***Geek Club History Draft***

[BiPolarBear 495]

My pick is a true legend, that has been honored by Emperor Akihito of Japan. He also holds the Legion d'honneur from France.

 

The Berklee School of Music bestowed an honorary Doctor of Music Degree. He has written numerous musical scores for films as isn't even known principally, as a musician.

 

There are so many stories about my pick, the internet can't even hold them. Here are two I couldn't find:

 

Terry Schroeder is the Olympic athlete whose nude body was used to model the headless male statue on the Los Angeles Colosseum. Not many people would mess with Terry. As he was dancing with a lady, my pick cut in. Terry said "He gave me "THE LOOK". Terry withdrew.

 

It is hard to be loved by the Jazz community if you are not in the jazz community. My pick is so loved for his support of Jazz that they all got together and through him a televised party to say thanks.

[BiPolarBear 495]

Clint Eastwood - Wildcard

 

I want to thank banana boy for the idea, via his Dirty Harry post. haha.

[Voltaire 5,392]

I was thinking it was Emile Durkheim since you said you were stealing a pick and the other two are 'she's rather than 'he'.

I hadn't realized Durkheim was such a badass mofo.

 

 

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1.1 Volty - Leonardo da Vinci - Jack-of-all-Trades
1.2 TBBOM - Jesus Christ - Religious Leader
1.3 BPB - Sun Tzu - General (Strategical)
1.4 Vudu- Albert Einstein - Scientist (Physics)
2.1 Vudu- Johann Sebastian Bach - Composer
2.2 BPB - Stephen Hawking - Scientist (Astronomy)
2.3S -90sb- Charles Babbage - Engineer
2.4S -90sb- Leonhard Euler - Mathematician
2.5 TBBOM - Queen Elizabeth I - Great Woman
2.6 Volty - Michelangelo - Artist (Visual)
3.1 Volty - William Shakespeare - Poet
3.2 TBBOM - Nicola Tesla - Scientist (Physics)
3.3 BPB - Alexander the Great - General (Tactical)
3.4 Vudu - Nelson Mandela - Criminal
3.5 90sb - Orville and Wilbur Wright - Inventor
4.1 90sb - Henry Ford - Businessman
4.2 Vudu - The Beatles - Artist (Performing)
4.3 BPB - Genghis Khan - Conquerer
4.4 TBBOM - Atilla the Hun - Conquerer
4.5 Volty - Christopher Columbus - Explorer
5.1 Volty - Charles Darwin - Scientist (Biology)
5.2 TBBOM - Marco Polo - Explorer
5.3 BPB - Thomas Edison - Inventor
5.4 Vudu - Napoleon Bonaparte - General (Strategist)
6.1 Vudu - Vlad the Impaler - Evil Motherfocker
6.2 BPB - Earnest Hemingway - Writer
6.3 TBBOM - Aristotle - Philosopher
6.4 Volty - Cleopatra - Seductress
7.1 Volty - Adam Smith - Social Scientist
7.2 TBBOM - Horatio Nelson - Admiral
7.3 BPB - Abraham Lincoln - Statesman
7.4S 90sb - J. Robert Oppenheimer - Scientist (Physics)
