what makes a Genius ?
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- enobrev0
It just might be. I haven't met anyone who can truly put all their time into something.
Although I've met people who claim they can.. but I've never seen the claim proven beyond a few weeks.
I mean I've pulled months on end of all nighters and what not... but I still find serious distraction in drugs, liquor, women, and forums.
Hence, I'll be happy as a non-genius, talking about what it takes to be one.
- sparker0
no.
this doesn't pertain to genius, this just pertains to the idea that putting forth time is subjective.
:)
if those perl modules were of grave importance to the internet as a whole, then i might be tempted to say yes...it could be genius...alas....i don't fancy myself a genius and i don't see how two propietary modules would further the existence of the net.
:)
- enobrev0
perl truly is no fun.
- sparker0
of course, you can add another level of abstract thought to what makes a genius and that is the ability to recognize the lack there of...
people have a hard time accepting what they know and what the don't know...
i know i'm not a genius, never claimed to be....and i don't have a problem asking questions or admitting i don't know something...i also don't have a problem admitting what i do know...
:)
- sparker0
no, perl is cool - especially beyond web development...it is more for server apps and database stuff....
:)
- enobrev0
for shell scripting and string manipulation, it is incredible..
i was definitely referring to using it for genreating html.
- DonnieTV0
enobrev's point - to paraphrase - was that effort is the most important part of genius.
Because you said you were reinstating that point, I thought you were reinstating that point rather than putting forward the important opninion that "putting forth time is subjective".
;)
- enobrev0
while on the subject:
http://www.alberteinstein.info/
NYTimes excerpt:
"It contains digitized images of some 900 Einstein papers as well as a searchable list of 43,000 documents in the archive. Hundreds more are held by people or institutions other than the Hebrew University and some within the official archive itself are closed until 2006. The Web site was inaugurated in connection with a meeting of Einstein scholars yesterday at the American Museum of Natural History in New York."
- Seph0
thanks enobrev, probably wont understand any of it though.