I couldn’t have said it any better, Dell
Dell sent me another one of their catalogs recently, which included this entry. You can get Windows Vista, or a “bonus” of an Windows XP Professional downgrade. I have nothing left to add.
more ...When marketing gets ahead of engineering
Bob (from marketing): I have this great new idea for our product!
Joe (from engineering): Lay it on me!
Bob: Let’s make our product easier to use! People will love it!
Joe: OK, we’ll need three months to develop and test that feature.
Bob: Great! We’ll start …
more ...Be Careful Who You Prank
I had this conversation this morning via a random AOL IM sent to me:
(10:09:04) AtypicalCoho: If you respond with an away message containing a phone number, I will laugh… then rickroll you by phone. (10:10:08) Me: I am not available. If you need to contact …more ...
Get a better one
Last January, coming home from my Boston trip, I was sitting in Chicago O’Hare aiport, desperately searching for free wifi, when I looked at my kernel log messages. But, what to my frustrated eyes should appear, than another example of the humor of Open Source developers, specifically, the developers …
more ...Geek bands
A band for programmers tired of automata:
Rage Against the State Machine
Thanks, I’ll be here all year.
more ...Making stew
Original, as far as I know. Correct me if you know otherwise.
Q: How do you program a computer to make beef stew?
A: You use bullion logic.
As bad, but not as good:
Q: How do you solve a math equation involving beef stew?
A: You use bullion algebra …
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