Xref: utzoo alt.religion.computers:1241 gnu.misc.discuss:664 Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!wuarchive!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!think!snorkelwacker!bloom-beacon!eru!luth!sunic!draken!d88-jwa From: d88-jwa@nada.kth.se (Jon Watte) Newsgroups: alt.religion.computers,gnu.misc.discuss Subject: Re: The meaning of life, as it relates to hacking. Message-ID: <2621@draken.nada.kth.se> Date: 25 Dec 89 19:11:17 GMT References: <4639@sugar.hackercorp.com> <4ZW1ijS00WBKE1qh5C@andrew.cmu.edu> <4823@sugar.hackercorp.com> Reply-To: d88-jwa@nada.kth.se (Jon W{tte) Organization: Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden Lines: 32 Iain says: >nothing i do is a serious effort. So now we know why a) you don't consider yourself among "intellectuals" (choose definition according to taste) and b) you don't understand people who want to pay $50/hr to get something done WELL (according to the payers standards). Much of what I do isn't a serious effort. My MS for instance :-) I HAVE two things though: Mac NetHack and my work as a consultant. - I spend time doing NetHack well because... I like to see people happy, I guess. Some of the people I care most about are keen NetHackers. - I spend time keeping track of hairy cross-references (in a bread & butter system) because I get paid. (Oh, I've gotten a raise... I'm at $55/hr now :-) If there was as much money in NetHack, I'd do it full time. If there was no money in either, I'd do NetHack as I do it now, do advertising (or whatever) for a living and don't do the hairy cross- references at all, making the poor guy who NEEDs those CR's very unhappy. >iain the flippant | You'll PAY To Know What You REALLY Think | >jb3o@andrew.cmu.edu(INTERNET) | Your MIND Left Intentionally Blank | >R746JB3O@cmccvb(BITNET) | SCIENCE DOES NOT REMOVE THE TERROR OF THE GODS| >disclaimer: anything I say may be wrong - I don't represent anyone but me h+@nada.kth.se -- -- Stay alert ! - Trust noone ! - Keep your laser handy ! --- h+@nada.kth.se == h+@proxxi.se == Jon Watte longer .sig available on request