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3. No sys-admin, networking, "how do I setup XYZ" questions. For those use the SysAdmin[^] or Hardware and Devices[^] forums.
4. No politics (including enviro-politics[^]), no sex, no religion. This is a community for software development. There are plenty of other sites that are far more appropriate for these discussions. Or if you must, use the Back Room[^] - but enter at your own risk.
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We are a community for software developers. Leave the egos at the door.
cheers,
Chris Maunder
The Code Project | Co-founder
Microsoft C++ MVP
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My old notebook battery is broken so I got a new one but not sure how long it will last ? At one point it made me happy that as time goes by it will keep on running to infinity and beyond.
https://s17.postimg.org/gadjjshun/how_long_it_wil_last.png[^] SFW !
Zen and the art of software maintenance : rm -rf *
Maths is like love : a simple idea but it can get complicated.
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fire up chrome... that'll learn it!
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Confucius says - clean car get bird poo.
I've washed my dirty but mostly poo-free car. We shall soon find out what happens 
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Live Day -4 and I've just spent the evening re-writing the whole of the file handling process in the software. I have put a bloody big Caveat Emptor in both the git commit and an email to boss'm.
Several settings and changing hard coded paths to logical paths and it looks like jobs a goodun.
Night all! 
veni bibi saltavi
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Day -4?
pfft.
Do it Day 0 and then we sit up and get interested. And grab some pop-corn.
cheers
Chris Maunder
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The writing for my 200th article.
Sneak peek[^] at what it's about, or don't look and be surprised!
Marc
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Marc Clifton wrote:
Sneak peek[^] at what it's about, or don't look and be surprised!
If A is bigger than B, and B is bigger than C, then A is bigger than C. Done!
"One man's wage rise is another man's price increase." - Harold Wilson
"Fireproof doesn't mean the fire will never come. It means when the fire comes that you will be able to withstand it." - Michael Simmons
"You can easily judge the character of a man by how he treats those who can do nothing for him." - James D. Miles
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Windows forms! Yaaay!! ![Jig | [Dance]](https://web-archive.nli.org.il/National_Library/20160930123623im_/https://codeproject.global.ssl.fastly.net/script/Forums/Images/jig.gif)
"It is easy to decipher extraterrestrial signals after deciphering Javascript and VB6 themselves.", ISanti[ ^]
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I had booked an hour in a Bell UH-1 simulator today, but the instructor got ill, so I unexpectedly had nothing to do this afternoon. I noticed a crowd of people, all running in the same direction. This is where I ended up:
Sorry for the bad picture. I had to take it against the light.[^]
Nagy, next time it's still Mr. Bastard for you 
The language is JavaScript. that of Mordor, which I will not utter here
This is Javascript. If you put big wheels and a racing stripe on a golf cart, it's still a f***ing golf cart.
"I don't know, extraterrestrial?"
"You mean like from space?"
"No, from Canada."
If software development were a circus, we would all be the clowns.
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Gaaaah!
You made me, somehow, realize that by now, based upon my last visit to Oktoberfest, that pretty blond-braided serving wench is probably a grandmother.
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Somewhere along the way they got themselves some fresh ones, but still the sam sane same model.
The language is JavaScript. that of Mordor, which I will not utter here
This is Javascript. If you put big wheels and a racing stripe on a golf cart, it's still a f***ing golf cart.
"I don't know, extraterrestrial?"
"You mean like from space?"
"No, from Canada."
If software development were a circus, we would all be the clowns.
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Sometime around 10pm I'm going to look at that link and think "You elephant b'stard sunshine!".
Repeatedly.
veni bibi saltavi
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I thought you deserved a look at the place you align your little prayer carpet to. 
The language is JavaScript. that of Mordor, which I will not utter here
This is Javascript. If you put big wheels and a racing stripe on a golf cart, it's still a f***ing golf cart.
"I don't know, extraterrestrial?"
"You mean like from space?"
"No, from Canada."
