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This is just a simple reminder that things may not always be what they appear to be at first glance.
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I admit it. I fell for it.
There are only 10 types of people in the world, those who understand binary and those who don't.
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We can report it and make things the way they appear to be on second glance. 
Soren Madsen
"When you don't know what you're doing it's best to do it quickly" - Jase #DuckDynasty
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There are only 10 types of people in the world, those who understand binary and those who don't.
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Live in Thailand (or another society/culture very different from your native matrix) soberly, and you will never need to be reminded of this.
In fact, unless you find a way to stay comatose, perceiving, and acting, as if everything is a coded message pointing to an infinite regress of other possible meanings is ... inescapable. The inevitable resulting dislocation of identity destroys some, but others, like anaerobic bacteria living on cyanide (?), seem to thrive on it
But, there is an upside ... if you learn to bear with this: "The greater the social and cultural differences between people, the more magical the light that springs from their contact." Milan Kundera, "Les Testaments trahis" ("Testaments Betrayed").
"And, what," you say, "is the down-side ?" Well, best not said lest the calibration of a very delicate mirror hanging in inner space is lost, perhaps un-sayable, but ... look ... I clicked on this message, didn't I ?
“But I don't want to go among mad people,” Alice remarked.
“Oh, you can't help that,” said the Cat: “we're all mad here. I'm mad. You're mad.”
“How do you know I'm mad?” said Alice.
“You must be," said the Cat, or you wouldn't have come here.” Lewis Carroll
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5ed because it's the first time I get inside a MAR post without getting the sensation of wanting more... 
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Three kids argue, whose father is the fastes.
The first one says:
My father is the fastest, he can overtake the arrow that he shooted with the arch.
The second one:
My father is even faster, when he hunts, he can shoot an animal and run up to the animal before it fells down.
The third:
The two of you really don't understand what speed is. My father works for the government. He finishes work at 4:30 pm, and he's back home by 3:45 pm every day.
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/ravi
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Just plagiarized (The Wife does work for the government).
Veni, vidi, vici.
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CPallini wrote: Just plagiarized
Me too! Sent it to my high school class mailing list. 
/ravi
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CPallini wrote: The Wife does work for the government
So she is home early, lucky you 
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Espen Harlinn wrote: So she is home early, lucky you
Depends on for whom she is returning home early! 
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I'm at home early too. 
Veni, vidi, vici.
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Just plagiarized (The Wife does work for gets paid by the government).
FIFY
You cant outrun the world, but there is no harm in getting a head start
Real stupidity beats artificial intelligence every time.
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Funny how that works isn't it?
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Quote: Funny how that works isn't it?
No pun intended right?
There are only 10 types of people in the world, those who understand binary and those who don't.
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Of course not!
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Mike Hankey wrote: Of course not!
anyways, have a nice evening Mike ...
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Espen Harlinn wrote: the government.
overheard;
"Working at the speed of government to make all your dreams come true"
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Three kids were arguing about whose father was the coolest smoker.
"My dad can blow smoke out of his mouth and nose at the same time" said the first.
"That's nothing. My dad can blow smoke out of his nose and his ears" said the second.
"That's nothing," said the third. "My dad can blow smoke out of his butt."
After a few moments, one of the others asked, "How do you know he can do that? Did you see the smoke?"
"Not directly," said the third boy, "but I've seen the nicotine stains in his underwear."
CQ de W5ALT
Walt Fair, Jr., P. E.
Comport Computing
Specializing in Technical Engineering Software
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Now, that puts the notion of a dirty joke in perspective
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The fourth, the italian one, would have answered:
That's nothing, my father works for the government too, but he finishes work at 4:00 pm and he's back home for noon, after being around for shopping
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In April, I will have been a professional developer for 26 years. I'm now working for my eleventh company as a paid employee (thus not counting all the contracts I've done.) Most the companies I worked for weren't very healthy and were having problems. Out of curiosity, I made a list of all the companies, whether I resigned or was laid off, whether they were profitable when I exited and if they are still around.
Not counting my current position (a company that has always been quite profitable and still is), here are the results:
Companies: 10
Resigned: 4**
Profitable upon exit: 3*
Still around: 4.5 (half for Novell which is a shadow of its former self.)
* One company has a massive debt, but runs solidly in the black otherwise, so I counted it as profitable. Another has since recovered, but was losing money when I was laid off. I was laid off from a third the day it was bought. It was profitable and is still around, but the new owners have driven into the ground.
** One of the companies which isn't around is one I started and ran in the late 90s. On tax returns it made a profit until the very end, but only because I often didn't pay myself. After the CDROM-based infotainment market collapsed in 1997/98, I used the company for contracting. I made several thousand on my last contract and officially shut the company down at the end of that month. Still, I didn't count it as profitable. And, while I voluntarily exited, any other choice wasn't practical.
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3 of my former employer companies are no more (including ICL)
1 of my own company ditto
3 are still in existence
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Companies 3
Resigned from 1
Made redundant from 1
Company taken over 1 (but its still around or I am working in the wrong place)
apart from the company I work for now, the first company is just still around and the second closed before it became financial issue
Every day, thousands of innocent plants are killed by vegetarians.
Help end the violence EAT BACON
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