I'd like to take the opportunity of inaugurating Pistor's existence in cyberspace by posting an interview of him by acclaimed systems guru Jay Boylers (a.k.a. Tuti, it was published somewhere in the world):
JB: Is your name really Pistor?
P: Of course my name is not Pistor! It's a nickname that a good friend labeled me with in High School. My real name is Victor Luis Hernandez de la Parra. But Pistor or Vic is fine.
JB: What does Pistor mean?
P: Pistor is actually a combination of "Victor" with a verb commonly used in the northern states of Mexico to describe joyful alcohol consumption: "Pistear*". In a way it means I like to drink and I do but I'm not leaving Las Vegas! It hasn't been accepted as part of Castillian by the Royal Academy of the Spanish Language.
JB: Where and when was Pistor born?
P: I was born in Mexico City on February 25, 1970, as the fourth and last child of the marriage of an industrial entrepreneur and a lovely housewife.
JB:What does Pistor do?
P: I'm a lawyer with a concentration in corporate practice. I perform as counsel in business transactions such as negotiations and transactions mostly in banking and finance areas. Currently I'm on leave of absence from my post as legal consultant and analyst of a major investment-banking firm in Mexico called "Protego Asesores Financieros". The reason is because I'm studying full time in order to obtain my Masters degree in Business Leadership at the DUXX Graduate School of Business Leadership. Update: Pistor is back at Protego as Legal and Financial Analysis Manager!
JB: Why would Pistor post a webpage? Why would he elaborate it in English if he's a Mexican?
P: Hmmm... Good Question! Perhaps for advanced procrastination purposes, but it will be fun to broadcast memories and virtually be present "on demand" to any of my family and buddies. I'd also love to find family, friends and acquaintances I've lost track of.
I'm doing the site in English because it is the international trade language, but a Spanish version will be up soon.
JB: But, Isn't there a specific message you want to get across? Aren't you just expending the world's insufficient bandwidth and limited memory resources if you have no clear purpose for it?
P: I think EVERYBODY wants to get a message across! If I would write it down in a few words, what fun would it be to visit my homepage? Now that I realize, I don't even think there's a mysterious "Message" I need to communicate or something.
I'm no engineer to help fix the world's bandwidth problem and if AngelFire gives me memory space for free well, I appreciate it and its their business after all!
JB: Just one more question.
P: Good, hurry up! I want this site to be interesting not BORING with your stupid questions!
JB: What do you think about the fact that the Sun will eventually die?
P: I'm not Carl Sagan. I think you've watched a bit too many Star Trek reruns!
JB: Very well, ENJOY PISTOR'S PAGE EVERYONE!
P: Just a sec! My page is not finished I can't let them in yet!
JB: Pistor have you ever finished something in time? I'm letting them in now otherwise when you finish it computers will be obsolete!
