Universal Turing Machine

Universal Turing Machine is a room named after a Turing machine "that can simulate an arbitrary Turing machine on arbitrary input". Yeah, we don't know what that means either. A regular, non-universal Turing machine, on the other hand, is "a theoretical device that manipulates symbols contained on a strip of tape". Yes, we're just as confused as you are. Oh, and that weird man on the right, is Alan Turing. The inventor of the Turing machine (he did not actually look like that, with magnetic tape going through his head).

Expected behaviour in UTM
We do know of these set of rules: Kongregate conduct, and it is generally advised that you follow them whilst in Universal Turing Machine.

Things to avoid in UTM:

 * 1) Deliberate ignorance, or narrow-mindedness.
 * 2) Expression of Homophobia.
 * 3) Expressing Sexism, or Racism.
 * 4) Resorting to personal attacks when participating in discussion/debate.
 * 5) Trolling/Spamming.
 * 6) Roleplaying

Criteria for "Regular" Status

 * 1) Chatting regularly 
 * 2) Friends with the other Regulars 
 * 3) Reasonable activity

UTM Regulars
One would think the regulars are a bunch of computer science geeks, but we're just regular geeks.

And (just a fair warning) many a troll (and "txt-spkr") has met their doom at the hands of certain UTM regulars.

bigjack126
Known as "liljack" or "bj".

Discovered how awesome chat was when he finally came to the UTM.

Is into Rock and Metal. Metallica, Anthrax, Slayer, and Megadeth are among his top ten.

One of a handful of Christians in the UTM, which is sometimes a source of conflict with other regulars.

Works as a gravedigger.

BloodWynne
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ChrisWar666
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DBscotsdragon
Very active Scottish regular.

Engaged to Kat (PorcelainKitty).

Spelling/Grammar Nazi (due to OCD).

Chose UTM on the day he joined Kongregate, and has only left once.

Went on a four-hour room-hop in the early hours of Wednesday, 21st July, 2010.

On this room-hop spree, he favourited several other rooms. This was the first time DB left UTM since he created his account.

Is considered by some to be the backbone of the chat.

Was silenced by Nord for 15 mins on 17th May, 2010 (for discussing how the Bible has been altered over the centuries)

Demonkitty16
One of the more popular members of UTM (likely due to her being female).

Is quite insane, rather kinky & pretty talented...

Has a show on blogtv, that she usually runs on weekends.

Likes roleplaying being a cat.

donteatglue1
Is the sexually-repressed, bi-curious, virgin of UTM.

Likes animals and soft things.

She gets very pissed off if users refer to her as a male.

Writes stories (often of the Horror genre).

Tends to get very annoyed when chat gets heated.

ElloMello
Was formerly known as Ramon1000100100; his old account was hacked.

ezered
Sometimes enjoys talking about the "old times"...

(The old times according to him include Toa_of_Pi, pre-Mod, & "some old regulars who no longer exist but enjoyed singing".)

Is (in his opinion), the coolest-looking UTM regular, after looking on Facebook and realising this.

Has been in UTM since he was a Kong newbie.

Tends to drop in and out of conversations without warning.

GarnetRose
Arrived at the UTM by following Nord on his adventures.

Gets on well with all of the other regulars.

Is a radiant young mother, bringing happiness & (extra) insanity to all of the UTM.

Not on as often as she used to be, due to that silly thing called "life".

She also intends to follow Nord on his expedition to a new room.. She is missed.

Godseed
British regular.

May not actually exist, but certainly talks enough to make up for any lack of reification.

Collects quotes (they're much cheaper than Bionicle or "Havoc: the Bothering").

Current favourite: "I'd hate to recommend drugs, alcohol, or insanity to anyone, but they've always worked for me." - Hunter S. Thompson

Rarely chats anymore; prefers to lurk.

Kayos94
An active Canadian regular.

Is a mild form of Grammar Nazi.

Seems to "kill" chat a lot.

Likes cats, loves to rant, & is rather paranoid.

Enjoys discussing video games, and loves internet memes.

Is a Golemizer addict, and currently runs the UTM Guild.

klaa2
One of the 'older' regulars.

Spends most of his time on Kong during slow days at work.

Has developed what some people call a 'life' lately, and is not on as much as the other regulars.

Is often both annoyed and amused by the idiosyncrasies of trolls and humanity in general.

Is frustrated by those who promote spiritualism, aliens, and evolution.

Is addicted to the games Golemizer and Remnants of Skystone.

mesamunefire
One of the older (age-wise) regulars.

Is happily married & the resident "Computer Guy" of UTM.

A current Computer Science student who works on computers for a living.

Likes to debate a bit about anything you give him.

Will (attempt to) beat anyone at Super Smash Brothers Brawl.

Noobmasterz
Joined UTM when he was still only Level 2 on Kong', and intends to stay for as long as he can.

Seems to like virtually snuggling people.

Has solved his dispute with DBscotsdragon, following BloodWynne's intervention.

Is referred to by a variety of names (Noob, Noobm, Mas... basically just various shortenings of his username)

Has a tendency to be rather proud, and slow to admit mistakes, but is really a good person beneath that.

PorcelainKitty
Engaged to DBscotsdragon.

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Scul
Serious metal-head.

Scul is the singer and co-creator of his band 'Atlas Vampire' and is currently writing an epic fantasy book.

Scul is known for his extreme dislike of major religions (such as Christianity and Islam) & Rap music.

Scul is an actual real-life friend of Matsteo.

Sinsaint
Likes to talk about things that other people don't generally talk about (PG-13+ things).

