Hi Everyone, new to the forums

[opengl_programmer]

hi everyone how is it going? i forget now how i came across this site but i was glad to find it and read some posts.

you can read my profile if you want but ill briefly tell you a little about myself.

i am a single, 30 year old living in Hattiesburg and a graduated from USM in 2003 with a degree in Computer Science w/ a math minor. ive been living in hattiesburg since 1997 or so if i remember right. i also attend a local church here as well.

i am a 3-D graphics engineer and write 3-D interactive software applications including custom 3-D GUI's(graphics user interfaces) all from scratch. think google earth as an example of the type of stuff i write.

i also love video gaming..anything from the Xbox all the way down to the original Nintendo NES and my beloved Atari 2600. I am actually working on writing my own video game in C++ and OpenGL as well. Incidentally i also collect vintage NES Games and other various 80's stuff. :)

I also have slowly started back on fixing peoples computers on the side which includes deleting computer viruses, malware, spyware etc, installing/re-installing operating systems such as Windows XP, reformatting hard drives, setting up wireless networks and printers etc etc. So if you or you know someone that needs my services please let me know. I am cheap compared to what you get at Best Buy or Circuit City and better service, IMO.

anyway so that is me at the surface...i hope to hear from some people! :smt006

-opengl programmer

[threekidspa]

Hey, welcome!!

[Bahlk]

Welcome to our forums, Open

[Elle May]

I also have slowly started back on fixing peoples computers on the side which includes deleting computer viruses, malware, spyware etc, installing/re-installing operating systems such as Windows XP, reformatting hard drives, setting up wireless networks and printers etc etc. So if you or you know someone that needs my services please let me know. I am cheap compared to what you get at Best Buy or Circuit City and better service, IMO. :smt006

-opengl programmer

Welcome! That is good to know. I had to use the Geek Squad a little while back. They did good work but costly!!

[reality]

Welcome OP! :smt006

[Augustus McRae]

While I didn't understand half that stuff you said in your post, it's good to have you here. I represent part of the "Ol' Fart" contingent here. Plus, my bride and I mess up a computer about every month or so, so we'll likely be calling on you.

Welcome!

[MSQueen]

welcome aboard, Op! once every1 gets to know u on the board, u will probably want to use an alias screen name every once in a while, as i'm sure some of us (me included) will be hounding u w/questions!

just jump on in wherever u want and join us!! :smt006 :)

[opengl_programmer]

what does exactly "Ol' Fart" mean? what i mean is what do you have to do in here to be considered that. :-D

i tried to put in a few links to describe openGL and all that but it said i couldnt add URL's until i make 15 posts or something..:confused:

anyway you can just go to google and type in opengl or anything you didnt understand if you are really that curious haha.

if you ever need my services you can always PM me and let me know. i did it while in school and sorta lost interest and was doing other things so ive done it all before.

one thing i forgot to mention is that i love Southern Miss and cant wait to for us to (hopefully make a game of it) play Memphis on saturday night. hope some of you will be there!

[MSQueen]

what does exactly "Ol' Fart" mean? what i mean is what do you have to do in here to be considered that.
:lol:
:smt037 :smt044 :smt081 :rollonflo

anyway you can just go to google and type in opengl or anything you didnt understand if you are really that curious haha.
that's funny, too, op, but i can't express it since i used up all my smilies above! STILL ROLMAO ..... LOLOLOLOLOL

(j/k ... i guess i must be one of the "Ol' Farts" myself since all of that stuff just went WAY over my head... WHOOOOOOSSSSSHHHHHHH....

[opengl_programmer]

well maybe augustus can answer my first question :)

what was so funny about the last question? you dont google?? ;)

[pEtAl mIsFiT]

Welcome to the club...:smt006

Don't be bashful jump on in the fun!!!!!!!!!!:smt038

[Kitty]

Welcome! :smt006

With your technical background, I hope you will check out the Technology forum here. Some of us need a little troubleshooting assistance from time to time. :)

[Bahlk]

Welcome! :smt006

With your technical background, I hope you will check out the Technology forum here. Some of us need a little troubleshooting assistance from time to time. :)

He could have helped with your wireless router woes.

[Kitty]

He could have helped with your wireless router woes.

That's what I was thinking.

But you are a good technology troubleshooter, too. You saved the day for me.

I don't think we can have too many troubleshooters in the Technology forum.

:smt024

[Bahlk]

I try

[aaron]

Welcome opengl. I dabbled in 3D programming with OpenGL on the Linux platform for a while but didn't get much farther than a 3D spinning ball. Glad to have you here.

[opengl_programmer]

Welcome opengl. I dabbled in 3D programming with OpenGL on the Linux platform for a while but didn't get much farther than a 3D spinning ball. Glad to have you here.

thanks aaron! so what happened?

[aaron]

thanks aaron! so what happened?

It started to really get farther and farther into trig/physics which I hadn't taken any classes on. So I moved on to something else. I think that's about the time I picked up a Java book and started trying that. I've got at least one book on everything.

[jmb]

Welcome, opengl! At 30, you're not an old fart yet. When you are, you'll know it! :) Look forward to seeing you around. Gotta run now but I'll google you when I get back.

[No-Halo]

Welcome OP :smt038

[Southern_Belle]

welcome to the forum. you and aaron could make your own "Geek Squad"!!

