I recently added XKCD to my list of favorite Web cartoons in the sidebar. I'm enjoying the author's quirky sense of humor.
Today's cartoon exemplifies all that I find funny about the strip, particularly because in a former life, back in the 1970's and 1980's, I was a computer programmer and analyst. This flowchart brings back many, many memories!
It reminds me of an aphorism common in programming circles at the time:
Idiot proof systems
Are no match
For system proof idiots!
Are no match
For system proof idiots!
XKCD updates on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. I highly recommend bookmarking it and paying frequent visits. Also, be sure to mouse over the current cartoon (not here - on their Web site) and read the hidden message that's usually revealed. Definitely giggle-worthy!
Peter
That little quote will be going up on my cube wall. It's as true now as it ever was.
ReplyDeleteI concur with the flow chart! Thanks for the laugh!
ReplyDeletemy all time favorite webcomic...I posted this on my gf's fb a few days ago as she is having to learn how to use matlab for numerical analysis
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