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Tsutomu Shimomura

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Computer Tech

The Resume

    Raised in Princeton, NJ
    Lives in San Diego
    Staff physicist at the Los Alamos National Laboratory (1984)
    Senior fellow at the San Diego Supercomputer Center (1989- )
    Author of 'Takedown: The Pursuit and Capture of America's Most Wanted Computer Outlaw - By The Man Who Did It, with John Markoff (Hyperion, January 1996)'

Why he might be annoying:

    He is a computer geek.

Why he might not be annoying:

    He helped in the development of lattice gas automata.
    He is an inline skater.
    He solves problems in computational physics and computer security.
    He enjoys skiing.
    He helped design a 'disk system to support the rapid movement of vast databases.'
    His genius tracked down FBI wanted fugitive hacker, Kevin Mitnick.

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Year In Review:

    In 2023, Out of 3 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 1 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 5 Votes: 60.0% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 4 Votes: 25.00% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 3 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 2 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 7 Votes: 28.57% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 3 Votes: 33.33% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 4 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 13 Votes: 61.54% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 8 Votes: 25.00% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 13 Votes: 53.85% Annoying
    In 2011, Out of 10 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2010, Out of 25 Votes: 44.00% Annoying
    In 2009, Out of 26 Votes: 53.85% Annoying
    In 2008, Out of 22 Votes: 63.64% Annoying
    In 2007, Out of 74 Votes: 68.92% Annoying
    In 2006, Out of 96 Votes: 51.04% Annoying
    In 2005, Out of 196 Votes: 47.45% Annoying
    In 2004, Out of 249 Votes: 44.98% Annoying
    In 2003, Out of 430 Votes: 49.07% Annoying