Comments on: Random Thoughts: Time and Computers

By: Jimmy

Jimmy — Fri, 21 Dec 2012 22:15:44 +0000

Since we’re dealing in profundities…

Great chefs say, ‘you eat with your eyes.’ If true, the blind must be starving.

By: burt

burt — Fri, 21 Dec 2012 20:44:54 +0000

“Lesson learned for when we need to rebuild a new government: Give the government an extremely strict budget and rethink the idea of taxes.”

I was told the government made a profit loaning money to AIG. perhaps instead of levying taxes they could just loan money to banks.

By: Joel

Joel — Fri, 21 Dec 2012 18:45:47 +0000

As for your comment about writing dates as yyyymmdd so you can still sort them when the year goes to five digits: that is incorrect, at least in Java and C#.

By: Iowa Jim

Iowa Jim — Fri, 21 Dec 2012 17:19:34 +0000

Exactly how hard do you have to punch someone to make his head explode?

I don’t know. This requires more research. Send Paul Krugman and Chris Matthews over to my house and I’ll figure it out.

By: Son of Bob

Son of Bob — Fri, 21 Dec 2012 17:09:11 +0000

“You have an option of armed teachers and unarmed teachers. You don’t have the option of unarmed murders versus armed murderers.”

What’s that sound? * me, starting a slow clap *

By: CrustyB

CrustyB — Fri, 21 Dec 2012 16:47:30 +0000

I thought a semi-automatic was a truck transmission?

Why do programmers confuse Halloween and Christmas? Because OCT 31 = DEC 25. I get lots of ladies with that joke.

“My wife bought a rape whistle but she returned it. When she blew it, nothing happened.” -Rodney Dangerfield

By: Jimmy

Jimmy — Fri, 21 Dec 2012 16:12:04 +0000

Okay, the world is still here – but I have to admit I’m still hoping for a giant meteor to hit D.C. some time today. Hey, a guy can hope.

By: g

Fri, 21 Dec 2012 15:26:05 +0000

“BTW, if we could get rid of daylights saving and timezones and all go by Greenwich Mean Time, that would be awesome.”

Make that part of your presidential platform, you will get all the programmer’s votes including the ones who program the voting machines = landslide.

By: Ernie Loco

Ernie Loco — Fri, 21 Dec 2012 15:22:39 +0000

If you want to save lives, rather than making it harder to get an assault weapons should you be making it harder to get a driver’s license?

I’ve been saying this for years. Not because I want to save lives, but because I hate *(&@^#$ing bad drivers! Seriously, who decides to give these morons licenses?

By: DamnCat

DamnCat — Fri, 21 Dec 2012 15:05:54 +0000

“BTW, if we could get rid of daylights saving and timezones and all go by Greenwich Mean Time, that would be awesome.”

Then I’d be eating breakfast at noon. That’s crazy – who wants to wait until noon for breakfast?