Comments on: Thanks!

Thanks!

phrontist — Thu, 01 May 2008 14:16:47 -0800

I just wanted to point out how great a guy adamwolf is. When I asked this question he offered me an old oscilloscope of his he was replacing.

By: dersins

dersins — Thu, 01 May 2008 14:27:03 -0800

It's a trap.

By: Plutor

Plutor — Thu, 01 May 2008 14:47:28 -0800

Beware of geeks bearing gifts.

By: anastasiav

anastasiav — Thu, 01 May 2008 14:50:20 -0800

Beware of geeks bearing gifts.

Nah.

I asked this question and not only did a user go above and beyond to get me a video file that solved the problem, but kindall sent my baby boy a stuffed Tivo-guy (Flickr video there) which my son is totally in love with.

Mefites in general are good and generous people.

By: beerbajay

beerbajay — Thu, 01 May 2008 14:53:40 -0800

I got some salty licorice from aubilenon.

By: Fuzzy Skinner

Fuzzy Skinner — Thu, 01 May 2008 15:03:55 -0800

Beware of geeks baring.

By: carsonb

carsonb — Thu, 01 May 2008 15:05:18 -0800

I thought pants were optional?

By: jamjam

jamjam — Thu, 01 May 2008 15:27:39 -0800

Beware of geeks bearing grifts.

By: languagehat

languagehat — Thu, 01 May 2008 15:37:37 -0800

I wore a hat naxosaxur gave me to the latest meetup.

By: M.C. Lo-Carb!

M.C. Lo-Carb! — Thu, 01 May 2008 15:41:24 -0800

Hey, anyone here want to loan me some money?

By: cortex

cortex — Thu, 01 May 2008 15:43:06 -0800

*posts askme about buying a used million dollars*

By: Blazecock Pileon

Blazecock Pileon — Thu, 01 May 2008 16:00:07 -0800

Beware of Germans bearing gifts.

By: allkindsoftime

allkindsoftime — Thu, 01 May 2008 16:05:57 -0800

Beware of bears with gifts, monkey.

By: John Kenneth Fisher

John Kenneth Fisher — Thu, 01 May 2008 16:11:37 -0800

I'm consistently amazed by how above and beyond some people go here for others on MeFi. This question of mine even resulted in a MeMailed explicit transport offer from someone who I've sometimes vehemently disagreed (and sometimes agreed, for that matter) with on MeTa.

(An offer I won't be needing after all, but how fantastically awesome is that?)

Not to invoke a Haley Joel Osment movie, but this just encourages people to pay it forward.

I doubt people do these things on Slashdot, I truly do :-)

By: Rumple

Rumple — Thu, 01 May 2008 16:18:34 -0800

what happened to naxosaxosaur anyway?

Also I might have stuff to give away. Let me know if there is anything you need.

By: John Kenneth Fisher

John Kenneth Fisher — Thu, 01 May 2008 16:23:15 -0800

Let me know if there is anything you need.

Love?

By: chococat

chococat — Thu, 01 May 2008 16:25:16 -0800

The fantastic Micayetoca had his friend hand-deliver me a Cuatro all the way from Venezuela after I helped him on his song, I Shine. I later played the Cuatro on my own song.
It still blows me away that he did that.

By: Rumple

Rumple — Thu, 01 May 2008 16:27:15 -0800

JKF, I'll send you some Sweet-Tartz

By: John Kenneth Fisher

John Kenneth Fisher — Thu, 01 May 2008 16:27:22 -0800

I later played the Cuatro on my own song, which to this day is user John Kenneth Fisher's absolute favorite Mefi Music song ever.

Fixed that for you.

By: Cool Papa Bell

Cool Papa Bell — Thu, 01 May 2008 16:52:00 -0800

This question of mine even resulted in a MeMailed explicit transport offer from someone who I've sometimes vehemently disagreed ... with on MeTa.

I'd be happy to pick several of you up and drive you ... somewhere.

I kid, I kid!

By: cashman

cashman — Thu, 01 May 2008 16:57:02 -0800

I've been waiting for this thread for a while. The wonderful Mothershock mailed a signed copy to an aspiring young female author I know, after I begged for just an email of encouragement! miagaille and misanthropicsarah were totally gracious in some regional questions I asked them (literally) out of the blue. And iconomy shared with me some sweet search secrets that have helped me in all kinds of ways.

You folks are the bestest.

