Name a couple of organizations that you belong to
David: The Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) and USENIX/SAGE (a UNIX System Administrator professional organization). ACM is the oldest society in computing, and encourages learning, new ideas in technology, as well as professional ethics. USENIX (and SAGE within it) are associations dedicated to UNIX and to teaching and encouraging system administrators world-wide.
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If there was one person, alive or dead, that you could spend a day with, who would it be? Why?
David: Joan of Arc. In spite of overwhelming odds, when her friends failed her, her king deserted her, and her country was not there to help her, she never abandoned her faith in God and her country. I admire her faith and her dedication; if we were only that dedicated to our faith and to each other.
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Who would you name as the most influential person of mankind up-to-date?
David: Jesus Christ. He was a Jewish revolutionary, turned his world upside down, and provided a code that would become ingrained in the legal and diplomatic core of much of the Western World.
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In high school, what was your favorite subject and why?
David: Mathematics (especially algebra). Using logic and analyzing algebraic problems was exciting, and finding solutions was like working a puzzle where all the rules are known. In computing, this translates often into being able to use logic to troubleshoot, and the ability to analyze problems logically through to their resolution.
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