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Title: Get to know the team: LiroyvH
Post by: LiroyvH on May 13, 2012, 01:04:43 PM
Guess this was a bit overdue for a few years.  :P

Name: Liroy
Age: 25
Location: the Netherlands, Holland, Dutchieland, whatever :)
Quote: Feel free to be free.
Position: Simple Machines President/CEO / Server Team Lead / Marketing

- Yes, a german shepherd. Awesome dog. Getting old though :( As al GS dogs, hip trouble. Nope. :(
- I like black things, eg nearly all my clothes are black/dark blue, but that's not really a color... If I had to choose a color; it would be green. Or fractals, if it would be a color :P
- So many many styles... But I prefer Black Metal and other metal styles the most. A small selection of the artists I like: Aquilus, Krake, Borknagar, Windir, Mistur, Queen, Vangelis, Primus, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Burzum, ICS Vortex, Dick Dale, Moonsorrow, I, Bishop of Hexen, Wardruna, Emperor, Global Communication, Primitive Earth, Garden of Shadows, Rage against the machine, Prodigy, Megadeth, Fjorsvartnir, Dargaard, Enslaved, Arcturus, Black Sabbath, Thorns, Vreid, Lamented Souls, Spinal Architect, Dark Fortess, Naglfar, Iron Maiden, Einherjer, Pink Floyd, Jimi Hendrix, Led Zeppelin, Stormlord, Steve Vai, The Doors, Perturbator, Mozart, Bach, Grieg, Bob Dylan, Pearl Jam, Faithless, Troll, Amon Amarth, Ensiferum, Wintersun, Gorgoroth, Immortal, Dimmu Borgir, Venom, Project HATE MCMXCIX, Thorns, Mozart, Bach, Dream Theater, Arcturus, Joe Satriani, Frank Zappa.
- Relax. Play some games. Hack the software of (Android) phones. Endlessly clicking through wikipedia whilst I was only looking up a single article...
I actually do a lot of different stuff, whatever interests me at the time or whatever I feel like doing :)
- Be happy at all times, that's the goal I hold on to :)
- It sort of... happened. I was just lurking around YaBB SE and got sucked in to SMF :P I got on the team after a real-life meeting and dinner.
- Hmm... Don't really have any idols. Lots of people do good things, not going to select one person as admiring him/her.
- Soccer, sailing, motor racing. (At least: I know how to do it. I'm not too active in it. I'm more about simply walking these days :P)
- I'm good where I am; owning an ISP and doing IT consultancy.
- Good question. I don't remember. I think I adopted "cypher" from the Matrix for a while but got tired of it very fast.
- No. Nor do I want one.
- Probably ambidextrous. Hovering somewhere in the center, but I probably lean slightly to the right.
- No, I do not have any tattoo's and do not currently plan on getting one. Maybe sometime in the future, but I doubt it. They're forever.
- 2 Sisters.
- This one, and a Dutch site: Tweakers.net.
- Unreal Tournament '99 with ZARK sniper rifle or StrangeLove rocket mod. Nothing else.
- Yes, I own a PlayStation 3 with Move. I prefer playing Assassins Creed and Final Fantasy. For mindless nonsense, I got Duke Nukem.
- Dutch & English fluently and I can make myself known in French, German and Latin. For the rest I know some words in a lot of languages, mostly words that should not be repeated here. I also want to learn some Scandinavian languages.
- From time to time I do, yes.
- Yep.
- Sometimes :) Ok, maybe a lot. I was bored as hell.
- Usually I don't. I am easy to distract and am interested in many things. Anything that draws my attention can keep me going for a long time.
