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2005-01-14 - 6:36 a.m. ... Postcards from the edge ... It�s pouring and chilly here, so the gang and I are taking a minute to scribble notes to our friends and family who think we�ve been taken hostage. This is a very different place, life of an engineering team just before a design review, and there are a couple fascinating facts: The U.S. military is correct � calories can be substituted for sleep. The laser pointer needs a locating beeper on it. Hee. Hee. [Sorry, everyone on the team just said (air quote) Laaazer (air quote) together again.] Any free M&Ms will roll directly under the hot projector. Do not leave the M&Ms under the projector. The incredibly complex arbitration scheme between our multiple computers can be distilled down to �One-Computer to Rulel them all, One computer to bind them.� [No, go away. I am *not* putting that in the presentation; you cannot bring me that far down.] Meanwhile, we keep passing around the fire fighter duck (Yes, the rubber duckie dressed like a firefighter.) to whomever seems to need it the most. It�s making a very fast circuit of the team, like a hot potato. At 9 pm last night, I took it from one of my team and sent him home, because he was so frazzled. � � � |