Hi, folks. It's been a while since I last popped in here. Have I missed much?
Here's a picture of me and She Who Must Be Obeyed on holiday last month (pity about the unflattering high sun) :
Who's going to be first to name the bridge?
Correct is better than fast. Simple is better than complex. Clear is better than cute. Safe is better than insecure.
-- Sutter and Alexandrescu, C++ Coding Standards
Programs must be written for people to read, and only incidentally for machines to execute.
-- Harold Abelson and Gerald Jay Sussman
The cheapest, fastest and most reliable components of a computer system are those that aren't there. -- Gordon Bell
Correct is better than fast. Simple is better than complex. Clear is better than cute. Safe is better than insecure.
-- Sutter and Alexandrescu, C++ Coding Standards
Programs must be written for people to read, and only incidentally for machines to execute.
-- Harold Abelson and Gerald Jay Sussman
The cheapest, fastest and most reliable components of a computer system are those that aren't there. -- Gordon Bell
Great pictures, Cilu and Graham! I want to start travelling, too...
Graham, you look really cool with these dark glasses And I bet that when you were young, you used to have hair like your son. And that when he will grow up, he is going to have nohair like you
Yep. It's the Millau bridge. It's an interesting experience: driving across it, you look down into the valley and think "wow! that's high"; go to the north observation point, which is high up, and look down at the bridge and think "that's impressive"; go to the south observation point (where the pictures were taken) and look up at it, and you think "OMFG! Did I really just drive across that?! Aaaargh!", and promise yourself never to get more than six inches of the ground again.
Hobson: both my sons get their hair from their mother's side, so I think they'll get to keep it. I used to have long hair, but straight. A fond memory, now, of course
BTW: you see that yellow thing I'm holding? That's my pirate hat (very effective against the sun). Here's me wearing it at the Biarritz-Sale Sharks pre-season friendly game (which Sale won - English Champions beat French Champions):
No parrots for this Sharks fan!
Correct is better than fast. Simple is better than complex. Clear is better than cute. Safe is better than insecure.
-- Sutter and Alexandrescu, C++ Coding Standards
Programs must be written for people to read, and only incidentally for machines to execute.
-- Harold Abelson and Gerald Jay Sussman
The cheapest, fastest and most reliable components of a computer system are those that aren't there. -- Gordon Bell
..which probably means no guitars on holiday either
Only if she could take her keyboard as well...
Correct is better than fast. Simple is better than complex. Clear is better than cute. Safe is better than insecure.
-- Sutter and Alexandrescu, C++ Coding Standards
Programs must be written for people to read, and only incidentally for machines to execute.
-- Harold Abelson and Gerald Jay Sussman
The cheapest, fastest and most reliable components of a computer system are those that aren't there. -- Gordon Bell
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