The Geek Diva » Geek http://erika-vilches.com Introspective analysis of an unleashed freak Tue, 13 Dec 2011 02:14:35 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 The only valid measurement of code quality: WTFs/minute http://erika-vilches.com/2011/10/22/the-only-valid-measurement-of-code-quality-wtfsminute/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-only-valid-measurement-of-code-quality-wtfsminute http://erika-vilches.com/2011/10/22/the-only-valid-measurement-of-code-quality-wtfsminute/#comments Sun, 23 Oct 2011 04:18:26 +0000 Erika http://erika-vilches.com/?p=699

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(Art and photo by Paul Loughridge)
Read more about it on the http://starwarsblog.starwars.com/index.php/2009/03/17/meet-beer2-d3/

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ANSWER: The characters go to different places, depending on whom you ask:

  •  - The Catholic Church’s approach to characters: The nice characters go to Heaven, where they are bathed in the light of happiness. The naughty characters are punished for their sins. Naughty characters are those involved in the creation of naughty words, such as “breast,” “sex” and “contraception”.
  •  - The Buddhist explanation: If a character has lived rightly, and its karma is good, then after it has been deleted it will be reincarnated as a different, higher character. Those funny characters above the numbers on your keyboard will become numbers, numbers will become letters, and lower-case letters will become upper-case.
  •  - The 20th-century bitter cynical nihilist explanation: Who cares? It doesn’t really matter if they’re on the page, deleted, undeleted, underlined, etc. It’s all the same.
  •  - Stephen King’s explanation: Every time you hit the (Del) key you unleash a tiny monster inside the cursor, who tears the poor unsuspecting characters to shreds, drinks their blood, then eats them, bones and all. Hah, hah, hah!
  •  - Dave Barry’s explanation: The deleted characters are shipped to Battle Creek, Michigan, where they’re made into Pop-Tart filling; this explains why Pop-Tarts are so flammable, while cheap imitations are not flammable. I’m not making this up.
  •  - IBM’s explanation: The characters are not real. They exist only on the screen when they are needed, as concepts, so to delete them is merely to de-conceptualize them. Get a life.
  •  - PETA’s (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals) explanation: You’ve been DELETING them??? Can’t you hear them SCREAMING??? Why don’t you go CLUB some BABY SEALS while wearing a MINK, you pig!!!!

 

Author: Joel Garreau

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Gracias a la gran respuesta que tuvimos de todos los desarrolladores que participaron en el reto 3×1, el reto regresa y tienes nuevamente una gran oportunidad de ganar 1 de los 30 Windows Phone 7.

Para poder tener tu Windows Phone 7 tienes que desarrollar y publicar 3 aplicaciones y/o juegos en Marketplace de Windows Phone 7 antes del 4 de Noviembre del 2011 o hasta agotar los 30 Windows Phone 7

Considera lo siguiente:

  • - Por lo menos 1 de tus aplicaciones debe de incluir una nueva característica de la versión Mango. Te recomendamos incluir Fast Application Switching (FAS) o Live Tiles (ejemplo). Ver nuevas características en http://bit.ly/mUraPo
  • - Tus aplicaciones tienen que estar publicadas en la tienda a más tardar el 4 de noviembre de 2011 a media noche o antes de que se agoten los 30 Windows Phone 7. Ojo: si subes tus aplicaciones y no están publicadas, estas no contarán para que puedas recibir tu Windows Phone. Tus aplicaciones tienen que poder ser descargables desde Marketplace
  • - Las Apps deben tener en la calificación (”ranking”) un mínimo de 3 estrellas.
  • - Oferta limitada a 1 teléfono por desarrollador. El teléfono se mandará a los datos registrados en la cuenta de Marketplace o a la dirección que el ganador defina de envío.
  • - No se aceptarán variantes de la misma aplicación (si hiciste pac man y subes pac man 2 cambiando solo una pequeña variable en el juego contará como una sola aplicación). Tienen que ser 3 aplicaciones y/o juegos diferentes.
  • - Si ya publicaste una o varias aplicaciones, solo se contaran las apps que sean publicadas con fecha posterior al 1 de julio del 2011.
  • - Oferta limitada a los primeros 30 desarrolladores que publiquen sus 3 aplicaciones o juegos antes del 4 de noviembre de 2011 o hasta agotar los 30 Windows Phone 7. Ver cuantos dispositivos quedan disponibles en http://bit.ly/WP7disponibles_3x1
  • - Valido para desarrolladores registrados en App Hub con cuenta en México.

