- Joined
- Nov 29, 2004
- Location
- T3h Intr@tub3z!
This is the 17th in the series of T32 Spotlights! I'll continue to interview members when given a chance. The interviews will appear in a spotlight every now and then as long as the nominations keep coming in! For how to go about nominating a fellow folder, please go to THIS THREAD. To see the ever growing list of who has been interviewed and the expected date of the next spotlight, please go to THIS THREAD.
**ps... this is another 'old' interview, so some info could be off/wrong**
Here we have someone who is to folding what his name suggests. He lurks just under the surface all the while holding back his inner folding fury. He has become a well-beloved member of the team and someone whom we should all be proud of to has as a friend.
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LandShark
You were requested to be interviewed by me in a recent PM i recieved. You do not have to consent to the interview... but that would be dissapointing the audience, eh?
oh, it really really is my pleasant to be invited for the interview!! especially I'm such a "young" member in the team.
When did you join the Team?
I join folding@home and the team around March 05', but only did a couple units before switched back to seti@home. I didn't really start to fold till around Aug. 05'.
If there was something recent that you did that you wanted your fellow teammembers to know about, what would it be?
two words, Watch Out! as some of you know, I'm in the process of rebuilding my home farm, including a new folding cabinet. all I need is the Presler/Yonah to hit the street. (should be a nice upgrade from my Northwood farm) and I'll be bringing back my borg farm online in a month or so too. soooo, just be ready to be eaten by the mad shark in Feb. 06'!!
What is your EOC (extremeoverclockers) stats link?
here
You do not have to give specifics, but what State do you live in, and if you don't mind telling, what town?
Silver Spring, Maryland. (if you know where it is)
How did you initially hear about F@H?
I'm a seti@home addict since Jan. 00'; therefore, I've heard about folding@home being another distributed computing project to search for cure along the way.
After starting, why do you continue to Fold?
1. seti@home classic (phraseI) is shuting down, and I've done and achieved everything I could from seti@home (top3 in oc.com team, top5 in my native country, top400 worldwide, collected every single certificate, etc.). I really don't have much left from the classic. plus seti@home/boinc (phraseII) still hasn't been stable enough that leave my machines have nothing to do (don't you hate to see your rig idling).
2. my dad passed away at the end of 04' after two tough years battle with lung cancer (he doesn't smoke nor drink!), my cousin also suffering from cancer for a few years (which he just pass away a month ago), plus many others that I know is also suffering from this disease. and when I found out my best best friend is also having cancer (currently recovering), I finally sat down and asked myself, may be it's able time for me to change the way I'm using my computing power! instead of searching for the little green man (nothing wrong with it and I'm still into scifi, space, and stuffs), may be I should use the computing power that I have to try to help find the cure! I know I might not be helping much, I know it might take years, even decades before we can find the cure. but what I'm doing in folding@home could have even a slightest chance to save just one single life, I really think it's very very worth my effort of trying! 'cos simply put it, been there, done that. I know how it feels when losing someone close to you. and who knows, may be one day, I could save my own life too!!
What do you do for a living?
surprisingly, my day time job is very non tech related!! I'm more in the customer relationship field. but that also helps me to meet a lots of different people included the boss of my borg farm.
What do you do for fun?
besides being a tech guy, I'm also a car nut. actually I'm more a so called "track junkie" (also a F1 fan). I like cars, but I will only really appreicate them when driving on the race track. I'm also working onto being a track driving instructor next season with the BMW club and Porsche club. and I like skiing too. so, I guess I like anything that has to do with speed. fast car + skiing + fast computer = basically a speed freak.
Is there anything special you do in your spare time that you really enjoy?
besides tech, computer stuffs, just driving on the track. oh, of course I enjoy spending time with friends and my loved one (when I find one....), and (eventually) with my own family.
Time to spill your guts. What are the stats of your main folding rig? Why is it your fave? What all do you use the rig for?
lol.... guess what? I actually don't have a really daily rig!! my personal main machine die on me a couple months ago and I've been painfully waiting for the Presler since then. but when it's out, I plan to rebuild it with a watercooled Presler.
I'm currently using my server (a Northwood 2.4c @ 3.1ghz, stock v., 1:1 memory) and my laptop (PentiumM 1.8ghz) for most of my daily thing. but since I do quite a lot of video encoding too, it could be a pain when using them sometimes....
Do you have a Borg-Farm? If so, how many computers, and what are they? (CPU, RAM)
hell yeah, you really think I'm paying the electric bill of the computing power needed to dethrone our powah daddy Nik. however they are offline right now. how many? well, my sig. isn't joking, I really lose count all I know is they are P4@3ghz with 1gb of ram, and is "around" 100 or so.... don't worry, I will bring them back online soon!!
What are your future goals? What do you most want to accomplish with your life?
stay healthy and be happy. really, I'm not looking to make all the money in the world, all I want is just make enough to give my family a decent life without worrying much. am I asking too much? well, in my dreams, I do want to be a F1 racing driver tho....heheee....
here's some other stuffs of me....
my blog
my htpc
things that I really do enjoy
p.s. Frank, I'm wondering who suggested me??
