On Mon, Feb 06, 2006 at 01:44:07AM -0800, boblq wrote: > This is for Stewart's benefit. > > So he can laugh at me. Well again. > > I offered to do some prototype work for a friend > and colleague. He want some XML to native data > format conversion for an application he has. I said > sounds good to me. I needed the money anyway so > I was ready to roll. Begging consultants don't always > get to pick and choose and the end of the year is > always a hard time so now is the time to get the > gigs going. > > So he sends me the code. >
-snip of wonderful human folly- A story that rivals, nay, surpasses anything that I saw in the New York financial market (where management stupidity, pettiness, and venality is a given) or during my stint in Y2K projects. My only sorrow is that understanding the monumental stupidity and lack of foresight requires a level of geekhood. Otherwise, I'd share it with my civilian friends. Should the KPLUG web site host a place for these treasures? -- Lan Barnes [EMAIL PROTECTED] Linux Guy, SCM Specialist 858-354-0616 -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list
