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I know this forum section is kind of useless since nobody seems to post anything here, but what the hell
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My name is... Strafe, and it's not german for "punishment" (people seem to enjoy asking me that). I don't give out my real name because it sounds stupid to other people (other cultures, other languages and so on) just as your real name sounds "interesting" to us
Just for the record, there are 10 days left until my final exams. Afterwards, i'll be drunk as hell. Oh yeah, and then go to college.
I'm a good Visual Basic programmer (at least i like to think i am), i have a diploma in Pascal programming (i received that when i finished highschool), i use linux often and this autumn i'll blow your mind with the... BEST WEBDESIGN & HOSTING PROVIDER EVER.. yeah, i know, there's lots of them, but i'm trying to exploit the market in Romania.
I've a loving girlfriend and i'd like to have a loving car that's why i'll be working my ass off the next months, so i can afford buying one. Only need 1500E though, should be like a walk in the park.
Oh yeah: i'm ~19 years old. Or should be in 4 months
See ya in the forums.
Oups, almost forgot to add this -> http://unixforge.org/~strafe/new/P0615_124756.jpg Any questions ?

A.) What's with the goofy glasses?
B.) I'm American, so what brand of cigarettes are those, and are they lights? They look like they are.
C.) Could you send me a pack of those cigarettes? I could eBay you the shipping and stuff

And welcome, you seem to be an interesting person, even though you admit to programming in VB (No self-respecting programmer would ).

Just teasing,
RaWx

Give a guy a break!
A.) I've got my eyes on these glasses the moment i stepped in the fashion shop or whatever is it called (House of Art, clothes and accesories shop). They're actually pretty nice when you see them up close. Anyways, de gustibus non disputandum.
B.) They're Parliament. Pretty expensive here in Romania
C.) I could just wrap them around a pigeon's leg and hope it makes it past the ocean. You'll have a better chance on receiving them. I'm not very confident in eBay, have you noticed ?
D.) VB is actually a nice programming language, i've been studying it since i was 12. Never actually got interested in anything else until i lost ALL my interest in ANY programming language.

Cheers.

Parliament, yes, I've seen those here. They're actually quite cheap (by dirty over-commercial American standards).

I've never dug VB, as it was more Drag-And-Drop/Cut-And-Paste than actual programming. But if you liked it, I'd suggest you try C#, it's got the ease-of-use that VB "sports", but it's also very nicely optimized, and you can do alot more with than you could with VB. I've fallen in love with C#, and my background lies in Perl and C/C++.

I guess the glasses are cool, but I'm not much into fashion.
My daily wardrobe consits of:
Khaki pants (Dickies brand, I hate Jeans)
Wife beater (undershirt, whatever you call them)
A button-up shirt over the wife beater, unbuttoned
Joe Boxer ankle socks
And one of three pairs of Timberland brand boots

As you can see, I don't think I'd make it on MTV's House of Style (or whatever), but I'm quite comfortable. Sometimes I even sport my bling-bling (Grandfathers Rolex watch which I inherited), but it's not often.

Heh, you're the authentic person white people like to imitate by dressing up the same way.
I'm in a transformation state. I used to wear dark colors (black, gray, dark green and so on). Now i like better the new me I wear sporty clothes and bright colors
KENT is cheaper than Parliament in my country, just for the record .

Well, as for cigarettes, the cheapest around here are called 305's. 305 is the area code for Miami, Florida (which I live about 3 hours away from), so I imagine they are manufactored there. They sell for about $1.86 a pack (sales tax included), and $16 a carton, all in US, do the conversion yourself, so I do quite well on cigarettes, and am rarely without one. I am, however, disgusted at the drinking laws here, thankfully nobody likes to card me anymore. I'm also an avid smoker of marijuana, in fact, it's a fact of life for me, and I almost feel as if I can't produce quality code without being high.

Man,i'm starting to like you, don't get me wrong I was going to ask you if you smoke weed and stuff as any black man stereotype, but i thought i might offend you
Now for the bad part: I quit smoking like 2 years ago. Those cigarettes are not mine, they belong to a friend who's a convinced smoker. He might give you a pack of Parliament for a blunt, if you know what i mean
Drinking laws: laws are made to restrain you from taking unaproppiate actions or stuff like that. But who the hell listens to them ? We are perfect people in an imperfect world

I don't offend easily. And I don't exactly abide by the 'black man' stereotype. My father was black, and my mother is white. I drink deeply from both cultural streams, but the line tends to blur. I listen to hip-hop, but I also listen to metal (Note: System of a Down rules every black bone in my body). And when I say hip-hop, I don't mean rap. Not 50 Cent, or Eminem, or any of that garbage. Real stuff. Immortal Technique, Sabac, etc.

Whether or not you smoke is irrelevant, you are free to do as you choose. I smoke because I'm addicted, and I'm aware of the fact. I could try to quit, but I am lazy (stereotypically ), and it'd take far much more work to quit. I am a chronic smoker of the chronic, and I'd sooner quit smoking cigarettes than weed.

As for drinking...well, my mother is Irish, so you can do the math on that one

Sorry to hear about your father (was black).
Hope to see you later. I have to go see my girl, i'll be back in a few [5-6-7] hours

No, he's still alive. I just refer to him in the past tense because he left soon after getting my mother pregnant. I have no desire to know him whatsoever, so condolences are not needed

welcome aboard. Maybe one day we can all hook-up and smoke gigantic blunts made with Tahoe Banger.

... and maybe Method Man and Redman will join the party.

hopefully not ;]

haha @ picture