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Blue Parabola, LLC
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Ben Ramsey
Brandon Savage
Cal Evans
Eli White
Elizabeth Naramore
Joe LeBlanc
Matthew Turland
Matthew Weier O'Phinney
Planet PHP
Tony Bibbs
Business/mISV:
Bob Walsh
Eric Sink
Gavin Bowman
Guy Kawasaki
Joel Spolsky
Micah Baldwin
Paul Graham
Planet mISV
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CodeSnipers
HOBY
Judicial Watch
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NRTW
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Zend Framework
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A man is flying in a hot air balloon and realizes he is lost. He reduces altitude and spots a man down below. He lowers the balloon further and shouts, "Excuse me, can you help me? I promised my friend I would meet him half an hour ago, but I don't know where I am."
The man below says, "Yes, you are in a hot air balloon, hovering approximately 30 feet above this field. You are between 40 and 42 degrees N. latitude, and between 58 and 60 degrees W. longitude."
"You must be an engineer!" says the balloonist.
"I am," replied the man. "How did you know?"
"Well," says the balloonist, "Everything you told me is technically correct, but I have no idea what to make of your information, and the fact is, I am still lost."
The man below says, "You must be a manager!"
"I am" replies the balloonist, "but how did you know?"
"Well," says the engineer, "You don't know where you are, or where you are going. You have made a promise, which you have no idea how to keep, and you expect me to solve your problem. The fact is you are in the exact same position you were in before we met, but now it is somehow, my fault."
hehe lolz !!!!
hehe lolz !!!!
Data versus Observations
In the story, Manager vs Engineer, the engineer tells the manager he is "between 40 and 42 degrees N. latitude, and between 58 and 60 degrees W. longitude." That location, in actuality, is somewhere in the Atlantic ocean southeast of Nova Scotia. This is the same North Atlantic area in which the Titanic sank.
It is highly unlikely that the engineer is walking, although some engineers do believe they can walk on water, and the manager is probably not that good of a balloonist to manage the winds and temperatures of the North Atlantic, or he would probably have a GPS and know exactly where he is rather than be lost. And the manager says he is a half hour overdue, which means whoever is waiting for him must be as big a fool as he is, since they are in the North Atlantic also. It is as Spock would say, "It is not likely that the data presented is accurate based on the observations."
For a more realistic position, might I suggest "between 42 and 44 degrees N. latitude, and between 83 and 85 degrees W. longitude." Within those coordinates are open flat farmland that is indeed actually used by balloonists, and engineers out for a stroll, including yours truly.
So...
... you're an engineer? ;)
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