Geek Jihad

Discussion in 'Chatter' started by mimus, Dec 13, 2007.

  1. Aratzio

    Aratzio Guest

    On Thu, 13 Dec 2007 18:26:19 -0500, in the land of
    alt.alien.vampire.flonk.flonk.flonk, Wavy G
    <godsspeciallamb@gmail.com> got double secret probation for writing:

    >Don't fight it, mimus...Just lie down and try to relax:
    >
    >>On Thu, 13 Dec 2007 15:10:44 -0800, Aratzio wrote:
    >>
    >>> On Thu, 13 Dec 2007 17:25:10 -0500, in the land of
    >>> alt.alien.vampire.flonk.flonk.flonk, mimus <tinmimus99@hotmail.com>
    >>> got double secret probation for writing:
    >>>
    >>>>On Thu, 13 Dec 2007 21:59:21 +0000, Aratzio wrote:
    >>>>
    >>>>> On Thu, 13 Dec 2007 16:19:16 -0500, in
    >>>>> alt.alien.vampire.flonk.flonk.flonk, mimus <tinmimus99@hotmail.com>
    >>>>> bloviated:
    >>>>>
    >>>>>>On Thu, 13 Dec 2007 20:55:04 +0000, Aratzio wrote:
    >>>>>>
    >>>>>>> On Thu, 13 Dec 2007 15:39:19 -0500, in
    >>>>>>> alt.alien.vampire.flonk.flonk.flonk, mimus <tinmimus99@hotmail.com>
    >>>>>>> bloviated:
    >>>>>>>
    >>>>>>>>On Thu, 13 Dec 2007 20:28:30 +0000, Aratzio wrote:
    >>>>>>>>
    >>>>>>>>> On Thu, 13 Dec 2007 15:27:17 -0500, in
    >>>>>>>>> alt.alien.vampire.flonk.flonk.flonk, mimus <tinmimus99@hotmail.com>
    >>>>>>>>> bloviated:
    >>>>>>>>>
    >>>>>>>>>>On Thu, 13 Dec 2007 15:27:45 +0000, Aratzio wrote:
    >>>>>>>>>>
    >>>>>>>>>>> On Thu, 13 Dec 2007 10:23:41 -0500, in
    >>>>>>>>>>> alt.alien.vampire.flonk.flonk.flonk, dave hillstrom <DaVe@MeOw.OrG>
    >>>>>>>>>>> bloviated:
    >>>>>>>>>>>
    >>>>>>>>>>>>On Thu, 13 Dec 2007 02:17:40 -0600, trippy
    >>>>>>>>>>>><silverbells@tacoshells.com> wrote:
    >>>>>>>>>>>>
    >>>>>>>>>>>>>In article <16mdnS3vLPE7R_3anZ2dnUVZ_r2nnZ2d@giganews.com>, mimus took
    >>>>>>>>>>>>>the hamburger meat, threw it on the grill, and I said "Oh Wow"...
    >>>>>>>>>>>>>
    >>>>>>>>>>>>>> Either the Big-Endians or the Little-Endians have to go.
    >>>>>>>>>>>>>>
    >>>>>>>>>>>>>> Also whoever moved stddef.h out of my /usr/include directory without even
    >>>>>>>>>>>>>> leaving a note (something like stddef.h.readme).
    >>>>>>>>>>>>>>
    >>>>>>>>>>>>>> (It's in-- get this-- /usr/lib/gcc/i486-linux-gnu/4.0.2/include.)
    >>>>>>>>>>>>>>
    >>>>>>>>>>>>>> Start sharpening the knives!
    >>>>>>>>>>>>>
    >>>>>>>>>>>>>That's because C sucks.
    >>>>>>>>>>>>>
    >>>>>>>>>>>>>Tell it to take its lame-ass pointers and go.
    >>>>>>>>>>>>
    >>>>>>>>>>>>ahem. C and assembler are the languages of Ghod.
    >>>>>>>>>>>
    >>>>>>>>>>> Real engineers can make HP Basic work.
    >>>>>>>>>>
    >>>>>>>>>>But do they want to?
    >>>>>>>>>
    >>>>>>>>> Hell no. But if that is what the freaking equipment uses ya aint gots
    >>>>>>>>> know choice.
    >>>>>>>>
    >>>>>>>>"Alright, fuck this, the _first_ thing we do is write a symbolic
    >>>>>>>>dis/assembler . . . ."
    >>>>>>>
    >>>>>>> I would never stoop to such,
    >>>>>>
    >>>>>>Can't get any more compact and faster and exploitative of system
    >>>>>>advantages.
    >>>>>>
    >>>>>>> besides, I iz hardhead knot softhead.
    >>>>>>
    >>>>>>Eh, well, one needs at least one of each for a really feisty system.
    >>>>>>
    >>>>>>And a manager-cum-referee (someone experienced in hostage negotiation
    >>>>>>would be just about right).
    >>>>>
    >>>>> mein zeister, she bee dee softhead.
    >>>>
    >>>>Wonderful, it means your childhoods can be dragged up during technical
    >>>>discussions.
    >>>
    >>> Right, like softheads grok technical.

    >>
    >>Right, young man, let's see a report from you by tomorrow morning on this
    >>desk about recursive functions . . . .

    >
    >Yes SIR!
    >
    ><salutes>
    >
    ><turns around>
    >
    ><discretely gives the finger>


    Please stand between two mirrors and make it recursive.

    --

    Does the name Pavlov ring a bell?

    Aratzio - Usenet ruiner #2
     
  2. mimus

    mimus Guest

    On Thu, 13 Dec 2007 15:32:06 -0800, Aratzio wrote:

