If programming languages were religions…

By amz – Monday, December 15, 2008 at 14:52

PHP would be Cafeteria Christianity – Fights with Java for the web market. It draws a few concepts from C and Java, but only those that it really likes. Maybe it’s not as coherent as other languages, but at least it leaves you with much more freedom and ostensibly keeps the core idea of the whole thing. Also, the whole concept of “goto hell” was abandoned.

source: JC Penney: Beware of the Doghouse

The Marine looked at the man and said, ‘Sir, Mr. Bush is no longer
president and no longer resides here.’

The old man said, ‘Okay, thank you’ and walked away.

The following day, the same man approached the White House
and said to the same Marine, ‘I would like to go in and meet with
President Bush.’

The Marine again told the man, ‘Sir, as I said yesterday, Mr.
Bush is no longer president and no longer resides here.’

The man thanked him and, again, just walked away.

The third day, the same man approached the White House and
spoke to the very same U. S. Marine, saying ‘I would like to go
in and meet with President Bush.’

The Marine, understandably agitated at this point, looked at
the man and said, ‘Sir, this is the third day in a row you have
been here asking to speak to Mr. Bush. I’ve told you already
that Mr. Bush is no longer the president and no longer resides
here. Don’t you understand?’

The old man looked at the Marine and said, ‘Oh, I understand.
I just love hearing it.’

The Marine snapped to attention, saluted, and said, ‘See you
tomorrow, Sir’.

Source: www.piratename.net

Understand your nerd’s relation to the computer. It’s clichéd, but a nerd is defined by his computer, and you need to understand why.

First, a majority of the folks on the planet either have no idea how
a computer works or they look at it and think “it’s magic”. Nerds know
how a computer works. They intimately know how a computer works. When
you ask a nerd, “When I click this, it takes awhile for the thing to
show up. Do you know what’s wrong?” they know what’s wrong. A nerd has
a mental model of the hardware and the software in his head. While the
rest of the world sees magic, your nerd knows how the magic works, he
knows the magic is a long series of ones and zeros moving across your
screen with impressive speed, and he knows how to make those bits move
faster.

The nerd has based his career, maybe his life, on the computer, and as
we’ll see, this intimate relationship has altered his view of the
world. He sees the world as a system which, given enough time and
effort, is completely knowable. This is a fragile illusion that your
nerd has adopted, but it’s a pleasant one that gets your nerd through
the day. When the illusion is broken, you are going to discover that…

Highly entertaining, especially for all you nerds out there…

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AGHty_S0TU0

I don’t get it. It’s like those people who go around with those t-shirts and stickers that say “you laugh at me because I’m different, but I laugh at you because you’re all the same.” How different are you if you’re wearing a mass-produced t-shirt with a registered trade mark sold through one of the largest clothing franchises in the world? You’re the reason Old Navy keeps making stupid commercials, and you’re the reason McDonalds gets away with selling so much shitty food every day.

Yeah… i agree… i don’t want to accuse everyone, but i suspect we are all guilty to some extent… most especially anyone with an “I’m unique” T-shirt.

johnaugust.com » Seven Things I Learned from World of Warcraft

This is one of my very favorite videos, thought I’d post it for easy watching…

This video/song is fantastic… it hits pretty close to home for me and several of my friends, though. Personally it’s hitting at least 40% acurate for me:

I’m fluent in Javascript, do webpages for friends, got a friend who went to MIT, have stationary rims, i’ve got a soldering gun, i edit wikipedia, i can quote the whole “Monty Python and the Holy Grail”, and I wanna bowl with the gansta’s.

I’ve don’t have a segway, i was never in any “clubs” in highschool, i don’t collect comics, no braces, don’t know pascal and i would really have to refresh at calculus, no action figures, and i don’t mow my lawn (live in an aparament).

Aye, we be needin’ ya to talk like pirate now or ye’ be considered a spinless land-lubber.  If ye’ be needin’ some a guidance-like, watch “Pirates of the Carribian” again and hold fast.

You rank up there with your seduction skills, though you might not know it.
That’s because you’re a natural at seduction. You don’t realize your power!
The root of your natural seduction power: your innocence and optimism.

You’re the type of person who happily plays around and creates a unique little world.
Little do you know that your personal paradise is so appealing that it sucks people in.
You find joy in everything – so is it any surprise that people find joy in you?

You bring back the inner child in everyone you meet with your sincere and spontaneous ways.
Your childlike (but not childish) behavior also inspires others to care for you.
As a result, those who you befriend and date tend to be incredibly loyal to you.