Pasos a seguir para reclamar tu premio:

  • Paso 1: Publica tus 3 aplicaciones antes del 4 de Noviembre de 2011 y cumple las consideraciones.
  • Paso 2 : Reclama tu premio mándanos un correo a quieromiwp7@live.com con (i) tu nombre, (ii) apellido, (iii) dirección de envío, (iv) teléfonos, (v) e-mail y (vi) nombres de tus 3 aplicaciones o juegos con la dirección de descarga en Maketplace.
  • Paso 3: El equipo de Microsoft validará tus apps y se pondrá en contacto contigo para entregarte o enviarte tu Windows Phone 7.

Si eres estudiante y eres miembro del programa DreamSpark la subscripción al programa de desarrolladores para Windows Phone 7 es gratuita, si aún no eres parte del programa DreamSpark solicita un código mandando un email a quiero un código para publicar mis apps

]]> http://erika-vilches.com/2011/08/16/3x1-regresa-gran-oportunidad-para-ganar-un-windows-phone-7/feed/ 6 High Tech Computer Sales Jargon http://erika-vilches.com/2011/08/14/high-tech-computer-sales-jargon/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=high-tech-computer-sales-jargon http://erika-vilches.com/2011/08/14/high-tech-computer-sales-jargon/#comments Mon, 15 Aug 2011 00:28:27 +0000 Erika http://erika-vilches.com/?p=640 NEW -Different color from previous design

ALL NEW -Parts not interchangable with previous design

EXCLUSIVE -Imported product

UNMATCHED -Almost as good as the competition

DESIGNED SIMPLICITY -Manufacturer’s cost cut to the bone

FOOLPROOF OPERATION -No provision for adjustments

ADVANCED DESIGN - The advertising agency doesn’t understand it

IT’S HERE AT LAST! -Rush job; Nobody knew it was coming

FIELD-TESTED -Manufacturer lacks test equipment

HIGH ACCURACY -Unit on which all parts fit

DIRECT SALES ONLY - Factory had big argument with distributor

YEARS OF DEVELOPMENT -We finally got one that works

REVOLUTIONARY -It’s different from our competitiors

BREAKTHROUGH -We finally figured out a way to sell it

FUTURISTIC -No other reason why it looks the way it does

DISTINCTIVE -A different shape and color than the others

MAINTENANCE-FREE -Impossible to fix

RE-DESIGNED -Previous faults corrected, we hope…

HAND-CRAFTED -Assembly machines operated without gloves on

PERFORMANCE PROVEN - Will operate through the warranty period

MEETS ALL STANDARDS -Ours, not yours

ALL SOLID-STATE -Heavy as Hell!

BROADCAST QUALITY -Gives a picture and produces noise

HIGH RELIABILITY -We made it work long enough to ship it

SMPTE BUS COMPATABILE - When completed, will be shipped by Greyhound

NEW GENERATION -Old design failed, maybe this one will work

MIL-SPEC COMPONENTS - We got a good deal at a government auction

CUSTOMER SERVICE ACROSS THE COUNTRY - You can return it from most airports

UNPRECEDENTED PERFORMANCE - Nothing we ever had before worked THIS way

BUILT TO PRECISION TOLERANCES - We finally got it to fit together

SATISFACTION GUARANTEED - Manufacturer’s, upon cashing your check

MICROPROCESSOR CONTROLLED -Does things we can’t explain

LATEST AER0SPACE TECHNOLOGY - One of our techs was laid off by Boeing

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]]> http://erika-vilches.com/2011/05/22/raid-pictured/feed/ 0 Useful Computer Acronyms http://erika-vilches.com/2011/05/19/useful-computer-acronyms/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=useful-computer-acronyms http://erika-vilches.com/2011/05/19/useful-computer-acronyms/#comments Thu, 19 May 2011 16:46:15 +0000 Erika http://erika-vilches.com/?p=568 PCMCIA: People Can’t Memorize Computer Industry Acronyms
ISDN: It Still Does Nothing
APPLE: Arrogance Produces Profit-Losing Entity
SCSI: System Can’t See It
DOS: Defunct Operating System
BASIC: Bill’s Attempt to Seize Industry Control
IBM: I Blame Microsoft
DEC: Do Expect Cuts
CD-ROM: Consumer Device, Rendered Obsolete in Months
OS/2: Obsolete Soon, Too.
WWW: World Wide Wait
MACINTOSH: Most Applications Crash; If Not, The Operating System Hangs

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