I grew up across the street from the Sutherlands in the 1960's and early 70's. Bert Sutherland gave me and my brother our Novice Class Amateur Radio exams, and

I grew up across the street from the Sutherlands in the 1960's and early 70's. Bert Sutherland gave me and my brother our Novice Class Amateur Radio exams, and set us up with some old antennas of his (including a rather nice tri-bander beam antenna with rotator, which he helped my father strap to our chimney). Later, in high school, when I was interested in computers, he let me log into his account at BB&N from the terminal in his garage. He showed me a few things, including "wheel mode" (essentially root access) to the systems, and then left me alone with it, saying only, "Now, I expect you to be a good citizen." When I was in college, he helped get me a part-time programming job at BB&N. This was huge. In hindsight, I'm amazed he trusted me as a teenager that way, but having been given that trust I never abused it. I'm forever grateful for the way he helped me get started on a path that I've followed my whole life.