You want a *real* code?

Course: Rb(x)

I couldn't be arsed typing out all the different class types just yet.
You know what they are - CA, CS, AP, whatever. Eventually I'll have a list here.
But not yet.
If you're a dropout, you can prefix your course code with do, (for example, Rb doCA),
if you're going to a different college, just put OS for outsider in for your course code,
if you've graduated, put gr in front of your course code, and if you've never been in college,
put NI for your course code.

Dress:	d
d+++	I consistently conform to the standards laid down by the Intra Office. And like it.
d++	Arrrgh! I have to wear conservative dress such as a business suit or worse, a tie.
d+	I wear a rugby shirt with the collar turned up, and either those multicolour deck shoes or the really waterproof canvas ones.
d	I'm usually in jeans/combats, boots, and a t-shirt.
d-	I'm usually in black. Anything as long as it's black, black, or for variety, white.
d--	No one can tell what I wear because I never take off my long (black) coat!
d---	I have a pathological attraction to the colour purple.

dx	Cross Dresser - Eddie Izzard is my role model : genders are for wimps
d?	Clothes? - I have no idea what I am wearing right now, let alone what I wore yesterday.
!d	No clothes - Clothes are an illusion. Mine doubly so...Quite a fashion statement, don't you think?
dpu	No change - I wear the same clothes all the time, no matter the occasion, forgetting to do laundry between wearings.

Size:	s
s+++:+++	I usually have to duck through doors : I overflow DCU seats.
s++:++	I loom : XL is snug fit.
s+:+	I'm a little taller than average : rounder than most.
s:	Waahey! I do be normal.
s-:-	I look up to most people : Everyone tells me to gain a few pounds.
s--:--	X foot nothing : I can hang-glide in an anorak and a strong breeze.
s---:---	Okay, so I'm small - I can still headbutt your groin : My ribs can be used as a toastrack.

Hair:	h
	This is a big section, so pay attention! Here we go...

`Colour`
hBK	Black	hWB	White blonde	hLB	Light blonde
hB	Blonde	hLBR	Light brown	hBR	Brown
hDBR	Dark Brown	hSB	Strawberry blonde	hNR	Natural Red
hBU	Blue	hG	Green	hO	Orange
hPI	Pink	hGR	Grey	hP	Purple
hR	Red like a	hMC	Multicoloured	hZ	Other colour
	fire engine				not listed
`And by popular request...`
		hPTb	PTork blonde!

`What it's doing`
b	baldness	s	straightness	w	wavyness
c	curlyness	m	a mohawk	q	a quiff
f	flat-top	p	ponytail	d	Dreadlocks
k	Crimped	Y	some other style
		Z	Would love a style, but they never seem to work!

`How long it is`
1	Bald or a "Number One, Two or Three" shave	2	Short cropped	3	Average "short-back- and-sides" job
4	At about chin-length	5	Somewhere in between	6	At that irritating length where the front gets in your eyes and the back looks particularly dickie in the centre of your neck
7	Shoulder-length	8	Down to the centre of your back	9	Down to your bum

`And finally...`
Hopefully this section only applies to those males among us...
B	Beard	G	Goatee	M	Moustache
L	Strange bit of bum-fluff that you get just above your beard, below your lower lip.
S	It's not that I'm growing a beard, more I don't have time to shave...

Age:

a+++

60 and up

30-39

a---

15-19

a++

50-59

25-29

a----

10-14

40-49

a--

20-24

a-----

9 and under

a?	immortal
!a	it's none of your business how old I am

In addition, if you wish to give your exact age, you can place the number after the 'a' identifier. For example: a42

If you want to reveal your mental age, feel free. Crayola packs cost £1.15 in Londis...

Alternatively you can use :m followed by the appropriate +/-

Interface:	I
If none of this applies to you, well work it out yourself... and mail me.
If	if you use Flin.
Itc	if you use tcsh.
Iba	if you use bash.
Iz	if you use zsh.
Ic	if you use csh.
Is	if you use sh.
Ik	if you use ksh.
Ix	if you use xsh.
Iw	if you use wsh.

I?	if you don't know what interface you use.
!I	You have become one with your computer. It is a feeling of ecstasy... the perfect blend of logic and emotion.

