Oh man. I laughed!
Oh man. I laughed!
Originally Posted by brewbuck:
Reimplementing a large system in another language to get a 25% performance boost is nonsense. It would be cheaper to just get a computer which is 25% faster.
Had this happen to me last night:Originally Posted by Mario F.
<ring>... <ring>... I pick up.
Caller: How are you?
Me: Uhm. Good?
Caller: Where's Paul?
Me: ...
Caller: Is this the wrong number?
Me: How would I know? What number did you call?
Caller: This one.
Me: AAAAARGH.
The entire time, her tone of voice was like somebody at a funeral.
Code://try //{ if (a) do { f( b); } while(1); else do { f(!b); } while(1); //}
What peeve's me off most about phone calls is this:
Probably about 70% of the phone calls I get from wrong numbers go that way.<ring> I pick up.
Me: Hello?
Caller: Who is this?
Me: Ugh. Well who the hell is this? You called me, you should know who I am.
Caller: Uhhh... Is Donatello there!?! (voice raises a little bit, not like a yell, just like I didn't hear them the first time)
Me: No. You must have the wrong number.
Caller: What? Are you sure?
Me: Yes.
Caller: Well, who is this?
Me: No. You've got the wrong number. Try again, fat fingers.
<hang up>
If I call somebody not in my speed dial(meaning I have to punch in the number manually and risk entering it incorrectly) I state my name and ask for who I'm trying to reach. If somebody picks up that I'm not expecting I say: "Sorry, I may have the wrong number. I'm trying to reach Leonardo".
I usually just breathe slowly and heavily for 10-15 seconds, then ask if you want a free time limited newspaper subscription.
C programming resources:
GNU C Function and Macro Index -- glibc reference manual
The C Book -- nice online learner guide
Current ISO draft standard
CCAN -- new CPAN like open source library repository
3 (different) GNU debugger tutorials: #1 -- #2 -- #3
cpwiki -- our wiki on sourceforge
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Kids in the Hall was the funniest TV show of all time.
C programming resources:
GNU C Function and Macro Index -- glibc reference manual
The C Book -- nice online learner guide
Current ISO draft standard
CCAN -- new CPAN like open source library repository
3 (different) GNU debugger tutorials: #1 -- #2 -- #3
cpwiki -- our wiki on sourceforge
