Back off man. I’m a scientist

This is old but I ran across it today and it made me laugh.  It takes all kinds, and we get them

Let me preface this with a quote …
Dr. Peter Venkman: Alice, I’m going to ask you a couple of standard questions, okay? Have you or any of your family been diagnosed schizophrenic? Mentally incompetant?
Librarian Alice: My uncle thought he was Saint Jerome.
Dr. Peter Venkman: I’d call that a big yes. Uh, are you habitually using drugs? Stimulants? Alcohol?
Librarian Alice: No.
Dr. Peter Venkman: No, no. Just asking. Are you, Alice, menstruating right now?
Library Administrator: What’s has that got to do with it?
Dr. Peter Venkman: Back off, man. I’m a scientist.

And here was my funny convo tonight

[19:42]  Arthur Fermi: No weapons
[19:43]  Arthur Fermi: do that again and your banned
[19:43]  Ernest Finkler: they your are
[19:43]  Ernest Finkler: is  this not a sandbox
[19:43]  Ernest Finkler: I was told this is a nice place to work
[19:43]  Arthur Fermi: yes, its a weapons free sandbox
[19:43]  Arthur Fermi: it is, not with nukes
[19:43]  Ernest Finkler: oh dear sir that not a weapon
[19:43]  Arthur Fermi: you rezed nukes
[19:43]  Arthur Fermi: they are weapons
[19:44]  Ernest Finkler: Nukes?
[19:44]  Ernest Finkler: I am a scientist in real life
[19:44]  Arthur Fermi: rockets, call em what you want, they don’t  belong here
[19:44]  Ernest Finkler: and take offence to the idea of rockets being nukes
[19:44]  Ernest Finkler: I am sorry then for breaking the rules
[19:44]  Ernest Finkler: I did not realize that science was not welcome here
[19:44]  Arthur Fermi: Its ok, if it wasn’t I would ban you
[19:45]  Arthur Fermi: lol, a rack of rockets is science
[19:45]  Ernest Finkler: Any reccomendations as to a scientifically orientates sandbox/
[19:45]  Arthur Fermi: btw, make sure your rockets don’t have an object name of nuke
[19:45]  Arthur Fermi: yes, the linden sandboxes
[19:45]  Ernest Finkler: they do not have the name nuke
[19:46]  Ernest Finkler: wll this science experiment is server related
[19:46]  Ernest Finkler: the linden sandboxes are incompatible
[19:46]  Arthur Fermi: lol, so you are goign to see what, if my sandbox crashes? I would prefer we don’t preform tests on my sim either
[19:47]  Ernest Finkler: well the havok 4s are coming out now
[19:47]  Ernest Finkler: I am running stress tests on the top sandboxes to assertain the rea”real improvement”
[19:47]  Ernest Finkler: of the havok 4a
[19:47]  Arthur Fermi: first, you should not screw up someones sim for your test
[19:47]  Arthur Fermi: this isn’t havok 4 enables
[19:48]  Ernest Finkler: exactly
[19:48]  Arthur Fermi: and tests like that should be done on the beta grid
[19:48]  Ernest Finkler: i am comparing a  existing server to a havok four
[19:48]  Arthur Fermi: so you want to see if you can crash my sim for your test, your a piece of work
[19:48]  Ernest Finkler: to assertain weather it is useful for owners like yourself to switch over
[19:48]  Ernest Finkler: no
[19:48]  Ernest Finkler: my rockets have a kill switch
[19:48]  Ernest Finkler: I stress it for a few seconds
[19:48]  Arthur Fermi: they aren’t going off here
[19:49]  Ernest Finkler: then kill the test
[19:49]  Arthur Fermi: what gives you the right?
[19:49]  Ernest Finkler: Roght?
[19:49]  Ernest Finkler: Right?
[19:49]  Arthur Fermi: to go screw up peoples sims
[19:49]  Arthur Fermi: for your test
[19:49]  Ernest Finkler: I apologize  you seem to misunderstand
[19:49]  Arthur Fermi: not at all you want to stress test my sim
[19:49]  Ernest Finkler: You are obviously not  as educated as you need to be to discuss this with me.
