Karl is...

Karl is a system administrator

Karl is a programmer.

Karl is a debian developer.

Karl is a reader of science fiction.

Karl is approximately 1.8 meters tall.

Karl is dark haired.

Karl is interested in retrocomputing.

Karl is interested in amateur radio.

Karl is interested in older cars.

Karl is interested in music.

Karl is a graduate of Duke University.

Karl is the son of Dietolf and brother of Lenore.

Karl is a former employee of MIT Information Systems.

Karl is a former employee of MetaCarta.

Karl is a current employee of the MIT Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory.

Note that the above is a shameless play to googlism.

Contact Info

You can call Karl at his work number, +1 617 253 1729 (and maybe leave voice mail), or send him something tangible at:

Karl Ramm
MIT Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory
32 Vassar St. rm 32-266
Cambridge, MA 02139

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Ng blows out more smoke, thinking. "As we learned in Vietnam, high-powered weapons are so sensorily overwhelming that they are similar to psychoactive drugs. Like LSD, which can convince people they can fly -- causing them to jump out of windows -- weapons can make people overconfident. Skewing their tactical judgment."
Neal Stephenson, Snow Crash
Users of the Milwaukee Sawzall® will understand the above completely.