[00:54] <jthan> ssweeny: really meditate, or just kidding?
[02:26] <jthan> Debate: Is where you go to college important? Will it impact the rest of your life majorly?
[02:27] <n2diy> jthan, yes
[02:28] <jthan> Now so?
[02:28] <jthan> how*
[02:29] <n2diy> jthan,  google for the economics of going to college, or similar terms. Leaving college with $200k of debt can/could be a major challenge, as compared to someone who had been working and saving for that period of time.
[02:30] <jthan> Yeah - but I mean..
[02:33] <n2diy> jthan, I can't answer that, but if you get into Yale and join the Skull and Bones club you'll have a lot of "distinguished " company, with lots of strings to pull for you. :)
[02:33] <jthan> True.
[02:33] <jthan> I'd call that unrealistic, though.
[02:33] <jthan> Not /everyone/ can go to yale
[02:35] <n2diy> jthan, yes, so would I. But....
[02:35] <n2diy> BRB
[02:36] <jthan> k
[02:39] <n2diy> B
[02:41] <jthan> I started looking at colleges. I'm a junior. Stressed out about it, too.
[02:41] <n2diy> jthan, when we chose the Tech school I attended my primary reason was because the school was a 20 minute train ride from my apartment, Dad liked it because it wasn't a diploma mill. (DeVry, Lincoln etc..)
[02:41] <jthan> Right.
[02:44] <n2diy> jthan, I think I got a lot of job interviews because the HR people never heard of Phila. Wireless Tech. Institute, and wanted to see what one of its students looked like!? :)
[02:45] <jthan> That's possible. I must say I never heard of it :-)
[02:47] <n2diy> jthan, It was (is?) the oldest electronic tech school in the country, the radio operators on the Titanic trained there, or so the story goes. And it is in a cool location, 15th and Pine.The campes consisted of two three story row house joined together.
[02:48] <jthan> That's definitely different.
[02:50] <n2diy> jthan, have you ever sold a linux box? I need to raise some money, and think I'll sell one of my backup boxes. I'm going to post to NEPA classifieds, NEPA cheap cycle, etc... But I've never written an add before.
[02:50] <jthan> I only ever sold computers I built custom for people.
[02:50] <jthan> :-/
[02:52] <n2diy> roger that, so it was basically sold before you built it. I have to attract attention, I think I'll promote it as a CAD box, sounds better than a curbside rescue.
[02:52] <jthan> What are the specs?
[02:54] <n2diy> 1.2 ghz cpu, 512 ram, 20 gig hd. cd burner and lan card.
[02:54] <jthan> Sell it as a server?
[02:57] <n2diy> jthan, that's an idea. This is coal country, so I'm not sure if the folks around here would be interested in that. The box is setup so you could besign something with CAD, and then use the box to control the machinery to make the end product.
[02:57] <n2diy> design
[02:57] <jthan> hm
[02:58] <n2diy> well, couldn' build a house with it, but it can control drills lathes, mills etc...
[02:58] <jthan> Right
[03:00] <n2diy> jthan, did you take any electives that would lead you in a course of study, or are you still open as to a major?
[03:01] <jthan> Open. But I am thinking bioengineering/biomedical
[03:01] <jthan> def some kind of life science
[03:03] <jthan> Also environmental engineering is a possibility
[03:03] <jthan> Definitely a growing field as climate change occurs
[03:04] <n2diy> Roger that,definitely a cool field. I worked as a Biomed Equipment Tech. for three years.
[03:05] <jthan> Yeah? Where at?
[03:05] <jthan> and what did that entail?
[03:07] <n2diy> Kennedy Memorial Hospital System in S. Jersey, my job was to protect patients from doctors and nurses. At least make sure they didn't electrocute them with the EKG monitors, basically any electronics that came in contact with the patient had to be approved by me before it could be used, and had to be inspected on a fiked schedule, to ensure it was functioning correctly.
[03:08] <jthan> That sounds fun.
[03:08] <n2diy> and if it broke, either I fiked it, or had it fixed.
[03:08] <jthan> What do you do nwo?
[03:08] <jthan> now*
[03:09] <n2diy> Coming out of retirment, and hopefully converting the world to computers that run FOSS.
[03:10] <jthan> Ooh. I thought you were younger.
[03:10] <jthan> Well.. I mean :-P
[03:10] <jthan> You could still be
[03:11] <n2diy> Well, I retired early, and with the current state of the economy, prematurely, in five days I hit 55.
[03:11] <jthan> I see. Sorry to hear it.
[03:11] <n2diy> NP, I still have the mind of an 18 year old.
[03:12] <jthan> All that counts.
[03:14] <n2diy> Yep.
[03:16] <n2diy> I got the munchies, so I'll TTYL, GL.
[03:16] <jthan> Thanks. :-)
[03:17] <jthan> Good talking w/ you
[05:10] <InHisName> jthan, still around ?
[05:18] <BeckySanderlin`x> - {Day changed to Thu Dec 16 00:00:00 2010}
[19:20] <ChinnoDog> hi lamalex
[19:23] <ChinnoDog> hi ssweeny
[19:34] <erstazi> hello ChinnoDog
[19:40] <ChinnoDog> hi erstazi
[19:47] <ssweeny> hi ChinnoDog
[20:06] <andrew> snow++
[20:06] <andrew> @karma snow
[20:06] <PennBot> andrew: Karma for "snow" has been increased 4 times and decreased 4 times for a total karma of 0.
[20:07] <pleia2> snow++
[20:07] <andrew> yay!
[20:07] <andrew> pleia2: Here in WC, the roads are white :)
[20:07] <pleia2> it's 48F here, which is kinda chilly, but no snow :(
[20:08] <andrew> (Thanks to the high of like 20F the past few days)
[20:08] <andrew> pleia2: are the locals all bundled up?
[20:08] <pleia2> yes, they are selling scarves and hats on the sidewalks
[20:08] <andrew> Or are they walking around freezing and complaining about the cold
[20:08] <pleia2> I went out last night without a coat and everyone was quite concerned
[20:09] <andrew> haha
[20:09] <andrew> It's about time, I finally ran the CR-48's battery down to nothing, only took 22 hours
[20:15] <JonathanD> snow++
[21:58] <andrew> http://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/en0ti/i_am_an_ubuntu_unity_developer_ama/
[21:58] <PennBot> Title: I am an Ubuntu Unity Developer, AMA : IAmA (at www.reddit.com)