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A Little Computer Humor
The Core Memory ^ | 3/30/22 | n/a

Posted on 03/30/2022 12:40:20 PM PDT by CodeJockey

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My favorite: REAL PROGRAMMERS don't comment their code. If it was hard to write, it should be hard to understand
1 posted on 03/30/2022 12:40:20 PM PDT by CodeJockey
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“To err is human. To really foul things up requires a computer.”


2 posted on 03/30/2022 12:42:39 PM PDT by fwdude (Every time I see someone voluntarily masked in public, I know I'm looking at a vaccinated person.)
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They have computers, and they may have other weapons of mass destruction.

— Janet Reno


3 posted on 03/30/2022 12:48:22 PM PDT by rdl6989 ( )
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4 posted on 03/30/2022 12:49:04 PM PDT by Yo-Yo (Is the /sarc tag really necessary?)
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BREAKING: FBI Cyber Chief can’t find Hunter Biden’s laptop...

Now that’s funny!

https://twitter.com/RepMattGaetz/status/1508842680830382089


5 posted on 03/30/2022 12:49:28 PM PDT by CodeJockey (Politicians are to America as oligarchs are to Russia. )
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My favorite:

“Anybody who can go down 3,000 feet in a mine can sure as hell learn to program as well... Anybody who can throw coal into a furnace can learn how to program, for God’s sake!”
6 posted on 03/30/2022 12:51:57 PM PDT by jaydubya2
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- Robert X. Cringely

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Now that’s a name I haven’t seen in years...


7 posted on 03/30/2022 12:52:57 PM PDT by Chickensoup ( Leftists totalitarian fascists are eradicating conservatives)
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It’s easier to reboot a computer than it is to reboot your life.


8 posted on 03/30/2022 1:02:25 PM PDT by dblshot
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Beware of Geeks bearing Gifs............................


9 posted on 03/30/2022 1:05:59 PM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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To: rdb3; JosephW; martin_fierro; Still Thinking; zeugma; Vinnie; ironman; Egon; raybbr; AFreeBird; ...

10 posted on 03/30/2022 1:15:42 PM PDT by ShadowAce (Linux - The Ultimate Windows Service Pack )
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This best sums up my work. LOL


11 posted on 03/30/2022 1:16:36 PM PDT by Tell It Right (1st Thessalonians 5:21 -- Put everything to the test, hold fast to that which is true.)
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Can’t believe this wasn’t included:

TWAIN: Technology Without an Interesting Name.

(it’s true)


12 posted on 03/30/2022 1:22:46 PM PDT by logi_cal869 (-cynicus the "concern troll" a/o 10/03/2018 /!i!! &@$%&*(@ -)
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To: fwdude
"A man never stands so tall as when he leans over to help a small computer."


13 posted on 03/30/2022 1:28:20 PM PDT by Bloody Sam Roberts (Imagine, if you will, a vaccine so safe you have to be threatened to take it. )
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! False: It is funny because it is true.


14 posted on 03/30/2022 1:38:41 PM PDT by GingisK
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The quickest way to scan a document is to open Word and hold the document up to the screen.


15 posted on 03/30/2022 1:39:05 PM PDT by PIF (They came for me and mine ... now its your turn)
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Be warned that being an expert is more than understanding how a system is supposed to work. Expertise is gained by investigating why a system doesn’t work.
— Brian Redman

That is the only fun part of Systems engineering.


16 posted on 03/30/2022 1:47:44 PM PDT by rellic
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Like


17 posted on 03/30/2022 1:52:20 PM PDT by MeneMeneTekelUpharsin (Freedom is the freedom to discipline yourself so others don't have to do it for you.)
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The number of comments in code is unfortunately proportional to its clarity.


18 posted on 03/30/2022 1:55:12 PM PDT by Flick Lives (The CDC. Brought to you by Pfizer)
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Can’t believe this wasn’t included:

TWAIN: Technology Without an Interesting Name.

GNU. GNU’s Not Unix.
Wonderfully recursive.


19 posted on 03/30/2022 1:58:17 PM PDT by Flick Lives (The CDC. Brought to you by Pfizer)
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These all got passed around on FidoNet BBS’s many years ago.


20 posted on 03/30/2022 2:05:25 PM PDT by MarineBrat (Better dead than red!)
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