The Hardship Of Living In A Refugee

Due To Financial Reasons, I Dropped Out Of School After Eight Years Of Formal Schooling.

The 65,536 Processors Were Inside The Connection Machine.

When I Enrolled In College At Age 19, I Had A Total Of Eight Years Of Formal Classroom Education. As A Result, I Was Not Comfortable With Formal Lectures And Receiving Regular Homework Assignments.

The Labs Were Happy That I Was Brave Enough To Attempt To Program It And The $5 Million Computer Was Left Entirely To My Use. I Was Their Human Guinea Pig.

I Wanted To Become A Mathematician, Physicist Or Astronomer.