he's just an 'innocent', he has no concept of what is 'sociably' acceptable of an adult... Now I'm not saying that he is by any social definition of 'normal', but I think he's relatively harmless. Have you noticed that the parents that have pursued this are parents that need money? MJ is an easy touch, coz he is different. Society doesn't like different
I agree about the parents - that's part of my point, in fact. Whether or not he is guilty as charged, it's not the first time he has been charged, and I'm not sure a truly responsible parent would put their child in a risk position, and then 3 months later claim damages - "dodgy" indeed - although in this case as I understand it no litigation has been launched or will be launched according to the police. Even without that, MJ is an extremely strange dude who not only has no understanding of social reality but shouldn't be trusted with the care of himself let alone anyone else - remember the baby on the balcony episode?

Which I can associate with, coz my family continually asks when I am going to start looking & acting 42 (how does a 42yr old look & act?).
I think you're supposed to be boring and bored by now - I always tell people I pride myself on immaturity because most people who describe themselves as mature are people who seem to be spending their whole lives planning their retirements and avoiding fun...

Greyhawk

11-23-2003, 09:26 PM

5. Greyhawk - Definately not someone I would trust in a dark lane! ;-) 5/5

;-)

Cindy

But why I have an honest face (what you can see of it), and if Nichole can trust me (and even dance with me without getting hurt)then it must mean that you think I am a Programmer. HMMMFFF I have never been so insulted. Imagine ME A PROGRAMMER.

Greyhawk

matauri

11-23-2003, 11:17 PM

But why I have an honest face (what you can see of it), and if Nichole can trust me (and even dance with me without getting hurt)

While I love & respect Nicole, apart from Vin Diesel, her taste in men hasn't been too flash ;-)

And if we stood in a dark lane...you would prob throw a rugby ball at me with Brittania written all over it ;-)

I have danced with Elton, pre-gay days, and all that proved was that I wasn't attracted to people with pink hair :-)

But I would trust ya with me life dear...well...maybe a bit of it ;-)

Cindy

minstrel

11-23-2003, 11:27 PM

I have danced with Elton, pre-gay days, and all that proved was that I wasn't attracted to people with pink hair
errr.... when was Elton pre-gay? I'm pretty sure he was gay in utero...

JMac

11-24-2003, 12:17 AM

Elton - gay? I thought he just like 'fancy' clothes and fab-U-lous hats.

And I got an 8/10 but much of the time I was guessing. Well, actually, all of the time. Some of the pictures looked too old for the guy to have been programming anything but his horse and cart - and other pictures were plain old unsettling.

Creeped me right out, frankly.
And just before bed, too!
Note to self: do not read any threads started (just wrote "startled") by Minstrel after 9pm. Yeah, I remember the good ol' days of getting READY to go out at 11pm! And not being freaked out by creepy Son of Sam pictures. {shudder}

JMac

matauri

11-24-2003, 12:19 AM

errr.... when was Elton pre-gay? I'm pretty sure he was gay in utero...

Naa..he was bi then.

Some things a gal knows ;-)

Cindy

Greyhawk

11-24-2003, 12:28 AM

Cindy I noticed that you did not deny inferring I was a programmer though. LOL

Greyhawk

minstrel

11-24-2003, 12:36 AM

Some things a gal knows ;-)
I'll take your word for it... some things a gentleman doesn't ask...

matauri

11-24-2003, 12:54 AM

I'll take your word for it... some things a gentleman doesn't ask...
Just dancing :-)

Cindy I noticed that you did not deny inferring I was a programmer though. LOL
Thats coz compared to me....everyone is a programmer! :-)

Cindy

rocky1

11-24-2003, 02:31 AM

Thats coz compared to me....everyone is a programmer! :-)

Hmmmm.... Wonder where she hides all the bodies?

mikmik

11-24-2003, 03:16 AM

http://factor1.net/temp/mikmik4.jpg

How do you work those cement galoshes, anyways? )o;

Oh, well, there's always programming, sigh...

carju1

11-24-2003, 07:21 AM

It's getting cold here I want my Cap back.

