tea.mathoverflow.net - Discussion Feed (Look out for this man) 2018-11-04T13:43:54-08:00 http://mathoverflow.tqft.net/ Lussumo Vanilla & Feed Publisher Andrew Stacey comments on "Look out for this man" (873) http://mathoverflow.tqft.net/discussion/78/look-out-for-this-man/?Focus=873#Comment_873 2009-12-09T01:16:48-08:00 2018-11-04T13:43:54-08:00 Andrew Stacey http://mathoverflow.tqft.net/account/4/ No problem! I was getting a bit overwhelmed by all the "doom and gloom" posts about how MO is sinking under the weight of homework questions, and thought it time for something ... No problem! I was getting a bit overwhelmed by all the "doom and gloom" posts about how MO is sinking under the weight of homework questions, and thought it time for something light-hearted. The fact that I got Ben and plclark hook, line, sinker, and fishing boat was a bonus.

]]> Anton Geraschenko comments on "Look out for this man" (858) http://mathoverflow.tqft.net/discussion/78/look-out-for-this-man/?Focus=858#Comment_858 2009-12-08T19:39:01-08:00 2018-11-04T13:43:54-08:00 Anton Geraschenko http://mathoverflow.tqft.net/account/2/ @Andrew: Ok, very funny. If you don't mind, I'm sinking this discussion. There are already about 300 Jon Skeet threads on meta.SO, which should generate enough amusement. @Andrew: Ok, very funny. If you don't mind, I'm sinking this discussion. There are already about 300 Jon Skeet threads on meta.SO, which should generate enough amusement.

]]> Harry Gindi comments on "Look out for this man" (843) http://mathoverflow.tqft.net/discussion/78/look-out-for-this-man/?Focus=843#Comment_843 2009-12-08T14:03:15-08:00 2018-11-04T13:43:54-08:00 Harry Gindi http://mathoverflow.tqft.net/account/55/ I think if he comes here, the administration should immediately ban him. I'm absolutely serious. His last name is Skeet. We can't have that kind of profanity here. Ilya Nikokoshev comments on "Look out for this man" (840) http://mathoverflow.tqft.net/discussion/78/look-out-for-this-man/?Focus=840#Comment_840 2009-12-08T11:56:11-08:00 2018-11-04T13:43:54-08:00 Ilya Nikokoshev http://mathoverflow.tqft.net/account/22/ @Ben, I believe the thread was a joke. Jon Skeet is a well-known C# developer at Google. Too bad his Wikipedia page was deleted Interestingly, the guy writes poems so I think we don't have to fear ... @Ben, I believe the thread was a joke. Jon Skeet is a well-known C# developer at Google. Too bad his Wikipedia page was deleted

Interestingly, the guy writes poems so I think we don't have to fear he'll be in for destroying our site if he appears here :)

  1. In the hustle and the bustle of a world that moves too fast,
    If you stop and take a look you'll see your life just flying past,
    In the race towards tomorrow I don't care if I come last,
    God's peace should reign within.

(emphasis mine). The Jon Skeet Faith Blog has more background info on this Methodist local preacher.

In the coding blog he says he likes getting reputation but

What I care far more about than praise and fandom is the idea of actually helping people and making a difference.

]]> Pete L. Clark comments on "Look out for this man" (839) http://mathoverflow.tqft.net/discussion/78/look-out-for-this-man/?Focus=839#Comment_839 2009-12-08T09:16:01-08:00 2018-11-04T13:43:54-08:00 Pete L. Clark http://mathoverflow.tqft.net/account/64/ Am I missing something? This seems like quite a harsh comment: so this guy is the most reputed user on SO, and he's active on some other cognate sites. What's wrong with that??Just for the sake of ...
Just for the sake of argument, suppose that he were explicitly and primarily motivated by maximizing his reputation on as many of these sites as he can. Again, what's the problem? Is there a special set of privileges that you don't even know about until you get more rep, at the top of which is

666,666 invoke Armageddon

that I don't know about??]]> Ben Webster comments on "Look out for this man" (833) http://mathoverflow.tqft.net/discussion/78/look-out-for-this-man/?Focus=833#Comment_833 2009-12-08T07:06:07-08:00 2018-11-04T13:43:54-08:00 Ben Webster http://mathoverflow.tqft.net/account/21/ How do you know he's reputation-hunting? His record on SO looks perfectly legit to me. How do you know he's reputation-hunting? His record on SO looks perfectly legit to me.

]]> Harry Gindi comments on "Look out for this man" (831) http://mathoverflow.tqft.net/discussion/78/look-out-for-this-man/?Focus=831#Comment_831 2009-12-08T06:59:32-08:00 2018-11-04T13:43:54-08:00 Harry Gindi http://mathoverflow.tqft.net/account/55/ Oh, surely you could have linked http://skeet.urbanup.com/934135 . Perhaps the funniest urbandictionary entry of all time. Kevin Lin comments on "Look out for this man" (828) http://mathoverflow.tqft.net/discussion/78/look-out-for-this-man/?Focus=828#Comment_828 2009-12-08T06:33:08-08:00 2018-11-04T13:43:54-08:00 Kevin Lin http://mathoverflow.tqft.net/account/25/ Is that guy's name really Jon Skeet? That's hilarious. Is that guy's name really Jon Skeet? That's hilarious.

]]> Harry Gindi comments on "Look out for this man" (825) http://mathoverflow.tqft.net/discussion/78/look-out-for-this-man/?Focus=825#Comment_825 2009-12-08T06:01:16-08:00 2018-11-04T13:43:54-08:00 Harry Gindi http://mathoverflow.tqft.net/account/55/ Let's just hope that he's completely terrible at real math. Andrew Stacey comments on "Look out for this man" (824) http://mathoverflow.tqft.net/discussion/78/look-out-for-this-man/?Focus=824#Comment_824 2009-12-08T05:53:06-08:00 2018-11-04T13:43:54-08:00 Andrew Stacey http://mathoverflow.tqft.net/account/4/ A clear case of reputation hunting. This person is systematically going through the SE sites trying to get as much rep as possible: he's amassed a substantial rep on moms4mom and on this other site. ... A clear case of reputation hunting. This person is systematically going through the SE sites trying to get as much rep as possible: he's amassed a substantial rep on moms4mom and on this other site. I think we should all keep an eye out for him and watch for suspicious behaviour.

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