Presence:	p	Keyword(s)
p+++	I don't log out. I have a modem and parents who pay the telephone bill! You are 100% likely to find me on.	Omnipresent.
p++	I get up. I come in. I log on. I log out. I go home. I sleep.	Ubiquitous
p+	I log on at least once a day.	Squelchy
p	I might not log on for a few days at a time, but I'm not a p-...yet.	Average user
p-	I only log on once a week on average.	Pathetic
p--	I don't log in much. I don't see the point, but I wouldn't stop someone from doing so just so I could use Tolka.	Apathetic
p---	I never log in. I think p++'s take up valuable computing resources.	Antipathic

!p	I am Avatar. I may log in 3 times a day, but I don't have to like it.	Screwed up!

Ubiquity/Notoriety:	n
This measures people's reaction to your answer to the question:
`What's your username?`
n0	"Ah. Um. Er. Nice weather, isn't it?" People more than know me. When I'm shaking hands and I tell them my username, their hand goes all cold and clammy.
n1	"Oh, so you're...." People know me, or know of me. I'm (in)famous!
n2	"Oh, I think I've seen that name before..." I have the same name as some people have faces - seen it, can't quite put it in any frame of reference.
n3	"You are on RedBrick? Really? No you're not..." Anonymity is the best defence - "Security through Obscurity"

!n	Complete strangers, even ones not on RedBrick, come up to me and identify me by my username.

On-Line Persona:	pn
pn+++	I look, act and talk like my user-name suggests. People go "Hey [blah]" and I go "Huh?" I've given up on my birth-cert and am now more properly referred to by my username.
pn++	Am slightly schizophrenic - I'll sometimes assume the character of my username for several hours, but eventually I'll reveal that I have a real persoanlity too.
pn+	I post on the BBS in the character of my user-name but in real-life I'm actually quite normal.
pn	I have a username, but it doesn't really suggest a personality as such.
pn-	So I was stuck for ideas when chosing a user-name and picked on that sounded cool at the time, but is in total contrast to my personality. So sue me!
pn--	I use my real name (or abbreviation thereof) as a user-name. I mean, why not?
pn---	If numbers are good enough for Tolka, they're good enough for me!

pnS	User-name based on my favourite sport-star.
pn?	Random key-strokes.
!png	Gender Confusion. User-name suggests user is a member of opposite sex.

^{This section © and (tm) Autocrat.}

Newsgroups:	Ng
Ng+++	I have opinions on everything. You name it, I know it, and I'm not afraid to show it. Abase yourselves before my superior intellect, insignificant mortals!
Ng++	I try hard, but I sometimes get my facts screwed up : vis. Earth being Flat, Brittas Empire being funny, Spice Girls being nice, etc.
Ng+	I post occasionally, but not too frequently.
Ng	I lurk. You'll never know I'm there, until it's too late!!!! Bwahahahahahaaa!!!!
Ng-	I log in to the BBS every so often, but it's kind of sad, isn't it?
Ng--	The newsgroups are the last refuge of sad and pathetic individuals, and I'm glad I never use them.
Ng---	The newsgroups are the tool of Satan! Their users are all pawns in the global power game between the Cabbage Growers Syndicated Empire (GCSE) and the Lettuce Collective (LC) ! I will resist!

Ngs	I can kill a thread just by posting one, seemingly innocuous, remark. I hold the power!

Women Against Warhammer
	WAW
	And all because the lady really hates Warhammer...
WAW+++	I have a deep and psychological objection to this foul and depraved pastime. I have probably dated someone who played it, and as a result the words "Chaos" and "Eldar" are certain to make me inflict pain.
WAW++	I once asked someone what Warhammer was and it's the question I have most regretted in my life. I really do not like Warhammer. It's a bit silly really, isn't it?
WAW+	I find the people who play warhammer deeply amusing, and I find it difficult not to laugh at them.
WAW	I don't really care about it one way or the other. I'd never play it, but why stop those who do?
WAW-	I only know a little bit about it, and I've never played it, but I can sorta see why people like it.
WAW--	I play occasionally (or I would like to). It's fun.
WAW---	Warhammer is the best thing in my life. It's more important to me than sex, alcohol or the internet. I am a sad bastard really.

WAW?	Ermm...what's warhammer (You lucky lucky people)
XWAW	I'm a reformed Warhammer player. I've seen the error of my ways and given up.

^{This section © and (tm) The Toaster.}

Slakers:	sl
A tribute to the second most pointless page on RedBrick (after this one):
sl+++	I am a S.L.A.K.E.R!
sl++	My name is mentioned in the S.L.A.K.E.R chronicles...
sl+	Bit of a laugh, I think.
sl	What?
sl-	What a waste of disk space!
sl--	My name is Michael, I live in fear!
sl---	I am the EVIL JAMES 'JELLYMAN' FRYAR!!!! Tremble, for one day, it will all be mine. Oh yes, one day...

