Get to know the team: Trekkie101
June 06, 2006, 06:48:41 PM Posted by Trekkie101 on June 06, 2006, 06:48:41 PM in Get to know the team: Trekkie101 | 51 CommentsName: Graeme Spence - Trekkie101
Age: 16
Location: Scotland, UK
Quote: Ad-Astra!
Position: Documentation Writer, Lead Trekkie
1. Do you have pets?
Allergic to nearly all types of fur, currently have three goldfish but their about as exciting as a brick.
2. What is your favorite color?
Orange, it is a warm and friendly colour, its cheery and shows a happy karma. It's also the colour of Irn Bru.
3. What kind of music do you like?
Dance, Techo, Pop, some older stuff, anything thats got a fast pace and a good beat and isn't comprehendable *hint* heavy metal *hint*
4. What do you do on your free time besides spending time on SMF?
Doing work for the local primary schools computer network, doing some stuff in school like Global Citizenship, conferences, school links.
5. What are your goals/dreams in life?
To either work for Google or Microsoft. To gain a Ph.D. To have family and nice house.
6. What got you involved in SMF?
The news fader, I had to have a news fader for a forum, chose SMF, fell in love, posted a bit got really intrested, posted a lot more, joined the team.
7. Who do you admire? Why?
A few people, my computing teacher for guiding me, the librarian for having faith in me, the team here for supporting me and building this product, a team member here that is extraordinary and doesn't realize it.
8. Are you into sports? If so which ones?
I hate sport, I really do, I'm ok at baseball, enjoy a little swimming and cycling but other than that, its not my thing.
9. What is your dream job?
Network Admin or Programmer.
10. What was your first screenname?
Borgdrone1701
11. Do you have any piercings?
No, don't really like them.
12. Are you a lefty/righty or ambidextrous?
ambidextrous to a degree. Righty otherwise.
13. Do you have any tattoo's? If not do you wish/plan to get one?
Nah, not really my thing, have freckles so it wouldn't look so great. Although id like an Egyptian eye on my back.
14. Do you have any siblings? If so how many of each.
One brother
15. What is your favorite website?
This one, maybe digg
16. Do you play computer games? If so which ones?
Currently Buffy Chaos Bleeds, but I'm not a gaming person.
17. Do you play video game consoles? Which ones?
GameCube is my favorite, I've always been a fan of Nintendo, they have games that I can play
18. Are you married or planing to get married?
Ill get married when I'm older, but I'll make sure its kinda different to the normal type of wedding, too religious for my liking right now.
a. If so do you have any kids?
I'd hope not.
b. How many kids?
42
19. How many languages do you speak? Which ones?
English, Irish, American, Australian, Scottish, Glaswegian, Aberdonian, but thats all 1.
20. Do you drink?
Nothing alcoholic, Irn Bru's all I drink really.
21. Do you smoke?
I'm highly against smoking.
22. Did you play hookey from class?
Nope, never have, never will, never actually been tempted, although with the amount I do in School, I'm out of class a lot anyway, this year I have about 12 blocks of 53 minutes free a week.
22. Do you have a license?
Not yet, but soon though.
a. Do you own a car?
I do actually, got parents old car waiting on me passing, Vauxhall Corsa.
b. Have you ever been stopped for speeding?
I apparently walk way too fast, so yeah kinda, but never driving.
23. Do you obtain a good amount of sleep daily?
Erm I aim for hours, sometimes as low as 5 but yeah its enough.
24. How do you sleep?
Fetal position in my bed.
25. Have you ever been on an airplane?
Yep, many, crossing the Atlantic on a small shuttle plane was great fun, I'd like to see Disney beat that ride
26. have you ever broken a bone?
Nope
27. Do you wear jewelry? If so what jewelry do you wear?
A watch every day, I always carry my mobile, and I usually have some sort of band on my arm supporting something, right now its an X3 take a stand on bullying.
28. How do you dress?
Smart casual although when I can I dress smart for things at school.
29. How many keys are on your keyring?
1, rest are in locations that are useful
30. What time do you go to bed? What time do you wake up?
I aim for 11.30pm and get up at 7am it changes a lot though
31. What's the freakiest thing you have done?
Tried to parachute from a swing frame with a bag and a towel and strangled myself. Either that or falling down a drain.
