Pherik

And another personal favorite... Lovely Fear Factory Cover... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JF--X8LhtJo

Oh let's see... I can share my borderline Industrial/goth stuff!

Oh, She was between 5'6" and 6'0"... She was studying Psychology if I recall. Don't know if that helps. (Theoretically that would narrow it down a lot, right? Unless you're all trying to shrink each other here... It's -still- Hybrid Fiber/Coax (HFC). Fiber has gotten cheaper, yes, but a lot the upgrades over the last decade have been more of the "Retro" variety. They'll try and stick with the existing cable that's up there and just replacing the equipment. The RF equipment manufacturers have been the big facilitators of this, they knew they had to provide incentive to stick with Coax (And more importantly, their brand of equipment) so a lot of the latest generation of stuff actually is "Housing compatible" where you can just put different electronics in the same casing and save on the splicing costs. (I can tell you though, notating all the replacement work is another matter entirely!). Cox is actually using 3GHz capable passives in all of their build for potential future expansion. I think HFC will probably stick around for a little while longer, in any case, if only because most of the Fiber to the home solutions are ~250 homes for a single fiber, and you can get double that off the same fiber from HFC... God I'm rambling. Also... I said Cox. *giggles* (Yes, I giggle in the real world. It's actually a little spooky... >_>)

Yeah... you got it. =) Ahh, Fiber optic networks, and the permits needed to build them. It's a pretty cool job because I'm always doing something new, but it's also really stressful because there's always crazy deadlines and you have to think on your feet. I love that about it though. The programming side of my job is a little more vauge. The main programming I do is drafting routines. As you could probably guess when you're drawing certain things there's a lot of repetitive commands that could be automated... I do that. I also do some Database stuff for general operations. The one saving grace in my life is most bad events in my life get far, far more amusing as they progress. This is no exception, thank god. Oh crap, See the problem is I'm terrible with names (almost always takes a couple gos to get them,) they were waiting with me outside the door to CC before it opened a few fridays ago, and alas I don't even remember the first letter of her name. Hopefully I can provide a contribution to the community. Or at least some lulz. Thanks for having me. =)

Okay, Let's try to get some fun facts out of the way. I cooked up some CopyPasta for this in order to move things along nicely. Name: Pherik. Location: Back in Detroit, Born and Raised Gender: Male, last time I checked. *Peeks* Yep, still a guy. Employment: I work at a Telecom contractor in the area as a Drafter/Programmer. My unofficial title is "Solution Provisioner." It involves me solving everyone's problems and acting like a goofball. School: BS in Computer Science from University of Detroit Mercy Children: Nope. At one point I was certified to provide child care in the state. The more you get to know me, the sillier that concept is. Relationship Status: Totally Janked. Long story with too much drama for an intro. Hobbies: Cycling (Used to work at a bike shop,) Computers (Used to work at a computer shop) Cooking, Learning stuffs, being silly. Anything outside is a blast to me. How did you find out about DGN?: Oh, this lovely lass at City Club mentioned it... How did you choose your DGN name?: Pherik is a name that has a very special meaning to me for reasons I won't get into here. It has to do with some of my past spiritual beliefs and my self-growth through life. Some other things: -Okay, I have a rather whacked out sense of humor. It takes some time to warm up to but typically I wind up being considered one of the "funny people" in a group. -I know a bunch of useful stuff. -I know a bunch of useless stuff. -I have rather extreme boundaries on friendship. There's a lot I'll do for a friend, and yet some things I find more tolerable than most would, and others... far less. -I'm pretty friendly, though. Try to be, anyway. -I love to talk about technical stuff. Bikes, cars, doesn't matter, it's all good!