- On my side or spread over the full size of my bed in really the strangest ways... Until I get punched because I'm starting to hog up all the space. ;)
I prefer having a fan blowing cold air all the time, even in the winter.
- Yes, it's freezing cold on top of an Airbus.
- Yes, though not very interesting. A couple of toes and the right side of my right hand thanks to a motor crash.
- Nope, though I do consider my headphones far more valuable than jewelry as it provides music on the go ;)
- *shrugs* I just grab a random bit of clothes and don't care much for it unless I have to go somewhere special. I mostly dress in jeans with a band shirt.
- 10, 13 if you also count access keycards.
- That is different each and every day. I usually don't go to sleep until 4AM and don't wake up before 12.30PM.
- I actually have to pick what I think is the freakiest thing I done? I'll skip this one ;)
- Nope, living together.
- Far too much. I suspect around 10 to 12 hours at minimum.
- Like wayyyy too much. :)
- Coca Cola, which is the only real coke. Next to that: Tea, Fanta, Beer (Jupiler, Hertog Jan, Amstel, Duvel), Bacardi & Coke, Whiskey (real ones, not bourbon), Red Vodka + Red Bull. And not to miss this one: Water!
- I don't have a particular hate for anything. But I dislike people that talk about things they have no clue about and know nothing about, but pretend they do or speak in a way that suggests they do. I also dislike really rude people and hypocrites. And last but not least: I don't like people who want to forbid things for other people while the thing they want to forbid does not harm anyone really or only the person doing it, but they do try to keep the things *they* like themselves legal, no matter if it's worse than the thing they try to make illegal, and come up with nonsense reasons for it... though I guess that comes down to hypocrites again. ;)
- Obviously my girlfriend. (Sry for making you puke folks!) Next to that, my dog is cool and i can't miss my phone and ultrabook. I also like Nature much... I enjoy free time, holidays and traveling around :) I particularly like walking outside very well, as long as the weather is nice. Especially in nature rich areas without much to any roads around. I also like walking on the beach, or if the weather allows it: baking there in the sun. Love riding around in hot temperatures. I also like people who help others a lot. Most people don't like doing more than absolutely needed, which is a shame. I also really like relaxing in different kind of ways. :) Next to all this I like it to think of new ideas for server setups, security and configurations. Guess this is becoming more of a hobby list than really answer the question "what do you love" eh? :P Drifting offtopic? No! :)
- Antichrist. Just kidding. I don't really have a religion. Maybe there is something, maybe there is not. I'm fine either way, and don't really care right now. I would describe my religion as "whatever". I do have a profound dislike of many religions.
- Dark
- Approximately 1m80.
- About 55KG I think, slim, with a godly body! About 75KG 80KG (-edit- damnit...) or so.
Title: Re: Get to know the team: CoreISP
Post by: Robert. on May 13, 2012, 01:06:41 PM
Quote from: CoreISP on May 13, 2012, 01:04:43 PMFor the rest I know some words in a lot of languages, mostly words that should not be repeated here.
Lol :P

