Esto lo pensaba Max Weber...

"El poder es la materia prima de la política".

"El estado es aquella comunidad humana que en el interior de un determinado territorio reclama para sí (con éxito) el monopolio de la coacción física legítima".Y esto segundo ya lo pensaba Trotsky también.

My software love life

BASIC my school love
Modula-2 my first date
C my girlfriend
C++ my wife
JAVA someone else's wife
and...

Python my lover. ;-P

What engineers really mean by...?

Reading the Jobs´ biography, I found a paragraph where the author says something like (sorry because I am translating straight from my memory in spanish...): "... he really knew when engineers were being just on the defensive and when there was a potential problem behind...".

I am sure this must have been essential for the this guy´s success. I think that we, engineers, are to some extent, like teenager girls in the graduation ball. Remember? "maybe" means yes, "no" means "maybe" and all that stuff. We need the Management to know when we have to be challenged. We need them to touch our heart and to know, when "no" means "no". On the other hand, engineering is about future: forecasts and uncertainty. So investigating and collecting info is critical for your bets. Let me give my basic translation table as a helpful managers' tool to handle this:

"Yes, It is possible" MEANS: "The guy thinks it is possible, what does not necessarily mean it is. Check this guy´s record and his professional reputation with others".

"No, It is not possible" MEANS: "The guy thinks it is not possible, what does not necessarily mean it isn't. Check this guy´s record and his professional reputation with others".

"No, It is not possible at all" MEANS: "The guy is most likely being on the defensive. Keep pushing until you move it to another state".

"It may be possible. We have to check" MEANS: " The guy probably does not know a single word about the topic. Look for someone else".

"Absolutely yes" MEANS: "Warning! This is a dangerous guy. Maybe not an engineer. Check his CV".

Other links and references on the topic:

http://forum.chryslerminivan.net/showthread.php/2384-What-Engineers-Say...What-they-REALLY-mean
http://www.cis.upenn.edu/~udani/humor/engineers.html
http://forums.studentdoctor.net/archive/index.php/t-39066.html

More about vintage computers...

I have just run a Commodore 64 emulator (funny, by the way) on a virtual Ubuntu 11 using Parallels Desktop on top of a Mac OS 10.6. This tells me two things:

- At my forty, it seems I need to find new original ways for the years' ends.
- I must have kind of a Mengele soul when it´s about computers...

Happy New Year, guys...

Mi primer ordenador...

... sólo que el mío no tenía Joystick (aunque sí Bitcorder). El retraso en la aparición de juegos me ayudó a empezar a programar. Algunos de mis títulos de entonces: Chalk, Falcon Crest o Baricentro... Qué tiempos...

Bienvenidos!!

Como podéis observar, ya en el título como en la propia redacción de este post, hay una declaración de intenciones: sois más de uno. El objetivo de este blog, como el de todo blog, es ser leído, postularse, dar doctrina, desahogarse y, por encima de todo, alimentar un ego. Si buscáis leer, ver cómo alguien se postula, recibir doctrina, asistir a un desahogo y, por encima de todo, alimentar un ego, sois bienvenidos. Si no, también, aunque en este caso, no sabría explicar por qué.
Un detalle, postearé cosas alternativamente en inglés y en español. Unas más serias y otras menos. Nunca sabréis exactamente qué es lo serio y qué no, pero no esperéis mucha aclaración. Es marca de la casa.