Δευτέρα 22 Ιουνίου 2009
Master...? f*ck the what???
Με αφορμή την ανακοίνωση του Εθνικού Μετσόβιου Πολυτεχνείου που παραθέτω παίρνω την ευκαιρία να σχολιάσω κάποια πράγματα.
Στην ανακοίνωση λοιπόν αναφέρεται (και παρουσιάζεται και η σχετική φόρμα) πως από 'δω και στο εξής το Ε.Μ.Π. θα δίδει ένα πιστοποιητικό το οποίο θα δηλώνει πως το δίπλωμα του εν λόγω πολυτεχνείου είναι ισότιμο με MASTER...
Σάββατο 20 Ιουνίου 2009
Πέμπτη 18 Ιουνίου 2009
Τρίτη 9 Ιουνίου 2009
Drug Dealers vs Computer Programmers
Drug Dealers | Computer Programmers |
Refer to their clients as “users”. | Refer to their clients as “users”. |
“The first one’s free!” | “Download a free trial version…” |
Have important South-East Asian connections (to help move the stuff). | Have important South-East Asian connections (to help debug the code). |
Strange jargon: “Stick,” “Rock,” “Dime bag,” “E”. | Strange jargon: “SCSI,” “RTFM,” “Java,” “ISDN”. |
Realize that there’s tons of cash in the 14- to 25-year-old market. | Realize that there’s tons of cash in the 14- to 25-year-old market. |
Job is assisted by the industry’s producing newer, more potent mixes. | Job is assisted by industry’s producing newer, faster machines. |
Often seen in the company of pimps and hustlers. | Often seen in the company of marketing people and venture capitalists. |
Their product causes unhealthy addictions. | DOOM. Quake. SimCity. Duke Nukem 3D. ‘Nuff said. |
Do your job well, and you can sleep with sexy movie stars who depend on you. | Damn! Damn! DAMN!!! |