PaxV (0)
Number of visits to this profile: 362
BAM! user since: April 17 2009
Birthday: October 2
Country: Netherlands
Sex: Male
Detailed stats: here
Forum posts: 2
Member of team: Dutch Power Cows


My personal background
Who Am I?
    *Dutch
    *Married, House Husband, 2 children (F2011, F2014)
    *Born october 1974
    *No longer abled to work (Cardio vascular problem in my brain (1996), caused epilepsy, memory and concentration) problems
    *2.04m tall (6ft8in)
    * We have a Dog (2008) (German Shorthaired Pointer).



Eduction:

    Highschool:
    * Degree (1993): Dutch, English,Mathematics, Economy, Biology, Physics, Chemistry
    Wageningen University:
    *No Degree (1993-1996): Bioproces- and Food Technology
    Courses in Computer programming/administrating (Post Bachelor Courses)
    (most of these courses were completed during the transition between text and GUI of most DB services in the Netherlands so around 1998 to 2005)
    * Degree: (Databases: Oracle, DBase3, Access, and others)
    * Degree: (GIS: ArcGis, Smallworld)
    * Degree: (System(/and network) Administrator: Computer build, setup, config, networkmanagement, accountmanagement)



My computers (detailed)

SYSTEM 1 Hopefully a new High End system....
TBD. Hopefully a new High End system.... with decent graphics. ETA Q3 or Q4 2020
Dreaming of:

    * Processor: AMD TR 3970X
    * 128Gb of DDR4 8x 16 Gb 3600Mhz low CL.
    * M.2: 2 1Tb M.2 PCIE 4.0 system drives
    * SATA: 2 2 or 4Tb SATA 2,5 storage SSDs
    * GPU: 2 High end gaming GPUs eg. RTX 2080 or 3080, or the new AMD Big Navi...
    * Cooler: IceGiant Thermo Siphon Cooler. No water.
    * In a nice white hightower systembox
    * non RGB with a giant 5120*1440 40in Display
    * With nice shiny new white preripherals.....

However certain dreams may be too costly for a disabled house husband.

SYSTEM 2 intel i7-3930K
2012/2013 (End Of Life}

    *Processor #1 : intel i7-3930K (3.8Ghz) HexCore w HT (6c/12t)
    *Memory : 32Gb 1866Mhz DDR3 (8x 4Gb)
    *Mainboard : Asus Rampage IV Extreme )
    *Chipset : X79
    *Video : 2x NVIDIA GTX 780 3 Gb (SLi)
    *Audio : Realtek HD(onboard)
    *Disks
    SATA : 2x 500 Gb WD SSDs
    SATA : 2x 1Tb WD HDDs (7200rpm, raid 0)
    SATA : 1x DVD RW


- Primary : Microsoft Windows 10 64bit

SYSTEM 3 Dual Quadcore OPTERON 2376
2008/2009 age: 11yrs+ {Necro-ed for Childrens Eductaion during COVID-19}

    *Mainboard : Tyan Thunder 3600B ,S2927E-A2NRF
    *Sockets : 2x F 1207
    *Chipset : Nvidia Nforce 3600
    *Processor #1 : AMD Opteron64 2376 Shanghai (2.3Ghz) 4c/4t
    *Processor #2 : AMD Opteron64 2376 Shanghai (2.3Ghz) 4c/4t
    *Memory : 16Gb 667Mhz DDR2 (2x 4*2Gb)
    *Video : NVIDIA 9600GT PCI-E 16x 1024Mb
    *Audio : Realtek HD(onboard)
    *Disks
    HDD : IDE : none
    SATA: 2x 750Mb Samsung
    SATA: 1x DVD RW
    FDD : none


- present : Microsoft Windows 10 Pro 64 bit. (mostly so the kids understand)
formerly OS: Dual Boot:
- Primary : Microsoft Windows Vista Business 64bit
- Secondary: Ubuntu 8.10 64 Bit (Linux)

SYSTEM 4 Singlecore ATHLON64
bought 2004, Dismanteled in 2020, last running 2018.

    *Processor : AMD Athlon64 3000+ (2.0Ghz) 1c/1t
    *Memory : 2Gb 333Mhz DDR (2* 1Gb)
    *Mainboard : MSI-K8TM/K8MM (MS-6741)
    *Socket : 754
    *Video : ATI 3850HD AGP 8x 512Mb
    *Audio : Realtek AC 97 (onboard)
    *Disks
    IDE : 2x HDDs 160 GB Western Digital (16Mb cache)
    IDE : 1x DVD RW
    IDE : 1x DVD ROM
    FDD : 1x 1.44Mb 3,5"


OS: dual boot:
- Primary : Microsoft Windows Vista Business 64Bit
- Secondary: Ubuntu 8.10 64 Bit (Linux)

Hobbies:
(Comic books (Franco/Belgian and Manga), listening to Music (most genres except dutch singalongs, which I profoundly hate), movies (war, sci-fi, fantasy, anime), chess, cooking, computers, walking, skateboarding, capoeira, (rowing))
Interests:
(History, Astronomy, chemistry, biology, (physics), computers ( hardware & databses/GIS), music, capoeira, Japanese, anime, manga, coaching: rowing technique, fotography)

My Rowing history:


    * National champion in quad(sculls,coxless) in 1996,
    * World Championship U23 (Nations Cup) in 1996: quad (4th)
    * Rowed Henley Royal Regatta twice (1995/1997)
    * Rowed for:
    Argo (Wageningen) 1993-2003
    TOR (Tilburg) 2003-2008
    De Hertog (Den Bosch). 2008-2014
    * I still meet regularly with my 1993 freshman crew. After nearly 30 years, they are all still among my closest friends.


I have won 15+ races, 11 2 kilometer (track)races (national) between 1993 and 1996, multiple long distance 6-8km, almost all national, a few club level.
I rarely, if ever, row anymore. I am no longer coaching and rowing at club and veteran level, due to my tasks as a househusband with 2 kids