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Congratulations on making 1000 funny signatures. You've proven that it's possible to have a posting gimmick that is fun without being annoying and never gets old.

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What's grosser than ten dead babies in a garbage can?

One dead baby in ten garbage cans.

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Suppose we have n identical electronic chips that are capable of testing each other
(e.g., microprocessors) using a test setup (a hardware device, and an accompanying
diagnostic program) that can test two chips at a time. When the testing device is
loaded, each chip tests the other, and reports whether it is good or bad. A good chip
always reports accurately whether the other chip is good or bad, but the answer of a
bad chip cannot be trusted. Thus, the four possible outcomes of a test are as follows:
Now, consider the problem of developing an efficient recursive algorithm to find a
single good chip from among n chips, assuming that more than n/2 of the chips are
good. To achieve the required efficiency, at the end of each call, the recursive algorithm
should reduce a problem of a given input size, say n′ chips, to a problem of size no
more than (n′/2) + ǫ, where ǫ is a small constant (that is, the reduced problem has
nearly half the input size) by performing no more than ⌊n′/2⌋ pairwise tests.

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You are stranded on an island inhabited by Knights and Knaves. Knights always tell the truth, while Knaves give unreliable answers. You need to find a Knight to help you, and you know that there are more Knights than Knaves on this island. The only way you can possibly tell the identical Knights and Knaves apart is by putting them in pairs and having them say what their partner is. From their answers, how can you pick out at least one Knight from the islanders?

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He once parodied this by posting three topics along the lines of "HEY EVERYONE IM NEW!", "GOODBYE FOREVER!" and "IM BACK WHAT I MISS?".

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Hello, emacs psychotherapist.

How do you do? What brings you to see me?

I'm fine, thanks. I'm here to ask you about my name.

Why do you say that?

There's a topic on Spiderweb about names.

What makes you believe there's a topic on spiderweb about names?

I can see it on the active topics list.

Is it because of the people you hang around with that you are going
through all this?

Yes. The people on Spiderweb are strange.

Do you really think the people on spiderweb are strange?

There are no doubts in my mind.

How do you reconcile any hobbies you have?

I suppose posting is a hobby.

Is it because of your sex life that you say posting is a hobby?

That's a personal question.

What makes you think that's a personal question?

Well, sex is a sensitive topic.

Are you afraid of sex?

Quit changing the topic.

My secretary will send you a bill.

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because Dintiradan's dead.

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I'm moving up in the world.

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