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Re: Dreaming in Lego (Was: Clone "semi-bricks" (Was: Non-TLG Parts))
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Thu, 11 Feb 1999 07:10:51 GMT
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On Thu, 11 Feb 1999 04:22:58 GMT, "onyx" <onyx@flash.net> wrote:
> Jeremy H. Sproat writes:
> >
> > 2. Corollary: How many programmers out there dream in code?
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> 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...
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> 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"
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> hehe!!
>
> J
SNORT! You got me on that one! That was a _great_ punch line. :-)
-- Terry K --
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