User:Liberal Classic

Hello there, and welcome to my user page!
I am new to Wikipedia, but not to the Net. I first subscribed to CompuServe in 1983. Since then, I've been active on Fidonet, later on Usenet, and more recently various web-based discussion fora that have become so popular. I live and work in the greater Houston, Texas, USA area. I am a recovering Unix system adminstrator who now works in instrumentation and controls. My interests include science and mathematics. My computer is a Macbook Pro running Mac OS X, Windows XP, and Linux. My other computer is a Hewlett-Packard HP-48. For entertainment I enjoy reading science fiction and fantasy, motorcycling, exercising, and cooking. My favorite car is the Honda NSX. My username reflects the fact that I consider myself a traditional liberal. I consider myself to be more of a pragmatist and empiricist than a dogmatist or extremist. My libertarian-leaning centrism puts me somewhat outside the mainstream of the Republican, Democratic, and Libertarian parties. I've become interested in contributing to Wikipedia, but am daunted by the depth and complexity of the culture. Wikipedia is quite the rabbit hole. Recent edit patrolling is addictive and hypnotic, and not unlike a game of whack a mole. Liberal Classic 22:35, 9 February 2007 (UTC)
I made this screenshot that another editor chose to be the lead-in for article on X11. After loading Gentoo on my macbook, I emerged the window system and started it up to test my video. The result was a nostalgic early 90s desktop.
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