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Hello, I'm Tigerhawkvok. I'm from California, and currently an undergraduate working on a dual Physics/Astrophysics degree at the University of California, Berkeley, Class of 2008.

I joined Wikipedia during November 2005. My general contributions are minor (or not so minor) corrections to scientific articles, in accordance with my field of study.

1 Politics
2 Computers
3 Science
4 Personal Life

[edit] Politics

Politically, I'm rather involved, and lie consistently on the right side of the political spectrum. While I'm further-right on my economic views than my social ones (which are somewhat more moderate), I consider myself a true conservative whose ideals are balanced by the practicalities of science. This means any issue that can tangentially touch science I have a strong view on, and not necessarily along party lines (ie, I think saying inviolable human life beginning at conception is nonsense. You can theoretically clone that and then have an indistinguishable embryo. The only point of uniqueness is when the brain (a chaotic system) begins to form, since it is nonlinear and cannot be replicated). I stay pretty up to date on the issues, and can debate pretty well, I think.

[edit] Computers

Computers occupy a large, central portion of my time. I'm the webmaster for more than one UC Berkeley website, have a summer job in Best Buy's Geek Squad, and custom made my current computer. For those interested, I use a laptop with the following specifications:

AMD 64 3700+ CPU
2 GB of PC3200 DDR SDRAM (SODIMM)
17" Widescreen
100 GB 5400 RPM HDD
DVD $\pm$ RW optical drive

On it, I massivley multitask, photo edit, 3D animate, program, video edit, and play computer games (ranging from Day of Defeat to online D&D).

[edit] Science

I'm incredibly interested in anything pertaining to science, especially physics, astrophysics, and chemistry. As of 12/2006, I've completed the following courses at UC Berkeley in the sciences:

General Chemistry for Chemistry Majors (Chemistry 4AB)
Honors Mechanics, Electromagnetism, Optics, Special Relativity, and Quantum Mechanics for Scientists and Engineers (Physics H7ABC)
General Cosmology (Astro 3)
Introduction to Astrophysics (Astro 7A)
Quantum Mechanics (Physics 137A)
Basic Semiconductors (Physics 111)
Cosmology (Astro 7B)
Stellar Mechanics (Astro 160)
Quantum Mechanics (Physics 137B)

As of the same time, I'm beginning work in:

Relativistic Astrophysics and Cosmology (Astro C161)
Special Relativity and General Relativity (Physics 139)

Therefore, edits in these categories can be considered verified and up-to-date. I also follow science extracurricularly, and therefore have a rather wide basis and thorough grounding. I ultimately intend to pursue theoretical research in Astrophysics.

[edit] Personal Life

As a few minor random tidbits, my favorite constant is $c \equiv 299792458 \frac{m}{s}$ , favorite equation (that I understand) is $Δ s 2 = c 2 Δ t 2 - Δ x 2$ (the Minkowski Metric), my favorite abstract equation (that I barely have a handle on) is $G_{\mu\nu}=-\frac{8\pi G}{c^4} T_{\mu\nu}$ (the Einstein Field Equation) and favorite theorems are the Equivalence Principles of Relativity.

Additionally, I'm a self-proclaimed Trekkie, love fencing and archery, and, well, I think that's all you're getting here! And yes, I quite recognize I had *way* too much fun with the user boxes. C'est la vie.

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