What is your favorite type of cookies? ;D :P
Title: Re: Get to know the team: CoreISP
Post by: LiroyvH on May 13, 2012, 01:28:08 PM
Oreo :P
Title: Re: Get to know the team: CoreISP
Post by: IchBin™ on May 15, 2012, 02:50:35 PM
QuoteIf so do you have any kids? (Ha, this question implies you can't have kids without marriage!  Answer is no, though!)

Actually, it only implies that we want to know if you have kids only if you're married. :P

Good to know a bit more about you Liroy!
Title: Re: Get to know the team: CoreISP
Post by: Dzonny on May 15, 2012, 03:10:13 PM
Wow, great gadgets you have man :)

What do you think is the actual color of a zebra? :P
Have you ever been high? :D
Title: Re: Get to know the team: CoreISP
Post by: ApplianceJunk on May 15, 2012, 03:36:28 PM
Cool, I like reading about the team members.

Have you had any official training or schooling related to computers or have you learned everything on your own?
Title: Re: Get to know the team: CoreISP
Post by: kat on May 15, 2012, 04:46:08 PM
Quote from: CoreISP on May 13, 2012, 01:04:43 PMI'll skip this one

Shame... (http://www.katzy.dsl.pipex.com/Smileys/c018.gif)
Title: Re: Get to know the team: CoreISP
Post by: ApplianceJunk on May 15, 2012, 04:50:27 PM
Quote from: CoreISP on May 13, 2012, 01:28:08 PM
Oreo :P

Wonder if a Dutch Oreo taste the same as a American Oreo?
Title: Re: Get to know the team: CoreISP
Post by: Acans on May 16, 2012, 11:07:54 PM
QuoteAssassins Creed and Final Fantasy

Win.

QuoteApple fanboys who are not open to other platforms. IMHO, Apple products are overrated, overpriced and far too limited. While they do work perfectly: that's about all they do, the restrictions from factory are sickening. The hardware used is by far not worth the money either.

I work as a Apple Technician, and there's nothing more I hate when an Apple Fanboy questions me about having my own built Windows PC instead of a Mac. (Apparently haivng an MBP issued from work that I can take anywhere doesn't count.)
Title: Re: Get to know the team: CoreISP
Post by: Burridge on May 17, 2012, 05:19:21 PM
QuoteFinal Fantasy
Win, just win.
Title: Re: Get to know the team: CoreISP
Post by: LiroyvH on May 22, 2012, 02:34:41 PM
Quote from: IchBin™ on May 15, 2012, 02:50:35 PM
Actually, it only implies that we want to know if you have kids only if you're married.

Good to know a bit more about you Liroy!

Touché :P
Well played sir, well played indeed!

NP :)


Quote from: Dzonny on May 15, 2012, 03:10:13 PM
Wow, great gadgets you have man :)

What do you think is the actual color of a zebra? :P
Have you ever been high? :D

Thanks, I just expanded it with a HTC One X.
Care to share some of your gadgets? I'm still interested in what people use :D

The actual color of a zebra is a combination of all the My Little Pony colors, making it ultraviolet and thus appear as white. So it's not truly white though, if you look at a zebra through a prism you'll see it's true colors! The black stripes however are caused by the shadow it casts on itself thanks to a curse brought upon themselves by stealing the kidneys of Charlie the Unicorn. Hence it appears as white with black stripes. Don't be fooled though! ;)

Yes, I have been. :)

Quote from: ApplianceJunk on May 15, 2012, 03:36:28 PM
Have you had any official training or schooling related to computers or have you learned everything on your own?

Wonder if a Dutch Oreo taste the same as a American Oreo?

Not really, just took some certification courses to be able to do a exam on it and get certified. I am however doing a partial study at university to enhance knowledge of Windows based systems as my expertise is currently quite limited to Linux based architectures and to Cisco IOS in networking. Don't like the uni much though thanks to insane procedures and demands you have to go through if you want to get something fixed up there if something is wrong... Sloppy procedures.

I wouldn't know, but feel free to send some over :P That or i'll try when I visit California.


Quote from: K@ on May 15, 2012, 04:46:08 PM
Shame...

Can't please everyone :D


Quote
Win, just win.

What edition do you play currently?
I started playing FF7 again, when that's finished once more I will skip to FF10 and see which editions I want to play again afterwards. Last time I played FF7 was years and years ago, it's quite fun to play again. Just... the graphics :X Kills me :P


- Liroy
Title: Re: Get to know the team: CoreISP
Post by: kat on May 22, 2012, 02:39:25 PM
Quote from: CoreISP on May 22, 2012, 02:34:41 PMCan't please everyone :D

(http://www.katzy.dsl.pipex.com/Smileys/matchstick/pfft.gif)
Title: Re: Get to know the team: CoreISP
Post by: ApplianceJunk on May 22, 2012, 02:50:11 PM
QuoteCare to share some of your gadgets? I'm still interested in what people use

I use a macbook, are you still interested? lol... ;)
Title: Re: Get to know the team: CoreISP
Post by: LiroyvH on May 22, 2012, 11:51:59 PM
Quote from: ApplianceJunk on May 22, 2012, 02:50:11 PM
I use a macbook, are you still interested? lol... ;)

Yes sir!
I don't hate Apple users, I hate the close minded fanboys that think "Apple is good because it's Apple and anything else than Apple can't be any good" :P
Title: Re: Get to know the team: CoreISP
Post by: ApplianceJunk on May 23, 2012, 12:02:57 AM
QuoteI hate the close minded fanboys that think "Apple is good because it's Apple and anything else than Apple can't be any good"

That's not me. :)

I do like my macbook, but I know their is a lot of other good stuff out there too.