    > On Thu, 13 Dec 2007 18:26:19 -0500, in the land of
    > alt.alien.vampire.flonk.flonk.flonk, Wavy G
    > <godsspeciallamb@gmail.com> got double secret probation for writing:
    >
    >>Don't fight it, mimus...Just lie down and try to relax:
    >>
    >>>On Thu, 13 Dec 2007 15:10:44 -0800, Aratzio wrote:
    >>>
    >>>> On Thu, 13 Dec 2007 17:25:10 -0500, in the land of
    >>>> alt.alien.vampire.flonk.flonk.flonk, mimus <tinmimus99@hotmail.com>
    >>>> got double secret probation for writing:
    >>>>
    >>>>>On Thu, 13 Dec 2007 21:59:21 +0000, Aratzio wrote:
    >>>>>
    >>>>>> On Thu, 13 Dec 2007 16:19:16 -0500, in
    >>>>>> alt.alien.vampire.flonk.flonk.flonk, mimus <tinmimus99@hotmail.com>
    >>>>>> bloviated:
    >>>>>>
    >>>>>>>On Thu, 13 Dec 2007 20:55:04 +0000, Aratzio wrote:
    >>>>>>>
    >>>>>>>> On Thu, 13 Dec 2007 15:39:19 -0500, in
    >>>>>>>> alt.alien.vampire.flonk.flonk.flonk, mimus <tinmimus99@hotmail.com>
    >>>>>>>> bloviated:
    >>>>>>>>
    >>>>>>>>>On Thu, 13 Dec 2007 20:28:30 +0000, Aratzio wrote:
    >>>>>>>>>
    >>>>>>>>>> On Thu, 13 Dec 2007 15:27:17 -0500, in
    >>>>>>>>>> alt.alien.vampire.flonk.flonk.flonk, mimus <tinmimus99@hotmail.com>
    >>>>>>>>>> bloviated:
    >>>>>>>>>>
    >>>>>>>>>>>On Thu, 13 Dec 2007 15:27:45 +0000, Aratzio wrote:
    >>>>>>>>>>>
    >>>>>>>>>>>> On Thu, 13 Dec 2007 10:23:41 -0500, in
    >>>>>>>>>>>> alt.alien.vampire.flonk.flonk.flonk, dave hillstrom <DaVe@MeOw.OrG>
    >>>>>>>>>>>> bloviated:
    >>>>>>>>>>>>
    >>>>>>>>>>>>>On Thu, 13 Dec 2007 02:17:40 -0600, trippy
    >>>>>>>>>>>>><silverbells@tacoshells.com> wrote:
    >>>>>>>>>>>>>
    >>>>>>>>>>>>>>In article <16mdnS3vLPE7R_3anZ2dnUVZ_r2nnZ2d@giganews.com>, mimus took
    >>>>>>>>>>>>>>the hamburger meat, threw it on the grill, and I said "Oh Wow"...
    >>>>>>>>>>>>>>
    >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Either the Big-Endians or the Little-Endians have to go.
    >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
    >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Also whoever moved stddef.h out of my /usr/include directory without even
    >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> leaving a note (something like stddef.h.readme).
    >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
    >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> (It's in-- get this-- /usr/lib/gcc/i486-linux-gnu/4.0.2/include.)
    >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
    >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Start sharpening the knives!
    >>>>>>>>>>>>>>
    >>>>>>>>>>>>>>That's because C sucks.
    >>>>>>>>>>>>>>
    >>>>>>>>>>>>>>Tell it to take its lame-ass pointers and go.
    >>>>>>>>>>>>>
    >>>>>>>>>>>>>ahem. C and assembler are the languages of Ghod.
    >>>>>>>>>>>>
    >>>>>>>>>>>> Real engineers can make HP Basic work.
    >>>>>>>>>>>
    >>>>>>>>>>>But do they want to?
    >>>>>>>>>>
    >>>>>>>>>> Hell no. But if that is what the freaking equipment uses ya aint gots
    >>>>>>>>>> know choice.
    >>>>>>>>>
    >>>>>>>>>"Alright, fuck this, the _first_ thing we do is write a symbolic
    >>>>>>>>>dis/assembler . . . ."
    >>>>>>>>
    >>>>>>>> I would never stoop to such,
    >>>>>>>
    >>>>>>>Can't get any more compact and faster and exploitative of system
    >>>>>>>advantages.
    >>>>>>>
    >>>>>>>> besides, I iz hardhead knot softhead.
    >>>>>>>
    >>>>>>>Eh, well, one needs at least one of each for a really feisty system.
    >>>>>>>
    >>>>>>>And a manager-cum-referee (someone experienced in hostage negotiation
    >>>>>>>would be just about right).
    >>>>>>
    >>>>>> mein zeister, she bee dee softhead.
    >>>>>
    >>>>>Wonderful, it means your childhoods can be dragged up during technical
    >>>>>discussions.
    >>>>
    >>>> Right, like softheads grok technical.
    >>>
    >>>Right, young man, let's see a report from you by tomorrow morning on this
    >>>desk about recursive functions . . . .

    >>
    >>Yes SIR!
    >>
    >><salutes>
    >>
    >><turns around>
    >>
    >><discretely gives the finger>

    >
    > Please stand between two mirrors and make it recursive.


    That's a _lot_ of fingers . . . .

    --
    tinmimus99@hotmail.com

    smeeter 11 or maybe 12

    mp 10

    mhm 29x13

    "The math is easy," said Chaos.

    < _Thief of Time_
     
  3. mimus

    mimus Guest

    On Thu, 13 Dec 2007 15:29:51 -0800, Aratzio wrote:

    > On Thu, 13 Dec 2007 18:24:11 -0500, in the land of
    > alt.alien.vampire.flonk.flonk.flonk, mimus <tinmimus99@hotmail.com>
    > got double secret probation for writing:
    >
    >>On Thu, 13 Dec 2007 15:10:44 -0800, Aratzio wrote:
    >>
    >>> On Thu, 13 Dec 2007 17:25:10 -0500, in the land of
    >>> alt.alien.vampire.flonk.flonk.flonk, mimus <tinmimus99@hotmail.com>
    >>> got double secret probation for writing:
    >>>
    >>>>On Thu, 13 Dec 2007 21:59:21 +0000, Aratzio wrote:
    >>>>
    >>>>> On Thu, 13 Dec 2007 16:19:16 -0500, in
    >>>>> alt.alien.vampire.flonk.flonk.flonk, mimus <tinmimus99@hotmail.com>
    >>>>> bloviated:
    >>>>>
    >>>>>>On Thu, 13 Dec 2007 20:55:04 +0000, Aratzio wrote:
    >>>>>>
    >>>>>>> On Thu, 13 Dec 2007 15:39:19 -0500, in
    >>>>>>> alt.alien.vampire.flonk.flonk.flonk, mimus <tinmimus99@hotmail.com>
    >>>>>>> bloviated:
    >>>>>>>
    >>>>>>>>On Thu, 13 Dec 2007 20:28:30 +0000, Aratzio wrote:
    >>>>>>>>
    >>>>>>>>> On Thu, 13 Dec 2007 15:27:17 -0500, in
    >>>>>>>>> alt.alien.vampire.flonk.flonk.flonk, mimus <tinmimus99@hotmail.com>
    >>>>>>>>> bloviated:
    >>>>>>>>>
    >>>>>>>>>>On Thu, 13 Dec 2007 15:27:45 +0000, Aratzio wrote:
    >>>>>>>>>>
    >>>>>>>>>>> On Thu, 13 Dec 2007 10:23:41 -0500, in
    >>>>>>>>>>> alt.alien.vampire.flonk.flonk.flonk, dave hillstrom <DaVe@MeOw.OrG>
    >>>>>>>>>>> bloviated:
    >>>>>>>>>>>
    >>>>>>>>>>>>On Thu, 13 Dec 2007 02:17:40 -0600, trippy
    >>>>>>>>>>>><silverbells@tacoshells.com> wrote:
    >>>>>>>>>>>>
    >>>>>>>>>>>>>In article <16mdnS3vLPE7R_3anZ2dnUVZ_r2nnZ2d@giganews.com>, mimus took
    >>>>>>>>>>>>>the hamburger meat, threw it on the grill, and I said "Oh Wow"...
    >>>>>>>>>>>>>
    >>>>>>>>>>>>>> Either the Big-Endians or the Little-Endians have to go.
    >>>>>>>>>>>>>>
    >>>>>>>>>>>>>> Also whoever moved stddef.h out of my /usr/include directory without even
    >>>>>>>>>>>>>> leaving a note (something like stddef.h.readme).
    >>>>>>>>>>>>>>
    >>>>>>>>>>>>>> (It's in-- get this-- /usr/lib/gcc/i486-linux-gnu/4.0.2/include.)
    >>>>>>>>>>>>>>
    >>>>>>>>>>>>>> Start sharpening the knives!
    >>>>>>>>>>>>>
    >>>>>>>>>>>>>That's because C sucks.
    >>>>>>>>>>>>>
    >>>>>>>>>>>>>Tell it to take its lame-ass pointers and go.
    >>>>>>>>>>>>
    >>>>>>>>>>>>ahem. C and assembler are the languages of Ghod.
    >>>>>>>>>>>
    >>>>>>>>>>> Real engineers can make HP Basic work.
    >>>>>>>>>>
    >>>>>>>>>>But do they want to?
    >>>>>>>>>
    >>>>>>>>> Hell no. But if that is what the freaking equipment uses ya aint gots
    >>>>>>>>> know choice.
    >>>>>>>>
    >>>>>>>>"Alright, fuck this, the _first_ thing we do is write a symbolic
    >>>>>>>>dis/assembler . . . ."
    >>>>>>>
    >>>>>>> I would never stoop to such,
    >>>>>>
    >>>>>>Can't get any more compact and faster and exploitative of system
    >>>>>>advantages.
    >>>>>>
    >>>>>>> besides, I iz hardhead knot softhead.
    >>>>>>
    >>>>>>Eh, well, one needs at least one of each for a really feisty system.
    >>>>>>
    >>>>>>And a manager-cum-referee (someone experienced in hostage negotiation
    >>>>>>would be just about right).
    >>>>>
    >>>>> mein zeister, she bee dee softhead.
    >>>>
    >>>>Wonderful, it means your childhoods can be dragged up during technical
    >>>>discussions.
    >>>
    >>> Right, like softheads grok technical.

