Reading those comments, i got a litte sad! I had another thought about slashdot readers (YES, i didnt read all comments, only the higher rated ones...)
I live and work in germany - a country, where the opinion I have isnt very usual.
I have a couch in my office, so, if i work the whole night (nights are soooo neat quiet:), i fall to bed, when i am finnished - just writing a email to our telefone central, that they should only wake me up, when it is REALLY urgent... (sleep is VERY important! perhaps the batch/cron process of the brain?)
If i work alone in my office, i mostly work with my laptop - IN MY BED (or couch or what ever)
I like it! For myself, i find this VERY normal.
We all work in, of even live for, the IT industry (hey, if you do not, why are you reading slashdot?) And IT is the most fast developing area i know of. My personal goal is to know as much as possible about computers (with focus on systems, networks and -tada- PROGRAMMING). And that is really much stuff. That means, learn all the things, which ALREADY exist - and stay up to date with new developments. My aim is NOT earning money in first place (even those two things can be VERY closely in right setup)
To reach this aim as close as possible, i dont often go on party the weekends - i programm my own projects. (hey, try to programm a compiler for business purposes... nearly noone needs that... and absolutly noone in germany! so i gotta do this at "SPARE TIME") So, when do i stop working ? Never ? I nearly allways do something - anyhow concerned to computers. read news, programm a new pwd command (:), play quake (and think, whats behind it, and observer the bot-movement, and think of AI and 3d), configure our linux box, check freshmeat for new developments, read someone elses code, or program... even if i am with my girlfriend, this indirectly gives, aeehm ??? english word... ??? lets say HOLD - STRENGTH, a power, which pushes you further in the normal day life (normal=work!)
So, why should i do something other ? if i wanna relax, i write some little test games for fun, or try some demo effects, i saw on a screen saver or so... or just read slashdot
What i do in my long spare time (2+ days), is trying/testing/developing real c00l things (not, that anyone could use them:) - but that needs real distance from the normal work, to get enough concentration for such tasks. even those things have a feedback effect to the "normal work" - i can solve bigger problems and have a expanded knowledge - and understandment of the things
so, all my life gets around computers... the direction i now go "seams" to be the one, i want - i get more skilled, which gives me much self confidences and makes me strong to hold on my opinions. i am now more skilled than the most people around here - but i know, i am a very little light compared to real good people (did i meantion, i live in germany:)
what would i be, if i go home exactly at five, and stop thinking - nothing real - not a computer freak, not a non-computer-person - something in between... someone, who speaks about things, he heard, without ever made it hisself (what is enough for most situations) - someone without a real (ähm - i need a dictionary here...) strong opinion ("überzeugung" for the geman ones), which makes his day/life
To put it right here - i do not FORCE myself to do those things - i just love it! i want that! computers are the only thing, i understand! the only intelligent task in this dumb world...
and perhaps someday, i can give the community back something real usefull - in advance for the great open source stuff, and this great os linux - which is soooo programmer friends - this is also not a force for me, but as a nice thought - (does anyone need another screen saver:)
EMERGENCY STOP HERE - otherwise NOONE will read this...
Congratualtions ! Seams, if you just slashdotted shellyeah.org !? Cant tellnet in anymore... and ultrashell.net is also down! (Or are the HACKED right now by those DAMN flooders;-)
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Reading those comments, i got a litte sad! ...)
... (sleep is VERY important! perhaps the batch/cron process of the brain?)
... nearly noone needs that ... and absolutly noone in germany! so i gotta do this at "SPARE TIME") ... even if i am with my girlfriend, this indirectly gives, aeehm ??? english word ... ??? lets say HOLD - STRENGTH, a power, which pushes you further in the normal day life (normal=work!)
... or just read slashdot
:) - but that needs real distance from the normal work, to get enough concentration for such tasks.
... the direction i now go "seams" to be the one, i want - i get more skilled, which gives me much self confidences and makes me strong to hold on my opinions. i am now more skilled than the most people around here - but i know, i am a very little light compared to real good people (did i meantion, i live in germany :)
... someone, who speaks about things, he heard, without ever made it hisself (what is enough for most situations) - someone without a real (ähm - i need a dictionary here ...) strong opinion ("überzeugung" for the geman ones), which makes his day/life
...
:)
...
I had another thought about slashdot readers (YES, i didnt read all comments, only the higher rated ones
I live and work in germany - a country, where the opinion I have isnt very usual.
I have a couch in my office, so, if i work the whole night (nights are soooo neat quiet:), i fall to bed, when i am finnished - just writing a email to our telefone central, that they should only wake me up, when it is REALLY urgent
If i work alone in my office, i mostly work with my laptop - IN MY BED (or couch or what ever)
I like it! For myself, i find this VERY normal.
We all work in, of even live for, the IT industry (hey, if you do not, why are you reading slashdot?) And IT is the most fast developing area i know of.
My personal goal is to know as much as possible about computers (with focus on systems, networks and -tada- PROGRAMMING). And that is really much stuff. That means, learn all the things, which ALREADY exist - and stay up to date with new developments. My aim is NOT earning money in first place (even those two things can be VERY closely in right setup)
To reach this aim as close as possible, i dont often go on party the weekends - i programm my own projects. (hey, try to programm a compiler for business purposes
So, when do i stop working ? Never ? I nearly allways do something - anyhow concerned to computers. read news, programm a new pwd command (:), play quake (and think, whats behind it, and observer the bot-movement, and think of AI and 3d), configure our linux box, check freshmeat for new developments, read someone elses code, or program
So, why should i do something other ? if i wanna relax, i write some little test games for fun, or try some demo effects, i saw on a screen saver or so
What i do in my long spare time (2+ days), is trying/testing/developing real c00l things (not, that anyone could use them
even those things have a feedback effect to the "normal work" - i can solve bigger problems and have a expanded knowledge - and understandment of the things
so, all my life gets around computers
what would i be, if i go home exactly at five, and stop thinking - nothing real - not a computer freak, not a non-computer-person - something in between
To put it right here - i do not FORCE myself to do those things - i just love it! i want that! computers are the only thing, i understand! the only intelligent task in this dumb world
and perhaps someday, i can give the community back something real usefull - in advance for the great open source stuff, and this great os linux - which is soooo programmer friends - this is also not a force for me, but as a nice thought - (does anyone need another screen saver
EMERGENCY STOP HERE - otherwise NOONE will read this
now - am I crazy, or is it "all the others" ?
Congratualtions ! Seams, if you just slashdotted shellyeah.org !? Cant tellnet in anymore ... and ultrashell.net is also down! (Or are the HACKED right now by those DAMN flooders ;-)