User:Douglas Lane

Douglas A. Lane
Douglas A. Lane
Born	Douglas A. Lane
Nationality	American
Alma mater	California State University, Sacramento
Occupation	Software Developer
Website	[1]; English Wikipedia userpage

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Education

Received a bachelor's degree in computer science from California State University, Sacramento in 1990.

Volunteer Work

A member of the PC2 development and support team since 1989.

Miscellaneous

General

en

This user is a native speaker of the English language.

prog-N

This user thinks in bytecode and dreams of electric sheep.

This user observes Daylight Saving Time.

It is approximately 1:11 PM where this user lives (Sacramento). [refresh]

This user loves sunny days

This user prefers warm weather.

10

This user realizes that there are 10 types of people in this world: those who understand binary and those who do not.

This user lives or hails
from Sacramento.

This user lives or hails from the Western United States.

This user is a citizen of the United States of America.

This user is interested in Public Policy.

This user is interested in the
History of the
United States of America.

This user plays the tuba.

kzo

This user plays the kazoo.

mrch

This user plays in a marching band.

This user plays in a community band.

This user enjoys films.

Good evening! This user loves films by Alfred Hitchcock.

This user is against the colorization of black and white movies.

This user will always have Paris.

This user likes Pixar and its films.

This user believes that "all the world's a stage and all the men and women merely players".

V	This user remembers the Fifth of November.

Travel

This user enjoys travelling.

4

This user has visited 4 of the 7 continents in the world.

This user has visited 15 countries of the world.

15

This user has already left every hemisphere.

This user has visited 25 of the 50 U.S. states and the District of Columbia.

25

This user has visited one or more of the United States' National Parks.

YOS

This user is a regular visitor to Yosemite National Park and feels oneness with Half Dome.

This user has visited 5 of the 63 National Parks in the United States.

5

This user has travelled to the UK.

This user has visited Hawaii.

This user has visited the District of Columbia.

Programming

*nix

This user prefers a *nix operating system.

This user contributes using Linux.

> _	This user often uses the command line when operating their computer.

This user contributes using Ubuntu.

This user contributes using Linux.

XML-2

This user is an intermediate XML coder.

This user contributes using Vim.

C-5

This user is a professional C programmer.

Java-5

This user is a professional Java programmer.

pas-3

This user is an advanced Pascal programmer.

Perl

This user is just another Perl hacker.

BASIC

This user can program in BASIC.

bash

This user can program in Bash.

re

This user writes regular expressions.

vi_

This user contributes using vi.

<html>

This user can write HTML.

This user can write in the MediaWiki language.

<html>

This user can write HTML.

C:\>_

This user uses DOS, or knows how to use it.

XP

This user uses Windows XP.

7

This user uses Windows 7.

Computers

BCS

This user has a Bachelor of Computer Science degree.

> _	This user often uses the command line when operating their computer.

mysql

This user writes programs that access MySQL.

Mutt

This user is using Mutt as their primary e-mail client.

This user loves using Google Earth.

This user does not "Like" Facebook.

Language

US

This user uses American English.

less & fewer

This user understands the difference between less & fewer.

English Singulars: "The data is..."

This user recognizes that "data", "media", and "agenda" have become incorporated into English as singular nouns.

Majority ≠ right

This user recognizes that even if 300,000,000 people make the same mistake, it's still a mistake.

A, B, and
A and B

This user uses the serial comma unless its inclusion is confusing.

This user enjoys reading almost anything.

This user reads between the lines.

its
it's

It's really not that hard to use each word in its proper manner.

its

This user understands the difference between its (of it) and it's (it is or it has).

your
you're

This user thinks that if your grammar is incorrect, then you're in need of help.

their
there
they're

This user thinks that there are too many people who don’t know that they're worse than their own children at spelling!

ANAL 4

This user advocates good grammar usage.