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November 05, 2004
Uber-Geekfest-o-rama
Mike & I are in not-so-beautiful downtown Conway, Arkansas....Mike's proctoring a CISSP exam today. I'm checking out the hotel's high speed wireless connection. Not too shabby.
We had dinner with one of the other proctors last night....an interesting guy whom Mike said invented satellite encryption. (I suspect he also invented the word 'geek'.) He entertained us with declassified tales of the beginning of satellite photography, and we talked about various & sundry things such as volcanos/calderas, earthquakes, the best way to light a grill (insert lit match into stack of charcoal and throw liquid oxygen on it) and how to clean a floor with liquid nitrogen. In other words, a delightfully fascinating, hard core old school geek whose breadth of knowledge was exceeded only by the depth.
It was worth the 2 1/2 drive just to talk with him.
Posted by Rita at November 5, 2004 08:53 AM
Comments
It's not George Goble, is it? And no, I don't mean "Lonesome George Goeble".
Posted by: Keith at November 5, 2004 04:26 PM
I wouldn't think of putting his name on the internet without his permission but I call him Warandpeace. He is a great guy, an old school geek and it is always a joy to spend time with him.
The other proctor was another AF alumni from the early days of satellite communication and spy vs spy stuff. I can sit and listen to folks like these all day.
They invented the world I live in and it's really interesting to hear how they intended for that internet thingy and those computer thingies to work.
Posted by: Mike S at November 5, 2004 06:54 PM
I really enjoyed talking with him. He's done such interesting things. Best of all, he's originally from southern Arkansas.
And y'all thought we were just a bunch of dumb hillbillies.
Posted by: rita at November 5, 2004 07:35 PM