If software development were a circus, we would all be the clowns.
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That's not very nice to say. Now he's running around trying to find out where you hid the cameras.
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They are just to the right of the ones I installed...
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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You are not very nice. I hope you scald your milk!
veni bibi saltavi
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You are a cruel, cruel man, Mr. CDP1802.
What do you get when you cross a joke with a rhetorical question?
The metaphorical solid rear-end expulsions have impacted the metaphorical motorized bladed rotating air movement mechanism.
Do questions with multiple question marks annoy you???
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Not really. The world championship is decided within an hour after the opening ceremony. That's the time when the first drunks are rushed to a hospital with alcohol poisoning. If he (hopefully) does not play in that league, he does not need to feel bad and can simply enjoy a good beer at home.
The language is JavaScript. that of Mordor, which I will not utter here
This is Javascript. If you put big wheels and a racing stripe on a golf cart, it's still a f***ing golf cart.
"I don't know, extraterrestrial?"
"You mean like from space?"
"No, from Canada."
If software development were a circus, we would all be the clowns.
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...with just the one Nanna nap last evening in front of the TV. Going to bed in a few minutes and don't feel like sleeping a bit.
Michael Martin
Australia
"I controlled my laughter and simple said "No,I am very busy,so I can't write any code for you". The moment they heard this all the smiling face turned into a sad looking face and one of them farted. So I had to leave the place as soon as possible."
- Mr.Prakash One Fine Saturday. 24/04/2004
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Too late - even during that Nanna nap the pods had time to take over.
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Don't make a habit of it. I once had a job where everybody suffered from that more or less and it has really ugly consequences.
The language is JavaScript. that of Mordor, which I will not utter here
This is Javascript. If you put big wheels and a racing stripe on a golf cart, it's still a f***ing golf cart.
"I don't know, extraterrestrial?"
"You mean like from space?"
"No, from Canada."
If software development were a circus, we would all be the clowns.
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Minecraft will still be there when you wake up. Go on, go to bed. 
There are only 10 types of people in the world, those who understand binary and those who don't.
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Michael Martin wrote: and don't feel like sleeping a bit
Get a pound of grapes, eat them and go to bed.
Sleep is more important than food. You can do a week without food, but not without sleep.
Bastard Programmer from Hell 
If you can't read my code, try converting it here[^]
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It reminds me of the line. 'I had salad for lunch. It was a fruit salad. It had grapes in it. Only grapes. The grapes had been squashed. And fermented. Okay, I had wine for lunch.'
veni bibi saltavi
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It's the Michael Martin filter that's keeping you awake at night, isn't it?
cheers
Chris Maunder
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Admit it, all his posts go straight to the mod queue now without any of the fancy heuristics!
veni bibi saltavi
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I'm insulted!
Obviously we use a random number generator to decide which goes in and which goes through.
"No fancy heuristics". Sheesh!
cheers
Chris Maunder
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I have griped about this bunch before so forgive me. This time, though, I've had enough. Once a year I go through this complicated dance where they offer to raise the price of the service and I have to talk to someone for at least 30 minutes to get it back to reasonable.
This time, however, they simply refused to budge. What was $108 a month for TV, phone and internet about 18 months ago has now jumped to over $160 a month.
No warning, no letter to tell me how much of a favor they are doing me by raising the prices.
And they had the cheek to tell me that the deal I had as a valued customer had run out. So I'm not a valued customer anymore???
So that's it for me - I shall retain the internet service and stream whatever I want to watch - save me over $100 a month and virtually all the TV I want to watch is free anyway.
I simply don't understand the thinking of a business that believes it can simply hike the price and everyone will just pay. Elephant you, TWC.
<RANT>over</RANT>
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Sounds like they're twinned with Virgin in the UK. Stinking rob-dogs, the lot of 'em.
I'll be cancelling my TV at the weekend after yet another inflation-busting price rise.