[19:49]  Arthur Fermi: roflmao
[19:50]  Ernest Finkler: No offense many are not able enough
[19:50]  Arthur Fermi: I’m sure you are way smarter than I am, go blow up someone elses sandbox
[19:50]  Ernest Finkler: Well i will go
[19:50]  Ernest Finkler: but i would appreciate it if you would not refer to my experiments in terms like
[19:50]  Ernest Finkler: blow up nuke
[19:50]  Ernest Finkler: crash
[19:50]  Ernest Finkler: destroy
[19:51]  Arthur Fermi: yes, well, it sucks for you that I feel that way
[19:51]  Ernest Finkler: they are highl;y slanderous and offensive words in the scientific community
[19:51]  Arthur Fermi: if you can show me a white paper of what you are doing how you are testing, provide a copy of yoru scripts, the method you are using for testing and measuring, and the results of the previous tests I might be more inclined to help you.  But since I’m not very smart, I wouldn’t know how to do testing formally
[19:52]  Ernest Finkler: Ok i understand
[19:52]  Ernest Finkler: I would be happy to provide you with documentation
[19:52]  Ernest Finkler: As before i am in no way opffending you
[19:53]  Arthur Fermi: well I’m not smart enough, surprisingly that is offensive
[19:53]  Ernest Finkler: I am kind of a lab guy and am not too good with word choices at times
[19:53]  Ernest Finkler: I dont deal with non scientists often
[19:53]  Arthur Fermi: lol, yeah, right
[19:53]  Ernest Finkler: Makes me a hit at thanksgiving
[19:53]  Ernest Finkler:
[19:54]  Arthur Fermi: being in SL for 1 day I’m sure your an expert, btw, why are you using someone elses “rockets” for your experiment?
[19:54]  Ernest Finkler: I found this particular rocket
[19:54]  Ernest Finkler: Its open source and i needed an object
[19:54]  Ernest Finkler: also i am an alt
[19:55]  Arthur Fermi: an object is easy to create
[19:55]  Ernest Finkler: i assumed that individuals like yourselves would automatically consider me a greefer
[19:55]  Arthur Fermi: and I do
[19:55]  Ernest Finkler: I did not want to was time with the physics script
[19:55]  Ernest Finkler: As iss your right
[19:55]  Arthur Fermi: who is your normal AV?
[19:55]  Arthur Fermi: and why not use him?
[19:55]  Ernest Finkler: Intelligence comes from not ruling anything out without firm facts
[19:55]  Arthur Fermi: if it were a real experiment, why not contacting owners first
[19:56]  Ernest Finkler: Arthur Fermi: and I do
[19:56]  Ernest Finkler: that statement says it all
[19:56]  Arthur Fermi: you didn’t contact me first, you jsut rezed your “rockets” and on your way
[19:56]  Ernest Finkler: I need the data and there are so amny griefers that i thought that i could  get in do it and leave without anyone knowing the better
[19:57]  Ernest Finkler: Apparently i was wroung
[19:57]  Arthur Fermi: doesn’t sound very scientific?  are you taking in to account the other objects on teh sim?
[19:57]  Arthur Fermi: the script and prim load?
[19:57]  Arthur Fermi: prim per meter?
[19:57]  Ernest Finkler: well understand that to accurately do this i need to test a few hundred sims
[19:57]  Ernest Finkler: i dont have anough time to play politician
[19:57]  Arthur Fermi: how about the number of active colissions in the sim at the tiem of the test?
[19:57]  Arthur Fermi: lol, why is the world ending soon?
[19:58]  Ernest Finkler: ending
[19:58]  Ernest Finkler: I am quite a busy person
[19:58]  Arthur Fermi: do you know if your script produces physical interactions or is just particles?
[19:58]  Arthur Fermi: oh I’m sure you are
[19:58]  Ernest Finkler: sl is simply a unit in the googleplex i call my life
[19:59]  Ernest Finkler: It usics physics and particles
[19:59]  Arthur Fermi: but lets get back to the science, if you don’t kow the prim load, script load, and active colissions, how can you compare from server to server?
