May 12, 2010 at 7:08 am
Charles Kincaid (5/10/2010)
majorbloodnock (5/10/2010)
That said, in the UK, we also use the more vernacular form, where, instead of "cigarettes", we talk about "fags", hence the concept of "fag packet engineering". However, I can easily see the problems of exporting the term "fagware" to the US; it might well be adopted, but I shudder to think of the answer if an American were called upon to explain the meaning......
This product might do well in Greenwich Village.
May 12, 2010 at 8:41 am
majorbloodnock (5/12/2010)
Michael Meierruth (5/12/2010)
And meaning of ID TEN T?Sounds like identity.
But where exactly is the problem?
If you write ten in its numeric form, you end up with ID 10 T (or ID10T without the spaces)
Thank You Majorbloodnock, guess I need to work on my explaintions.
May 12, 2010 at 9:13 am
David Webb-200187 (5/10/2010)
a PIG program (production if good)
...and if not quite "Good", you just apply some lipstick as suggested by a previous poster...
May 12, 2010 at 2:01 pm
"pebkac" (problem exists between keyboard and chair) ... we call that a "picnic" problem (problem in chair, not in computer)
🙂
Chris
May 12, 2010 at 5:47 pm
Among Russian programmers there was a phrase that I can translate as “licking the code”. Just like cat or dog lick themselves in order to get clean, programmers lick their code for the same reason.
When I first used this phrase here in US I’ve got a fountain of jokes – from “Did you use proper mouthwash?” to “Were you gentle while licking your private methods?”
So, I don’t use this phrase any more…
--Vadim R.
May 13, 2010 at 3:15 am
rVadim (5/12/2010)
Among Russian programmers there was a phrase that I can translate as “licking the code”. Just like cat or dog lick themselves in order to get clean, programmers lick their code for the same reason.When I first used this phrase here in US I’ve got a fountain of jokes – from “Did you use proper mouthwash?” to “Were you gentle while licking your private methods?”
So, I don’t use this phrase any more…
He, he. Like it.
Mind you, it doesn't sound too hygienic. One could easily catch a bug and end up down the VB clinic.....
😀
Semper in excretia, suus solum profundum variat
May 13, 2010 at 7:57 am
Most of my colourful descriptions of software are various shades of brown.
--
Scott
May 13, 2010 at 9:07 am
Scott-144766 (5/13/2010)
Most of my colourful descriptions of software are various shades of brown.
That is great. Good thing my coffee cup was empty so I didn't spit any on the monitor.
May 17, 2010 at 4:26 pm
Often, when asked how I change the appearance of data, such as dates or people's names, I describe that as using smoke and mirrors. I had to be more cautious about that when someone asked me where she could obtain the program "Smoke & Mirrors".
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