User talk:DEADBEEF

Welcome!
Welcome DEADBEEF, or should I call you User No: 3735928559?

We are currently on the lookout for pictures of KILLEDMUTTON. Maybe you would like to help. -- Petri Krohn (talk) 07:26, 20 September 2013 (UTC)

Or, if you just like to watch without taking part, we also have an article on massacre porn. -- Petri Krohn (talk) 08:14, 20 September 2013 (UTC)

Welcome?
Hey, I don't know what Petri is on about, but welcome. Horrible screen name, but okay, if you're for real (lately some accounts have been). Best to say something somewhere, unless Petri knows you, which he might from that odd tone. Otherwise, no pressure, and thanks for signing on. --Caustic Logic (talk) 11:33, 20 September 2013 (UTC)


 * Everyone is talking about DEADBEEF as if they knew it. Very few people have actually seen the original DEADBEEF in the wild – I am one of them. You would need about US$30 000 worth of equipment and specific technical skills to observe it. I had all this set up on my desk in 1990. I had never heard of DEADBEEF before so I was quite surprised to see it and recognize it for what it was. The experience kind of reminded me of something that happened in 1970 at the New York Blood Center laboratory. I was one of the first people ever to see the Hepatitis B virus under an electron microscope.
 * Anyway, the user name is an inside joke, like the guru thing Shoutwiki uses. It kind of indicates that the user has both the technical capabilities and interest to operate in our focus areas. -- Petri Krohn (talk) 12:15, 20 September 2013 (UTC)
 * P.S. – By the way, despite all the seriousness, this site has a category for humor. -- Petri Krohn (talk) 12:23, 20 September 2013 (UTC)
 * I had no idea about that. It's a handy thing you did. --Caustic Logic (talk) 07:22, 23 September 2013 (UTC)

Speak up!
Someone here does not quite like your user name. Thinks it is more becoming of a zombie. You need to speak up and show you intend to contribute. See our Sign-Up and Speak-Up Policy Explained here. -- Petri Krohn (talk) 21:06, 22 September 2013 (UTC)

I'm not sure I can post? The confirmation email never arrived.

As people some may have guessed, DEADBEEF is a computer in-joke.

I'll get around to contributing - assuming I can - and specialise on topics I know a bit about - arms and ballistics.


 * Sweet! Apparently you can contribute. Sorry for the glitches, we can learn from these and get more welcoming. We have issues with arms and ballistics we try to figure out but could use help with. If you know wiki format, good. You didn't sign. The signature button does that (2nd from right, above this pane) Feel free to try and sign it late. and How to contribute has the cool table of code tips. --Caustic Logic (talk) 06:39, 23 September 2013 (UTC)
 * Also, feel free to add any thoughts wherever, expert or not. --Caustic Logic (talk) 07:54, 23 September 2013 (UTC)

I don't have a signature button - almost certainly due to the missing email confirmation.
 * What is a signature button? I have never seen one, despite over 100000 edits on Wikipedia and other wikis. (OK, its there. Always try to avoid seeing edit buttons.) I sign by writing  . That is easy in US keyboards. On my European ũmlaut keyboard I have to press   eight times. -- Petri Krohn (talk) 11:45, 23 September 2013 (UTC)

I'm in some sort of Limbo rather than a Zombie. I can apparently edit text but not sign it.
 * Do you see the row of format buttons above? (bold, italic, etc) ... the one with a scribble on it. If you don't see that, it's a graphics/loading/display problem, I think. Until that works, you could just type --DEADBEEF at the end. Or for fun copy+paste the symbols --~ and when you hit submit it'll look like this: --Caustic Logic (talk) 07:22, 23 September 2013 (UTC)
 * Hmm, upper left. There is a ~ key. I didn't know that. --Caustic Logic (talk) 12:57, 23 September 2013 (UTC)

Now I see them - in the editing box. --DEADBEEF (talk) 07:40, 23 September 2013 (UTC)
 * Ready to roll, in that regard. :) --C.L. (Adam)

I think our confirmation e-mail has a problem getting through. This happened with another member, and it turns out it was sent to his spam folder. But I think he was able to edit, as you are. Anyway, apologies for the awkward reception here. Good folks, crossed wires, etc. --Caustic Logic (talk) 09:19, 23 September 2013 (UTC)


 * Yeah sorry for having been a bit harsh (also to Petri), it was while the rather bizarre federal election was unfolding. Merkel forever!!!1 As far as I remember you don't have to enter an e-mail address at all, so i'm not sure if there even is a confirmation mail. Anyway, welcome DEADBEEF! --CE (talk) 15:27, 23 September 2013 (UTC)