What is Your Secret Dream for the Future?

[Clausius2]

Come On!

Write here what is your dream, what do you expect to be doing in the future in the best of your dreams. We are willing to read it.

Let's see, I will start:

To be sincere, all my efforts last years have been directed to studies. And that's not a casuality. When I got into ME, I promised myself my future was not going to be as usual as the future of the rest of classmates and friends. And since I come near fluid mechanics and combustion stuff, I got more interested on propulsion systems. My secret dream is to work in something related to Aerospace propulsion, emulating Von Braun, Koroliev, Goddard, Tupolev, Dassault... I will be the happiest guy on world if I could touch the Space Shuttle with one of my hands. Maybe my enrollment in Ph.D. Aerospace Engineering in USA for next year is the start point of my dream...or the confirmation of my failure...nobody knows.

This is my dream, tell me yours.

PS: you are all privilegiated, nobody except you know what is my dream.

 

[brewnog]

Not much of a 'secret dream' any more eh matey?!

Here's mine (subject to change):

I have always maintained a balance erring on the sociable side between my studies and fun. Travel, music, and several other activities (which shall remain drinking) fill out those hours when I'm not actually doing anything academic.

I want to be able to retire while I'm still young and healthy enough to go round the world to do silly things. As a result, I plan to become a kickarse R&D engineer, swiftly blag my way into a 100k job for a few years. Then, I will have enough skills to be able to set up my own lucrative business, which can be run from behind a leather-top desk, and where I'm allowed to get my hands dirty whenever I want. All being well, I'll be able to take my own 7-figure retirement deal at the age of 40, buy a few choice properties in choice locations, a few select automobiles, and see the world properly.

Amongst all this will be juxtaposed a lovely family, fine health, and a good dash of happiness. And my mum keeps telling me I need to get my priorities straight!


Ooh, and lastly, I keep meaning to brush off my climbing gear and get to the Alps for a summer. And Astronuc can teach me some winter skills any time he sees fit.

 

[honestrosewater]

Okay, this may sound far-fetched:

My dream is hard to relate, because I only have an inkling as to how it would work. I want to create, let's say, a 'mechanical procedure' (or set of separate procedures) for 'creative writing'. And not just any writing, but the next Shakespeare. Well, the system will be adaptable, but my version will be the next Shakespeare. Eh, yeah, that's it.

Hopefully, everyone will think I'm crazy and not try to beat me to it.

 

[Evo]

My dream? To not die bankrupt in the pit of doom (my house) with the jaws of death (my dog).

 

[brewnog]

My dream? To not die bankrupt in the pit of doom (my house) with the jaws of death (my dog).

I've heard that Danger can do something about the dog...

 

[Grotesque Puppet]

I want to know as much as I can about computers

 

[Tsu]

My dream? To not die bankrupt in the pit of doom (my house) with the jaws of death (my dog).

My dream - "TO NOT DIE WITH EVO!"

 

[GCT]

I hope to obtain a stable job/earn a decent salary >70,000 annual would be more than plenty, and establish a regular schedule, enjoying every day of it. Nothing too spectacular, but hopefully win some awards, get myself entrenched in a special research topic and discover, be efficient, and basically be good at doing what I do. As for marriage, not too concerned at the moment, I think that I could do without marriage.

 

[wolram]

I dream of having a big old cottage in the country miles from any where, and
be self sufficient, have a huge work shop with all manner of machines and tools
to keep me occupied, and a twin engined aeroplane so i can go any where i want, and female company, The cottage would be sited in a rolling green and
partly wooded land scape.

 

[Clausius2]

Have you realized the only people who didn't talked here about money was Grotesque, Tsu?, hornestrosswater and me?

The rest of dreams of yours are linked to salary and material possiesions.

Maybe I am too young and I have not sighted the importance of these stuffs, but I would like to keep on dreaming on something which is not directly linked with earning lots of money in the future. I think that making lot of money a month is an indirect consequence of you are happy with what you are doing everyday.

 

[wolram]

Have you realized the only people who didn't talked here about money was Grotesque, Tsu?, hornestrosswater and me?

The rest of dreams of yours are linked to salary and material possiesions.

Maybe I am too young and I have not sighted the importance of these stuffs, but I would like to keep on dreaming on something which is not directly linked with earning lots of money in the future. I think that making lot of money a month is an indirect consequence of you are happy with what you are doing everyday.

So you do not need money to get a Phd

 

[brewnog]

Have you realized the only people who didn't talked here about money was Grotesque, Tsu?, hornestrosswater and me?

The rest of dreams of yours are linked to salary and material possiesions.

Ha, you didn't spot the tongue in cheek for the bulk of my post! Read the second-last paragraph again.

 

[heman]

WoW...This is interesting Thread!
My Dream is to always remain a student with only beautiful,gorgeous Ladies as my Teachers(Moonbear are you listening?)!
Well this is exceedingly notorious from my side
I actually want to do some first class work in Artifical Intelligence!

 

[Lisa!]

