Fellow hackers, take note. This is how you solve a problem! dfranke is Pandora, a rat in a maze, Sherlock Holmes, General Sherman, William Randolph Hearst, and your father all wrapped in one.
Like Pandora, he is so curious, he has to check this out.
Like a rat in a maze, he keeps going looking for the clear path.
Like Sherlock Holmes, he applies logic to determine the next step.
Like General Sherman, he keeps marching, building tools along the way as he needs them.
Like William Randolph Hearst, he defines the landscape. ("You provide the pictures, I'll provide the war.") "so I decided on a more proactive approach: crash it!" (hilarious)
And like any parent, he didn't quit until his baby walked.
Thank you, Daniel. I sure hope you've found a way to channel that talent in your day job.
I knew from previous discussions with you that you did work at this level, but this is the first time I had actually seen for myself. It read almost like a mystery and I found myself guessing what you'd do next. So I thought I'd pay a quick tribute with what came into my mind first.
AFAIC, you don't need a proposal or resume any more. Just email any prospect or prospective employer this link. If they don't see what you can do from this, you probably don't want to work for them anyway.
most people don't know this and in the interest of knowledge I thought I'd point it out:
Pandora was the wife of Prometheus (the Titan of Knowledge) who made all the animals and humanity (last of all and out of the only material he had left - clay).
In order to give them life, he stole fire from the gods and gave it to his creations, for which he was bitterly punised. In one telling he was tied to a mountain and his heart/liver was eaten by an eagle/vulture and grew back every day. HOWEVER, in another telling, his punishment was PANDORA and her famous box.... I just always found that interesting, vivisection every day for eternity, or a curious wife... fine lines =P
And in the other telling, the box wasn't actually a box, but was a jar. It was incorrectly translated by someone (I forget their name, I should go look it up) and has stuck ever since.
EDIT - just looked it up, it was incorrectly translated by Erasmus of Rotterdam when he first translated Hesiod's tale into Latin from Greek.
Yeah, but I looked through the rest of the list and the rest of the examples could have referred to the male context, so I simply was just making sure.
Like Pandora, he is so curious, he has to check this out.
Like a rat in a maze, he keeps going looking for the clear path.
Like Sherlock Holmes, he applies logic to determine the next step.
Like General Sherman, he keeps marching, building tools along the way as he needs them.
Like William Randolph Hearst, he defines the landscape. ("You provide the pictures, I'll provide the war.") "so I decided on a more proactive approach: crash it!" (hilarious)
And like any parent, he didn't quit until his baby walked.
Thank you, Daniel. I sure hope you've found a way to channel that talent in your day job.