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In everyday life, that's certainly true (and to this day I precede my conjunction with a comma!) However in a college English class, if you don't follow the rules to the letter (no matter how retarded) then you get docked points...
To further cement the stupidity of this mindset, I wrote a paper in said class about DRM schemes. I got docked points because I was using 'defamatory/inflamatory language'. Stupid woman didn't know that scheme was literally what they were called, and wouldn't listen to any argument against what she felt was true.
Hated her, hated the class, and hate English (the language!) in general... So glad that my degree only required one semester of English...
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Ah, Glasshopper, but English is a language that is far more fascinating than any programming language could ever be.
This is because computers are idiots, so computer languages only have to communicate thoughts and ideas to idiots.
But English is far more sophisticated, because you have to use it to communicate thoughts and ideas to things that are far worse than idiots.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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I'm lost. What's defamatory/inflammatory about "scheme"? 
I am not a number. I am a ... no, wait!
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Inherently nothing. The dictionary definition only describes it as some manner of plan. However the adjective form (which to note, I wasn't using the adjective form...) is more commonly used in a derogatory manner. 'He is such a scheming b!@#ard.' Etc.
So she had it in her head that the noun form of the word had a negative connotation as well... Fantastic for an English professor; doesn't even understand the language she's supposed to be teaching!
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I've been using it lately, after seeing this[^] 
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Kyle Moyer wrote: The English language is an ambiguous beast.
Yes, the text description doesn't do it justice. Maybe that's what happened. 
Marc
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I had a friend deal with Ingenico tech support recently.
They told him that each of the network devices that they provided "need their own IP address."
I was a bit flabbergasted, until troubleshooting and testing revealed they needed their own STATIC IP addresses.
seems like they're consistent at least.
"There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies and statistics."
- Benjamin Disraeli
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Go stand in the corner and don the Dunce Cap! 
Get me coffee and no one gets hurt!
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Who is Don the Dunce?
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."
If software development were a circus, we would all be the clowns.
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That'd be me in this case I guess. (copy/pasting 'I will not say **** on a customer phone call again' 100 times)
"Go forth into the source" - Neal Morse
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That's what happens if your mouth starts running before your brain is in gear!
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I regret I have only one upvote to give this post that honestly deserves so many more.
There are two types of people in this world: those that pronounce GIF with a soft G, and those who do not deserve to speak words, ever.
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Thanks! I regret that this actually happened! It's not over yet, but I did have to spend an afternoon detailing the chain of events that led up to the 'misunderstanding'. What a waste of time! Ughhh
"Go forth into the source" - Neal Morse
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a***hole!
What?
Oh, were the first five lines of my posting truncated?
Damn.
Sorry, but I can't be bothered to type it all again.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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Only the first word came through clearly! After that I couldn't be bothered to read the rest!
"Go forth into the source" - Neal Morse
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It was the only bit worth reading, anyway.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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kmoorevs wrote: 'Yeah, Karma's a bit@h.'
Yep. Anyone who calls themselves a DBA and clearly doesn't understand the basics of SQL Authentication deserves every bit of pain and anguish they receive...
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Sounds like the "A" in DBA in this case stood for "apprentice".
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Thank you! The dba in question is in fact a 'fresher'. They taught her in school that sql server authentication is evil. The irony is that the tech doing the installs saved the domain account credentials out on the network in a text file since there was no way he was going to be able to remember the 20+ character gibberish password for future installs. I've submitted my apologies and recommendations to all parties involved, including her boss. If we can't reach an understanding, I can always demote the customer to Access! 
"Go forth into the source" - Neal Morse
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Yes, why her? 
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Whose?
Just pick a name from a hat, a fish from a barrel, whatever.
We could have a "You've Been Banned!" lottery!
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Don't bother. He's gone.
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Cornelius Henning wrote: . He's gone.
But in my heart he lives on.
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