Posts by mattyd

How many of these do I say to myself each day while sitting at the compiler? :rolleyes::lol:

TOP 20 REPLIES TO CLIENTS - FOR PROGRAMMERS
(when when their programs don't work)

20. "That's weird..."

19. "It's never done that before."

18. "It worked yesterday."

17. "How is that possible?"

16. "It must be a hardware problem."

15. "What did you type in wrong to get it to crash?"

14. "There is something funky in your data."

13. "I haven't touched that module in weeks!"

12. "You must have the wrong version."

11. "It's just some unlucky coincidence."

10. "I can't test everything!"

9. "THIS can't be the source of THAT."

8. "It works, but it hasn't been tested."

7. "Somebody must have changed my code."

6. "Did you check for a virus on your system?"

5. "Even though it doesn't work, how does it feel?

4. "You can't use that version on your system."

3. "Why do you want to do it that way?"

2. "Where were you when the program blew up?"

1. "It works on my machine"

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Is this still being considered for Spring\ Summer 2007, perhaps? If so, it would be good to start re-planning now for those traveling a far distance to reach NYC.

"I think most relationships (and this isn't just romantic ones) flourish when people are honest with each other, and aren't pretending to be someone they aren't. It's called trust."

Yes. IMO, this is the most important element in any relationship, trust (and it is also very hard to come by it seems.)

Regards,
Matty D.

Reminds me of [search]Street Smarts[/search].

Oh, yeah, I forgot about that show. ;)

Flocks of factories
Mesmerized by stacks of waste
Worship the old steel

explain why you

Cookie on my computer, you better leave my machine alone.

Cold-hearted, greedy medical impersonators are ripping viral organs, ANGRILY.

terminator --> cyborg

sense of touch

not take it

Who do you think you are not to curse Dr. Who? Who I Say ?!

Cold-hearted, monlithic medical impersonators are ripping VIRAL organs, gleefully.

planet of the apes -> reanimator

Let it speak for itself, er, themselves. :-|

http://www.i-am-bored.com/bored_link.cfm?link_id=21629

their iron ore

Damn you are your references to Dr. Who.

strain --> birth

Artistic, monlithic medical IMPERSONATORS are ripping stunning organs, gleefully.

scanned and wired

Hill giants are

Artistic, monlithic medical professionals are ripping stunning ORGANS, happily.

Day is over, not is come

grunge --> stains

My river flowed on
dipping, splitting, never end
river, over, on

House is to home as tree is to nest

white toilet powder --> bleach

My Grandmother had a grand in-ground pool on her farm save for the fact that every time I went there with my family to swim in the Summer there were usually one-of-two things wrong with the scene: many times there would be huge Rat snakes (Black snakes) swimming on the bottom of the deep-end of the pool, skimming the bottom graceful and evil. My Father or my Uncle would have to reach in with a pool skimmer and flip them out into the woods like a catapault.:eek:

Or, I would see my Grandpa checking the pool filter. What was inside the filter? Dead birds. Baby Robins, Blue Jay hatchlings. Sad:sad: and creepy.

For this (and other reasons) I feared the pool-- I sensed something was just not right there... death. But, actually, I am quite a good swimmer although I did not learn to swim until I was at Boy Scout camp when I was 13. :rolleyes: Phobias.

Regards,
Matty D.

And it did not take long for the group to discover the matter to be worse than they had feared; The baby had not only grown stately wings woven from flesh and scar, its eyes shown with the light of the purple-brown snake nests of old, the venom of ages of neglect filtering through its simpering glare. It spoke one word:

"Mother?"

Thinking more about childhood phobias: I said that I cannot recall having phobias exactly, but I did have fears, one being a waterfall know as "Cumberland Falls"; this falls (pictured below) is in Kentucky (USA); it is a sort of tourist attraction I guess. I went there once with my parents as a child-- we lived a few hours North in Cincinnati, Ohio. We stood before the falls, my Father holding me in his arms. The falls raged before me like a massive, sliding green mountain-- I was horrified :surprised:sad:. I've thought about this many times over the years and tried to remember exactly how big and bad these falls were. Well, looking at the picture now at this age, not very impressive I must say. I guess it is all about perspective. I almost cried that day and I forced my parents to take me away from the area of the falls. It was a State park or something; there was a tacky, little gift shop that I ran to after leaving the falls viewing area. We went inside and I found a 2-foot cigar for sale-- kind of like a prop a clown might use, actually :). It was a joke gag (not a real cigar) I now realize, but I wanted my Dad to buy it as he smoked cigars and I thought he would really like to smoke this one. He just laughed and asked me if I wanted to go see the falls again :eek:. …

Artistic, monlithic MEDICAL professionals are sketching stunning landscapes, happily.

that flutters about

Bozos believe in Mother Nature and also Father Feather.

Harpic --> Ajax

. But where are

clown --> phobia (i have a morbid fear of all things circus... :) )

phobia --> germs

unlike a mild

Post your silly childhood phobias here!

mine is clowns.. There just so evil looking :twisted: with thier big, blood red smiles :p and flourescent hair. and the eyes!.. oh.. the eyes :eek: - they always used to make me scream :)

sorry for the excessive use fo smilies. i needed something to take my mind off the clowns... oh the clowns! :!:

Well, I believe I have more phobias now than when I was a child. Life can do that to you (me) I guess. If I had any as a child I cannot recall now. The older I get the better and happier my childhood appears to me. :):confused: Good luck with your clown phobia. ;)

**EDIT: I just noticed that my reply to "Word Association Game", 'clowns', must have prompted your post about phobias. Interesting, and I apologize for unknowingly dredging up these childhood fears.

Regards,
Matty D.

"Aye!" Said Dr. Florence "Are the wings of flesh or are they of protoplasm? This is the most important question to ask yourself, Sir."

Artistic, DESTRUCTIVE graphics professionals are sketching stunning landscapes, happily.

Meaning has no meaning lest you consider meaning vital

did not want."

snow and slush

clumsy --> clown

http://www.i-am-bored.com/bored_link.cfm?link_id=21617

Artistic, creative graphics gurus are sketching Hexadecimal PORTRAITS, geekily.

intelligence -> clearance

5 is a very bad number-- instead use four, it is well-rounded.

"The grove is no more. It is been cleared by Master Sorn and his underlings it seems; Master Sorn decided it was up to him to confront this problem and thus he did. Do not worry, Dear." Said she.

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