Oscar J Carlton IV

User since January 31, 2007

I'm a theoretical engineer, for the most part; I spend more energy thinking about how to do things than actually doing things. I enjoy learning, debating, pondering, pontificating, reading, and otherwise acquiring, manipulating, interpreting, and perverting information. In my day job I'm a Research Engineer/Analyst with ITT Corporation, Advanced Engineering an Sciences division.

I found Jyte on the ClaimID blog, and something kinda clicked, or snapped; I'm not sure which. In any event, it's saved me all kinds of money I'd've lost playing poker. Victimless addictions are the best kind.

Interests

hearing myself talk, swing dancing, PG Wodehouse, poker, absurdity, software, computers, programming, engineering, politics, jazz, technology, holdem, organ donation, acronym, book, physics, ray tracing, UI, internet, research, caltech, big numbers, math, humor, non sequitur, cheerleading

Groups

Oscar J Carlton IV is a member of Former Squirrel Hunters, Windows, Fleming Hovse, FOAF, Emacs, Jazz Lovers, Lindy Hoppers, Swing Dancers, Jyte en EspaƱol, Metaphiles, Jyte Addicts Anonymous, Egomaniacs, Bubble Tea, Google users, Poker, Non-intellectuals, Jabber, Beer Nuts, Harry Potter, Accidents, Semantic Web Education and Outreach, Original Jyters, Jytoplasm, Web 3 point 0, Bot Testing Sandbox, Jyte Hackers, Claim Police

Stats

Oscar J Carlton IV has made 414 claims, 1038 comments, agreed with 2572 claims, disagreed with 1118, and changed positions 94 times. Oscar J Carlton IV ignores 1 person and is ignored by 1.

Favorite Claim Tags

The top tags for Oscar J Carlton IV's claims: jyte, meta, cred, design, claim, openid, statistics, economics, done, ecology, programming, logic, bias, grammar, software, group, ruby, quantum mechanics, tag, free will, determinism, fate, environment

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50 people have given cred to Oscar J Carlton IV

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I personally know two or more people on Beauty and the Geek.
By 5 Oscar J Carlton IV 7 months ago  → 5 comments
On my To Do list, "Get Master's Degree" and "Write Book" are both above "fold laundry."
By 5 Oscar J Carlton IV 11 months ago  → 3 comments
Claims should be able to refer to groups intelligently.
By 5 Oscar J Carlton IV 11 months ago  → 2 comments
A private jyte group for bots could be a painless testbed for auto-claimants.
By 5 Oscar J Carlton IV 11 months ago  → 3 comments
Pibb will cut the time it takes for Google to buy JanRain in half, while doubling the price.
By 5 Oscar J Carlton IV 11 months ago  → 1 comment
Pibb should have private channels corresponding to Jyte groups.
By 5 Oscar J Carlton IV 11 months ago  → 4 comments
If I ignore a jyte user, he should be ignored by me by default on Pibb, too.
By 5 Oscar J Carlton IV 11 months ago  → 2 comments
My biggest obstacle to becoming a better programmer is my tendency to sit on half-baked ideas while somebody else is out baking them.
By 5 Oscar J Carlton IV 12 months ago  → 3 comments
I've never finished a book of stamps before the postage rate increased.
By 5 Oscar J Carlton IV 12 months ago  → 3 comments
Using a light switch to control a garbage disposal is a horrendous safety oversight.
By 5 Oscar J Carlton IV 12 months ago  → 1 comment