In 2004 my networking professor at the University of Pretoria said that the "good guys" and the "bad guys" of the IT world will change. Back when men were men and mice weren't electronic "IBM was the bad guy and Microsoft was the good guy. Now the situation is reversed. Who knows what the future will hold?"
Yes indeed... I'm... not wanting to... look better than... somebody else... Really, editing quotes is just a bad idea... I'm definitely not the foremost expert on this, but it is something to undertake only with great trepidation.
I also recently inadvertently triggered an argument between my parents on the virtues of IDEs in software development. My dad likes them, my mom regards them as the bane of true programmers everywhere. What does/. think? I think that you're privileged to have programmers/geeks/computerpeoplethings as parents!!!
"NASA wants a name that will capture the excitement of GLAST's mission and call attention to gamma-ray and *high-energy astronomy*.
Special
High
Intensity
Telescope
As I recall it, "586" was the name the Pentium was supposed to be known as, but then Intel changed it for marketing and copyright reasons.
Geeks of the world, unite for our babies' ancestors' birthdays!
Just from reading that it seems like it might have been a difficult, possibly even painful, decision to make, but now that it's made I think he might be feeling relief about getting out of the project. He might even be feeling like a huge weight has been taken off his shoulders. I don't think he'll rejoin the project any time soon.
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And here I thought what made them unusual was that they could spontaneously change sex...
Hooray for video captcha ads in expensive bandwidth countries!
All your face are belong to us!
In 2004 my networking professor at the University of Pretoria said that the "good guys" and the "bad guys" of the IT world will change. Back when men were men and mice weren't electronic "IBM was the bad guy and Microsoft was the good guy. Now the situation is reversed. Who knows what the future will hold?"
Yes indeed... I'm... not wanting to... look better than... somebody else... Really, editing quotes is just a bad idea... I'm definitely not the foremost expert on this, but it is something to undertake only with great trepidation.
What you say? All your quotes are belong to me?
The NASA Urine Program: Either urine or you're out.
Oh well, at least the puppy got out in time...
What a relief!
Oh, so you've heard about the Freedom Toaster then?
What would happen if you instruct it to core dump?
Caste or Knightly Order of BOFH and Knightly Order of Programmers?
"NASA wants a name that will capture the excitement of GLAST's mission and call attention to gamma-ray and *high-energy astronomy*. Special High Intensity Telescope
Good news, everyone!
As I recall it, "586" was the name the Pentium was supposed to be known as, but then Intel changed it for marketing and copyright reasons. Geeks of the world, unite for our babies' ancestors' birthdays!
Just from reading that it seems like it might have been a difficult, possibly even painful, decision to make, but now that it's made I think he might be feeling relief about getting out of the project. He might even be feeling like a huge weight has been taken off his shoulders. I don't think he'll rejoin the project any time soon.