    >>
    >>Right, young man, let's see a report from you by tomorrow morning on this
    >>desk about recursive functions . . . .

    >
    > That is not technical, that is entirely too math like.


    Naw, in programming it's just functions that call themselves . . . .

    Best to just not think about it and just let them do their own things.

    Trying to trace that stuff or even (Kernighan and Ritchie forbid) work
    through it ahead of time can only lead to suffering and tears.

    > SMEE!


    SMEE!

    --
    tinmimus99@hotmail.com

    smeeter 11 or maybe 12

    mp 10

    mhm 29x13

    "The math is easy," said Chaos.

    < _Thief of Time_
     
  4. Wavy G

    Wavy G Guest

    Don't fight it, mimus...Just lie down and try to relax:

    >On Thu, 13 Dec 2007 15:32:06 -0800, Aratzio wrote:
    >
    >> On Thu, 13 Dec 2007 18:26:19 -0500, in the land of
    >> alt.alien.vampire.flonk.flonk.flonk, Wavy G
    >> <godsspeciallamb@gmail.com> got double secret probation for writing:
    >>
    >>>Don't fight it, mimus...Just lie down and try to relax:
    >>>
    >>>>On Thu, 13 Dec 2007 15:10:44 -0800, Aratzio wrote:
    >>>>
    >>>>> On Thu, 13 Dec 2007 17:25:10 -0500, in the land of
    >>>>> alt.alien.vampire.flonk.flonk.flonk, mimus <tinmimus99@hotmail.com>
    >>>>> got double secret probation for writing:
    >>>>>
    >>>>>>On Thu, 13 Dec 2007 21:59:21 +0000, Aratzio wrote:
    >>>>>>
    >>>>>>> On Thu, 13 Dec 2007 16:19:16 -0500, in
    >>>>>>> alt.alien.vampire.flonk.flonk.flonk, mimus <tinmimus99@hotmail.com>
    >>>>>>> bloviated:
    >>>>>>>
    >>>>>>>>On Thu, 13 Dec 2007 20:55:04 +0000, Aratzio wrote:
    >>>>>>>>
    >>>>>>>>> On Thu, 13 Dec 2007 15:39:19 -0500, in
    >>>>>>>>> alt.alien.vampire.flonk.flonk.flonk, mimus <tinmimus99@hotmail.com>
    >>>>>>>>> bloviated:
    >>>>>>>>>
    >>>>>>>>>>On Thu, 13 Dec 2007 20:28:30 +0000, Aratzio wrote:
    >>>>>>>>>>
    >>>>>>>>>>> On Thu, 13 Dec 2007 15:27:17 -0500, in
    >>>>>>>>>>> alt.alien.vampire.flonk.flonk.flonk, mimus <tinmimus99@hotmail.com>
    >>>>>>>>>>> bloviated:
    >>>>>>>>>>>
    >>>>>>>>>>>>On Thu, 13 Dec 2007 15:27:45 +0000, Aratzio wrote:
    >>>>>>>>>>>>
    >>>>>>>>>>>>> On Thu, 13 Dec 2007 10:23:41 -0500, in
    >>>>>>>>>>>>> alt.alien.vampire.flonk.flonk.flonk, dave hillstrom <DaVe@MeOw.OrG>
    >>>>>>>>>>>>> bloviated:
    >>>>>>>>>>>>>
    >>>>>>>>>>>>>>On Thu, 13 Dec 2007 02:17:40 -0600, trippy
    >>>>>>>>>>>>>><silverbells@tacoshells.com> wrote:
    >>>>>>>>>>>>>>
    >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>In article <16mdnS3vLPE7R_3anZ2dnUVZ_r2nnZ2d@giganews.com>, mimus took
    >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>the hamburger meat, threw it on the grill, and I said "Oh Wow"...
    >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
    >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Either the Big-Endians or the Little-Endians have to go.
    >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
    >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Also whoever moved stddef.h out of my /usr/include directory without even
    >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> leaving a note (something like stddef.h.readme).
    >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
    >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> (It's in-- get this-- /usr/lib/gcc/i486-linux-gnu/4.0.2/include.)
    >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
    >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Start sharpening the knives!
    >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
    >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>That's because C sucks.
    >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
    >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Tell it to take its lame-ass pointers and go.
    >>>>>>>>>>>>>>
    >>>>>>>>>>>>>>ahem. C and assembler are the languages of Ghod.
    >>>>>>>>>>>>>
    >>>>>>>>>>>>> Real engineers can make HP Basic work.
    >>>>>>>>>>>>
    >>>>>>>>>>>>But do they want to?
    >>>>>>>>>>>
    >>>>>>>>>>> Hell no. But if that is what the freaking equipment uses ya aint gots
    >>>>>>>>>>> know choice.
    >>>>>>>>>>
    >>>>>>>>>>"Alright, fuck this, the _first_ thing we do is write a symbolic
    >>>>>>>>>>dis/assembler . . . ."
    >>>>>>>>>
    >>>>>>>>> I would never stoop to such,
    >>>>>>>>
    >>>>>>>>Can't get any more compact and faster and exploitative of system
    >>>>>>>>advantages.
    >>>>>>>>
    >>>>>>>>> besides, I iz hardhead knot softhead.
    >>>>>>>>
    >>>>>>>>Eh, well, one needs at least one of each for a really feisty system.
    >>>>>>>>
    >>>>>>>>And a manager-cum-referee (someone experienced in hostage negotiation
    >>>>>>>>would be just about right).
    >>>>>>>
    >>>>>>> mein zeister, she bee dee softhead.
    >>>>>>
    >>>>>>Wonderful, it means your childhoods can be dragged up during technical
    >>>>>>discussions.
    >>>>>
    >>>>> Right, like softheads grok technical.
    >>>>
    >>>>Right, young man, let's see a report from you by tomorrow morning on this
    >>>>desk about recursive functions . . . .
    >>>
    >>>Yes SIR!
    >>>
    >>><salutes>
    >>>
    >>><turns around>
    >>>
    >>><discretely gives the finger>

    >>
    >> Please stand between two mirrors and make it recursive.

    >
    >That's a _lot_ of fingers . . . .


    Is that like a dream come true, LOL?

    --
    "Memo to God: Last two things to do: (1) Cancel Wavy. (2) Turn out the lights."
    --Mimus submits a rewrite for the ending of The Bible.


