User:RobertBurrellDonkin

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asm-0

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vb-0

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SQL-2

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bat-1

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Today is Monday.

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This user lived in Phanerozoic eon Cenozoic era Quaternary period Holocene epoch

wiki-1

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200

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This user has been on Wikipedia for 5 years.

5Y

An account richer in time than space. It was open in the year of my election as an Apache Member. My engagement with coding and documenting Open Source Software consumed.

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An account richer in time than space.

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Dos

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This user studies kung fu but would never use it against you.

This user does Taoist Tai Chi.

Capoeira sou eu.

1st

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This user is a Rolemaster enthusiast, and tired hearing jokes about rules and/or stats.

Techs

This user drinks tea.

OSrc

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This user is part of the International Penguin Conspiracy.

This user contributes using Debian GNU/Linux.

This user BOINCs
as Robert Burrell Donkin.

This user contributes using Gentoo Linux.

This user uses free software wherever and whenever possible.

This user really likes old computers.

This user has posted to Usenet newsgroups.

This user is interested in retrocomputing.

This user networks Linux PCs with OpenSSH and SSHFS.

This user built his own PC.

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This user had an iPod before you even knew what one was.

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Apache Member

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a stereotypically eclectic sample of the modern addition.

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This user wonders who is watching the Watchmen

42

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The Lord of the Rings.

Shiny

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George Orwell taught this user everything he needs to know about the government.

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Maxïmo
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GITS

This user's cyberbrain was hacked.

This user reads webcomics.

This user knows that We are all in this together.

This user can read an Alethiometer.

This victory belongs to the farmers, not to this user.

ID	You don't need to see this user's identification.

This user is an Indiana Jones fan.

Melange

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JD

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This user is entering a martial arts tournament of epic proportions.

This user will move to a GSV at the first opportunity.

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This user believes there ain't no such thing as a free lunch.

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1.618...

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This user enjoys the works of Arthur C. Clarke.

A-I

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12

This user is looking for the Army of the Twelve Monkeys

TA

Bak user derka derka derka!

LBs

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This user celebrates towel day (May 25th). R.I.P. D.N.A.

xkcd

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DON'T PANIC

This user attempts not to panic with the aid of several towels.

STAR WARS

This user would shoot Greedo first.

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I hopefully include as do's some sadly likely done

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This is where I stand.

TODAY

e^{i\pi \ }

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This user is fascinated by chaos theory.

This user enjoys studying fractals.

Phi ≈ 1.6180339887498948482

This user knows that a monkey typing at a typewriter will write something that will make Shakespeare grovel… eventually.

Fortune smiled on my agile developments. I found myself able to study Advanced Computer Science at the University of Manchester, focusing on Artificial Intelligence. This school influences my thinking on Logic.

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This user maintains a blog.

G

This user will use Google before asking dumb questions.

This user has a website, which can be found here.

f

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This user is a software engineer.

@

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This user is paranoid enough to possess his own PGP key!

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coding and documenting Open Source Software consumed

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I confess to a stereotypically eclectic sample of the modern addition. Though my thirst for media has lessened, of late. On accounting for some of my times past, I hopefully include as do's some sadly likely done.

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Advanced Computer Science at the University of Manchester

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Studies

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This user studied or studies at the University of Manchester

This user is a MSc student at university.

This user is a graduate student in Computer Science.

This user is or was a student of the University of Warwick.

BSc

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1st

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MSc

This user has a Master of Science degree in Mathematics.

I hope this knowledge may flavour some sparse subjects.

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