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Oh, come now. We all know that Hell is Exothermic.

Ghost?! He's not even dead yet!

MORTICIAN: Here -- he says he's not dead!

CUSTOMER: Yes, he is.

DEAD PERSON: I'm not!

MORTICIAN: He isn't.

CUSTOMER: Well, he will be soon, he's very ill.

DEAD PERSON: I'm getting better!

CUSTOMER: No, you're not -- you'll be stone dead in a moment.

MORTICIAN: Oh, I can't take him like that -- it's against regulations.

DEAD PERSON: I don't want to go in the cart!

CUSTOMER: Oh, don't be such a baby.

MORTICIAN: I can't take him...

DEAD PERSON: I feel fine!

CUSTOMER: Oh, do us a favor...

MORTICIAN: I can't.

CUSTOMER: Well, can you hang around a couple of minutes? He won't be long.

MORTICIAN: Naaah, I got to go on to Robinson's -- they've lost nine today.

CUSTOMER: Well, when is your next round?

MORTICIAN: Thursday.

DEAD PERSON: I think I'll go for a walk.

CUSTOMER: You're not fooling anyone y'know. Look, isn't there something you can do?

DEAD PERSON: I feel happy... I feel happy. [whop]

CUSTOMER: Ah, thanks very much.

MORTICIAN: Not at all. See you on Thursday.

Sorry, I just couldn't resist. :-)

(stolen mercilessly from here). Mad props to Monty Python).

Well, my ISP might object to that name.

Okay, you said Scheme was sexy, so I guess I won't flame you. :) (Hey, I warned you I'm a language zealot.) That said...

C has it's place. It's small and dark and should be avoided by most.

I don't know if I'd go this far. On one of my pages (here, or http://soli.inav.net/~rjhansen/c_relevance.html for the goatse.cx averse) I've got an essay--which I originally wrote intending it to be a response to a Web editorial I saw blasting every language that wasn't Java--which may be germane to the discussion here.

Short version: C has its place. Yeah, the place is small and dark and should be avoided whenever possible. But sometimes we don't get a choice of whether or not to avoid it, and when we're trapped in that small, dark place, C is your salvation. So I'm not going to knock C--but I will say that I generally avoid it whenever possible. :)

However, why not just use straight ANSI Common LISP

Didn't recommend it because I don't know Common LISP. :) I had a hard enough time wrapping my head around the C++ Standard; given the ANSI Common LISP standard is about the same size, I'm very reluctant to give it the focus that I'd need to in order to be a credible Common LISP programmer.

Scheme, on the other hand, has a very lightweight standard. It's easy to read, easy to understand. Sure, it probably misses out on some cool things that are in Common LISP, but I've yet to find an instance where Scheme has let me down. :)

Really--the only reason why I didn't recommend Common LISP was because I have a moral aversion to recommending languages I don't understand. If you like it, though, by all means, get down with your bad functional-programming self. :)

You're right: it's a very bad interpretation of the MBTI. However, I think your reading of Introvert/Extrovert is a slightly out.

It's definately everything to do with how people relate to the outside world, but it's where you get your inspiration from. You're an extrovert if you get it from other people and an introvert if you're more self contained.

The structured/unstructured aspect has more to do with the Sensing/Intuition (how you percieve things) or Thinking/Feeling (lifestyle) axis.

Have a look at this site for more details. (Funny but oddly accurate.)

Can be read "Ford, MS to offer build-it-yourself cars " in this news
If Microsoft can join Ford, why GM can't join Aol?
But what if General Motors Were Like Microsoft?

The ISP I use has had a tidbit on their page about their hand in the Online voting project for about a month now. Here's the link