[19:59]  Ernest Finkler: to give a good stress test
[19:59]  Arthur Fermi: and havok 4 has no relevnace in particles
[19:59]  Ernest Finkler: thats why i selected the objecvt i did
[19:59]  Arthur Fermi: a nuke
[19:59]  Arthur Fermi: dude your full of shit, I’m glad my feet are off the ground
[19:59]  Ernest Finkler: It has a full physics script /particles / a physical being
[20:00]  Ernest Finkler: and 100 of them really give a sim a run for its ,money
[20:00]  Ernest Finkler: I do not appreciate profanity sir
[20:00]  Arthur Fermi: yeah, they are nukes
[20:00]  Arthur Fermi: I don’t give a rats ass what you aprreciate
[20:00]  Ernest Finkler: I have shown nothing but cooperation with you tonight
[20:00]  Arthur Fermi: your no scientist
[20:00]  Arthur Fermi: and I have humored you
[20:00]  Ernest Finkler: well i no longer have time to explain myself
[20:01]  Ernest Finkler: but let me say that  i will no longer be visiting this sim
[20:01]  Arthur Fermi: let me see if I can find a tear … nope
[20:01]  Ernest Finkler: ok
[20:01]  Ernest Finkler: its people like you the hinder great efforts
[20:02]  Arthur Fermi: lol, great efforts, setting off nukes to “stress test sims” when you can’t compare one sim you set things off to another
[20:02]  Arthur Fermi: you don’t have any of the relevant sim info
[20:03]  Ernest Finkler: you mean that you did not give it to me
[20:03]  Ernest Finkler: I do have grid data
[20:03]  Ernest Finkler: the public release portion at least the linden gives to university researchers
[20:03]  Ernest Finkler: Thats how i selected thesims that i would visit
[20:04]  Ernest Finkler: I have offered you a write up
[20:04]  Ernest Finkler: but apparently you do not want it
[20:05]  Arthur Fermi: I’ve seen teh public release and it won’t tell you anything about the status of the sim at this moment … so kinda sucks … any rate, yoru gone, take your nukes elsewhere, I’m warning my sandbox friends of you
[20:05]  Ernest Finkler: POk i appreciate you destroying my research
[20:05]  Ernest Finkler: I stopped the experiment when you said to
[20:05]  Arthur Fermi: lol, your research
[20:06]  Ernest Finkler: I have been not hostile one bit
[20:06]  Ernest Finkler: I have tried to explain what i am doin
[20:06]  Arthur Fermi: no you didn’t I sent 2 no wepaons out and you rezed another set
[20:06]  Ernest Finkler: you dont seem to comprehend
[20:06]  Arthur Fermi: why don’t you just look at the havok engine and it will obvious the difference
[20:06]  Ernest Finkler: some green lettering popped up and said no weapons
[20:06]  Arthur Fermi: I comprehend well, you are clueless
[20:06]  Ernest Finkler: the guy next to me had 3 guns out
[20:06]  Arthur Fermi: and you figured it didn’t mean anything
[20:06]  Ernest Finkler: green lettering is public
[20:06]  Arthur Fermi: they were on not out
[20:07]  Ernest Finkler: so i assumed him as i did not have a single weapon resed
[20:07]  Arthur Fermi: so are stop signs
[20:07]  Arthur Fermi: you had nukes, they are named nukes
[20:07]  Ernest Finkler: are they really
[20:07]  Ernest Finkler: ?
[20:07]  Arthur Fermi: yes
[20:07]  Ernest Finkler: Hmmmm
[20:07]  Ernest Finkler: I wonder why
[20:07]  Ernest Finkler: ohhhhh
[20:07]  Arthur Fermi: because tehya re nukes
[20:07]  Ernest Finkler: i added the wroung rocket
[20:08]  Ernest Finkler: thank you sir
[20:08]  Ernest Finkler: you actually saved me some time believe it or not
[20:08]  Arthur Fermi: ya ya
[20:08]  Ernest Finkler: I would have hated to get my data with the wroung version
[20:08]  Arthur Fermi: I don’t even care
[20:08]  Ernest Finkler: ok
[20:08]  Ernest Finkler: well you are to be commended you run a very nice sim here
[20:09]  Ernest Finkler: a bit racy in the content categorey but overall a very nice place to work
[20:09]  Ernest Finkler: I used to come here often
[20:09]  Ernest Finkler: But again i hope that i have not caused and problems
[20:09]  Ernest Finkler: i assure you that it was not my intent
[20:09]  Ernest Finkler: and i wish you a very pleasent evening
[20:09]  Arthur Fermi: thank you, you too
[20:10]  Arthur Fermi: you are welcome here any time, no weapons, no testing