The Geekword Puzzle
By Samuel Kotel Bisbee-vonKaufmann
Unfortunately, there will be no new Geekword this month, as I did not have the time required to complete it. However, do not fret, for it shall return next month. The answers to LG #136's Geekword are provided below.
I continue to appreciate any comments, critiques, suggestions, etc. on my
puzzles; please use the "Talkback" link at the bottom of this article to
contact me with any of these.
May my subsequent insanity continue to bring you pleasure.
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Across 1: The Free Software Desktop Project 6: Sam_, skilled (2 wds) 10: yacc replacement 11: US_, small removable media (2 wds.) 12: `sed -e 'n;n;G;'`, insert a blank line every _ line 13: Sy_in, root synonym 14: Allowed tandem identical PCI Express cards to be run 16: One of three basic cryptographic scheme attacks (abbr.) 17: Multiple shells from one shell 20: `date +%-k%-k` 21: Freedom _ster, provides distro vending machines 22: Smalltalk implementation 24: Comprises a DN in LDAP 25: Pico Con_ 26: `sed -e 's/:/ /g' /etc/passwd | awk '{print $3}'` 28: _Ape, graphical network monitor 32: Oracle JDeveloper's _e class extends TreeNode 33: Seeds a specific number generator in C/C++ 34: Segmentation messages (abbr.) 35: KOrganizer helps manage these |
Down 1: Not so normal gigabyte abbr. 2: _ Class Library, formerly known as OOPS 3: Maintains the Open Source Definition 4: _ code, 1830s telographic data transmission system 5: `until [[ 1 == 2 ]]; do echo ""; done` 6: Early Internet forum system 7: Common Web server 8: A soft felt hat that sits next to a red hat 9: 255.255.255.0 to 0.0.0.0 15: "An _", ShowUsTheCode.com is doing this 17: Servlet/JSP framework from 7D 18: A true meaning of hacking 19: 32A cannot generate truely _ numbers 23: _Linux, a SPARC family port 27: 6D admin. tool 29: High availability subsystem (abbr.) 30: `echo -e "\0105\0116\0113"` 31: _d stores analog radio data for _query and lib_ |
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Samuel Kotel Bisbee-vonKaufmann was born ('87) and raised in the Boston, MA area. His interest in all things electronics was established early as his father was an electrician. Teaching himself HTML and web design at the age of 10, Sam has spiraled deeper into the confusion that is computer science and the FOSS community, running his first distro, Red Hat, when he was approximately 13 years old. Entering boarding high school in 2002, Northfield Mount Hermon, he found his way into the school's computer club, GEECS for Electronics, Engineering, Computers, and Science (a recursive acronym), which would allow him to share in and teach the Linux experience to future generations. Also during high school Sam was abducted into the Open and Free Technology Community (http://www.oftc.org), had his first article published, and became more involved in various communities and projects.
Sam is currently pursuing a degree in Computer Science at Boston University and continues to be involved in the FOSS community. Other hobbies include martial arts, writing, buildering, working, chess, and crossword puzzles. Then there is something about Linux, algorithms, programing, etc., but who makes money doing that?
Sam prefers programming in C++ and Bash, is fluent in Java and PHP, and while he can work in Perl, he hates it. If you would like to know more then feel free to ask.