You Know You're A Cuber When...

Squircifer · **Joined:** Mon Apr 12, 2010 2:57 pm

... when playing with yourself has an all new meaning...
... when you hate Tony Fisher for making a new puzzle that you will never have...
... when you get more emails from the people at shapeways than you do from your family...
... when you mix up your apoxie sculpt with your toothpaste...

bmenrigh · **Posted:** Sun Feb 27, 2011 7:03 pm

maarten wrote:

When you use names of rare puzzles as password

You know you're a cuber and a nerd when you grep your password cracking wordlists for rare puzzle names.

You might want to reconsider your password choice. For example, here is the list of words that have "dogic" in them from my cracking wordlists:

Code:

$ egrep -a -h -i 'dogic' /cracking/misclists/*.txt | sort  -u
BIGDOGICECREAM
BIGDOGICEMAN
BIGDOGICO
BULLDOGICECREAM
BULLDOGICEMAN
BigdogIceman
Bigdogicecream
Bigdogiceman
BulldogIceman
Bulldogicecream
Bulldogiceman
CLADOGIC
Cladogic
DOGICA
DOGICARUS
DOGICECREAM
DOGICEMAN
DogICBMIrish
DogICBMIrishconfettiJupiterLEMLML
DogICBMIrishconfettiJupiterLacrosse
DogIcarus
DogIceman
Dogic
Dogica
Dogicecream
Dogiceman
Dogick
HOTDOGICECREAM
HOTDOGICEMAN
HotdogIceman
Hotdogicecream
Hotdogiceman
MADDOGICECREAM
MADDOGICEMAN
MaddogIceman
Maddogicecream
Maddogiceman
PSEUDOGICHT
Pseudogicht
REDDOGICECREAM
REDDOGICEMAN
RedDogIceman
RedDogicecream
RedDogiceman
ReddogIceman
Reddogicecream
Reddogiceman
SNOOPDOGICECREAM
SNOOPDOGICEMAN
SnoopdogIceman
Snoopdogicecream
Snoopdogiceman
aIsl@nd_dOgIceland_falcon
aIslnd_dOgIceland_falcon
aldogich
bigdogIceman
bigdogicecream
bigdogiceman
boodogic
bulldogIceman
bulldogicecream
bulldogiceman
cladogic
dimon_dogich
dindogic
dogIceman
dogic
dogica
dogica271965
dogicaik
dogicari
dogicarus
dogicata
dogice
dogicecream
dogicee
dogicek
dogiceman
dogich
dogich.dog
dogichic
dogichka
dogichma
dogichua
dogick
dogicmir
dogico
dogicram
dogicy
evdogice
ewadogic
hotdogIceman
hotdogicecream
hotdogiceman
icdogicdog0
jaksondogich
maddogIceman
maddogicecream
maddogiceman
pedogical
pseudogicht
reddogIceman
reddogicecream
reddogiceman
snoopdogIceman
snoopdogicecream
snoopdogiceman

Obscure domain-specific password from things such as Tolkien, Star Trek, twisty puzzles, etc are just as bad as almost any other word-based password. In an era when there is a wiki, website, forum, or book about everything, it isn't hard for an attacker to compile huge terabyte+ wordlists of every obscure reference there is on the net.

Drake · **Joined:** Sun Jan 02, 2011 6:48 pm **Location:** Canada

Squircifer wrote:

... when playing with yourself has an all new meaning...
... when you hate Tony Fisher for making a new puzzle that you will never have...
... when you get more emails from the people at shapeways than you do from your family...
... when you mix up your apoxie sculpt with your toothpaste...

You know when you need to clean your bath room when you have apoxie and not toothpaste :O.

NType3 · **Joined:** Mon Oct 18, 2010 10:48 am

bmenrigh wrote:

...and a nerd when you grep your password cracking wordlists for rare... ...in them from my cracking wordlists...

...

Monopoly · **Posted:** Sun Feb 27, 2011 9:13 pm

the unavoidable recursive post:

...when you post in this topic, explaining the reasons you're a cuber. :lol:

Ender Delphiki · **Joined:** Wed Jan 28, 2009 7:55 pm **Location:** Montana

bmenrigh wrote:

Obscure domain-specific password from things such as Tolkien, Star Trek, twisty puzzles, etc are just as bad as almost any other word-based password. In an era when there is a wiki, website, forum, or book about everything, it isn't hard for an attacker to compile huge terabyte+ wordlists of every obscure reference there is on the net.

