On Tue, 30 Jun 2009 10:30:11 -0700, Don Armstrong wrote: > > I'd always be left wondering if people were actually interested in > > knowing what I do, or if they were just trying to have a >2min > > conversation in order to tick a box, but in fact they couldn't care > > less. > My hope is that people will have a 2 minute conversation with a goal > of ticking the boxes, and then get interested, and spend the rest of > the meal having a pleasant conversation that they actually care about > with people who they haven't interacted with in meatspace before. Ah, now that you say "then ... spend the rest of the meal" I realize that my inner image was the other way round: first dinner and then, during/after dessert the "box ticking"; as an option for those who like, as in "mmmh, the food was good, now who takes a coffee or some key signing?" Would that feel less strange for our South and North Italians? Cheers, gregor -- .''`. http://info.comodo.priv.at/ -- GPG Key IDs: 0x00F3CFE4, 0x8649AA06 : :' : Debian GNU/Linux user, admin, & developer - http://www.debian.org/ `. `' Member of VIBE!AT, SPI Inc., fellow of FSFE | http://got.to/quote/ `- NP: Andrew Lloyd Webber & Tim Rice
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