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Roger Wright wrote: Last time I did that I got laid off for lack of anything more to do
You just described how the IT industry works! 
Now if you'll excuse me, I've a lot of work to do which I anticipate will go past the drop-dead due date. And for a good reason. 
"Real men drive manual transmission" - Rajesh.
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Quote: delivered to testing ahead of time and under budget
Does this really ever happen 
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I think he fell asleep at his desk, and was dreaming.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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you know sometimes...but heres a friday afternoon story.
I was working in an office where a large web servcies project was being developed. It was under budget ahead of schedule. A new manager came in, saw this and deemed it a "risk".
He then moved the highly regarded lead technical bloke off (lets call him "Mr Respected"), hired a new lead technical chap and a few more programmers.
Can anyone guess what happened? Yes indeedy.
It lagged, got delayed and all messed up.
It was all not cool and the new lead technical chap - lets call him "Mr No mates" said to me that he didn't care and he would just blame Mr Respected when the wash out came.
So I'm mates with Mr Respected. and i filled him in on this titbit and he was able to protect his cred' accordingly.
The long and the short of it was that the project was late, over budget and incomplete. Ahh lets not forget the angry customer.
Mr Respected remained (eventually left a few years later), Mr No Mates was canned shortly thereafter.
The manager responsible for the mess? Just bounced around the org until he eventually left for another company.
Now drink your milk and go to bed kiddies.
Bryce
MCAD
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Thats no problem!! But you'll usually also get a big list of bugs and rant from the testing team
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Man, you're a god. - walterhevedeich 26/05/2011
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(That's an 'M')
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"Current project delivered to testing ahead of time and under budget"
You sent them:
10 PRINT "HELLO WORLD"
20 GOTO 10
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Are you sure that's the right link? Its a $2500au laptop with a 1080P resolution...
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well, 256SSD + 1TB HDD, 16GB of RAM, i7, GeForce GTX770 with 3GB of RAM
not bad!
I am saddened by the screen definition too... I want more pixels!!!
(of note a friend remarked the wifi is weak too, it's 802.11b, 802.11ac would be way better!!)
I have seen something that good at that price in a laptop very often...
But please, prove me wrong! I want to see more models!!! 
BTW $2500 I am happy to pay to replace my desktop machine! with a laptop finally acceptable!
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It has 802.11n, which is 54mb/s (640MBit/s), unless you are doing a lot of network file transfers or have lightning fast internet (internet speed > network speed) then you are probably just fine with N.
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5kg.
Oh. My. God.
(and they are STILL sticking to 802.11n. Where's the ac??)
cheers,
Chris Maunder
The Code Project | Co-founder
Microsoft C++ MVP
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yeah, it's a little heavy.
I'm just looking for a laptop which can replace my desktop without regret with the added benefit of being more carryable! ^^
Anyhow, now I finally found one, I'll wait 1 or 2 years to see if there are any progress! ^^
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Super Lloyd wrote: I'm just looking for a laptop which can replace my desktop
FTFY - 5kg... 
Soren Madsen
"When you don't know what you're doing it's best to do it quickly" - Jase #DuckDynasty
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Do you use external monitors or do you need fully self-contained?
I used to go for the big laptop screen but found they were never big enough so ended up going the other way: getting the smallest I could to still make it usable (13" until I get some prescription glasses, I guess) and plug 'er into a whopping big monitor at home or the office.
There's always a compromise, right? Good screen but painful to carry around, or a great traveler with a small screen.
cheers,
Chris Maunder
The Code Project | Co-founder
Microsoft C++ MVP
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It's a gaming laptop with a 75W GPU. If they tried shoehorning it into a thinner chassis it would either sound like a fighter jet lighting off the afterburners or overheat and throttle itself stupid.
Did you ever see history portrayed as an old man with a wise brow and pulseless heart, waging all things in the balance of reason?
Is not rather the genius of history like an eternal, imploring maiden, full of fire, with a burning heart and flaming soul, humanly warm and humanly beautiful?
--Zachris Topelius
Training a telescope on one’s own belly button will only reveal lint. You like that? You go right on staring at it. I prefer looking at galaxies.
-- Sarah Hoyt
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What about the Zenbook UX301 or UX302 (dedicated graphics gpu)
I am waiting for it to hit the UK in the next couple of weeks, but think that is going to be my next portable. It is already shipping in some area of the globe.
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It sounds affordable  and cool. Cheers ! 
"If A is a success in life, then A=x+y+z. (Work is x; y is play; and z is keeping your mouth shut.)"
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5 Kilos. F-I-V-E K-I-L-O-S!
You might as well carry around your desktop.
"Real men drive manual transmission" - Rajesh.
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The monitor is 120Hz - completely flicker free, or potentially 3D. Nice!
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Britain's badger population.
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Obscurum per obscurius.
Ad astra per alas porci.
Quidquid latine dictum sit, altum videtur .
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Jimmy Hoffa wrapped in a newspaper.
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A penguin run over by a SnowCat[^]
A nun skydiving from a helicopter, in an updraft.
A skunk crossing a rifle range.
O.J. Simpson's last meeting with his ex-wife.
Michael Jackson petting a hungry pit bull.
A black FBI agent discovered - undercover - at a Klan rally.
Will Rogers never met me.
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[obscure reference]
South Africa after a 99.
speramus in juniperus
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