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Re:A membership milestone
Posted: Wed Oct 22, 2008 1:22 am
by ironsight
Norb wrote:
I have yet to write bug free software.
Norb, over the span of my career i've worked with, fought with, argued with and occassionally managed over a couple hundred Software Engineers including some of the best in the industry. Not one ever initially produced bug-free code, not a one.
However there was this Chinese guy who came close. He could write code faster than i could think! He was assigned to me for one of my projects and i gave him three days to write the assembler code for an embedded micro controller chip. This guy studied the schematic, asked a whole bunch of detailed questions at the design review, took copies of the product definition, timing diagrams and flow charts with him and then went off to produce a couple thousand lines of the finished code a few hours later that same day!! :ohmy:
And to top it off only a couple bugs were found after testing which he fixed in a uSecond.
Re:A membership milestone
Posted: Wed Oct 22, 2008 3:38 am
by norb
ironsight wrote:
Norb wrote:
I have yet to write bug free software.
Norb, over the span of my career i've worked with, fought with, argued with and occassionally managed over a couple hundred Software Engineers including some of the best in the industry. Not one ever initially produced bug-free code, not a one.
However there was this Chinese guy who came close. He could write code faster than i could think! He was assigned to me for one of my projects and i gave him three days to write the assembler code for an embedded micro controller chip. This guy studied the schematic, asked a whole bunch of detailed questions at the design review, took copies of the product definition, timing diagrams and flow charts with him and then went off to produce a couple thousand lines of the finished code a few hours later that same day!! :ohmy:
And to top it off only a couple bugs were found after testing which he fixed in a uSecond.
That was me!!!!
Re:A membership milestone
Posted: Wed Oct 22, 2008 5:16 am
by Hancock the Superb
We must have a bug free copy!
Re:A membership milestone
Posted: Wed Oct 22, 2008 1:16 pm
by JC Edwards
norb wrote:
ironsight wrote:
Norb wrote:
I have yet to write bug free software.
Norb, over the span of my career i've worked with, fought with, argued with and occassionally managed over a couple hundred Software Engineers including some of the best in the industry. Not one ever initially produced bug-free code, not a one.
However there was this Chinese guy who came close. He could write code faster than i could think! He was assigned to me for one of my projects and i gave him three days to write the assembler code for an embedded micro controller chip. This guy studied the schematic, asked a whole bunch of detailed questions at the design review, took copies of the product definition, timing diagrams and flow charts with him and then went off to produce a couple thousand lines of the finished code a few hours later that same day!! :ohmy:
And to top it off only a couple bugs were found after testing which he fixed in a uSecond.
That was me!!!!
Norb = A Chinese game coding, Philadephia Eagles fan, who went to the USNA and skippered a Junk........that, or the S.S. Minnow (where he picked up
estabu?! as first mate).:blink:
Good thing we McNabb'd him to code our games.

Re:A membership milestone
Posted: Wed Oct 22, 2008 1:21 pm
by 69th NYSV
:laugh: Damn JC, you are to much!
Re:A membership milestone
Posted: Wed Oct 22, 2008 3:44 pm
by ironsight
JC wrote:
........that, or the S.S. Minnow (where he picked up estabu?! as first mate).
:laugh: :laugh: Sorry estabu, but i got a serious belly laugh out of that statement from our resident standup (or is it sitdown) comedian!!:laugh: :laugh:
On the serious side, i don't know why it is but its been my observation that Chinese guys make some of the best software coders. I remember yet another excellent Chinese SW Engineer i forgot about who had just started working recently. One morning when i showed up for work with cup of coffee in hand, i went to the SW area to do some serius BS'n. To my astonishment everyone in that department including his boss referred to this new Chinese guy as Leo!
When i asked his boss why they called him Leo:dry: he said they all couldn't pronounce his long 'n difficult Chinese name so they just called him Leo.
Apparently it was just fine with Leo.:dry:
Re:A membership milestone
Posted: Thu Oct 23, 2008 4:09 am
by JC Edwards
69th NYSV wrote:
:laugh: Damn JC, you are to much!
Not really....... you can order
my action figure for just $19.95......plus $30.00 shipping and handling.
Comes complete with Sabre, smoking pipe AND a jug of Jameson Irish Whiskey!:cheer: :silly:
Act now and you will also receive as a gift
"Hancock the Superb Crayola Crayons".
(All restrictions apply and sales are final. Void where prohibited. Not available in the Michigan.....home State of estabu.)
Re:A membership milestone
Posted: Thu Oct 23, 2008 5:49 am
by Ephrum
JC Edwards wrote:
69th NYSV wrote:
:laugh: Damn JC, you are to much!
Not really....... you can order
my action figure for just $19.95......plus $30.00 shipping and handling.
Comes complete with Sabre, smoking pipe AND a jug of Jameson Irish Whiskey!:cheer: :silly:
Act now and you will also receive as a gift
"Hancock the Superb Crayola Crayons".
(All restrictions apply and sales are final. Void where prohibited. Not available in the Michigan.....home State of estabu.)
:laugh: :laugh: :silly: :silly: :laugh: B)
Re:A membership milestone
Posted: Thu Oct 23, 2008 10:47 am
by Chamberlain
JC Edwards wrote:
69th NYSV wrote:
:laugh: Damn JC, you are to much!
Not really....... you can order
my action figure for just $19.95......plus $30.00 shipping and handling.
Comes complete with Sabre, smoking pipe AND a jug of Jameson Irish Whiskey!:cheer: :silly:
Act now and you will also receive as a gift
"Hancock the Superb Crayola Crayons".
(All restrictions apply and sales are final. Void where prohibited. Not available in the Michigan.....home State of estabu.)
Hey Sarge,
:silly: :silly:
Very Good !!!!
Does the "Hancock the Superb Crayola Crayons " come with a built in crayon sharpner ????
Chamberlain
Re:A membership milestone
Posted: Thu Oct 23, 2008 11:10 am
by estabu2
JC Edwards wrote:
69th NYSV wrote:
:laugh: Damn JC, you are to much!
Not really....... you can order
my action figure for just $19.95......plus $30.00 shipping and handling.
Comes complete with Sabre, smoking pipe AND a jug of Jameson Irish Whiskey!:cheer: :silly:
Act now and you will also receive as a gift
"Hancock the Superb Crayola Crayons".
(All restrictions apply and sales are final. Void where prohibited. Not available in the Michigan.....home State of estabu.)
I do not approve this message or the contents of
JC's Irish Whiskey!!!:P :laugh: