 Nickname:
"PRTSoft"
Real Name: Paul
Age: 19
Resides: PA, USA
Occupation: HARD manual Labor, for now...
Favourite websites: Slashdot, cbradioforum.com, sourceforge.net
Favourite application, game, and program of all time: Firefox
What are you playing and working on right now: Developing mp3 downloader.
What is your current Wallpaper/Screensaver: XScreensaver
What's so special about your computer room: 13 fans in 1 case?
How many computers do you have: 3, including a Homebrew 2.4 ghz, hobby dell w/ no case 200 mhz.
What was your first computer: budget 400 mhz.
Do you remember the first program you ran on it: Deer Hunter 2
Geekiest moment of your life: Blowing $2000 an a computer, and still using an old Compaq monitor.
When did you first realize you were a geek: When I programmed my brothers V-tech toy computer in the 5th grade.
If I was a program I'd be: A buffer overflow because I love computer security.
What is your favourite quote: "Who will ever need more than 640k?" - Bill Gates.
What do you do when you're not at your computer(s): Umm...work, and dream about what I'm going to do on the computer when I get home.
What is the funniest/most bizarre computer/Internet experience you have ever had: I made a bios password for the family computer when I was 8 and promply forgot it.
You have a time machine that can only be used once. If you use it you will not come back. What date would you set it to, and what ONE thing would you take with you (not a computer):
1982, 23 years worth of the NY. Times.
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The Truth Behind The Geek (*creative liberties taken for the benefit of the reading audience)
Paul, who would like to mention his software site, prtsoft.com, spends more time hacking, programming, and geeking that he does with real people. When Paul is not at his computer he tends to yell out things like: "My eth0 is promiscuis!"
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