a riddle

bikini

(bloop)
Posted by bikini // Sat, Jan 28, 2006 7:27 AM

There are several public courses, and we know of several other books that are being written that address different aspects of the (?), all based on our previous preliminary publications. We hope for widespread tool support, training courses, and consultant usage in the future. We strongly encourage this kind of support [How good of you to encourage support for your own products! What selflessness!] and we will work with authors, trainers and consultants to ensure that their questions are addressed so that there will be wide-spread and consistent support for the (?).
Now, guess what (?) is... :)
  Manip
  Life's too short for chess.
 
  Sat, Jan 28 2006 7:35 AM
.Net framework.

  m1keread
  "Luring disco dollys to a life of vice"
 
  Sat, Jan 28 2006 10:14 AM
Visual Studio Team system


  W3bbo
  Long Haired Freaky Person
 
  Sat, Jan 28 2006 10:27 AM
UML.

  harumscarum
  Click to activate and use this caption
 
  Sat, Jan 28 2006 11:28 AM

Google +1

MSN 0

Granted it was on the first page on MSN but it was the first result for google.

Edit: oops didnt realize that was what your link was to w3bbo



  bikini
  (bloop)
 
  Sat, Jan 28 2006 12:34 PM
harumscarum wrote:
Google +1

MSN 0



Let's be more specific, shall we? ;)

Emporer's New Clothes

  Karim
  Trapped in a world he never made!
 
  Sat, Jan 28 2006 5:43 PM
bikini wrote:
There are several public courses, and we know of several other books that are being written that address different aspects of the (?), all based on our previous preliminary publications. We hope for widespread tool support, training courses, and consultant usage in the future. We strongly encourage this kind of support [How good of you to encourage support for your own products! What selflessness!] and we will work with authors, trainers and consultants to ensure that their questions are addressed so that there will be wide-spread and consistent support for the (?).
Now, guess what (?) is... :)



Riddler: oooh, oooh, I know!  I know what (?) is!

Answer: A wildcard character! 

Ehehehehehehehe!!!


  JohnAskew
  fish or chicken?
 
  Sat, Jan 28 2006 5:46 PM
ROFL  :D

  bikini
  (bloop)
 
  Sat, Jan 28 2006 7:05 PM
Karim wrote:
bikini wrote:
There are several public courses, and we know of several other books that are being written that address different aspects of the (?), all based on our previous preliminary publications. We hope for widespread tool support, training courses, and consultant usage in the future. We strongly encourage this kind of support [How good of you to encourage support for your own products! What selflessness!] and we will work with authors, trainers and consultants to ensure that their questions are addressed so that there will be wide-spread and consistent support for the (?).
Now, guess what (?) is... :)



Riddler: oooh, oooh, I know!  I know what (?) is!

Answer: A wildcard character! 

Ehehehehehehehe!!!

(?), this admirable self-feeding machine, devoted from A to Z to the creation of a new market, free of any of the difficulties associated with the unpleasant business of software development: (?) books! (?) courses! Courses on the books! Books on the courses! Books on the books! Introductory courses to prepare for the advanced courses! Courses for those who teach the courses! Revisions! (?) journals! Conferences! Workshops! Tutorials! Standards! Committees! T-shirts!


  Karim
  Trapped in a world he never made!
 
  Sat, Jan 28 2006 8:03 PM
LOL! :D

  ScanIAm
  Oh Look, It's a pretentious Goth Band
 
  Sat, Jan 28 2006 8:58 PM
Coincidentally, I've been reading a book on it and so far, it seems like it is much more theory than practice.  Job recruiters seem to feel that it is important, so I checked it out, and it seems worthwhile.

That said, it sure is useful when you are trying to explain to someone how a system could (or should) work.

The sequence models make it much easier to show the order of things (especially in a protocol).

Like Test Driven Development, though, it is rare that an employer will give you the time to use it to its fullest.  Most are playing 'catch up with what Marketing promised' and can't be bothered to do it correctly.


  bikini
  (bloop)
 
  Sun, Jan 29 2006 8:16 AM
ScanIAm wrote:
Coincidentally, I've been reading a book on it and so far, it seems like it is much more theory than practice...

(?) what's that: (.Net framework), (Visual Studio Team system), or (UML)...? :P

  vishalrao
  Vishal Rao
 
  Sun, Jan 29 2006 8:37 AM
replace one wildcard with another!

meaning: replace "(?)" with "technology" :-)

ps: "give me ambiguity or give me something else."


  bikini
  (bloop)
 
  Mon, Jan 30 2006 11:02 AM
vishalrao wrote:
ps: "give me ambiguity or give me something else."

Take it or leave it. (?)