    *****************************************
    * *
    * Wavy G *
    * mail me at: *
    * godsspeciallamb @ gmail.com *
    * *
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  5. mixed nuts

    mixed nuts Guest

    Aratzio wrote:
    > On Thu, 13 Dec 2007 17:23:22 -0500, in the land of
    > alt.alien.vampire.flonk.flonk.flonk, mixed nuts
    > <melopsitticus@undulatus.budgie> got double secret probation for
    > writing:
    >
    >>Aratzio wrote:
    >>
    >>>On Thu, 13 Dec 2007 16:19:16 -0500, in
    >>>alt.alien.vampire.flonk.flonk.flonk, mimus <tinmimus99@hotmail.com>
    >>>bloviated:
    >>>
    >>>>On Thu, 13 Dec 2007 20:55:04 +0000, Aratzio wrote:
    >>>>
    >>>>>On Thu, 13 Dec 2007 15:39:19 -0500, in
    >>>>>alt.alien.vampire.flonk.flonk.flonk, mimus <tinmimus99@hotmail.com>
    >>>>>bloviated:
    >>>>>
    >>>>>>On Thu, 13 Dec 2007 20:28:30 +0000, Aratzio wrote:
    >>>>>>
    >>>>>>>On Thu, 13 Dec 2007 15:27:17 -0500, in
    >>>>>>>alt.alien.vampire.flonk.flonk.flonk, mimus <tinmimus99@hotmail.com>
    >>>>>>>bloviated:
    >>>>>>>
    >>>>>>>>On Thu, 13 Dec 2007 15:27:45 +0000, Aratzio wrote:
    >>>>>>>>
    >>>>>>>>>On Thu, 13 Dec 2007 10:23:41 -0500, in
    >>>>>>>>>alt.alien.vampire.flonk.flonk.flonk, dave hillstrom <DaVe@MeOw.OrG>
    >>>>>>>>>bloviated:
    >>>>>>>>>
    >>>>>>>>>>On Thu, 13 Dec 2007 02:17:40 -0600, trippy
    >>>>>>>>>><silverbells@tacoshells.com> wrote:
    >>>>>>>>>>
    >>>>>>>>>>>In article <16mdnS3vLPE7R_3anZ2dnUVZ_r2nnZ2d@giganews.com>, mimus took
    >>>>>>>>>>>the hamburger meat, threw it on the grill, and I said "Oh Wow"...
    >>>>>>>>>>>
    >>>>>>>>>>>>Either the Big-Endians or the Little-Endians have to go.
    >>>>>>>>>>>>
    >>>>>>>>>>>>Also whoever moved stddef.h out of my /usr/include directory without even
    >>>>>>>>>>>>leaving a note (something like stddef.h.readme).
    >>>>>>>>>>>>
    >>>>>>>>>>>>(It's in-- get this-- /usr/lib/gcc/i486-linux-gnu/4.0.2/include.)
    >>>>>>>>>>>>
    >>>>>>>>>>>>Start sharpening the knives!
    >>>>>>>>>>>
    >>>>>>>>>>>That's because C sucks.
    >>>>>>>>>>>
    >>>>>>>>>>>Tell it to take its lame-ass pointers and go.
    >>>>>>>>>>
    >>>>>>>>>>ahem. C and assembler are the languages of Ghod.
    >>>>>>>>>
    >>>>>>>>>Real engineers can make HP Basic work.

    >>
    >>It was a pretty neat thing back in 1970. Even had support for matrix
    >>and graphic operations just like the original Dartmouth basic.

    >
    > Dunno that I ever saw graphics, we can do some purty ascii.


    Plodders (Calcomp, several others from academic spin-offs, and a bit
    later some stuff from Tektronix, HP and Houston), Tektronix T4002
    ternimals, bloody expensive vector displays from Hughes and Ramtek and
    ascii printouts spread out on a gymnasium floor and photographed.

    >
    >>>>>>>>But do they want to?
    >>>>>>>
    >>>>>>>Hell no. But if that is what the freaking equipment uses ya aint gots
    >>>>>>>know choice.

    >>
    >>You can ignore it and talk SCPI over the ethernets from a real computer
    >>with a real OS. Most decent test equipment has services like FTP and
    >>NFS available. Plus also, <puke> you can use <barf> National Instruments
    >>stuff to provide a glitzy interface with knobs and meters without
    >>having to learn much programming.

    >
    > Ah, modern test equipment. Gee, must be nice.


    Obsolete, unsupported and depreciated after 5-7 years. Perfectly good
    stuff but one minor but unrepairable problem and it's dumpster time.

    >>>>>>"Alright, fuck this, the _first_ thing we do is write a symbolic
    >>>>>>dis/assembler . . . ."
    >>>>>
    >>>>>I would never stoop to such,
    >>>>
    >>>>Can't get any more compact and faster and exploitative of system
    >>>>advantages.
    >>>>
    >>>>>besides, I iz hardhead knot softhead.
    >>>>
    >>>>Eh, well, one needs at least one of each for a really feisty system.
    >>>>
    >>>>And a manager-cum-referee (someone experienced in hostage negotiation
    >>>>would be just about right).
    >>>
    >>>mein zeister, she bee dee softhead.

    >>
    >>Achachach.
    >>
    >>ITYM: Meine Schwester ist der weichekopf.

    >
    > No, I war speakin wid dee ackzenht.
    >

    So was I.

    --
    nuts
     
  6. "mimus" <tinmimus99@hotmail.com> wrote in message
    news:_rudnXTvk9NTWPzanZ2dnUVZ_gSdnZ2d@giganews.com...
    > On Thu, 13 Dec 2007 15:29:51 -0800, Aratzio wrote:
    >
    > > On Thu, 13 Dec 2007 18:24:11 -0500, in the land of
    > > alt.alien.vampire.flonk.flonk.flonk, mimus <tinmimus99@hotmail.com>
    > > got double secret probation for writing:
    > >
    > >>On Thu, 13 Dec 2007 15:10:44 -0800, Aratzio wrote:
    > >>
    > >>> On Thu, 13 Dec 2007 17:25:10 -0500, in the land of
    > >>> alt.alien.vampire.flonk.flonk.flonk, mimus <tinmimus99@hotmail.com>
    > >>> got double secret probation for writing:
    > >>>
    > >>>>On Thu, 13 Dec 2007 21:59:21 +0000, Aratzio wrote:
    > >>>>
    > >>>>> On Thu, 13 Dec 2007 16:19:16 -0500, in
    > >>>>> alt.alien.vampire.flonk.flonk.flonk, mimus <tinmimus99@hotmail.com>
    > >>>>> bloviated:
    > >>>>>
    > >>>>>>On Thu, 13 Dec 2007 20:55:04 +0000, Aratzio wrote:
    > >>>>>>
    > >>>>>>> On Thu, 13 Dec 2007 15:39:19 -0500, in
    > >>>>>>> alt.alien.vampire.flonk.flonk.flonk, mimus

    <tinmimus99@hotmail.com>
    > >>>>>>> bloviated:
    > >>>>>>>
    > >>>>>>>>On Thu, 13 Dec 2007 20:28:30 +0000, Aratzio wrote:
    > >>>>>>>>
    > >>>>>>>>> On Thu, 13 Dec 2007 15:27:17 -0500, in
    > >>>>>>>>> alt.alien.vampire.flonk.flonk.flonk, mimus

    <tinmimus99@hotmail.com>
    > >>>>>>>>> bloviated:
    > >>>>>>>>>
    > >>>>>>>>>>On Thu, 13 Dec 2007 15:27:45 +0000, Aratzio wrote:
    > >>>>>>>>>>
    > >>>>>>>>>>> On Thu, 13 Dec 2007 10:23:41 -0500, in
    > >>>>>>>>>>> alt.alien.vampire.flonk.flonk.flonk, dave hillstrom

    <DaVe@MeOw.OrG>
    > >>>>>>>>>>> bloviated:
    > >>>>>>>>>>>
    > >>>>>>>>>>>>On Thu, 13 Dec 2007 02:17:40 -0600, trippy
    > >>>>>>>>>>>><silverbells@tacoshells.com> wrote:
    > >>>>>>>>>>>>
    > >>>>>>>>>>>>>In article <16mdnS3vLPE7R_3anZ2dnUVZ_r2nnZ2d@giganews.com>,

    mimus took
    > >>>>>>>>>>>>>the hamburger meat, threw it on the grill, and I said "Oh

