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| Personal background |
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Who: Shawn Fessenden
What: Programmer
Where: Oswego, IL.
When: 10/08/62
Why: Not really sure, but working on it.
Resided in Villa Park down from Ovaltine Factory. Precipitated October missle crisis. Was pissed at dad for mk'ing me miss Dr. Who premier in Nov. 1963.
Attended Washington elementary for K and met with first despondency. Attended St. Alexander's for grades 1-4 and realized second despondency. Advocated removing 'c' from alphabet because was "stupid". Trouble with Mrs. Cooney for chanting "duh" after singing alphabet song. After exorcisim from St. A's, "finished" elementary school at Washington. Moved to Joliet and attended Hufford Jr. High. Expected Despondency and not disappointed.
Moved to Oswego and experimented with radios, computers, sex, drugs and rock & roll. Kept sex, drugs, computers and rock & roll. "Graduated" from Oswego Community High School in 1981 and immediately got stoned for entire year. Moved from Oswego to Aurora and went into hiding for 10 years. Invented internet, but thunder stolen by Al Gore (who was actually trying to spell "intellinet").
Worked for local test integration company from 1997 to 2001. Drove owner over the edge. Caused havoc flaming HP-VEE in users group. Astounded by idiocy in MFC group (had forgotten about despondency). Lamented state of software development and predicted end of world. Brainwashed by NSA in fall 2001. Now happy and content.
Currently programming Windows; staying away Big Brother in general (ahhhhh... .Net happy things happy things); studying Pinky & The Brain; watching Dr. Who and listening to Pink Floyd & Blue Oyster Cult regularly & have depression under control.
I smoke, drink heavily and use drugs recreationally. Am 6' 200#, balding, ugly and have a terrible disposition. My eyes are blue and I stink. Hobbies include: programming, graverobbing, photography, SWL, astronomy, and Windows bashing. My only redeeming qualities are that I'm a staunch Republican, technologist (as many Fessendens are) and am not a pervert. |
| Thoughts about SETI and SETI@home |
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Wow! You're actually going to let me go on at length about such momentous questions? KICK ASS!
1. Of course. How could it be otherwise?
a. When: has already happened (400 yrs ago).
How: by accidental observation.
b. DANGER: mankind looses his comfy "me first" attitude.
2. Why not. It may help and it certainly can't hurt.
a. What: My profile (-:
Really though, everything we know.
3. Why: One has to contribute *something* to humanity.
Thanks for the opportunity to do so.
What: Well, it's a worthwhile passtime. Probably not
in time to make "the big difference", but still
instructive.
Suggestions: If you haven't done so already:
a. V-Tune the executable.
b. Develop a parallel-specific version
(SMP that is).
c. Maybe even do processor-specific
versions. My Pentiums beat the holy heck
out of my AMD.
d. Do up a page where radio sources are
plotted on the sky & mark them with
their 3rd Camberage designations - it
would be an interesting addition to the
site.
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