Re: TI-H: Embedded Muse Excerpt
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Re: TI-H: Embedded Muse Excerpt
my dilbert a few weeks ago was similar:
optimist: glass is half full
pessimist: glass is half empty
engineer: I used redundant glasses
hmm. i think it was funnier on the comic at 6am when i read it.
--kaus
----- Original Message -----
From: Grant Stockly <gussie@stockly.com>
To: <ti-hardware@lists.ticalc.org>
Sent: Saturday, March 04, 2000 7:08 PM
Subject: Re: TI-H: Embedded Muse Excerpt
>
> Optimistic: Glass is half full
> Pessimistic: Glass is half empty
> Engineer: Glas is 2x larger than it needs to be.
>
> >Thought for the Week
> >--------------------
> >From Tom Decker:
> >
> >There was an engineer, manager, and a programmer driving down a steep
> >mountain road. The brakes failed and the car careened down the road out
of
> >control. Half way down the driver managed to stop the car by running it
> >against the embankment narrowly avoiding careening off the cliff. They
all
> >got out, shaken by their narrow escape from death, but otherwise
unharmed.
> >
> >The manager said, "To fix this problem we need to organize a committee,
> >have meetings, and through a process of exchanging ideas, develop a
> >solution."
> >
> >The engineer said, "No that would take too long, besides that method
never
> >worked before. I have my trusty pen knife here and will take apart the
> >brake system, isolate the problem and correct it."
> >
> >The programmer said, "I think you're both wrong! I think we should all
push
> >the car back up the hill and see if it happens again."
> >
> >
> >--from the embedded muse. subscribe embedded
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