Re: [MLUG - DISCUSSION] Need a geek watch

[Jonathan King <EMAIL:PROTECTED>]

On Mon, 9 Aug 2004 12:33:02 -0500, Nimrod Levy <EMAIL:PROTECTED> wrote:
> On Mon, 9 Aug 2004 10:58:07 -0500, Jonathan King
> <EMAIL:PROTECTED> wrote:
> >
> >      I am a geek.  So much geekier than you, that you should bow down to me.
> >      Right now, please. I'm waiting, you technology-impaired little
> > git, and my watch's
> >      blinken lights only entertain me for a few seconds.
> 
> While I strongly agree with making this statement, I also agree with
> the no watch comment.

I do, too, actually.  The big problem is teaching.  When you teach,
you have to show up for class, and make sure the class lasts for the
right amount of time.  So Stephen managed to fill us in on how he
achieves the latter but not the former.  :-)
 
> About 6 or 7 years ago, I stopped and counted.  I had 2 phones, 2
> pagers, 4 computers on my desk, and my desk phone had a clock.  I
> questioned how many conflicting time sources I really needed.  So I
> took my watch off and haven't put it back on since.

Ah, but I don't have the phones or the pagers.  The computers I have
on my desk, but not in the lab of my current collaborator.  So I think
the optimal strategy is "wrist watch".
 
> There are better ways to display your badge of geek with pride.

Indeed.  But I was partly kidding...
 
jking
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