[ale] [Mildly OT] Personal bliss or world conquest?

[Jim Kinney]

Seeing as how many public school PCs are giant virus magnets, it's pretty
easy to plug in an 8G thumbdrive to the ones that are down in the lab and
reboot them. Most of the systems are not boot loader locked. Then leave
them running. Must be sure to wipe fingerprints.

Sat am is not an option for me on the installfest. I'm trying to get some
stuff done this week so I can help in the afternoon. I need either  a clone
or less sleep.

On Wed, Sep 17, 2014 at 1:53 PM, JD <jdp at algoloma.com> wrote:

> I'm easily amused, it seems.
>
> Booting a liveCD and using gparted to wipe Windows is excellent.
> OS-X even more so.
>
> Automated flushing is a dream, yet to be solved.  Though I understand
> Emory has
> tested that via PXE. ;)
>
> Don't forget to feed my bliss THIS Saturday at the ALE-NW InstallFest! ;)
>
>   Date: Saturday 9/20
>   Starts: 10am  (volunteers 15-30 early please)
>   Ends: 5pm
>   Location: SPSU Atrium bldg - room J-266
>   Directions: http://ale.org/?page_id=506
>   Parking: Free parking
>
> Volunteers still needed!
>
>
> On 09/17/2014 01:42 PM, Jim Kinney wrote:
> > OK. As the subject is personal bliss vs world conquest I guess I get to
> > toss my warped view around on that line:
> >
> > I'd go for world domination over personal bliss. When I run everything, I
> > can then set up my personal bliss ond no one can take it away from me.
> Just
> > having all the other people miserable under my iron rule (Free Beer on
> all
> > days that end in "y" unless it's an election day then it's mandatory
> > drinking cause there's no elections - BWAHAHAHAHA!) is nearly enough for
> my
> > personal bliss anyway :-}
> >
> > From a serious standpoint, it really depends on opportunity. World
> > Domination shows up as an opportunity to make a positive change (that
> > usually involves Linux systems solving a problem). The bliss happens when
> > it works. The total bliss happens when I get to replace Windows and Mac
> > systems with Linux and the new users are happy with the change.
> >
> > OK. OK. The total bliss _may_ be related to the brewing I do. probably.
> > most likely. yeah. beer.
> >
> > On Wed, Sep 17, 2014 at 10:32 AM, Jim Kinney <jim.kinney at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >
> >>
> >> On Sep 17, 2014 10:23 AM, "Pete Hardie" <pete.hardie at gmail.com> wrote:
> >>>
> >>> Are you asking for help figuring out what you want to be when you grow
> >> up?
> >>> :)
> >>>
> >>
> >> So far, I have managed to refuse to grow up.
> >>
> >> My wife concurs with my achievement so far :-)
> >>
> >> I like problem solving and creating new stuff. Started taking a
> >> metalworking art class and jewelry making class for fun.
> >>
> >>> Best of luck - I still haven't quite figured out my goals yet....
> >>>
> >>> On Wed, Sep 17, 2014 at 10:05 AM, leam hall <leamhall at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >>>
> >>>> What I call "mental flexibility" my wife calls "waffling". Mine at
> >>>> least sounds dignified. This has been running around in my head for a
> >>>> few years now. Would appreciate perspectives, if you have them. Or
> >>>> just more coffee recommendations; I will get to ATL eventually...
> >>>>
> >>>> Solving technical problems, including some systems programming, is fun
> >>>> to me. I can get lost in it and be happy. However, I'm not a "real"
> >>>> programmer in that my work seldom gets more than a hundred or two
> >>>> lines of code and I only know the basics in a couple languages.
> >>>>
> >>>> Solving big problems is challenging. I've done datacenter project
> >>>> management and been successful. Especially since I often complain
> >>>> about "nobody fixing the real issues". I like fixing them but they
> >>>> aren't as personally fun.
> >>>>
> >>>> I'm not looking for a job but am looking to define my job to be what I
> >>>> want to do. I just wish I knew what I wanted to do...
> >>>>
>



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-- 
James P. Kinney III

Every time you stop a school, you will have to build a jail. What you gain
at one end you lose at the other. It's like feeding a dog on his own tail.
It won't fatten the dog.
- Speech 11/23/1900 Mark Twain


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