Comments on: Sally, the esoteric vegetablarian http://www.primalsneeze.com/2008/11/18/sally-the-esoteric-vegetablarian/ Noli nothis permittere te terere Mon, 08 Feb 2010 06:24:46 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 By: Primal Sneeze http://www.primalsneeze.com/2008/11/18/sally-the-esoteric-vegetablarian/comment-page-1/#comment-6404 Primal Sneeze Wed, 19 Nov 2008 20:24:27 +0000 http://www.primalsneeze.com/?p=665#comment-6404 <a href='#comment-6399' rel="nofollow">@aonghus</a> - Boom tish! <a href='#comment-6400' rel="nofollow">@savannah</a> - Whew!<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('6404','Primal Sneeze'); return false;">Reply</a> </div> @aonghus – Boom tish!

@savannah – Whew!

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]]> By: savannah http://www.primalsneeze.com/2008/11/18/sally-the-esoteric-vegetablarian/comment-page-1/#comment-6400 savannah Wed, 19 Nov 2008 13:41:04 +0000 http://www.primalsneeze.com/?p=665#comment-6400 <i>deliciously so</i>, sugar! ;) xoxox<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('6400','savannah'); return false;">Reply</a> </div> deliciously so, sugar! ;) xoxox
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]]> By: aonghus http://www.primalsneeze.com/2008/11/18/sally-the-esoteric-vegetablarian/comment-page-1/#comment-6399 aonghus Wed, 19 Nov 2008 11:19:37 +0000 http://www.primalsneeze.com/?p=665#comment-6399 <a href='#comment-6398' rel="nofollow">@Primal Sneeze</a> - Oh no. As an embedded programmer I carefully avoid recursion.<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('6399','aonghus'); return false;">Reply</a> </div> @Primal Sneeze – Oh no. As an embedded programmer I carefully avoid recursion.
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]]> By: Primal Sneeze http://www.primalsneeze.com/2008/11/18/sally-the-esoteric-vegetablarian/comment-page-1/#comment-6398 Primal Sneeze Wed, 19 Nov 2008 03:54:08 +0000 http://www.primalsneeze.com/?p=665#comment-6398 <a href='#comment-6393' rel="nofollow">@aonghus</a> - I suppose the <i>progammer of sorts</i> bit was bubbling in its shell for a while. I was quick to select it for insertion in this heaped bucket. (I'll let you do the merge pun). <a href='#comment-6395' rel="nofollow">@Gaye</a> - Sorry. <a href='#comment-6396' rel="nofollow">@Eolaí­ gan Fhéile</a> - Fantastic? It scares the hell out of me. I think Aonghus was waiting years to use that. We'll never stop him roll now he's on a roll. <a href='#comment-6397' rel="nofollow">@savannah</a> - That's a good thing, right?<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('6398','Primal Sneeze'); return false;">Reply</a> </div> @aonghus – I suppose the progammer of sorts bit was bubbling in its shell for a while. I was quick to select it for insertion in this heaped bucket. (I’ll let you do the merge pun).

@Gaye – Sorry.

@Eolaí­ gan Fhéile – Fantastic? It scares the hell out of me.

I think Aonghus was waiting years to use that. We’ll never stop him roll now he’s on a roll.

@savannah – That’s a good thing, right?

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]]> By: savannah http://www.primalsneeze.com/2008/11/18/sally-the-esoteric-vegetablarian/comment-page-1/#comment-6397 savannah Wed, 19 Nov 2008 02:39:45 +0000 http://www.primalsneeze.com/?p=665#comment-6397 jaysus, you make me laugh, sugar! xoxox<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('6397','savannah'); return false;">Reply</a> </div> jaysus, you make me laugh, sugar! xoxox
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]]> By: Eolaí gan Fhéile http://www.primalsneeze.com/2008/11/18/sally-the-esoteric-vegetablarian/comment-page-1/#comment-6396 Eolaí gan Fhéile Wed, 19 Nov 2008 00:48:25 +0000 http://www.primalsneeze.com/?p=665#comment-6396 Hey, cool - when I was a programmer I was only 10% off spending my development time the way I should have. Sally's in Dublin traffic control? That's fantastic! Aonghus - "like Tony Hoare" was too good. XKCD material.<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('6396','Eolaí gan Fhéile'); return false;">Reply</a> </div> Hey, cool – when I was a programmer I was only 10% off spending my development time the way I should have.

