+448 DOES ANYONE KNOW WHAT HAPPENED TO ROM?
So I've been noticing that all of Rom's answers look like this "......"
Can any of the mods tell me why?
Was he hacked or did he do it?
+2863 YEAH! What happened to him? His profile pic changed too!
Is he okay? I hope he is!
Rom, if you are reading this, you got a whole forum of people who support you!
I don't think anything is wrong. If you look closer into his answers, you can see that people seem to be understanding what Rom is saying. It also says that Rom edited his answer a few days after he posted it, so it is possible he edited his answer so other people can't look at his answer.
However, there is a possibility a hacker edited all his answers.
EDIT: I found some examples/evidence: https://web2.0calc.com/questions/my-seventh-grade-stupidity#r2
+2489 What you are seeing is Rom’s resignation –retroactive to the late hours of the prior week.
Like any teaching environment, this forum can get under anyone’s skin. There is a banana-boat load of reasons for this –ranging from the infuriating to the trivial, and they all add up to the insane itching of a million mange mites. This decision wasn’t spontaneous: https://web2.0calc.com/questions/help_93973
Rom has left before, without ceremony, for months at a time, once (except for a single post) for over 16 months, and once (except for a single post) for over a year. In this current session of 13+ months, Rom has made over 1800 posts.
On Jan 29, 2014, six weeks after DavidQD joined, Rom became the second engineering-classed mathematician to join the forum, with Alan joining 26 days later as the third. Seventeen days later CPhill joined, taking some of the load off of Melody for the answers to geometry and other questions. In a little over five months, after Melody drained the primordial swamp and cracked the professional teacher’s hickory stick over the heads of a few brats, and one particular troll, this forum was well on its way to becoming a university classed tutoring site while still catering to the needs of the high school and elementary students.
It was and still is amazing to me to see competent answers to advanced physics and engineering questions that would have previously gone unanswered. The answers are every bit as skilled as answers found on Stackexchange, (without the me-too pedantic comments). As the questions received skilled answers, more were asked, and at least one member completed his degree in Civil Engineering under the tutelage of these three (five), with many others contributing who would not have ever been here, if not for the first five.
Because Rom has left before and returned after a sabbatical, he may very well do so again. This time it is telling that his exit is followed by a candlelight farewell by several members and guests. This is a first on this forum, and this very much reminds me of the farewells (some were actually celebrations) given by the students of my parochial school for the teachers who were retiring after the end of the school year.
So Rom, it seems that some of us will be keeping a lit candle in the window, awaiting your return. I’m sure a troll or two may come along and blow it out on occasion, but that’s not a problem: we have lots of matches. It’s not exactly the eternal flame, but it’s about as good as it gets on here, which is actually pretty damn good!
GA
Now, what did I do with my bloody anti-nausea meds
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+118670 Thanks Ginger.
That was a joy to read.
Did 315 graduate? I guess he must have. I have not heard from him for ever. It was nice to be reminded.
He was one of our many very pleasant members.
When people do a job for a long time they become unappreciated. Or at least the appreciation that is held for them is less often voiced.
This is even more true when people give their time and expertise at no charge.
Rom, more people here appreciate your efforts than you realize.
I am one of them. I am sorry that I do not thank people like yourself often or well enough.
Whether you chose to return or not, I just want you to know that.
