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Name: Gabriel
Joined: November 21, 2004
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What's the deal with your nickname? How did you get it? If your nickname is self-explanatory, then tell everyone when you first started using the internet, and what was the first thing that made you say "wow, this isn't just a place for freaks after all?" Was it a website? Was it an email from a long-lost friend? Go on, spill it.
It's a reference to the kill command in *NIX operating systems. I thought it would make a good vanity domain.
I've been using the internet since '93, just before the web was invented back when we all used gopher and wrote elaborate VT100 terminal animations in vi in order to impress girls. Or maybe that was just me.
It's a reference to the kill command in *NIX operating systems. I thought it would make a good vanity domain.
I've been using the internet since '93, just before the web was invented back when we all used gopher and wrote elaborate VT100 terminal animations in vi in order to impress girls. Or maybe that was just me.