What will you be if computers weren't in existence?
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Mark_Wallace wrote:
manual skills
too vague. care to share your "manual skills"? :-D
Oh, behave!
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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It is probably a tough question for some, especially since most of us across the globe, both young and old heavily rely on computers and the internet. Today, life would be virtually impossible without it especially to developers like us. To answer the question, I would be a carpenter, and a farmer then I would create a machine from wood that will compile codes made out of paper that will produce kernels of corn. :laugh: Just kidding on that part. Seriously I would definitely be an artist, because being an artist is having the freedom to express your personality through art.
I would be totally lost. It's the only thing I know how to do. I hate all physical work (well... almost all :-O ) and I have two left hands. Perhaps I'd be an artist or a writer, I've done both in the past, but in that case I'd be starving too ;p
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Regards, Sander
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Wanna be my epileptic friend like in "The Twelve Chairs" movie. You writhe around and I'll plead "Give, give so this poor man can be healed"
Ron Anders wrote:
Wanna be my epileptic friend like in "The Twelve Chairs" movie. You writhe around and I'll plead "Give, give so this poor man can be healed"
Or the other way around. I'll then plead "Give, give so this poor man can be healed" :laugh:
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A street-fighter. Or a knight of the round table. Or a court jester. Or a gynecologist. Or an astronaut. Or a racing driver. Or a pro arm wrestler. Or an archeologist. Or a trapper in Canada. Or a novelist. Or a mechanic. Or an electrician. Or a baker. Or a bull fighter. Or a nurse. Or a violinist. Or a sheep shearer. Or a candlestick maker. Or a book binder. Or a kindergarten teacher. Or a prison warder. Or a soldier. Or an explorer. Or a biologist. Or a historian. I have done at least one of the above. :-)
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I would be the equivalent of a Dune "mentat," using thought alone to create and shape realities. The fact I was physically confined in a mental institution would not bother me, since I could manufacture transcorporeal freedom any time I wanted to. I would be blogging about this (of course) by implanting memories in the subconscious minds of millions of people.
«There is a spectrum, from "clearly desirable behaviour," to "possibly dodgy behavior that still makes some sense," to "clearly undesirable behavior." We try to make the latter into warnings or, better, errors. But stuff that is in the middle category you don’t want to restrict unless there is a clear way to work around it.» Eric Lippert, May 14, 2008
I think this is the beginning of a beautiful story line that you will transform into a multi-billion dollar enterprise. It goes without saying - books, speaking event, and movies, oh yes the movies.
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Ron Anders wrote:
Wanna be my epileptic friend like in "The Twelve Chairs" movie. You writhe around and I'll plead "Give, give so this poor man can be healed"
Or the other way around. I'll then plead "Give, give so this poor man can be healed" :laugh:
I saw a man drop a five pound note into a busker's cap. As he did it he said "Here, go and get some singing lessons."
We're philosophical about power outages here. A.C. come, A.C. go.
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A street-fighter. Or a knight of the round table. Or a court jester. Or a gynecologist. Or an astronaut. Or a racing driver. Or a pro arm wrestler. Or an archeologist. Or a trapper in Canada. Or a novelist. Or a mechanic. Or an electrician. Or a baker. Or a bull fighter. Or a nurse. Or a violinist. Or a sheep shearer. Or a candlestick maker. Or a book binder. Or a kindergarten teacher. Or a prison warder. Or a soldier. Or an explorer. Or a biologist. Or a historian. I have done at least one of the above. :-)
Why not be an actor? Then you could be any one of these whenever you wanted.
We're philosophical about power outages here. A.C. come, A.C. go.
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It is probably a tough question for some, especially since most of us across the globe, both young and old heavily rely on computers and the internet. Today, life would be virtually impossible without it especially to developers like us. To answer the question, I would be a carpenter, and a farmer then I would create a machine from wood that will compile codes made out of paper that will produce kernels of corn. :laugh: Just kidding on that part. Seriously I would definitely be an artist, because being an artist is having the freedom to express your personality through art.
If computers weren't in existence I think I'd just drive a truck. :-)
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It is probably a tough question for some, especially since most of us across the globe, both young and old heavily rely on computers and the internet. Today, life would be virtually impossible without it especially to developers like us. To answer the question, I would be a carpenter, and a farmer then I would create a machine from wood that will compile codes made out of paper that will produce kernels of corn. :laugh: Just kidding on that part. Seriously I would definitely be an artist, because being an artist is having the freedom to express your personality through art.
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It is probably a tough question for some, especially since most of us across the globe, both young and old heavily rely on computers and the internet. Today, life would be virtually impossible without it especially to developers like us. To answer the question, I would be a carpenter, and a farmer then I would create a machine from wood that will compile codes made out of paper that will produce kernels of corn. :laugh: Just kidding on that part. Seriously I would definitely be an artist, because being an artist is having the freedom to express your personality through art.
A Forest Ranger. It's the only career I ever went out of my way to research in the high school Guidance Office. It's my "road not taken."
Cheers, Mike Fidler "I intend to live forever - so far, so good." Steven Wright "I almost had a psychic girlfriend but she left me before we met." Also Steven Wright "I'm addicted to placebos. I could quit, but it wouldn't matter." Steven Wright yet again.