32. Do you live alone?
With my parents and brother currently, but ill move soon enough.
33. How many hours a day do you spend in the computer?
4 hours at school, about 4 at home.
34. How many hours a day do you spend in SMF?
About 5 hours, more at weekends.
35. How about What is your favorite beverage? Coffee, Tea, Soda, Beer, other?
Irn Bru all the way of course.
36. What do you hate?
Rich football players wasting money and my previous English teacher.
37. What do you love?
My girlfriend, my computer, star trek, and my mobile.
38. What is your religion?
My own unique views that change when I want them too.
39. What is your hair color?
Brown, slight ginger bits.
40. How tall are you?
Nearly 6 foot
41. How much do you weigh?
10 stone ish
42. What's the feature on SMF you can't live without?
a. As an administrator?
SSI
b. As an end user?
Smileys
Age: 16
Location: Scotland, UK
Quote: Ad-Astra!
Position: Documentation Writer, Lead Trekkie
1. Do you have pets?
Allergic to nearly all types of fur, currently have three goldfish but their about as exciting as a brick.
2. What is your favorite color?
Orange, it is a warm and friendly colour, its cheery and shows a happy karma. It's also the colour of Irn Bru.
3. What kind of music do you like?
Dance, Techo, Pop, some older stuff, anything thats got a fast pace and a good beat and isn't comprehendable *hint* heavy metal *hint*
4. What do you do on your free time besides spending time on SMF?
Doing work for the local primary schools computer network, doing some stuff in school like Global Citizenship, conferences, school links.
5. What are your goals/dreams in life?
To either work for Google or Microsoft. To gain a Ph.D. To have family and nice house.
6. What got you involved in SMF?
The news fader, I had to have a news fader for a forum, chose SMF, fell in love, posted a bit got really intrested, posted a lot more, joined the team.
7. Who do you admire? Why?
A few people, my computing teacher for guiding me, the librarian for having faith in me, the team here for supporting me and building this product, a team member here that is extraordinary and doesn't realize it.
8. Are you into sports? If so which ones?
I hate sport, I really do, I'm ok at baseball, enjoy a little swimming and cycling but other than that, its not my thing.
9. What is your dream job?
Network Admin or Programmer.
10. What was your first screenname?
Borgdrone1701
11. Do you have any piercings?
No, don't really like them.
12. Are you a lefty/righty or ambidextrous?
ambidextrous to a degree. Righty otherwise.
13. Do you have any tattoo's? If not do you wish/plan to get one?
Nah, not really my thing, have freckles so it wouldn't look so great. Although id like an Egyptian eye on my back.
14. Do you have any siblings? If so how many of each.
One brother
15. What is your favorite website?
This one, maybe digg
16. Do you play computer games? If so which ones?
Currently Buffy Chaos Bleeds, but I'm not a gaming person.
17. Do you play video game consoles? Which ones?
GameCube is my favorite, I've always been a fan of Nintendo, they have games that I can play
18. Are you married or planing to get married?
Ill get married when I'm older, but I'll make sure its kinda different to the normal type of wedding, too religious for my liking right now.
a. If so do you have any kids?
I'd hope not.
b. How many kids?
42
19. How many languages do you speak? Which ones?
English, Irish, American, Australian, Scottish, Glaswegian, Aberdonian, but thats all 1.
20. Do you drink?
Nothing alcoholic, Irn Bru's all I drink really.
21. Do you smoke?
I'm highly against smoking.
22. Did you play hookey from class?
Nope, never have, never will, never actually been tempted, although with the amount I do in School, I'm out of class a lot anyway, this year I have about 12 blocks of 53 minutes free a week.
22. Do you have a license?
Not yet, but soon though.
a. Do you own a car?
I do actually, got parents old car waiting on me passing, Vauxhall Corsa.
b. Have you ever been stopped for speeding?
I apparently walk way too fast, so yeah kinda, but never driving.
23. Do you obtain a good amount of sleep daily?
Erm I aim for hours, sometimes as low as 5 but yeah its enough.