Then I guess it's a good thing my password is abstract as my username.

... when you have the patience to properly break in a cube for an entire day.

Sigurd · **Posted:** Mon Feb 28, 2011 2:57 am

Drake wrote:

Sigurd wrote:

You know you're a cuber when you got 100+ puzzles and it's nowhere near enough puzzles!!

You know you're a cuber when people around you start to call you "Cube"

You know you're a cuber when you start talking to your cube and you call him "buddy"

You know you're a cuber when you have solved your buddy 1000+ times!

There is an diffrence between being an cuber and being a little crazy lol

100 puzlles only have like 50 :O

You when your a cuber when you can solve a rubik's cube! :scrambled:

*Learned the skewb,pyraminx, rubik's magic,supper floppy, and a couple fo other cube before learning how to do a single 3x3

You know when you are a cuber, when you are palying bingo and you say "solved!", when you win 8-)

.

You know you're a cuber when you get called "Crazy" by another cuber, for a cube related post.

alaskajoe · **Joined:** Mon Feb 06, 2006 12:52 am

everytime you look at drewseph's signature and see the seemingly scrambled big 3x3x3 cube in the upper left corner you think: Hey, I have that alarm clock too. I wish it would work so bad. :cry:

RubixFreakGreg · **Posted:** Mon Feb 28, 2011 5:06 pm

... when you tell your friends: "that only a Teraminx, you know?"
... when you can solve a YottAstrolabacus :lol:

Ender Delphiki · **Joined:** Wed Jan 28, 2009 7:55 pm **Location:** Montana

RubikFreakGreg wrote:

... when you tell your friends: "that only a Teraminx, you know?

You know you're a cuber when you know what a Teraminx is.

cubeguy314 · **Joined:** Sat Jun 26, 2010 12:06 pm

...when you find yourself on the TP forum when you're supposed to be studying for a test (Can anyone guess what I'm supposed to be doing right now?) :lol:

daniel0731ex · **Joined:** Wed Dec 30, 2009 11:33 pm

cubeguy314 wrote:

...when you find yourself on the TP forum when you're supposed to be studying for a test (Can anyone guess what I'm supposed to be doing right now?) :lol:

I'm supposed to be studying for a math test tomorrow, writing up an English report which I haven't started yet (and is due tomorrow), finish a social-studies worksheet, review for Chemistry, catch up the homework that I have missed for the past 3 weeks, and find a Newspaper article that needs to meet a certain requirements.

cubeguy314 · **Joined:** Sat Jun 26, 2010 12:06 pm

daniel0731ex wrote:

I'm supposed to be studying for a math test tomorrow, writing up an English report which I haven't started yet (and is due tomorrow), finish a social-studies worksheet, review for Chemistry, catch up the homework that I have missed for the past 3 weeks, and find a Newspaper article that needs to meet a certain requirements.

Ouch, that's a lot of stuff.

You'll be up all night. Good luck though!

alaskajoe · **Joined:** Mon Feb 06, 2006 12:52 am

... when you LOVE the moment you receive a cubical package from hong kong as much as puzzles themselves.
... when everytime you see a package of a certain size you have to imagine that puzzles are in it for that matter.

RubixFreakGreg · **Posted:** Wed Mar 02, 2011 6:56 pm

.... when you can't wait for the next TomZ and Oskar puzzles

Ender Delphiki · **Joined:** Wed Jan 28, 2009 7:55 pm **Location:** Montana

When you sit at the computer for a half an hour trying to come up with another "you know you're a cuber when..." joke.

katsmom · **Posted:** Wed Mar 02, 2011 10:26 pm

...you get as excited about seeing prototypes as you do about having dinner with Uwe. :mrgreen:

alaskajoe · **Joined:** Mon Feb 06, 2006 12:52 am

katsmom wrote:

...you get as excited about seeing prototypes as you do about having dinner with Uwe. :mrgreen:

Lol if you do that you definetly ARE a cuber! :shock:

Lucky you. :lol:

katsmom · **Posted:** Thu Mar 03, 2011 7:54 am

...and you know you aren't a cuber when you beg off dinner with Uwe and seeing new prototypes to go have dinner with your professor....

