Date: Sat, 28 Apr 2012 11:20:48 +0700 From: Erich Dollansky <erichfreebsdlist@ovitrap.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, Frank Shute <frank@shute.org.uk> Cc: David Brodbeck <gull@gull.us> Subject: Re: editor that understands CTRL/B, CTRL/I, CTRL/U Message-ID: <201204281120.49089.erichfreebsdlist@ovitrap.com> In-Reply-To: <20120428022326.GA71425@orange.esperance-linux.co.uk> References: <20120424175026.GD1303@mech-cluster241.men.bris.ac.uk> <CAHhngE23MY0DqtnGiYHKEt--Ww_i20zH-tUbZxrpaLE5pusS6Q@mail.gmail.com> <20120428022326.GA71425@orange.esperance-linux.co.uk>
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Hi, On Saturday 28 April 2012 09:23:26 Frank Shute wrote: > On Fri, Apr 27, 2012 at 02:33:29PM -0700, David Brodbeck wrote: > > > > Reminds me of an episode of "The Office". sounds more like real life to me. > > The manager gets a pile of resumes/CVs and immediately bungs half of > them in the trash. > > His reasoning: he doesn't like employing "unlucky" people :) > we have been called once to assist a MNC you all know with a simple software problem problem. A guy from India was working on the problem since weeks, months or years without result. When I asked him for the sources, he showed me the executable. You think now that this was a misunderstanding. No, he thought that the executable is what is needed to debug the program. He could not show me the source code of the executable. I could not stop laughing what did not make the people very happy there. Erich
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