Lotus Gotes and it's evil inventors
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Ummmm...... How many kilometers are there in 1 mile? 1 mile = 1.609 kilometers 370 km/hour X (1 / 1.609) = 229 miles / Hour Hardly what I would call 'half' the speed of sound. The speed of sound at 25 C and 60% humidity is 347.31 m/s = 777.1 miles per hour. So, it is more accurate to say the car goes 229 / 777 times the speed of sound. Well, it is traveling more like 0.2947 times the speed of sound, or roughly 1/3. I think you would be perfetly safe at those speeds ;) at least until the deer jumps out in front of your car, or the little old lady in her Hummer makes a left turn in front of you (don't lauch, this happened to me the other day!) :~
I was definitely doing some good old fashion exaggeration (it happens here from time to time). You are in a Kevlar car. So the deer would become jerky if you were going fast enough consider the deer "smoked". Now the old lady in the hummer... We'd have to address that with side mounted .50 cal smoking gats. (Since I'm exaggerating already, why not.) Also, we might actually be able to hit 385 MPH with nitrous or some other modifications. As long as Crafton did the driving and I was free to eject at the first sign of trouble I'm okay with all of it. (Since I'm exaggerating.)
My name is Inigo Montoya, you killed my process, prepare to die. Slightly modified quote from Princess Bride. Code-frog System Architects, Inc.
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(warning - RANT mode ON) When you're deep into a cursing session at Lotus Blotes, and it seems that Hell it self can't be far away, do you ever find yourself wishing you could tear the larynx out of the development team that fostered this aborted dung hill of a program on the general masses? Well it appears we can now track 'em down![^] I love this part of the article: " "The fundamental nature of work is changing," said Ozzie. Rhodin noted that "we are at a tipping point where technologies can go in many different directions. Twenty years ago we didn't know what Notes would become." " Duh, what kind of a dumbass do you think we all are Ozzie? The "fundamental nature of work"? Gack someone slap these idiots up the side of the head - next we'll be talking about a new paradigm to transform the Knowledege Worker! Then there's these classic quotes: " Dyson asked the panel members, "What do we need to do next?" Here is what they said: Greif: "See the differences between now and 20 years ago: relationships between research and real applications, the explosion of online communications, and the interesting intellectual issues." Ozzie: "Embrace the idea that the business environment is moving toward a confederation of businesses instead of vertical integration -- a mesh environment. Understand that there isn't one answer for all environments and that it is healthy to try different approaches." Rhodin: "Figure out how to unlock the creativity of users without breaking the IT department." Conrad: "Accommodate the next multitasking generation." Dituro: "Deal with the institutional inclination for more control, not less. Recognize the business need to communicate." " "Accommodate the next multitasking generation" - yeah I love that, cause soon there will be multiple ways to do do 5 things at once! "Figure out how to unlock the creativity of users without breaking the IT department." - Have these people ever worked in a real job? No worker cares about "creativity" (for the most part). For craps sake they want to get their email and move on with their life!!! :mad: Hey Esther, if you're listening, here's what you can do next: - Hang all the Notes lead developers - Fix the resulting mess to roughly act like a nor