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It is probably a tough question for some, especially since most of us across the globe, both young and old heavily rely on computers and the internet. Today, life would be virtually impossible without it especially to developers like us. To answer the question, I would be a carpenter, and a farmer then I would create a machine from wood that will compile codes made out of paper that will produce kernels of corn. :laugh: Just kidding on that part. Seriously I would definitely be an artist, because being an artist is having the freedom to express your personality through art.
Most likely, I would still be in the restaurant business. I worked over 6 years in one before the Marine Corps taught me how to program correctly. It's possible that I would be retired now, having sold the restaurant that I bought when I was 30. :)
Currently reading: "The Prince", by Nicolo Machiavelli
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I saw a man drop a five pound note into a busker's cap. As he did it he said "Here, go and get some singing lessons."
We're philosophical about power outages here. A.C. come, A.C. go.
Herbie Mountjoy wrote:
I saw a man drop a five pound note into a busker's cap. As he did it he said "Here, go and get some singing lessons."
LMAO! :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:
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It is probably a tough question for some, especially since most of us across the globe, both young and old heavily rely on computers and the internet. Today, life would be virtually impossible without it especially to developers like us. To answer the question, I would be a carpenter, and a farmer then I would create a machine from wood that will compile codes made out of paper that will produce kernels of corn. :laugh: Just kidding on that part. Seriously I would definitely be an artist, because being an artist is having the freedom to express your personality through art.
Since my father and brother were auto mechanic's I would probably follow in that. I still do alot of my own car repairs and most of the body work. So it is something I could do. Either that or carpentry. It does seem to me that alot of the skills you use in troubleshooting and building stuff in computers is directly the same when I am building a bookshelf or repairing a car. So that I feel is where I would be. Either that or traveling in Columbia trying to not get killed. But who knows.
To err is human to really mess up you need a computer
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It is probably a tough question for some, especially since most of us across the globe, both young and old heavily rely on computers and the internet. Today, life would be virtually impossible without it especially to developers like us. To answer the question, I would be a carpenter, and a farmer then I would create a machine from wood that will compile codes made out of paper that will produce kernels of corn. :laugh: Just kidding on that part. Seriously I would definitely be an artist, because being an artist is having the freedom to express your personality through art.
Interesting Question. Without computers, the whole world would look differently. Assuming we had electricity, and automation was still required. I would be doing "hard-wiring" of systems to create things. My skills are simply in analysis and automation. Making peoples lives easier. A Mechanical Loom. Studying self-playing pianos... MAYBE an electrician like my father as a fall back. Kirk Out!
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It is probably a tough question for some, especially since most of us across the globe, both young and old heavily rely on computers and the internet. Today, life would be virtually impossible without it especially to developers like us. To answer the question, I would be a carpenter, and a farmer then I would create a machine from wood that will compile codes made out of paper that will produce kernels of corn. :laugh: Just kidding on that part. Seriously I would definitely be an artist, because being an artist is having the freedom to express your personality through art.
Before I was seduced by the dark side of programming, I was studying to be an architect. At the end of high school (where we self taught ourselves how to program), I was looking at 4 years of college and 10 years of apprenticeship, or 6 years of college and 4 years of apprenticeship, or "I can program now." I was one that found programming incredibly easy, compared to others around me. For that, I credit my parents giving me plastic model cars, rockets, and planes to assemble to keep me entertained as an only child living on a farm. I learned the importance of following directions. Programming was reversing that, creating directions, instead of following them. Architecture taught me the importance of planning and design. Both careers start with a blank sheet of paper and then creating something tangible.
Psychosis at 10 Film at 11 Those who do not remember the past, are doomed to repeat it. Those who do not remember the past, cannot build upon it.
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It is probably a tough question for some, especially since most of us across the globe, both young and old heavily rely on computers and the internet. Today, life would be virtually impossible without it especially to developers like us. To answer the question, I would be a carpenter, and a farmer then I would create a machine from wood that will compile codes made out of paper that will produce kernels of corn. :laugh: Just kidding on that part. Seriously I would definitely be an artist, because being an artist is having the freedom to express your personality through art.
... a mathematician
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It is probably a tough question for some, especially since most of us across the globe, both young and old heavily rely on computers and the internet. Today, life would be virtually impossible without it especially to developers like us. To answer the question, I would be a carpenter, and a farmer then I would create a machine from wood that will compile codes made out of paper that will produce kernels of corn. :laugh: Just kidding on that part. Seriously I would definitely be an artist, because being an artist is having the freedom to express your personality through art.
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Not sure, maybe a chemist. Hard to say, I've been doing this since 14 and never really identified myself any other way until recently. Programming has become such a part of me, I don't think I'd be the same person without it.
Jeremy Falcon
I'd take up my time building musical instruments of wood and string. Then on the weekends spend my time performing with them to sell them to passers by and young people who catch the music in their eyes and want to strike embers from their fingertips as well. Could be a better life for sure!
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please let it be novelist. can only image the things you would write with a mind that would write a response like this.
maze3 wrote:
please let it be novelist.
Sadly, unpublished though I'll keep trying.
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Why not be an actor? Then you could be any one of these whenever you wanted.
We're philosophical about power outages here. A.C. come, A.C. go.
Hmm. I did try for that when I was young but missed out on a great part and went in a different direction. Moral: try everything you can; what have you got to lose?
