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Lukasz
Lukasz Maciak
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No, I will not fix your computer!
Male
28 years old
SPRINGFIELD, New Jersey
United States
Last Login: 10/13/2009
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Lukasz's Interests
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| General | I used to use Mandrake, then I switched to Debian and I never looked back. Now I'm a devoted Ubuntu user and run it on everything. IMHO Debian based systems > RPM based systems.
Favorite Languages/Platforms:
- Java
- PHP
- Python
- Perl
- Ruby on Rails
- LISP
I can also work with C# and VBA but I don't like them that much
Work/Projects/Research:
- Working on several LAMP projects (Linux+Apache+Mysql+PHP)
- Currently doing research in
Automated Database Integration Hyperspectral Image Processing
TeachingUsed to teach Fluency in Technology at MSU
RPG:
- Warhammer RPG
- Star Wars RPG
- Mutant Chronicles
- Cyberpunk
- ICE Space Master (GURPS)
- Vampire Masquerade
Tabletop Gaming
- Warhammer Fantasy (Dwarfs, Dark Elves)
- Warhammer 40,000 (Eldar)
- Necromunda (Escher)
Online Games
- Guild Wars (Malekith Shanar Necro/Elem)
- Call of Duty (usually as CodeMonkey or TuxMentat)
| | Movies |
- Original Star Wars Trilogy (with Han Solo shooting first)
- Lord of the Rings (first truly successful book adaptation in years)
- The Matrix (actually all of them, even though sequels lack the depth of the original)
- Blade Runner
- Fifth Element (I love it for the campy cheesiness)
- The Ring
- Akira
- Ghost in the Shell
- Donnie Darko (you have to see it)
| | Television | Most TV sucks these days. I hate reality shows with a passion. I don't want to watch it, I don't want to hear about it.
Here are the shows I love:
- Farscape
- Battlestar Galactica
- Rome
- South Park
- Futurama
- Familly Guy
- Aqua Teen Hunger Force
- Fullmetal Alchemist
- Neon Genesis Evangelion
- Ghost in the Shell
- FLCL
- Cowboy Bepop
- Robot Chicken
| | Books | Favorite Authors
- Frank Herbert
- JRR Tolkien
- Asimov
- Philip K. Dick
- Gibson
- Heinlen
- Pratchet
- Cory Doctorow
- Komuda
- Sapkowski
- Sienkiewicz
Graphic Novels
- Yukito Kishiro (Battle Angel Alita)
- Masamune Shirow (Ghost in the Shell, Applessed)
- Rosinski / Van-Hame (Le Grand Pouvoir du Chninkel).
| | Heroes | In no particular order:
- Richard M. Stallman
- Linus Torvalds
- Frank Herbert
- JRR Tolkien
- Cory Doctorow
- Brick Brackson!
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- }i{ - Montclair State - }i{ -, Linux Geeks, Linux, spreadfirefox, MyspaceBar™ for Firefox | profile.fx, I Have Survived The Arkadian Schizm!, What do you think?
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Lukasz's Details
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| Status: | Single | | Here for: | Networking, Dating, Serious Relationships, Friends | | Orientation: | Straight | | Hometown: | Warsaw, Poland | | Body type: | 6' 5" / Body builder | | Religion: | Catholic | | Zodiac Sign: | Gemini | | Children: | Someday | | Education: | Grad / professional school |
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Lukasz's Schools
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Montclair State University
Upper Montclair, NEW JERSEY
Graduated: 2006
Student status: Alumni
Degree: Master's Degree
Major: Computer Science
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Montclair State University
Upper Montclair,NJ
Graduated: 2004
Student status: Alumni
Degree: Bachelor's Degree
Major: Computer Science
Minor: Math
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Go and read my blog: Terminally-Incoherent
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I am a big geek. Deal with it. What else did you expect? I have an MS in Computer Science, I'm seriously thinking about going for a PHD. I am a programmer, and I work in IT. When I'm not studying or working, I'm either reading or writing about technology. This is my life.
Knowledge and education is everything. It's not about how many classes you took, or what was your GPA. It's about what you know and what you have learned. If you want my respect, tell me something I don't know. Talk about science, technology, philosophy and etc..
I love academia and I have deep respect for people who do academic research.
I feel the need to constantly learn new things, often beyond my field of study and expertise. If I'm not learning, I feel like I'm slowly dying.
I used to teach introductory computer classes for technological retards neophytes. I work in IT industry and I often need to deal with end users. People say that you need angelic patience and nerves of steel to do this type of job. This people are correct. Some individuals are just naturally dumb and need clue forcibly inserted into them. I just do it in a nice, mostly painless way.
I'm not a BOFH - I just don't have it in me. I really wish I was. I will inject lusers with clue though even if I have to trick them into actually learning. |
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Who I'd like to meet:
I look for two things: sense of humor, and curiosity. People without the former treat life way to seriously. Without some humor you just get lost in a bland day-to-day existence. Lack of sense of humor almost always implies lack of imagination. Unimaginative, humorless people are just boring.
Natural curiosity is also very important. Why? People who are not naturally curious do not learn. Then we have to insert clue into them using a LART and you don't want that. Roughly 70% of what we IT people call "clue" is curiosity and willingness to learn. If you are not interested in learning new things, are you are either already senile, or a closed minded idiot.
Lack of curiosity, usually indicates lack of imagination which brings us back to sense of humor. It's all interconnected. |
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