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Obama: what are you having for thanksgiving dinner?
Putin: Turkey.
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Project manager:
This UAT data will all go in by the end of the day.
Me:
I think we need to be cautious with our expectations as we have hit a lot of errors so far when importing data.
Project manager:
You are such a pessimist.
Reality:
The environment was completely screwed up by the someone's last minute changes to the configuration files - which they had not factored into the data files.
The import was even more of a screw up than I had hinted at.
End of first day and 1/20th of the data is in the system.
After witnessing all of this the IT director told me that I am a pessimist.
“That which can be asserted without evidence, can be dismissed without evidence.”
― Christopher Hitchens
modified 25-Nov-15 13:41pm.
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I once thought I was a pessimist... but, as usual, I was wrong.
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Pessimist (n). What an optimist calls a realist.
This space for rent
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It's no fun being the only expert in the room.
The Expert [^]
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George Will Quote:
The nice part about being a pessimist is that you are constantly being either proven right or pleasantly surprised.
"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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The nice part about being a pessimist is that you are constantly being either proven right or pleasantly surprised.
FTFY
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That's the optimistic way of looking at it.
"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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But are you a pessimist enough?
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Project Managers are way too optimistic.
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I have worked with some really good project managers. The best project manager I worked with would multiply my time estimate by three and she was generally correct in her time estimation.
Currently I work with project managers who divide my time estimate by three...
“That which can be asserted without evidence, can be dismissed without evidence.”
― Christopher Hitchens
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That's called 'progress'! 
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I keep pushing the envelope, but it's still stationary.
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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It will remain stationary if you don't train.
GCS d--- s-/++ a- C++++ U+++ P- L- E-- W++ N++ o+ K- w+++ O? M-- V? PS+ PE- Y+ PGP t++ 5? X R++ tv-- b+ DI+++ D++ G e++>+++ h--- ++>+++ y+++* Weapons extension: ma- k++ F+2 X
If you think 'goto' is evil, try writing an Assembly program without JMP. -- TNCaver
"When you have eliminated the JavaScript, whatever remains must be an empty page." -- Mike Hankey
"just eat it, eat it"."They're out to mold, better eat while you can" -- HobbyProggy
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I wish this whole thread could be erased
veni bibi saltavi
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That's right - ream me out!
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Leaf out the moaning
veni bibi saltavi
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That's tearable!
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I'll make a note of that.
/ravi
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The force pulling it in is in equilibrium with that pushing it out.
Implies that there's a lot of activity involved even in keeping it stationary.
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Stamping on it is better than going postal.
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Life is too shor
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Don't you mean stationery?
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I DON'T KNOW IF YOU NOTICED, ALBERT, BUT THAT WAS A PUNE, OR PLAY ON WORDS --- PTerry, Hogfather
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Well, pushing ... Stationary.
I looked at it as envelope....stationery.
Two possible puns.
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A pune, or play on words indeed! 
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