Where did you get the idea for your superhawk forum username
05-14-2009, 03:00 PM
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'trinc'
back in high school (1980) our school got a dozen Heathkit computers to build and start a programming class ( & double as the typing class ). the advanced electronics class was tasked to build these ... 8086/87 computer w/ external DUAL 5 1/4" floppy bays & a basic printer.
these kits were not mobo's & plug in a few cards & a p/s... we built the power supply & cable/harnesses, soldered the components to the main board etc. etc.
when they were completed we were to put a nice etched Heathkit label & a little sticker that we could write our name on. i said screw that and went to a trophy shop and had my own engraved label " TR incorporated " ( my initials ) made.
later in college 1982... i built another, 8088, computer and had a cool label made. the place it was going to go was square so i shortened it to 'TRinc' .
now this was around the time that the early BBS were being setup and to me the term 'login name' was learned. CAPS were a no-no so i used and have used 'trinc' for the last 25 years !
tim
back in high school (1980) our school got a dozen Heathkit computers to build and start a programming class ( & double as the typing class ). the advanced electronics class was tasked to build these ... 8086/87 computer w/ external DUAL 5 1/4" floppy bays & a basic printer.
these kits were not mobo's & plug in a few cards & a p/s... we built the power supply & cable/harnesses, soldered the components to the main board etc. etc.
when they were completed we were to put a nice etched Heathkit label & a little sticker that we could write our name on. i said screw that and went to a trophy shop and had my own engraved label " TR incorporated " ( my initials ) made.
later in college 1982... i built another, 8088, computer and had a cool label made. the place it was going to go was square so i shortened it to 'TRinc' .
now this was around the time that the early BBS were being setup and to me the term 'login name' was learned. CAPS were a no-no so i used and have used 'trinc' for the last 25 years !
tim
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05-14-2009, 03:51 PM
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Wow, sounds like a cool high school, though maybe it didn't seem like it to you back in the day. When I was in high school, same era, we used punch cards. 
'trinc'
back in high school (1980) our school got a dozen Heathkit computers to build and start a programming class ( & double as the typing class ). the advanced electronics class was tasked to build these ... 8086/87 computer w/ external DUAL 5 1/4" floppy bays & a basic printer.
these kits were not mobo's & plug in a few cards & a p/s... we built the power supply & cable/harnesses, soldered the components to the main board etc. etc.
when they were completed we were to put a nice etched Heathkit label & a little sticker that we could write our name on. i said screw that and went to a trophy shop and had my own engraved label " TR incorporated " ( my initials ) made.
later in college 1982... i built another, 8088, computer and had a cool label made. the place it was going to go was square so i shortened it to 'TRinc' .
now this was around the time that the early BBS were being setup and to me the term 'login name' was learned. CAPS were a no-no so i used and have used 'trinc' for the last 25 years !
tim
back in high school (1980) our school got a dozen Heathkit computers to build and start a programming class ( & double as the typing class ). the advanced electronics class was tasked to build these ... 8086/87 computer w/ external DUAL 5 1/4" floppy bays & a basic printer.
these kits were not mobo's & plug in a few cards & a p/s... we built the power supply & cable/harnesses, soldered the components to the main board etc. etc.
when they were completed we were to put a nice etched Heathkit label & a little sticker that we could write our name on. i said screw that and went to a trophy shop and had my own engraved label " TR incorporated " ( my initials ) made.
later in college 1982... i built another, 8088, computer and had a cool label made. the place it was going to go was square so i shortened it to 'TRinc' .
now this was around the time that the early BBS were being setup and to me the term 'login name' was learned. CAPS were a no-no so i used and have used 'trinc' for the last 25 years !
tim
05-14-2009, 04:34 PM
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Phaedrus is the name Robert Pirsig, genius and author of “Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance”, gave to his alter-ego, the personality he had prior to the electro-shock treatment at a psychiatric hospital. Before writing about his epic cross-country motorcycle journey with his son Chris, Pirsig reportedly went mad in a search for quality, value and reason. In the story he is forced to struggle with Phaedrus, his earlier self who still resides inside him, and beckons him back into madness.
05-14-2009, 06:14 PM
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RAPTOR?
