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David Bowie really likes that joke.
"These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined."
- Homer
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Well.. is that some sort of sick joke?
Why did she scold him!
Still can't understand....
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Ha ha, odd ways of communicating
finally I got it, so I am sharing it to make you happier
"...If they have bananas, get 6 ... "
he should ask, but politely: "bananas or bottles???"
So, I spoiled a joke, sorry
Cheers
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The old ones are the best.
Unfortunately, this one is the exception to the rule...
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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Old one, but I still don't get it.
I assume they had bananas. So he bought 6 bottles of milk.
Where's the problem?
Maybe she should had phrased her needs in c# code.
Kitty at my foot and I waAAAant to touch it...
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virang_21 wrote:
He still doesn't understand why she scolded him !!!
It's because he forgot the eggs.
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dammn it! eggs, bananas or bottles ?
it gets really complex like a software project
we need an UML model for this ...
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Developer wives do know precision is required.
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That joke's so old it actually predates computers having been told about all kinds of positivist philosophers, literal Bible readers, etc. There was probably a version of it in the original draft of one of the gospels aimed at mocking Pharisees but it was already so old that it didn't make the final cut!
I am not a number. I am a ... no, wait!
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Damn it. $10 worth of tickets and only one of the numbers matched.
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Which one? Maybe if we combine our tickets we won something. I got 27 .
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And I have another one, now we just need 4 more and we're in the money!
New version: WinHeist Version Tequila, the nigh time, snuffly, sneezing, how the hell did I end up on the bathroom floor medicine.
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Hah, I checked my numbers yesterday...$20 of quick picks got me 2 numbers!...a disproportionate amount of low numbers in the winning sequence. That's random for you!
"Go forth into the source" - Neal Morse
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I dreamt I dwelt in marbled hall
with vassals and serfs at my side
after winning the Power Ball
And then I had to wake up!! Oh for Pete's sake!
How do we preserve the wisdom men will need,
when their violent passions are spent?
- The Lost Horizon
modified 14-Jan-16 18:35pm.
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Cornelius Henning wrote: Oh for Pete's sake!
What did Pete have to do with it?
New version: WinHeist Version Tequila, the nigh time, snuffly, sneezing, how the hell did I end up on the bathroom floor medicine.
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Pete's the safe he bought to store the money. He was hoping to salt Peter with the winnings.
I am not a number. I am a ... no, wait!
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Just got a message from EBay saying ...
Quote: It's been more than a year since you last updated your personal info.
Keeping your personal information up to date can help better protect your account.
The reason I haven't is because I haven't used the account in the last decade but it made me wonder whether they're right. I mean, if there is outdated information on there, say expired credit cards or addresses where I no longer live, surely that means that should EBay ever be hacked the info won't be of any actual use. Whereas if I keep everything bang up to date ...
I am not a number. I am a ... no, wait!
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Giving anyone any of your personal information makes it less secure.
And I agree with you; out-dated information is probably the way to go.
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I got one too. I guess they want your latest (working) email or phone so that they can tell you your account was hacked and credit card number stolen.
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email providers and the likes to the same thing, I also always wonder why giving more information is considered more secure. (and since no one ever convinced me, I never do )
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Have any of you participated in Focus groups? I have, once, and it was odd.
It got me thinking though. We talk to a lot of companies and it's disturbing that they are in our industry yet they don't understand us. A lovely, intelligent, witty person from an unnamed extremely Large Company I met with yesterday freely admitted that she just doesn't get (and will never get) developers. I wasn't offended. Not too much, anyway.
So I thoughts to myself: I thought, what if we brought together a bunch of developers and worked and did some translation work. ie we take, for instance, a message, an ad, some product launch rhetoric - something that's typically illogical, poorly worded and misses the point - and we have a focus group discuss how to present this in a sane, sensible, logical way that normal people (i.e. us) can understand and relate to.
If there are enough people interested I'll start a group, post the link, and you lot can join up. I'll hunt around for some marketing-speke we can...discuss.
cheers
Chris Maunder
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You may translate it first...
Skipper: We'll fix it.
Alex: Fix it? How you gonna fix this?
Skipper: Grit, spit and a whole lotta duct tape.
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Yes.
But be careful that you don't get only we pedants.
modified 14-Jan-16 18:35pm.
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Chris Maunder wrote: normal people (i.e. us)
sadly, I think
a) most of the 'marketing' is targeted at 'normal' (whatever that is) people
b) developers != 'normal' - not just 'intelligence', but the way we see things - a whole host of things
I think we are 'ab-normal' in a lot of things, compared to an 'average' population - and we are not who
Chris Maunder wrote: extremely Large Company is targeting
'g'
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Chris Maunder wrote: A lovely, intelligent, witty person Probably from marketing or sales or worse an evangelist! These people live on a different planet, not the different one developers live on so "getting" developers is extremely unlikely.
Chris Maunder wrote: logical way that normal people (i.e. us) Hahahahahah hick, thank you I needed a good laugh this morning, made my Friday start most enjoyable.
I still think you would be replacing one set of buzzwords (marketing) with our set of buzzwords, in which case marketing would not understand what they are saying... oh wait!
Never underestimate the power of human stupidity
RAH
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