Miata Mailing List: November 1997, Message #80
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From: 	"D.  Engelhaupt" <derekengelhaupt@rocketmail.com>

Subject: Re: NMC  "Well, I don't know if

Date: 	Sat, 1 Nov 1997 20:02:01 +0000



> > > A tourist walks into a pet shop in Silicon Valley, and is browsing

> > > round the cages on display.  While he's there, another customer

> > > walks in and says to the shopkeeper, "I'll have a C monkey,

please".

> > >

> > > The shopkeeper nods, goes over to a cage at the side of the shop

> > > and takes out a monkey.  He fits a collar and leash and hands it

> > > to the customer, saying "That'll be $5000".  The customer pays and

> > > walks out with his monkey.

> > >

> > > Startled, the tourist goes over to the shopkeeper.  "That was a

> > > very expensive monkey - most of them are only a few hundred

dollars.

> > > Why did it cost so much?" "Ah, that monkey can program in C - very

> > > fast, tight code, no bugs, well worth the money".

> > >

> > > The tourist looks at the monkeys in that cage.  "That one's even

> > > more expensive - $10,000 dollars!  What does it do?".  "Oh, that

> > > one's a C++ monkey; it can manage object oriented programming,

> > > Visual C++, even some Java, all the really useful stuff".

> > >

> > > The tourist looks round for a little longer and sees a third

monkey

> > > in a cage on its own.  The price tag round its neck says $50,000.

> > > He gasps to the shopkeeper, "That one costs more than all the

others

> > > put together! What on earth does it do?" "Well, I don't know if it

> > > does anything, but it says it's a contractor."



You got something against contractor's, do ya?

===

Derek Engelhaupt

Network Engineer

Questech, Inc.

'97 White Mazda Miata with K&N Drop-in and driving lights

See ya around with the top down!

Odenton, MD



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