Hey, Michael, just noticed your email address. I spent a year doing comp. chem in the UU chem department, as it happens.
--- Michael W Thelen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Tue, Sep 10, 2002 at 08:49:21PM -0700, Amir > Karger wrote: > > Speaking of all those hours, I've been wondering: > > do > > most of the other golfers spend a huge number of > > hours > > on each hole? > > I spend waaaay more hours than any reasonable person > ought to, but then again, > what reasonable person plays Perl golf in the first > place? Wise words, my young padawan. > Even when I'm not > playing it, I'm playing it. Too many dinner > conversations have been > interrupted with, "Wow! I just shaved another two > strokes, in my head! I have > to write this down." Sh-yeah. Although in my case it's more like that "wow" happens in a though bubble, while I say "so what happened at work today, dear?" for the sixth time in a row to try and sound like I'm paying attention. > In a thinly disguised attempt to win back my > attention (and to have something > in common again), my poor, sweet wife has also begun > to play Perl golf. Oh dear. My wife has all the right personality traits to be a doctor, very few of which are the right traits to be a hacker. And Perl Golf is VERY hackerish -- you need to really enjoy spending hours and hours tweaking something even though the end result is completely impractical. > But I > think she's gotten a little tired of it, especially > with a baby on the way. Good luck! I should warn you that people aren't just saying things when they tell you you'll be busier once the baby arrives. > I > wonder if it's possible to change poopy diapers with > poppy eyeballs... This is not the kind of thing to say on a mailing list that includes '/anick and /\ndrew, methinks. -Amir __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! News - Today's headlines http://news.yahoo.com
