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Sigh ... the name looks indeed like a contradiction , humans can be quite inventive/chaotic with giving names to things. I think that, when a concept is repeated many times, it is associated with some quality, so it even loses its contradictory meaning ... "What's in a name ..." comes to mind. Anyway, good point ... . Probably, some people found DM too harsh and so an attempt came I guess to soften the image by adding "melodic" in front of it ... Cheers
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Wow ... this is a top band, thanks for the link
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This one's really beautiful.
It sounds familiar, but I don't think I actually know it.
Where's it from?
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The anime Mahoutsukai no Yome, also known as "The Ancient Magus' Bride", which is one of the best I've ever seen.
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Never heard of it, going to see if I can watch it anywhere over here!
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It is, I've even had a free trial account to watch A Certain Scientific Railgun/Accelerator, which had a few seasons on Netflix, but missed the final seasons
Plenty of stuff on there that I still want to watch, maybe I'll reinstate my account.
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It didn't seem to require an account to watch that one. Although I did not watch it there, so maybe it will only let me view a few episodes before cutting me off? Don't know.
With our tastes being so different, you might not like it. But I thoroughly enjoyed it.
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I announced a little fair (7)
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
"Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt
AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!
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I suspect you will win today Paul
"I didn't mention the bats - he'd see them soon enough" - Hunter S Thompson - RIP
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Nah, got it:
I know someone called Derek Littlefair so clearly the answer is I'mDerek.
Easy!
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I bow to your superior knowledge
"I didn't mention the bats - he'd see them soon enough" - Hunter S Thompson - RIP
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Eistedd ?
"I didn't mention the bats - he'd see them soon enough" - Hunter S Thompson - RIP
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Nope.
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
"Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt
AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!
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We give up
"I didn't mention the bats - he'd see them soon enough" - Hunter S Thompson - RIP
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A few day ago, I was having a go at BAs. Today it's coders.
We have a monitoring tool which sends out email alerts whenever our server resources reach certain thresholds. Sometimes they're meaningful and useful - and we can get something done about the issue. And sometimes they mean absolutely zero to us!
But, hey! At the bottom of every alert, there's an "Additional information" section. And, without exception, that always says: "This information has been generated by the XYZ Manager". Yep! That's it. Nothing else. Nada!
Designed by a coder?
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Don't bash the coder. Bash the consultant who designed the specs...
I mean, it worked, didn't it, so there's nothing wrong with the coding!
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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It probably went something like this:
Business Analyst: "Could you add an 'Additional information' section?"
Coder: Does nothing.
Tester: "The BA said there should be an 'Additional information' section, so I've failed this"
Coder: <tr><td>Additional information</td></tr><tr><td>This is the additional information!</td></tr>
Tester: "Passed. Release it."
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I would be thankful for such "crumbs."
The first time I saw this, I would ask someone for details on who/what XYZManager is. Then, assuming there is some/one/group I could contact, I would send them a message suggesting improvements.
If there was no one who could change the code, or, I found out the code could not be changed, or, if my message was not responded to, then ...
If I were an underpaid, frustrated, micro-serf, and, raising hell would achieve nothing, I might write a post, like this one, on CodeProject
«The mind is not a vessel to be filled but a fire to be kindled» Plutarch
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BillWoodruff wrote: I would ask someone for details on who/what XYZManager is It's a 3rd-party monitoring tool.
BillWoodruff wrote: I would send them a message suggesting improvements. Forever the optimist. I'm leaning towards: Sod it. If they can't be @rsed to provide useful information, I'm going to ignore it!
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Designed on the spur of the moment to resolve an immediate need and never revisited by the coder. Such is the birth of an open source project. Alas, the source was lost by the PHB.
>64
If you can keep your head while those about you are losing theirs, perhaps you don't understand the situation.
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Copy and paste ... but couldn't think of anything for the Additional Information section.
It was only in wine that he laid down no limit for himself, but he did not allow himself to be confused by it.
― Confucian Analects: Rules of Confucius about his food
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