Post by Don Sims on Aug 26, 2023 6:48:43 GMT -6
A programmer walks into a coffee shop on his lunch break with his pet, a black Labrador. He comes in with a scowl on his face and a furrowed brow, his expression showing a frustrated yet pensive look about him. He asks for a plain, black coffee.
The barista compassionately eyed the man for a moment and asked, "Excuse me, I can't help but notice you seem seem upset, is everything alright?" The programmer replies, "Yeah, yeah I'm fine... I just have this project at work where I need to integrate several complicated functions into one software application, but they're all written in different languages and nothing I do seems to work!" The barista understandingly smiles, and suggests he go walk his dog and mull things over. He thanks her, and decides it would be a good idea to get some fresh air and get some circulation going after sitting for so long in front of his computer at work, so he sets out on a short trek down the nearby street.
As it so happens, he walks past a pet shop, and upon seeing the animals in the window, his dog, stops, turns to his owner and begins to bark excitedly. "You want to go in boy?" he asks. "Come on, let's go check it out."
The dog immediately makes for the window section of the shop he had seen from outside, which contained a large, dull brown colored constrictor snake. The top of the enclosure was open, and not very high off the ground, which the programmer's dog took full advantage off, sprinting headfirst to get to the snake. The programmer, surprised by the sudden explosive movement, spills the rest of his coffee, getting it everywhere - all over his shirt, the floor, and even both of animals in front of him got splashed with the now-lukewarm brew.
Immediately, the dog whimpered and retreated from the mess as far as the leash would allow him, and the snake recoiled and likewise put as much distance between him as he could to the puddle of coffee that had formed in the enclosure. The pet shop owner jogged over to clean it up, and, amid profuse apologies, waved down the programmer's offer to help and said it was all okay, no real harm was done. As soon as the coffee had been mopped up, though, the dog went back to trying to get at the snake, but now the man was ready and held the leash back a safe distance.
"Hmph," the programmer grunted. "This is just like my project at work. The matte Lab, the python, and the java elements are not compatible with each other".
The barista compassionately eyed the man for a moment and asked, "Excuse me, I can't help but notice you seem seem upset, is everything alright?" The programmer replies, "Yeah, yeah I'm fine... I just have this project at work where I need to integrate several complicated functions into one software application, but they're all written in different languages and nothing I do seems to work!" The barista understandingly smiles, and suggests he go walk his dog and mull things over. He thanks her, and decides it would be a good idea to get some fresh air and get some circulation going after sitting for so long in front of his computer at work, so he sets out on a short trek down the nearby street.
As it so happens, he walks past a pet shop, and upon seeing the animals in the window, his dog, stops, turns to his owner and begins to bark excitedly. "You want to go in boy?" he asks. "Come on, let's go check it out."
The dog immediately makes for the window section of the shop he had seen from outside, which contained a large, dull brown colored constrictor snake. The top of the enclosure was open, and not very high off the ground, which the programmer's dog took full advantage off, sprinting headfirst to get to the snake. The programmer, surprised by the sudden explosive movement, spills the rest of his coffee, getting it everywhere - all over his shirt, the floor, and even both of animals in front of him got splashed with the now-lukewarm brew.
Immediately, the dog whimpered and retreated from the mess as far as the leash would allow him, and the snake recoiled and likewise put as much distance between him as he could to the puddle of coffee that had formed in the enclosure. The pet shop owner jogged over to clean it up, and, amid profuse apologies, waved down the programmer's offer to help and said it was all okay, no real harm was done. As soon as the coffee had been mopped up, though, the dog went back to trying to get at the snake, but now the man was ready and held the leash back a safe distance.
"Hmph," the programmer grunted. "This is just like my project at work. The matte Lab, the python, and the java elements are not compatible with each other".