Re: I am an emotional amoeba who loves Erika-with-a-k and Erika-with-a-k loves me.

[Benjamin LaHaise <bcrl@lhnet.ca>]

On Tue, Apr 27, 2010 at 06:57:16AM -0400, Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu wrote:
> On Tue, 27 Apr 2010 02:35:47 EDT, Benjamin LaHaise said:
> > I am an emotional amoeba Erika loves because I love Erika, and we care 
> > about each other more than anyone we've ever met because we love 
> > technology more than our friends and family.
> 
> Doood - Facebook has a "It's Complicated" button. Use it. We don't really
> care - we debug hardware and software, not liveware.

Agreed.  But she values the respect and standing that I have had in this 
community.  Being able to admit where I stand in public is a huge sign of 
trust in her keeping her word.  Like I said, she's smarter than me; it's 
taken me 11 years to try to play the game we started 12 years ago.  But 
each of us deserves to be shown respect, something I didn't learn until 
this day.  Saying this in public is an important development for me.  Heck, 
the it's complicated button is on the level of being a blockbuster true love 
drama (think Hackers, but as a real life true story).

Sorry for the distration.  People who know me will know that when I say 
Erika-with-a-k deserves the respect of this community for her own merit as 
a talented hacker know that I rarely pay such compliments.  Many people 
here have my respect.  I want to be shown that same respect myself and to/by 
the person I love.

For what it's worth, liveware can be hacked.  I'm in awe of someone who 
showed me her elite hacker skills in a way that is life changing.  She 
hacked my brain and it took me 11 years to defuse her virus.  Elite. =-)

		-ben