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About Me :
I'm a grownup nerd living in the Boston burbs. I write computer programs for a living and plays for fun.
I'm married to a wonderful woman, and we share a nice little house with our daughter and our cats.
I'm a humanist, a technologist, an artist, and an idealist. I believe in reason, freedom, love, equality,
and democracy. (Did I mention that I'm
an idealist? I did, OK.)
I'm also a pragmatist and an empiricist. I reject ideology and dogma, especially when they conflict with
practical facts (i.e., pretty much always). I particularly hate willful ignorance, which tends to go hand-in-hand
with ideology and dogma.
Like the alignment of the planets, this blog gets updated as I have the time, inspiration, and inclination to do so.
Like the alignment of the planets, this blog gets updated as I have the time, inspiration, and inclination to do so.
Thursday, March 17, 2005
No, No, Dice!
Dice persists in posting bad code on their online ads!
Since their last ad, they've definitely improved, but good syntax doesn't mean their logic has gotten any better.
The ad still says, in plain English: "If you're salary isn't good, go to Dice.com. If your salary is good, suck it up."
What?
I thought "Suck it up" meant something like "endure pain bravely", or "be strong".
Maybe somebody knows an interpretation of "suck it up" that I'm not aware of. Maybe it means "good for you!" or "way to go!", or "guess you don't need Dice.com!"
I have a suggestion for their advertising folks:
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Dice persists in posting bad code on their online ads!
Since their last ad, they've definitely improved, but good syntax doesn't mean their logic has gotten any better.
The ad still says, in plain English: "If you're salary isn't good, go to Dice.com. If your salary is good, suck it up."
What?
I thought "Suck it up" meant something like "endure pain bravely", or "be strong".
Maybe somebody knows an interpretation of "suck it up" that I'm not aware of. Maybe it means "good for you!" or "way to go!", or "guess you don't need Dice.com!"
I have a suggestion for their advertising folks:
if ((You.workFor("Dice.com") || You.haveAdClient("Dice.com"))&&(You.writeAdCopy()))
{
You.stopTryingToWriteCode(please);
}