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[edit] Brendan Mark Hide
My interests are very wide, dealing mostly with physics of the universe, game theory, information and physical security, constructs of society, philosophy and general science and knowledge. The full list would take too long to type, and I'm not that patient.
For now, I'll probably be editing whatever page I happen to stumble on that I know is either false/has poor grammar/misspelled/ and so on.
My programming experience was garnered when the teacher at High School was so poor that I ended up teaching, rather unpreparedly, my own class. By the end of twelfth grade, I was the only one who passed Computer Science - Go figure. I went straight into working for the most reputable computer magazine in South Africa, the South African Computer Magazine, affectionately known by South Africans as the SACM. After a not-too-successful stint there (the editor wasn't happy with my writing ability. I then went into the domestic security industry (Think burglar alarm system technician). Since I learnt enough about security, and got mightily fed up by the industry, I again moved on. I was then working at an office supply company, managing the deliveries department. Now, I'm working at the leetest Internet company I've ever known (as in personally - I've never met many CEOs), in Cape Town's CBD. I sometimes feel like I'm working at a small Google office without Google logos.
My programming experience covers mostly assembly (for windows) and Pascal (for DOS). Yes, I know, programming Assembly for Win32 is not easy. I'm not masochistic – I'm just very curious as to how the small stuff actually works.
My web sites (not all active) http://swiftspirit.co.za/ and http://brendan.za.net/ User: Brendansa/sandbox
[edit] About Me
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Today is April 1, 2007. |
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This user's time zone is GMT+2. |
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This user is a bash scripter. |
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This user prefers to be referred to by whatever gender pronoun makes you feel comfortable. |
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This user is absolutely certain of the theory of evolution. |
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This user realizes that the Earth isn't an oblate spheroid, but rather a close approximation of one. |
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This user owns one or more dogs. |
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This user uses Google as a primary search engine. |
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This user uses Gmail as a primary email service.
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This user contributes using Mozilla |
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| I grant non-exclusive permission for the Wikimedia Foundation Inc. to relicense my text and media contributions, including any images, audio clips, or video clips, under any copyleft license that it chooses, provided it maintains the free and open spirit of the GFDL. This permission acknowledges that future licensing needs of the Wikimedia projects may need adapting in unforeseen fashions to facilitate other uses, formats, and locations. It is given for as long as this banner remains. |
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