    Wow"...
    > >>>>>>>>>>>>>
    > >>>>>>>>>>>>>> Either the Big-Endians or the Little-Endians have to go.
    > >>>>>>>>>>>>>>
    > >>>>>>>>>>>>>> Also whoever moved stddef.h out of my /usr/include

    directory without even
    > >>>>>>>>>>>>>> leaving a note (something like stddef.h.readme).
    > >>>>>>>>>>>>>>
    > >>>>>>>>>>>>>> (It's in-- get this--

    /usr/lib/gcc/i486-linux-gnu/4.0.2/include.)
    > >>>>>>>>>>>>>>
    > >>>>>>>>>>>>>> Start sharpening the knives!
    > >>>>>>>>>>>>>
    > >>>>>>>>>>>>>That's because C sucks.
    > >>>>>>>>>>>>>
    > >>>>>>>>>>>>>Tell it to take its lame-ass pointers and go.
    > >>>>>>>>>>>>
    > >>>>>>>>>>>>ahem. C and assembler are the languages of Ghod.
    > >>>>>>>>>>>
    > >>>>>>>>>>> Real engineers can make HP Basic work.
    > >>>>>>>>>>
    > >>>>>>>>>>But do they want to?
    > >>>>>>>>>
    > >>>>>>>>> Hell no. But if that is what the freaking equipment uses ya aint

    gots
    > >>>>>>>>> know choice.
    > >>>>>>>>
    > >>>>>>>>"Alright, fuck this, the _first_ thing we do is write a symbolic
    > >>>>>>>>dis/assembler . . . ."
    > >>>>>>>
    > >>>>>>> I would never stoop to such,
    > >>>>>>
    > >>>>>>Can't get any more compact and faster and exploitative of system
    > >>>>>>advantages.
    > >>>>>>
    > >>>>>>> besides, I iz hardhead knot softhead.
    > >>>>>>
    > >>>>>>Eh, well, one needs at least one of each for a really feisty system.
    > >>>>>>
    > >>>>>>And a manager-cum-referee (someone experienced in hostage

    negotiation
    > >>>>>>would be just about right).
    > >>>>>
    > >>>>> mein zeister, she bee dee softhead.
    > >>>>
    > >>>>Wonderful, it means your childhoods can be dragged up during technical
    > >>>>discussions.
    > >>>
    > >>> Right, like softheads grok technical.
    > >>
    > >>Right, young man, let's see a report from you by tomorrow morning on

    this
    > >>desk about recursive functions . . . .

    > >
    > > That is not technical, that is entirely too math like.

    >
    > Naw, in programming it's just functions that call themselves . . . .
    >
    > Best to just not think about it and just let them do their own things.
    >
    > Trying to trace that stuff or even (Kernighan and Ritchie forbid) work
    > through it ahead of time can only lead to suffering and tears.
    >
    > > SMEE!

    >
    > SMEE!


    WHAT?? Will you guys pleace to be stopping teh yelling?? I'll poke both of
    you!

    Smee, suffering

    >
    > --
    > tinmimus99@hotmail.com
    >
    > smeeter 11 or maybe 12
    >
    > mp 10
    >
    > mhm 29x13
    >
    > "The math is easy," said Chaos.
    >
    > < _Thief of Time_
    >
     
  7. mimus

    mimus Guest

    On Thu, 13 Dec 2007 23:04:22 -0800, pscissons wrote:

    >
    > "mimus" <tinmimus99@hotmail.com> wrote in message
    > news:_rudnXTvk9NTWPzanZ2dnUVZ_gSdnZ2d@giganews.com...
    >> On Thu, 13 Dec 2007 15:29:51 -0800, Aratzio wrote:
    >>
    >> > On Thu, 13 Dec 2007 18:24:11 -0500, in the land of
    >> > alt.alien.vampire.flonk.flonk.flonk, mimus <tinmimus99@hotmail.com>
    >> > got double secret probation for writing:
    >> >
    >> >>On Thu, 13 Dec 2007 15:10:44 -0800, Aratzio wrote:
    >> >>
    >> >>> On Thu, 13 Dec 2007 17:25:10 -0500, in the land of
    >> >>> alt.alien.vampire.flonk.flonk.flonk, mimus <tinmimus99@hotmail.com>
    >> >>> got double secret probation for writing:
    >> >>>
    >> >>>>On Thu, 13 Dec 2007 21:59:21 +0000, Aratzio wrote:
    >> >>>>
    >> >>>>> On Thu, 13 Dec 2007 16:19:16 -0500, in
    >> >>>>> alt.alien.vampire.flonk.flonk.flonk, mimus <tinmimus99@hotmail.com>
    >> >>>>> bloviated:
    >> >>>>>
    >> >>>>>>On Thu, 13 Dec 2007 20:55:04 +0000, Aratzio wrote:
    >> >>>>>>
    >> >>>>>>> On Thu, 13 Dec 2007 15:39:19 -0500, in
    >> >>>>>>> alt.alien.vampire.flonk.flonk.flonk, mimus

    > <tinmimus99@hotmail.com>
    >> >>>>>>> bloviated:
    >> >>>>>>>
    >> >>>>>>>>On Thu, 13 Dec 2007 20:28:30 +0000, Aratzio wrote:
    >> >>>>>>>>
    >> >>>>>>>>> On Thu, 13 Dec 2007 15:27:17 -0500, in
    >> >>>>>>>>> alt.alien.vampire.flonk.flonk.flonk, mimus

    > <tinmimus99@hotmail.com>
    >> >>>>>>>>> bloviated:
    >> >>>>>>>>>
    >> >>>>>>>>>>On Thu, 13 Dec 2007 15:27:45 +0000, Aratzio wrote:
    >> >>>>>>>>>>
    >> >>>>>>>>>>> On Thu, 13 Dec 2007 10:23:41 -0500, in
    >> >>>>>>>>>>> alt.alien.vampire.flonk.flonk.flonk, dave hillstrom

    > <DaVe@MeOw.OrG>
    >> >>>>>>>>>>> bloviated:
    >> >>>>>>>>>>>
    >> >>>>>>>>>>>>On Thu, 13 Dec 2007 02:17:40 -0600, trippy
    >> >>>>>>>>>>>><silverbells@tacoshells.com> wrote:
    >> >>>>>>>>>>>>
    >> >>>>>>>>>>>>>In article <16mdnS3vLPE7R_3anZ2dnUVZ_r2nnZ2d@giganews.com>,

    > mimus took
    >> >>>>>>>>>>>>>the hamburger meat, threw it on the grill, and I said "Oh

    > Wow"...
    >> >>>>>>>>>>>>>
    >> >>>>>>>>>>>>>> Either the Big-Endians or the Little-Endians have to go.
    >> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>
    >> >>>>>>>>>>>>>> Also whoever moved stddef.h out of my /usr/include

    > directory without even
    >> >>>>>>>>>>>>>> leaving a note (something like stddef.h.readme).
    >> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>
    >> >>>>>>>>>>>>>> (It's in-- get this--

    > /usr/lib/gcc/i486-linux-gnu/4.0.2/include.)
    >> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>
    >> >>>>>>>>>>>>>> Start sharpening the knives!
    >> >>>>>>>>>>>>>
    >> >>>>>>>>>>>>>That's because C sucks.
    >> >>>>>>>>>>>>>
    >> >>>>>>>>>>>>>Tell it to take its lame-ass pointers and go.
    >> >>>>>>>>>>>>
    >> >>>>>>>>>>>>ahem. C and assembler are the languages of Ghod.
    >> >>>>>>>>>>>
    >> >>>>>>>>>>> Real engineers can make HP Basic work.
    >> >>>>>>>>>>
    >> >>>>>>>>>>But do they want to?
    >> >>>>>>>>>
    >> >>>>>>>>> Hell no. But if that is what the freaking equipment uses ya aint

