From owner-freebsd-chat Mon Mar 8 8: 1:11 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from shattered.disturbed.net (shattered.disturbed.net [192.139.81.180]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0123014DD8 for ; Mon, 8 Mar 1999 08:00:57 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from veers@disturbed.net) Received: from shattered.disturbed.net ([192.139.81.180]:42252 "EHLO shattered" ident: "IDENT-NONSENSE") by disturbed.net with ESMTP id <61622-266>; Mon, 8 Mar 1999 11:02:32 -0500 Date: Mon, 8 Mar 1999 11:02:31 -0500 (EST) From: Alex Perel To: Nocturne Cc: FreeBSD Chat Subject: Re: Why I suffer [Was: Re: Microsoft dies after 47 days (was: Moving on and check outmy.sig)] In-Reply-To: <36E36426.86BB5E3D@uswest.net> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Sun, 7 Mar 1999, Nocturne wrote: > > A real hacker would write his own accounting system though, no need > > for such a cop out - Q* money programs are not to be trusted! > > Okay, show me an X accounting program with the features of QuickBooks > and I'll switch right now. As soon as I can teach the lusers^Wnon- > technical people[1] how to use an entirely new system. Did I mention > that it has to be data-compatible with QuickBooks and Quicken so we > can still read the files we get from clients? Not as simple as one > might think... I DID say write your own, didn't I? That will make you look very good in front of the boss - an employee with vision and technical prowess, hacking away at a substitute to something that already works... great sight indeed. > > What you may want to do is (carefully) move the computer to the > > center of the floor. Get a big red crayon, and draw a pentagram around it. > > Next, candles - red is preferred but not required. Just make sure they are > > the long lasting kind - it'd be a real shame if the computer outlives the > > candles. Once you've done all that, walk away and lock the door. Don't come > > back until the 49.7th day of operation. If all goes well the machine will > > have transformed into a mutant of Windoze, OS/2 and CP/M. That is the > > perfect time to launch a preemptive strike and destroy it. Am I getting > > ahead of myself here? > > Yes, you are getting ahead of yourself. You see, I have to wait 27 > days and 18 hours between rituals. The forces inhabiting the computer > lab demand it. Something to do with dried frogs and naked redheads > masturbating on the network hubs. But I'll keep your recommendation > in mind. Is your company hiring? I'd love to see that computer room.... :) Alex G. Perel -=- AP5081 alexp@iplink.net -=- (work) veers@disturbed.net -=- (play) Disturbed Networks - Powered exclusively by FreeBSD == The Power to Serve -=- http://www.freebsd.org/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message