24. How do you sleep?
Fetal position in my bed.
25. Have you ever been on an airplane?
Yep, many, crossing the Atlantic on a small shuttle plane was great fun, I'd like to see Disney beat that ride
26. have you ever broken a bone?
Nope
27. Do you wear jewelry? If so what jewelry do you wear?
A watch every day, I always carry my mobile, and I usually have some sort of band on my arm supporting something, right now its an X3 take a stand on bullying.
28. How do you dress?
Smart casual although when I can I dress smart for things at school.
29. How many keys are on your keyring?
1, rest are in locations that are useful
30. What time do you go to bed? What time do you wake up?
I aim for 11.30pm and get up at 7am it changes a lot though
31. What's the freakiest thing you have done?
Tried to parachute from a swing frame with a bag and a towel and strangled myself. Either that or falling down a drain.
32. Do you live alone?
With my parents and brother currently, but ill move soon enough.
33. How many hours a day do you spend in the computer?
4 hours at school, about 4 at home.
34. How many hours a day do you spend in SMF?
About 5 hours, more at weekends.
35. How about What is your favorite beverage? Coffee, Tea, Soda, Beer, other?
Irn Bru all the way of course.
36. What do you hate?
Rich football players wasting money and my previous English teacher.
37. What do you love?
My girlfriend, my computer, star trek, and my mobile.
38. What is your religion?
My own unique views that change when I want them too.
39. What is your hair color?
Brown, slight ginger bits.
40. How tall are you?
Nearly 6 foot
41. How much do you weigh?
10 stone ish
42. What's the feature on SMF you can't live without?
a. As an administrator?
SSI
b. As an end user?
Smileys
Comments
Quote41. How much do you weigh?
10 stone ish
How many pounds does each stone weigh?
Which of the many StarTreks (original or spin-offs) is your favorite?
Which character?
Which character?
Quote from: JayBachatero on June 06, 2006, 07:45:21 PMQuote41. How much do you weigh?
10 stone ish
How many pounds does each stone weigh?
Ask wikipedia, no clue personally
Quote from: Amacythe on June 06, 2006, 11:41:05 PMStar Trek Voyager, Janeway is unbeatable as a captain and the story was much more intresting. Favourite Character could either be Data from The Next Generation, or Jadzia from Deep Space Nine.
Which of the many StarTreks (original or spin-offs) is your favorite?
Which character?
Quote from: Trekkie101 on June 07, 2006, 04:58:22 AMYa people use a primitive systemQuote from: JayBachatero on June 06, 2006, 07:45:21 PMQuote41. How much do you weigh?
10 stone ish
How many pounds does each stone weigh?
Ask wikipedia, no clue personally
. Measuring weight with stones . Have you heard of the metric system? Quoteand I usually have some sort of band on my arm supporting somethingWhat organisations/causes have you "supported" with these bands?
> a team member here that is extraordinary and doesn't realize it.
Care to share who and why?
Care to share who and why?
Quote from: Trekkie101 on June 07, 2006, 04:58:22 AMQuote from: Amacythe on June 06, 2006, 11:41:05 PMStar Trek Voyager, Janeway is unbeatable as a captain and the story was much more intresting.
Which of the many StarTreks (original or spin-offs) is your favorite?
Which character?
What do you think of Deep Space 9 then?
Quote from: JayBachatero on June 06, 2006, 07:45:21 PMQuote41. How much do you weigh?
10 stone ish
How many pounds does each stone weigh?
1 stone = 14 pounds
http://www.google.com/search?q=stone+to+pounds
Yes.. but what kind of crazy measurement is a pound? That's almost as useful as telling us he weighs 0.000000000000000000000000000001 solar masses
Use kg!
Use kg!
Quote from: Tim on June 07, 2006, 10:14:56 AMQuoteand I usually have some sort of band on my arm supporting somethingWhat organisations/causes have you "supported" with these bands?
I jumped on with the Lance Armstrong Foundation yellow ones, Amnesty Internationals promotion of Together we Can, our school held a conference for pupils that ended up on national tv which I was one of the organisers. Ive done a pink one for breast cancer research UK and now my black XMen 3 one.
