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Comment This probably dates me but (Score 2) 108

after I got an HP-35 and quit using my slide rule, I found that I had less of a feel for numbers. Hard to put into words, it kind of felt like I couldn't do math as well, but I could process numbers faster, as long as I had my calculator. Take the calculator away, and it seemed to take forever to do things.

Comment True Story (Score 1) 236

My wife said she wanted to know why there was a little fox on her dashboard.

Puzzled, I asked her to come get me the next time she saw this mysterious fox on her dashboard.

She was pulling out of the garage, stopped, and got me.

"There! There's the fox!" she said, pointing to her dashboard.

I looked and said "That's not a FOX, it's a WRENCH! - take your car in to get it SERVICED!"

After that, I told her to review the owners manual for any other 'animals' on the dashboard...

Comment What the Boss Says (Score 1) 491

I was complaining to my boss once about a jerk in our department; he pointed out that most organizations can deal with any amount of ego as long as there are results equal to or greater than the cost of dealing with the ego.

Once the results go away, the ego has to leave too.

Shortly thereafter the individual left and eventually wound up working at Intel.

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