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Subject:	Re: Dreaming in Lego (Was: Clone "semi-bricks" (Was: Non-TLG Parts))
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Date:	Thu, 11 Feb 1999 04:22:58 GMT
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Jeremy H. Sproat writes: > > 2. Corollary: How many programmers out there dream in code? i must admit i have dreamt in code... the weirdest part... back when i was like 15.. programming in basic on my C-64... i dreamt a fix for a problem i was having... the scary part, i woke up, remembered it, tried it... and it worked.. i've actually done bug fixes in my dreams... okay.. this is where this post gets long and convoluted, but i promise it to be worth the read.. i have a friend, very creative, VERY witty.. i assume him to be much like our own terry K... we were watching "contact" and i told him that i thought it would be hilarious to work on some reverse SETI project, where we constantly beam a message into space..and what would i want to do?? loop a transmission of a beta version of NT5.. just cause i love the idea of a civilzation somewhere getting the signal, decoding it, then building PCs on another planet, all just to interface with this alien wisdom they have received... cults would form over the "message from god".. computers would take on holy proportions... and Bill Gates wouldn't see a single penny... now THAT would be funny... to which my witty friend replies "you know what would be funnier???..." ??? "if they beamed back bug fixes" hehe!! J

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		Re: Dreaming in Lego (Was: Clone "semi-bricks" (Was: Non-TLG Parts))
(...) SNORT! You got me on that one! That was a _great_ punch line. :-) -- Terry K -- (26 years ago, 11-Feb-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)

		Re: Dreaming in Lego (Was: Clone "semi-bricks" (Was: Non-TLG Parts))
(...) That is scary. What's even scarier is that it counted for something. My life tends to work like the Dilbert cartoon: He doesn't get paid for the time he spends in the shower designing circuit boards in his head, but he does gets paid for the (...) (26 years ago, 11-Feb-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)

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		Dreaming in Lego (Was: Clone "semi-bricks" (Was: Non-TLG Parts))
(...) Terry, you better get a refund! :-, I don't yet have a clue for how to use them for anything but arms and legs... (...) Ooh, I hate doing that! Last night, I was sound asleep when my head hit the pillow -- then I heard some funky noise which (...) (26 years ago, 11-Feb-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)

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