Quote from: Douglas on June 07, 2006, 11:11:37 AMThey have replied in this thread. I believe this is so because they doubt themselfs a lot and don't put their views forward as much as they should, a calm and productive member who knows a lot and can deal with people in a very polite and nice way.
> a team member here that is extraordinary and doesn't realize it.
Care to share who and why?
Quote from: Aäron on June 07, 2006, 11:26:54 AMDS9 is very good, probably a close second favourite but it lacked the order that Voyagers crew had and the efficiency that was used.Quote from: Trekkie101 on June 07, 2006, 04:58:22 AMQuote from: Amacythe on June 06, 2006, 11:41:05 PMStar Trek Voyager, Janeway is unbeatable as a captain and the story was much more intresting.
Which of the many StarTreks (original or spin-offs) is your favorite?
Which character?
What do you think of Deep Space 9 then?
Quote from: eldacar on June 07, 2006, 12:16:24 PMUsed in the United Kingdom, its something about 60kg? I think....
Yes.. but what kind of crazy measurement is a pound? That's almost as useful as telling us he weighs 0.000000000000000000000000000001 solar masses
Use kg!
Only out of date people use stones
Scotish people are out of date... They still think it's the blessed year of our Lord 1700 
So uh, Does their name begin with a A, E, D, H, J, K or a T?
In case of A, what's the second letter
Edit: It's you isn't it
So uh, Does their name begin with a A, E, D, H, J, K or a T?
In case of A, what's the second letter
Edit: It's you isn't it
stones are for cavemen. 
nice to know more about you, Trekkie. Next I will be finding your address and home phone number and normal dinner time, and I will gladly give you some nice friendly phone calls.
nice to know more about you, Trekkie. Next I will be finding your address and home phone number and normal dinner time, and I will gladly give you some nice friendly phone calls.
Quote from: Tim on June 07, 2006, 01:39:20 PMIts not me
Scotish people are out of date... They still think it's the blessed year of our Lord 1700
So uh, Does their name begin with a A, E, D, H, J, K or a T?
In case of A, what's the second letter
Edit: It's you isn't it
, It starts with one of the letters you posted but does not end in any of the letters you posted.And you mean its not 1700? damn.
Quote from: [N]Hyper on June 07, 2006, 02:39:08 PM5.04pm BST and my phone number is here 39457 523611 if you can work out what those numbers reference.
stones are for cavemen.
nice to know more about you, Trekkie. Next I will be finding your address and home phone number and normal dinner time, and I will gladly give you some nice friendly phone calls.
It's JayBachatero. How on earth do you spend 4 hours on the computer at school? How long are you there a day? I only spend 40 or so minutes as I have one programming class.
Quote from: Trekkie101 on June 07, 2006, 01:11:32 PMQuote from: Douglas on June 07, 2006, 11:11:37 AMThey have replied in this thread. I believe this is so because they doubt themselfs a lot and don't put their views forward as much as they should, a calm and productive member who knows a lot and can deal with people in a very polite and nice way.
> a team member here that is extraordinary and doesn't realize it.
Care to share who and why?
i haven't replied yet, so i guess its not me
Quote from: akabugeyes on June 07, 2006, 06:57:33 PM
It's JayBachatero. How on earth do you spend 4 hours on the computer at school? How long are you there a day? I only spend 40 or so minutes as I have one programming class.
Period 1: Private Study = 53 Minutes
Period 2: Private Study = 53 Minutes
Period 3: School Service Comptuing Dept = 53 Minutes
Period 4: Bussiness Management
Lunch = 1 Hour
Period 5: Advanced Higher Computing = 20 Minutes
Period 6: History
So all in all im a minute off a 4 hours. Its a pretty relaxed day now
Quote from: electrohome on June 07, 2006, 07:54:04 PMQuote from: Trekkie101 on June 07, 2006, 01:11:32 PMQuote from: Douglas on June 07, 2006, 11:11:37 AMThey have replied in this thread. I believe this is so because they doubt themselfs a lot and don't put their views forward as much as they should, a calm and productive member who knows a lot and can deal with people in a very polite and nice way.
> a team member here that is extraordinary and doesn't realize it.
