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Uncle Steve  
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 More options Oct 5 2012, 8:44 pm
Newsgroups: sci.military.naval, alt.war.vietnam, soc.veterans, rec.aviation.military, us.military.army
From: Uncle Steve <stevet...@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 05 Oct 2012 20:39:57 -0400
Local: Fri, Oct 5 2012 8:39 pm
Subject: Re: Pussy Riot update
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On Fri, Oct 05, 2012 at 06:48:23PM -0400, Jim Wilkins wrote:
> "Uncle Steve" <stevet...@gmail.com> wrote in message
> news:a7a9e7b57cdb025-2dfc2@gmail.com...
> > On Fri, Oct 05, 2012 at 01:57:20PM -0400, Jim Wilkins wrote:

> >> In a Massachusetts traffic survey they were found to be the most
> >> inattentive, distracted rush-hour drivers.

> > Interesting, but not what I was thinking of.  I wonder if there is a
> > correlation to language specialty.  As in, are C++ programmers more
> > likely to have accidents than Lisp or Perl programmers sort of
> > thing,
> > or might it have something to do with the platform?
> > Uncle Steve

> I doubt the radio announcer knew there is more than one language.
> When I was programming a lot the best answers to puzzling problems
> came during the morning shower and I tried to remember them while
> driving in. It was LSI-11 Pascal with extensions to control automated
> test equipment, if that means anything.

Pascal with proprietary hooks probably isn't all that outre, but it
would take a suit to mandate that kind of language.  But don't try to
tell me that programmers think about programming problems while
driving to the point of being distracted.  Perhaps on a long, straight
road, but not in city traffic.

> Perhaps the solution is for more programmers to skip showers. They
> don't usually need to worry about human contact anyway.

The solution?

Regards,

Uncle Steve

--
My people and I have come to an agreement that satisfies us both.
They are to say what they please, and I am to do what I please.
        - Frederick the Great, c. 1770


 
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