Title: Re: Get to know the team: CoreISP
Post by: Joker™ on May 27, 2012, 07:33:00 AM
QuoteCare to share some of your gadgets? I'm still interested in what people use


/me still using this

(http://netdna.webdesignerdepot.com/uploads/cellphone_design/dkmb86g_487pr55s2hc_b.jpg)
Title: Re: Get to know the team: CoreISP
Post by: ApplianceJunk on May 27, 2012, 08:57:54 AM
Ha, Ha
Title: Re: Get to know the team: CoreISP
Post by: Joshua Dickerson on May 27, 2012, 10:45:50 AM
Quote from: CoreISP on May 22, 2012, 11:51:59 PM
Quote from: ApplianceJunk on May 22, 2012, 02:50:11 PM
I use a macbook, are you still interested? lol... ;)

Yes sir!
I don't hate Apple users, I hate the close minded fanboys that think "Apple is good because it's Apple and anything else than Apple can't be any good" :P
Exactly how I feel. Macs are pretty and they have decent hardware but they are also ridiculously overpriced and on par with the rest of the world.
Title: Re: Get to know the team: CoreISP
Post by: LiroyvH on May 29, 2012, 10:58:21 PM
Quote
That's not me. :)

I do like my macbook, but I know their is a lot of other good stuff out there too.

Good to hear :D
Of course! If you didn't like it you wouldn't purchase it I presume :P


Quote
/me still using this

[image]

Ha, that actually has a txt function doesn't it? :P
That reminds me of how the phone market went. First phones were just... big. Then everything got smaller and smaller and anyone that didn't have the smallest phone around was laughed at for having a huge phone. Now we got the bloody Galaxy Note that doesn't even fit in your pocket :P Oh the irony.
Of course you can do far more with the new phones, but it's still stupid ;)

Quote
Exactly how I feel. Macs are pretty and they have decent hardware but they are also ridiculously overpriced and on par with the rest of the world.

Amen! :)
For example, I had the choice last month between a ultrabook or a macbook. The ultrabook had far better specs and costed less money. Easy choice :P I never really understood when people see that when comparing it: they still pick the macbook. It's not like Apple's warranty is so awesome or anything and both are equally thin and pretty. (At least... Warranty is not good at all here in Europe with Apple... major complaints going on, they don't stick to the rules at all.)
Although, I must confess... If I get a choice between, for example, a SuperMicro server or a HP server, and the SuperMicro server has slightly better hardware and costs less; i'd still go for the HP. But with HP I know I get proper warranty and support. If that were the case with Apple; I might understand the choice. I just don't see it and thus really can't understand why the choice for the more expensive, and less powerful, mac is made.

/me shrugs
Each to his own though :) It's probably something I can't understand because I don't like the products much myself and don't consider them special at all. Nor better than the rest, at all. (Depending on who you compare it with though... Agreed there. Apple vs Samsung? I pick Samsung. Apple vs HP? I pick HP. Apple vs Asus? I pick Asus. Apple vs Acer? I'd pick Apple :P)



- Liroy
Title: Re: Get to know the team: CoreISP
Post by: Arantor on May 29, 2012, 11:06:19 PM
Well, I picked up a MacBook Pro recently, some of my colleagues figured I was crazy but I'm sure I made the right choice.