[opengl_programmer]

welcome to the forum. you and aaron could make your own "Geek Squad"!!

yeah maybe so.. how about the hattiesburg forums geek squad? thats too long but maybe something to promote this web site :D

[opengl_programmer]

Welcome opengl..... glad to have you joining the forums.
thanks queen!

oh and just so those of you that have the high scores on the arcade? you better saddle up, because i am going to start invading :) :smt070

[Imapepper]

Oh Oh, that sounds like a challenge to me!:smt103

[opengl_programmer]

yep.. consider yourself warned :)

[Astra]

Yay! More CS people. I minored in it. Welcome to the board!

[opengl_programmer]

Yay! More CS people. I minored in it. Welcome to the board!

did you go to USM? what courses did you take and who did you have? hopefully you didnt luck out with some easier professors :)

[Astra]

did you go to USM? what courses did you take and who did you have? hopefully you didnt luck out with some easier professors :)
Yep. I started in 2003. Took most of the lower-level classes, but realized I wasn't really interested in software development. Nagurney, El-Sawi, and whatshisface that teaches Data Structures are the three I can remember off the top of my head.

[Claire Voyent]

Welcome. I see you will be popular here!

[No-Halo]

yeah maybe so.. how about the hattiesburg forums geek squad? thats too long but maybe something to promote this web site :D
MyGeekiesburg :smt102

[daisy]

Welcome to My Hattiesburg and I look forward to your posts.

[dollfus46]

[quote=opengl_programmer;160788]what does exactly "Ol' Fart" mean? what i mean is what do you have to do in here to be considered that. :-D
quote]

I think the cut off is 30 and single.
Welcome O.P.

[dollfus46]

:lol:
:smt037 :smt044 :smt081 :rollonflo


that's funny, too, op, but i can't express it since i used up all my smilies above! STILL ROLMAO ..... LOLOLOLOLOL

(j/k ... i guess i must be one of the "Ol' Farts" myself since all of that stuff just went WAY over my head... WHOOOOOOSSSSSHHHHHHH....

Me too, MSQueen. I had to chase my hat down the street.

[pEtAl pUrr-Dog]

http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e346/danulinkaaa/dbb02c09.gif

[Butterball]

I'm new too but I always thought that an Ol Fart was someone like me:
F -fathers A -against R -radical T -teenagers (which of course should put you over 30 and married (at least once).

Welcome OP

[amanda]

I'm new too but I always thought that an Ol Fart was someone like me:
F -fathers A -against R -radical T -teenagers (which of course should put you over 30 and married (at least once).

Welcome OP

And welcome yourself Butterball! :smt006

[Maggie-Doodle]

:smt006 HI & Welcome to MH! Glad you decided to join! I look forward to your post!

[thrillseeker]

welcome

[seriously_me2]

Hi Everyone,

I don't live in Hattiesburg yet but my job will be moving my family and I there in June or July.

I was just hoping to find some information about the best schools and neighborhoods to live in.

[wilebill]

Hi Everyone,

I don't live in Hattiesburg yet but my job will be moving my family and I there in June or July.

I was just hoping to find some information about the best schools and neighborhoods to live in.I'm surprised no one has chimed in on this yet. I'm not the right person to answer that one.

[walls1500]

Hi OGL Programmer,

I worked on the X server and OGL Library teams for Hewlett-Packard from 1993 until 2000. Now I work on remote graphics software (HP RGS). Good to see other techies on here :D

Jeff

[jmb]

Hi Everyone,

I don't live in Hattiesburg yet but my job will be moving my family and I there in June or July.

I was just hoping to find some information about the best schools and neighborhoods to live in.


:smt006 Welcome! If you will start a new thread in the same section, more or our members will notice and tell you what you're wanting to know. And then some. Trust me. :p

[opengl_programmer]

hi walls!!

hi there! wow another OGL (sort of) guy. did you actually write OGL drivers or supply code? how did you like that job? nice to meet ya and good thing i am not the only nerd/geek/techie on here....

[MSQueen]

what was so funny about the last question? you dont google?? ;)

sorry Op, no offense was meant by my previous posts. and Yes, i do google -- and i google often. as a matter of fact, i may need to join "Googlers Anonymous". do they have one of those? (just a minute, let me google that and see!):smt040


i just meant that even after googling "opengl", i STILL didn't understand what it is talking about. but that's okay. i have accepted the fact that i'm a member of the OFC (Ole' Farts Club), and i'm grateful we have people here like u who can help us OFs out when needed!
:icon_comp :smt100

:grouphug: <--- OFC

[pinkytuscadero]

Hi OP,

Glad to see you here. :)

Pinky

[opengl_programmer]

sorry Op, no offense was meant by my previous posts. and Yes, i do google -- and i google often. as a matter of fact, i may need to join "Googlers Anonymous". do they have one of those? (just a minute, let me google that and see!)


i just meant that even after googling "opengl", i STILL didn't understand what it is talking about. but that's okay. i have accepted the fact that i'm a member of the OFC (Ole' Farts Club), and i'm grateful we have people here like u who can help us OFs out when needed!


<--- OFC

nah i wasnt offended at all :) nice to see that you google. have you checked out google earth? once i get 15 posts then maybe i can start interacting in the other threads :)

[opengl_programmer]

Hi OP,

Glad to see you here.

Pinky

thanks pinky!

[aaron]

nah i wasnt offended at all :) nice to see that you google. have you checked out google earth? once i get 15 posts then maybe i can start interacting in the other threads :)

Here's a forum cheat code: Hit thanks for everyone that replied to your post. Your post count will skyrocket.

[opengl_programmer]

Here's a forum cheat code: Hit thanks for everyone that replied to your post. Your post count will skyrocket.

thanks!!! :D

[opengl_programmer]

aaron, i have enough posts yet i am not allowed to play in the arcade yet? is there something else i need to do?

[aaron]

It's updated now, your in :)