Chipping the web – ‘A’
March 8th, 2007 4:54:32 pm pst by 
Sterling Camden
“We shall scrimp and save” is a line from the Beatles’ song “When I’m 64“. Paul McCartney is now 64 years old, but I don’t think he’s doing much scrimping and saving these days (BTW, Heather Mills was born the year after the debut of Seargent Peppers). But I remember scrimping and saving for my first personal computer, a Commodore 64.
Don’t sip your coffee right before reading this: it’s hot.
Computing aphorisms (thanks, Assaf). Sample:
The easiest way to detect subtle flaws in computer programs is to spend time analyzing the problem and then go get a pizza. The answer normally manifests itself afterwards. Nobody knows why this works.
Well, I have a theory: disengaging from the systematic organization of the problem in your mind allows your brain to work on it on the back burner as it would in a dream, using free association.
Shelley Batts berates pandas for discriminating against the handicapped among them, while Randy wants to target the handicapped — the ethically handicapped, that is.
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I do my best thinking in the shower in the morning.
“Well, I have a theory: disengaging from the systematic organization of the problem in your mind allows your brain to work on it on the back burner as it would in a dream, using free association.”
Chip, don’t be ridiculous! It’s because the real seat of intelligence is in the stomach, not the brain! Hence the Proverb, “I can’t think on an empty stomach. And, uh, pass the potatoes.”
Me too, engtech, or else running the dog in the morning. Sleeping on it has the same effect, if not better.
Heh, Robert — actually the intestines have a huge nerve center which some have implicated in neurological diseases such as autism. But skip the potatoes, man, they’ll kill you. Give me some good beef, broccoli, and chili peppers.
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