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What a nostalgic post for me.
I had a contract engagement back in '97 where I architected and implemented a distributed database system for an inbound call center that insisted that they track 2.3 million names and their orders on the back of MS Access. I sharded the data across 8 database instances to maintain some sense of usability.
When the contract was up and the work was completed, I conducted knowledge exchange with the staff and CIO. The system was highly modular, and the whole OO bag of tricks. The system had sub-second response times for all transactions.
The CIO told me at the end of the session that he couldn't in good conscience hire me back because I produced something that was out of the realm of his staff, whose normal dev environment was FoxPro. Therefore they would be at my mercy to maintain anything I produced.
I have been leery of working with any person or group who doesn't understand the plumbing.
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As a sewage worker, life can be pretty mucky, but finding a Moltres under Wall Street really made my day!
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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(><<) (5)
Revive
Hints:
1. Tasty as hell!
2. Best food for long programming sessions (except BACON!)
3.
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modified 19-Jul-16 8:51am.
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steer
Skipper: We'll fix it.
Alex: Fix it? How you gonna fix this?
Skipper: Grit, spit and a whole lotta duct tape.
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0B 0W
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Skipper: We'll fix it.
Alex: Fix it? How you gonna fix this?
Skipper: Grit, spit and a whole lotta duct tape.
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Again 0B 0W
Rules for the FOSW ![ ^]
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I left with 9 possible solutions, and your hint put me on the right one, but just remembered that tomorrow I will be occupied from 10:00 to 22:00, so I can't deliver it...
Skipper: We'll fix it.
Alex: Fix it? How you gonna fix this?
Skipper: Grit, spit and a whole lotta duct tape.
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That's okay
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BACON!!!!!!!!!!!
sorry, I couldn't resist
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at least 1W!
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Indeed! 5B You are up tomorrow
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Corrected school kids getting into grass (8)
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Informer or Informed ?
We can’t stop here, this is bat country - Hunter S Thompson RIP
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Reformed ?
We can’t stop here, this is bat country - Hunter S Thompson RIP
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Well done. You got it.
Grass = reed.
School kids - form.
Corrected = re(form)ed.
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You could have said I was near with my first answer
We can’t stop here, this is bat country - Hunter S Thompson RIP
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pkfox wrote: You could have said I was near with my first answer
Well, yes, I could have ... actually I started typing something to the effect of "very close, look for the definition at the other end" but then I thought, no, someone else will steam in and grab your glory, so I didn't and changed it to a rather less helpful "no". Basically, I had faith that you'd get there on your own
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We can’t stop here, this is bat country - Hunter S Thompson RIP
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Movie Quote Of The Day
You could come with me, we do it right. We get out, we're free. Or you could stay in jail and get romantic with your boyfriend.
Which movie?
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The Hillary Files?
If you have an important point to make, don't try to be subtle or clever. Use a pile driver. Hit the point once. Then come back and hit it again. Then hit it a third time - a tremendous whack.
--Winston Churchill
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Hillary Clinton is not a criminal, nor has she ever been. The FBI has cleared her of the slanderous lies that have been thrown at her by Republicans. In a time of growing division and foreboding darkness of Russian and Chinese expansion and aggression, we need a candidate firmly rooted in Western institutions such as NATO and the EU, and gilded in the golden crest of American Exceptionalism, and Hillary Clinton is that candidate. No longer can we stand idly by as America and her allies are targeted. The American people deserve a candidate who can take control of this new American century.
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...reminds me of an old MTV commercial...
"BlaBlaBla on M-T-Bla..."
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