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John Simmons / outlaw programmer wrote: The whole thing is a freakin scam, perpetrated by the big contracting companies to keep the money rolling it at the expense of the American tax payer.
...so you might as well get your own cut of that...right?
I've always avoided government contracts because of my own personal ethics. That said, presented with the right opportunity, they'd probably be the first thing out the window.
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That brings back memories... I love the sound of taxpayer dollars being flushed down the toilet! It's, in a depressing way, good to know that some things never change.
Will Rogers never met me.
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Agree completely. That is one of the major reasons I looked at what I was doing 8 years ago (after 20 years coding for the Army, Air Force, and Navy) and got into private industry. Not really a better change, but at least I wasn't watching DoD budgets, wondering if I had a job next fiscal year. We generally had a We're fired' party on Sept 30, and a we're hired' party on (or about) Oct 2
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That matches my memories of defense contracting back in the 80's to a T.
Software Zen: delete this;
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Sorry to hear, John.
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Take the beast out for a run on the back country roads with the windows open, crank it up to a marginally unsafe speed and enjoy yourself. After a week of training with no death, destruction and mayhem you deserve a break.
Never underestimate the power of human stupidity
RAH
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Beast is down for brakes. Upgrading to a set of brembos.
".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
- You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
- When you pry the gun from my cold dead hands, be careful - the barrel will be very hot. - JSOP, 2013
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Accordion to a recent survey, replacing words with the names of musical instruments often goes undetected.
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
modified 7-Dec-15 11:38am.
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Especially at the movies where there is a lot of sax and violins.
"the debugger doesn't tell me anything because this code compiles just fine" - random QA comment
"Facebook is where you tell lies to your friends. Twitter is where you tell the truth to strangers." - chriselst
"I don't drink any more... then again, I don't drink any less." - Mike Mullikins uncle
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Too much cymbalism for my taste.
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I'd agree but I believe thay are targeting the bassoon demographic.
"the debugger doesn't tell me anything because this code compiles just fine" - random QA comment
"Facebook is where you tell lies to your friends. Twitter is where you tell the truth to strangers." - chriselst
"I don't drink any more... then again, I don't drink any less." - Mike Mullikins uncle
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That drums it home.
/ravi
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It may have struck a chord with somebody.
"the debugger doesn't tell me anything because this code compiles just fine" - random QA comment
"Facebook is where you tell lies to your friends. Twitter is where you tell the truth to strangers." - chriselst
"I don't drink any more... then again, I don't drink any less." - Mike Mullikins uncle
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I'll get my staff to make a note of that.
/ravi
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Make sure they write the whole note, and not just a half or quarter of it.
"the debugger doesn't tell me anything because this code compiles just fine" - random QA comment
"Facebook is where you tell lies to your friends. Twitter is where you tell the truth to strangers." - chriselst
"I don't drink any more... then again, I don't drink any less." - Mike Mullikins uncle
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Please don't be sharp with me - I tend to fall flat when that happens.
/ravi
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Sorry, I didn't mean to harp about your staff, I should give it a rest.
"the debugger doesn't tell me anything because this code compiles just fine" - random QA comment
"Facebook is where you tell lies to your friends. Twitter is where you tell the truth to strangers." - chriselst
"I don't drink any more... then again, I don't drink any less." - Mike Mullikins uncle
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Ooops, didn't mean to beat you up, by any measure.
/ravi
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Not to worry, we should get together and put down a couple of lemon-cellos.
"the debugger doesn't tell me anything because this code compiles just fine" - random QA comment
"Facebook is where you tell lies to your friends. Twitter is where you tell the truth to strangers." - chriselst
"I don't drink any more... then again, I don't drink any less." - Mike Mullikins uncle
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That's music to my ears.
/ravi
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I noticed it right away, not in the least because your entire post is a bit
out of the ordinary...
The survey does ring a bell though.
I was gong to answer it, but they already closed it.
I fiddled around on the website instead.
Still a fun fact, I take my hi-hat off for you
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Thanks - fixed.
I keep a file of these (so I have one on short notice if I'm busy) but paste auto "C#"-ed it and I didn't notice.
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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I believe this was the best of fife surveys. They just couldn't trumpet!
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That is only trumpet by the silly things you read when you read too quickly and only register the first and the last letter of a word.
The language is JavaScript. that of Mordor, which I will not utter here
This is Javascript. If you put big wheels and a racing stripe on a golf cart, it's still a f***ing golf cart.
"I don't know, extraterrestrial?"
"You mean like from space?"
"No, from Canada."
If software development were a circus, we would all be the clowns.
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I hate to harp on your thoughts, again . . . but they manage to snare my attention. Perhaps this is how you castanet for attention?
"The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits." - Albert Einstein | "As far as we know, our computer has never had an undetected error." - Weisert | "If you are searching for perfection in others, then you seek disappointment. If you are seek perfection in yourself, then you will find failure." - Balboos HaGadol Mar 2010 |
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