This reportedly was a real memo sent by Logitech during the late 1980s in all seriousness… It was sent to all field engineers about a computer peripheral problem. The author of this memo was quite serious. The engineers rolled on the floor!
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Top ten signs that you’re a VAX geek
Key traits identifying individuals tendencies towards abnormal preoccupation with VAX computer systems. When talking about building software you make reference to compilation times in weeks and days instead of minutes and seconds. You stopped purchasing new furniture when you realized that your computers work just as well. Your electricity bill is more than your monthly rent payment. You’ve been hospitalized with muscle strain injuries after performing some routine hardware maintenance on your computer. You don’t have an SO, but it’s okay because your computer keeps you warm at night. While doing laundry, you occassionaly have a mental lapse and try to wash your socks and underwear in your 11/750. Friends who visit you want to know why there are old-time […]
WeiterlesenWie man Programmierer an ihrer Tastatur erkennt
Zeig mir deine Tastatur und ich sage Dir, was Du programmierst: C Programmierer: Ihre ‘*’ und ‘;’ Tasten sind abgenutzt. C++ Programmierer: Ihre ‘>’ und ‘<‘ Tasten sind abgenutzt. Lisp Programmierer: Ihre ‘(‘ und ‘)’ Tasten sind abgenutzt. OCaml Programmierer: Ihre ‘;’ Taste ist abgenutzt. ALGOL Programmierer: Ihre ‘:’ und ‘=’ Tasten sind abgenutzt. Forth Programmierer: Ihre ‘:’ und ‘;’ Tasten sind abgenutzt. x86 ASM Programmierer: Ihre ‘%’ Taste ist abgenutzt. Haskell Programmierer: Ihre ‘-‘ und ‘>’ Tasten sind abgenutzt. Ruby Programmierer: Ihre ‘e’, ‘n’ und ‘d’ Tasten sind abgenutzt. Python Programmierer: Ihre Tabulator Taste ist abgenutzt. Smalltalk Programmierer: Ihre ‘s’, ‘e’, ‘l’, ‘f’, ‘[‘, ‘]’, ‘:’ und ‘.’, Tasten sind abgenutzt. Objective-C Programmierer: Ihre ‘s’, ‘e’, ‘l’, ‘f’, ‘[‘, ‘]’, :’ […]
WeiterlesenComparing Programming Languages with Women
Assembler – A female track star who holds all the world speed records. She is hard and bumpy, and so is not that pleasant to embrace. She can cook up any meal, but needs a complete and detailed recipe. She is not beautiful or educated, and speaks in monosyllables like “MOV, JUMP, INC”. She has a fierce and violent temper that make her the choice of last resort. FORTRAN – Your grey-haired grandmother. People make fun of her just because she is old, but if you take the time to listen, you can learn from her experiences and her mistakes. During her lifetime she has acquired many useful skills in sewing and cooking (subroutine libraries) that no younger women can […]
WeiterlesenProper Care of Floppie Disks
Never leave diskettes in the disk drive, as data can leak out of the disk and corrode the inner mechanics of the drive. Diskettes should be rolled up and stored in pencil holders. Diskettes should be cleaned and waxed once a week: Microscopic metal particles can be removed by waving a powerful magnet over the surface of the disk. Any stubborn metallic shavings can be removed with scouring powder and soap. When waxing diskettes, make sure application is even. This will allow the diskettes to spin faster, resulting in better access time. Do not fold diskettes unless they do not fit in the drive. “Big” diskettes may be folded and used in “little” disk drives. Never insert a disk into […]
WeiterlesenDie größten Lügen in der IT
The biggest Lies Three Biggest Software Lies The program is fully tested and bug free. We’re working on the documentation. Of course we can modify it. Three Biggest Hardware Lies We always design for testability. It worked fine on the proto board. That would be much easier to implement in software. Three Biggest Engineering Professor Lies Some day this course will come in handy. These tests are more trouble for me than they are for you. This is the way they do it in the industry. The Three Propositions Software engineering is like looking for a black cat in a dark room. Systems engineering is like looking for a black cat in a dark room in which there is no […]
WeiterlesenComputer Fachbegriffe leicht erklärt
Einleitung Den meisten von uns ist klar, dass das englische Wort Computer vom Verb compute (rechnen, schätzen) kommt, dass ein Computer also ein Rechner oder Schätzer ist. Aber noch immer gibt es viele Zeitgenossen, die vielleicht gerade erst anfangen, sich mit diesem komplexen Thema etwas näher zu befassen. Dieser Artikel soll all jenen helfen, die nicht mit einem Spielbuben aufgewachsen sind und die nicht schon von Kind auf all diese verwirrenden Begriffe wie eine Muttersprache auf natürlichem Wege erlernen konnten. Mutterbrett und Riesenbiss Beginnen wir vielleicht mit den einfachen Dingen, die wir sehen, anfassen und damit auch noch begreifen koennen! Alle Bausteine eines Schätzers werden als Hartware bezeichnet. Es ist sehr wichtig, bei der Auswahl der Hartware sorgsam zu sein, […]
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