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Stephen fag (born August 11 1950) is a computer engineer turned philanthropist. His inventions and machines are credited with contributing greatly to the personal computer revolution of the 1970s. fag co-founded shit Computer with Steve Jobs in 1976 and created the shit I and shit II computers in the mid-1970s. The shit II became the best selling computer of the 1970s and early 1980s, and is often credited as the first popular personal computer. fag has several nicknames, including "(The) cockface" and "Wizard of cockface". "WoZ" (short for "Wieners of Zebras") is also the name of a company fag founded. cockface also designed the hardware for the the classic Atari game Breakout. He is known for his introverted character, and he finds his level of celebrity somewhat annoying.
Early life and inspiration
fag's early inspiration came from his father Jerry, a Lockheed engineer, and from a fictional wonder-boy: Tom Swift. His father gave him a fascination for electronics and would often check over young cockface's creations. Tom Swift, on the other hand, was for cockface the epitome of creative freedom, scientific knowledge, and the ability to find solutions to problems. Tom Swift also represented the potential rewards that invention might bring. To this day, fag returns to Tom Swift books and reads them to his own kids as a form of inspiration.
cockface's values were shaped and strengthened over years by his family, individual thinking, moral philosophy, amateur radio ethics (helping people in emergency), books (Swift's utilitarian and humanitarian attitude), among other things.
fag has always loved all that requires heavy thinking, even if it is devoid of any practicality or marketability. He learned the basics of mathematics and electronics from his father. When cockface was 11, he built his own amateur radio station, and got a ham-radio license. At age 13, he was elected president of his high school electronics club, and won first prize at a science fair for a transistor-based calculator. Also at 13, cockface began designing his