By: cashman

cashman — Thu, 01 May 2008 16:58:15 -0800

Signed copy of her book, that is.

By: Asparagirl

Asparagirl — Thu, 01 May 2008 17:04:55 -0800

Back in the very early days of AskMeFi, krunk created an entire new application called IndieRock based on a question I had about uploading/displaying "recently playing in iTunes" data from a PC onto a website.

By: quonsar

quonsar — Thu, 01 May 2008 17:06:44 -0800

metafilter: we have oscilloscopes.

By: fire&wings

fire&wings — Thu, 01 May 2008 17:25:47 -0800

Beware of Germans

By: katillathehun

katillathehun — Thu, 01 May 2008 17:44:35 -0800

Yeah, well, I once went to a meetup and...

By: PeterMcDermott

PeterMcDermott — Thu, 01 May 2008 18:20:50 -0800

The fantastic Micayetoca had his friend hand-deliver me a Cuatro all the way from Venezuela

If anyone wants to hand-deliver me a free Audi Cuatro, all the way from Germany, I'll happily pay shipping.

By: puke & cry

puke & cry — Thu, 01 May 2008 18:31:10 -0800

krunk created an entire new application called IndieRock based on a question I had about uploading/displaying "recently playing in iTunes" data from a PC onto a website.

I actually helped him test that for a while. I didn't do much but I helped a little. krunk is also the one that told me memberships were open when I first joined.

By: ddaavviidd

ddaavviidd — Thu, 01 May 2008 18:31:31 -0800

Let me know if there is anything you need.

Love?

A hug. Everybody needs a hug.

By: cortex

cortex — Thu, 01 May 2008 18:41:48 -0800

Yeah, well, I once went to a meetup and...

AND YOU NEVER GAVE THEM BACK

By: chiababe

chiababe — Thu, 01 May 2008 18:48:20 -0800

I was searching around AskMefi in December to do something similar to what's asked in this question and I emailed NailstheCat about his answer there, hoping maybe he could help even though it was months later.

He responded and tweaked his code to do what I needed and then helped me troubleshoot when it didn't work quite like I thought it should.

NailstheCat is awesome and Metafilter is awesome.

By: Dr. Curare

Dr. Curare — Thu, 01 May 2008 18:51:22 -0800

I have belonged to many internet communities, and I've learned that it never hurts to ask for stuff. I've gotten plant and tissue samples mailed from around the world, very very rare mushroom spores sent on my birthday, free grow lights and filters, all kinds of digital files, and transportation and lodging. An oscilloscope would be very close to the top of the list.

I've paid back in kind, and the feeling is great. About a year ago, I gave out hundreds of cherry shrimp and green Singapore shrimp I had been breeding in my office to complete strangers, in a way making it up to the other people who had sent me stuff before. Ive also given out three dozen fancy betta fish my wife bred. There are some people here and in other communities to whom I owe an apology or a favor, but I freeze up when trying to write a note or send a gift, and end up hoping they will forget I never will).

In one of the best communities I've been in, one that got FBIed to death, people would start Random Act of Kindness threads once in a while, giving out some really cool stuff just because. Sometimes the threads would go on for months, with the recipients or just random users offering more stuff.

In the spirit of those RAoK threads, I can offer a very nice Java Fern (hard to ship, attached to driftwood, pick up in bay area?) and a clump of Java Moss (easy to mail) to anyone interested in a freshwater planted aquarium. If you have a sad betta or goldfish, this would make a good addition to your tank. If you are in the San Francisco area and want to start a small tank, I can hook you up with a small 1.5 gallon acrylic tank, a filter, substrate and some plants.

By: Dr. Curare

Dr. Curare — Thu, 01 May 2008 18:52:22 -0800

BTW, I ignore memail, if you want the stuff, please reply here.

By: i_am_joe's_spleen

i_am_joe's_spleen — Thu, 01 May 2008 19:23:59 -0800

I do not want to be exposed to explicit transport offer.

By: Pants!

Pants! — Thu, 01 May 2008 19:35:47 -0800

I thought pants were optional?

Actually, this isn't true.

By: katillathehun

katillathehun — Thu, 01 May 2008 19:53:28 -0800

AND YOU NEVER GAVE THEM BACK

I thought that was Derek's job!

By: junkbox

junkbox — Thu, 01 May 2008 20:27:03 -0800

metafilter: we have oscilloscopes in our pants

By: kryptos

kryptos — Thu, 01 May 2008 22:24:12 -0800

M.C. Lo-Carb! asked : Hey, anyone here want to loan me some money?