OK having done the survey on the first 3 posters and still having the highest (joint) score its time to analise the ladies: programmer or killer...

1. JMac.... Ummm tinted B&W picture could indicate killer but to me looks more like she hasn't seen the sun lately and therefore is stuck programming in a cubical all day. Selects Programmer
2. Matauri... The mistress of disguise, latest attempt made to look intellectual and a teacher at Hogwarts. Meglomanic world domination psycosis plus the lives in Australia and thinks MJ is innocent is a dead give away. Killer..Thriller
3. Wen... Really tough call. Mug shot looks more like a victorian painting of a pixie ummm Jack the Ripper was Victorian and they didn't have computers. No looks to innocent to be a killer. OK we'll go for .....wait whats that gelentanous substance slidding under the door, its getting closer aggg get it off me I'm chocking..........

matauri

11-24-2003, 10:10 AM

2. Matauri... The mistress of disguise, latest attempt made to look intellectual and a teacher at Hogwarts. Meglomanic world domination psycosis plus the lives in Australia and thinks MJ is innocent is a dead give away. Killer..Thriller

Teacher at Hogwarts!!! LOL...now I heard it all!

Cindy

carju1

11-24-2003, 10:27 AM

Teacher at Hogwarts!!! LOL...now I heard it all!

It's that latest picture of you. Open window behind and bookshelf effect on the right. Plus the lighting could be torch light with the red effect. With that setting plus the long hair and glasses there is just something Proffessor McGonegalesque about it :)

Julian

matauri

11-24-2003, 10:53 AM

It's that latest picture of you. Open window behind and bookshelf effect on the right. Plus the lighting could be torch light with the red effect. With that setting plus the long hair and glasses there is just something Proffessor McGonegalesque about it :)

LOL....they are my computer screens behind me.
Have brightened the pic. Hopefully I dont look as sinister :)

Cindy

carju1

11-24-2003, 02:19 PM

Woohooo - We final get an nearly infocus piccie of Cindy that won't get her locked up on suspicion :)

OK OK you look like as near normal as anyone else on here now and I'll take you off the serial killers button.

BTW who said you could overtake me in the no. of posts race. Go get some work done (or I'll have to go and delete some of yor older posts :)

Julian

matauri

11-24-2003, 02:25 PM

OK OK you look like as near normal as anyone else on here now and I'll take you off the serial killers button.

hmmm... <<<trying to think of 'normal' ones>> ;-)

BTW who said you could overtake me in the no. of posts race. Go get some work done (or I'll have to go and delete some of yor older posts :)
Not up for a little competition hey ??? ;-)
I have one thing in my favour.... us women learn to multi task from a very early age.... you fellas have probs with one thing at a time ;-)

Cindy

minstrel

11-24-2003, 02:56 PM

I have one thing in my favour.... us women learn to multi task from a very early age.... you fellas have probs with one thing at a time ;-)
A woman told me that a few years ago... I said something like, "I don't think I can multitask as well as I used to...", and she replied with a most derisive snort, "Men can't multitask - they just think they can!"

matauri

11-24-2003, 03:26 PM

"Men can't multitask - they just think they can!"

I am pretty sure I have said the same thing on mannny occassions :-)

I am pretty sure I read somewhere that men dont excercise both sides of their brains as much as they should. So you never know, it could be just a matter of men having unfit minds ;-)

Cindy

red

11-24-2003, 03:29 PM

Okay, that totally freaked me out....

In the late seventies I was a kid in Queens, New York. A week before David Berkowitz aka "Son of Sam" was arrested I was with a friend at a local park and he was on the run. The media had warned all young women with long, dark hair to hide it under a cap, and warned young women not to go out alone at night, until he was caught. Several of the killings were within 15 minutes of where I lived.
We were in a well-lit area with other people not far away. A man ran into the park, asked us a few questions and ran back to his car. We didn't consider it too unusual until we saw the papers several days later...
The man asking the questions of us WAS David Berkowitz and the car he was driving was the car that got ticketed and that ticket eventually led the police to him.
I know it's a bit off (okay, way-off) topic but the picture of him made the hair on the back of my neck stand up!!!

