[OT] Re: No more lessequal software

Bruno Medeiros daiphoenixNO at SPAMlycos.com
Tue Mar 14 08:09:27 PST 2006


Knud Sørensen wrote:
> On Mon, 13 Mar 2006 12:07:02 -0600, Craig Black wrote:
> 
>> I read that you consider programming an addiction. I struggled with this 
>> idea when I was a teenager, so perhaps I can relate somewhat.  I also gave 
>> up programming for long periods of time.  In retrospect, I believe that this 
>> was not the right thing to do.  Programming addiction is not like addiction 
>> to alcohol or drugs.  Substance abuse like that is never productive or 
>> helpful.
>>
>> There are some behaviors that are necessary and yet tend to be addictive, 
>> because of the pleasure involved.  Like for example eating and sex.  These 
>> behaviors are very pleasurable, but for a good reason.  If these pleasurable 
>> urges  were not in place, we would probably not be here today.  People that 
>> don't eat, die.  Creatures that don't procreate become extinct.
>>
> Maybe you should try to read
> http://www.healingtaousa.com/bigu.html
> 
> Mind over Matter.
> 
> 

What exactly are you trying to say?

[This could very well be the mother of all offtopics]

-- 
Bruno Medeiros - CS/E student
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