As for who suggested you... I don't remember! LOL
***Update!!!***
AQUARIUM!!!!
Landshark has some more pics for you to see!
**ps... this is another 'old' interview, so some info could be off/wrong**
Here we have someone who is to folding what his name suggests. He lurks just under the surface all the while holding back his inner folding fury. He has become a well-beloved member of the team and someone whom we should all be proud of to has as a friend.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
LandShark
You were requested to be interviewed by me in a recent PM i recieved. You do not have to consent to the interview... but that would be dissapointing the audience, eh?
oh, it really really is my pleasant to be invited for the interview!! especially I'm such a "young" member in the team.
When did you join the Team?
I join folding@home and the team around March 05', but only did a couple units before switched back to seti@home. I didn't really start to fold till around Aug. 05'.
If there was something recent that you did that you wanted your fellow teammembers to know about, what would it be?
two words, Watch Out! as some of you know, I'm in the process of rebuilding my home farm, including a new folding cabinet. all I need is the Presler/Yonah to hit the street. (should be a nice upgrade from my Northwood farm) and I'll be bringing back my borg farm online in a month or so too. soooo, just be ready to be eaten by the mad shark in Feb. 06'!!
What is your EOC (extremeoverclockers) stats link?
here
You do not have to give specifics, but what State do you live in, and if you don't mind telling, what town?
Silver Spring, Maryland. (if you know where it is)
How did you initially hear about F@H?
I'm a seti@home addict since Jan. 00'; therefore, I've heard about folding@home being another distributed computing project to search for cure along the way.
After starting, why do you continue to Fold?
1. seti@home classic (phraseI) is shuting down, and I've done and achieved everything I could from seti@home (top3 in oc.com team, top5 in my native country, top400 worldwide, collected every single certificate, etc.). I really don't have much left from the classic. plus seti@home/boinc (phraseII) still hasn't been stable enough that leave my machines have nothing to do (don't you hate to see your rig idling).
2. my dad passed away at the end of 04' after two tough years battle with lung cancer (he doesn't smoke nor drink!), my cousin also suffering from cancer for a few years (which he just pass away a month ago), plus many others that I know is also suffering from this disease. and when I found out my best best friend is also having cancer (currently recovering), I finally sat down and asked myself, may be it's able time for me to change the way I'm using my computing power! instead of searching for the little green man (nothing wrong with it and I'm still into scifi, space, and stuffs), may be I should use the computing power that I have to try to help find the cure! I know I might not be helping much, I know it might take years, even decades before we can find the cure. but what I'm doing in folding@home could have even a slightest chance to save just one single life, I really think it's very very worth my effort of trying! 'cos simply put it, been there, done that. I know how it feels when losing someone close to you. and who knows, may be one day, I could save my own life too!!
What do you do for a living?
surprisingly, my day time job is very non tech related!! I'm more in the customer relationship field. but that also helps me to meet a lots of different people included the boss of my borg farm.
What do you do for fun?
besides being a tech guy, I'm also a car nut. actually I'm more a so called "track junkie" (also a F1 fan). I like cars, but I will only really appreicate them when driving on the race track. I'm also working onto being a track driving instructor next season with the BMW club and Porsche club. and I like skiing too. so, I guess I like anything that has to do with speed. fast car + skiing + fast computer = basically a speed freak.
Is there anything special you do in your spare time that you really enjoy?
besides tech, computer stuffs, just driving on the track. oh, of course I enjoy spending time with friends and my loved one (when I find one....), and (eventually) with my own family.
Time to spill your guts. What are the stats of your main folding rig? Why is it your fave? What all do you use the rig for?
lol.... guess what? I actually don't have a really daily rig!! my personal main machine die on me a couple months ago and I've been painfully waiting for the Presler since then. but when it's out, I plan to rebuild it with a watercooled Presler.
I'm currently using my server (a Northwood 2.4c @ 3.1ghz, stock v., 1:1 memory) and my laptop (PentiumM 1.8ghz) for most of my daily thing. but since I do quite a lot of video encoding too, it could be a pain when using them sometimes....
Do you have a Borg-Farm? If so, how many computers, and what are they? (CPU, RAM)
hell yeah, you really think I'm paying the electric bill of the computing power needed to dethrone our powah daddy Nik.
however they are offline right now. how many? well, my sig. isn't joking, I really lose count all I know is they are P4@3ghz with 1gb of ram, and is "around" 100 or so.... don't worry, I will bring them back online soon!! What are your future goals? What do you most want to accomplish with your life?
stay healthy and be happy. really, I'm not looking to make all the money in the world, all I want is just make enough to give my family a decent life without worrying much. am I asking too much? well, in my dreams, I do want to be a F1 racing driver tho....heheee....
here's some other stuffs of me....
my blog
my htpc
things that I really do enjoy
p.s. Frank, I'm wondering who suggested me??
As for who suggested you... I don't remember! LOL
***Update!!!***
AQUARIUM!!!!
Landshark has some more pics for you to see!
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And THF .... another great interview!!! 