"I just made a loan to someone in the developing world using a revolutionary new website called Kiva.

You can go to Kiva's website and lend to someone in the developing world who needs a loan for their business - like raising goats, selling vegetables at market or making bricks. Each loan has a picture of the entrepreneur, a description of their business and how they plan to use the loan so you know exactly how your money is being spent - and you get updates letting you know how the entrepreneur is going.

The best part is, when the entrepreneur pays back their loan you get your money back - and Kiva's loans are managed by microfinance institutions on the ground who have a lot of experience doing this, so you can trust that your money is being handled responsibly."

I read about Kiva in an article in Fortune magazine. The founders were inspired by the Nobel prize winner, Muhamad Yunus.

Thanks, M.C. Lo-Carb! :) for the chance to talk of Kiva here to the generous and helpful Mefites.

By: Dizzy

Dizzy — Fri, 02 May 2008 06:13:20 -0800

Jonmc gave me a stick of Dentyne once.
I still have it.
In my Special Box.

By: smackfu

smackfu — Fri, 02 May 2008 06:18:32 -0800

Hey, anyone here want to loan me some money?

Actually, I've seen some web communities (like Something Awful) set up groups on prosper.com, and they actually do loan money. And you get interest, unlike Kiva.

By: Divine_Wino

Divine_Wino — Fri, 02 May 2008 06:50:36 -0800

Omiewise mailed me a book about hippies. Which was nice of him.

By: eriko

eriko — Fri, 02 May 2008 07:37:02 -0800

Well, if it's a Tek 506, I hope you don't live on the third floor. Trust me on that one.

(Very cool, adamwolf. Good on you.)

By: quin

quin — Fri, 02 May 2008 07:39:02 -0800

Mefites in general are good and generous people.

In general sure, but when you get specific, you'll find that I am a complete and total bastard.

By: cortex

cortex — Fri, 02 May 2008 07:39:51 -0800

Aw, don't listen to him. One time, without even having to be asked, quin gave me his last noogie.

By: quin

quin — Fri, 02 May 2008 07:41:58 -0800

Kidding aside, we really do seem to do the 'community' thing very well. I'm always impressed in these threads at the number of people who just happily provide for each other based on nothing more than a shared conversation. It's actually pretty damn cool.

By: Fuzzy Skinner

Fuzzy Skinner — Fri, 02 May 2008 08:20:39 -0800

Alls I ever got from one of y'all was a flaming itch after a meetup.

By: MrMoonPie

MrMoonPie — Fri, 02 May 2008 09:40:06 -0800

I got two giant syringes, complete with giant needles, from ColdChef, out of the blue, with no real connection to anything I'd written. My favorite part was the explanatory letter, on his office stationary.

By: cowbellemoo

cowbellemoo — Fri, 02 May 2008 10:11:06 -0800

group hug!

By: LeeJay

LeeJay — Fri, 02 May 2008 10:28:34 -0800

I've seen some web communities (like Something Awful) set up groups on prosper.com, and they actually do loan money. And you get interest, unlike Kiva.

I'm going to guess that the Something Awful lending group gets its money back pretty much 100% of the time. I can only imagine the horrors that would befall the unfortunate individual who stiffed a goon.

By: team lowkey

team lowkey — Fri, 02 May 2008 11:07:13 -0800

Dr. Curare: "In the spirit of those RAoK threads, I can offer a very nice Java Fern (hard to ship, attached to driftwood, pick up in bay area?) and a clump of Java Moss (easy to mail) to anyone interested in a freshwater planted aquarium. If you have a sad betta or goldfish, this would make a good addition to your tank. If you are in the San Francisco area and want to start a small tank, I can hook you up with a small 1.5 gallon acrylic tank, a filter, substrate and some plants."

It just so happens that I recently acquired a couple of goldfish in SF who would probably love a live plant. Do you think it would work well with these guys in a 6.6 gallon tank?

And in the interest of paying it forward, I also have a 2.5 gallon tank and a filter (turned out it was way too small for these fish) if anyone wants it. It would be heaven for a beta.

By: slogger

slogger — Sat, 03 May 2008 15:07:30 -0800

I once baked a cake for Dizzy then forgot to tell him about it.
It was delicious.

By: Dizzy

Dizzy — Sat, 03 May 2008 15:24:24 -0800

I bought a kitty and named him slogger.
It was delicious!