7.5S 90sb - Roger L. Easton - Inventor
7.6 vudu - Michael Jordan - Athlete
7.7 90sb - Robert E. Lee - General (tactical)
8.1 90sb - Tamerlane - Conqurer
8.2 vudu - Neil Armstrong - Explorer
8.3 BPB - Steve Jobs - Businessman
8.4 TBBOM - Homer - Poet
8.5 Volty - Martin Luther - Reformer
9.1 Volty - Hannibal - General (Tactical)
9.2 TBBOM - Otto von Bismark (Advisor)
9.3 BPB - Joaquin Guzman - Criminal
9.4 Vudu - Johannes Gutenberg - Inventor
9.5 90sb - Adolph Hitler - Evil Motherfocker
10.1 90sb - Julius Caesar - General (Strategical)
10.2 Vudu- Joan of Arc - Great Woman
10.3 BPB - Robin Williams - Talk Show Guest
10.4 TBBOM - Joseph Stalin - Evil Motherfocker
10.5 Volty - Augustus Caesar - Administrator
11.1 Volty - Subotai - General (Strategical)
11.2 TBBOM - Hippocrates - Doctor
11.3 BPB - Jacques Cousteau - Explorer
11.4 Vudu - George Washington - Statesman
11.5 90sb - Plato - Philosopher
12.1 90sb - Alexander Fleming - Doctor
12.2 Vudu - Marilyn Monroe - Wildcard
12.3 BPB - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Composer
12.4 TBBOM - Winston Churchill - Statesman
12.5 Volty - Ludwig von Beethoven - Composer
13.1 Volty - Thomas Jefferson - Thinker
13.2 TBBOM - Erwin Rommel - General (Strategic)
13.3 BPB - Marie Curie - Great Woman
13.4 Vudu - Galileo Galilei - Scientist (Astronomy)
13.5 90sb - Teddy Roosevelt - Statesman
14.1 90sb - Ronald Reagan - Artist (Performing)
14.2 Vudu - Louis Pasteur - Scientist (Microbiology)
14.3 BPB - Charles Dickens - Writer
14.4 TBBOM - Mohammed - Religious Leader
14.5 Volty - Isaac Newton - Scientist (Physics)
15.1 Volty - Jim Thorpe - Athlete
15.2 TBBOM - Wellington (Arthur Wellesley) General (Strategic)
15.3 BPB - Catherine the Great - Great Woman
15.4 Vudu - Benjamin Franklin - Jack-of-all-Trades
15.5 90sb - Amelia Earhart - Great Woman
16.1 90sb - Sacajawea - Great Woman
16.2 Vudu - William Orten - Dumb Focking Moron
16.3 BPB - Mata Hari - Seductress
16.4 TBBOM - Diocletian - Reformer
16.5 Volty - Huangdi - Consolidator
17.1 Volty - Confucius - Philosopher
17.2 TBBOM - Helen of Troy - Seductress
17.3 BPB - Buddha - Religious Figure
17.4 Vudu - Moses - Religious Figure
18.1 Vudu - Florence Nightingale - Great Woman
18.2 BPB - E.O. Wilson - Social Scientist
18.3s 90sb - Lief Erickson - Explorer
18.4s 90sb - Rembrandt - Artist (Visual)
18.5 TBBOM - VIncent Van Gogh - Artist (Visual)
18.6 Volty - Niccolo Machiavelli - Adviser
19.1 Volty - Nikolaus Copernicus - Scientist (Astronomy)
19.2 TBBOM - Karl Marx - Social Scientist
19.3 BPB - Clint Eastwood - Wildcard
19.4 Vudu - Georgia O'Keeffe - Artist (Visual)
19.5 90sb - Harriet Tubman - 90sb - Reformer
20.1 90sb - Emile Durkheim - 90sb - Social Scientist

