Remember this thread from a couple of years ago? This seem similar at least in spirit: http://www.hackerdojo.com/ On Mon, Aug 17, 2009 at 5:54 PM, Bob Pendleton <bob@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Fascinating. As far as I can tell he is using a social structure based > on a Zen monastery to develop programming knowledge and skills. This > is much like the Japanese way of using Zen to create better warriors. > It should work. OTOH, he might just be another Russian trying > desperately to make a buck off of gullible, but well intentioned, > people who have money to spend. Which lets me off the hook as a > potential victim :-) > > I sent an email asking for more information. > > Bob Pendleton > > > On Mon, Aug 17, 2009 at 3:57 PM, Roger Durañona Vargas<luo_hei@xxxxxxxx> > wrote: > > Bob Pendleton escribió: > >> On Sun, Aug 16, 2009 at 1:16 PM, Chris Nystrom<cnystrom@xxxxxxxxx> > wrote: > >>> Bob, > >>> > >>> I know you are into martial arts. This guy runs a computer programmers > >>> dojo (is that the right name?). Basically a private programmers school > >>> modelled after a martial arts school. I thought it was a cool idea. > >> > >> Dojo is the name for martial arts school in Japanese. It is widely > >> used for all kinds of martial arts schools in the US. In Chinese it is > >> a kwoon. In Korean IIRC the word is Dojang. So you study Kung Fu in a > >> kwoon, Taekwando in a dojang, and karate in a dojo. > >> > >> Was there a link to the article? > >> > > https://noisebridge.net/wiki/Civil_Hackers_School > > > > -- > > Roger D. Vargas > > Gentoo Linux 2008.0 > > Using Gentoo Linux 2008.0, Ogre 1.6.2, fglrx > > Powered by Core 2 Duo 2.2 Ghz, 2Gb RAM, Radeon HD4770 > > http://gpnfn.blogspot.com, The news for game programming newbies > > > > > > > > > > ______________________________________________ > > LLama Gratis a cualquier PC del Mundo. > > Llamadas a fijos y móviles desde 1 céntimo por minuto. > > http://es.voice.yahoo.com > > > > > > --------------------- > > To unsubscribe go to http://gameprogrammer.com/mailinglist.html > > > > > > > > > > -- > +----------------------------------------------------------- > + Bob Pendleton: writer and programmer > + email: Bob@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > + web: www.TheGrumpyProgrammer.com > > --------------------- > To unsubscribe go to http://gameprogrammer.com/mailinglist.html > > > -- E-Mail: Chris Nystrom <cnystrom@xxxxxxxxx> Saving the world from web programming. http://www.newio.org - G-Talk: cnystrom