User:Autarch

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I am a geek and nerd with interests in science, particularly mathematics and computer science. I am also interested in philosophy and am currently reading Ray Monks' biography of Wittgenstein, 'The Duty of Genius'.

My username is derived from The book of the new sun.

I am quite interested in wikipedia, though I'm a bit concerned about the potential for abuse in having such an easily changed medium as a basis for an encyclopedia - it's all too easy for advertising to be inserted - or even outright propaganda. Sure, many people watching the page can spot some problems, but the John Seigenthaler Sr. Wikipedia biography controversy resulted after bogus claims went uncorrected for at least four months.

What about people with political agendas? Are political candidates turning their entries into hagiography?

Make your comments on my discussion page.

Autarch 18:00, 13 December 2005 (UTC)

Corrected grammatical error in my user page that made me sound like a bad imitation of a hip-hop artist. I really must have been short of sleep that time I edited the page...Autarch 17:20, 23 March 2006 (UTC) I think I got a little carried away with userboxes! ;-) Autarch 19:01, 24 March 2006 (UTC)

Why not a link on Film Noir? Autarch 19:25, 24 March 2006 (UTC)

Tidied up my userboxes a bit. Autarch 13:35, 12 April 2006 (UTC)

I seem to be adding quite a bit of material to the streets in Dublin category lately. Autarch 18:51, 29 May 2006 (UTC)

Entry on Wikistress has excellent advice! Autarch 20:12, 15 June 2006 (UTC)

Updated reference to category of streets and squares in Dublin, as the old category no longer exists. Autarch 17:15, 28 July 2006 (UTC)

Began trimming watchlist, as it's getting difficult to watch too many pages. Autarch 18:54, 17 September 2007 (UTC)

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I'm gradually morphing this page into something approaching my activities in Wikipedia - closer to official Wikipedia policy. However, this change may take place asymptotically! Autarch 17:44, 16 August 2006 (UTC)


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Keen interests
 This user is interested in maps.
eπi+1=0 This user is a mathie.
This user supports Formula One.
Fx
This user is interested in astronomy.
This user is a bibliophile.
This user is a Go player.
Editing Wikipedia is something this user does as a hobby.
Wikiprojects
This user is a participant in WikiProject Cryptography.
Linux This user is a member of WikiProject Linux
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Counter-Vandalism Unit.
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This user is a member of WikiProject Rational Skepticism.
This user is a member of WikiProject Go.


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This user is a member of WikiProject Ireland.
Academic information
This user graduated from Trinity College Dublin.
This user is a student of the Open University.
Programming languages
C This user can program in C.
C++ This user can program in C++.
py This user is a Python programmer.
hs This user can program in Haskell.
Java This user can program in Java.
Perl This user is a Perl hacker.
This user can typeset using LaTeX.
re This user is a regular expression programmer.
sql-2 This user is an intermediate SQL programmer.
MATLAB-2 This user is an intermediate MATLAB programmer.
MAPLE-2 This user is an intermediate MAPLE programmer.
TV
This user politely asks:
Who are you working for?!
CSI This user follows the evidence.
Law & Order This user is a fan of Law & Order. L&O
Good news, everyone! This user is a fan of Futurama!
d'oh! This user thinks The Simpsons is simply...excellent.
Fiction reading
This user enjoys reading mysteries.
This user enjoys reading science fiction.
This user enjoys reading alternate history fiction.
Science
This user has a keen interest in Physics.
Fx This user is interested in Space Sciences.
Fx
This user supports the protection of the environment.
This user is interested in Evolution.
This user believes that the Universe began with a bang.
views on religion
ath This user is interested in atheism.
This user believes that the Flying Spaghetti Monster is as likely as creationism.
Emacs This user is interested in the Church of Emacs.
Music
Blue This user enjoys blues music.
fan-3 This user loves Robert Johnson.
fan-3 This user loves Charlie Patton.
fan-3 This user loves Son House.
fan-3 This user loves Leadbelly.
fan-3 This user loves Blind Lemon Jefferson.
fan-3 This user loves U2.
fan-3 This user loves Kaiser Chiefs.
fan-3 This user loves Kraftwerk.
fan-3 This user loves Goldfrapp.
Irish-related aspects
' This Irish Wikipedian can't stand the taste of Guinness.