Ha, you didn't spot the tongue in cheek for the bulk of my post! Read the second-last paragraph again.

You alot. I think your dreams are about to come true.

 

[klusener]

WoW...This is interesting Thread!
My Dream is to always remain a student with only beautiful,gorgeous Ladies as my Teachers(Moonbear are you listening?)!
Well this is exceedingly notorious from my side
I actually want to do some first class work in Artifical Intelligence!

I wouldn't be surprised if a Moonbear-bot will come out in a few decades from wherever Heman works.

 

[Clausius2]

So you do not need money to get a Phd

ehemmmm... yes, I need it, and I am going to be paid for researching. But here in Spain, working as a professional, I can earn five times more than doing a Ph.D. in USA.

 

[rocketboy]

My dream (as it has been since I was 12 and not changed) in a few words is to become an astronaut and be the first person to step foot on Mars...

 

[honestrosewater]

My dream (as it has been since I was 12 and not changed) in a few words is to become an astronaut and be the first person to step foot on Mars...

Would you even accept a one-way ticket?

 

[Lisa!]

My dream (as it has been since I was 12 and not changed) in a few words is to become an astronaut and be the first person to step foot on Mars...

Your dream reminds me of a blonde joke.

 

[Clausius2]

My dream (as it has been since I was 12 and not changed) in a few words is to become an astronaut and be the first person to step foot on Mars...

Yes, but don't forget I am going to be the spacecraft commander. I will give you the pleasure of stepping on Mars while I see you from the spacecraft in orbit, because some unaware man has to take the risk of landing there. I could throw you a water bottle from up there if you see the Mars ambient too dry .

 

[wolram]

Perhaps I'll be serious just for once:
My dream is to be the lover to the guy I've loved for the last 4 years.
Unfortunately, I'm not his type, and he himself has been besotted with a good-for-nothing straight guy even longer.
I'm grateful for the friendship we have, even though I wish it could become something more..

AWW, poor old Arild.

 

[arildno]

AWW, poor old Arild.

Yeah, I pity myself occasionally (not on the age matter, though, the guy is older than me).

 

[Lisa!]

You were too late this time, arildno!

 

[arildno]

You were too late this time, arildno!

That seems to be the perennial case with me..

 

[Lisa!]

That seems to be the perennial case with me..

What do you mean? I've noticed that you're not as fast as before .Seriously, what's happening to you?

 

[wolram]

Yeah, I pity myself occasionally (not on the age matter, though, the guy is older than me).

Well i am sure there are better fish in the sea, go dangle your line, you may
end up with a young cod instead of an old trout

 

[arildno]

Well i am sure there are better fish in the sea, go dangle your line, you may
end up with a young cod instead of an old trout

Now, "cod", that's medieval for .., isn't it?
As it happens, I do dangle my line now and then as you so delicately put it , but I still would most like a well-grown trout !

(BTW, there isn't anyone better; my friend is the most handsome, warm and generous person I've ever met)

 

[QE]

Dream dream: discover something extraordinary (observe a graviton, find hidden dimensions of space or time...), be a Nobel prize in physics laureate and have something important named after me (equation, theorem, particle, element, institute, laboratory, cyclotron...).

Plan dream: get a PhD in physics and possibly get a job at one of the more famous laboratories (CERN, Fermilab or something), universities or institutes.

 

[motai]

My dream only consists of two things:

Finding a girl who loves me very much who I can spend countless happy moments with, and:

Becoming a physicist, not even an extraordinary one, just enough so that I will be content. Although trying to accomplish this seems difficult, and I often doubt my own capabilities. Its slanted in my mind to where only the real geniuses and the fastest thinkers can ever become one . Nevertheless, I'm persistent, hard-working and downright stubborn about these things. Perhaps it'll come my way. Perhaps not.

 

[GCT]

The rest of dreams of yours are linked to salary and material possiesions.

if you don't mind living in a shack, sure.

I guess, the priority is to be content and excited about the work, such a thing that will constantly preoccupy your mind and stimulate you.

I wouldn't mind though, coming home to a well lighted, clean, spacious house with adequate air conditioning, plenty of leisure appliances...but most of all, for supporting my family the "material" aspect is important.

I don't consider myself incredibly gifted such that the pure aspect of the gift is all I care about (one might bring up the example of Tesla, who did not seem to care so much about cashing in and persisting on lucrative potentials, rather kept skipping idea after idea). Sooner or later, I imagine that I would be "basely" content with some aspects of material possessions.

 

[dduardo]

*Raises right pinky to corner of mouth*

One Hundred Billion Dollars

 

[arildno]

*Raises right pinky to corner of mouth*

One Hundred Billion Dollars

plus one hundred more.

 

[heman]

I wouldn't be surprised if a Moonbear-bot will come out in a few decades from wherever Heman works.

well you see that will not be all!...what i mean is that i will try and develop(although its real tough to emulate prodigies!)a klusener-bot too...which will try to make fun of every human being it sets its sights on!...just kidding ...well you see dreams aren't a thing to be made fun of...and well i think u could've done a bit more by telling us all about your dreams(i am waiting to hear from you!)

