[ale] [Mildly OT] Personal bliss or world conquest?

[JD]

I'm easily amused, it seems.

Booting a liveCD and using gparted to wipe Windows is excellent.
OS-X even more so.

Automated flushing is a dream, yet to be solved.  Though I understand Emory has
tested that via PXE. ;)

Don't forget to feed my bliss THIS Saturday at the ALE-NW InstallFest! ;)

  Date: Saturday 9/20
  Starts: 10am  (volunteers 15-30 early please)
  Ends: 5pm
  Location: SPSU Atrium bldg - room J-266
  Directions: http://ale.org/?page_id=506
  Parking: Free parking

Volunteers still needed!


On 09/17/2014 01:42 PM, Jim Kinney wrote:
> OK. As the subject is personal bliss vs world conquest I guess I get to
> toss my warped view around on that line:
> 
> I'd go for world domination over personal bliss. When I run everything, I
> can then set up my personal bliss ond no one can take it away from me. Just
> having all the other people miserable under my iron rule (Free Beer on all
> days that end in "y" unless it's an election day then it's mandatory
> drinking cause there's no elections - BWAHAHAHAHA!) is nearly enough for my
> personal bliss anyway :-}
> 
> From a serious standpoint, it really depends on opportunity. World
> Domination shows up as an opportunity to make a positive change (that
> usually involves Linux systems solving a problem). The bliss happens when
> it works. The total bliss happens when I get to replace Windows and Mac
> systems with Linux and the new users are happy with the change.
> 
> OK. OK. The total bliss _may_ be related to the brewing I do. probably.
> most likely. yeah. beer.
> 
> On Wed, Sep 17, 2014 at 10:32 AM, Jim Kinney <jim.kinney at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>>
>> On Sep 17, 2014 10:23 AM, "Pete Hardie" <pete.hardie at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> Are you asking for help figuring out what you want to be when you grow
>> up?
>>> :)
>>>
>>
>> So far, I have managed to refuse to grow up.
>>
>> My wife concurs with my achievement so far :-)
>>
>> I like problem solving and creating new stuff. Started taking a
>> metalworking art class and jewelry making class for fun.
>>
>>> Best of luck - I still haven't quite figured out my goals yet....
>>>
>>> On Wed, Sep 17, 2014 at 10:05 AM, leam hall <leamhall at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> What I call "mental flexibility" my wife calls "waffling". Mine at
>>>> least sounds dignified. This has been running around in my head for a
>>>> few years now. Would appreciate perspectives, if you have them. Or
>>>> just more coffee recommendations; I will get to ATL eventually...
>>>>
>>>> Solving technical problems, including some systems programming, is fun
>>>> to me. I can get lost in it and be happy. However, I'm not a "real"
>>>> programmer in that my work seldom gets more than a hundred or two
>>>> lines of code and I only know the basics in a couple languages.
>>>>
>>>> Solving big problems is challenging. I've done datacenter project
>>>> management and been successful. Especially since I often complain
>>>> about "nobody fixing the real issues". I like fixing them but they
>>>> aren't as personally fun.
>>>>
>>>> I'm not looking for a job but am looking to define my job to be what I
>>>> want to do. I just wish I knew what I wanted to do...
>>>>