astrokerb Posted June 2, 2016 Share Posted June 2, 2016 Astrokerb is a portmanteau of "Astronaut" and "Kerbal." The "a" isn't capitalized due to a mistake while creating my account. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
legoclone09 Posted June 2, 2016 Share Posted June 2, 2016 30 minutes ago, astrokerb said: Astrokerb is a portmanteau of "Astronaut" and "Kerbal." The "a" isn't capitalized due to a mistake while creating my account. You can change it in the Name Change thread. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richfiles Posted June 3, 2016 Share Posted June 3, 2016 (edited) Back in 1993, I got my first Mac. Went online for the first time... Went offline when we saw what it cost back then... Anyway, I had a stack of floppy discs, and each had different things. I used to label mine Rich Write, Rich Stuff, Rich Pics, Rich Files... Well, I was a big X-Files fan from the start of the series, and I sorta kinda sketched an "R" on a folder, similar to the "X" from X-Files is done... In 1996, I learned HTML in high school, and set up a rudimentary webpage... and this was the logo I created, in MacPaint. Site best viewed at glorious 640x480 back then! At some point, likely the first time I used it as a username, I truncated it by removing the space and set it all to lowercase. The name has stuck ever since! As for the profile image, it started out as a Luna shrugpony meme and later was changed into her grown form, holding a bitten apple. I later removed the technicolor horse, kept the starry hair pattern (cause it does look pretty neato ) and transplanted a conectome of the virtual neural network simulation Periplaneta Computatrix. The simulation was created by Randall D Beer back in the 1980s and ran a simulated a 78 neuron 156 connection neural network loosely inspired by the cockroach Periplaneta Americana on an Atari ST. It had it's own simple simulated world with virtual food and stuff. I discovered it in a Magazine, around 1991, back when I also discovered Rodney Brooks MIT leg lab robots, such as Genghis, Attila, and Hannibal. It's where my interest in robots and neural networks began. It actually predates the name richfiles by at least 2 years, and felt fitting to incorporate. Edited February 13 by richfiles necroed thread drew my attention, decided to update my 8 year old post. LOL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bloojay Posted June 3, 2016 Share Posted June 3, 2016 I like birds. I Like misspelling names. Boosh. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KSP Bros KS Posted July 14, 2016 Share Posted July 14, 2016 Read @KSP Bro AE's post before mine: My username story is pretty simple: Star Wars is awesome, and my favorite army from Star Wars were the Separatists, and since @KSP Bro AE is an Empire, I was going to be the Separatists. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpaceplaneAddict Posted July 14, 2016 Share Posted July 14, 2016 SpaceplaneAddict. Need I say more? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monstah Posted July 14, 2016 Share Posted July 14, 2016 (edited) On 03/06/2016 at 4:16 PM, richfiles said: ...I was a big X-Files fan from the start of the series... In 1996, I learned HTML in high school, and set up a rudimentary webpage... So, we were brothers-in-arms? (I take it it was an X-Files webpage) Edited July 14, 2016 by monstah Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richfiles Posted July 14, 2016 Share Posted July 14, 2016 (edited) 1 hour ago, monstah said: So, we were brothers-in-arms? (I take it it was an X-Files webpage) Nope, it started life as a TI-82/85 overclocking page. That slowly grew, adding info on building a variety of add ons (serial port flash memory, speakers, light controller). I also came up with a process for adding a small 10 pin expansion port that allowed a more "cartridge" like experience with those accessories (rather than using the link cable to attach the calculator to an external box). Also showed how to add backlighting. I had addend a page for my models and art projects. It said coming soon... It finally appeared last month... It's been there since 1997. I often compare my models page going from "coming soon" to "being there" to that one video game that came out in far less time... You know the one, Duke Nukem Forever. After the first two years, I added robotics to the page (as the primary focus). Hosting started at GeoCities, and moved over to Xoom, then to ticalc.org, and calc.org, and eventually, to it's long term home, http://richfiles.solarbotics.net. I never once had a page dedicated to X-Files on the site! Edited July 14, 2016 by richfiles Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lobsterbottomy Posted July 14, 2016 Share Posted July 14, 2016 (edited) One lonely night i wished to have a lobotomy to rid me of emotions, and my favourite streamer had just put on a lobster suit, so I thought lobotomy + lobster+ bottom would make a good combination for a username. Edited July 14, 2016 by Lobsterbottomy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monstah Posted July 14, 2016 Share Posted July 14, 2016 35 minutes ago, richfiles said: I never once had a page dedicated to X-Files on the site! I'm not bragging about it, it was the 90s after all... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Raging Sandwich Posted July 15, 2016 Share Posted July 15, 2016 So, yeah... I was just derping around and got the great idea of a sandwich rage quitting. My imagination works in mysterious ways... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZachIsCheese Posted July 15, 2016 Share Posted July 15, 2016 Mine is a combination of two things. 1) My Name - I am Zach. I make stuff. I have a website at zachashton.me.uk 2) IsCheese - I asked a friend for a funny username and there was a joke going on between me and her (inside joke) and she suggested ZachIsCheese. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dfthu Posted July 15, 2016 Share Posted July 15, 2016 I've been using Dfthu for a couple years now. The name doesn't mean anything, just a couple keys close together. I like because its fast to type. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MDZhB Posted July 16, 2016 Share Posted July 16, 2016 "MDZhB" (МДЖБ) was the name of a Russian military radio station. It used to be called UVB-76. but I prefer their newer name. Now, though, it's apparently become " ZhUOZ," so I'm a bit outdated already. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Green Baron Posted July 16, 2016 Share Posted July 16, 2016 I found it fascinating how McNeice interpreted Baron Harkonnen. I just thought that Red Baron is worn-out, so i made it green. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CombatWombat9402 Posted July 16, 2016 Share Posted July 16, 2016 Mine is the name of an airplane in a book series by Phillip Reeve called "The Hungry City Chronicles". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NSEP Posted July 27, 2016 Share Posted July 27, 2016 My username means National Space Exploration Program. I wish my username was more creative. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
timmy kerman Posted February 12 Share Posted February 12 On 7/27/2016 at 4:25 PM, NSEP said: My username means National Space Exploration Program. I wish my username was more creative. I am very annoyed by this. That is a very similar acronym to my main KSP save. (National Scientific Exploration Program). Humbug! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nuke Posted February 12 Share Posted February 12 Oppenheimer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FTLparachute Posted Saturday at 09:52 PM Share Posted Saturday at 09:52 PM (edited) The KSP glitch where parachutes undergoing exceptional stress (usually under 4x warp) will jettison off their craft at sub to faster than light speeds. Therefore, FTLparachute. It was going to be thermalparachute or heatshieldparachute (cant remember) originally but someone had beaten me to it (dunno why, in retrospect it's pretty clunky tbh, glad i went with this one). Edited Saturday at 09:53 PM by FTLparachute Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iapetus7342 Posted Sunday at 09:43 PM Share Posted Sunday at 09:43 PM Iapetus is my favourite moon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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