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Sheldon will be happy to hear that Professor Proton is alive and well. 
I have lived with several Zen masters - all of them were cats.
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The above message was the direct result of me trying to tell him to think.
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I know, but what do you expect when the poor guy has only been taught to use the brain as a doorstop all his life?
I have lived with several Zen masters - all of them were cats.
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And the saddest thing is that he will not fare better in any other career.
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Don't say that. I know a perfectly micromanaged team of Java codemonkeys with lots of rules and conventions to pay attention to. Thinking is optional and only gets into the way of the rules. He would probably be happy there.
I have lived with several Zen masters - all of them were cats.
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I worked in a similar environment some years ago. Those at the top hated it whenever we questioned anything.
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Richard MacCutchan wrote: Those at the top hated it whenever we questioned anything.
If you did that, you probably needed another brain washing session. And some negative feedback from the rest of the team via group dynamics. Their problem that my previous employer taught me well how that works and how to stay at the top of the pecking order. And I still wonder if those guys are some branch of Scientology.
I have lived with several Zen masters - all of them were cats.
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All a matter of perspective, as always. Perhaps they see themselves as a single one billion strong family.
I have lived with several Zen masters - all of them were cats.
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CodeWraith wrote: Perhaps they see themselves as a single one billion strong family.
Nah, not enough fights 
If you have an important point to make, don't try to be subtle or clever. Use a pile driver. Hit the point once. Then come back and hit it again. Then hit it a third time - a tremendous whack.
--Winston Churchill
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This only going to get worse. May as well enjoy the ride.
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And the more I read, the more I'm convinced that one day my re-occurring dream will come true...
SHAWTY: Still Crazy, since 1980 something.... best and only way to be.
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Warning colouration badly copies a small carpet. (10)
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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I thought it would take longer than that - it's not a common word.
Well done - you are up tomorrow - care to give the solution?
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I watched Dave Gorman base a show on it earlier in the week, assumed that's what reminded you of the word too.
To be honest, I only got small carpet - mat, so I'll let someone else fill in the blanks.
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It was indeed - I like him. Did you read his book on GoogleWhacks?
Warning colouration
badly (anag)
copies a APOSE IC
small carpet. MAT APOSEMATIC
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No but I saw his show on it, which is how I discovered him.
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Preferences:
1. Writing code
2. Designing application
3. Get payment
Skipper: We'll fix it.
Alex: Fix it? How you gonna fix this?
Skipper: Grit, spit and a whole lotta duct tape.
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Corollary: that's a lot of poorly designed code wrote as a pastime activity.
GCS d-- s-/++ a- C++++ U+++ P- L+@ E-- W++ N+ o+ K- w+++ O? M-- V? PS+ PE- Y+ PGP t+ 5? X R+++ tv-- b+(+++) DI+++ D++ G e++ h--- ++>+++ y+++* Weapons extension: ma- k++ F+2 X
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Which is hard to distinguish from the rest of the code, which people are paid to write.
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Well ... isn't that partly why we write articles here?
And the payment for OS projects is ... how much, exactly?
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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OriginalGriff wrote: And the payment for OS projects is ... how much, exactly?
Many wonderful, thankful comments!
Can u translate the codez to visual basic plz, I needs it.
If the brain were so simple we could understand it, we would be so simple we couldn't. — Lyall Watson
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Surely it's "SND VB CODZZZ URGNTZZZZ!!!!" 
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Yes, but I didn't want to assault your eyes this early in the day
If the brain were so simple we could understand it, we would be so simple we couldn't. — Lyall Watson
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