Nori Heikkinen <nori@sccs.swarthmore.edu> on 08/13/2002 10:55:47 AM
To: John F Davis/Raleigh/IBM@ibmus
cc:
Subject: Re: OT: What do Deb-heads do for recreation
i think you meant to post this to the list ... it only went to me :)
on Tue, 13 Aug 2002 08:45:01AM -0600, John F Davis insinuated:
>
> Hello
>
> I spend time with my wife and kids or I ride my motorcycle. Last weekend
I
> went on a ride
> with two of my friends. We were a motley bunch. 1 Harley Fatboy, 1
> Triumph Sprint. and
> my 1 bmw r100gspd.
>
> http://www.skink.net/~davis has some motorcycle pics if you are
interested
> in what a r100 looks like.
>
> JD
>
> Nori Heikkinen <nori@sccs.swarthmore.edu> on 08/13/2002 10:36:03 AM
>
> To: "List, debian-user" <debian-user@lists.debian.org>
> cc:
> Subject: Re: OT: What do Deb-heads do for recreation
>
>
>
> on Tue, 13 Aug 2002 10:40:36AM -0100, andrej hocevar insinuated:
> > On Mon, Aug 12, 2002 at 11:22:48PM -0700, Paul Johnson wrote:
> > > Curious what other deb-heads do in the hours they're not at work
> > > or hacking Debian...
> >
> > I, for instance, am a student of comparative literature and have
> > published my first book of poetry this year -- so not much of a
> > professional. :) None of my colleagues have ever heard of anything
> > non-MS, however one linguist has used LaTeX for his master's degree.
> > On the other hand, I know two physicians being familiar with Linux.
> >
> > I fear that most people still think of Linux as something for
> > hackers or scientists only. I, a bookworm, can prove them wrong! I
> > see that this discussion could very well become endless, but let's
> > face it: the vast majority of users still seems to be
> > computer-professionals ...
>
> i could list one or two dozen people i know running linux for whom
> that's not true, but then on second thought they're all CS students,
> and will very likely end up fitting into that category within a matter
> of years -- all the people i've seen graduate who run linux (or unix
> flavors, for that matter) are now professional geeks in some capacity
> ... all in many different ways, but all definitely heavily involved in
> computers.
>
> i'm the only exception to this bunch that i can think of (correct me
> if i'm wrong, martin) -- i'm a CS minor (music major), but even if i
> had been planning to do something professionally geeky after college,
> problems with my wrists sustained from my full-time geek job this
> summer have shown me that physically, that's not such a good idea
> (especially if i want to keep playing viola).
>
> on the other hand, that's only accounting for people i know who run
> linux on their own computers. more than a third of the current
> student body has accounts on our school's student-run server (which
> runs debian, i might add :). that is not to say that they all do much
> with them, but i think most users know how to read mail, finger other
> users, and use talk. and i think it's safe to say that the vast
> majority of them will not become computer professionals after
> graduation.
>
> i also know a handful of macOSX users who have done more than a little
> exploring into the unix sides of their systems.
>
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