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  • J Josh Smith

    Suppose you were tasked with the job of designing Hell (whether you believe in Hell or not is irrelevant). Also imagine that you are not given a very large budget for the project. What might your design be? Here's one idea... Everyone who enters Hell is given a very heavy stone. They are then forced to endlessly walk up and down huge mountains in the blistering sun, freezing cold snow, etc. No water, no food, no rest, no clothes (remember, we're on a tight budget here!). If you stop, someone (perhaps cheap migrant laborers) gives you an additional stone to carry and then beats you until you start walking again. Maybe every once in a while one of the cheap laborers kicks you in the face, just to make your day that much worse.

    :josh: My WPF Blog[^] FYI - Bob is a scarecrow who keeps Chuck Norris away from CodeProject.

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    Paul Watson
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    BTW I think there is a book or religious cult who believe in your vision of hell. I vaguely remember reading once about a chap who toiled up a mountain for all eternity carrying a rock on his back. I think little men would hurl stones at him from the top which regularly hit him, knocking his rock back down the mountain. When he reached the top they kicked the rock back down, he trudged back down and started again. Frankly I think my future kids should do some manual labour like that to give them a bit of backbone...

    regards, Paul Watson Ireland & South Africa

    Shog9 wrote:

    And with that, Paul closed his browser, sipped his herbal tea, fixed the flower in his hair, and smiled brightly at the multitude of cute, furry animals flocking around the grassy hillside where he sat coding Ruby on his Mac...

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      Easy. The only food/liquid available is Chicken Ramen Noodles w/ broth. No switching up the flavors, just chicken. :P

      Found on Bash.org [erno] hm. I've lost a machine.. literally _lost_. it responds to ping, it works completely, I just can't figure out where in my apartment it is.

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      Andy Brummer
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      Beef and salt. Every other label is a combination of those 2.

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      • P Paul Watson

        And because it was Chuck Norris, she enjoyed it.

        regards, Paul Watson Ireland & South Africa

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        And with that, Paul closed his browser, sipped his herbal tea, fixed the flower in his hair, and smiled brightly at the multitude of cute, furry animals flocking around the grassy hillside where he sat coding Ruby on his Mac...

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        Josh Smith
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        Paul Watson wrote:

        And because it was Chuck Norris, she enjoyed it.

        Actually she didn't enjoy it at all. Chuck Norris just stared at her until she begged him to continue eating her limbs. :-D

        :josh: My WPF Blog[^] FYI - Bob is a scarecrow who keeps Chuck Norris away from CodeProject.

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        • P Paul Watson

          A billion billion tiny little rooms. Too small to stand up in, too narrow to lie down in. The walls and roof are freezing to the touch, the floor is just this side of scalding hot. And 24/7 Mariah Carey played by a Chinese orchestra and sung by Justin Timerlake.

          regards, Paul Watson Ireland & South Africa

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          And with that, Paul closed his browser, sipped his herbal tea, fixed the flower in his hair, and smiled brightly at the multitude of cute, furry animals flocking around the grassy hillside where he sat coding Ruby on his Mac...

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          Paul Watson wrote:

          And 24/7 Mariah Carey played by a Chinese orchestra and sung by Justin Timerlake.

          :josh explodes grenade next to head: Ahh, much better. :D

          :josh: My WPF Blog[^] FYI - Bob is a scarecrow who keeps Chuck Norris away from CodeProject.

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          • J Josh Smith

            Suppose you were tasked with the job of designing Hell (whether you believe in Hell or not is irrelevant). Also imagine that you are not given a very large budget for the project. What might your design be? Here's one idea... Everyone who enters Hell is given a very heavy stone. They are then forced to endlessly walk up and down huge mountains in the blistering sun, freezing cold snow, etc. No water, no food, no rest, no clothes (remember, we're on a tight budget here!). If you stop, someone (perhaps cheap migrant laborers) gives you an additional stone to carry and then beats you until you start walking again. Maybe every once in a while one of the cheap laborers kicks you in the face, just to make your day that much worse.

            :josh: My WPF Blog[^] FYI - Bob is a scarecrow who keeps Chuck Norris away from CodeProject.

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            Gary R Wheeler
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            Put them in a 10x10 cube and tell them they had to build software with contradictory requirements, an irrational schedule, and threaten to outsource their jobs to Israel if they don't perform to expectations. Oh shit...


            Software Zen: delete this;

            Fold With Us![^]

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            • J Josh Smith

              Suppose you were tasked with the job of designing Hell (whether you believe in Hell or not is irrelevant). Also imagine that you are not given a very large budget for the project. What might your design be? Here's one idea... Everyone who enters Hell is given a very heavy stone. They are then forced to endlessly walk up and down huge mountains in the blistering sun, freezing cold snow, etc. No water, no food, no rest, no clothes (remember, we're on a tight budget here!). If you stop, someone (perhaps cheap migrant laborers) gives you an additional stone to carry and then beats you until you start walking again. Maybe every once in a while one of the cheap laborers kicks you in the face, just to make your day that much worse.

              :josh: My WPF Blog[^] FYI - Bob is a scarecrow who keeps Chuck Norris away from CodeProject.

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              Joan M
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              Make everybody to program using VB...

