Showing posts with label computers. Show all posts
Showing posts with label computers. Show all posts

Friday, July 30, 2010

attitude

notice the close reasoning
the counter argument
In any computer language, scripting or not, statements mimic human speech to the extent that they have a label (a noun), a command name (verb) and arguments (predicates).

In that computer application know as TSO (Time sharing option) which IBM has offered on its mainframes that use the operating systems OS/MVT, SVS (aka OS/VS1), MVS (aka OS/VS2) and now zOS since the middle 1970s, LOGIN is a command at the READY prompt which signons off the current userid and prepares to allow a new access session.

Take a deep breath, hold it, let it out slowly, and get over it.

Calvin and Hobbes pov

Thursday, November 12, 2009

illiterates and the intellectally deficient

oh my God, this reads like someone overheard small talk between illiterates and the intellectally deficient on the east wing of the psychiatric ward!! Fortunately for all US citizen the SSA systems work magnitudes better than the above link. - a senior IT person

Wednesday, June 25, 2008

pov

Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from ...

Anatomy of a runaway IT project

Anatomy of a runaway IT project

Wednesday, January 30, 2008

a note from the boss on the current company reorganization

A man in a hot air balloon, realizing he was lost, reduced altitude and spotted a woman below. He descended further and shouted to the lady
Excuse me, can you help me? I promised a friend I would meet him an hour ago, but I don't know where I am.
The woman below replied,
You're in a hot air balloon, hovering approximately 30 feet above the ground. You're between 40 and 41 degrees north latitude and between 59 and 60 degrees west longitude.
You must be in IT,
said the balloonist. Replied the woman,
Actually I am, How did you know?
Answered the balloonist,
Well, everything you have told me is technically correct but I've no idea what to make of your information and the fact is I'm still lost. Frankly, you've not been much help at all. If anything, you've delayed my trip.
The woman below responded,
You must be in Management.
Replied the balloonist,
I am, but how did you know?
Said the woman,
Well, you don't know where you are or where you’re going. You have risen to where you are due to a large quantity of hot air. You made a promise, which you've no idea how to keep, and you expect people beneath you to solve your problems. The fact is you are in exactly the same position you were in before we met, but now, somehow, it’s my f****** fault.

Tuesday, September 11, 2007

the tag file

Computer Associates - CA -
Superior Software by Acquisition -
Binyamin Dissen bdissen at dissensoftware dot com