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The Highways Agency found over 200 dead crows on the M4 near Bridgend recently, and there was concern that they may have died from Avian Flu. A Pathologist examined the remains of all the crows, and, to everyone's relief, confirmed the problem was NOT Avian Flu.
The cause of death appeared to be from vehicular impacts. However, during analysis it was noted that varying colours of paints appeared on the ...bird's beaks and claws. By analysing these paint residues it was found that 98% of the crows had been killed by impact with lorrys, while only 2% were killed by cars.
The Agency then hired an Ornithological Behaviourist to determine if there was a cause for the disproportionate percentages of truck kills versus car kills. The Ornithological Behaviourist quickly concluded that when crows eat road kill, they always have a look-out crow to warn of danger. They discovered that while all the lookout crows could shout "Cah", not a single one could shout "Lorry"
Some men are born mediocre, some men achieve mediocrity, and some men have mediocrity thrust upon them.
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The difficult we do right away...
...the impossible takes slightly longer.
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Go home Chris. you're drunk!
veni bibi saltavi
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Mongo: Mongo only pawn... in game of life.
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Been watching this for a number of weeks while me and the pup take our night jaunts.
"the debugger doesn't tell me anything because this code compiles just fine" - random QA comment
"Facebook is where you tell lies to your friends. Twitter is where you tell the truth to strangers." - chriselst
"I don't drink any more... then again, I don't drink any less." - Mike Mullikins uncle
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At noon today, we will be halfway through with 2015. If you take into account the extra ¼ day that we add to each year, then you’ll have to wait until 3pm (2:54pm-ish) to celebrate.
Enjoy!
- DC
"One man's wage rise is another man's price increase." - Harold Wilson
"Fireproof doesn't mean the fire will never come. It means when the fire comes that you will be able to withstand it." - Michael Simmons
"You can easily judge the character of a man by how he treats those who can do nothing for him." - James D. Miles
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So...time for the supermarkets to get the trees and tinsel out again? 
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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Did you factor in yesterday's extra second?
If it's not broken, fix it until it is
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Noon was nearly four hours ago! 
"These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined."
- Homer
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Well, there was also that extra second added to June 30th. Don't forget to take that into account. 
-NP
Never underestimate the creativity of the end-user.
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Happy "N* hours after halfway through the year" day 
* Replace N by whatever time has elapsed after the exact halfway, depending on your time zone.
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Damn it man. Get your titles sorted out. I thought Gyles Brandreth had gone! It was cable sweaters!
Have to say I miss the old Saturday Night shows such as his. John Bishop just doesn't cut the same kind of mustard for me.
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Member 9082365 wrote: I thought Gyles Brandreth had gone!
That's just wishful thinking! 
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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Hi All,
Operation get a job hit a bit of a skid. I had a telephone interview this morning that went side ways...I was under the impression that company did thing A from there web site, in actual fact that do thing B (and was told I needed to do more DD, Due Diligence? Dungeons & Dragons?). One of the interviewers got up and left part way through. Just waiting now for the agent to tell me that I am not suitable... the worst part was I got the impression that I wasted their time.
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glennPattonBackInThePUB wrote: that company did thing A from there web site, in actual fact that do thing B
Were you interviewing for a web developer position? 
There are only 10 types of people in the world, those who understand binary and those who don't.
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No, A test equipment designer role, using high voltage
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glennPattonBackInThePUB wrote: and was told I needed to do more DD
You needed to be more like DD? Or maybe you needed a pair for the position... 
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You should not let them make you feel down. I am sure the problem is in requiter or in the company for not updating their site. I know you will find something more suitable.
Microsoft ... the only place where VARIANT_TRUE != true
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The problem is, I have just had the agent on the phone, they lack clarity with what they want.
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glennPattonBackInThePUB wrote: I have just had the agent on the phone, they lack clarity with what they want.
You just described every agent I've ever worked with
If it's not broken, fix it until it is
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Just once I would like an agent who had an idea of the role, I work on low voltage interfacing some how that got translated to kV testing!....
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A few months ago I actually had a recruiter stumble through the list of requirement she was reading. She said she was new at it. I told her that she didn't have enough details to describe the job.
She them asked ME to help fill in the details so she could try to hire me. 
If it's not broken, fix it until it is
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