As my fond readers might remember, I already rambled about the possibility of changing the blog title last year; nothing has really changed since that post, except the fact that every now and then I’ve been playing with the idea but at last I always put it back in a drawer with the promise to go back to it, sooner or later.

A couple of days ago I by chance found a site with a few quotes from Dr.House. This is a TV series which I didn’t want to see for quite some time because I don’t really like those “first aid” movies (E.R. is another example) and also I guess because I’m always a bit reluctant to “follow the crowd” and didn’t want to find myself watching something just because it is so popular. But then on a sleepy evening, too tired (or should I say lazy?) to go outside and with nothing interesting to watch on TV, I decided to give this “Dr. House thing” a try… and I liked it smile_omg. Maybe it is for his care and acumen concealed as cinism, or the fact that they proceed with some analysis, make assumptions while trying to understand what’s going wrong and test their therapy till the resolution of the case (I see a parallel with what we in CSS do every day, don’t you?), maybe for the subtle psychological implications… but without being an addict I try to not lose my weekly episode now.

Well, back to the Dr. House quote site, I found a few of them funny and interesting:

  • I don't ask why patients lie. I just assume they all do
  • I've been a doctor for years. Why do I have to keep assuring people I know what I'm doing?
  • Dr. Chase: How would you feel if I interfered in your personal life? Dr. House: I'd hate it. That's why I cleverly have no personal life
  • Patients always want proof. We're not making cars here, we don't give guarantees
  • You could think I'm wrong, but that's no reason to stop thinking?
  • If you can fake sincerity, you can fake pretty much anything
  • There's nothing in this universe that can't be explained. Eventually
  • How come God gets credit whenever something good happens?
  • Make a note: I should never doubt myself

The list is much longer, but that’s not the point.

The last quote is the easier one to adapt to a debugging blog like mine, and since I also like Shakespeare and ancient English literature (not that easy at the beginning being a non native English speaker, but very nice once you get into it) here is my choice:

“Never doubt thy debugger”

What do you think? smile_nerd

Debugger never lies, at most it tells things we cannot understand… but that’s another story (and making it clear is the purpose of this and other blogs, by the way!)

Carlo

Quote of the day:
The secret of eternal youth is arrested development. - Alice Roosevelt Longworth