Who, as a teenager, hasn't done something incredibly stupid?
That's for sure. Most are just lucky enough to not get caught or suffer whatever possible consequences there might have been. I certainly did some pretty stupid stuff that just never happened to come back to bite me. For instance I.... well heck, I got away with 'em this long, I'm not about to spill my guts now.
I, too, noticed the statement "everyone does not need to be a programmer", and think it is unforgivable.
Even the grammar is offensive, unless he truly wanted to say "no one needs to be a programmer," which is how it parses. I presume he meant to say "not everyone needs to be a programmer."
It kind of reminds me of APL zealots...would NEVER admit that APL was hard to maintain
I was once given an APL program to analyze and report back on its function. I studied it for days before I realized that it wasn't a program at all - someone had left a cage unlocked and a monkey had spent an hour pounding on the keyboard.
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Bridges don't fall down because the designers aren't able to get away with posting a sign at each end that reads:
By driving past this sign the motorist agrees that this bridge is not waranteed to perform in any capacity, and further that the designer makes no claim as to this bridge being fit for any purpose or use whatsoever, and is held blameless for any damages resulting from the use of this bridge.
Bug counts have never been an accurate measure of the quality of the product.
Thank you for saying this! I have been trying to explain this to my customers but they just won't listen and keep threatening to go to the competition. Idiots.
Harry "Harold" Flanders,
Owner and operator, Mount Pilot Terminex
In Michigan at least, you can't make a citizen's arrest unless a felony was committed
In Mayberry, though, you can do it for almost anything you see. All you have to do is declare "Citizen's Arrest! Citizen's Arrest!" in your best Gomer Pyle voice. I know this is true because I saw it on the tee vee.
the store can't really do anything, except to ban the person from entering the store (which they can legally do to anybody, as long as it's not due to racial or sexual discrimination.
You mean they could kick a person out for being too ugly?
what the inmates get to keep is a different matter....just like everyone else they have to pay... room and board.
That seems like a flimsy reason for siezing their pay. What if they don't like how much the rent is? Can they move out?
So the law says the corporations can't exploit these prisoners by paying them less, and apparently the main motivation for making sure they get paid well is so the state can take it instead.
the way that the science of computing advances faster than any other science would seem to make something like this nearly impossible
The things in Knuth's books don't change. they are the fundamental underlying ideas. Norman Maclean wrote:
Eventually, all things merge into one, and a river runs through it. The river was cut by the world's great flood and runs over rocks from the basement of time. On some of the rocks are timeless raindrops. Under the rocks are the words, and some of the words are theirs. I am haunted by waters.
Those words, under the rocks, under the river of computer programming, that's what Knuth writes.
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You can't be different to something, but you can be indifferent to it, and that just goes to show how different from different indifferent really is.
it's hubris, not hybris.
Here's a handy tip - it's much less embarrassing to take a moment to look these things up before you make an ass of yourself.
yeah.
How did they know which was which?
or a debutante.
Not sur what you mean. I'm pretty sure it's ok to stand and scratch your ass in there, too.
That's for sure. Most are just lucky enough to not get caught or suffer whatever possible consequences there might have been. I certainly did some pretty stupid stuff that just never happened to come back to bite me. For instance I.... well heck, I got away with 'em this long, I'm not about to spill my guts now.
+1, Clever.
Even the grammar is offensive, unless he truly wanted to say "no one needs to be a programmer," which is how it parses. I presume he meant to say "not everyone needs to be a programmer."
I would vigorously protest your thoughtless remark, but since I have to type this with my nose it would hurt too much.
I was once given an APL program to analyze and report back on its function. I studied it for days before I realized that it wasn't a program at all - someone had left a cage unlocked and a monkey had spent an hour pounding on the keyboard.
Many millions? It's just a handle with a clasp, isn't it?
Thank you for saying this! I have been trying to explain this to my customers but they just won't listen and keep threatening to go to the competition. Idiots.
Harry "Harold" Flanders,
Owner and operator, Mount Pilot Terminex
In Mayberry, though, you can do it for almost anything you see. All you have to do is declare "Citizen's Arrest! Citizen's Arrest!" in your best Gomer Pyle voice. I know this is true because I saw it on the tee vee.
You mean they could kick a person out for being too ugly?
That seems like a flimsy reason for siezing their pay. What if they don't like how much the rent is? Can they move out?
So the law says the corporations can't exploit these prisoners by paying them less, and apparently the main motivation for making sure they get paid well is so the state can take it instead.
"IMHO, if you haven't read Knuth's work, you aren't a programmer."
You wrote:
There are plenty of people out there who've read (and even understood) Knuth's books, yet who still write horrible spaghetti code.
For someone who evaulates programmers you seem to have a little trouble with logic. He doesn't say that reading Knuth makes one a programmer.
The things in Knuth's books don't change. they are the fundamental underlying ideas.
Those words, under the rocks, under the river of computer programming, that's what Knuth writes.Norman Maclean wrote:
Man, you'd think you'd have got there by now.
Homocide? Is that some sort of gay murder?
No. They're watching watches, not witches. So watch it.
Unless of course you want to play a lot of sound clips quickly. Then it leaks memory until the whole OS whacks out and a hard restart is required.
Dude, I thought you died in a plane crash.
Actually the curtain is getting pushed, o' course.