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It was a good one! 
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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Coming from the highway, I just had a BMW with the sign 'Microsoft Car Sharing' attempting to do something that resembles driving in front of my nose.
That reminded me of something I read here years ago:
Owning a BMW does not always make you a wanker, it just means you will become one!
Does that also apply to Microsoft Car Sharing? Do the cars require you to close all windows and restart all the time? Do they hijack you to their garage when they want to get updates? Do you need a Microsoft account to get in?
Edit: Microsoft macht mobil – Car Sharing-Angebot für Mitarbeiter – Blog Microsoft Deutschland[^]
Don't know wether they have an English version or not.
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The Microsoft cars also send data to the mother-ship about your driving, and shut down for updates in the middle of your drive.
Thanks, but no thanks.
If you have an important point to make, don't try to be subtle or clever. Use a pile driver. Hit the point once. Then come back and hit it again. Then hit it a third time - a tremendous whack.
--Winston Churchill
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CodeWraith wrote: Owning a BMW does not always make you a wanker, it just means you will become one!
What is the difference between a BMW and a Hedgehog? A Hedgehog has the pricks on the outside.
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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Of both we have no shortage here. Guess what they build at this place.[^] The pricks probably are bred somewhere nearby.
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CodeWraith wrote: Do the cars require you to close all windows and restart all the time? Do they hijack you to their garage when they want to get updates? Do you need a Microsoft account to get in?
All that still sounds better than getting an update request from your creator
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How could that happen with Microsoft's record of always delivering error free software?
There used to be cars that did not contain a single processor or microcontroller, you know. 
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I've recently embarked on learning Android development and figured it would more efficient to find a buddy to gather forces. So, I'm looking for someone already familiar with Java, OOP principles.
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Start here.
"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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Look for open source projects (GitHub, etc.) and see if you can mentor with someone there?
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A surprisingly fresh approach to the classic
"Can I has the codez?" 
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SO out here in deepest darkest rural France, we have septic tanks, yes, that invention from the 12th century.
Every two years it needs emptying.
SO you dig back the soil to expose the cover, and lift the concrete lid on the very bowels of hell. The stench is quite overwhelming, the image something of the foulest nature you can not describe.
But a guy comes round in a big truck and sucks the thing empty.
Its got the be the shittiest job ever!
(Anyway, I always give the guy s big tip. Anyone prepared to come round my house and suck 2 years worth of my turds out of a hole in the ground is worth an inestimable amount of money.)
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We had a septic tank in rural(ish) New England, but I never recall it needing to be emptied (fortunately).
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Weird. THe bacteria breaks it down (we need to add packets of the stuff every month), the liquid disperses through a soak away, and the solids build up.
Are you sure yours didnt just empty into a ditch somewhere?
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We've been in the same rural property for 20 year and only had the septic tank emptied once. It can depends on the many factors, but the main one is the soil and water table levels and what you put down it.
Normally we can tell it needs emptying by the smell (it shouldn't). Also ensure youre not putting chlorine cleaning products down it as it will kill the tanks bacteria. Only once had to put any bacteria additives in it and if the problems not to bad you can just use yogurt.
Sh*t at work I say.. 
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THis is a plastic tank set in the ground, it isnt a hole in the ground filled with rocks, like old tanks are. Its to keep the water table cleaner, so its kind of like a min treatment plant, so the solid build up and hence need emptying.
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The principle is the same. Ours is a concrete tank with 3 lines that draw away the water and broken down waste. ( and the fruit trees at the end of the lines love it and flourish)
A healthy tank should should not need frequent cleaning. Maybe it's a bit blocked before it gets to the waste lines? Some of the newer ones here have filters and a small pump.
The water table can have an effect on back filing from the lines. A friend had to have his cleaned every two years because it kept flooding...the pipe should run slightly downhill.
As I said before avoid bleached based cleaning products as they can easily kill a healthy tank..
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It is very dry here, so no problem with it draining away. HOwever wifey does insist on using non septic tank friendly cleaners, it is probably that that is killing the natural breakdown of the solids. I'll have words with her! 
Having said that I read up to check, and there is a lot of talkk on the net of needing emptying from time to time.
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I'm also in New England. If you have a properly designed leach field to disperse the liquids, the tank is sized properly, and you avoid putting oils and non-biodegradable items down the drain, it could easily last 20 years or more.
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Hmmm. The house was built in 1962 and we got connected to the town sewer system about twenty years later.
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We're on mains sewage, but about a year after we moved in it blocked, and overflowed. Lifted the cover and yes, the stench was hideous. I tried to rod it, but ended up calling in an expert who did the job very nicely. Turns out the cover was about 2m above the pipe, so the whole 1m x 1m x 2 m column was full... destroyed my last hazmat suit jet washing the patio, and it took 3 or four long hot showers before I couldn't smell it any more. 
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OriginalGriff wrote: took 3 or four long hot showers before I couldn't smell it any more
It clings does it not? Takes about a day to get the stench out of your lungs! Foul work.
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