From owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Nov 1 02:35:29 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 2964D16A4CE for ; Sat, 1 Nov 2003 02:35:29 -0800 (PST) Received: from storm.FreeBSD.org.uk (storm.FreeBSD.org.uk [194.242.157.42]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F366343FBF for ; Sat, 1 Nov 2003 02:35:27 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from mark@grondar.org) Received: from storm.FreeBSD.org.uk (Ugrondar@localhost [127.0.0.1]) hA1AZ9Ro050314; Sat, 1 Nov 2003 10:35:10 GMT (envelope-from mark@grondar.org) Received: (from Ugrondar@localhost)hA1AZ8if050313; Sat, 1 Nov 2003 10:35:08 GMT (envelope-from mark@grondar.org) X-Authentication-Warning: storm.FreeBSD.org.uk: Ugrondar set sender to mark@grondar.org using -f Received: from grondar.org (localhost [127.0.0.1])hA1AY44L032769; Sat, 1 Nov 2003 10:34:04 GMT (envelope-from mark@grondar.org) From: Mark Murray Message-Id: <200311011034.hA1AY44L032769@grimreaper.grondar.org> To: Marty Landman In-Reply-To: Your message of "Fri, 31 Oct 2003 20:13:20 EST." <6.0.0.22.0.20031031200457.05471108@pop.face2interface.com> Date: Sat, 01 Nov 2003 10:34:03 +0000 Sender: mark@grondar.org X-Spam-Status: No, hits=1.2 required=5.0 tests=EMAIL_ATTRIBUTION,FROM_NO_LOWER,IN_REP_TO version=2.55 X-Spam-Level: * X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.55 (1.174.2.19-2003-05-19-exp) cc: freebsd-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: Sat, 01 Nov 2003 10:35:29 -0000 Marty Landman writes: > >>>The revelation is that I'm starting to understand that many non-programmer > >>>_don't_ generally evaluate their car trips like this. Driving is something I usually do by successive approximation. I usually have a pretty good idea about where I want to go, but traffic and other road problems are usually enough of a problem to make too much planning a waste of time for me. > I had this sort of conversation with a search engine guy in Europe a few > years ago. We both sort of thought the same way... optimizing our actions. > Even though he wasn't a programmer. I guess just the fact of making your > living working with computers is enough. I tend to plan what I need to do next with a sort of Gantt chart in my head. So if I go into the kitchen, I'll turn on the kettle in anticipation of wanting tea, before doing laundry chores. I tend to do that somewhat efficiently (and very conciously) ever since I learned how as a kid. I nevertheless am a rather untidy individual :-) M -- Mark Murray iumop ap!sdn w,I idlaH