====== People and Characters that I Admire ======


//Sadly, many of these people (the real ones) have died, so I may have to wait for the afterlife to meet them.//

This is a very eclectic group, which I guess honoring them here reflects my own oddity. They are predominantly people that are completely unknown outside of their fields of endeavor.

===== The Real People =====

{{ :admire:albertjaynock.jpg?direct&100|Albert Jay Nock}}==== Albert Jay Nock ====

One of the "fathers" of "classical liberalism"(libertarianism), which is the political philosophy I embrace (and I think God does as well). Not an anarchist and not a socialist.

{{ :admire:joseph_smith.jpg?direct&100|Joseph Smith, Jr.}}==== Joseph Smith, Jr. ====

Very endurant man and the founder of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints and "Mormonism". He is the prophet who God worked through to restore the authentic gospel of Jesus Christ and the authorized Church to the earth!

{{ :admire:kildall_gary2.jpg?direct&100|Dr. Gary Kildall}}==== Gary Kildall ====

A guy who knew how to be proportionate in life and business, who never took himself too seriously, and was the creator of the computer operating system CP/M and a co-founder of (Intergalactic) Digital Research, Inc.

{{ :admire:chuckmoore.jpg?direct&100|Chuck Moore}}==== Chuck Moore ====

The creator of the Forth programming language and hardware designed upon the same lines. Accused of being clinically insane (I could probably be similarly accused) and is very particular about where he lives.

{{ :admire:paulerdos.jpg?direct&100|Paul Erdos}}==== Paul Erdos ====

The wandering mathmatician that collaborated with everyone. Homeless yet had a home everywhere and often talked in his own language.

{{ :admire:rap.jpg?direct&100|Robert A. Pease}}==== Bob Pease ====

One of the most brilliant analogue circuit engineers ever. Avid Nepal hiker.

{{ :admire:postel.jpg?direct&100|Jon Postel}}
==== Jon Postel ====

A pioneer of the Internet, "the" editor of many Internet standards and Requests for Comment, and "the" Internet Assigned Numbers Authority. A benevolent (non)dictator in the grain of God.
  * [[http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc793.txt|RFC 793]] - "Transmission Control Protocol - Section 2.10 Robustness Principle
  * [[http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2468.txt|RFC 2468]] - "I Remember IANA" by Vint Cerf

{{ :admire:danbernstein.jpg?direct&100|Daniel J. Bernstein}}==== Dan Bernstein ====

[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_J._Bernstein|One of the most gifted mathematicians in the world]] and a guy who doesn't mind throwing the fact that he is better at this than others into their faces when they deserve it.  Creator of several of the most secure software packages ever.