Quote #694
Ruth: (staring at code) Fifty-over-one?
Dan: Are you sure you aren\'t dividing by Friday again?
created: 2008-12-01 22:08:24 by DanQ @ RockMonkey
Quote #681
Ruth draws a picture on the whiteboard
Ruth: This... is what our development process looks like.
Dan: It looks like Mickey Mouse, wearing Mickey Mouse ears.
Ruth goes on to explain what the diagram means
Dan: So is that good, or bad?
Ruth: Yes, I think so.
created: 2008-10-08 12:09:21 by DanQ @ RockMonkey
Quote #665
[ClaireQ Claire]: I'm not sure I can code like this. (topless) I'll get distracted.
[DanQ Dan] gives a quizzical look.
[ClaireQ Claire]: What? I *am* really hot.
created: 2008-08-13 13:57:18 by DanQ @ RockMonkey
Quote #662
Claire: How do I see my hidden field?
created: 2008-08-10 11:25:14 by RuthVarley @ RockMonkey
Quote #656
Dan: I don't think this schema's right. You either have too many tables or not enough.
created: 2008-07-22 07:54:44 by GarethHopkins @ RockMonkey
Quote #620
Dan: They've done a remake of Settlers 2 with a 3D-world.
Claire: But the surface of the Earth is 2D. Well, it's not, but it is if you think about it.
created: 2008-05-21 14:57:58 by DanQ @ RockMonkey
Quote #597
<Eskoala> /^(.*)_(.*).txt$/
<ReaperKit> um
<Eskoala> My regular expression is staring at me
<ReaperKit> lol
<Eskoala> or possibly is made of shiny breasts
created: 2008-04-28 07:59:05 by ClaireQ @ RockMonkey
Quote #588
JTA: They've... release Super Monkey Ball for the iPhone.
Ruth: My God. We've reached the pinnacle of Gay.
created: 2008-04-15 16:16:49 by DanQ @ RockMonkey
Quote #586
Dan suggests using his phone and a laptop to connect to the internet on the move
Ruth: By the time you're going on the motorway, won't you be going too fast for the... signal... fairies... to keep up with you?
created: 2008-04-13 07:13:00 by ClaireQ @ RockMonkey
Quote #573
Claire picks up the landline phone to call her dad in Spain and stands staring at the keypad for some time...
Claire: Arrgh! I can't find the "plus" key.
created: 2008-03-10 13:41:10 by DanQ @ RockMonkey
Quote #572
MisterJTA: Nipples! Drink!
RuthVarley: Didn't we already see those nipples?
DanQ: This is why trainspotting is better than lesbian porn. All trains have numbers.
created: 2008-03-10 06:31:03 by RuthVarley @ RockMonkey
Quote #569
<F_Widget> [dan]THEYSAY £ HR
<F_Widget> Sry, hi caplok
* Ava_Home watches Ruth turn into a lolcat
created: 2008-03-04 17:30:36 by DanQ @ RockMonkey
Quote #558
Ruth: I fixed the fix that fixed the fix. Then I fixed the fixtures.
created: 2008-02-21 13:12:39 by DanQ @ RockMonkey
Quote #557
Ruth: Working with Enterprise Java is like having an extra person on your team who hates you and wants your project to fail.
created: 2008-02-20 13:15:07 by RuthVarley @ RockMonkey
Quote #542
JTA (frustrated by the lack of working Internet): O for God's sake. Where does one buy new routers?
MattPayne: Uhm. Online?
created: 2008-01-24 08:55:20 by MisterJTA @ RockMonkey
Quote #537
Dan (looking at his web browser cookies): Hmm. I have some weird cookies.
Ruth: You *do* have a weird cock... I mean... COOKies.
created: 2008-01-17 14:23:18 by DanQ @ RockMonkey
Quote #486
KatieSutton: There's nothing wrong with Rich Text; it's just the people who fail at using it.
created: 2008-01-04 08:19:32 by KatieSutton @ RockMonkey
Quote #419
Claire is hacking in Perl
Claire: I tried that, but the source highlighting didn't show it... but it worked anyway. It felt wrong, but it still worked; 'cos it felt wrong in a Perl way. Like anal sex.
created: 2007-12-01 10:30:19 by DanQ @ RockMonkey
Quote #377
Claire Q: You need a wireless booster thingy, like a repeater speaker.
JTA: An internet parrot.
JTA: Polly want a packet?
created: 2007-11-13 04:00:46 by ClaireQ @ RockMonkey
Quote #357
JTA: That's not geeky, it's because I've hacked the civ2 files...
created: 2007-11-05 15:47:40 by ClaireQ @ RockMonkey
Quote #317
<skbraich> paul can I finger you?
<pacifist_049> go ahead
<pacifist_049> left a bit.
<skbraich> ooo nothing happens!
<pacifist_049> speak for yourself.
created: 2007-11-01 09:38:45 by DanQ @ RockMonkey
Quote #306
<tgb> why is it so difficult to get hold of a solicitor who'll work for free?