    > gots
    >> >>>>>>>>> know choice.
    >> >>>>>>>>
    >> >>>>>>>>"Alright, fuck this, the _first_ thing we do is write a symbolic
    >> >>>>>>>>dis/assembler . . . ."
    >> >>>>>>>
    >> >>>>>>> I would never stoop to such,
    >> >>>>>>
    >> >>>>>>Can't get any more compact and faster and exploitative of system
    >> >>>>>>advantages.
    >> >>>>>>
    >> >>>>>>> besides, I iz hardhead knot softhead.
    >> >>>>>>
    >> >>>>>>Eh, well, one needs at least one of each for a really feisty system.
    >> >>>>>>
    >> >>>>>>And a manager-cum-referee (someone experienced in hostage

    > negotiation
    >> >>>>>>would be just about right).
    >> >>>>>
    >> >>>>> mein zeister, she bee dee softhead.
    >> >>>>
    >> >>>>Wonderful, it means your childhoods can be dragged up during technical
    >> >>>>discussions.
    >> >>>
    >> >>> Right, like softheads grok technical.
    >> >>
    >> >>Right, young man, let's see a report from you by tomorrow morning on

    > this
    >> >>desk about recursive functions . . . .
    >> >
    >> > That is not technical, that is entirely too math like.

    >>
    >> Naw, in programming it's just functions that call themselves . . . .
    >>
    >> Best to just not think about it and just let them do their own things.
    >>
    >> Trying to trace that stuff or even (Kernighan and Ritchie forbid) work
    >> through it ahead of time can only lead to suffering and tears.
    >>
    >> > SMEE!

    >>
    >> SMEE!

    >
    > WHAT?? Will you guys pleace to be stopping teh yelling?? I'll poke both of
    > you!
    >
    > Smee, suffering


    <poke> away, this coffee ain't workin'.

    --
    tinmimus99@hotmail.com

    smeeter 11 or maybe 12

    mp 10

    mhm 29x13

    You want a job and a lizard to ride?

    < _The Einstein Intersection_
     
  8. On Fri, 14 Dec 2007 10:23:06 -0500, mimus <tinmimus99@hotmail.com>
    wrote:

    >On Thu, 13 Dec 2007 23:04:22 -0800, pscissons wrote:
    >
    >>
    >> "mimus" <tinmimus99@hotmail.com> wrote in message
    >> news:_rudnXTvk9NTWPzanZ2dnUVZ_gSdnZ2d@giganews.com...
    >>> On Thu, 13 Dec 2007 15:29:51 -0800, Aratzio wrote:
    >>>
    >>> > On Thu, 13 Dec 2007 18:24:11 -0500, in the land of
    >>> > alt.alien.vampire.flonk.flonk.flonk, mimus <tinmimus99@hotmail.com>
    >>> > got double secret probation for writing:
    >>> >
    >>> >>On Thu, 13 Dec 2007 15:10:44 -0800, Aratzio wrote:
    >>> >>
    >>> >>> On Thu, 13 Dec 2007 17:25:10 -0500, in the land of
    >>> >>> alt.alien.vampire.flonk.flonk.flonk, mimus <tinmimus99@hotmail.com>
    >>> >>> got double secret probation for writing:
    >>> >>>
    >>> >>>>On Thu, 13 Dec 2007 21:59:21 +0000, Aratzio wrote:
    >>> >>>>
    >>> >>>>> On Thu, 13 Dec 2007 16:19:16 -0500, in
    >>> >>>>> alt.alien.vampire.flonk.flonk.flonk, mimus <tinmimus99@hotmail.com>
    >>> >>>>> bloviated:
    >>> >>>>>
    >>> >>>>>>On Thu, 13 Dec 2007 20:55:04 +0000, Aratzio wrote:
    >>> >>>>>>
    >>> >>>>>>> On Thu, 13 Dec 2007 15:39:19 -0500, in
    >>> >>>>>>> alt.alien.vampire.flonk.flonk.flonk, mimus

    >> <tinmimus99@hotmail.com>
    >>> >>>>>>> bloviated:
    >>> >>>>>>>
    >>> >>>>>>>>On Thu, 13 Dec 2007 20:28:30 +0000, Aratzio wrote:
    >>> >>>>>>>>
    >>> >>>>>>>>> On Thu, 13 Dec 2007 15:27:17 -0500, in
    >>> >>>>>>>>> alt.alien.vampire.flonk.flonk.flonk, mimus

    >> <tinmimus99@hotmail.com>
    >>> >>>>>>>>> bloviated:
    >>> >>>>>>>>>
    >>> >>>>>>>>>>On Thu, 13 Dec 2007 15:27:45 +0000, Aratzio wrote:
    >>> >>>>>>>>>>
    >>> >>>>>>>>>>> On Thu, 13 Dec 2007 10:23:41 -0500, in
    >>> >>>>>>>>>>> alt.alien.vampire.flonk.flonk.flonk, dave hillstrom

    >> <DaVe@MeOw.OrG>
    >>> >>>>>>>>>>> bloviated:
    >>> >>>>>>>>>>>
    >>> >>>>>>>>>>>>On Thu, 13 Dec 2007 02:17:40 -0600, trippy
    >>> >>>>>>>>>>>><silverbells@tacoshells.com> wrote:
    >>> >>>>>>>>>>>>
    >>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>In article <16mdnS3vLPE7R_3anZ2dnUVZ_r2nnZ2d@giganews.com>,

    >> mimus took
    >>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>the hamburger meat, threw it on the grill, and I said "Oh

    >> Wow"...
    >>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>
    >>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>> Either the Big-Endians or the Little-Endians have to go.
    >>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>
    >>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>> Also whoever moved stddef.h out of my /usr/include

    >> directory without even
    >>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>> leaving a note (something like stddef.h.readme).
    >>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>
    >>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>> (It's in-- get this--

    >> /usr/lib/gcc/i486-linux-gnu/4.0.2/include.)
    >>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>
    >>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>> Start sharpening the knives!
    >>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>
    >>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>That's because C sucks.
    >>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>
    >>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>Tell it to take its lame-ass pointers and go.
    >>> >>>>>>>>>>>>
    >>> >>>>>>>>>>>>ahem. C and assembler are the languages of Ghod.
    >>> >>>>>>>>>>>
    >>> >>>>>>>>>>> Real engineers can make HP Basic work.
    >>> >>>>>>>>>>
    >>> >>>>>>>>>>But do they want to?
    >>> >>>>>>>>>
    >>> >>>>>>>>> Hell no. But if that is what the freaking equipment uses ya aint

    >> gots
    >>> >>>>>>>>> know choice.
    >>> >>>>>>>>
    >>> >>>>>>>>"Alright, fuck this, the _first_ thing we do is write a symbolic
    >>> >>>>>>>>dis/assembler . . . ."
    >>> >>>>>>>
    >>> >>>>>>> I would never stoop to such,
    >>> >>>>>>
    >>> >>>>>>Can't get any more compact and faster and exploitative of system
    >>> >>>>>>advantages.
    >>> >>>>>>
    >>> >>>>>>> besides, I iz hardhead knot softhead.
    >>> >>>>>>
    >>> >>>>>>Eh, well, one needs at least one of each for a really feisty system.
    >>> >>>>>>
    >>> >>>>>>And a manager-cum-referee (someone experienced in hostage

    >> negotiation
    >>> >>>>>>would be just about right).
    >>> >>>>>
    >>> >>>>> mein zeister, she bee dee softhead.
    >>> >>>>
    >>> >>>>Wonderful, it means your childhoods can be dragged up during technical
    >>> >>>>discussions.
    >>> >>>
    >>> >>> Right, like softheads grok technical.
    >>> >>
    >>> >>Right, young man, let's see a report from you by tomorrow morning on

    >> this
    >>> >>desk about recursive functions . . . .
    >>> >
    >>> > That is not technical, that is entirely too math like.
    >>>
    >>> Naw, in programming it's just functions that call themselves . . . .
    >>>
    >>> Best to just not think about it and just let them do their own things.
    >>>
    >>> Trying to trace that stuff or even (Kernighan and Ritchie forbid) work
    >>> through it ahead of time can only lead to suffering and tears.
    >>>
    >>> > SMEE!
    >>>
    >>> SMEE!

