Post #185,012
11/25/04 1:24:56 AM
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Announcing SETI
The diary of Samuel Estep Tilly, Infant. As dictated to dad.
5:45 PM, Sat Nov 20: Whaa? My lovely swimming pool just drained to an alien place!
12:05 AM, Sun Nov 21: Geez! The last few hours have been rough. And now my head is supposed to go through what? Sorry, but my head doesn't do that!
12:23 AM, Sun Nov 21: Ow, ow, ow, ow. I guess my head did do that. And what is this "air" stuff, don't they know that I have stuff in my lungs already, how am I supposed to breathe?
12:30 AM, Sun Nov 21: Whew! Much better. The pediatricians have dried me tested me (APGAR 99), weighed me (7 lbs, 14 ounces), forgot to check my length (19 3/4""), and handed me to dad. They think that I am a normal baby. If I could talk I'd tell them that I'm a perfect baby!
9:00 PM, Sun Nov 21: I think that I've got the hang of this baby thing now. I've eaten, looked around, slept and pooped. I think I'll saving peeing for when I can surprise dad. But I've had a big day that I think I'll remember for life. I'm exhausted!
6:00 PM, Mon Nov 22: My parents finally agreed on a name. Now they think I'm SET! Silly parents! I'm a baby, and I have mommy and daddy. What else do I need? But I wish they were a little smarter. No matter how clearly I explain that a little poop doesn't mean I need a diaper change, daddy does it anyways. :-(
3:00 PM, Tues Nov 23: I'm scared! All of my stuff went away, and now I'm being moved from the only room that I've ever known! But I get to find out about cars. I think that cars..zzzz...
4:00 PM, Tues Nov 23: *Yawn!* blink blink. Hey! Nothing looks familiar! But I still see mommy and daddy. That's good.
10:00 AM, Wed Nov 24: My parents sure look tired. Why are they tired? I am the one who has had to put up with strange surroundings! Is it unfamiliar for them? Why did they take me here?
7:00 PM, Wed Nov 24: Daddy's back! I don't know where he went, but he was gone and now I see him again. He's got lots of stuff. I'd figure out what it is but he just put something beneath my bed. Now I hear the ocean and..zzz...
(to be continued)
Pictorial evidence exists, but uploading it is low priority so may take a while to happen...
Cheers,
Ben
I have come to believe that idealism without discipline is a quick road to disaster, while discipline without idealism is pointless. -- Aaron Ward (my brother)
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Post #185,013
11/25/04 1:32:15 AM
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Congratulations! :)))))))))))) (really big grin)
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Post #185,014
11/25/04 1:39:38 AM
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Yup, enjoy . . .
. . . they grow up fast - in no time at all you'll be bailing him out of jail.
[link|http://www.aaxnet.com|AAx]
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Post #185,160
11/27/04 5:06:32 AM
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Thanks to one and all
And I have [link|http://www.lightweb.com/Sam/Sam-1.html|proof] of his existence! (Unfortunately that picture shows that he has a touch of jaundice. A common problem and he is already recovering nicely.)
It is amazing how refocussed my life is. I'm sure that it will get more intense as he becomes capable of more sophisticated interactions.
And since I've been asked multiple times, Estep was the maiden name of one of his great-grandmothers who was special to my wife. It has been passed along as a middle name a couple of times in my wife's family (used by his grandfather and an uncle), we're just keeping that tradition alive. Besides, it is a lovely name.
Cheers,
Ben
I have come to believe that idealism without discipline is a quick road to disaster, while discipline without idealism is pointless. -- Aaron Ward (my brother)
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Post #185,162
11/27/04 5:26:12 AM
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Next question...
...is it "Ess-tep" or "Ee-step"?
Peter
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Post #185,179
11/27/04 1:20:19 PM
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It's pronounced as ...mumbles...
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Post #185,214
11/27/04 9:01:56 PM
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You got it in one
I have come to believe that idealism without discipline is a quick road to disaster, while discipline without idealism is pointless. -- Aaron Ward (my brother)
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Post #185,164
11/27/04 7:47:44 AM
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And a fine looking boy he is!
Also, going by the picture, I'm glad to see he came with instructions. :)
Alex
In politics, what begins in fear usually ends in folly. -- Samuel Taylor Coleridge, poet (1772-1834)
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Post #185,167
11/27/04 8:24:32 AM
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I didn't get those!
Instructions would have been handy.
