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Nah - everything's fine (*cough* except for a small bug that's since been fixed *cough*) it's just that I have this deep seated guilt every time I do something big and complicated that I'm faking it and doing it all wrong. Are there really meant to be that many smoking holes in the floor? And was that pile of rubble there when we started? And what was all the screaming and yelling and running around about? Is that normal? *shrugs* /goes back to causing chaos...
cheers
Chris Maunder
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Chris Maunder wrote: you'd probably laugh mockingly sympathetically and tell us we're doing it the wrong way.
FTFY - we're not bad folk, really. Well, with some exceptions (you know who you are!)
Chris Maunder wrote: what percentage stop and spend a couple of hours to research and implement the best way of doing something, and what just go ahead and do it in half the time with double the pain?
If a job is worth doing, it is worth doing well.
as I've been told on too many occasions to count.
So stop whinging and put in the hard yards !
PooperPig - Coming Soon
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Chris has been mixing with too many Poms and has caught whingiitis.
Life is like a s**t sandwich; the more bread you have, the less s**t you eat.
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Chris Maunder wrote: Ever have those days where you feel like you're trying to dig a drainage ditch
with a toy shovel and what you really want is one of those whopping big diggers,
to hell with the neighbour's yard.
Having the parade ground sweeped with a toothbrush is an old military tradition and being inefficient is of course the whole point.
Chris Maunder wrote: I also wonder, on evenings like this, what percentage stop and spend a couple of
hours to research and implement the best way of doing something, and what
just go ahead and do it in half the time with double the pain?
My weapon of choice always have been libraries. In the beginning it's tedious, as they don't yet offer much help and demand a lot of work and thought in order to grow. They are my version of an English lawn and once they have grown over a certain critical point, they allow you to work in the domain of your choice quickly and with only little pain. Write once, rework as often as needed and then use it as long and as often as possible to get the most effect out of the time you have invested.
The language is JavaScript. that of Mordor, which I will not utter here
This is Javascript. If you put big wheels and a racing stripe on a golf cart, it's still a f***ing golf cart.
"I don't know, extraterrestrial?"
"You mean like from space?"
"No, from Canada."
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I hope my email didn't push you over the edge! If it helps, the 'doing things the right way' never seems to be easy, and my next article update will reflect some of the difficulties on a project much different than yours.
David
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David O'Neil wrote: 'doing things the right way' never seems to be easy
“It’s always easier to do it the hard way.” -- Blackhart
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So start building it for people like me, that just want it to stay the same. 
Wrong is evil and must be defeated. - Jeff Ello
Any organization is like a tree full of monkeys. The monkeys on top look down and see a tree full of smiling faces. The monkeys on the bottom look up and see nothing but assholes.
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I hope it will ease your pain - I love CP (so maybe the hard-work wasn't futile...)!
I'm not questioning your powers of observation; I'm merely remarking upon the paradox of asking a masked man who he is. (V)
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Madam Tina turned me on to this method of software development, Chris:
"Why' know, every now and then
I think you might like to hear something from us
Nice and easy
But there's just one thing
You see we never ever do nothing
Nice and easy
We always do it nice and rough" [^]
« There is only one difference between a madman and me. The madman thinks he is sane. I know I am mad. » Salvador Dali
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Chris Maunder wrote: I also wonder, on evenings like this, what percentage stop and spend a couple of hours to research and implement the best way of doing something, and what just go ahead and do it in half the time with double the pain?
I would guess that the number is < 1%. Possibly far less.
How about those whose way of doing things is to always do things the "best" way? Ok, I'll guess .00001%.
I might be too generous though.
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Hahaha, you're doing it the wrong way! 
It's an OO world.
public class SanderRossel : Lazy<Person>
{
public void DoWork()
{
throw new NotSupportedException();
}
}
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Chris Maunder wrote: I also wonder, on evenings like this, what percentage stop and spend a couple of hours to research and implement the best way of doing something, and what just go ahead and do it in half the time with double the pain?
Been there done that, unfortunately even when you have done all the analysis and implemented the solution in the best manner there is always that one thing that was not communicated to you or the exception you were not told about that breaks your solution.
“That which can be asserted without evidence, can be dismissed without evidence.”
― Christopher Hitchens
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Chris Maunder wrote: ...you'd probably laugh mockingly and tell us we're doing it the wrong way.
Go check the wierd and wonderful forum and see if you're mentioned there 
Otherwise, as long as you remember this pain, then it's a character building exercise.
Now, think about all of the characters we have here at CP... does that help you feel better?!
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Chris Maunder wrote: what percentage stop and spend a couple of hours to research and implement the best way of doing something
And what percentage of them realize that the research they did is probably meaningless in terms of real production systems?
Chris Maunder wrote: Ever have those days where you feel like you're trying to dig a drainage ditch with a toy shovel
Most of the time I feel like I am digging a play pit in a sand box and I have lots of time to do it. Then every once in a while I get to implement the entire water, sewage, electrical and cable system for an entire city and it absolutely must be done in 3 days or less.
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We all know the Hobbit is just a 9 hour commercial for tourism in New Zealand.
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I'd say they're making far too much profit, if they can afford to indulge their wet-dream fantasies like that.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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AniMusic[^].
Look at the 'Resonant Chamber' clip! (First Clip under the 'Downloads' tab there) Good God, that is AWESOME!
What do you get when you cross a joke with a rhetorical question?
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The metaphorical solid rear-end expulsions have impacted the metaphorical motorized bladed rotating air movement mechanism.
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fyi: YouTube has a boatload of AniMusic videos, and you don't need QuackTime to watch: [^].
« There is only one difference between a madman and me. The madman thinks he is sane. I know I am mad. » Salvador Dali
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Back in the late 90's, ATI video cards came with "Pipe Dreams" to demonstrate the features of the video card
".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
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When you pry the gun from my cold dead hands, be careful - the barrel will be very hot. - JSOP, 2013
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John Simmons / outlaw programmer wrote: ATI video cards came with "Pipe Dreams" to demonstrate the features of the video card
That was exactly my thought when I read his post. Kids! They have no idea of the classics in the past. 
Marc
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Closed because this is not a message or has not been phrased in a way that allows a reasonable answer to be provided.
 
THESE PEOPLE REALLY BOTHER ME!! How can they know what you should do without knowing what you want done?!?!
-- C++ FQA Lite
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10 GOTO Closed
Will Rogers never met me.
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