I was at work (UNLV) and some random person in his Jiffy Jube work shirt walked up to me and asked me if I knew anyone who could program. It seemed rather odd that someone would walk into a picture ID office to ask that question, so I figured that somebody who knew me directed him to me.
I asked what he wanted to do with the computer, and he gave me a non-sensical answer... basically he didn't know. "I want to show a picture of a car, and when somebody types in something I want it to change something." That was about all I could get out of him.
I told him he should learn VB and web pages... and should take an intro to computers/web page/programming class. He said he wasn't a student. /me begins to wonder why this guy is even here then.
He asked me what I thought about as I was programming (At the time I didn't realize why what I thought about was so important... as he kept asking). I told him that it's very much like creating a recipe. I ended up showing him what a programming language looks like, and how it behaves like a recipe. He asked me what I was using, I told him C++. He told me he wanted to do COBOL. /me wonders why he wants to do COBOL.
He then tells me he is going to let me in on a secret. He says, he doesn't understand the code in front of him. He FEELS it. (Oh, and this is COBOL... he didn't sense anything from my C++) He tells me how programming is done by the programmer psychically putting his energy into the computer by doing a "3-key press," and the computer uses its psychic energy to understand the programmer.
He described how entering "print" and the file name displays hieroglyphics that has power he can sense. You keep pushing the button and waves of powerful Egyptian hieroglyphics come pouring out.
He said he wanted someone to help him with this. I told him I don't have the ability to sense the energy, and that I could not help him... he might be able to find someone who can do this at a CompUSA training course or something.
I asked what he wanted to do with the computer, and he gave me a non-sensical answer... basically he didn't know. "I want to show a picture of a car, and when somebody types in something I want it to change something." That was about all I could get out of him.
I told him he should learn VB and web pages... and should take an intro to computers/web page/programming class. He said he wasn't a student. /me begins to wonder why this guy is even here then.
He asked me what I thought about as I was programming (At the time I didn't realize why what I thought about was so important... as he kept asking). I told him that it's very much like creating a recipe. I ended up showing him what a programming language looks like, and how it behaves like a recipe. He asked me what I was using, I told him C++. He told me he wanted to do COBOL. /me wonders why he wants to do COBOL.
He then tells me he is going to let me in on a secret. He says, he doesn't understand the code in front of him. He FEELS it. (Oh, and this is COBOL... he didn't sense anything from my C++) He tells me how programming is done by the programmer psychically putting his energy into the computer by doing a "3-key press," and the computer uses its psychic energy to understand the programmer.
He described how entering "print" and the file name displays hieroglyphics that has power he can sense. You keep pushing the button and waves of powerful Egyptian hieroglyphics come pouring out.
He said he wanted someone to help him with this. I told him I don't have the ability to sense the energy, and that I could not help him... he might be able to find someone who can do this at a CompUSA training course or something.
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