If you push something hard enough, it will fall over. Fudd's First Law of Opposition
[link|mailto:bepatient@aol.com|BePatient]
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Post #185,266
11/28/04 1:31:30 PM
8/21/07 6:03:25 AM
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Mine were a one pager of engrish
fat lot of good they did.
For the first 3 years, get a book on how to care for a chimpanzee - I think its pretty much the same drill.
"The significant problems we face cannot be solved at the same level of thinking we were at when we created them." --Albert Einstein
"This is still a dangerous world. It's a world of madmen and uncertainty and potential mental losses." --George W. Bush
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Post #185,215
11/27/04 9:03:15 PM
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Well you know how the manual is
Says a bunch of things that turn out to be wrong (he was past birth weight in 5 days) and leaves out important details (let's just say, "projectile poo").
But still, it is nice to have some orientation... :-)
Cheers,
Ben
I have come to believe that idealism without discipline is a quick road to disaster, while discipline without idealism is pointless. -- Aaron Ward (my brother)
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Post #185,168
11/27/04 8:25:17 AM
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He got the family eyes,
Fine looking lad. Congrats to you both again.
If you push something hard enough, it will fall over. Fudd's First Law of Opposition
[link|mailto:bepatient@aol.com|BePatient]
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Post #185,216
11/27/04 9:06:02 PM
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We'll see
It is far too early to tell color. And I don't think that the shape is going to quite match mine. However he definitely got my eyelashes. (Family trait, boys have long eyelashes and girls have short, much to the disgust of all my female relatives...)
But it's OK if he doesn't look exactly like me, after all I'd hope that he looks something like his mother as well. ;-)
Cheers,
Ben
I have come to believe that idealism without discipline is a quick road to disaster, while discipline without idealism is pointless. -- Aaron Ward (my brother)
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Post #185,021
11/25/04 3:04:05 AM
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Congratulations!
May you get some sleep some day... :-)
[link|mailto:MyUserId@MyISP.CountryCode|Christian R. Conrad]
(I live in Finland, and my e-mail in-box is at the Saunalahti company.)
Your lies are of Microsoftian Scale and boring to boot. Your 'depression' may be the closest you ever come to recognizing truth: you have no 'inferiority complex', you are inferior - and something inside you recognizes this. - [link|http://z.iwethey.org/forums/render/content/show?contentid=71575|Ashton Brown]
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Post #185,024
11/25/04 4:00:52 AM
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Inititalization error
Surely a SETI is 3,531 Kg and 50,17 cm long. Shirley.
Hmmm - is the November gemstone a Ruby or a Perl?
Shades of one of the Vincent crowd (one R.A.B. Cooke) whose son was named, appropriately -
Robert Edward Vincent Cooke
Felicitations on your accomplishment (and er.. optimism)
I am pleased to hear that he is an adaptive air-breather.
Kids with gills are ribbed mercilessly
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Post #185,098
11/25/04 11:53:05 PM
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Re: Inititalization error
"It's not where a person stands in time of comfort and security, but rather where they stand in times of strife and controversy that determine true friends."
(Quote sent to me by a true friend, author unknown).
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Post #185,099
11/25/04 11:53:11 PM
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I believe you mean Topaz
That's the November birthstone, at least as far as I know, cause I was born in November and it's mine.
Congratulations, Ben!
Brenda
"It's not where a person stands in time of comfort and security, but rather where they stand in times of strife and controversy that determine true friends."
(Quote sent to me by a true friend, author unknown).
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Post #185,289
11/28/04 5:22:01 PM
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Quick! Somebody start a new language!
(somebody already [link|http://www.perl.com/pub/a/1999/09/topaz.html|did])
--
This guy's ahead of his time! He's using quantum programming methods: in universes where invalid data is passed to this function, it does not return. Thus you are ensured that you will only have valid data after calling it. Optimally you'd destroy the universe on failure, but computers haven't quite advanced to that level yet.
-- [link|http://thedailywtf.com/archive/2004/10/26/2920.aspx|The] Daily WTF
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Post #185,467
11/29/04 7:00:49 PM
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Aquamarine!
.. if you've got the blues about Topaz, are green with envy of Perl: mix and match.
No pointers, inheritance, objects or operators - the \ufffdAquamarine Mondo-Intelligent Compiler\ufffd needs only your voice input to its \ufffdBabel-Shark\ufffd Humanoid <--> Truth conversion unit.
BEGIN:
Umm, Sharkey - y'see I've got this list of folks and I want to make a new list of just those who ___. Can ya fix it up?
