From owner-freebsd-chat Wed Nov 17 16:32:19 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from monsoon.mail.pipex.net (monsoon.mail.pipex.net [158.43.128.69]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 7FD5114ED4 for ; Wed, 17 Nov 1999 16:32:12 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from mark@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org) Received: (qmail 27473 invoked from network); 18 Nov 1999 00:15:32 -0000 Received: from userbg12.uk.uudial.com (HELO marder-1.) (62.188.142.132) by smtp.dial.pipex.com with SMTP; 18 Nov 1999 00:15:32 -0000 Received: (from mark@localhost) by marder-1. (8.9.3/8.8.8) id AAA02490; Thu, 18 Nov 1999 00:15:32 GMT (envelope-from mark) Date: Thu, 18 Nov 1999 00:15:32 +0000 From: Mark Ovens To: Erick White Cc: Brett Glass , Greg Lehey , David Schwartz , Giorgos Keramidas , freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: You will be assimilated (was: Judge: "Gates Was Main Culprit") Message-ID: <19991118001532.C1614@marder-1> References: <19991117231945.A1614@marder-1> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 1.0pre2i In-Reply-To: Organization: Total lack of Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Wed, Nov 17, 1999 at 06:58:59PM -0600, Erick White wrote: > I laughed through all of it. Yep sounds like me in most instances. > ALl except for a few minor details. Gagh is Klingon meal worms and is > good... not bad. And the other thing... I don't think klingons would try > to be like M$ on that last statement. :) > :-) My personal favourites are 7 & 8. > Your Klingon UNIX Advocate: Erick "Gronok" > > > On Wed, 17 Nov 1999, Mark Ovens wrote: > > > On Wed, Nov 17, 1999 at 06:02:48PM -0600, Erick White wrote: > > > I don't think I know about the Klingon programmer thing. > > > > > > 12) "Specifications are for the weak and timid!" > > 11) "This machine is a piece of GAGH! I need dual Pentium processors > > if I am to do battle with this code!" > > > > 10) "You cannot really appreciate Dilbert unless you've read it in > > the original Klingon." > > > > 9) "Indentation?! - I will show you how to indent when I indent your > > skull!" > > > > 8) "What is this talk of 'release'? Klingons do not make software > > 'releases'. Our software 'escapes' leaving a bloody trail of > > designers and quality assurance people in it's wake." > > > > 7) "Klingon function calls do not have 'parameters' - they have > > 'arguments' -- and they ALWAYS WIN THEM." > > > > 6) "Debugging? Klingons do not debug. Our software does not coddle > > the weak." > > > > 5) "I have challenged the entire quality assurance team to a > > Bat-Leth contest. They will not concern us again." > > > > 4) "A TRUE Klingon Warrior does not comment his code!" > > > > 3) "By filing this SPR you have challenged the honor of my family. > > Prepare to die!" > > > > 2) "You question the worthiness of my code? I should kill you where > > you stand!" > > > > 1) "Our users will know fear and cower before our software! Ship it! > > Ship it and let them flee like the dogs they are!" > > > > > > > I did however use to play trek sims and have always liked the > > > klingons who hold to their honor type thing. ALways have been, but > > > then I am a trekker, all of you can laug if you want, everyone else > > > does! :) > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Your Friend: Erick > > > > > > On Wed, 17 Nov 1999, Brett Glass wrote: > > > > > > > At 07:39 PM 11/15/1999 -0500, Greg Lehey wrote: > > > > > > > > >Far be it from me to be of one mind with Brett (as a search of the > > > > >mail archives will show) > > > > > > > > If we have one mind, then I guess we both HAVE been assimilated. ;-) > > > > > > > > As for the bit about Klingons: I'm reminded of Mark Ovens' posting > > > > regarding Klingon programmers, circa 17 July, on this list. > > > > > > > > --Brett > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message > > > > -- > > STATE-OF-THE-ART: Any computer you can't afford. > > OBSOLETE: Any computer you own. > > ________________________________________________________________ > > FreeBSD - The Power To Serve http://www.freebsd.org > > My Webpage http://ukug.uk.freebsd.org/~mark/ > > mailto:mark@ukug.uk.freebsd.org http://www.radan.com > > > -- STATE-OF-THE-ART: Any computer you can't afford. OBSOLETE: Any computer you own. ________________________________________________________________ FreeBSD - The Power To Serve http://www.freebsd.org My Webpage http://ukug.uk.freebsd.org/~mark/ mailto:mark@ukug.uk.freebsd.org http://www.radan.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message