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| Personal background |
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Born in 1957, I was raised in and arround Detriot, Michigan. I was always fasinated with computers and had several of the first. A MITS Altair 880 and a Cromeco Z80 were my first.
In 1973 I joined the Navy to enhance my horizons. Being a Missile Technician provided me with a more diverse knowledgebase than I ever could have hoped for. From mechanical systems, to hydraulic systems, chemistry and radiation, and of course, electronics, the Navy allowed me to switch from field to field as fast as my inquisitive mind could manage. From all aspects of submarine operation, to Missile systems, electrical generation, water purification, air filtration, radiation monitoring, I soaked up everything I could.
Upon leaving the Navy, I started with Raytheon, Submarine Signal Division, in Middletown, Rhode Island. I started developing testing procedures for Submarine Combat Control Systems and worked my way up to Shift Test Director for the Laboratory at Naval Underwater Warfare Center.
Raytheon gave me the opportunity to transfer to Kwajalein, I saw the ability to enhance my education and experience in a larger, more complex environment. Kwajalein is home to some of the most advanced radars in the world. The imagining capabilities of our MiliMeter Wave radar are truely remarkable.
The computer networks used here are also state-of-the-art. Multiple networks, both secure and unsecured, computer systems ranging for aging mainframes to state-of-the-art SGI Origins, this environment would give me diversity that few ever see as well as allow me to work with some truly great minds from MIT.
My time at Kwajalein, working with Raytheon, MIT and the US Army, has been very educational and creatively prosperous. I have had the honor and privilege of working with some of the brightest minds in the world. It has been an exciting and challenging, but, due to another contract loss, Iv'e now left Kwajalein.
I'm currently unemployed and seeking challanges in the Southern Illinois/Western Kentucky area. |
| Thoughts about SETI and SETI@home |
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The numbers would appear to be in favor of life elsewhere in the universe. It is difficult to believe that the vastness of space is simply empty and devoid of life!
Should humans transmit a beacon for others to find? Sadly, we already have. I'm am afraid that the first contact intelligent life out there will have with us is reruns of "Lucy" and "Dukes of Hazzard". I just hope they realize that these images are NOT true to life on earth!
SETI@Home demonsrates the immense power of the internet ... and the immense GOOD we (as humans) can do when we work together. Iv'e been running Seti@Home on all my home computers for several years...I only wish I could have set it up on a couple of those SGI Origins back on Kwaj!
My only suggestion would be to allow users to change thier password!!! I can never remember that number!
Thanks for all the years of fun! I hope you keep going for decades to come! |
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