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"Error establishing a database connection" So very true. When I lived 60 minutes from work and this would happen, it was a freaking nightmare. If I was lucky

"Error establishing a database connection" So very true. When I lived 60 minutes from work and this would happen, it was a freaking nightmare. If I was lucky, someone else would be on call, but if I wasn't, it meant a 2 hour round trip to fix what usually ended up being an unplugged cable of some sort. Sometimes it just needed a power cycle. -sigh- ... That wasn't the article? I wonder if the article is as insightful?

deweller 15y ago
After one refresh, the article came up for me. But, yeah, there is a certain irony if this was caused by a remote connection issue.
- wccrawford 15y ago
  I did actually try a couple times. :)
wccrawford 15y ago
Ah, here we go. "And it also doesn’t count as using up your personal time because it is adding something that nobody except Olympic athletes is doing enough of anyway – exercise. You can take your 10 minute bike ride directly out of time you would have otherwise spent in the gym, or waiting in the doctor’s office for prescription medication." I was wondering how he managed to eliminate that from his calculations. He didn't, of course. Some of us don't do either of the alternatives, so this really would be stealing the time from their day. And 10 minutes? 5 minutes each way? I'm pretty sure that's all but impossible in most major cities. And some of those car costs don't disappear when the commute does. You still have to -have- one to go shopping, on trips, and other errands around town. And so you get to work after your 20 minute bike ride, and what do you do? Why, you go shower, of course! You were just biking for 20 minutes! Nobody wants to smell you. That takes more time from your down... Don't forget the shower when you get home, too! ... Your company doesn't have a shower? Good luck with that! And danger! When you've got a ton of steel wrapped around you, you don't think much of the danger of the open road. But when the only thing keeping your brain away from the pavement is a little foam hat, the world is quite a bit scarier... Even if the drivers are playing nice! Oh, lunch time. My favorite time, I'll just go get... Oh wait. I biked in today. I can't go very far... Guess I'm eating that bag lunch after all. I choose my apartments for their proximity to work. And I love having a short commute... But even when I -could- bike, I rarely did. There were just too many problems with it.
- roc 15y ago
  My reaction to the article was much the same. The article makes an argument I've made myself several times. But the author's examples and 'calculations' are just this side of garbage.
  - MrMoneyMustache 15y ago
    Excellent point! I believe Mr. Money Mustache addresses objections of exactly this type in this related post: http://www.mrmoneymustache.com/2011/10/07/how-to-tell-if-youre-a-complainypants/ http://www.mrmoneymustache.com/2011/10/07/how-to-tell-if-you... ;-)
    - emu 15y ago
      Wow. After reading this I would downvote this article if I had downvotes.
      - dasil003 15y ago
        Why? Because you find it irritating that he finds it irritating that some people spend more time cutting others down than trying to improve themselves?
        emu 15y ago
        The majority of comments on this post are of the form "his analysis is wrong, because it doesn't take into account factors x, y, and z". That's great --- we're having a civil discussion about the merits of his argument. Linking to his blog post in this way is tantamount to implying that the commenters on this thread are "complainypants", which I find quite rude. If that wasn't his intention, then he certainly could have done a much better job communicating it. (This is my last post on this topic.)
        dasil003 15y ago
        The post he was responding too wasn't any kind of civil or even logical discussion. It just said his examples and analysis were borderline garbage with no justification.

deweller 15y ago

After one refresh, the article came up for me. But, yeah, there is a certain irony if this was caused by a remote connection issue.

wccrawford 15y ago
I did actually try a couple times. :)

wccrawford 15y ago

Ah, here we go. "And it also doesn’t count as using up your personal time because it is adding something that nobody except Olympic athletes is doing enough of anyway – exercise. You can take your 10 minute bike ride directly out of time you would have otherwise spent in the gym, or waiting in the doctor’s office for prescription medication." I was wondering how he managed to eliminate that from his calculations. He didn't, of course. Some of us don't do either of the alternatives, so this really would be stealing the time from their day. And 10 minutes? 5 minutes each way? I'm pretty sure that's all but impossible in most major cities. And some of those car costs don't disappear when the commute does. You still have to -have- one to go shopping, on trips, and other errands around town. And so you get to work after your 20 minute bike ride, and what do you do? Why, you go shower, of course! You were just biking for 20 minutes! Nobody wants to smell you. That takes more time from your down... Don't forget the shower when you get home, too! ... Your company doesn't have a shower? Good luck with that! And danger! When you've got a ton of steel wrapped around you, you don't think much of the danger of the open road. But when the only thing keeping your brain away from the pavement is a little foam hat, the world is quite a bit scarier... Even if the drivers are playing nice! Oh, lunch time. My favorite time, I'll just go get... Oh wait. I biked in today. I can't go very far... Guess I'm eating that bag lunch after all. I choose my apartments for their proximity to work. And I love having a short commute... But even when I -could- bike, I rarely did. There were just too many problems with it.

roc 15y ago
My reaction to the article was much the same. The article makes an argument I've made myself several times. But the author's examples and 'calculations' are just this side of garbage.
- MrMoneyMustache 15y ago
  Excellent point! I believe Mr. Money Mustache addresses objections of exactly this type in this related post: http://www.mrmoneymustache.com/2011/10/07/how-to-tell-if-youre-a-complainypants/ http://www.mrmoneymustache.com/2011/10/07/how-to-tell-if-you... ;-)
  - emu 15y ago
    Wow. After reading this I would downvote this article if I had downvotes.
    - dasil003 15y ago
      Why? Because you find it irritating that he finds it irritating that some people spend more time cutting others down than trying to improve themselves?
      - emu 15y ago
        The majority of comments on this post are of the form "his analysis is wrong, because it doesn't take into account factors x, y, and z". That's great --- we're having a civil discussion about the merits of his argument. Linking to his blog post in this way is tantamount to implying that the commenters on this thread are "complainypants", which I find quite rude. If that wasn't his intention, then he certainly could have done a much better job communicating it. (This is my last post on this topic.)
        dasil003 15y ago
        The post he was responding too wasn't any kind of civil or even logical discussion. It just said his examples and analysis were borderline garbage with no justification.