!sl	They won't let me join the S.L.A.K.E.R.S :-(
sl$	I hire the S.L.A.K.E.R.S to do my projects!

Email:	E
Just the four sections here:
`What you use`
Emu	I use Mutt
Epi	I use Pine
Eel	I use Elm
Eot	I use some other mail reader - Netscape, Eudora, or MSExchange...
and `How often you use it`
[time]	Period of time it takes you to reply to e-mail.
hours : [h]	I reply to mail nearly as soon as I get it. So I've nothing better to do. Your point?
>1 day,[1d] <3 days [3d]	I try my best, but hey! I've got people to do, stuff to see...
<3 days [3+d]	Replying to EMail goes to the bottom of my mental "to do" list. If you really want a reply, ring me.
never [!!]	I am resonsible for the provision of on-line help to computer users. In this case, Tolka. Fools mail me : I don't mail them. Hah!

Web:	w
w+++	I am a WebMaster . Don't even think about trying to view my homepage without the latest version of Netscape. When I'm not on my normal net connection (which I can't use 'cos DCU are cheap bastards), I surf the web using my Newton and a cellular modem. I am on one of the 16 Web-capable computers almost always when I'm in.
w++	I have a homepage. I used to surf daily - now I queue. My homepage is advertised in my .signature.
w+	I have the latest version of Netscape, and wander the web only when there's something specific I'm looking for (and I can manage to get a Web PC)
w	It'd be handy to have a browser and a connection, but DCU took it away. Occasionally I'll try use the dregs they've left us.
w-	The web is really a pain. Life was so much easier when you could transfer information by simple ASCII. Now everyone won't even consider your ideas unless you spiff them up with bandwidth-consuming pictures and pointless information links.
w--	A pox on the Web! It wastes time and bandwidth and just gives the uneducated morons a reason to clutter the Internet. I delight in using Word on the few Web PC's in the place.
w---	I am the man responsible for determining DCU's Web access policy. Fear me. I can slap a £10,000 fine on you for any reason! Hahahahaha!!!!

DCU:	DCU
Simple : how do you feel about DCU?
DCU*	I love DCU!
DCU#	I hate DCU!
!DCU	I don't know what DCU is?

Authority:	A	u:	Union
Very simple :
`Are these two bodies worth a damn?`
Ay	Yes.	Yes.	uy
An	No.	No.	un
A?	How would I know?	How would I know?	u?

Lectures:	L
L+++	I go to all my lectures. I am on first name terms with my lecturers. I quite like them and have had dinner with their families. They are my close personal friends. I value their opinion of me. We shag.
L++	I go to all my lectures. Early. Ask questions at the end. I enjoy them.
L+	I go to all of my lectures.
L	I go to most of my lectures. Except that damned 9 o'clocker on Friday morning. Have been known to fall asleep at the back of the room.
L-	I'm a 50-50 kinda person. Don't like to leave Chat to go to a lecture, especially if it's raining and I have to walk ALL that distance. Regularly fall asleep anywhere. I don't care if I snore.
L--	I go to all my lectures, except Monday to Thursday, and 9.00 until 6.00 on Fridays.
L---	Lectures? We have lectures? Oh, so that's where everyone goes? I photocopy notes the night before exams.

Lr+	I'm repeating outside the college but sneak into lectures anyway
Lr-	I'm repeating outside the college but hang around the canteen and don't go to lectures for old times sake.
L!	I give the f*&%?^@ lectures !

^{This section © and (tm) Lecter.}

Drink:	F
Or to be more accurate, how you feel about The Campus Social Centre...
`Drink in DCU`
F+++	"Hi, I'm really stuck for money, can I take your order?"
F++	Hmm, it's an alright place, but then again, yellow is my favourite colour.
F+	Don't really like the place, but I drink there because loads of my friends are there too
F	Right, I'm having one pint then we're going to Quinn's, alright !?
F-	I only drink there if I have a free pint voucher...And even then only because the voucher doesn't work anywhere else!
F--	I went in there to use the toilets once, it wasn't pretty...
F---	The decor is shite, the drink is watered, the prices are too high, the staff are rude, the music is woeful, and my name is Sandman.

!F+	I don't drink, but I go there anyway.
!F	I don't drink.
!F-	I don't drink, and even if I did, Frodo's^spit would be the last place I'd go...

^{This section © and (tm) Thayl.}

CompServ:

Cs+++

CompSrvcs in DCU are the Prophets of the New God. Their arduous task is made more difficult by the irrelevant questions of ignorant students. I work for them.

