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Blinders and a list next time.
As I grow older I've found that pleasing everyone is impossible but pissing everyone off is a piece of cake.
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Yeah right!
You must be married too.
Within you lies the power for good - Use it!
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PJ Arends wrote: You must be married too.
No but now you know why.
As I grow older I've found that pleasing everyone is impossible but pissing everyone off is a piece of cake.
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The trick is to go in with her, and then complain that she's taking too long. That'll shave off at least 20-30% of your wait time.
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Been there done that. Did I mention the part about three kids? Easier to control them in the confines of the car then letting them loose in what amounts to a giant candy/toy store.
But she was out of there in a mere hour after spending 8 dollars.
Within you lies the power for good - Use it!
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PJ Arends wrote: she was out of there in a mere hour after spending 8 dollars
Ah, typical! An hour (in a dollar store) is usually anything between 5-10 bucks. Standard wife-pattern.
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Take her to a MehGerbil flick.
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I've been doing this computing lark for quite a long time and still like to get my hands dirty crafting beautifully manicured code.
What I don't do, nor do I recall ever having to do, is create a custom sort algorithm. I don't think I could without looking it up; oh, I know what many of them are called and recall, vaguely, the workings but I doubt I could articulate any of them without looking it up first.
There are probably many other 'skills' I learnt in the dim and distant past but have now forgotten due to lack of use (like Visual Basic ).
What did you learn and never get around to using or, in fact, ever need to use?
"If you think it's expensive to hire a professional to do the job, wait until you hire an amateur." Red Adair.
Those who seek perfection will only find imperfection
nils illegitimus carborundum
me, me, me
me, in pictures
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Java?
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Me too.
Went on a week's course in London three or four years ago and haven't touched it since I got back.
Some men are born mediocre, some men achieve mediocrity, and some men have mediocrity thrust upon them.
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And me.
"The whole idea that carbon dioxide is the main cause of the recent global warming is based on a guess that was proved false by empirical evidence during the 1990s." climate-models-go-cold
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"Z"[^] and I don't think I've knowingly used De Morgan's law[^] this decade.
Also - in a non IT context - I've never had to give the hand signals for "I am slowing down" etc. I learnt for my driving test.
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Duncan Edwards Jones wrote: I've never had to give the hand signals for "I am slowing down" etc. I learnt for my driving test.
I've given lots of hand-signals to other drivers, but I don't remember giving that one.
Some men are born mediocre, some men achieve mediocrity, and some men have mediocrity thrust upon them.
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Duncan Edwards Jones wrote: I don't think I've knowingly used De Morgan's law[^] this decade.
Really? I use it all the time... I'd just forgotten what it was called until just now.
(!x && !y) == !(x || y)
Ahh, memories...
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I use quite a bit, I do hardware more than software. I still think it's odd to be honest.
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Nah, makes perfect sense, unlike most "laws"...
If I'm not taking the subway and I'm not taking the bus, then I'm not taking either one of them.
(!subway && !bus) == !(subway || bus)
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The negation of a conjunction is the disjunction of the negations. == brainhurt
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Ha Z! What a useless exercise that was!
"The whole idea that carbon dioxide is the main cause of the recent global warming is based on a guess that was proved false by empirical evidence during the 1990s." climate-models-go-cold
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Quote: due to lack of use (like Visual Basic ). The lounge rules are keep it Kid Sister Safe. There is no need for language like that: Quote: like Visual Basic
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Someone else mentioned Java in this thread. Standards are dropping very fast here!
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tbf we were degrading rather than evangelising though.
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Well, when I was young, we weren't even allowed to use that kind of language in here. Times sure have changed.
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Yep, these days bad language is OK... as long as it's ironic
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Yeah, they just don't know what it was like. Having to walk 5 miles, uphill, both ways, just to post a message
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I don't recall.
You'll never get very far if all you do is follow instructions.
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