I mean, I do development that involves iOS sometimes, so that pretty much immediately demands Mac OS X (certainly the stuff I do, I don't have a magic convenient compiler outside of Xcode) but while that's pretty compelling, it wasn't the only reason. I've used a lot of computers and I've found that even now, hibernate/quick suspend doesn't always behave properly due to varieties of hiccups between motherboard and OS drivers - but I'm happy to report I haven't had that problem on my MBP, something a number of my immediate supported users (i.e. family) can't claim about their variously-branded machines (desktop and laptop)

Ultimately, for the amount of money I paid, I feel I got my money's worth, even if that was a rather high price. I get a 17" laptop with good graphics support (Radeon 6850) and I actually find I know where I stand with its components vs other laptops I've had to support over the years, but that's me. (I'm also fairly sure it's not placebo effect either)

End of the day you have the choice to buy whatever brand suits your needs, but of all the machines I've bought and worked on over the years, this MBP is the one I've been happiest with. And given what I do in terms of tinkering, I think it's fair to say I'm not exactly the sheep type, as I'm more than prepared to dig around under the hood. It's just nice having a machine that behaves without my having to browbeat it into submission at times :)
Title: Re: Get to know the team: CoreISP
Post by: live627 on May 30, 2012, 01:54:40 AM
Quotehibernate/quick suspend doesn't always behave properly due to varieties of hiccups between motherboard and OS drivers
Never had that problem with mine (http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/document?docname=c02481315&tmp_track_link=ot_faqs/top_issues/en_us/c02481315/loc:2&cc=us&dlc=en&lc=en&product=4330543#N77)
Title: Re: Get to know the team: CoreISP
Post by: ApplianceJunk on May 30, 2012, 02:14:17 AM
QuoteOf course! If you didn't like it you wouldn't purchase it I presume

Well now how was I to know if I would like it until I purchased one and spent some time using it?

I do like it though. :)

I have had good luck with all computers I have had in the past. I had been hearing/reading a lot about the mac operating system and wanted to try it, so I did.
Title: Re: Get to know the team: CoreISP
Post by: Joker™ on June 01, 2012, 09:03:07 AM
Quote from: CoreISP on May 29, 2012, 10:58:21 PM
Ha, that actually has a txt function doesn't it? :P
Its a touch phone, buttons are just for show off >:(

Meh, I'm not a gadget freak. Lol, I just used the touch phone couple of days ago (personally) for 1st time. No one believes this in my company :laugh:
Title: Re: Get to know the team: CoreISP
Post by: Burridge on June 13, 2012, 02:42:08 PM
@CoreISP

I'm currently playing Final Fantasy 4, and 9 again. Played all of them, but dislike the newer ones (after 10)
Title: Re: Get to know the team: CoreISP
Post by: Prometheuss on June 16, 2012, 10:10:53 AM
Quote from: Joker™ on May 27, 2012, 07:33:00 AM
QuoteCare to share some of your gadgets? I'm still interested in what people use


/me still using this

(http://netdna.webdesignerdepot.com/uploads/cellphone_design/dkmb86g_487pr55s2hc_b.jpg)



Beutifulest phone that i ever seen !! Where i can buy this? hahahah





Title: Re: Get to know the team: CoreISP
Post by: Joker™ on June 19, 2012, 01:27:50 PM
Quote from: DuBist.™ on June 16, 2012, 10:10:53 AM
Beutifulest phone that i ever seen !! Where i can buy this? hahahah
Its priceless :laugh:
Title: Re: Get to know the team: CoreISP
Post by: LiroyvH on July 28, 2013, 09:03:08 PM
Been a year, so I felt I should update this a little.
Title: Re: Get to know the team: CoreISP
Post by: Acans on July 28, 2013, 10:09:58 PM
I got a HTC One Silver too, but only used it for about two hours before going back to my iPhone 5 lol.
Title: Re: Get to know the team: CoreISP
Post by: LiroyvH on July 28, 2013, 10:39:36 PM
Quote from: ѕησω on July 28, 2013, 10:09:58 PM
I got a HTC One Silver too, but only used it for about two hours before going back to my iPhone 5 lol.

Why!?
It is without doubt the best phone I ever touched and own.