 

[honestrosewater]

arildno, you break my heart. I know how you feel.

 

[arildno]

arildno, you break my heart. I know how you feel.

Thank you for your empathy&sympathy, honestrosewater.
At times, life just don't turn out the way we'd like it to.

ok, not a very deep or controversial statement, that; it's true nonetheless.

 

[wolram]

arildno, you break my heart. I know how you feel.

You do not need money if you live in a cottage with a pixie at the bottom of
the garden, so any that want to be self sufficient, chuck all your goods and
chattels and come live in the cottage.

 

[Evo]

I dream of having a big old cottage in the country miles from any where, and
be self sufficient, have a huge work shop with all manner of machines and tools
to keep me occupied, and a twin engined aeroplane so i can go any where i want, and female company, The cottage would be sited in a rolling green and
partly wooded land scape.

Can I move into your dream?

 

[Clausius2]

Can I move into your dream?

I think he dreams of you every night...but in another way. :!)

 

[arildno]

I think he dreams of you every night...but in another way. :!)

Evo's reply doesn't seem to rule out the existence of convergent dreaming across the big pond..

 

[rocketboy]

Would you even accept a one-way ticket?

Hopefully I won't need to

Yes, but don't forget I am going to be the spacecraft commander. I will give you the pleasure of stepping on Mars while I see you from the spacecraft in orbit, because some unaware man has to take the risk of landing there. I could throw you a water bottle from up there if you see the Mars ambient too dry .

Forgive my unawareness but why couldn't someone land there? (why do you have to be in orbit while I land?) I'm not being bitter about ur post I'm just curious.

Your dream reminds me of a blonde joke.

What's the joke?

 

[outsider]

Okay, this may sound far-fetched:

My dream is hard to relate, because I only have an inkling as to how it would work. I want to create, let's say, a 'mechanical procedure' (or set of separate procedures) for 'creative writing'. And not just any writing, but the next Shakespeare. Well, the system will be adaptable, but my version will be the next Shakespeare. Eh, yeah, that's it.

Hopefully, everyone will think I'm crazy and not try to beat me to it.

I believe we currently call it EBONIX

 

[honestrosewater]

I believe we currently call it EBONIX

:groan:
I really do need to learn about the current state of computational linguistics ASAP - they may already be very close.

 

[wolram]

Can I move into your dream?

How many ways can one say yes? :!) :!)

 

[zanazzi78]

My dream used to be quite simple (and after reading this thread not uncommon!) die a wealthy man, but then i gained wealth and became very unhappy now it`s to die knowing I made a contribution to man kind (even a small one, size really doesn`t matter ) i have no aspirations to ... find a gravitino or the Higgs Boson but only to know that the work i under take furthers our knowledge of how and why things are the way they are, and knowing that i have done something worth while with my life will make me happy.

 

[outsider]

:groan:
I really do need to learn about the current state of computational linguistics ASAP - they may already be very close.

I was just buggin.

 

[Ivan Seeking]

Okay, my wish list.

First, peace on earth, an end hunger, dolphins and whales are all saved, and all of that sort of thing being handled, here is my wish list in no particular order.

A personal re-entry suit. I want to push off the ISS and land in my pasture without a space vehicle.

Go to phobos or Deimos so that I can run and jump into orbit. That would be cool.

To be sucked off the planet by a passing black hole. Wouldn't that be a great ride? Tsu is hoping for that one as well.

To stand just outside the event horizon of a black hole and then stick my toe in.

Travel at or beyond the speed of light

Human powered flight is possible on the moon - obviously this would be done in a large, enclosed, air filled chamber, but there are already commercial plans to build such facilities eventually. So I have to add a trip to the moon and the chance to fly like a bird.

 

[Tsu]

To be sucked off the planet by a passing black hole. Wouldn't that be a great ride? Tsu is hoping for that one as well.

No, dear. We're in this together. If you get sucked off the planet by a passing black hole, I'm goin' along for the ride. (WOOHOO!11 ) And for SURE I can't think of anyone I'd rather be sucked off the planet by a passing black hole WITH. :!) :!) :!)

 

[arildno]

No, dear. We're in this together. If you get sucked off the planet by a passing black hole, I'm goin' along for the ride. (WOOHOO!11 ) And for SURE I can't think of anyone I'd rather be sucked off the planet by a passing black hole WITH. :!) :!) :!)

From this fervent declaration of love, we can reasonably conclude that Tsu does not think that IvanSeeking is in need of the elongation effect an object experiences when approaching a black hole..

 

[Tsu]

From this fervent declaration of love, we can reasonably conclude that Tsu does not think that IvanSeeking is in need of the elongation effect an object experiences when approaching a black hole..

Uhhhh...correct. His toe is quite long enough.

 

[arildno]

I feel for you, Tsu. It is such a bother to be kicked out of bed&sleep just because the one you're sharing it with can't keep his feet on his half.