JUMP I TO SHARK
:END
Operators are standing by at 1-800 NIRVANA
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Post #185,486
11/29/04 8:18:27 PM
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aquaman and the submariner already has that one
that way too many Iraqis conceived of free society as little more than a mosh pit with grenades. ANDISHEH NOURAEE
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Post #185,545
11/30/04 10:18:51 AM
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No pointers, inheritance, objects or operators...
That's TCL for you, that is.
--
This guy's ahead of his time! He's using quantum programming methods: in universes where invalid data is passed to this function, it does not return. Thus you are ensured that you will only have valid data after calling it. Optimally you'd destroy the universe on failure, but computers haven't quite advanced to that level yet.
-- [link|http://thedailywtf.com/archive/2004/10/26/2920.aspx|The] Daily WTF
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Post #185,027
11/25/04 7:23:31 AM
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Grand news! Congrats to all involved :)
Two out of three people wonder where the other one is.
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Post #185,030
11/25/04 8:02:01 AM
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Great news!
Everyone survived! Now the real survival test (yours) begins! ;-)
Congratulations!
Regards,
-scott anderson
"Welcome to Rivendell, Mr. Anderson..."
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Post #185,035
11/25/04 8:55:47 AM
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:-) I'm sure you'll be cranking out the Work Units.
Congratulations to both of you! Best wishes for the future.
Cheers,
Scott.
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Post #185,036
11/25/04 9:14:52 AM
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Congratulations.
Enjoy. Your world has changed in many ways. Most of which you'll never even realize until it's passed.
And when he finally moves out for college, you'll wonder "where did the time go?".
A good friend will come and bail you out of jail ... but, a true friend will be sitting next to you saying, "Damn...that was fun!"
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Post #185,038
11/25/04 10:08:26 AM
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really glad
that little booger has no Idea of how lucky he is being born to you two.
regards,
daemon
that way too many Iraqis conceived of free society as little more than a mosh pit with grenades. ANDISHEH NOURAEE
clearwater highschool marching band [link|http://www.chstornadoband.org/|http://www.chstornadoband.org/]
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Post #185,041
11/25/04 10:37:21 AM
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So it's true!
(19:44:43) tilly: OK, here goes. Jody's water just broke.
(19:51:40) yendormike: Congrats.
(20:15:34) tilly left the room.
That *DOES* mean that she's having a kid. Errr, had. :)
Congrats to the both of you. As others have said, enjoy the time while it lasts. It always goes too quickly. Try to eat some turkey today for yourselves.
-YendorMike
"They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety."
- Benjamin Franklin, 1759 Historical Review of Pennsylvania
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Post #185,059
11/25/04 12:35:51 PM
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Congrats! Life will never be the same :)
--
Steve
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Post #185,060
11/25/04 12:38:34 PM
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CONGRATULATIONS!
Can't wait to see the pics...
Imric's Tips for Living
- Paranoia Is a Survival Trait
- Pessimists are never disappointed - but sometimes, if they are very lucky, they can be pleasantly surprised...
- Even though everyone is out to get you, it doesn't matter unless you let them win.
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Nothing is as simple as it seems in the beginning,
As hopeless as it seems in the middle,
Or as finished as it seems in the end.
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Post #185,061
11/25/04 12:43:10 PM
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So...
I don;t need to run the BOINC client anymore?
Congrats!!!
-- [link|mailto:greg@gregfolkert.net|greg], [link|http://www.iwethey.org/ed_curry|REMEMBER ED CURRY!] @ iwetheyNo matter how much Microsoft supporters whine about how Linux and other operating systems have just as many bugs as their operating systems do, the bottom line is that the serious, gut-wrenching problems happen on Windows, not on Linux, not on Mac OS. -- [link|http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,1622086,00.asp|source]Here is an example: [link|http://www.greymagic.com/security/advisories/gm001-ie/|Executing arbitrary commands without Active Scripting or ActiveX when using Windows]
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Post #185,063
11/25/04 1:05:24 PM
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So there is intelligent life out there after all!
Out there being California.
Congratulations.
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Post #185,065
11/25/04 1:07:14 PM
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Congratulations
always a joyous occaision.
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Post #185,066
11/25/04 1:43:51 PM
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Welcome to fatherhood my friend.
And hugs to the wife welcoming her to motherhood.
Life will truly never be the same...and as insane as this little man will make you...and as many times as you 2nd guess the wisdom of making yourself a parent...you will never wish your situation were any different.
