I sent the following definition a few days ago:
SPEEDY MORON
First Corollary - If you provide it the correct program, it provides
the correct result very quickly
Second Corollary - If you provide an incorrect program, it provides
the wrong result just as fast
Why is it that the general public always blames the computer itself
when a mistake is made rather than the VP who is responsible for
managing the individuals who wrote the program? Note that I
rarely say the the individual who wrote the program is at fault.
Rather, it is management's responsibility to ensure quality control.
woodelf wrote:
Tom Jennings wrote:
For a stored program, automatic, digital, computer, the thing that
distinguishes it from other human artifacts is
this one
simple-seeming thing: the machine that modifies itself.
The main point I remember about computer defs is 'They do stupid
simple things really fast."
Ben alias woodelf
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