Cron jobs
Every developer loves Cron jobs.
What's a cron job? Why, it's a list of instructions that are supposed to run on a webserver automatically, at regular intervals. Unless of course you have a crap webserver like the ones my company sprang for. Then you have to navigate to www.addressofsite.co.uk/cron.php every so often to update the site's internal search index.

Q: Uni, why are you playing bejewelled?
A: Cron job's running.

Q: Uni, why are you checking facebook?
A: Cron job's running.

Q: Uni, Why can't I see this product on the site yet? You said you'd put it up yesterday.
A: I did it yesterday. It's just not showing yet because I haven't...
Q:...run the cron job?
A: You're learning!

Bliss.
(universalpsykopath loves what you've done with your hair., Thu 9 Sep 2010, 16:20, 4 replies)

I prefer...
To crush your enemies, to see them driven before you, and to hear the lamentations of their women.

Or is that a Krom job?
(SatchmoR No, mummy, don't put knitting needles in my ears!, Thu 9 Sep 2010, 16:25, closed)

Reminds me of...
this: xkcd.com/303/
(annexed, Thu 9 Sep 2010, 17:23, closed)

That's like the exact opposite
of a real cron job. Splendid!
( Fronds are waving gently on, Fri 10 Sep 2010, 15:34, closed)

All my precious secrets!
Sssh! They may read this! That is, if they ever manage to knuckle the keyboard accurately enough to enter a web address.
(universalpsykopath loves what you've done with your hair., Sun 12 Sep 2010, 22:06, closed)