“ 20+ years of software, including some professional robot vision processing. However, most of my electrical experience has consisted of accidentally blowing stuff up. ”

“ I am a high school science teacher in my 20s. I recently moved to southern Orange county and presently don't know anyone. I'm interested in hanging out, writing, museums, hiking, and playing board and card games. I'm also open to random other stuff ”

“ I'll definitely attend the meetup. ”

“ Hi! great magazine! Let's chat ! ”

“ Hello My name is Eli,I am considerd to be intelligent and I would like to meet like minded people. Eli ”

“ I recently learned about cryonics and I need all the information I could get also I am looking for a job I would love to get some information on the positions my # is 347-270-1417. Brenda Torres ”

“ Hi all, stop by the NYC Java Meetup, http://java.meetup.com/59, the Java networking monthly event. We feature presentations, open discussion on any Java related topic. Door prizes, refreshments. ”

“ I love camping in the fall, winter and spring (in that order) ”

“ http://semweb.meetup.com/25 ”

“ I'm a 51 year old male moved by science; human potential and the way the world of the future will certainly be. I enjoy thinking, talking, laughing, and cryogenic suspension, but not necessarily in that order. ”

“ I want these local Meetups because I could learn more about the growing World as we go into a new civilization. ”

“ I want these local Meetups because I like it ”

“ I want these local Meetups because I"m interested in the origin of life, science , evolution of human and animal intelligence, astronomy (former WAS member and active participant in CT), String theory, Kaku, Greene, Sagan, Filipenko and Feinman ”

“ I'm a physical chemist, interested in biochemical aspects of nanotechnology. ”

“ Would be great to be able to meet local FFXIers in person. And who isn't excited about FFXII?! Gronk - Fenrir ”

“ I am an Assistant Professor at NYC College of Technology. I teach courses in Anatomy and Physiology. I specialized in brain cancer research when I did my Ph.D. at Cornell Veterinary School of Medicine. ”

“ Haven't played a lot since moving to the city a few years ago. Would like to try and get out and play more. ”

“ I want these local Meetups because I really enjoying learning about science and meeting others that share my interests ”

“ sounds like a good group ”

“ I want these local Meetups because this stuff is amazing and befuddling, we all need to talk about it! ”

“ I have been in China three times as a tourist, and I adore the country and its people. I would dearly love to find a business reason to travel to China frequently. ”

“ Sounds like fun; I'm looking forward to discovering new weird and/or wonderful places. ”

“ I love the subtle, yet powerful implications of virtual worlds. Creating successful virtual worlds takes a deep understanding of many spheres of learning, including AI and Physics. I want to learn! ”

“ I've relocated back to NY after 7 years, where have all the interesting people gone? I'm interested in hacking(ethically) wardriving, sending network security reminders to shared "open" printers....... ”

“ I want these local Meetups because they are related to my interests ”

“ I have a bachelors in Physics and don't currently have an outlet for my continued interest in the subject as it is not what I do for a living. Also, I am very interested in meeting people who share similar interests as I do in Science. ”

“ I want local Game Development Meetups because I'd like to get industry information and personal work experiences from people already in the business I'd like to be apart of. ”

“ I want local Astronomy Meetups because to meet more people and I have a big back yard in brooklyn,ny ”

“ I own Mindstorm and Wii, hoping to extend Wii to household items when I have some more free time. Oh and I setup a singing dancing robot santa in my kitchen. It's half body is mounted on the counter and it starts moving when people go to pour wine. ”

“ I want local Hockey Meetups because I just moved to the area, and I seem to be the only hockey fan I know. ”

“ I want local Robotics Meetups because I am interested in building my very first robot. I've already ordered the Mindstorms NXT but can't wait to get started. ”

“ I want local Artificial Intelligence Meetups because I want to share my thoughts and hear others' ideas on the topic ”

“ I want local Astronomy Meetups because getting together with people who explore the universe visually and verbally can lead to so many wonderful sights and intelligent discussions, ..so lacking in our tv and mall culture of today. Hello to everyone! ”

“ Hi my favorite subjects are: planners (graphplanners), evolutionary algorithms and computational statistics. I like also ant colony optimization. ”

“ I want local Astronomy Meetups because I like very much space reserch and I want to be part of a team to search the sky. ”

“ I want local Lisp & Scheme Meetups because I like and am studying that technology. ”

“ Hi All, I am seth. I am very much interested in Math and Physics as well as applications to security and AI. I am joining this group in the hopes of finding some kindred spirits. ”

“ Hey, I've been interested in AI pretty much all my life. I majored in Computer Science/Math and Psychology. I learned about this site on Channel 13. I'm just looking for people to talk about this stuff with. ”

“ Hi, I am Robert. Most of my recent experience is in Python, Actionscript and a little VBA.. I am curious about C and might have a need for it in the near future. ”

“ Used to work for Database Middleware Development Company in Manhattan. And now trying to create my own game. ”

“ A Newbie lookin to hang and learn from the big boyz!! ”