From owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Oct 31 10:22:14 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6969C16A4CE for ; Fri, 31 Oct 2003 10:22:14 -0800 (PST) Received: from smtpout.mac.com (A17-250-248-87.apple.com [17.250.248.87]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B4FB143FD7 for ; Fri, 31 Oct 2003 10:22:13 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from lomion@mac.com) Received: from mac.com (smtpin07-en2 [10.13.10.152]) by smtpout.mac.com (Xserve/MantshX 2.0) with ESMTP id h9VIMD9H025676; Fri, 31 Oct 2003 10:22:13 -0800 (PST) Received: from [192.168.2.137] (bgp585760bgs.jdover01.nj.comcast.net [68.39.198.236]) (authenticated bits=0)h9VIMCpa026530; Fri, 31 Oct 2003 10:22:12 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <3FA29783.8060804@potentialtech.com> References: <3FA29783.8060804@potentialtech.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v606) Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=sha1; boundary=Apple-Mail-4--876983092; protocol="application/pkcs7-signature" Message-Id: <2431D460-0BCF-11D8-AA57-000393A335A2@mac.com> From: Lawrence Sica Date: Fri, 31 Oct 2003 13:22:09 -0500 To: Bill Moran X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.606) X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.1 cc: chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: How do hackers drive? X-BeenThere: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Non technical items related to the community List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 31 Oct 2003 18:22:14 -0000 --Apple-Mail-4--876983092 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed On Oct 31, 2003, at 12:10 PM, Bill Moran wrote: > I recently started reading Eric Raymond's > _The_Art_of_UNIX_Programming_ and > it's gotten me taking another look at the way I am in general. > > Just to make sure I'm not totally insane ... > Well that is debatable ;) > When I am about to go somewhere in the car, I take a moment or two to > plan out the optimal route to get to my various destinations. If > there are > multiple destinations, I usually do a little thinking to determine what > order to visit these destinations in order to make optimal use of my > time. > This is usually modified by the desire to choose a route that includes > the > fewest number of left turns possible (since right turns are cheaper > than > left turns, time-wise, and complexity-wise - you can make a right turn > on > red for crying out loud) > > Other programmers drive this way as well, correct? > I am a sys admin, and i tend to plan my routes, but its more intuitive for me. I just say ok i need to go to the seven eleven down that way and go. I don;t sit there and think every turn through i just go. > The revelation is that I'm starting to understand that many > non-programmer > _don't_ generally evaluate their car trips like this. I mean, I know > that > most people will plan out a route when they're going on a long trip, > but > this planning procedure occurs _every_ time I get in the car, even if > I'm > just going to the convenience store for some chips (I have to evaluate > the > fact that there are two convenience stores equaldistance from here, > one is > a less complex journey, while the other has a better selection!) > I tend to go to the one i just like better, distance is less of a factor in some cases for me. --Larry --Apple-Mail-4--876983092--