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I believe your rant tags are misplaced. This means your complain is invalid. Please reformat your rant to comply with accepted standards, and we'll re-evaluate it.
".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
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When you pry the gun from my cold dead hands, be careful - the barrel will be very hot. - JSOP, 2013
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John Simmons / outlaw programmer wrote: Please reformat your rant to comply with accepted standards, and we'll re-evaluate it.
Will that improve his "valued customer" status? 
Marc
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Probably not, but that's no excuse for not following protocol. Without rules, we're just animals.
".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
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When you pry the gun from my cold dead hands, be careful - the barrel will be very hot. - JSOP, 2013
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So he needs to start with the title: "Why TWC sucks today" and move on from there?
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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I cut the cord myself about 3 years ago. Me and my bank account have never been happier.
Interestingly enough, this[^] was just posted today as well.
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I feel your pain. The quoted me $90, and charged me $190.
The CS rep acted shocked and said he could do better. By the time I was done correcting him on all the service charges it was at about the same place.
There is a nice, warm place waiting for those guys.
"There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies and statistics."
- Benjamin Disraeli
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I truly despise these people. The service reps are clearly taught how to wear you down and soften you up. It's disgusting that they treat existing customers with such utter disdain and disrespect.
Whilst I have to keep the internet service (I grudgingly admit that the TWC internet service is excellent) the TV and phone will be history when I take all the kit back tomorrow after work.
The trouble is that they have not simply failed to grasp the new reality in which we can access content, they are blinkered to a system that attempts to extract as much cash form their customers as possible.
I cannot believe that I will be the only person leaving them because of the latest round of increases.
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Is a higher offer morbid?
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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Puns - apparently a fatal affliction. Perhaps it will pass, unless, of corpse, there is mor-2-tal. Not a bury nice response.
OK - does eating additional gum at a wake make it a more-chew-uary?
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I must admit it's not very often is see a reference involving Tom G. Warrior.
"the debugger doesn't tell me anything because this code compiles just fine" - random QA comment
"Facebook is where you tell lies to your friends. Twitter is where you tell the truth to strangers." - chriselst
"I don't drink any more... then again, I don't drink any less." - Mike Mullikins uncle
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I just bought a USB CD drive and decided to read the instructions for no good reason.
I'm glad that I did, though - apart from the standard issue warning that [the] "laser light source may be harmful to the eyes of the face" and that I should "not put it unstable items", the most valuable advice on offer was this:
"Don't put the machines on the vulnerable to squeeze place"
It's sound advice and it should probably be included in every hardware manual ever written.
If anyone is wondering what obscure Far Eastern company supplied these words of wisdom, Victorian Systems are based in Luton, Bedfordshire.
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PeejayAdams wrote: Luton
That explains it.
What do you get when you cross a joke with a rhetorical question?
The metaphorical solid rear-end expulsions have impacted the metaphorical motorized bladed rotating air movement mechanism.
Do questions with multiple question marks annoy you???
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PeejayAdams wrote: "Don't put the machines on the vulnerable to squeeze place"
It would seem to be sound medical advice, no?
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Is that advice provided for the benefit of the "machines", or the "squeeze place"?
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What do you think this is, Q&A ?
Be empirical.
Try both and report back.*
* If you've no other equipment, you could start with an iron.
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I love go-lives. No really.
First proper deployment of the tool with go-live Monday and the usual breach clauses if it isn't working when they start Monday. So we've installed everything and are just checking and double checking.
No. We've decided to change the file structure...
Actually it's not that bad, just removing hard coded and replacing with configured names. Just have to be sure it all works as expected.
Send over some cocoa around 10; I'll need it. 
veni bibi saltavi
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This[^] type of cocoa?
"the debugger doesn't tell me anything because this code compiles just fine" - random QA comment
"Facebook is where you tell lies to your friends. Twitter is where you tell the truth to strangers." - chriselst
"I don't drink any more... then again, I don't drink any less." - Mike Mullikins uncle
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