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Zak, As I'm not coming at this from a developer point of view, I must admit to having some similar thoughts to Jeff, and I use a PC and a Playstation at home for playing games and relaxing - when I can fight my two boys and wife off it!! I also cook, garden and read .....this is sounding like a CV !! I also have a varied music taste- but have only heard of Primal Scream of the bands on the website (is this a sign of getting old!!) Jamie -----Original Message----- From: midrange-l-bounces@midrange.com [mailto:midrange-l-bounces@midrange.com]On Behalf Of Jeff Bull Sent: 22 January 2003 16:47 To: 'Midrange Systems Technical Discussion' Subject: RE: At the risk of sounding like an AS/400 rah-rah... Zak, you need to get out more, meet girls (I'm assuming you are male), drink beer, play football; AS/400s are WORK. I can understand if you use one for self education, to a point. You will get no thank$ from your employer for these activities. When I go home I enjoy cooking, woodworking. My PC is normally quite cold except at month end when I do my accounts. I stop thinking os/400 when I climb into my car to go home. My father, Ernie Bull the Wise, had a saying (knowing him, stolen from someone else) - "all work and no play, makes Zak a dull boy". P.S. I like the look of your website. Jeff Bull -----Original Message----- From: Metz, Zak [mailto:Zak_Metz@G1.com] Sent: 22 January 2003 16:30 To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion Subject: RE: At the risk of sounding like an AS/400 rah-rah... I'm one of those freaks, and I know there are a couple more listening. I have an Xbox, but I barely touch it. It just "feels" like a waste of time. I'd rather develop my programming skill on my AS/400 than play a pointless video game. To me, the process of solving a programming problem is itself a (sometimes frustrating) game of sorts, but gives me greater satisfaction when resolved and eventually evolves into a complete application. I wouldn't need an AS/400 for that, of course, but if I can, why not use the best (note the swelling pride)? I have to have some tangible goal to keep myself interested, so I developed a website that included another interest, and that's what I use the home machine for (www.distortion.us). There are other views, of course. My roommate is also an AS/400 developer, but couldn't care less about it once he leaves the office. > -----Original Message----- > From: Jeff Bull [mailto:Jeff.Bull@itm-group.co.uk] > Sent: Wednesday, January 22, 2003 10:41 AM > To: 'Midrange Systems Technical Discussion' > Subject: RE: At the risk of sounding like an AS/400 rah-rah... > > > ... running an AS/400 at home for fun??? > > I would have two uses for a AS/400 at home: working from > home, and heating > the garage. > > For 'fun' at home, try a PC or playstation, remote-control > cars perhaps :-) > > Jeff Bull _______________________________________________ This is the Midrange Systems Technical Discussion (MIDRANGE-L) mailing list To post a message email: MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com To subscribe, unsubscribe, or change list options, visit: http://lists.midrange.com/mailman/listinfo.cgi/midrange-l or email: MIDRANGE-L-request@midrange.com Before posting, please take a moment to review the archives at http://archive.midrange.com/midrange-l. ________________________________________________________________________ This e-mail has been scanned for all viruses by ITM. 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