networkBoy general FAQ

A bit about me and what I'm doing on this planet (or at least this website) :-)

Q: What the hell does that Latin phrase in your sig mean?
A: CATAPULTAM HABEO. NISI PECUNIAM OMNEM MIHI DABIS, AD CAPUT TUUM SAXUM IMMANE MITTAM
I have a catapult. Give me all the money, or I will fling an enormous rock at your head.
Q: Who are you
A: A middle aged guy (My wife pointed out that this is not entirely true as I am too young to actually be middle aged, but I still feel like it) who has been playing with computers since before many (at least some) of you were born. Granted this would be a very long answer if I went into detail, but hey. My first computer was an IBM XT clone based on the Fujitsu 8088. It had no hard disk and a whopping 512K of ram. I promptly upgraded it with a Seagate ST225 (21 meg MFM HDD) and voided the warranty by formatting it with an RLL controller (thus gaining an additional 10 megs of disk space). I am a geek. I will always be a geek. Warranties are for wussies :). My second computer was based on the ZiLog Z80 CPU and ran CP/M (I still have the disks somewhere). I am not educated. I took Latin in high school. I dropped out of college to pursue my interests in electronics further.
Q: I have seen some of your flames and you seem to get a sadistic glee out of being mean.
A: Yes.

(really, I try to be nice but I sometimes get fed up with people who want everything handed to them the easy way and who don't read the stickies!)
Q: You're weird.
A: Yes. I know that already. I always buy the Beta. (If you don't know what I am referring to then you are too young.)
Q: once again you have a lot of blank Q'a and A's. . . Why?
A: I *really* like copy and paste.
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