Hello *, On Sat, Apr 16, 2005 at 12:49:26AM -0300, Rogério Brito wrote: > On Apr 15 2005, Clive Menzies wrote: > > Is there perhaps a correlation between interest in martial arts and > > Debian? Well, perhaps not necessarily Debian, but rather the greater concept... As for me, I personally quit actively participating in 1998 when I had just heard about this Linux thing for the first time, and way before I learned about Debian. > I don't know, but I am also interested in martial arts, if that serves > as a data point. > [...] > But I can see one aspect where using an Open Source operating system > (especially if you're not using a mainstream architecture like x86) is > similar to a martial art: both require steady and constant efforts to > get good results, but once you get them, you have a personal > satisfaction that is difficult to describe to others who have not had > the pleasure to experience them. Similarities have been pointed out numerous times, e.g. in ESR's "How To Become A Hacker" we'll find: | The kind of mental discipline required for martial arts seems to be | similar in important ways to what hackers do. [...] The most hackerly | martial arts are those which emphasize mental discipline, relaxed | awareness and control, rather than raw strength, athleticism, or | physical toughness. In how far this really correlates may still be up to discussion, though... nonetheless people experienced in both worlds enjoy the pleasure of having experienced this satisfaction... :) Just my two cents, Flo - 2nd Dan Judo, but inactive; all in all I can hardly be counted as trained in "martial" arts. ;)
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