From a chat thread at work tonight:

“We’re engineers. we don’t always need to know why black magic works, we just sacrifice the chickens and hope for the best.”

Yup, one of those nights.

Published in: on September 5, 2006 at 21:37  Comments (14)  
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  1. On September 6, 2006 at 06:45 woody77 said:

    Been there, done that. Always a *fun* night…

  2. On September 6, 2006 at 06:45 woody77 said:

    Been there, done that. Always a *fun* night…

  3. On September 6, 2006 at 06:46 jephly said:

    I find goats to be more reliable. Chickens are handy, but inconsistent.
    But, really, for engineers, the important thing was never why black magic works, but how.

  4. On September 6, 2006 at 06:46 jephly said:

    I find goats to be more reliable. Chickens are handy, but inconsistent.
    But, really, for engineers, the important thing was never why black magic works, but how.

  5. On September 6, 2006 at 06:47 shutt3rg33k said:

    And scientists tape coins to lab equipment to propitiate the machine gods… I’ve seen it, I swear.

  6. On September 6, 2006 at 06:47 shutt3rg33k said:

    And scientists tape coins to lab equipment to propitiate the machine gods… I’ve seen it, I swear.

  7. On September 6, 2006 at 16:58 zunger said:

    True. But we’ve got an awful lot of servers here, so scaling goats up to the required number could be messy.

  8. On September 6, 2006 at 16:58 zunger said:

    True. But we’ve got an awful lot of servers here, so scaling goats up to the required number could be messy.

  9. On September 6, 2006 at 19:01 grandmoffdavid said:

    Seen it? Been there, done that, sacrificed the lab assistant.

  10. On September 6, 2006 at 19:01 grandmoffdavid said:

    Seen it? Been there, done that, sacrificed the lab assistant.

  11. On September 6, 2006 at 19:14 zunger said:

    I thought the technical term was “minion.”

  12. On September 6, 2006 at 19:14 zunger said:

    I thought the technical term was “minion.”

  13. On September 7, 2006 at 02:17 shutt3rg33k said:

    *nods* Me, too… the coining, that is, not the sacrificing. d00d! Hardcore!

  14. On September 7, 2006 at 02:17 shutt3rg33k said:

    *nods* Me, too… the coining, that is, not the sacrificing. d00d! Hardcore!


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