[geeks] desperation is the mother of invention

[Peter L. Wargo]

COOL!  I would do this (passing it along to Chandra)

I bet I know of a few others... (Ron Rossen, are you paying attention?)

-Pete

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Peter L. Wargo
pwargo at basenji.com
Owner/operator of basenji.com.

On Fri, 6 Jul 2001, Amy wrote:

> 
> i've been trying for about 8 months now to convince the head bitch (that's
> bill, in case anyone has their head in the sand) that he needs to take a
> family vacation. so far, the main problem is that he thinks (rightly so)
> that if he's more than a few days away from his precious machines that the
> sky will fall.
> 
> so, while looking at geekcruises.com it occurs to me that there might be a
> compromise here. geekcruises basically offers weeklong conventions (with
> lectures, etc) on a cruise ship--it has satellite net access--at sea. 
> problem is their cruises arent the most employer-happy or very
> intellectual in the world, at least for a solaris admin (they offer
> a very popular linux cruise but not a solaris one)...
> 
> so i figure, why not pester the guy who does geekcruises to offer a
> solaris based cruise. you single guys could go and mack on the
> unsuspecting single women and the married husbands can semi-rest knowing
> your wives are occupied and pampered. plus, you can see the sights of the
> caribbean in relative style without the fear of going stark raving crazy.
> 
> my question is, would anyone out there find this interesting or
> acceptable? would any of y'all like to lecture on such a cruise? what
> would your wives or kids think? ask them! they *will* make compromises,
> even if they (seemingly) just put up with your hobbies and such.
> 
> --a
> 
> 
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