Care to share who and why?
i haven't replied yet, so i guess its not me
I value all the team highly, but one person is just special to me.
Who will you be rooting for in the world cup?
Quote from: Tim on June 09, 2006, 09:32:44 AM
Who will you be rooting for in the world cup?
Google and MS in the net neutrality war
You know what I mean
I don't really follow football.
You can join me supporting Paraguay tomorrow then.
Ben
Posting from The Peoples Republic of Liverpool
Ben
Posting from The Peoples Republic of Liverpool
Who are they playing?
England
Quote from: Ben_S on June 10, 2006, 06:50:57 AM
England
Wow an Englishman going against England arent there some Liverppol players in the team but anyway COME ON GERMANY AND SWEDEN
anyway trekkie what country would you most like to visit?
And who is better The Bruce or Wallace or Burns or THE BIG YIN?
Quote
anyway trekkie what country would you most like to visit?
The US a bit more.
QuoteAnd who is better The Bruce or Wallace or Burns or THE BIG YIN?Wallace, more character to him.
Ok now order them of importance to Scotland :p
Irn Bru. Wallace, Bruce, the big yin.
Whats with the donald duck avatar?
Donald is my favourite Disney character and I have the japanese ying yang as my old one and got bored so just grabbed first image I liked on Google, I was having a very boring day
How are you feeling, after 3 days of no questions?
I understand you like star trek. What about star wars ?
Quote from: HarzeM on June 13, 2006, 01:44:04 PMSame as I did three days ago...
How are you feeling, after 3 days of no questions?
Quote from: Prasad007 on June 14, 2006, 09:48:11 AMIt's ok, just not as good.
I understand you like star trek. What about star wars ?
When will you reach 10,000 posts? Give me the day.....
23 April 2009
But my estimate? Perhaps early next year....
Quote from: akabugeyes on June 14, 2006, 05:16:55 PM
When will you reach 10,000 posts? Give me the day.....
But my estimate? Perhaps early next year....
Captain Dirk (or whatever) vs Darth Vader, who'd win?
Captain Stubing vs Captain Dirk vs Darth Vader vs Alf, who'd win?
Captain Stubing vs Captain Dirk vs Darth Vader vs Alf, who'd win?
* Amacythe snickers
What about Captain Kangaroo?
Sorry to those of you out of the States (or too young) that haven't a clue who I'm talking about...
Quote from: Tim on June 14, 2006, 06:24:19 PM
Captain Dirk (or whatever) vs Darth Vader, who'd win?
Captain Stubing vs Captain Dirk vs Darth Vader vs Alf, who'd win?
Captain Janeway would beat them all.
Wrong!
Janeway would kick your butt for saying that
Firstly, Janeway doesn't live for like 200 years, so I guess I'm safe then
Secondly, Alf is clearly the superiour being!
Secondly, Alf is clearly the superiour being!
She's crossed time before and beat the Q and the Borg so im sure alf is easy for her.
She beat Q?
But what about all his gadgets!?
But what about all his gadgets!?
Quote from: Tim on June 15, 2006, 03:32:44 PM
She beat Q?
No, she didn't. She just sneaked out, like she always does.
* Aäron wanted an other captain in the Voyager series.
are you good at writing like poetry or stories ?
(since ur a doc writer and stuff)
(since ur a doc writer and stuff)
Quote from: Prasad007 on June 18, 2006, 08:15:16 AMI can write storys yes, poetry is something I never quite grasped. Good, I dunno.
are you good at writing like poetry or stories ?
(since ur a doc writer and stuff)
Quote from: Trekkie101 on June 18, 2006, 10:35:55 AMgood. you should make most of your talentsQuote from: Prasad007 on June 18, 2006, 08:15:16 AMI can write storys yes, poetry is something I never quite grasped. Good, I dunno.
are you good at writing like poetry or stories ?
(since ur a doc writer and stuff)
Are you into programming? Any programing languages that you know?
A little, PHP i know a little, Visual Basic is another main language I know and do pretty well in although me and peer to peer are getting off to a very bad start when coding.
If you could be a star trek character for one day, who would it be?
Not sure, maybe Picard or Sisko