"I made my first 1 watt radio transmitter and then I decided to be a huge nerd and put it in a Moleskine notebook. Now I just need to re-solder the radio together and I can have an extra secretive pirate station." - Rob Schonberger
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"For once, I'd like to have a 45 minute candid conversation with an interviewee. Talk about interests, shoot the breeze, and get a general idea of the guy's technical aptitude and fit with the company. " I don't see how a 45 min "candid conversation" will tell you much about a candidate's technical aptitude. - ana
"Researchers found that people who score high in narcissism tend to take control of leaderless groups. Narcissism is a trait in which people are self-centered, exaggerate their talents and abilities, and lack empathy for others." - Rob Schonberger
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This was already common usage when I started paying attention to computing in the early 70s. Seems clear that the idea is that this is a "legacy" that a "previous generation" (sometimes younger versions of themselves) have left for the new generation to use. Often in first usage, it was software written in another language or for another computer architecture than what the new guys want to use. - Howard Trickey
Funny. Context: I was reading, for fun, the XMPP RFC, and it mentions that 'legacy' protocols like MSN, etc; Seemed a bit of an odd usage, since MSN is still extraordinarily successful, unlike others. - Rob Schonberger
