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''Danakil''. Ultimately, from the Dhalak Archipelago of Dankalia, Eritrea.

Interests (in no particular order):

*'''Mesoamerican languages''', esp. Aztec(Nahuatl), Totonac and Huaxtec(Tenek)
*'''Programming languages''', esp. APL,J,NGL,K,FP,FL,ALGOL-68,Miranda
*'''Cognitive linguistics''', esp. Whorf,Wittgenstein,Lakoff,Deacon,Korzybsky,Kuhn (yes, T.Kuhn)
*'''Geophysics''', esp. Expansion Tectonics
*'''Aerospace science''', esp. Hybrid-fuel rocket engines, Aerodynamics (particularly interested in non-Bernoulli explanations of lift)
*'''Mesoamerican history''', esp. Izapan,Teotihuacan,Cuicuilco,Cotzumalhuapan,Tamoanchan
*'''Biological anthropology''', esp. Human origins,AAT(H)
*'''Ancient languages''', esp. Sumerian and Ancient Egyptian
*'''Algorithms''', esp. matrix-based non-iterative versions of the common ones
*'''Bioinformatics''', esp. fast sequence matching algorithms
*'''Complexity''', esp. Kauffman and his work on the "4th law" of thermodynamics
*'''Paleoclimate''', esp. as its effects on animal evolution and human history
*'''Macroevolution''', esp. its recurring patterns and their environmental contexts
*'''English language''', esp. its mono- and quasimono-syllabic features, and as a ''de facto'' universal language
*'''Proto-languages''', esp. their relationship with human history
*'''Language isolates''', esp. Basque,Tarascan(Purépecha),Sumerian
*'''Ancient tool industries''', esp. Solutrean
*'''Quantitative linguistics''', esp. Latent Semantic Analysis,Principal Components,Statistical Clustering&Identification
*'''Language Origins''', esp. in its relation to biological anthropology
*'''Evemeristic legends/myths''', esp. ancient egyptian,sumerian,mesoamerican,greek
*'''Alternative mathematical/algorithmic notations''', esp. following Iverson's, Backus', and M.B.Well's work
*'''Quantum mechanics interpretations''', I know... this is the one that will probably tear me to pieces

Likes:

*Arabian horses, ivory-colored Labrador Retrievers, Beta Splendens, King Cobras, White Siberian tigers, Hummingbirds, young Wombats
*Unlimited-class racing Hydroplanes, original Yellow XP Sea-Doo watercraft, 16' Hobbie Cats
*Ford GT-40, Ferrari Modena, 1995 Mustang Convertible, McLaren F1
*North-American XB-70 Valkyrie, Concorde SST, X-15, Cessna 185 Skywagon, Cessna Cardinal RG, P-51 Mustang, competition sailplanes, Sukhoi Su-37
*IBM Thinkpad laptops with Track-Point cursor control
*ALGOL 68
*Solitude
*Fireplaces
*Little-known underdogs -- (such as Northrop's F-5/F-20 and Lockheed's F-104 Starfighter/Lancer, in their competition against McDonnel-Douglas' F-15)
*Chocolate, butter cookies
*South American sweet-flute music, Colombian music (Carlos Vives, Bacilos)
*Tropical thunderstorms, warm shallow tropical seas, pine-covered mountains

Contributions: Currently ranked within the top-500 in number of edits. Mostly in the areas of Mesoamerican and Programming languages.

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