Hi, Saturday, September 21, 2002, 5:34:45 PM, you wrote:
>> And you would be wrong. Every time they make em more foolproof, >> someone invents a whole new way to be a fool, and everyone so >> inclined jumps on the bandwagon. We see 3-12 blanks per day, >> depending on the phase of the moon. > "Programmers are busy writing the next best idiot proof > software. The universe, in the meantime, is busy making > the next best idiot. The universe is winning." > � unknown Yea, right. I'll bet a programmer wrote that. Here are some analogue equivalents of the types of 'foolproof' design that programmers come up with: http://home.uchicago.edu/~nkouchou/downloads/Handout02.pdf Other celebrated 'programmer-style' designs include: - chocolate teapot - ashtray for a motor bike - one-legged man in an arse-kicking contest - lace condom The benefits of proof-reading: I first typed '-licking'... Bob "Oh, yeah. I used to do it meself, y'know. Yeah. I was a programmer thirty years man and boy, I was. 'ardest game in the world, programmerin'. Yeah." (Apologies to The Fast Show.)
