daniil's Journal: Rate my geekiness

It's Saturday night.

I'm sitting here, at home, behind the computer.

As usual.

Writing a paper due on Monday.

Drinking tea. As usual.

Listening to Joy Division.

I stayed up late last night.

Reading jokes about famous scientists.

Reading some articles for this paper i'm writing.

I slept on the couch. Woke up at 8:30 am.

Then spent the day reading...Thomas Kuhn.

Because i was too damn drowsy to do anything productive.

I'm only writing this crap here because i want it out of my system.

Rate me.

Boring evening

[October_30th]

What's your paper about?

I was just a stretching my back/shoulders with a barbell, browsing the net and watching Godfather II on TV. Talk about a slow Saturday night... ;-)

Re:Boring evening

[daniil]

Oh, it's about a rather philosophical question: does a robot have an Umwelt [www.ut.ee]? Of course i'm not trying to give a definite answer to this question. I'm simply presenting (and commenting on) some other people's opinions.

Re:Boring evening

[metlin]

> What's your paper about?

Never *ever* ask a geek about his paper. Hurts his ego. Obviously it's something geeky ;)

Re:Boring evening

[October_30th]

Never *ever* ask a geek about his paper.

Hmm... my experience is that most geeks like to discuss their papers/research endlessly. ;-)

Re:Boring evening

[metlin]

Not unless you're of the opposite sex ;-)

Re:Boring evening

[Epona]

ok- go

Re:Boring evening

[metlin]

There was this one time...:-p

Re:Boring evening

[daniil]

Well, i don't usually mind talking about the papers i have written or am writing. With one or two exceptions, that is.

But this only stands for the people i go to school with. I'm uncomfortable talking about these things with outsiders because i'm afraid to bore them. And of course i also fear some of them might dismiss it as unimportant or meaningless -- [sarcasm]after all, how can something be worth doing if it can be done using a short script [elsewhere.org] :7[/sarcasm]

Re:Boring evening

[tuxette]

Actually, the worst thing you can ask is "when are you going to finish your thesis?" or something along those lines ;-)

Re:Boring evening

[metlin]

Bad example :-(

Not for another couple of years, I'm afraid.

*bawl*

*BAWL*

9/10

[Magickcat]

The idyllic Saturday night of the intellegentia. The Joy Division CD lost you a point.

9/10.

Re:9/10

[turg]

Lost another point for this:

I'm only writing this crap here because i want it out of my system.

That seems to indicate a belief that this behaviour is not ideal.

Behaviour

[daniil]

Yes, i do believe posting stuff on Slashdot on a Saturday night is far from what i'd consider to be the ideal Saturday night. I mean, think of all the things i could do with all this time! All the books i could read, etc.

8/10

[js7a]

Multiple points off for unapplied liberal arts, one layer too much introspection, and an extra point, I suppose, for using no personal pronouns other than "i".

I recommend doing something worthwhile and applied, with other people.