[Voltaire 5,392]

I' glad you didn't steal a pick after all. On the one hand, they deserve it for cutting in line ahead of you. On the other hand: Go! Go! Go!

 

So the order is now righted and back to normal, we go to Vudu then Bear again then TBBOM.

[BiPolarBear 495]

I' glad you didn't steal a pick after all.

 

Yes, but the academic tension I created is an inspiration to nerds everywhere. I am buying myself a new pocket protector to commemorate this occasion, which passes for glory in my world. As soon as I find my inhaler, I'm going to Fry's. They have them; everybody knows that. (snort)

[Voltaire 5,392]

 

Yes, but the academic tension I created is an inspiration to nerds everywhere. I am buying myself a new pocket protector to commemorate this occasion, which passes for glory in my world. As soon as I find my inhaler, I'm going to Fry's. They have them; everybody knows that. (snort)

I always wondered why people use pocket protectors. I found out it's because before the ballpoint pen took over, being born in 1971 a time I never experienced, the ink in the pens would leak. Here I thought they were protecting the pens for some reason, keep them organized or something.

[Voltaire 5,392]

Well, I'm feeling pretty good. I've dug up a website that has a high quality list of Seductress candidates.

[vuduchile 1,945]

Businessman: John D. Rockefeller

 

This guy is basically the reason why we have antitrust laws in the U.S.

 

Born in Richford, New York, on July 8, 1839, John Davison Rockefeller moved with his family to Cleveland, Ohio, at the age of 14. Unafraid of hard work, he embarked on a number of small-business ventures as a teenager, landing his first real office job at age 16, as an assistant bookkeeper with Hewitt & Tuttle, commission merchants and produce shippers.

By the age of 20, Rockefeller, who'd thrived at his job, ventured out on his own with a business partner, working as a commission merchant in hay, meats, grains and other goods. At the close of the company's first year in business, it had grossed $450,000.

A careful and studious businessman who refrained from taking unnecessary risks, Rockefeller sensed an opportunity in the oil business in the early 1860s. With oil production ramping up in western Pennsylvania, Rockefeller decided that establishing an oil refinery near Cleveland, a short distance from Pittsburgh, would be a good business move. In 1863, he opened his first refinery, and within two years it was the largest in the area. It didn't take much further success to convince Rockefeller to turn his attention full-time to the oil business.

Standard Oil

In 1870, Rockefeller and his associates incorporated the Standard Oil Company, which immediately prospered, thanks to favorable economic/industry conditions and Rockefeller’s drive to streamline the company’s operations and keep margins high. With success came acquisitions, as Standard began buying out its competitors.

Standard’s moves were so quick and sweeping that it controlled the majority of refineries in the Cleveland area within two years. Standard then used its size and ubiquity in the region to make favorable deals with railroads to ship its oil. At the same time, Standard got into the business itself with the purchase of pipelines and terminals, setting up a system of transport for its own products. Controlling (or owning) almost every aspect the business, Standard’s grip on the industry tightened, and it even bought thousands of acres of forest for lumber and drilling and to block competitors from running their own pipelines.

Standard’s footprint got bigger as well, and it bought up competitors in other regions, soon pursuing ambitions of being an industry player both coast to coast in the U.S. and abroad. In just over a decade since Standard Oil was incorporated, it had a near monopoly of the oil business in the U.S. and consolidated each division under one giant corporate umbrella, with Rockefeller overseeing all of it. Everything Rockefeller had done to this point had led to the first American monopoly, or “trust,” and it would serve as a guiding light for others in big business following behind him.

[BiPolarBear 495]

I thought it would be fun to text my daughter and get her input on the greatest writer or poet. I made some suggestions and did not take any previous picks off the table. She has a degree in English from SMU and studied Shakespeare at Oxford. She texted me back:

 

William Wordsworth!

 

I think the exclamation point means nobody should have to ask.

 

William Wordsworth - Poet

 

Pass Poet Laureate of Britain.

[Voltaire 5,392]

Tell your daughter she gives new meaning to 'The child is father to the man.'

[Voltaire 5,392]

Uh oh ... I think TBBOM is asleep. No response at 1:AM

 

[titans&bucs&bearsohmy! 2,745]

Uh oh ... I think TBBOM is asleep. No response at 1:AM

 

Not asleep. Fooling around with some chick on the beach.

 

Ok, my pick.

 

I will take Giovano di bicci di meddici. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giovanni_di_Bicci_de%27_Medici

 

He founded the meddici bank, and turned his family into the wealthiest family in Europe. His son, Cosimo, used said wealth to launch the family into politics.

 

The family became the hereditary grand dukes of Florence, produced four popes, and two Regent Queens of France.

[Voltaire 5,392]

Euclid - Mathematician

 

Because the ancient Greeks used geometry all the time and he was the Father of Geometry in that he wrote the book on it. . But there was more math than just geometry with Euclid. He was everywhere.

 

Antoine Lavoisier - Scientist (Chemistry)

 

Lots of things , the father of modern chemistry. Discovered oxygen, hydrogen, water is not an element but a compound, predicted the existence of Silicon.

[titans&bucs&bearsohmy! 2,745]

Carl freidrich gauss - mathematician

[JTB 52]

Well, I'm feeling pretty good. I've dug up a website that has a high quality list of Seductress candidates.

