KGIII
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I was born to a career Marine and his lovely wife, who has now passed away, near the end of 1957. That's right. I'm pretty old.
I was pretty poorly behaved so my parents sent me off to school because I tested really well and, back then, they assumed that meant you were smart. Truth be told, I'm not that smart - I just test well. I don't retain or hold things for very long unless I put a whole lot of effort into it.
After a year of bumming around, I too joined the Marines. I did four years, went to school for four years, and then returned to the Marine Corps. I loved the GI Bill and used that last four years to get my Ph.D in Applied Mathematics from a well known higher learning institute. (My avatar should give a good hint as to where I got my papers from.)
I worked in traffic modeling. In fact, I'm that David guy who kind of got the ball rolling with doing it on a computer. It was vehicular traffic at first but we later expanded to pedestrian traffic modeling as well. (Pedestrian meaning things like malls, stores, arenas, and even outdoor venues - things like entrance and emergency traffic flow designs.)
I sold in 2007 - finalized in 2008 which was when I could divest my shares in the now parent company. I did pretty well.
So, why am I on a free site? That's a good question - considering I have co-lo hardware and hardware aplenty at my home in Maine. I'm trying to prove a point. I'm also trying to win a bet, a bet of sorts, that says that I can make something reasonably popular without *investing* anything to get it started up. (Once it is running then it can pay for upgrades and things like that.) I'll have to see where it goes.
That's why I am here. I don't know a whole lot but I've done a lot of this sort of thing before - strictly as a hobby.. I have absolutely no artistic skills but I can code a bit. I used to do some work with the SMF people (I was on the official team, did plug-ins, and did support) but I grew tired of answering the same questions over and over and I had someone in my life who was keen on ensuring that I was not able to enjoy myself. They're gone now.
We'll see where it goes and I'm here. I'm able/willing to do what I can to help out. I'm sure I'll have a lot of questions. I might even have an answer or two - or know where to find them. If anyone needs anything, just yell.
This site, the one in question on this server, is:
The other one that I'm working on is:
Note the https://? It's possible to get a free certificate and it's valid. You can pick it up at;
At any rate, we shall see where it goes. Hopefully it reaches the point where it funds itself and anything additional funds generated can go to a cause that's voted on by the users. It should be a good learning experience and a good time should be had by all.