Children are a true joy. Pain in the butt most of the time...but a joy all the same.
If you push something hard enough, it will fall over. Fudd's First Law of Opposition
[link|mailto:bepatient@aol.com|BePatient]
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Post #185,074
11/25/04 2:04:43 PM
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Congrats!
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Post #185,077
11/25/04 2:40:38 PM
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And uhhh ... Happy Thanksgiving! Awesome.
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Post #185,083
11/25/04 5:45:41 PM
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Welcome Samuel! Whoop di doo!
And, you Ben will be seeing plenty of doo! :)
Congratulations!
Alex
In politics, what begins in fear usually ends in folly. -- Samuel Taylor Coleridge, poet (1772-1834)
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Post #185,084
11/25/04 6:11:44 PM
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Congratulations on the happy event
Say goodbye to sleep
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How do you convince a Washington Journalist that you're not slapping him in the face?
Tell him you're not.
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Post #185,100
11/26/04 12:41:27 AM
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wheeee!
You're in it now. The fun is just getting started. No I don't know when it will end....
Have fun,
Carl Forde
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Post #185,104
11/26/04 11:20:22 AM
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Well done to all.
Best wishes for continued good health for mum and baby.
Peter
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Post #185,121
11/26/04 2:32:07 PM
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Congratulations, Ben!
(and of course, to Ben's Better Half!)
jb4
shrub\ufffdbish (Am., from shrub + rubbish, after the derisive name for America's 43 president; 2003) n. 1. a form of nonsensical political doubletalk wherein the speaker attempts to defend the indefensible by lying, obfuscation, or otherwise misstating the facts; GIBBERISH. 2. any of a collection of utterances from America's putative 43rd president. cf. BULLSHIT
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Post #185,141
11/26/04 11:50:04 PM
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Congrats
When he's 16, and his little sister is 13 (you KNOW that is coming, don't you), do not attempt 14 hours in the car over 2 days for a trip to the mother inlaws over Thanksgiving. It will be a mistake.
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Post #185,144
11/27/04 12:24:11 AM
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Ha!
I take it, you had a good time for Thanksgiving!
-- [link|mailto:greg@gregfolkert.net|greg], [link|http://www.iwethey.org/ed_curry|REMEMBER ED CURRY!] @ iwetheyNo matter how much Microsoft supporters whine about how Linux and other operating systems have just as many bugs as their operating systems do, the bottom line is that the serious, gut-wrenching problems happen on Windows, not on Linux, not on Mac OS. -- [link|http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,1622086,00.asp|source]Here is an example: [link|http://www.greymagic.com/security/advisories/gm001-ie/|Executing arbitrary commands without Active Scripting or ActiveX when using Windows]
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Post #185,161
11/27/04 5:09:01 AM
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No comment on a possible sibling
Our hands are full enough at the moment!
But here's an amusing incident from the hospital. We heard a father saying to a small kid, Time to meet your brother. The kid responded, But I don't have a brother! My immediate response to a nurse in our room, And so begins years of sibling rivalry...
Cheers,
Ben
I have come to believe that idealism without discipline is a quick road to disaster, while discipline without idealism is pointless. -- Aaron Ward (my brother)
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Post #185,151
11/27/04 12:47:30 AM
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IWETHEY.members++;
Couldn't happen to a nicer couple. Congrats!
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Post #185,277
11/28/04 3:29:22 PM
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Congratulation!
--
This guy's ahead of his time! He's using quantum programming methods: in universes where invalid data is passed to this function, it does not return. Thus you are ensured that you will only have valid data after calling it. Optimally you'd destroy the universe on failure, but computers haven't quite advanced to that level yet.
-- [link|http://thedailywtf.com/archive/2004/10/26/2920.aspx|The] Daily WTF
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Post #185,283
11/28/04 4:46:24 PM
8/21/07 6:04:08 AM
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Prescient LRPD?
I made it through almost 20 minutes of this before coming out of my skin and destroying the TV with my mad shrieking.
"The significant problems we face cannot be solved at the same level of thinking we were at when we created them." --Albert Einstein
"This is still a dangerous world. It's a world of madmen and uncertainty and potential mental losses." --George W. Bush
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Post #185,384
11/29/04 10:56:51 AM
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Congrats!
bcnu,
Mikem
Eine Leute. Eine Welt. Ein F\ufffdhrer.
(Just trying to be accepted in the New America)
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