Dr Wingnut

Year: 2004

  • Penniless engineer returns

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    Today, I found this lovely picture of the penniless engineer.I guess he’s still working for Micro$oft.

  • And then there is real life…

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    Arithmetic is where the answer is right and everything is nice and you can look out of the window and see the blue sky—or the answer is wrong and you have to start over and try again and see how it comes out this time.Carl Sandberg

  • Stupidity

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    Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I’m not sure about the former. Albert Einstein Everyone has a right to be stupid.  Some just abuse the privilege.Unknown A common mistake that people make when trying to design something completely foolproof is to underestimate the ingenuity of complete fools.Douglas Adams

  • Action

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    Do not wait to strike till the iron is hot; but make it hot by striking.William Butler Yeats

  • Yes indeedy

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    [Linux developers] created something really, really valuable.  In America, that attracts lawyers.Daniel Egger, founder and chair of Open Source Risk Management, a startup selling legal insurance for copyright claims against open source software

  • Amazing

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    The following quote was included in a sales letter from Microsoft for Windows Server 2003 that I received last week:We upgraded from our NT domain to Microsoft Windows Server 2003 with Active Directory in just one evening.  Now our IT staff has a directory enabled environment to refine its control over the desktop, and new…

  • One of those situations

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    I was barely sitting down when I heard a voice from the other stall saying: “Hi, how are you?”I’m not the type to start a conversation in the men’s restroom but I don’t know what got into me, so I answered, somewhat embarrassed, “Doin’ just fine!”And the other guy says: “So what are you up…