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http://thedailywtf.com/Articles/Could-You-Explain-Programming-Please.aspx
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On Thu, 31 Jan 2008 14:02:18 +0000, Invisible <voi### [at] dev null> wrote:
>http://thedailywtf.com/Articles/Could-You-Explain-Programming-Please.aspx
The conversation should have gone:
Him: Hey, you're good with computers right?
Me: No, what gave you that idea?
Mine do. :)
Regards
Stephen
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Stephen wrote:
> The conversation should have gone:
>
> Him: Hey, you're good with computers right?
> Me: No, what gave you that idea?
>
> Mine do. :)
That sounds much safer...
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Invisible <voi### [at] devnull> wrote:
> http://thedailywtf.com/Articles/Could-You-Explain-Programming-Please.aspx
Well, I have... now.
I have had similar experiences relating to programming and would guess that many
of us here have had them as well. However, if you want to experience REAL
frustration, try applying the same general principle to the subject of
philosophy.
At least most people can get a handle on the fact that they can't become
programmers with only a few quick tips over the phone. Just TRY, however, to
convince John. Q. Public that philosophy is a complex intellectual and
technical discipline that takes years of serious study to engage in at any
significant level.
JQP: "Naw, I don't wanna talk about none of that on-tall-o-gee or
ee-piz-toe-mall-o-gee @#!#@, I wanna talk about PHILOSOPHY, y' know - what *I*
think about the meaning of life, the universe and stuff!"
When someone claims to be a programmer, one can reply, "O.K., let's run that
program you've written and see how it works." Any attempt to demonstrate that
a claim to being a philosopher is bogus tends to degenerate into a Monty Python
routine:
"That's not a philosophical argument."
"Yes it is."
"No, it isn't. A philosophical argument is a logically connected series of
statements intended to establish a proposition, not just the random explication
of one's subjective impressions or opinions."
"No it isn't." ...
[ Please accept my profound thanks for putting up with my posting a pet rant. I
won't do it any more... much ;-) ]
Best Regards,
Mike C.
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On Thu, 31 Jan 2008 14:49:48 +0000, Invisible <voi### [at] devnull> wrote:
>Stephen wrote:
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>> The conversation should have gone:
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>> Him: Hey, you're good with computers right?
>> Me: No, what gave you that idea?
>>
>> Mine do. :)
>
>That sounds much safer...
Only last month my brother-in-law, who knows I work with computer and who is
completely handless. Asked me for instructions to format his hard drive and
re-install windows, over the phone!
I beat about the bush for a while and finally said. "Don't be stupid, ask your
grandson to do it." It was one of those moments where your life passes in front
of you :)
Regards
Stephen
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On Thu, 31 Jan 2008 09:54:20 EST, "Mike the Elder" <SPELL: wrote:
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>JQP: "Naw, I don't wanna talk about none of that on-tall-o-gee or
>ee-piz-toe-mall-o-gee @#!#@, I wanna talk about PHILOSOPHY, y' know - what *I*
>think about the meaning of life, the universe and stuff!"
Oh! you drink in the same pub that I do :)
Computers will take over the world!
Computers will take over the world!
Exterminate!
EXTERMINATE!
EXTER-MIN-ATE!
Regards
Stephen
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Stephen wrote:
> Computers will take over the world!
> Computers will take over the world!
> Exterminate!
> EXTERMINATE!
> EXTER-MIN-ATE!
But only on the ground floor, one assumes.
Oh, wait, they can fly now can't they. Huh. Spoilsports.
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On Thu, 31 Jan 2008 15:16:46 +0000, Bill Pragnell <bil### [at] hotmailcom>
wrote:
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>Oh, wait, they can fly now can't they. Huh. Spoilsports.
Spinach Power! :)
Regards
Stephen
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Stephen wrote:
> On Thu, 31 Jan 2008 15:16:46 +0000, Bill Pragnell <bil### [at] hotmailcom>
> wrote:
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>> Oh, wait, they can fly now can't they. Huh. Spoilsports.
>
> Spinach Power! :)
Right that's a challenge.
QUESTION 11 (EXTRA CREDIT):
'Explain how spinach may be employed to either provide thrust, or
otherwise nullify the effects of gravity such that extermination may be
more conveniently carried out from the air. Be concise, and show all
your working.'
Any takers?
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Bill Pragnell wrote:
> Stephen wrote:
>> On Thu, 31 Jan 2008 15:16:46 +0000, Bill Pragnell
>> <bil### [at] hotmailcom>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Oh, wait, they can fly now can't they. Huh. Spoilsports.
>>
>> Spinach Power! :)
>
> Right that's a challenge.
>
> QUESTION 11 (EXTRA CREDIT):
> 'Explain how spinach may be employed to either provide thrust, or
> otherwise nullify the effects of gravity such that extermination may be
> more conveniently carried out from the air. Be concise, and show all
> your working.'
>
> Any takers?
just call Popeye and he'll handle it. ;)
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