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              • P Paul Watson

                BTW I think there is a book or religious cult who believe in your vision of hell. I vaguely remember reading once about a chap who toiled up a mountain for all eternity carrying a rock on his back. I think little men would hurl stones at him from the top which regularly hit him, knocking his rock back down the mountain. When he reached the top they kicked the rock back down, he trudged back down and started again. Frankly I think my future kids should do some manual labour like that to give them a bit of backbone...

                regards, Paul Watson Ireland & South Africa

                Shog9 wrote:

                And with that, Paul closed his browser, sipped his herbal tea, fixed the flower in his hair, and smiled brightly at the multitude of cute, furry animals flocking around the grassy hillside where he sat coding Ruby on his Mac...

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                That's Sisyphus (from Greek mythology).

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                • J Josh Smith

                  Suppose you were tasked with the job of designing Hell (whether you believe in Hell or not is irrelevant). Also imagine that you are not given a very large budget for the project. What might your design be? Here's one idea... Everyone who enters Hell is given a very heavy stone. They are then forced to endlessly walk up and down huge mountains in the blistering sun, freezing cold snow, etc. No water, no food, no rest, no clothes (remember, we're on a tight budget here!). If you stop, someone (perhaps cheap migrant laborers) gives you an additional stone to carry and then beats you until you start walking again. Maybe every once in a while one of the cheap laborers kicks you in the face, just to make your day that much worse.

                  :josh: My WPF Blog[^] FYI - Bob is a scarecrow who keeps Chuck Norris away from CodeProject.

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                  Mark_Wallace
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                  Glad you're taking the initiative. Have the functional specifications on my desk by Monday.

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                  • J Josh Smith

                    Suppose you were tasked with the job of designing Hell (whether you believe in Hell or not is irrelevant). Also imagine that you are not given a very large budget for the project. What might your design be? Here's one idea... Everyone who enters Hell is given a very heavy stone. They are then forced to endlessly walk up and down huge mountains in the blistering sun, freezing cold snow, etc. No water, no food, no rest, no clothes (remember, we're on a tight budget here!). If you stop, someone (perhaps cheap migrant laborers) gives you an additional stone to carry and then beats you until you start walking again. Maybe every once in a while one of the cheap laborers kicks you in the face, just to make your day that much worse.

                    :josh: My WPF Blog[^] FYI - Bob is a scarecrow who keeps Chuck Norris away from CodeProject.

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                    Everybody is a software developer and the only lookup source the company doesn't block is MSDN[^]. :laugh:


                    V. Stop smoking so you can: enjoy longer the money you save.

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                    • P Paul Watson

                      BTW I think there is a book or religious cult who believe in your vision of hell. I vaguely remember reading once about a chap who toiled up a mountain for all eternity carrying a rock on his back. I think little men would hurl stones at him from the top which regularly hit him, knocking his rock back down the mountain. When he reached the top they kicked the rock back down, he trudged back down and started again. Frankly I think my future kids should do some manual labour like that to give them a bit of backbone...

                      regards, Paul Watson Ireland & South Africa

                      Shog9 wrote:

                      And with that, Paul closed his browser, sipped his herbal tea, fixed the flower in his hair, and smiled brightly at the multitude of cute, furry animals flocking around the grassy hillside where he sat coding Ruby on his Mac...

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                      JMOdom
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                      Paul Watson wrote:

                      Frankly I think my future kids should do some manual labour like that to give them a bit of backbone...

                      :-D Why? Were they born without one? :laugh:

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                      • J Josh Smith

                        Suppose you were tasked with the job of designing Hell (whether you believe in Hell or not is irrelevant). Also imagine that you are not given a very large budget for the project. What might your design be? Here's one idea... Everyone who enters Hell is given a very heavy stone. They are then forced to endlessly walk up and down huge mountains in the blistering sun, freezing cold snow, etc. No water, no food, no rest, no clothes (remember, we're on a tight budget here!). If you stop, someone (perhaps cheap migrant laborers) gives you an additional stone to carry and then beats you until you start walking again. Maybe every once in a while one of the cheap laborers kicks you in the face, just to make your day that much worse.

                        :josh: My WPF Blog[^] FYI - Bob is a scarecrow who keeps Chuck Norris away from CodeProject.

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                        Simple: #include int main() { cout << "Welcome to Hell!" << endl; return 0; } It's run using the following command line: hell >> /dev/null

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                        • J Joan M

                          Make everybody to program using VB...

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                          brilliant!!!

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                          • P Paul Watson

                            I was thinking it didn't sound too bad, then you got to the Kelly Clarkson bit. Argh! (I'd always go for a good swim in the sea if I cut myself, had a graze or anything like that. The ocean water heals wonderfully.)

                            regards, Paul Watson Ireland & South Africa

                            Shog9 wrote:

                            And with that, Paul closed his browser, sipped his herbal tea, fixed the flower in his hair, and smiled brightly at the multitude of cute, furry animals flocking around the grassy hillside where he sat coding Ruby on his Mac...

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                            Paul Watson wrote:

                            (I'd always go for a good swim in the sea if I cut myself, had a graze or anything like that. The ocean water heals wonderfully.)

                            Plus you have the sharks to lick you wounds clean...

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                              Dude, pray your mother doesn't read you describing her womb as a cubicle.

                              regards, Paul Watson Ireland & South Africa

                              Shog9 wrote:

                              And with that, Paul closed his browser, sipped his herbal tea, fixed the flower in his hair, and smiled brightly at the multitude of cute, furry animals flocking around the grassy hillside where he sat coding Ruby on his Mac...

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                              Bradml
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                              HAHAHA, Paul That was sharp.

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