"Oppie" wrote in message
news:SK6Ki.4173$Pc3.1695@trndny09...
The only time I ever heard the word 'Kluge' was for a jury-rigged, temporary
quick fix for a circuit.

Same here, although usually spelled "kludge."

I subscribe to Kim Komando's tip of the day...

Wow, she's still around, huh? I remember listening to her a few times on the
radio and was less-than-impressed when it seemed that any time she didn't
actually know the answer to a tough question regarding some piece of software
or hardware not working, she'd typically fall back on, "Mmm... sounds like it
might be a virus... have you updated your definitions lately?" "Yes? Oh,
well... sometimes you need to try a couple different anti-virus programs,
since each one doesn't catch anything. You might try downloading blah blah
blah..."

It reminded me of a former co-worker who always thought he was finding bugs in
the C compiler when, in actuality, he just had his own bugs to contend with.
He became so well known that we sometimes jokingly suggested to management
that one interview questions for programmers should be, "How many bugs have
you discovered in a compiler?" and if the answer was something like, "Dozens!"
we should stop the interview and show him the door. :-)

(Sorry for getting way off-topic here, but...) I have a friend where they do
sort of a "pre-interview" in the morning with candidates, take them out for
lunch, and if they're still looking good bring'em back in the afternoon to
meet with some of the more experienced people (team leaders, managers, etc. --
people whose time is somewhat more valuable); if not they simply let them go
home after lunch. Anyone else know of companies that do it this way?

---Joel