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It took 24 hours to write the book...
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Don't knock short books. O'Reilly publishes a number of short books in their Pocket Reference series. I've learned more from these about SQL, CSS, and other TLA's than in most of the door-stop tomes out there.
Software Zen: delete this;
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Absolutely! Very often a quick-reference, which is crammed full of short definitions of everything, is the most useful document in the world, if you already know much of what you're doing.
But 37-page books that claim to turn you into a Ruby professional or an Android developer?
Anyone with any experience in databases will know that you can't store that much information into that many sectors.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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...I've had a screaming headache all day. I've taken nothing for it and it still hasn't just fixed itself.
So I just cracked the first beer for the day. I'll report back later if it has made it worse or fixed it.
Not sure if I will be able to be too scientific with any facts I provide later.
Michael Martin
Australia
"I controlled my laughter and simple said "No,I am very busy,so I can't write any code for you". The moment they heard this all the smiling face turned into a sad looking face and one of them farted. So I had to leave the place as soon as possible."
- Mr.Prakash One Fine Saturday. 24/04/2004
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Between ages 15 til 30 old I often had severe migraine.
I've never tried beer though.
Get well soon!
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A simple remedy is "Indian Head Massage", also called "Head Malish"; requires someone else to do the 'malish'.
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cheers!!....Good medicine..
Born To Learn
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I wrote a story set in Australia once. The fact that that happened is probably what caused your headache.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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Did you hear the rumor about butter? Never mind, I better not spread it.
I'll get my coat... 
/ravi
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That has become a pat answer around here.
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You mean a bat answer, as in "Butter up!"
/ravi
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Ravi Bhavnani wrote: Never mind, I better not spread it.
Come now, smear a little gossip around here. 
Marc
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I'd butter not, Marc. The margarine for error is too high.
/ravi
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Fat chance!
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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Say what you like about Schwarzenegger, but he totally hits the nail on the head here[^]
Obviously the context is bodybuilding, but I believe it totally applies to programming...or basically anything.
Arnie: When you’re out there partying & horsing around, someone out there at the same time is is working hard, someone is getting smarter, and someone is winning. Just remember that.
modified 20-Mar-15 17:47pm.
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JMK-NI wrote: Say what you like about Schwarzenegger
Nothing, really.
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JMK-NI wrote: someone is working harder, someone is getting smarter
And in today's world, that 'someone' is likely to be several thousand miles away, with access to only a fraction of the facilities.
Not sure about the winning part, though.
modified 21-Mar-15 1:28am.
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Avijnata wrote: Not sure about the winning part, though
Or the "working harder" part, judging by QA.
And definitely not the "getting smarter" bit... 
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I see you Arnold with a Chuck Norris (who of course is the one winning even if you work hard). 
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He surrendered his actor's job.
There are two kinds of people in the world: those who can extrapolate from incomplete data.
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Both questions have the same (phonetic) answer:
What is the largest flying land bird in the Western Hemisphere?
What is the portal utilized by snake oil salesmen called?
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A Con-Door! [Condor]
- I would love to change the world, but they won’t give me the source code.
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An Andean Condor or a California Condor?
modified 20-Mar-15 17:41pm.
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Depends.
Which one is carrying the coconut?
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The Andean Condor is the larger of the two.
- I would love to change the world, but they won’t give me the source code.
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