You might be in software development if...

Griff · 08-10-2006, 12:29 PM

... your co-worker gets visibly upset at lunch because the comic book store he is within walking distance of closes at 9pm.
(posted for Pete)

MaggieL · 08-10-2006, 01:07 PM

You know you are a geek when...

Trilby · 08-10-2006, 01:39 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Griff

... your co-worker gets visibly upset at lunch because the comic book store he is within walking distance of closes at 9pm.
(posted for Pete)

My son goes to Mavericks. But, he's not a full fledged geek yet.

Flint · 08-10-2006, 02:34 PM

Why you can't find your System Administrator.

Tonchi · 08-10-2006, 10:07 PM

Wow! The person who wrote the "You know you are a geek when.." understands me

Quote:

You've ever contemplated devoting a web page to World News Now, Kevin, Thalia, Bill, Shielah, Nissan, Okido, Asha, Dick Schapp, Willis, or, natch, Barry.

08-11-2006, 01:58 AM

@Tonchi - Some time ago I sent Thalia Assuras (former anchor for World News Now) an email containing a link to "Señor Z's" dissertation on the origin of the name Thalia as it appeared in Tcom! I sent Señor Z a copy [Cc:] of that email and a link to a Thalia Assuras bio and photo. Señor Z got a kick out of it. I wonder if he's still waiting to hear from her?

slang · 08-11-2006, 05:02 AM

.....you finish one version then immediately start the next version by completely changing all the menus, selection sequences, etc.

....so that even someone that's worked on one specific version thousands of hours finds it easier to buy the manuals and transition guides rather than be completely unproductive for weeks on end.

MaggieL · 08-11-2006, 05:58 AM

Griff · 08-11-2006, 06:02 AM

Pete's gonna love that one Mag!

MaggieL · 08-11-2006, 08:04 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Griff

Pete's gonna love that one Mag!

Well, the first one is a hoot because I actually do have a spreadsheet that runs on my watch.

9th Engineer · 08-11-2006, 11:07 AM

The second one cracks me up, last panel especially. We had both engineers and business students with us in China, but all the speakers were engineers who of course talked about things that made perfect sense to us but baffled the hell out of the MBA's. When we were leaving one of the meetings in which the speaker had put a great deal of emphasis on China's industry updating to ISO-9001 standards one of them(MBA) said to me "someone should tell that guy that if they really want to be compatible with the U.S. they should just skip that and run Windows".

Of course, I wasn't sure if I should laugh or cry.

xoxoxoBruce · 08-11-2006, 11:26 PM

Tonchi · 08-13-2006, 02:28 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by NoBoxes

[I wonder if he's still waiting to hear from her?

Nope, we'd have to pay her. Maybe we need to start a fund for that, it might take a while to raise enough.

08-10-2006, 12:29 PM	#1
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	You might be in software development if... ... your co-worker gets visibly upset at lunch because the comic book store he is within walking distance of closes at 9pm. (posted for Pete) __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

08-10-2006, 01:07 PM	#2
MaggieL in the Hour of Scampering Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Jeffersonville PA (15 mi NW of Philadelphia) Posts: 4,060	You know you are a geek when... __________________ "Neither can his Mind be thought to be in Tune,whose words do jarre; nor his reason In frame, whose sentence is preposterous..."

08-10-2006, 02:34 PM	#4
Flint Snowflake Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Dystopia Posts: 13,136	Why you can't find your System Administrator. __________________ **************** There's a level of facility that everyone needs to accomplish, and from there it's a matter of deciding for yourself how important ultra-facility is to your expression. ... I found, like Joseph Campbell said, if you just follow whatever gives you a little joy or excitement or awe, then you're on the right track. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Terry Bozzio**

08-11-2006, 05:58 AM	#8
MaggieL in the Hour of Scampering Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Jeffersonville PA (15 mi NW of Philadelphia) Posts: 4,060	__________________ "Neither can his Mind be thought to be in Tune,whose words do jarre; nor his reason In frame, whose sentence is preposterous..."

08-11-2006, 06:02 AM	#9
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	Pete's gonna love that one Mag! __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

08-11-2006, 01:58 AM	#6
NoBoxes Guest Posts: n/a	@Tonchi - Some time ago I sent Thalia Assuras (former anchor for World News Now) an email containing a link to "Señor Z's" dissertation on the origin of the name Thalia as it appeared in Tcom! I sent Señor Z a copy [Cc:] of that email and a link to a Thalia Assuras bio and photo. Señor Z got a kick out of it. I wonder if he's still waiting to hear from her?

08-11-2006, 05:02 AM	#7
slang St Petersburg, Florida Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 3,423	.....you finish one version then immediately start the next version by completely changing all the menus, selection sequences, etc. ....so that even someone that's worked on one specific version thousands of hours finds it easier to buy the manuals and transition guides rather than be completely unproductive for weeks on end.

08-11-2006, 11:07 AM	#11
9th Engineer Bioengineer and aspiring lawer Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Pittsburgh Posts: 872	The second one cracks me up, last panel especially. We had both engineers and business students with us in China, but all the speakers were engineers who of course talked about things that made perfect sense to us but baffled the hell out of the MBA's. When we were leaving one of the meetings in which the speaker had put a great deal of emphasis on China's industry updating to ISO-9001 standards one of them(MBA) said to me "someone should tell that guy that if they really want to be compatible with the U.S. they should just skip that and run Windows". Of course, I wasn't sure if I should laugh or cry. __________________ The most valuable renewable resource is stupidity.

08-11-2006, 11:26 PM	#12
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	__________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump. Last edited by xoxoxoBruce; 04-07-2007 at 05:51 PM.

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