Sally’s in Dublin traffic control? That’s fantastic!

Aonghus – “like Tony Hoare” was too good. XKCD material.

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]]> By: Gaye http://www.primalsneeze.com/2008/11/18/sally-the-esoteric-vegetablarian/comment-page-1/#comment-6395 Gaye Tue, 18 Nov 2008 21:58:59 +0000 http://www.primalsneeze.com/?p=665#comment-6395 mean sneeze (take two, the first time I tried to say this i got caught in spam protection or something else)<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('6395','Gaye'); return false;">Reply</a> </div> mean sneeze (take two, the first time I tried to say this i got caught in spam protection or something else)
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]]> By: aonghus http://www.primalsneeze.com/2008/11/18/sally-the-esoteric-vegetablarian/comment-page-1/#comment-6394 aonghus Tue, 18 Nov 2008 21:44:57 +0000 http://www.primalsneeze.com/?p=665#comment-6394 Besides, I think <em>ollamh</em> rather than general is the appropriate title.<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('6394','aonghus'); return false;">Reply</a> </div> Besides, I think ollamh rather than general is the appropriate title.
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]]> By: aonghus http://www.primalsneeze.com/2008/11/18/sally-the-esoteric-vegetablarian/comment-page-1/#comment-6393 aonghus Tue, 18 Nov 2008 20:33:56 +0000 http://www.primalsneeze.com/?p=665#comment-6393 Both said that a programmers job is thinking, and I agree. But mostly I couldn't avoid the in joke around "a progammer of <b>sorts</b>"<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('6393','aonghus'); return false;">Reply</a> </div> Both said that a programmers job is thinking, and I agree.

But mostly I couldn’t avoid the in joke around “a progammer of sorts“

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]]> By: Primal Sneeze http://www.primalsneeze.com/2008/11/18/sally-the-esoteric-vegetablarian/comment-page-1/#comment-6392 Primal Sneeze Tue, 18 Nov 2008 18:40:09 +0000 http://www.primalsneeze.com/?p=665#comment-6392 <a href='#comment-6386' rel="nofollow">@Sugar Britches</a> - Well I hope it was coffee you'd had already - I don't want to be blamed for miracles. <a href='#comment-6387' rel="nofollow">@TheChrisD</a> - Akismet is running, plus another one. You got through on the 2<sup>nd</sup> try. That's what I like. Akismet == 20+ spams per day Akismet + the other one == 0 <a href='#comment-6388' rel="nofollow">@aonghus</a> - Dijkstra and Hoare are computer <u>scientists</u>, not programmers. Their job is thinking. Generals not foot soldiers. That said, it is my belief that programmers should spend 90% of development time thinking. And most of that before they lay a finger on the keyboard. <a href='#comment-6389' rel="nofollow">@Eolaí gan Fhéile</a> - Good.<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('6392','Primal Sneeze'); return false;">Reply</a> </div> @Sugar Britches – Well I hope it was coffee you’d had already – I don’t want to be blamed for miracles.

@TheChrisD – Akismet is running, plus another one. You got through on the 2nd try. That’s what I like.

Akismet == 20+ spams per day

Akismet + the other one == 0

@aonghus – Dijkstra and Hoare are computer scientists, not programmers. Their job is thinking. Generals not foot soldiers.

That said, it is my belief that programmers should spend 90% of development time thinking. And most of that before they lay a finger on the keyboard.

@Eolaí gan Fhéile – Good.

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