Enjoy bird watching, especially birds of prey. This group of birds are known as raptors, hence the name Raptorrider. Unfortunately, most people think raptor means dinosaur. Whatever folks think it means is OK with me, as one thing is for sure i love to climb on and ride this torque monster!
05-14-2009, 07:05 PM
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started using it after seeing Zeddicus Zull Zorrander in a book i was reading. back when i was still in HS. dropped a d just in case anyone else used it. pretty much no one does so if you see it on a forum theres a good chance its me. (im on a ton of forums dealing with things with engines and electronics.)
if yur a gamer i sign in as Zedicus or Saico depending on my mood.
if yur a gamer i sign in as Zedicus or Saico depending on my mood.
05-14-2009, 07:21 PM
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Thumper
Not trying to be too much of a stickler, but a thumper must also be a single cylinder engine. The name describes the sound...
http://www.motorcyclegiftshop.com/mo...slang_s-z.html
05-14-2009, 07:31 PM
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WHILE STATIONED ON A REMOTE MOUNTAIN TOP IN TURKEY BACK IN 83 WITH 12 OTHER LUCKY SOULS, WE ALL HAD NICKNAMES. MY LAST NAME BEING MOONEYHAM I WAS TAGGED WITH "MOONSTER" STRANGE WHAT GROAN MEN WILL DO WHEN ISOLATED. HA!
05-14-2009, 07:36 PM
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I guess it would be original if I didn't have it first.
05-14-2009, 08:47 PM
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Hey Thumper,
Not trying to be too much of a stickler, but a thumper must also be a single cylinder engine. The name describes the sound...
http://www.motorcyclegiftshop.com/mo...slang_s-z.html
Not trying to be too much of a stickler, but a thumper must also be a single cylinder engine. The name describes the sound...
http://www.motorcyclegiftshop.com/mo...slang_s-z.html
single cylinder 4-stroke engine. the term has been carried over to pretty much any 4-stroke motorcycle/atv engine. but i think he originally mentioned dirtbikes to begin with anyways.
05-14-2009, 09:42 PM
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Mine's pretty obvious, I ride a VTR and I'm a surfer...both short and long boards. We only have 2 motorcycles in the garage, but we've got 18 boards.
Plus, riding a motorcycle in the twisties feels somewhat like surfing.
05-14-2009, 09:58 PM
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Riff is a bit of a tribute to Joe, Joe being the recently deceased father of a good bud from the old neighbourhood. Everytime I'd show up or phone my friend, Joe would yell out "The Riff is here" or "Pickup the phone, it's the Riff". To Ol' Joe, Riff was an endearing way of saying riff-raff. Guess I spent too much time lazing around thier home and eating out of their fridge huh?!?
05-14-2009, 10:01 PM
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Kinda silly since I dont have a proper streetfighter, just a crashed one with no plastics. But I loved the video game Streetfighter II and one of my favorite characters to use was named Vega. Hence the name Vega (streetfighter)
05-15-2009, 06:25 AM
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My bro. had a magazine subscription (Maxim) ordered under the name M Shizzy Wizzy. I was at his house when I picked up the mag and happened to notice the name on the sticker. I laughed my *** off! He was into Snoop and Dre at the time, so some of you should get the reference. Only thing I changed was the J, for Justin.
For the record, these mags will send them to whatever the person writes on the card... so hopefully you guys will try to do the same. funny stuff.
For the record, these mags will send them to whatever the person writes on the card... so hopefully you guys will try to do the same. funny stuff.
05-15-2009, 07:57 PM
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Malice=I got when I started competing in karate tournaments at about 9 years old because I was always aggressive instead of defensive. It threw everyone off and someone said I go out there like I have malicious intents. It's stuck for the last 24 years through competing in boxing, mma, muay thai and sword fighting. The funny thing is it's pretty much the opposite of my personality 
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05-17-2009, 12:16 AM
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Been carrying it for awhile, unfortunately, I can't seem to get away from it due to a VERY recent event... It comes from the Beck song... "I'm a loser baby, so why don't you kill me" During which time, I had become a 4 time loser at the DUI game(By the age of 21), I was briefly cured by switching to marijuana, but that didn't work out so well since I am an aircraft mechanic. I have successfully repaired, modified, inspected aircraft of EVERY type for near 20yrs now(even worked as an inspector on United's 747 and 777 aircraft until laid off) yet under no uncertain terms, I am still a LOSERBABY!