 

I'm feeling better now too! Great work!

[JTB 52]

Hadji and Bandit

[Voltaire 5,392]

I'm feeling better now too! Great work!

 

Yeah, tune in. If you'd like to learn more about all time world's all time most legendary skanks and evil femdom b*tches, stay tuned.

 

I've got some that shake their asses for good causes too but I can't guarantee they'll appear since they're not in my top three.

[Voltaire 5,392]

Bear's been solid and reliable this whole time but surprisingly, he's closing in on 20 hours ...

 

We can go.

 

Vudu first and then 90sbaby. Bear can jump back in any time.

[BiPolarBear 495]

My pick just disappeared when I tried to post! Retry:

 

Joseph Lister - Doctor

 

Antiseptic surgery pioneer.

 

Please excuse my tardiness.

[titans&bucs&bearsohmy! 2,745]

I elect sigmund Freud. Doctor

[BiPolarBear 495]

Alan Turing - Engineer

 

He developed the binary architecture that operates in all computers. He also broke the German Enigma code in WWII.

[Voltaire 5,392]

Oh boy... all this confusion.

[Voltaire 5,392]

We go...

 

Vudu at 21.4

90sbaby at 21.5

90sbaby at 22.1

Vudu at 22.2

Turing to Bear at 22.3 if he lasts

Freud to TBBOM at 22.4 if he lasts

[titans&bucs&bearsohmy! 2,745]

Sorry. I saw bpb had picked and knew I was next.

[vuduchile 1,945]

Reformer: King Ashoka

 

Ashoka, the third monarch of the Indian Mauryan dynasty, has come to be regarded as one of the most exemplary rulers in world history. The British historian H.G. Wells has written: "Amidst the tens of thousands of names of monarchs that crowd the columns of history ... the name of Asoka shines, and shines almost alone, a star." Although Buddhist literature preserved the legend of this ruler -- the story of a cruel and ruthless king who converted to Buddhism and thereafter established a reign of virtue -- definitive historical records of his reign were lacking. Then in the nineteenth century there came to light a large number of edicts, in India, Nepal, Pakistan and Afghanistan. These edicts, inscribed on rocks and pillars, proclaim Ashoka's reforms and policies and promulgate his advice to his subjects. The present rendering of these edicts, based on earlier translations, offers us insights into a powerful and capable ruler's attempt to establish an empire on the foundation of righteousness, a reign which makes the moral and spiritual welfare of his subjects its primary concern. The Australian bhikkhu Ven. S. Dhammika, the compiler of the present work, is the spiritual director of the Buddha Dhamma Mandala Society in Singapore.

[Voltaire 5,392]

Reformer: King Ashoka

 

Ashoka, the third monarch of the Indian Mauryan dynasty, has come to be regarded as one of the most exemplary rulers in world history. The British historian H.G. Wells has written: "Amidst the tens of thousands of names of monarchs that crowd the columns of history ... the name of Asoka shines, and shines almost alone, a star." Although Buddhist literature preserved the legend of this ruler -- the story of a cruel and ruthless king who converted to Buddhism and thereafter established a reign of virtue -- definitive historical records of his reign were lacking. Then in the nineteenth century there came to light a large number of edicts, in India, Nepal, Pakistan and Afghanistan. These edicts, inscribed on rocks and pillars, proclaim Ashoka's reforms and policies and promulgate his advice to his subjects. The present rendering of these edicts, based on earlier translations, offers us insights into a powerful and capable ruler's attempt to establish an empire on the foundation of righteousness, a reign which makes the moral and spiritual welfare of his subjects its primary concern. The Australian bhikkhu Ven. S. Dhammika, the compiler of the present work, is the spiritual director of the Buddha Dhamma Mandala Society in Singapore.

Top shelf.

