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And I think my work environment is bad, I've been waiting 6 weeks for them to work out how to give me local admin rights but at least I have the prospect of getting local admin rights, but you can't even get at the config files for an app you are working on!
I have to apologise, I always think of you as a gun crazy redneck, now I begin to understand how you got that way
Never underestimate the power of human stupidity
RAH
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To be honest, I don't really like guns.
However that does not absolve me from my duty as an American to have one, "being necessary for the security of a free state". If I'm not ready and willing to fight to preserve the Constitution, I can't very well use it as a shield.
All that being said, I don't see the term "gun crazy" as being applicable. Sure there are some folks that might be, but I don't have what I see as a lot of weapons. Two rifles, a shotgun and two pistols. I know guys that own dozens of weapons and tens of thousands of rounds of ammo, and calling any of them crazy in any context is probably a mistake.
".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
- You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
- 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: I don't see the term "gun crazy" as being applicable. Not at all. When my grandfather passed away, there were three components to his estate: two farms, his machine shop and related tools, and his gun collection. The gun collection was the highest-value component of the three.
Software Zen: delete this;
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John Simmons / outlaw programmer wrote: I don't really like guns Now that is a revelation, I thought you were a gun nut as well as a petrol head who like fuchsia .
Never underestimate the power of human stupidity
RAH
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Sorry, had to upvote that comment
Bastard Programmer from Hell
If you can't read my code, try converting it here[^]
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You really need NOT work for the government. Get another job. I actually feel sorry for you.
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I understand the pain. I did a 4 year stint at DHS, CBP.
The mantra was "Work Smarter, not Harder". They also said you were not allow to write scripts/code to automate any tasks, even the very repetitive ones, like creating users.
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... and it took you 4 years to get smarter.
I'm retired. There's a nap for that...
- Harvey
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They said you couldn't do it. I didn't say I listened to them!
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John Simmons / outlaw programmer wrote: I have to store my code in the MyDocuments folder with is redirected to a remote shared drive.
Yeah...me, too...and then when the network hiccups, all work stops. And I can't even close VS because it tries to write stuff during the close process.
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I take it that mapping a share to a network drive doesn't work around the problem - or that you're not allowed to map a network drive to begin with?
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Antoine Augustin Parmentier[^] was a strong promoter of the potato as a food source. But to overcome the suspicious nature of the French people he came up with a brilliant way to promote the spud.
He had a field planted with potatoes, put armed guards around the field and ordered them to take bribes.
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Read the wikipedia article. That's a good story of someone being extremely innovative. Thanks for sharing.
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Both the potato and the tomato plants belong to the nightshade family. Some parts of the plants are definitely not very healthy. That's why both plants first were regarded as exotic and not very decorative specimen. It took a while before their agricultural value was realized and the fear of cultivating dangerous poisonous plants was overcome. Getting the people to plant, harvest and eat them may have been a little difficult.
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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Not, I suspect, as difficult as persuading people to eat the first oyster: "Yes, yes, it looks like a rock I just sneezed into - but try it - it might be lovely!"
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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I can't help but wonder about the first guy to see a cow and think, ya know, I'm gonna suck on that and drink whatever comes out of it.
Jeremy Falcon
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Ican't help but wonder how someone can come to think that there are people who don't recognize a milk bar when they see one and have absolutely no idea what to do with it.
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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I think that was George Michael...
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Jeremy Falcon wrote: I can't help but wonder about the first guy to see a cow and think, ya know, I'm gonna suck on that and drink whatever comes out of it.
... or the first guy that decided to eat the cheese that came from it when it went bad.
I'm retired. There's a nap for that...
- Harvey
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Or how about the guy that noticed civet cats were eating coffee beans and then crapping out the undigested beans. What kind of person is it that witnesses this act, and then says, "Hey! I bet that would make GREAT coffee!"
".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
- You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
- When you pry the gun from my cold dead hands, be careful - the barrel will be very hot. - JSOP, 2013
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He tried smoking it first.
Peter Wasser
"The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, and wiser people so full of doubts." - Bertrand Russell
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Or the guy who saw tobacco and thought "Let's harvest the leaves, dry them, shred them, then devise a method to burn them with the intent of breathing it into our lungs - that would be awesome!"
There are two types of people in this world: those that pronounce GIF with a soft G, and those who do not deserve to speak words, ever.
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He was probably a dev.
Jeremy Falcon
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True dat
There are two types of people in this world: those that pronounce GIF with a soft G, and those who do not deserve to speak words, ever.
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Eggs.. The next thing which falls out of that chickens bum, im going to eat!
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