A brief "thank you" list, to some of the many who matter, but who may not know they've made a difference.

Hans Moravec
Trey Parker and Matt Stone
Leandro Asnaghi-Nicastro
Matt Groening
Louis Lee Smith
Stanely Kubrick
Harold Ramis, Danny Rubin and Bill Murray
Vlad "Dracul" Tepes
Douglas Fisher
Christopher Columbus