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Byte
likes: preemptive multitasking, Linux, three button mice, full towers, cars, Nullsoft, large fighting robots
dislikes: iMacs, people who use high power computers for word processing, iMacs, one button mice, translucent color shells, AOL, snipers
anime: Love Hina, furikuri, Evangelion, Gundam, Nadesico
games: GT3, GT2, F-Zero, Mechwarrior 2, Metal Gear Solid, ZDOOM
OS: Linux 2.4.18 (Slackware 7.1 distro), although he has been known to use Windoze for playing Counter-Strike.
desktop: 486DX2/66 36MB RAM 9.5GB HD, 486DX3/100 (overclocked from 75Mhz) 12MB RAM running Linux 2.4.18, 200Mhz 603e PPC 64MB RAM 2.3GB HD running Linux 2.4.19 (Debian 3.0 distro)
laptop: Pentium/120 32MB RAM 1.3GB HD running Linux 2.2.16
ancient: Texas Instruments TI 99/4A running TI Extended BASIC
quote: "I'm just waiting for a vegetarian protest on the quad so I can fling meatballs at them."

Byte is you're all around {game,computer,linux,racing} freak. To him, being a power user is about getting the most out of given hardware, not just having massive power. He's currently working on a way to beowulf enough 486 boxes to equal a gigahertz.

Yan
likes: food, sleep
dislikes: stuck up asian people, bad food, spotless windows (keep running into them)
anime: Love Hina, Rurouni Kenshin, Evangelion
games: Starcraft, Final Fantasy (all of them), Metal Gear Solid, Resident Evil, chess, Magic the Gathering
OS: Windows 98 SE
desktop: PII/350 96MB RAM 7.2GB HD
ancient: Laser XT clone
quote: "I will put my ANGELIC BLESSING on my VIZZERDRIX and attack you with all THIRTEEN of my FLIERS!"

Yan's mom makes great food. He's a drummer, but he has no band anymore. He plays a lot of Starcraft and is pretty good. His goal is to go skydiving, not get disconnected in the middle of a Starcraft game, and take a trip around the world.

Unixgirl
likes: slashdot, unix systems, nerf guns, freenet, Mac OS X, Monty Python
dislikes: one button mice, Microsoft, Mac OS 9 and below
anime: Love Hina, furikuri, Nadesico, Escaflowne, Card Captor Sakura
games: Counter-Strike, Quake III, Final Fantasy VII
OS: Linux (RedHat)
desktop: Pentium/250 128MB RAM 20GB HD running RedHat 6.0
laptop: Pentium/166 48MB RAM 4GB HD running RedHat 6.0
ancient: Radio Shack TRS-80 Color Computer III
quote: "All these computers. All running Windows. What a tragic waste."

Known only by her icq alias, unixgirl's real name remains a mystery. She ran into byte after winging him with a frisbee on the quad. She is part hacker, part cutie, and part vigilante terrorist.

Katana (Kat)
likes: Orange juice, Nintendo, Mazda Miata, squirrels
dislikes: mean people, long loading times
anime: Nadesico, Card Captor Sakura, Sailor Moon
games: Mortal Kombat, any Mario game, any Megaman game
quote: "You weak, pathetic fool. Wanna go again?"

Unixgirl's friend and all around cutie. She doesn't work with computers that much, but she's just as good as anyone in the video game department with her expert timing and quick reflexes.

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