I signed up in 1999 or 2000 to get shell access and a bit of online space on a system less restrictive than my university. I've been a MetaARPA member for almos

I signed up in 1999 or 2000 to get shell access and a bit of online space on a system less restrictive than my university. I've been a MetaARPA member for almost all this time and added DBA a few years ago. I don't really engage with the community, but its members do interesting things that frequently turn up here, which is cool. I'm just happy to pay my dues as patronage for the community and occasionally use my disk quota and services for personal projects.