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Re: Always be learning - how a leaky pipe made me appreciate Open Source

by wolfger (Deacon)
on Feb 09, 2006 at 18:21 UTC ( [id://529154]=note: print w/replies, xml ) Need Help??


in reply to Always be learning - how a leaky pipe made me appreciate Open Source

Wow. Nice story. Makes me wonder why it is that I tinker so much with my computer (Gentoo Linux) and programming, but I hate do-it-yerself in other aspects of my life...

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Re^2: Always be learning - how a leaky pipe made me appreciate Open Source
by talexb (Chancellor) on Feb 09, 2006 at 19:36 UTC

    It's a love/hate thing. I hate plumbing when I do it badly and it leaks. But I love plumbing when I've actually put in the hours and got it to work. Same thing with computers .. sometimes I shout, "I Hate Computers!" when they're not doing what I want, but most of the time they purr along nicely, and I've got them to do some pretty clever things over the years.

    Plumbing is nice because I get to enjoy it every day, but I treat computers a bit like fish treat water -- I'm not always aware that it's even there.

    Alex / talexb / Toronto

    "Groklaw is the open-source mentality applied to legal research" ~ Linus Torvalds

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