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Posted by Corby Trouser Press on 2007-02-08 17:01:06 +0000

Ships names

I'm bored, its just so tedious waiting for the right time to quit and move to Boston. Just had a half gallon lunch and am killing time until i go to "an evening with Michael Palin" (the python) later tonight. As I am about to leave the marvelous world of ships i thought i should let you know about some of the great names people have given vessels, before i leave it all as flotsam in my wake. Currently sailing the seas are these lovely ladies: Titan Uranus Suk Kok II Erection Mini Me Beaver (I went for a beer with the owner in Greece, he ended up getting arrested...whoops) Surfer Rosa (I checked and the owners daughters a huge pixies fan) Eurochampions 2004 (launched just after Greece won) oh, and if your ever on the west coast and see a tanker called the Seariver Mediterranean she is the re-named Exxon Valdez god im sad and boring.... I expect jokes in python or C++ in reply

Posted by tgl on 2007-02-08 19:12:16 +0000

If you can understand jokes in python or C++ then you might be interested in the Mathwork's EDG position I just heard about.

Posted by tendiamonds on 2007-02-08 20:27:09 +0000

Nobody applies for jobs at The MathWorks without first sending their resume to me. (or tommy)

Posted by tgl on 2007-02-08 21:01:34 +0000

What is sababas then, chopped liver? ...which is actually kinda funny.

Posted by tendiamonds on 2007-02-08 21:18:43 +0000

sababas is a non-active RS.N member, and does not deserve recruitment bonuses. (on a side note, he's on the phone with his real estage agent as I type this working on an offer for a condo that could legitimately be considered Central Square or Cambridgeport)

Posted by Epoisses on 2007-02-08 21:24:01 +0000

I'd love more Sababas on the board -- that kid rules.

Posted by ConnorClockwise on 2007-02-09 04:48:32 +0000

Saw him tonight at Chuck's. He put in a bid on a condo in Central Sq. Might see him around noon for lunch, or around mid-nite at Sababas...

Posted by tendiamonds on 2007-02-09 13:50:24 +0000

I already said that, jeez!

Posted by tgl on 2007-02-09 16:05:01 +0000

Top of the heap for things that bug me out about work. I repeat and repeat and repeat the same things to the same people over and over again. I've tried to alleviate this by maintaining a FAQ (third repeat means it goes in the FAQ) and tracking all issues with Bugzilla. Which brings me to the second from top of the heap (which as a computer programmer I should know the heap isn't necessarily sorted, correct?, which is why I don't think I should apply for that EDG position. That and I'm not about to commute to Natick. And I don't think the pay is right, but pay isn't the only thing right?): shit don't get read.

Posted by MF DU on 2007-02-09 16:09:41 +0000

Believe you me, Im no computer programmer. However: one of my biggest peeves at work is when folks dont read the emails where I carefully explain situations in a high level of detail. 'shit don't get read' indeed.

Posted by tgl on 2007-02-09 16:18:25 +0000

I would think you have it worse, since you can't go in to change the code. You're left describing someone else's mess. I feel some responsibilty to make the systems intuitive. Which brings me to third on the heap: When you ask someone "How do you think it should work?" you get a deer-in-the-headlights look, shrugged shoulders at best.

Posted by Epoisses on 2007-02-09 17:12:36 +0000

Who knew that engineers were so emo?

Posted by G lib on 2007-02-09 18:33:58 +0000

You are SO right, eyes-- And the letters on the screen drip away with neglect-- my faqs bleed, disembowled of their careful perfect meaning by the ignorance of the masses... I whisper, . 'Control.' . 'alt' . 'delete' . to no one in particular...

Posted by MF DU on 2007-02-09 19:01:12 +0000

How was Palin? I am jealous... Jackie and I saw 'Spamalot' in NYC last November. Can't get enough of that stuff...

Posted by jbcardinale on 2007-02-09 19:07:54 +0000

hoepfully, CTP has left for the weekend, but maybe next week he can do a post on the porn collections of ship captains which can turn into top reasons why computer programmers make the world a better place and how we can all be more grateful....

Posted by MF DU on 2007-02-09 20:22:10 +0000

POTD? POTD!

Posted by Corby Trouser Press on 2007-02-12 10:06:24 +0000

ahhh, Seamens porn collections! now thats worthy of a post in itself. The Chief Mate controls the porn on a ship as when she goes somewhere like Iran he has to collect all the porn (known in the industry as "playboy type material")and seal it in the bonded stores locker. Iranian customs will slap a $30,000 fine on the Owners if they find so much as a hint of cleavage not in the bonded locker. On modern ships every crew memeber has a big TV and dvd player in their cabins.... I this this is why bonded stores lockers are built to hold alot more than the whisky and cigarettes (used to bribe port officials) that they usually hold. sorry, did someone mention something about computers...?

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