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Has Mike Green ever posted a question?

blittledblittled Posts: 681
edited 2012-10-05 02:00 in General Discussion
I have the utmost respect for Mike Green and I'm sure if he was in a room full of noisy Parallaxians and he cleared his throat everyone would get quiet in expectation of some words of wisdom. Mike seems to know the answers or where to look for them. This makes me wonder if Mike has ever posted a question? And also if he has who could answer that question? :)

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  • PublisonPublison Posts: 12,366
    edited 2012-09-27 09:38
    blittled wrote: »
    I have the utmost respect for Mike Green and I'm sure if he was in a room full of noisy Parallaxians and he cleared his throat everyone would get quiet in expectation of some words of wisdom. Mike seems to know the answers or where to look for them. This makes me wonder if Mike has ever posted a question? And also if he has who could answer that question? :)

    Found one!

    http://forums.parallax.com/showthread.php?140875-Question-about-including-binary-files
  • blittledblittled Posts: 681
    edited 2012-09-27 09:40
    That was quick! So he does ask questions. That doesn't diminish my respect for him a bit. He is a valuable asset to the forums.
  • Mike GreenMike Green Posts: 23,101
    edited 2012-09-27 10:46
    For all of you that may think I have an answer for nearly everything ... I look things up a lot of the time. You too could seem a veritable font of information by looking in the Wikipedia and the various manuals (Parallax's and others') and application notes all on-line these days. It helps that I have some grey hair that adds that "old-timer" look, but mostly I've been doing this stuff since the 1960's and that does give some perspective. A lot of "new" and "earth-shaking" stuff is very similar to what has been done before ... often better and much more developed, but not fundamentally new.
  • LoopyBytelooseLoopyByteloose Posts: 12,537
    edited 2012-09-27 10:46
    And I thought he got all his information through meditation and telepathic communication with the muses of electronics and software.

    Before Wikipedia I was desperate for good short reference information on electronics and computing in Taiwan. Try living in a place where English language libraries are hard to get to and you will love it.
  • PublisonPublison Posts: 12,366
    edited 2012-09-27 11:45
    Publison wrote: »
    Found one!

    http://forums.parallax.com/showthread.php?140875-Question-about-including-binary-files



    I should have added, this does not happen very often. :)

    Even though Mike has to look at a new data sheet on occasion, he is always 10 minutes ahead of me. He can extract info out of those sheets like a superhuman. :)

    (As can Phil)
  • Oldbitcollector (Jeff)Oldbitcollector (Jeff) Posts: 8,091
    edited 2012-09-27 12:31
    I used to think that "Mike Green" was a fictional forum user created by Chip Gracey because he is ALWAYS kind in his responses, and ALWAYS seems to have the answer.

    I met Mike Green at an expo a year or so ago, and can attest to the fact that he is just as cool in person.
    (and yes.. Santa DOES EXIST.. as does Mike Green)

    You guys read intelligent quotes in Morgan Freeman's voice.. I read them in Mike Green's voice. :):):)

    Jeff
  • NWCCTVNWCCTV Posts: 3,629
    edited 2012-09-27 17:33
    Myself I thought he was a computer in disguise and the pic was just his Avatar. He does seem to have the answers just like Google and Ask and Wikipedia etc, etc!!!! Just kidding, you are a great asset to this forum Mike Green.
  • idbruceidbruce Posts: 6,197
    edited 2012-10-03 15:21
    Found one!

    Okay, it is question, but:
    • It is a very short question.
    • And I am certain that he actually knew the answer, but he had not had his coffee yet.
  • frank freedmanfrank freedman Posts: 1,983
    edited 2012-10-03 16:47
    NWCCTV wrote: »
    Myself I thought he was a computer in disguise and the pic was just his Avatar. He does seem to have the answers just like Google and Ask and Wikipedia etc, etc!!!! Just kidding, you are a great asset to this forum Mike Green.

    NWCCTV, you may be on to something. Perhaps Mike is short for Mycroft Holmes......
  • HollyMinkowskiHollyMinkowski Posts: 1,398
    edited 2012-10-05 02:00
    If Mike ever asks a question I'd sure hate to have to answer it :-)

    It'd surely be a doozey...something like solving the graphene problem.

    (I read on that MIT newsletter just a while ago that someone in Norway
    has discovered how to make transistors using graphene..goodby silicon..?)
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