Mubix
From Hak5
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ALIAS: Mubix
Early on I knew that I had a aptitude for computers. I basically thought exactly like them. Or they have always thought like me, (Chicken and the Egg situation). But, computers have always evolved, and at a rapid rate, and that is what I like most about the computer industry.Information Security or Information Assurance was a match made in heaven for me. Computer security doesn't have a dull moment. I currently work for a Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT) for a large global network and love every minute of it, but not the hours. During a 4 year stay in Japan I was almost completely cut off from the computer scene at the fault of intermittent dial up. When I came back to the states I was introduced to the wonderful world of broadband and immersed myself in every facet of computing in order to catch up for 4 years spent in the dark. I fell in love with linux and tried every distro I could get my hands on, and finally settled down with a favorite, Gentoo, but I am still trying new installs every week or so.
How I chose the name "mubix"
Wow, this is a hard one to answer.. there are just so many: Vyper -> Zer0cool (yes, after I watched hackers) -> Richard -> prgmmstr -> nubuzai -> mubix -> jd.mubix ok so I guess there aren't that many, but those are the only ones that stuck in my head. Vyper was the first nick that I can remember, it was back in the days of 10 PRINT "Hello World!". I chose it because I thought i was cool. Zer0Cool, no explination needed here. I only kept this one for a little while (until I was made fun of) Richard, I was known as Richard for a very long time in Ultima Online. I played close to 16 hours a day back in the beta and early release days. prgmmstr was my first one to stick outside of a game. I just liked it because no one else had it and it was really easy for me to remember. It is actually still my skype account name, outside of that, I have pretty much dropped it. After Ultima Online got stupid, I started playing Everquest as a Wood Elf named Nubuzai. No, this wasn't a name that was picked up on the auto name button. It was a acutal brainstorming session. This choice was right about the time when the word n00b started picking up steam. But, as with the Zer0cool days, I was the last one to figure out that my name was far from, 'cool'. So it was about time for me to find one to stick with and so, after careful thinking of something that didn't sound like n00b, I chose Mubix. Nubuzai -> Nubu -> Mubuzai -> Mubix. And because gmail is a pain in the butt and doesn't allow for 5 characters or less in a name I tacked on Johnathan Doe. jd.mubix was born and I have kept that name for a while now. Mubix actually happens to be the name of a Russian scientist, but now that hak5 came around I am beating him out of google searches. Wink