According to wikipedia, roshambo is an alternate spelling, but I'm definitely going to refer to it as "ching-chang-wulla" from now on
Rock-paper-scissors (also known as jan-ken-pon, rochambeau (sometimes spelled roshambo), ching-chang-wulla, and many derived terms[1]), is a popular two-person hand game.
Guess that makes me a felon? Or am I only a felon if I get caught?
Only if Bill kills himself as a result of the flood of spam to his inbox. Although, that will never happen since spam was eradicated in 2006.. right, Bill?
Earlier this week, a programmer I work with made some modifications to a file that is ingested by a program that I maintain. The other programmer has never seen my code, but has a basic idea of what it does. So, without notifying me, the programmer put some changes into production without doing any testing. It actually didn't cause any problems, but if there had been some basic validation on my end, the process would have failed.
I should mention that the other programmer has about 15 years of programming experience. Even worse, I had a hard time explaining to them why they shouldn't do something like that without testing... especially when we're on thin ice with the client that this process impacts. This person acted like they knew for a fact that their changes wouldn't affect anything even though they had never seen the code on my end.
Granted, the other programmer is a mainframe COBOL programmer. I don't really consider many of them "geeks" in the sense that many of them can barely navigate in a GUI and some don't even have a computer at home. They use computers at work, and don't want to think about them after 5:00pm.
I should also note that the reason the other programmer made these changes was so that I could add some validation on my end so I can make sure I'm receiving a complete file. I was under the impression that they would give me a file to test with first (I did ask to see their changes before they put anything into production). So if someone decides to mess with the input again, it's going to fail.
I just can't believe this programmer hasn't learned to be more cautious after 15 years.
I know it's hard to resist on a bike, but gradual acceleration and keeping your speed low makes a big difference..
Note that the power needed to push an object through a fluid increases as the cube of the velocity. A car cruising on a highway at 50 mph (80 km/h) may require only 10 horsepower (7.5 kW) to overcome air drag, but that same car at 100 mph (160 km/h) requires 80 hp (60 kW). - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drag_(physics)
Interesting... I can see that happening, I was just thinking of all the recent urban myths about fiberglass in cigs and chewing tobacco.
Too bad they didn't just make the cotton gin filters out of... cotton
Cigarette filters aren't (and never were) made of fiberglass. And I doubt much, if any, of the filter gets inhaled. However, Wikipedia says that Kent used asbestos in their filters in the 50's http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cigarette_filter#Manufacture
In the past, Windows has been known to silently replace modified system files with a cached copy.. which could be disastrous. I'm not sure if XP and Vista behave that way though.
These guys seem to have figured out how to do it..
In the drop facility Fallturm Bremen University of Bremen in Bremen, a catapult can be used to throw the experiment upwards to prolong the weightlessness from 4.74 to nearly 10 seconds. Neglecting the physical space needed for the initial acceleration, this technique doubles the effective period of weightlessness.
But more complex instructions like "save this to your filesystem, then open a terminal window and type 'chmod +x free_porn.sh', and then double-click it for free porn!" gives your victim just that little bit longer to realise that they're being conned
Don't underestimate me.. I've performed WAY more complex operations than that in order to obtain free porn.
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If I give you the uncommented source code for a program, will you be able to figure out what it does?
I've been doing that almost every day at work for the past 10 years
Rock-paper-scissors (also known as jan-ken-pon, rochambeau (sometimes spelled roshambo), ching-chang-wulla, and many derived terms[1]), is a popular two-person hand game.
Now if you keep your phone in your pocket, are you risking testicular cancer instead of brain cancer?
Cat got your tongue? (something important seems to be missing from your comment ... like the body or the subject!)
With electric motors you still have to consider the efficiency of the plant that's supplying the electricity to power them
you guys don't know the half of it...
http://www.theonion.com/content/node/39133
Guess that makes me a felon? Or am I only a felon if I get caught?
Only if Bill kills himself as a result of the flood of spam to his inbox. Although, that will never happen since spam was eradicated in 2006.. right, Bill?
jeez, that picture is pretty much NSFW
Earlier this week, a programmer I work with made some modifications to a file that is ingested by a program that I maintain. The other programmer has never seen my code, but has a basic idea of what it does. So, without notifying me, the programmer put some changes into production without doing any testing. It actually didn't cause any problems, but if there had been some basic validation on my end, the process would have failed.
I should mention that the other programmer has about 15 years of programming experience. Even worse, I had a hard time explaining to them why they shouldn't do something like that without testing... especially when we're on thin ice with the client that this process impacts. This person acted like they knew for a fact that their changes wouldn't affect anything even though they had never seen the code on my end.
Granted, the other programmer is a mainframe COBOL programmer. I don't really consider many of them "geeks" in the sense that many of them can barely navigate in a GUI and some don't even have a computer at home. They use computers at work, and don't want to think about them after 5:00pm.
I should also note that the reason the other programmer made these changes was so that I could add some validation on my end so I can make sure I'm receiving a complete file. I was under the impression that they would give me a file to test with first (I did ask to see their changes before they put anything into production). So if someone decides to mess with the input again, it's going to fail.
I just can't believe this programmer hasn't learned to be more cautious after 15 years.
Note that the power needed to push an object through a fluid increases as the cube of the velocity. A car cruising on a highway at 50 mph (80 km/h) may require only 10 horsepower (7.5 kW) to overcome air drag, but that same car at 100 mph (160 km/h) requires 80 hp (60 kW).
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drag_(physics)
That just makes it funnier! You must be new here
Socializing? Excuse me while I Google this word.
Ah, I see. You must be new here.
You may be on to something. I've been trying to gain control of my third leg for years, but it seems to have a mind of its own.
that was expecting to see a frog with enormous sideburns?
I'm actually kinda disappointed.
Interesting... I can see that happening, I was just thinking of all the recent urban myths about fiberglass in cigs and chewing tobacco.
Too bad they didn't just make the cotton gin filters out of... cotton
Cigarette filters aren't (and never were) made of fiberglass. And I doubt much, if any, of the filter gets inhaled. However, Wikipedia says that Kent used asbestos in their filters in the 50's
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cigarette_filter#Manufacture
That was redundant (Now watch this one get modded redundant)
In the past, Windows has been known to silently replace modified system files with a cached copy.. which could be disastrous. I'm not sure if XP and Vista behave that way though.
Hasta la Windows Vista
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drop_tower
I'll be receiving a P-p-p-powerbook from them any day now.. it has firewire!
Actually, it's still possible even it isn't a word.
I'd say the RGB segments of each pixel are individually addressable with LCDs
Don't underestimate me.. I've performed WAY more complex operations than that in order to obtain free porn.
I'd end up spilling porn all over my boss' desk