Well, I saw that on Plaxo as well.. in addition to Chris's birthday on the third.. I was going to ask you (Emmanuel) about that.. I thought what are the odds that Emmanuel is born on new year's day... Oh well...
On Dec 31, 2007 11:47 AM, Emmanuel Lecharny <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Ahem... > > Seems that Alex is having problem with Plaxo ! Not only he flooded the > whole planet with mails 2 months ago, he also trusts blindly the info > Plaxo is sending everyone about birthday anniversary... :) > > My parent weren't dumb enough to sabotage their new year day party > having a baby born on this very special day ! They were two busy being > totally blasted to think about that ! > > When you register on this stupid tool, you are supposed to be born on > January, 1st. What is damn _wrong_ is that I never ever asked this spam > system to send me emails about who is born when, or who had his first > date when, or whatsoever ... > > Anyways :) Thanks for that Alex, you were only wrong by 24 days, as I > celebrated my 43 years birthday on december, 8th. (I welcome any late > bottle of alcohol anyone on the list want to send me for this occasion ! > Keep in mind that 43 is not only the sign of a elderly coder, but also a > prime number I will now use to write more efficient HashCode() methods.) > > And, yes, C was a good language. Being a veteran, I also did some > assembly (Z80, 6502, 6809, Z8000, 8086, 68000), and I programmed in many > flavors of basic (from crappy to space-cake Basic), Algol, Pascal, > Forth, Smalltalk, Fortran, (Lisp (commonLisp leLisp MetaVLisp )), > Jython, Perl, C++, sh, C# (yes, sorry for that ...) and a few other > cryptic languages I wrote myself. > > 43 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/43_%28number%29) years old is also a > step beyond The Answer to the Ultimate Question of Life, the Universe, > and Everything > <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Answer_to_Life%2C_the_Universe%2C_and_Everything> > : 42. > > Happy new year ! > > > Alex Karasulu wrote: > > Tomorrow is not only the first day of the new year but this plaxo > > thingy tells me it's Emmanuel's and Alan's Birthday as well. You guys > > are in phase. It must be nice to have the whole world throwing a > > party on your birthday. > > > > How old are you guys now anyways? 53, 57? You guys are so old, I found > > a remake of a popular oldie with lyrics you can understand :-D this > > time around: > > > > =========================== > > > > When I find my code in tons of trouble, > > Friends and colleagues come to me, > > Speaking words of wisdom: > > "Write in C." > > > > As the deadline fast approaches, > > And bugs are all that I can see, > > Somewhere, someone whispers: > > "Write in C." > > > > Write in C, Write in C, > > Write in C, oh, Write in C. > > BASIC's dead and buried, > > Write in C. > > > > I used to write a lot of FORTRAN, > > For science it worked flawlessly. > > Try using it for graphics! > > Write in C. > > > > If you've just spent nearly 30 hours, > > Debugging some assembly, > > Soon you will be glad to > > Write in C. > > > > Write in C, Write in C, > > Write in C, yeah, Write in C. > > LOGO's not the answer. > > Write in C. > > > > Write in C, Write in C, > > Write in C, oh, Write in C. > > Pascal won't quite cut it. > > Write in C. > > > > =========================== > > > > Anyone want to show their age and guess what song and band this is from? > > > > :-D Seriously, have a good time!!! > > > > Happy Birthday and New Year, > > Alex > > > > > -- > -- > cordialement, regards, > Emmanuel Lécharny > www.iktek.com > directory.apache.org > > > -- Yeliz Eseryel Ph.D Student in Information Science & Technology Syracuse University School of Information Studies http://enterprisesystems.blogspot.com ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Uğur Yeliz Eseryel Bilişim Bilimi ve Teknolojisi Doktora Öğrencisi Siraküs Evrenkenti :) TÜRKÇE KONUŞ!!!! evde, arabada, kafede, okulda, genel ağda [internet], telefonda, arkadaşınla, ailenle, öğretmenlerinle, müdürünle, dostunla, mesaj yazarken, mektup yazarken, e-posta yazarken, olay anlatırken, kitap anlatırken, dedikodu yaparken, öğrenirken, öğretirken, sorarken, cevaplarken TÜRKÇE KONUŞ...
