Please could you help me
by gazbo on 02:50 AM March 1st, 2002 (Score:-1, Offtopic) (#3085199)
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Dear sirs,

I am having a computer related problem, and was hoping that you, being mainly
technically minded could help.

Up until recently I was a proficient Java programmer, and the code that I
released for my company earned us a significant revenue. I used the various
coding tools available to me on the robust platform of Microsoft Windows 2000
[microsoft.com] and all of the user friendliness and support it has to offer.

Recently, I was involved in an accident which left me immobile in hospital for
a couple of months. In this time, without the ability to excercise, I began to
gain weight, and would now go as far as to say I am fat. Also, because I could
not get a haircut easily, my hair is long and unkempt. Fortunately, I have made
a full recovery and since left hospital and gone back to work.

Here is the problem:

Now at work, I refuse to use Java, instead prefering to use what I used to
think was a garbled mess of inefficiency - perl. Not only that, but once I have
completed any code (which takes a lot longer than it used to with Java - but it
can't be perl's fault because perl is perfect) I now genuinely believe that
giving away the past few months worth of work for free is a valid business
model! Equally, my productivity has plummeted because I have switched from
Windows to Linux, as I now realise that it is better to write a 75 line bash
script to copy files than to drag and drop in explorer - I think it has
something to do with being l337 and having control, not like you M$ Windoze
lusers LOL!!

Clearly something is wrong with me and I would love to know what it is. Does
anybody know why I have lost all common sense, personal hygiene, business sense
and instead gained the ability to program in a rune like language?

Please, I need all of the help I can get.

--gazbo

PS. I can't add any more details, as I have an irrepressible to learn to play
the GNU/flute.  PPS. FP

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