 Nickname:
"leobing"
Real Name: Bing
Age: 69
Resides: Kelowna, British Columbia
Occupation: Retired wireless system engineer.
Favourite websites: Almost any linux forum
Favourite application, game, and program of all time: DB2
What are you working on right now: A wireless home security system.
What is your current Wallpaper/Screensaver: A slideshow of my own pictures.
What's so special about your computer room: My room is really a workshop/lab.
How many computers do you have: Hard to count. I have several from 386 laptop with PC Dos to 2 gig AMD. My server is a dual processor running Linux with Apache, mysql, etc.
What was your first computer: Ohio scientific.
Do you remember the first program you ran on it: PRINT "Bing"
Geekiest moment of your life: I built a Van de Graff generator.
When did you first realize you were a geek: I haven't yet!
If I was a program I'd be: Extremely small. I hate very big wasteful programming.
Favourite quote: "A computer without Microsoft is like a chocolate cake without mustard."
What do you do when you're not at your computer(s): I read or go flyfishing.
You have a time machine that can only be used once. If you use it you won't come back. What date would you set it to, and what ONE thing would you take with you (not a computer): 1800, an atlas.
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The Truth Behind The Geek (*creative liberties taken for the benefit of the reading audience)
Bing, an Okanagan resident who likes to program in opcodes, hates providing tech support to his family. Bing's nephew once called him (just after he picked up his first computer), and asked him how to copy files. Uncle Bing tried to explain, but his nephew didn't seem to comprehend the meaning of "Dragon Drop".
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