Greyhawk

11-24-2003, 04:18 PM

Well after having first hand knowlage of a serial killer you should be perfect to analize those of us that have posted here. But remember Mik can trace you to your home. Huh what is that noise oh hi JMac. No No NOooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo.

Greyhawk

red

11-24-2003, 04:43 PM

That's the LAST time I ask Mik to sit for the kids....no offense Mik. It was Greyhawk that dimed you out! Gotta go, there's someone at the door....

carju1

11-24-2003, 06:35 PM

"Men can't multitask - they just think they can!"

I am pretty sure I read somewhere that men dont excercise both sides of their brains as much as they should. So you never know, it could be just a matter of men having unfit minds ;-)

Nah we just don't have enough blood it has to be shared between so many parts that we are always multi-tasking. Or thinking about it anyway :)

Julian

labrynth_of_fire

11-24-2003, 06:43 PM

I got like a 6/4 or something like that... Didnt know who any one of those people were....

matauri

11-24-2003, 06:48 PM

Nah we just don't have enough blood it has to be shared between so many parts that we are always multi-tasking. Or thinking about it anyway :)

LOL... the mind really wandered with that post ! LOL
Too many body parts needing the same blood flow hey :-)

Cindy

matauri

11-25-2003, 07:38 AM

Matauri wrote:
I think he's just an 'innocent', he has no concept of what is 'sociably' acceptable of an adult... Now I'm not saying that he is by any social definition of 'normal', but I think he's relatively harmless. Have you noticed that the parents that have pursued this are parents that need money? MJ is an easy touch, coz he is different. Society doesn't like different

I agree about the parents - that's part of my point, in fact. Whether or not he is guilty as charged, it's not the first time he has been charged, and I'm not sure a truly responsible parent would put their child in a risk position, and then 3 months later claim damages - "dodgy" indeed - although in this case as I understand it no litigation has been launched or will be launched according to the police. Even without that, MJ is an extremely strange dude who not only has no understanding of social reality but shouldn't be trusted with the care of himself let alone anyone else - remember the baby on the balcony episode?

Was just watchin on the news....MJ has his own press release website:
http://mjnews.us/

Cindy

mikmik

11-25-2003, 09:21 AM

"<body bgcolor="#FFFFFF" text="#333333" link="#333333" vlink="#333333" alink="#333333" topmargin="0" leftmargin="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0">"
Looks like he's off to a good start as a web designer.
Well, maybe he doesn't know about the importance of proper link "colouring". C'mon, Mike! It's not skin!

Greyhawk

11-25-2003, 10:14 AM

Mik I grew up in a mostly Black neighbourhood in Toronto (Jane and Finch) I know more about colour then MJ does. For five years I thought I was a very pale BROTHER.

Greyhawk

mikmik

11-25-2003, 06:29 PM

greyhawk stated :
I grew up in a mostly Black neighbourhood in Toronto (Jane and Finch)
Ladies and gentlemen, I think we've got our suspect.
Nothing like a little serial killing to fit in to the 'hood.

Tell me this, greyhawk, where were you on the night of those five years?

Greyhawk

11-25-2003, 06:53 PM

Ok one white guy in a neighbourhood of non whites and he thinks I am not going to stand out? Mik buddy what are you smoking and why are you not sharing this with the rest of us?

Greyhawk

minstrel

11-25-2003, 07:30 PM

We're WAY past that, Greyhawk... we're the ones asking the questions now...

Like Officer Mik said, where WERE you on the night of those 5 years? Can anyone vouch for you? By any chance was "Eyes of a Stranger" your favourite song in those days?

We can wait a lot longer than you can...