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Pete O'Hanlon wrote: The Number Of The Beast
Great! now I have that song in my head. No, I really mean great, a killer tune!
"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
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Funnily enough, as I was typing it, I could hear the lyrics in my head.
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THESE PEOPLE REALLY BOTHER ME!! How can they know what you should do without knowing what you want done?!?!
-- C++ FQA Lite
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Christian Graus doesn't live on an island; everyone else lives on islands.
The Sidney Opera House was originally built to house Christian Graus' knowledge, but was deemed too small and repurposed.
The verb "grouse" is the anglicized rendition of Graus, yet it pales in comparison to the original connotation.
The Hitchhikers' Guide says that "Belgium" is the most offensive word, but only because it can't bring itself to print "Graus".
modified 11-Aug-14 16:53pm.
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Following a night with Christian Graus, Eccentrica Gallumbits changed her opinion about Zaphod Beeblebrox.
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PIEBALDconsult wrote: The Hitchhikers' Guide says that "Belgium" is the most offensive word, but only because it can't bring itself to print "GrausTelstra".
If you asked Christian what the most offensive word was, he'd correct you as above 
Did you ever see history portrayed as an old man with a wise brow and pulseless heart, waging all things in the balance of reason?
Is not rather the genius of history like an eternal, imploring maiden, full of fire, with a burning heart and flaming soul, humanly warm and humanly beautiful?
--Zachris Topelius
Training a telescope on one’s own belly button will only reveal lint. You like that? You go right on staring at it. I prefer looking at galaxies.
-- Sarah Hoyt
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I forgot about Telstra, I always think of Qantas.
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AFAIK, Christian never created a Quantas bashing blog; Telstra OTOH...[^]
Did you ever see history portrayed as an old man with a wise brow and pulseless heart, waging all things in the balance of reason?
Is not rather the genius of history like an eternal, imploring maiden, full of fire, with a burning heart and flaming soul, humanly warm and humanly beautiful?
--Zachris Topelius
Training a telescope on one’s own belly button will only reveal lint. You like that? You go right on staring at it. I prefer looking at galaxies.
-- Sarah Hoyt
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So, having not posted here for a while, I came by because Chris got my care package and posted about it. And this is on the front page. This is a thing ? I don't know what to say, but I'm laughing !!!
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It's a thing. I started it a couple of days ago.
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Because you couldn't sleep ?
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Nah. I go play guitar when I can't sleep.
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And then the neighbours can't sleep, either ?
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If Pete's awake, all are awake.
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Enjoy[^]
If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader.-John Q. Adams
You must accept one of two basic premises: Either we are alone in the universe, or we are not alone in the universe. And either way, the implications are staggering.-Wernher von Braun
Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former.-Albert Einstein
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If you put all of the water from Earth on the Moon, it would be 37km deep[^], enough to cover its highest peak by a large margin.
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Eh, most of them aren't so much about "the universe", as about an insignificant little blue-green planet in the unfashionable end of the western spiral arm of the galaxy. I was expecting a little more astronomy with a subject like that
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All true, but this little insignificant blue-green planet is likely all the universe you or I will ever know.
If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader.-John Q. Adams
You must accept one of two basic premises: Either we are alone in the universe, or we are not alone in the universe. And either way, the implications are staggering.-Wernher von Braun
Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former.-Albert Einstein
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Bah, speak for yourself. I just got back from a day trip to a small planet somewhere in the vicinity of Betelgeuse...
Or was that just upstate New York?
I dunno... It was one of those two...
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Wait, isn't that the same thing?
If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader.-John Q. Adams
You must accept one of two basic premises: Either we are alone in the universe, or we are not alone in the universe. And either way, the implications are staggering.-Wernher von Braun
Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former.-Albert Einstein
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If so, the small Betelgeusian planet had a nice lake and hiking trail. I'll have to engage the FTL drive more often.
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Got a call this morning from an Indian recruiter for a local contract position. (Ironically, I'd actually interviewed at the same company for a full time position several months ago, but this apparently was with a technical customer worked hand-in-hand with them.) I told the recruiter I didn't do embedded Linux. He said that only my Qt and C++ experience mattered. He was clueless so I told him to submit my resume and I'd figure out what the real requirements were in the interview.
Twenty minutes later, the recruiter's boss calls--another Indian, though more understandable. He tells me that the client saw my resume and will interview if I guarantee I'll accept the contract if offered. I said, no. His reply; "You misunderstand, we've had people interview, accept and then back out." I replied that it's a contract, which means either side can cancel it at any time and I won't accept anything until I know a lot more about the job. He started arguing with me. I told him I was no longer interested and hung up.
He called back and started arguing with me again. I told him to never call me again and hung up.
This is not the first time I've had Indian recruiters ask me to make a guarantee. What is that all about? Second, only a handful of eastern US recruiters are as aggressive and none refuse to listen or are as argumentative as Indian recruiters. Then there is another Indian recruiter who called this morning and I honestly didn't understand anything he was saying, so I told him to email me and hung up. He never sent an email.
EDIT: Oh. My. God. The recruiter just sent me an email saying we had a misunderstanding and could we go forward? I told him to f*** off.
EDIT 2: Just got a call from another Indian recruitment firm for the same position! I asked him about the Embedded Linux requirement--he said it didn't matter. Wonder what the client thinks about that. I asked him what the pay rate was. He then drops the bomb shell that I'd actually be working for the original recruitment company and that he was doing them a favor.
EDIT 3: Got an email from yet another recruiter for the same position. Funny thing, though, is that the recruiter used reply which included the email chain with the original requirements list and pay rate limits.
On top of all this, the client is actually an Indian technology consulting company. This is absurd.
modified 11-Aug-14 15:28pm.
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Joe Woodbury wrote: if I guarantee I'll accept the contract if offered. I said, no
I don't like to limit my options, so I'd say "yeah, sure". It's just a meaningless verbal agreement and the recruiter is obviously an idiot so I don't care if he thinks my response is in any way binding.
Additionally, at the end of the interview, you should know enough about the job to let them know you're not interested -- that should keep them from making an offer.
I once had an idiot ask me "are you in or are you out?" -- I said I was "in", and left the "until I decide otherwise" part unsaid. 
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I've had some calls sorta like that but not nearly as bad. I think you handled it admirably.
If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader.-John Q. Adams
You must accept one of two basic premises: Either we are alone in the universe, or we are not alone in the universe. And either way, the implications are staggering.-Wernher von Braun
Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former.-Albert Einstein
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