In case you hadn't guessed, my name is "Rich Fife". Lessee... I was raised in Tucson, AZ and currently live in the SF Bay area. I'm a computer programmer who's mostly worked in Video Games and streaming video. Some interesting tidbits:
Of course, it's possible I'm just being modest about all of this.
I have, however, done some other stuff of note.
Developed StreamWorks at Xing Technology, the first 24 hour live system for broadcasting audio and video (first in both respects) over the internet. If you listen to live radio or watch live TV on the net, I developed the first system to do that. Of course, the system I wrote has pretty much fallen by the wayside in favor of other technologies that do the same thing, but, hey, I got there first.
I was the first person to use file extensions of the form "MP#" where # is the layer number of the MPEG stream data contained inside. I suppose this kind of means I invented the term MP3, although I only used MP1 and MP2 at the time. I totally forgot this until someone pointed it out to me a couple of years ago. You can also make the argument that since the previous file extension was "MPA" and layer distinctions needed to be added, it was inevitable.
Created the networking architecture for Outlaws, one of the very first Internet capable live action games and the very first networking game from LucasArts.
Lately I've designated myself a "Recent Changes Rearguard Patroller". What does that mean? I go here: [7], scroll to the bottom and work my way up, only fixing vandalism on pages that are still at their newest version. That way I'm catching things that have almost slipped through the cracks without competing with the guys working the top of the list.
My email address is my user name, followed by an "@", followed by my user name again, followed by a ".com". Easy, no? Here's some rules, though. Only use that email address to contact me about Wikipedia editorial matters in an emergency. If you just want to want to chew the fat about non-Wikipedia issues, email away. My feelings are that the more transparent Wikipedia is, the better, so editorial chatter should go onto talk pages. I reserve the right to post any Wikipedia related info that you email back onto Wikipedia.
"What genre should we say musician X is a part of?"
This Tireless Contributor Barnstar is presented to User:Richfife, for his amazing investigative work in Wikipedia articles. Presented by Tony the Marine 23:44, 30 November 2005 (UTC)
The Socratic Barnstar
You are a really good admin and have made many good arguments on talk pages, specifically the "Rubik's Cube" page. Keep up the good work! TheGoldenParadox (talk) 21:34, 18 February 2017 (UTC)
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My daughter is cuter than your daughter.
This Tireless Contributor Barnstar is presented to User:Richfife, for his amazing investigative work in Wikipedia articles. Presented by Tony the Marine 23:44, 30 November 2005 (UTC)
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