Will talk to anyone about anything, even if nobody is listening.

Is in college.

Constantly corrects almost all grammar/spelling errors he makes.

Teaches people how to make video games for his college as a part-time job.

Enjoys teaching things just as much as he likes learning. However, not everything he is willing to teach is completely...appropriate.

Doesn't like drama queens/kings.

uuu2
New to the UTM but active in chat. Loves to get badges,( has all the easy puzzle badges and 2 impossible badges) but is not that great at like some players. He is a horrid speller but luckily has spellcheck. Enjoys getting messages so leave him a shout and he will almost always answer back, unless if it is hateful. He will always add you even if he doesn't know you! He's not afraid to call a mod, but fortunately there is almost always a mod in the UTM. Active for most parts of the day unless he as school.

Nickname: uuu

WolfgangG
Writes strange stories.

Can be rather depressive at times, but seems to have cheered up recently.

Seems not to chat as often as he used to.

Zace
Is good friends with most of the regulars, is too damn friendly in general.

Zace is a self-described scatterbrained, mindless, so-called machine, designed and destined to be a slave to living.

Known to be 'silly' and serious, can get emo at times (and promptly makes himself leave),

Truly believes in his own lack of a soul, though others say he does have one, he is kind and caring but can be slightly ebil when it calls for it.

Has no nicknames (likely due to his already-simple username), we exclude little things such as Zacey, his real name, and his full internet handle.

Known to be good for debates, or at least always have a comment to add.

May make silly comments to brighten people's days.

He has muted OVER 9000! users. He preemptively mutes everything, so no surprises.

He's a programmer! Yeah! So that too.

He has a four-foot boner.

Moderators of UTM
Here to serve and protect.. And compute; better than you.

Matsteo
Grammar Nazi Paladin.

After a run-in with the Grammar Gestapo, he's changed his evil ways and become much more tolerant of those less grammatically endowed.

Also, as a mod he can't go around bitching about everything.

He is one of the older regulars of the UTM, along with Toa_of_Pi.

Lives over in San Francisco, home of everything awesome. Seriously.

Some hobbies of his include cross country, procrastinating on the UTM, and snuggling other regulars.

He loves the whole world, and all its sights and sounds. Boom-de-yada.

Loves to dance, believe it or not, and will tango all over you if you keep on trollin'!

Was nominated for modship, and obtained his 'M' on Wednesday, September 8th, 2010.

Nordavind
UTM's famous Viking Mod.

Not much is known about Nord, but we do know that he hates trolls and those who feed them.

Nord was (until a while ago) the owner of The Warehouse, but his Viking ancestry made him set off for new adventures.

Has left us for a new room, but makes sure to visit often. Not yet. - Nord

Oceanix
The Mod without a profile (Not really; he just doesn't like you enough).

Has been around longer than the other mods, but isn't in UTM often.

Due to parental problems, he has no internet access, and has not been on in almost a year.

[Currently Inactive]

Olimm
Olimm is UTM's newest Mod, but is already a firm favourite. Has taken up residence in the UTM to smite the hordes of infernal trolls and whatnot.

Frequent Visitors
These are users that do not qualify for 'Regular' status, for one reason or another.

Dinoboyfreak
A Mormon homophobe, who frequents UTM.

Annoys a large proportion of the regulars.

Reveals the bigotry present in some other users.

M3drvr
One of the rare few people who have mastered conveying sarcasm over the internet.

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SicMirx
A wonderful Mod who visits UTM.

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UberSephy
What can I say about me...? I'm uber. Pure and simple. ;D

Is a former Regular, who has lacked internet access for quite a while.

Multiplayer Games of the UTM
This section contains the names of multiplayer games that UTM Regulars play, and the names of the users that play them.

Elements
DBscotsdragon, ElloMello, Matsteo, Noobmasterz, Zace,

Golemizer
ChrisWar666, klaa2, Kayos94,

Wesnoth
DBscotsdragon, ElloMello, Matsteo, Noobmasterz, WolfGangG, Zace,

Quotes of the UTM
This section is for quotes made in, or about, The Universal Turing Machine.

Favourite Quotes
Anton Szandor LaVey : “Yeah, well, I'm crazy, but I'm not stupid, hopefully. And I think we're all a bit crazy if we do anything that's deviant. I've studied a great deal on deviance and aberrant behavior. Most of the interesting people I've ever met have been deviant in one form or another.”

Anton Szandor LaVey : "Satan has been the best friend the church has ever had, as he has kept it in business all these years!"

John Cleese : "If God did not intend for us to eat animals, then why did he make them out of meat?"

Quotes from UTMers
klaa2: Balls of steel don't protect against a shotgun shell in the face.

Matsteo: It's a cross between a condom and a duck!

Scul: Grinding? You mean you two started to turn each other into sausage meat?

Matsteo: "Humans are rationalizing Kitty, not rational." ... "Whoah.. That was like... Wise n' shit."

DBscotsdragon: "Don't forget the Grafenberg-Spot!"

donteatglue1: "Isn't that a pokemon?"

MooDooMan: "Go, G-Spot!! G-Spot used squirt! It's super effective!"

A Note Regarding Roleplaying
There is a Chatzy room set up specifically for UTMers who wish to roleplay.

The current Admins are DBscotsdragon, Matsteo, & Noobmasterz.

We hope to run a semi-regular session of a simple RP system.

I want to learn more about Turing machines!
These links to the domain of questionable knowledge might help you on the way. Warning: heavy stuff!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universal_Turing_machine

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turing_machine

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cYw2ewoO6c4