I've programmed & used computers for most of my life. My dream has always been to improve the world by applying computer technology (in that vein, Leibniz is somewhat of a "role model").

Other thinkers who have significantly influenced me (my thinking) include Ludwig Wittgenstein, Socrates, Jean Jacques Rousseau, Benjamin Franklin, Tom Paine, The Beatles and Frank Zappa.

I look forward to building rewarding relationships here.

Facilitate Information Retrieval.

Build better (or even "the best") search engines (i.e., better search engine algorithms)

Understand natural language.

Make people happy.

:D nmw

Pierre Omidyar

Tim O'Reilly

Bill Gates (maybe he could get me a new "desk" computer to replace this laptop gizmo?)

George Bush

Any/All professional mud wrestling champions.

ps#1

Frank Zappa, Bob Dylan, John Lennon, Ben Franklin, Jean Jacques Rousseau, Ludwig Wittgenstein -- how's my batting average (better hurry up and meet Bob, eh? ;)

A day without laughter is a day wasted. (Charlie Chaplin)

Germany, France, United States of America (USA), really pretty much all over Europe & "most" of North America (although I might have missed your backyard)...

psychology, philosophy, information retrieval (search), tennis, biking and sex

English, German (Deutsch), dot (keywords), a little Spanish, some Dutch/Norwegian (Norsk), a teeny tiny bit of Arabic -- and I'm a beginner at "body language"