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Good old tech support guy. You might like this cartoon link.

I think they should robustify their standing in the expo space by means of incentiments and good leadershipping before going for an embiggenment like this. I mean, wouldn't it be better to for example, flexitate the visitor experience instead of spending money doubling the space?

They should keep in mind that if you're not onboard with quality excellence, you're underboard. But really, why do I even bother to try moralify these people?

Windows has had serious architectural and procedural flaws for over a decade now, which Microsoft is fully aware of, yet has done very little to address, and it's "fucked up zealotry, morality and ideology" to hope that people will wise up and switch?

Dilbert January 25, 2007 (Disclaimer, I still use windows :P)

You've obviously reached that point in your career, and you can't avoid it anymore. You must go into management. This is not as hard nor as painful as some would suggest. There is a useful, illustrated guide to becoming a manager. Just follow the example of the hero of the strip. You might even look into finding a hair stylist who can give you that new look (assuming you still have hair at your age). Watch out for engineers with strange ties, and never hire a consultant who looks like a dog. You'll do fine! See you on the golf links.

Having never been in a women's service station bathroom, particularly not one in Sweden, I have absolutely no idea what you're talking about. Can you elaborate?

We have the technology: http://www.dilbert.com/comics/dilbert/games/career /bin/ms.cgi

Oh yeah? Well I'm going to invest one frillion dollars...

Heh, for some reason this makes me think of yesterdays dilbert:

Really you think so? That's only what the machine told you.

Hello Albert!

So where does the money actually go?

I think you will appreciate this

And this was just in the paper Sunday: http://www.dilbert.com/comics/dilbert/archive/dilb ert-20061126.html

Dude, didn't you read the relevant Dilbert?

Reminds me of today's Dilbert comic.

So? He said he was 44, not 84. It's not like he's ready for a nursing home or anything.

I came out of business school from marketing (though most of my best marketing knowledge I learned through books), but also am a programmer (wrote most of our original code), graphic designer (owned a design co) and was CTO for another Internet company.

I can take a guess who it was!

Oh yeah?
Well, how would you like it if Hitler killed you?

I win!

Reference: http://www.dilbert.com/comics/dilbert/archive/dilb ert-20061028.html

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Serial emergency: any old port in a storm

...and the supreme ruler of all heck has not been getting his fair share of the strip :P

Does this have anything to do with the return of Loud Howard? (I wonder?)

So was the PHB!

I think this PHB episode was more relevant, especially if you don't have certifications.

We need an "IT vendor-speak" version of Dilbert's Mission Statement Generator.

I, too, am suckered into feeding the troll...

Just in the super-unlikely case that you haven't actually ever worked on commercial software, I thought I'd give you the link that best describes the real world:

http://www.dilbert.com/comics/dilbert/archive/inde x.html

There's a good reason geeks who love code development do so much of it for free. In general, I'd say that OSS projects are better run and executed than commercial projects. They just aren't as well funded :-)

Now we know where this guy funds his science projects and student loans.

Nope, I ripped it off the famous Dilbert strip. Seemed to fit.

This Dilberts comes to mind: http://www.dilbert.com/comics/dilbert/archive/imag es/dilbert2006018322804.gif

Of course, some people are well aware of the value of office supplies...

Wally the entrepeneur

Reminds me of this .

I have an email filter that marks any messages coming from aol.com as junk. I have never known anyone dumb enough to use their service and I'm not about to lower my IQ just so I can converse with anyone who is.

So that's why I never heard back from you.

- scottadams@aol.com

Just as I was looking at my RSS feeds, I see this story and this.

Aw crap, milk just squirted out of my nose. *snork* *snork*

Heck, they have a moonbase and a death ray Those are two prerequisites to being an Evil Genius. I mean, what diabolical megavillian doesn't have a moonbase and a death ray?

Even the Indian guy on Dilbert is has that problem.

Uh oh. Dilbert's been talking about this very thing recently. scary.

I think it was this guy's cousin

I think it was this guy's cousin

Vijay, the world's most desperate venture capitalist.

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But then they'll send the space station crashing down upon your house... http://www.dilbert.com/comics/dilbert/archive/dilb ert-20060513.html

This idea of specialized training in programming had got to go. If they know how to program and read standards, that's all they need to know in order to grasp the entire concept.

I wouldn't say that this is necessarily the way for a "continuing education" course to be taught. Fundamentals can take a year or two to teach. The submitter didn't give a whole lot of context, but I'm guessing this is perhaps a course at a community college (low cost, outsider putting materials together, etc.)

Since it must be in Java appropriate topics might include:

• EJB3/ORM
• The MVC Pattern
• Component based frameworks (e.g. JSF)
• AOP, IoC (i.e. Spring or Seam or some such), although its not just a web programming topic, you can't avoid it.

While we're on the subject of JSF, I should plug Facelets, which vastly simplifies the view side of things.

Your biggest concern will be having enough time for the students to get their head around whatever framework you do choose. Using Java for a small application is like sandblasting a soup cracker (to quote the bard). You could really spend a whole course on one part of the MVC.

I prefer this explanation

Pity the story didn't come out yesterday:

http://www.dilbert.com/comics/dilbert/archive/dilb ert-20060517.html

So I guess its Google's fault. Curse the place!

It is actually Google's plan to kill Dilbert.

or how they try to use it while not doing evil...

And that includes Scott Adams

I think Dilbert sums it up nicely! Been there, done that, don't want to do it again.

I wonder if this program, with a different set of algorithms, would be able to detect whether a coporate mission statement was created using the Dilbert Mission Statement Generator. (Beware; Dilbert.com is pop-up hell.)