From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Date: Sat, 7 Aug 2004 04:17:14 +1000 From: George Michaelson To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs <9fans@cse.psu.edu> Subject: Re: [9fans] rc mystery Message-Id: <20040807041714.1d285956@garlic.apnic.net> In-Reply-To: <3e13c62fbcfbcba19b21c97028a4efa6@plan9.ucalgary.ca> References: <3e13c62fbcfbcba19b21c97028a4efa6@plan9.ucalgary.ca> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: mirtchov@cpsc.ucalgary.ca Topicbox-Message-UUID: d224e44e-eacd-11e9-9e20-41e7f4b1d025 On Fri, 6 Aug 2004 12:03:25 -0600 andrey mirtchovski wrote: >>> "shoot the guy who wrote that in the head, it's a mercy killing" >> >> I agree, maybe not in the head though. the example came from a >> USENIX obfuscated C code contest. > >Microsoft likes to ask questions of that type (and trick questions) in >their phone interviews (no, I don't know that from personal experience). > >andrey I doubt that applies to Microsoft Research. Is there any point in working for any other division of MS? I can't imagine Someone like Rick Rashid bothering to answer 20 questions, let alone ask them. -George