On Mon, Aug 08, 2005 at 10:16:46PM -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> "Great paintings, for example, get you laid in a way that great
> computer programs never do. Even not-so-great paintings - in fact, any
> slapdash attempt at splashing paint onto a surface - will get you laid
> more than writing software, especially if you have the slightest hint
> of being a tortured, brooding soul about you. For evidence of this I
> would point to my college classmate Henning, who was a Swedish double
> art/theatre major and on most days could barely walk."
>
> Andy
>
> Your link brought up a tangential issue that has been bugging me.
> Why is the 'coolness' factor of painting light years above that
> of most other professions?
>
Explain why the guy with a garage band gets all the CF in HS while the
geeks (who will one day hire/fire the cool) wither in the shade.
> Hell, from the few developer's conferences I've been to, few artists
> could hold a candle to some of the odd eccentric behavior I've seen.
>
Hrumph! I'm in software configuration management. We sit on the
sidelines at the conferences and watch while the developers get all the
chicks.
> ('course I'm happily married so this is just a theoretical discussion for
> me. :)
Understood. Of course.
>
> The world is so unfair!
I know, and it still pisses me off!
>
> <sniffle>, <sniffle>
>
<sob sob>
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