(for no one but Dr. Panda~he did right by me. Switching Uni's, lower cost-same time-funny hat on the way!!! Your arguement was sound, but he's still GOD to me. I hate to give up all these years.)

NType3 · **Joined:** Mon Oct 18, 2010 10:48 am

...you keep "View Unread Posts" on a 30-second refresh loop.

X-TownCuber · **Joined:** Thu Jan 20, 2011 7:37 pm

...you can solve the cube faster than you can cheat at it.
...when you are reading this thread.
...when you practice your algs. on the toilet.
...when you see that there was a earthquake in new Zealand you say "is Feliks okay?'

alaskajoe · **Joined:** Mon Feb 06, 2006 12:52 am

When you recently spent a lot of money on puzzles (tuttminx, prof pyraminx, mf8 gigaminx) and know that you just can't really pay more money for puzzles in the near future (well, not REALLY but...) but still you can't wait for the next meffert's news email telling when their next special puzzle will come out (master pyraminx, master fto,... ?) and you know you will be forced to buy it right away before they are gone already.

Ender Delphiki · **Joined:** Wed Jan 28, 2009 7:55 pm **Location:** Montana

Or, simply, being on the mailing list of a puzzles store

Door · **Posted:** Sat Mar 05, 2011 12:32 am

X-TownCuber wrote:

...when you see that there was a earthquake in new Zealand you say "is Feliks okay?'

Feliks isn't from New Zealand!

... when you actually know how to turn most puzzles - Whenever I hand a skewb to a non-cuber, they always try to turn it around the faces.
... when you know it is correct to say 3x3x3 instead of just 3x3.

-Mark-

Tom · **Joined:** Fri Feb 06, 2004 3:47 pm

... you drink beer this way:
http://photos.hackvalue.de/2011-01-14%2 ... G_9494.jpg

RizDub · **Joined:** Fri Nov 05, 2010 7:50 pm

When you see that a puzzle is nearly out of stock and the first thing you think is "AHHHHH! I DON'T HAVE IT!!!" :lol:

(that's pretty much how I'm feeling about the helicopter cube right now)

alaskajoe · **Joined:** Mon Feb 06, 2006 12:52 am

Tom wrote:

... you drink beer this way:
http://photos.hackvalue.de/2011-01-14%2 ... G_9494.jpg

When you think: AAHHHHH :lol:

This is awesome!

Luke · **Posted:** Sat Mar 05, 2011 4:15 pm

Oh my God! Axel! I met him in the UK Masters 2010 in November. Fun times.

JackRTully · **Joined:** Sun Aug 26, 2012 10:01 am

... When you're the only one who enjoyed an hour of finding diagonal lengths in a dodecagon in maths class because the word made you think of a megaminx...

Urnotsam · **Posted:** Wed Mar 06, 2013 4:22 pm

...when you dream of new puzzles in your sleep that one day you hope to make reality

benpuzzles · **Posted:** Wed Mar 06, 2013 4:41 pm

You know you're a cuber when...
...you're trying to memorize the metric prefixes in class and think "Kilominx, Megaminx, Gigaminx, Teraminx, Petaminx...)
...you buy Oskar's Over the Top 17x17x17.
...you have more cubes than family members.
...you bring a Shapeways puzzle to school :lol:

(has anyone even done that?)

Doug Roth · **Joined:** Sun May 29, 2011 2:56 pm **Location:** New York

Are we really going to revive this 2 year old thread?

-Doug

KelvinS · **Joined:** Mon Mar 30, 2009 5:13 pm

You know you're a cuber when you revive a two-year old thread called "You Know You're A Cuber When..."

Tony Fisher · **Joined:** Sun Mar 27, 2005 7:37 pm

When you can talk about lube without smirking.

Hunter Palshook · **Posted:** Wed Mar 06, 2013 6:29 pm

Doug Roth wrote:

Are we really going to revive this 2 year old thread?

-Doug

Yes.

You know you're a cuber when the thought of someone saying "I solve those by taking the stickers off and rearranging them" makes you cringe soooooooooooo much

KelvinS · **Joined:** Mon Mar 30, 2009 5:13 pm

When you borrow your (grand)parents' lube and think only about whether it might damage the plastic.

Or when your (grand)parents' borrow *your* lube and you think only about whether you will have enough left for the competition.

Or when you don't find any of this funny.

Or when you do.