    >>
    >> WHAT?? Will you guys pleace to be stopping teh yelling?? I'll poke both of
    >> you!
    >>
    >> Smee, suffering

    >
    ><poke> away, this coffee ain't workin'.


    now, if you really want recursive, what you want is LISP.

    --
    dave hillstrom mhm15x4 zrbj

    <This space for rent.>
     
  9. mimus

    mimus Guest

    On Fri, 14 Dec 2007 17:56:45 -0500, dave hillstrom wrote:

    > On Fri, 14 Dec 2007 10:23:06 -0500, mimus <tinmimus99@hotmail.com>
    > wrote:
    >
    >>On Thu, 13 Dec 2007 23:04:22 -0800, pscissons wrote:
    >>
    >>>
    >>> "mimus" <tinmimus99@hotmail.com> wrote in message
    >>> news:_rudnXTvk9NTWPzanZ2dnUVZ_gSdnZ2d@giganews.com...
    >>>> On Thu, 13 Dec 2007 15:29:51 -0800, Aratzio wrote:
    >>>>
    >>>> > On Thu, 13 Dec 2007 18:24:11 -0500, in the land of
    >>>> > alt.alien.vampire.flonk.flonk.flonk, mimus <tinmimus99@hotmail.com>
    >>>> > got double secret probation for writing:
    >>>> >
    >>>> >>On Thu, 13 Dec 2007 15:10:44 -0800, Aratzio wrote:
    >>>> >>
    >>>> >>> On Thu, 13 Dec 2007 17:25:10 -0500, in the land of
    >>>> >>> alt.alien.vampire.flonk.flonk.flonk, mimus <tinmimus99@hotmail.com>
    >>>> >>> got double secret probation for writing:
    >>>> >>>
    >>>> >>>>On Thu, 13 Dec 2007 21:59:21 +0000, Aratzio wrote:
    >>>> >>>>
    >>>> >>>>> On Thu, 13 Dec 2007 16:19:16 -0500, in
    >>>> >>>>> alt.alien.vampire.flonk.flonk.flonk, mimus <tinmimus99@hotmail.com>
    >>>> >>>>> bloviated:
    >>>> >>>>>
    >>>> >>>>>>On Thu, 13 Dec 2007 20:55:04 +0000, Aratzio wrote:
    >>>> >>>>>>
    >>>> >>>>>>> On Thu, 13 Dec 2007 15:39:19 -0500, in
    >>>> >>>>>>> alt.alien.vampire.flonk.flonk.flonk, mimus
    >>> <tinmimus99@hotmail.com>
    >>>> >>>>>>> bloviated:
    >>>> >>>>>>>
    >>>> >>>>>>>>On Thu, 13 Dec 2007 20:28:30 +0000, Aratzio wrote:
    >>>> >>>>>>>>
    >>>> >>>>>>>>> On Thu, 13 Dec 2007 15:27:17 -0500, in
    >>>> >>>>>>>>> alt.alien.vampire.flonk.flonk.flonk, mimus
    >>> <tinmimus99@hotmail.com>
    >>>> >>>>>>>>> bloviated:
    >>>> >>>>>>>>>
    >>>> >>>>>>>>>>On Thu, 13 Dec 2007 15:27:45 +0000, Aratzio wrote:
    >>>> >>>>>>>>>>
    >>>> >>>>>>>>>>> On Thu, 13 Dec 2007 10:23:41 -0500, in
    >>>> >>>>>>>>>>> alt.alien.vampire.flonk.flonk.flonk, dave hillstrom
    >>> <DaVe@MeOw.OrG>
    >>>> >>>>>>>>>>> bloviated:
    >>>> >>>>>>>>>>>
    >>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>On Thu, 13 Dec 2007 02:17:40 -0600, trippy
    >>>> >>>>>>>>>>>><silverbells@tacoshells.com> wrote:
    >>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>
    >>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>In article <16mdnS3vLPE7R_3anZ2dnUVZ_r2nnZ2d@giganews.com>,
    >>> mimus took
    >>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>the hamburger meat, threw it on the grill, and I said "Oh
    >>> Wow"...
    >>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>
    >>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>> Either the Big-Endians or the Little-Endians have to go.
    >>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>
    >>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>> Also whoever moved stddef.h out of my /usr/include
    >>> directory without even
    >>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>> leaving a note (something like stddef.h.readme).
    >>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>
    >>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>> (It's in-- get this--
    >>> /usr/lib/gcc/i486-linux-gnu/4.0.2/include.)
    >>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>
    >>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>> Start sharpening the knives!
    >>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>
    >>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>That's because C sucks.
    >>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>
    >>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>Tell it to take its lame-ass pointers and go.
    >>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>
    >>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>ahem. C and assembler are the languages of Ghod.
    >>>> >>>>>>>>>>>
    >>>> >>>>>>>>>>> Real engineers can make HP Basic work.
    >>>> >>>>>>>>>>
    >>>> >>>>>>>>>>But do they want to?
    >>>> >>>>>>>>>
    >>>> >>>>>>>>> Hell no. But if that is what the freaking equipment uses ya aint
    >>> gots
    >>>> >>>>>>>>> know choice.
    >>>> >>>>>>>>
    >>>> >>>>>>>>"Alright, fuck this, the _first_ thing we do is write a symbolic
    >>>> >>>>>>>>dis/assembler . . . ."
    >>>> >>>>>>>
    >>>> >>>>>>> I would never stoop to such,
    >>>> >>>>>>
    >>>> >>>>>>Can't get any more compact and faster and exploitative of system
    >>>> >>>>>>advantages.
    >>>> >>>>>>
    >>>> >>>>>>> besides, I iz hardhead knot softhead.
    >>>> >>>>>>
    >>>> >>>>>>Eh, well, one needs at least one of each for a really feisty system.
    >>>> >>>>>>
    >>>> >>>>>>And a manager-cum-referee (someone experienced in hostage
    >>> negotiation
    >>>> >>>>>>would be just about right).
    >>>> >>>>>
    >>>> >>>>> mein zeister, she bee dee softhead.
    >>>> >>>>
    >>>> >>>>Wonderful, it means your childhoods can be dragged up during technical
    >>>> >>>>discussions.
    >>>> >>>
    >>>> >>> Right, like softheads grok technical.
    >>>> >>
    >>>> >>Right, young man, let's see a report from you by tomorrow morning on
    >>> this
    >>>> >>desk about recursive functions . . . .
    >>>> >
    >>>> > That is not technical, that is entirely too math like.
    >>>>
    >>>> Naw, in programming it's just functions that call themselves . . . .
    >>>>
    >>>> Best to just not think about it and just let them do their own things.
    >>>>
    >>>> Trying to trace that stuff or even (Kernighan and Ritchie forbid) work
    >>>> through it ahead of time can only lead to suffering and tears.
    >>>>
    >>>> > SMEE!
    >>>>
    >>>> SMEE!
    >>>
    >>> WHAT?? Will you guys pleace to be stopping teh yelling?? I'll poke both of
    >>> you!
    >>>
    >>> Smee, suffering

    >>
    >><poke> away, this coffee ain't workin'.

