[PLUG-TALK] [PLUG] Optimist/Pessimist

Daniel Hedlund daniel at digitree.org
Sat Aug 11 01:36:57 UTC 2012


A week too late but the newest XKCD "What If" is incredibly interesting and
relevant to this thread.

http://what-if.xkcd.com/6/


On Thu, Aug 2, 2012 at 10:49 AM, <dfhubbard at freegeek.org> wrote:

>
>
>
> The nice part about being a pessimist is that you are constantly being
> either proven right or pleasantly surprised.
> George Will
>
> I'm a professional pessimist!
>
> Peace
> Debra
>
>
> >    5. Optimist/Pessimist (was Re: Where a program stores temporary
> >       files) (Matt McKenzie)
> >    6. Re: Optimist/Pessimist (Guy Letourneau)
> >
> >
> > Message: 4
> > Date: Wed, 01 Aug 2012 22:27:01 -0700
> > From: Russell Senior <russell at personaltelco.net>
> > Subject: Re: [PLUG] Where a program stores temporary files
> > To: "General Linux/UNIX discussion and help;  civil and on-topic"
> >       <plug at lists.pdxlinux.org>
> > Message-ID: <86lihxamoq.fsf at coulee.tdb.com>
> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
> >
> >>>>>> "RJ" == Russell Johnson <russ at dimstar.net> writes:
> >
> > RJ> On Aug 1, 2012, at 2:29 PM, Dale Snell <ddsnell at frontier.com>
> > RJ> wrote:
> >
> >>> Pessimist: The glass is half empty.  Optimist: The glass is half
> >>> full.  Engineer: The glass is twice as big as it needs to be.
> >
> > RJ> I prefer, the glass is at half capacity.
> >
> > When I was in engineer school that whole metaphor totally baffled me...
> >
> >   Half-full is *EXACTLY* *THE* *SAME* has half-empty!!!
> >
> > I still don't quite understand what it's trying to imply.  Use better
> > metaphors, people!
> >
> >
> > --
> > Russell Senior, President
> > russell at personaltelco.net
> >
> >
> > ------------------------------
> >
> > Message: 5
> > Date: Thu, 2 Aug 2012 03:24:33 -0700
> > From: Matt McKenzie <lnxknight at gmail.com>
> > Subject: [PLUG] Optimist/Pessimist (was Re: Where a program stores
> >       temporary       files)
> > To: "General Linux/UNIX discussion and help,  civil and on-topic"
> >       <plug at lists.pdxlinux.org>
> > Message-ID:
> >       <
> CAKJipLQ1vEwjZ5PYX8rZpmPkRJJ_59gJFtobpaJBSe71Yr8T-g at mail.gmail.com>
> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1
> >
> > On Wed, Aug 1, 2012 at 10:27 PM, Russell Senior
> > <russell at personaltelco.net>wrote:
> >
> >> >>>>> "RJ" == Russell Johnson <russ at dimstar.net> writes:
> >>
> >> RJ> On Aug 1, 2012, at 2:29 PM, Dale Snell <ddsnell at frontier.com>
> >> RJ> wrote:
> >>
> >> >> Pessimist: The glass is half empty.  Optimist: The glass is half
> >> >> full.  Engineer: The glass is twice as big as it needs to be.
> >>
> >> RJ> I prefer, the glass is at half capacity.
> >>
> >> When I was in engineer school that whole metaphor totally baffled me...
> >>
> >>   Half-full is *EXACTLY* *THE* *SAME* has half-empty!!!
> >>
> >> I still don't quite understand what it's trying to imply.  Use better
> >> metaphors, people!
> >>
> >>
> >>
> > I still like this one:
> > [picture a note, next to an empty glass]
> >
> > "While the Optimist and Pessimist were arguing over whether the glass was
> > half full or half empty, I just came along and drank it.
> > Sincerely, the Opportunist"
> >
> > Carpe Diem!
> >
> > ----------
> > Matt M.
> > LinuxKnight
> >
> >
> > ------------------------------
> >
> > Message: 6
> > Date: Thu, 02 Aug 2012 05:32:39 -0700
> > From: Guy Letourneau <guy1656 at opusnet.com>
> > Subject: Re: [PLUG] Optimist/Pessimist
> > To: PLUG at lists.pdxlinux.org
> > Message-ID: <501A7367.9040205 at opusnet.com>
> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed
> >
> >
> >>>
> >>>>> Pessimist: The glass is half empty.  Optimist: The glass is half
> >>>>> full.  Engineer: The glass is twice as big as it needs to be.
> >>>
> >>> RJ>  I prefer, the glass is at half capacity.
> >>>
> >
> > I heard it as "You're using too much glass."
> >
> >
> ruth. You cannot forgive what you do not know. Archbishop Tutu
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