TDRaichu · **Joined:** Thu Jan 03, 2013 4:18 pm

...you bring a bunch of cubes to your first day of Catholic high school, solve them a bunch of times, and now everyone thinks you're the returned Messiah.

DLitwin · **Posted:** Thu Mar 07, 2013 1:25 am

Doug Roth wrote:

Are we really going to revive this 2 year old thread?

A two year bump is frowned upon and a friendly reminder of rule #10 has been conveyed.

Given multiple replies since I'll not delete the initial bump but this is neither an indication of permission nor encouragement for bumps of other threads.

Dave

cmcf · **Posted:** Tue Mar 26, 2013 10:48 pm

...you actually decline buying a new puzzle until you figure out how to re-arrange your old collection.

...you don't cringe when someone uses your Square-1 as a beer coaster, because you know you have 6 more NIB stashed away.

...you buy your 3-year old daughter a Megaminx for Christmas; instead of that waste-of-money stuffed animal that she really wanted. (Okay, I wasn't really that mean... I bought her both).

cmcf

Paradox · **Posted:** Wed Mar 27, 2013 4:19 am

cmcf wrote:

...you actually decline buying a new puzzle until you figure out how to re-arrange your old collection.

I'd rephrase that as:

You buy a new puzzle anyway, even though you know full well you have no space left to put it into. :lol:

Burgo · **Posted:** Wed Mar 27, 2013 5:14 am

You superglue your fingers to a cube doing a mod, and the first thing you think is: `This could be an interesting new form of bandaging`.

KelvinS · **Joined:** Mon Mar 30, 2009 5:13 pm

Burgo wrote:

You superglue your fingers to a cube doing a mod, and the first thing you think is: `This could be an interesting new form of bandaging`.

I've done that, it's not so new. :lol:

mixer · **Joined:** Thu Apr 19, 2012 6:33 am **Location:** Belgium

Paradox wrote:

You buy a new puzzle anyway, even though you know full well you have no space left to put it into. :lol:

That's the hardest puzzle, finding space for all the puzzles. :lol:

oxymoronicuber · **Joined:** Wed Apr 13, 2011 4:17 pm

...you start a new job for a company called Ghost and you order a...

Kattenvriendin · **Posted:** Wed Mar 27, 2013 8:09 am

.. you mail work in the morning to not schedule you in for the afternoon, saying your car needs to go to the shop, but in fact it's because you don't want to work the afternoon so you can practice for the upcoming event on Monday.

(and I got an "ok' in return, so I WAS going to be planned in!)

KelvinS · **Joined:** Mon Mar 30, 2009 5:13 pm

Kattenvriendin wrote:

.. you mail work in the morning to not schedule you in for the afternoon, saying your car needs to go to the shop, but in fact it's because you don't want to work the afternoon so you can practice for the upcoming event on Monday.

... or when you think your posts on TwistyPuzzles can't be found and read by non-cubers, such as your boss. :lol:

Kattenvriendin · **Posted:** Wed Mar 27, 2013 8:43 am

Like my boss is ever going to read here hahahah.

KelvinS · **Joined:** Mon Mar 30, 2009 5:13 pm

Kattenvriendin wrote:

Like my boss is ever going to read here hahahah.

Well, I'm sure he knows you like cats, and cubing, and live in the Netherlands (plus a few other things about you which you have shared on this forum)...

Now check the 5th and 8th hits with those 3 terms in Google:

http://lmgtfy.com/?q=Cats+cubing+netherlands

:lol:

Kattenvriendin · **Posted:** Wed Mar 27, 2013 9:03 am

Sure

You can believe what you want to believe. I will choose to believe the true matter

To add: I can say no, it is not mandatory. I just choose not to receive the phone call

X-TownCuber · **Joined:** Thu Jan 20, 2011 7:37 pm

KelvinS wrote:

Kattenvriendin wrote:

Like my boss is ever going to read here hahahah.

Well, I'm sure he knows you like cats, and cubing, and live in the Netherlands (plus a few other things about you which you have shared on this forum)...

Now check the 5th and 8th hits with those 3 terms in Google:

http://lmgtfy.com/?q=Cats+cubing+netherlands

:lol:

"Cat puzzles Netherlands cube" brings up some posts by Kattenvriendin, but I couldn't find this particular topic using vocabulary her boss would use.

Kattenvriendin: you are safe.

Edit: .....When you google many variations of "cat cube netherlands" in search of this site. :lol:

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