    >
    > now, if you really want recursive, what you want is LISP.


    Wasn't that replaced by LITHP?

    --
    tinmimus99@hotmail.com

    smeeter 11 or maybe 12

    mp 10

    mhm 29x13
    Everyone hates us.

    < _Kontroll_
     
  10. On Sat, 15 Dec 2007 06:55:53 -0500, mimus <tinmimus99@hotmail.com>
    wrote:

    >On Fri, 14 Dec 2007 17:56:45 -0500, dave hillstrom wrote:
    >
    >> On Fri, 14 Dec 2007 10:23:06 -0500, mimus <tinmimus99@hotmail.com>
    >> wrote:
    >>
    >>>On Thu, 13 Dec 2007 23:04:22 -0800, pscissons wrote:
    >>>
    >>>>
    >>>> "mimus" <tinmimus99@hotmail.com> wrote in message
    >>>> news:_rudnXTvk9NTWPzanZ2dnUVZ_gSdnZ2d@giganews.com...
    >>>>> On Thu, 13 Dec 2007 15:29:51 -0800, Aratzio wrote:
    >>>>>
    >>>>> > On Thu, 13 Dec 2007 18:24:11 -0500, in the land of
    >>>>> > alt.alien.vampire.flonk.flonk.flonk, mimus <tinmimus99@hotmail.com>
    >>>>> > got double secret probation for writing:
    >>>>> >
    >>>>> >>On Thu, 13 Dec 2007 15:10:44 -0800, Aratzio wrote:
    >>>>> >>
    >>>>> >>> On Thu, 13 Dec 2007 17:25:10 -0500, in the land of
    >>>>> >>> alt.alien.vampire.flonk.flonk.flonk, mimus <tinmimus99@hotmail.com>
    >>>>> >>> got double secret probation for writing:
    >>>>> >>>
    >>>>> >>>>On Thu, 13 Dec 2007 21:59:21 +0000, Aratzio wrote:
    >>>>> >>>>
    >>>>> >>>>> On Thu, 13 Dec 2007 16:19:16 -0500, in
    >>>>> >>>>> alt.alien.vampire.flonk.flonk.flonk, mimus <tinmimus99@hotmail.com>
    >>>>> >>>>> bloviated:
    >>>>> >>>>>
    >>>>> >>>>>>On Thu, 13 Dec 2007 20:55:04 +0000, Aratzio wrote:
    >>>>> >>>>>>
    >>>>> >>>>>>> On Thu, 13 Dec 2007 15:39:19 -0500, in
    >>>>> >>>>>>> alt.alien.vampire.flonk.flonk.flonk, mimus
    >>>> <tinmimus99@hotmail.com>
    >>>>> >>>>>>> bloviated:
    >>>>> >>>>>>>
    >>>>> >>>>>>>>On Thu, 13 Dec 2007 20:28:30 +0000, Aratzio wrote:
    >>>>> >>>>>>>>
    >>>>> >>>>>>>>> On Thu, 13 Dec 2007 15:27:17 -0500, in
    >>>>> >>>>>>>>> alt.alien.vampire.flonk.flonk.flonk, mimus
    >>>> <tinmimus99@hotmail.com>
    >>>>> >>>>>>>>> bloviated:
    >>>>> >>>>>>>>>
    >>>>> >>>>>>>>>>On Thu, 13 Dec 2007 15:27:45 +0000, Aratzio wrote:
    >>>>> >>>>>>>>>>
    >>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> On Thu, 13 Dec 2007 10:23:41 -0500, in
    >>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> alt.alien.vampire.flonk.flonk.flonk, dave hillstrom
    >>>> <DaVe@MeOw.OrG>
    >>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> bloviated:
    >>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>
    >>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>On Thu, 13 Dec 2007 02:17:40 -0600, trippy
    >>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>><silverbells@tacoshells.com> wrote:
    >>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>
    >>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>In article <16mdnS3vLPE7R_3anZ2dnUVZ_r2nnZ2d@giganews.com>,
    >>>> mimus took
    >>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>the hamburger meat, threw it on the grill, and I said "Oh
    >>>> Wow"...
    >>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>
    >>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>> Either the Big-Endians or the Little-Endians have to go.
    >>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>
    >>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>> Also whoever moved stddef.h out of my /usr/include
    >>>> directory without even
    >>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>> leaving a note (something like stddef.h.readme).
    >>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>
    >>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>> (It's in-- get this--
    >>>> /usr/lib/gcc/i486-linux-gnu/4.0.2/include.)
    >>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>
    >>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>> Start sharpening the knives!
    >>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>
    >>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>That's because C sucks.
    >>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>
    >>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>Tell it to take its lame-ass pointers and go.
    >>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>
    >>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>ahem. C and assembler are the languages of Ghod.
    >>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>
    >>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> Real engineers can make HP Basic work.
    >>>>> >>>>>>>>>>
    >>>>> >>>>>>>>>>But do they want to?
    >>>>> >>>>>>>>>
    >>>>> >>>>>>>>> Hell no. But if that is what the freaking equipment uses ya aint
    >>>> gots
    >>>>> >>>>>>>>> know choice.
    >>>>> >>>>>>>>
    >>>>> >>>>>>>>"Alright, fuck this, the _first_ thing we do is write a symbolic
    >>>>> >>>>>>>>dis/assembler . . . ."
    >>>>> >>>>>>>
    >>>>> >>>>>>> I would never stoop to such,
    >>>>> >>>>>>
    >>>>> >>>>>>Can't get any more compact and faster and exploitative of system
    >>>>> >>>>>>advantages.
    >>>>> >>>>>>
    >>>>> >>>>>>> besides, I iz hardhead knot softhead.
    >>>>> >>>>>>
    >>>>> >>>>>>Eh, well, one needs at least one of each for a really feisty system.
    >>>>> >>>>>>
    >>>>> >>>>>>And a manager-cum-referee (someone experienced in hostage
    >>>> negotiation
    >>>>> >>>>>>would be just about right).
    >>>>> >>>>>
    >>>>> >>>>> mein zeister, she bee dee softhead.
    >>>>> >>>>
    >>>>> >>>>Wonderful, it means your childhoods can be dragged up during technical
    >>>>> >>>>discussions.
    >>>>> >>>
    >>>>> >>> Right, like softheads grok technical.
    >>>>> >>
    >>>>> >>Right, young man, let's see a report from you by tomorrow morning on
    >>>> this
    >>>>> >>desk about recursive functions . . . .
    >>>>> >
    >>>>> > That is not technical, that is entirely too math like.
    >>>>>
    >>>>> Naw, in programming it's just functions that call themselves . . . .
    >>>>>
    >>>>> Best to just not think about it and just let them do their own things.
    >>>>>
    >>>>> Trying to trace that stuff or even (Kernighan and Ritchie forbid) work
    >>>>> through it ahead of time can only lead to suffering and tears.
    >>>>>
    >>>>> > SMEE!
    >>>>>
    >>>>> SMEE!
    >>>>
    >>>> WHAT?? Will you guys pleace to be stopping teh yelling?? I'll poke both of
    >>>> you!
    >>>>
    >>>> Smee, suffering
    >>>
    >>><poke> away, this coffee ain't workin'.

    >>
    >> now, if you really want recursive, what you want is LISP.

    >
    >Wasn't that replaced by LITHP?


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