Let's Bash IT Engineers!

[Reinhold]

I gave myself a great idea in a post on the "moron" thing: let's bash and ridicule IT Engineers!

(Q) How many IT engineers does it take to screw in a light bulb?
(A) None. They just let Marketing explain that "Dead Bulb" is a feature.

(Q) How many Unix engineers does it take to change a light bulb?
(A)Only one, but if you forget to tell him "2>" he'll mash both the live and dead bulbs into the same socket at once.

(Q) How many Prolog engineers does it take to change a light bulb?
(A) False.

[Aragorn]

Hey that's Mr. Geek to you buddy!

Oh yeah, and they're not just called features...they're "undocumented features"

Prolog, eh? Wow. Haven't heard of that language in sometime. Anyone remember Forth?

[MarkS]

Originally posted by Aragorn
Anyone remember Forth?

LOL! Yeah, that is the language that I learned just pryor to C/C++.

I have a small freeware Forth compiler for the Mac. It produces quite compact code; even better than C. I would rather program in machine language than Forth though.

Kind of curious thing about this Forth compiler is that it is written in Forth and the compiler is compiled by the compiler that it compiles. Where is a scratching head smiley when you need it?

Mark

[schrocat]

You know your a geek when:

You can remember making maps for Infocom games with edlin!

[Aragorn]

Ah yes! The venerable line editor!

[Reinhold]

This thread sure died a slow, boring death. I thought I'd have 55 replies by now, but I guess there's nothing funny about IT guys!

I know, let's trash ER doctors!

[golfish]

Hey, do you guys have those pocket protectors?.....your all a bunch of geeks

Opppppps, I'm SORRY

[schrocat]

Naahh!!
We seldom, if ever, use primitive writing instruments anymore...
I prefer to put my data down once.

Pocket protectors came into being when geeks realized that "techno-cooties" (a morbid affliction that ultimately results in a lifetime of AOL subscribing) , was being spread by contact with "end-users" hand tools. Bank pens hanging on those slinky chains specificly.

With the advent of compulsive handwashing, due mostly to having to touch so many different peoples keyboards on any given day, the sterilized pen and the pocket protector has lost its place (above) our hearts.

Officially, I think the wearing of a pocket protector has been replaced with the wearing of 2 cell phones and a beeper. :eek3:


later,

[Aragorn]

Schro,

Don't forget the PDA. Anyway, years ago when I was a Software Engineer for Friden Alcatel(a Pitney Bowes competitor), there was an engineer in my group that was the "quintessential geek". I swear this is no joke. He wore horned rimmed glasses, a pocket protector, short sleeved collared shirt, polyester pants, loafers with white athletic socks. This guy was such a NERD! He hated me cuz' I coded "on the fly" instead of flowcharting every algorith. He was so obsessed over that.

[dougc]

Q: How does a hardware engineer fix a flat tire.

A: Systematically swaps each tire until the flat one is found.


Q: How many software engineers does it take to replace a light bulb?

A: None. Its a hardware problem.

You must have heard about the software salesman whose wife divorced him for being lousy in bed. He just sat at the end of the bed and told her how good it would be.