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When the cops ask you what you call your wife in a bathtub full of acid, then don't say 'A solution!'
I have lived with several Zen masters - all of them were cats.
His last invention was an evil Lasagna. It didn't kill anyone, and it actually tasted pretty good.
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Richard MacCutchan wrote: even though the victim's body was never found.
That happens here in the States on occasion as well. I assume anywhere really, that has a descent criminal investigation system will come across similar scenarios.
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I know pretty much all about DOS!
But what about all the DONTS?
"If we don't change direction, we'll end up where we're going"
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DON'T ask.
DON'T tell.
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Never throw anything away, Griff
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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Are you feeling a bit integer today?
"If we don't change direction, we'll end up where we're going"
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megaadam wrote: But what about all the DONTS?
That's what your employment contract is for.
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Learning to code with python is like learning to swim with those little arm floaties. It gives you undeserved confidence and will eventually drown you. - DangerBunny
Artificial intelligence is the only remedy for natural stupidity. - CDP1802
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After that, there are the WILLs and WONTs ... we're talking about TELNET, right?
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...She said: "It's in the large print section!"
Anything that is unrelated to elephants is irrelephant Anonymous
- The problem with quotes on the internet is that you can never tell if they're genuine Winston Churchill, 1944
- Never argue with a fool. Onlookers may not be able to tell the difference. Mark Twain
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haha?
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I learn something new, every day.
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645.5*
* Dewey Decimal Classification 645.5: Household Furnishings / Lighting Fixtures
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Never throw anything away, Griff
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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Fight complaint unknown cover (8)
We can’t stop here, this is bat country - Hunter S Thompson RIP
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Fight WAR
complaint RANT
unknown Y cover
WARRANTY
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Never throw anything away, Griff
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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You always solve these when I blink!
"If we don't change direction, we'll end up where we're going"
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Stop.
Blinking.
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Never throw anything away, Griff
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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You do like to win on Friday
We can’t stop here, this is bat country - Hunter S Thompson RIP
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Oh elephant! It's Friday already? What happened to the week?
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Never throw anything away, Griff
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SO we have all read specs, documents that define data packets, full of flags and things, that describe complex behaviour, subtle things, clever things.
And have you ever looked at code, or products that supposedly implement the spec, and arent all these complex, fiddly little values, all set to 0, or some default, or ignored completely, and just the basics of the spec implemented?
I see it every single time I dig into this kind of thing.
I think it is because the spec writers want to make it complete, and because of their depth of knowledge, understand what they are thinking.
The poor sod who has to write code hasn't got ten years to devote to studying the technology, he has to write code that works, and has a month to do it.
So he just says 'f*** it, ignore that, zero will do here, thats enough' and hey presto, it works well enough to sell.
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Munchies_Matt wrote: SO we have all read specs, documents that define data packets, full of flags and things, that describe complex behaviour, subtle things, clever things. SO not all of get any specs to begin with. If you are not a psychic or at least know what to do when someone who is utterly incapable of thinking up specs handwaves the whole thing onto your desk, then get lost.
My sadistic way of punishing them for that was to do whatever I wanted and when they came to complain, I just asked them which one of their specifications was not met.
I have lived with several Zen masters - all of them were cats.
His last invention was an evil Lasagna. It didn't kill anyone, and it actually tasted pretty good.
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I am not talking about 'vague requests from management' but about those complex specs that come from organisations like USB, 3GPP, RTCM and so on. Specs where there is too MUCH detail.
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There is no such thing as too much detail. You can't possibly know what someone will be looking for. The real problem is keeping the documentation and its subject in sync, both ways.
I have lived with several Zen masters - all of them were cats.
His last invention was an evil Lasagna. It didn't kill anyone, and it actually tasted pretty good.
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Are you completely missing the point of what I wrote on purpose?
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