Date: Fri, 31 Oct 2003 13:22:09 -0500 From: Lawrence Sica <lomion@mac.com> To: Bill Moran <wmoran@potentialtech.com> Cc: chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: How do hackers drive? Message-ID: <2431D460-0BCF-11D8-AA57-000393A335A2@mac.com> In-Reply-To: <3FA29783.8060804@potentialtech.com> References: <3FA29783.8060804@potentialtech.com>
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--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--
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