[iam90sbaby 2,720]

Bernard Madoff - Criminal

 

Madoff created what is probably the biggest corporate con in history – essentially a massive ponzi scheme – by encouraging investment from wealthy individuals and companies around the world, and then using further investment rather than profit to payoff existing investors, keeping the difference himself. Initially, he tapped local money pulled in from country clubs and charity dinners on the so-called ‘Jewish circuit’ of wealthy New York Jewish businessman. The former chairman of the NASDAQ stock exchange was held in such high regard, investors actively sought him out to casually plead with him to manage their savings so they could start reaping the steady, solid returns their envied friends were getting. Madoff and his promoters then blazed a trail through Europe, the Middle East and Asia, securing investments as they went.

 

 

Archimedes - Engineer

 

It was Archimedes who came up with the simple yet clever idea of determining an object’s volume by measuring the amount of water displaced by the object. Other inventions credited to him include the catapult, levers and pulleys, and the Archimedean Screw, a device used to raise water for irrigation or mining.

According to some legends he was instrumental in defending his native Syracuse from Romans by his clever use of machines to keep enemies at siege. He also calculated an approximation for pi and developed many mathematical insights without which modern engineering would be impossible.

[Voltaire 5,392]

Love the Archimedes pick.

[shotsup 833]

Does Jesus Christ count as a fictional character

[BiPolarBear 495]

Hey I got in! It's my turn, and I pick...

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

j/k volty. Sorry for my f. up.

[iam90sbaby 2,720]

Love the Archimedes pick.

 

He was a steal at this point, IMO.

[vuduchile 1,945]

Writer: Herodotus (c. 484-425 B.C.) is the first historian proper, and so is called the father of history. He traveled around most of the known world. On one trip Herodotus probably went to Egypt, Phoenicia, and Mesopotamia; on another he went to Scythia. Herodotus traveled to learn about foreign countries. His Histories sometimes read like a travelogue, with information on the Persian Empire and the origins of the conflict between Persia and Greece based on mythological prehistory. Even with the fantastic elements, Herodotus' history was an advance over the previous writers of quasi-history, known as logographers. More »

[Voltaire 5,392]

We need to bust that writer category into two. Need two more votes to do it.

[iam90sbaby 2,720]

I didn't see the conversation about what we are voting on can I get a recap and I will make a vote? Don't feel like searching for it on the forums.

[Voltaire 5,392]

Engineer- Michael Faraday tamed electricity inventing the first electric motor

 

Doctor - Edward Jenner

 

Father of Immunology, invented the first vaccine (for smallpox) credited with saving more lives than any other person ever.

[Voltaire 5,392]

I didn't see the conversation about what we are voting on can I get a recap and I will make a vote? Don't feel like searching for it on the forums.

Three proposals that needed unanimous consent.

 

Proposal to bust criminal into two categories (bad guys and good guys) is dead.

 

Your proposal to add a fictional character category needed more explanation.

 

Proposal to bust writer into a fiction and non-fiction category needs your and TBBOM's approval.

[iam90sbaby 2,720]

No on criminals into two categorys because that is two opinionated to me.. some may see X criminal is a good guy some may see him as bad.

 

I just thought it would be cool to have fictional characters from TV shows and movies as a category, but I eventually thought we could just add the actor that voiced that character or played whatever role so it just seemed pointless after I gave it some thought. My original thought on it was I wanted to add some Greek gods to my "team" but I can't so if you can think of a way to make that possibly work I think it would be something interesting to add to the draft.

 

I will vote yes on that seems like a good idea to me.

[titans&bucs&bearsohmy! 2,745]

I am good on spiriting the writer category.

 

I choose conqueror. Hernando cortes.

 

He basically got a few dudes and a boat, and took down the entire Aztec empire. Which was the most populous city of its day.

[Voltaire 5,392]

OK. That's all five agreeing.

 

As of this moment, the 'writer' category is no more, replaced by 'Fiction writer' and 'non-fiction writer'.

[BiPolarBear 495]

G.F. Bernhard Riemann - Mathematician

There is a million dollar prize available to anyone who can offer a proof for the Riemann Hypothesis. It involves prime numbers applied to solving encryption. A dangerous proof indeed, for anybody that protects data with encryption.

Riemann had an amazing mathematical mind that remains relevant today. He was born in 1826.