<tgb> oh yeah, hang on, I just answered my own question
<Ava_Work_> It's a good question though.
<Ava_Work_> Finding software engineers who work for free is as easy as configuring sendmail.
<Ava_Work_> Sadly, they'll probably produce sendmail.
created: 2007-11-01 09:26:12 by DanQ @ RockMonkey
Quote #287
[MisterJTA and RuthVarley are walking along the sea-front on a misty evening]
RuthVarley: Hey, look, the moon's all fuzzy.
MisterJTA: The sky needs degaussing. I just can't reach the two buttons.
created: 2007-10-31 14:38:32 by DanQ @ RockMonkey
Quote #267
(Ruth and JTA are packing things and find an old copy of Win 98)
MisterJTA: We should keep it! If we ever run out of things to put on computers, we can install this on one. We can call it Mr Crashy, it can be our friend - for five minutes every day...
created: 2007-10-31 14:33:38 by DanQ @ RockMonkey
Quote #231
PaulMann (discussing variants of 'snap'): We could have Prime Number Snap, where if the last two cards played multiply together to make a prime number, you can 'snap' it.
created: 2007-10-31 14:02:45 by DanQ @ RockMonkey
Quote #222
(discussing the best way to take photos and get them onto a PC without using a digital camera)
DanQ: You could always use a negative scanner...
PaulMann: What, a printer?
created: 2007-10-31 13:59:56 by DanQ @ RockMonkey
Quote #212
PaulMann: Ruby? You might as well just ask somebody else to write the code for you...
created: 2007-10-31 13:56:36 by DanQ @ RockMonkey
Quote #187
[RuthVarley is working on JTA's computer and gets annoyed]
JTA: You're cross with it for not being Linux, aren't you?
RuthVarley: Yes! If it's going to be an operating system, it should do it properly.
created: 2007-10-31 12:51:57 by DanQ @ RockMonkey
Quote #182
[RuthVarley is talking about the program she's just learnt to write]
JTA: What's it for?
RuthVarley: I don't know, I just know how to write it.
created: 2007-10-31 12:49:34 by DanQ @ RockMonkey
Quote #173
RuthVarley: No-one can help the OperatingSystem they were born with...
created: 2007-10-31 12:45:26 by DanQ @ RockMonkey
Quote #169
DanQ: Ruth, your clitoris doesn't work.
RuthVarley: No, it doesn't. It has a mouse hanging off it.
created: 2007-10-31 12:44:23 by DanQ @ RockMonkey
Quote #161
BrynSalisbury: Let's watch TheITCrowd with L33t subtitles!
JimmyCarter: No, because that would be gay. Let's watch Angel.
BrynSalisbury: Yeah, cos that's something that heterosexual men are well-known for watching...
JimmyCarter: Hey! There are a lot of attractive men in... I meant WOMEN! WOMEN!
created: 2007-10-31 10:15:41 by DanQ @ RockMonkey
Quote #154
DanQ is drawing pixel-art stars: very small
ClaireQ: Why don't you draw them bigger, now that you've got the space.
DanQ: gesturing to the size of the space the image has to fit in I *haven't* got the space.
JimmyCarter: You *have* got the space. You've got the whole internet!
created: 2007-10-31 10:12:59 by DanQ @ RockMonkey
Quote #124
DanQ: I don't like errors that users can cause!
created: 2007-10-31 09:55:23 by DanQ @ RockMonkey
Quote #120
DanQ: Is that source highlighting? Oh BABY!!!
created: 2007-10-31 09:54:31 by DanQ @ RockMonkey
Quote #119
MattReynolds: Is there a website where you can actually register for spam?
DanQ: Yea, hotmail.
created: 2007-10-31 09:54:15 by DanQ @ RockMonkey
Quote #114
(AlexMatthews is doing a long, simple manual process - removing certain lines from a text file - that could be done better by a computer algorithm
DanQ: You know, you could have done that in about a quarter of the time with a simple RegularExpression...
AlexMatthews: (frustrated) You always have to have a better way, don't you? I'll bet if *I* stood over *your* shoulder and watched *you* work, *I* could find a better way.
DanQ: Alex; if I was working and you were watching, you already would have found a better way.
created: 2007-10-31 09:39:54 by DanQ @ RockMonkey
Quote #100
ClaireQ: Don't we already have computerised computers?
created: 2007-10-31 09:19:26 by DanQ @ RockMonkey
Quote #94
DanQ: If you want to make money in this world you need to be selling drugs, operating systems, or religion.
ClaireQ: The problem with all of those things is vendor lock-in.
created: 2007-10-31 09:18:07 by DanQ @ RockMonkey
Quote #16
An example of what happens when Mac users are allowed to talk to Linux users:
RoryPrior: Ugh! Is that a web browser? It looks all... texty...
PaulMann: It's a text editor.
created: 2007-10-29 04:45:46 by DanQ @ RockMonkey