On 04/01/02 11:25, "Walter Johnson" <walterjohnson_at_mac.com> wrote:
> On Friday, January 4, 2002, at 05:16 AM, newtontalk_at_newtontalk.net wrote:
>
>> Oh man, I just had a bad thought. How many of you use your Newts in the
>> bathroom?
>>
>> Oops, there goes the pen right into the toilet...yuck!
>
> This actually happened to me. I had owned my 2000 for less than a week
> and found myself in urgent need of the afore mentioned facility. I could
> tell it was going to be a while and so got out my 2000. My hands were
> dry and that all metal 2000 pen is so slippery that I fumbled it. It
> bounced around for an agonizing moment before dropping right into the
> depths. I knew exactly how much a replacement pen would cost and how
> long it would take to get. In the end I decided that $25 and a week or
> more of missing stylus was worse than a moment of discomfort and a lot
> of hot water hand washing. After all after you have a few kids...
>
> The moral of the story is: When using stylus based computers in the
> potty, close ranks until you have the stylus deployed and stable.
ROTFL!!!!
-Laurent.
-- ===================================================================== Laurent Daudelin Developer, Multifamily, ESO, Fannie Mae mailto:Laurent_Daudelin_at_fanniemae.com Washington, DC, USA ********************** Usual disclaimers apply ********************** candygrammar n.: A programming-language grammar that is mostly syntactic sugar; the term is also a play on `candygram'. COBOL, Apple's Hypertalk language, and a lot of the so-called `4GL' database languages share this property. The usual intent of such designs is that they be as English-like as possible, on the theory that they will then be easier for unskilled people to program. This intention comes to grief on the reality that syntax isn't what makes programming hard; it's the mental effort and organization required to specify an algorithm precisely that costs. Thus the invariable result is that `candygrammar' languages are just as difficult to program in as terser ones, and far more painful for the experienced hacker.-- This is the Newtontalk mailinglist - http://www.newtontalk.net To unsubscribe or manage: visit the above link or mailto:newtontalk-request_at_newtontalk.net?Subject=unsubscribe
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