User:Eiserlohpp

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[edit] Background

Peter ran into the wikipedia on 10-May-2004, and has loved it ever since. In fact, he even installed a copy of MediaWiki in a Linux box at work, on a standalone network (not on the internet) for use by himself and co-workers.

He started programing on a HP-1000 mini computer in basic, moved to FORTRAN on IBM 360, and Cyber super computers. Then in 1986 he bought an Amiga-1000, and started programing it in "C", and "Modula-2". At work he used Pascal in a Macintosh, and later the PowerMac, and even a HP-UX unix machine. Back again at home, he discovered Linux and installed it on a PC (386) machine. Currently he runs modern hardware, but for the most part has stayed with Linux, except for one a MacMini, which dual boots into either MaxOS X, or Linux.

[edit] Interests

• Taekwondo,
• Reading Science Fiction,

• Physics. In his off time, he particulary likes speculative physics like:
  • Alcubierre drive,
  • Heim theory,
  • Kaluza–Klein theory,
  • Noncommutative geometry,
  • Sonoluminescence,
  • Yilmaz theory of gravitation,
  • Zero-point energy.
• Computer operating systems such as:
  • Linux,
  • Xinu, Minix and Minix3
  • Unix and varients such as FreeBSD, and DragonFly BSD
• Compilers, and computer Programming Languages such as:
  • Modula-2,
  • Objective Modula-2,
  • Modula-3,
  • Ruby programming language (okay, I know this is an interpreted languge).

• Technology
  • Software-defined radio
  • RADAR

His interest in computer languages has also spread to human spoken constructed languages such as:

• Esperanto, and
• Lojban.