Cs++

CompSrvcs are a wonderful bunch of helpful, good natured souls whose only joy in life is to help us, the students. I feel it's right, and just, that permissions are withdrawn one-by-one from every program on tolka because of the strain placed on the system by people actually using it.

Cs+

CompSrvcs are doing OK. They have a lot to do and try hard to accomodate the needs of the students.

CompSrvcs are STRICT alright.

Cs-

CompSrvcs are bad, but no worse.

Cs--

CompSrvcs are total tossers who deserve a collective swift kick in the arse and a P45 so that folks who know what they're doing can get on and make something of the pretty decent computing facilities we have here.

Cs---

CompSrvcs are the fowl spawn of Satans Little Helpers and Barney. Their competence can be measured in microns. They suck. They're scum. They're not worthy etc. etc.

And now, a liitle extra for your edification and entertainment :

Tolka Statistics:	td
td[n]	I've been disusered n times
td#[n]	I've gotten someone else disusered n times
!td	I should have been disusered but never got caught. Kewl!

Vaxness:	V
V+++	I have a shrine to VAX in my bedroom. I loved it. God how I miss her. The touch of the keyboard...the little "beep" when you got new mail....I miss you so much, baby.....sniff
V++	I used VAX quite a bit, and I do miss it. Still, I guess we have RedBrick now. Dammit ! Whats the unix for "DIR /NEW"????
V+	I used VAX a bit. Still, I guess we have tolka now.
V	Eh, is the new one any different? I dunno, I never used it anyway.
V-	Hahahah. VAX is gone!! Unix Rules!
V--	YES!YES! MY prayers have been answered...DCU has a Unix server! Hey look! I've just spawned a process!! Hahahahah.
V---	Ding Dong! The VAX is gone! God how I hated that thing. Now we have a real computer! Now I can take down my VAX dartboard!! Yipee!!

?V	I'm pre-fourth-year. Whats VAX?

Sociableness:	So
So+++	I organise the nights out, sell tickets, and blow up balloons.
So++	Haven't missed one yet. RedBrick is the best thing that ever happened to my social life.
So+	I enjoy the nights out, like the crowd, and make an effort to put in an appearance at most of the outings.
So	I've been on a few of them, but I wouldn't go out of my way to get a ticket, and sure I've nowhere to stay anyway.
So-	I don't like RedBrick nights out, because there's nobody else logged on when I stay in the Labs.
So--	I don't go out much anyway, but if I did, you can bet it wouldn't be with a bunch of computer nerds.
So---	What, go out with RedBrick, when I could be in Jets? Pah.

!So	I am Kod, and nothing happens in this town without my say-so.
So#	I am Sandman, and I used to be in charge of RedBrick's social aspect, but now somebody else has to do it. Muahahahahaha.

Kid Icarusness:	Ki
Ki+++	I'm a Kid. I'm either Soma, Spock, Morgan, or The Other One.
Ki++	I'm a fanatic groupie. Been to all the gigs, know all the lyrics, have copies of all the bootleg recordings, fantasize about one day marrying Spock.
Ki+	Been to most of the gigs, anxiously awaiting a CD I can buy. They're grrrrrreat!
Ki	Seen them once or twice. Not bad, are they?
Ki-	Just not catchy enough. They should strive to be a bit more like Oasis/The Verve.
Ki--	Bland, unoriginal, uninspired. I like using words like that because then some people think I know what I'm talking about.
Ki---	Chronic. No sense of rhythm, guitars distorted to cover lack of talent, annoying nasal singing. Excuse me now, must rush off and watch Top 30 Hits.

Ki#	Hi, I'm Ado.
Ki?	Kid Who?

BBS:	B
B++	The BBS was wonderful. News boards, Chat, finger, and internal email (for a while, anyway) all in one neat, easy-to-use package. A pox on those fascist sysadmins.
B+	I liked the BBS. It was way easier to use than this slrn lark. I miss /a and jumbled threads and being able to make sense of things using MS Telnet.
B	Things change, I adapt, that's the way life goes. Six of one, half a dozen of the other...
B-	Hey, this is nice. Colours! Threads! Cross-posting! And I'll never have to read another of Spike's postings again!
B--	YES!! At LAST!! This is soooooo much better. I wonder if the sysadmins will be collecting on those sexual favours I offered them now?

!B	I am a sysadmin, and responsible for forcing my own news-and-chat tastes upon you mere mortals.
B?	I'm pre-third-year. What's BBS?

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