Editing User Friendly (section)

==== Sid Dabster ====
Sid is the oldest of the geeks and very knowledgeable. His advanced age gives him the upper hand against [[#Pitr Dubovich|Pitr]], whom he has outdone on several occasions, including in a coffee-brewing competition and in a round of ''[[Jeopardy!]]'' that he hacked in his own favor. Unlike Pitr, he has no ambitions for world domination per se, but he is a friend of [[Hastur]] and [[Cthulhu]] (based on the [[H. P. Lovecraft]] Mythos characters).  He was hired in September 2000 and he had formerly worked for [[Hewlett-Packard]], with ten years' experience<ref group="#">{{Citation|last=Frazer|first=JD ‘Illiad’|title=User Friendly|date=2000-09-26|url=http://ars.userfriendly.org/cartoons/?id=20000926|type=cartoon|author-link=J. D. Frazer}}.</ref>  It is his habit, unlike the other techs, to dress to a somewhat professional degree; when he first came to work, Smiling Man, the head accountant, expressed shock at the fact that Sid was wearing his usual blue business suit.<ref group="#">{{Citation|last=Frazer|first=JD ‘Illiad’|title=User Friendly|date=2000-09-27|url=http://ars.userfriendly.org/cartoons/?id=20000927|type=cartoon|author-link=J. D. Frazer|access-date=September 6, 2009|archive-date=July 11, 2002|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020711115342/http://ars.userfriendly.org/cartoons/?id=20000927|url-status=dead}}.</ref>  He is also a fan of old technology, having grown up in the age of [[Text Editor and Corrector|TECO]], [[PDP-6]]es, the original [[VT100]], [[FORTRAN]], [[IBM 3270]] and the [[IBM 5150]]; one could, except for the decent taste in clothing, categorise him as a [[Real Programmer]].  He was once a [[Cannabis (drug)|cannabis]] smoker,<ref group="#">{{Citation|last=Frazer|first=JD ‘Illiad’|title=User friendly|date=2001-05-07|url=http://ars.userfriendly.org/cartoons/?id=20010507|type=cartoon|author-link=J. D. Frazer|access-date=August 28, 2009|archive-date=December 17, 2002|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20021217225055/http://ars.userfriendly.org/cartoons/?id=20010507|url-status=dead}}.</ref> as contrasted with the rest of the technological staff, who prefer caffeine (Greg in the form of [[cola]], Miranda in the form of [[espresso]]).  This had the unfortunate effect of causing lung cancer and he was treated by an oncologist.<ref group="#">{{Citation|last=Frazer|first=JD ‘Illiad’|title=User Friendly|date=2009-10-14|url=http://ars.userfriendly.org/cartoons/?id=20091014|type=cartoon|author-link=J. D. Frazer}}.</ref>  He has since recovered from the cancer and was told he has another 20 years or so to live.