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You have my sympathy, tip: feed the wife some Grappa first 
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As a software developer, I write a lot of procedures, does that make me a proctologist?
modified 2-Mar-18 20:41pm.
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As long as you avoid re-entrant code you should be fine.
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Only if your procedures include the proper ointments ... 
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As a VB developer I write a lot of Dim statements.
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Depends what kind of code you write...
I'm retired. There's a nap for that...
- Harvey
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My code is the stuff of legend.
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Further to the conversation immediately below.
On Monday morning at the office someone walks in and says "I just saw X and it was great"
Would anyone here say - That movie sucked and "you've no taste"
Yet people will say it on the webz.
Amazing isn't it?
I'm pretty sure I would not like to live in a world in which I would never be offended.
I am absolutely certain I don't want to live in a world in which you would never be offended.
Freedom doesn't mean the absence of things you don't like.
Dave
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I would. But more than likely I wouldn't have seen X. Or even V for that matter. I might need to see M sometime though.
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PIEBALDconsult wrote: I would.
Really - instead of disagreeing on the movie you would go right to a personal attack?
Oh - MM was better.
I'm pretty sure I would not like to live in a world in which I would never be offended.
I am absolutely certain I don't want to live in a world in which you would never be offended.
Freedom doesn't mean the absence of things you don't like.
Dave
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Try me, Huffer McHuffface.
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Listen Piebald - I know things seem pretty black and white to you but I have to say - having grown up with that last name - your little insult wouldn't even make the top 100! 
I'm pretty sure I would not like to live in a world in which I would never be offended.
I am absolutely certain I don't want to live in a world in which you would never be offended.
Freedom doesn't mean the absence of things you don't like.
Dave
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PIEBALDconsult wrote: I might need to see M sometime though.
See Moneypenny - she'll get you an appointment.
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Depends. Was it the Emoji-movie?
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I have in the past told a colleague that a particular film or TV show was pretty poor (IMHO). But I would not accuse them of having no taste; it's just that our tastes differ.
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The thing is, IRL and F2F you can say "That movie sucked - you've no taste" in many ways, and your body language and tone of voice makes it clear. It could be aggressive or humorous. But when you write that in a forum comment, no-one has any idea how you meant it, and people generally assume the worst (paranoid little things that lots of people are.) Yes, that's what smileys were invented for, but when firing comments off people can often not bother with them, or simply forget that the other person can't see the big grin on their face...
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DRHuff wrote: On Monday morning at the office someone walks in and says "I just saw X and it was great"
Would anyone here say - That movie sucked "
Yes. I would
DRHuff wrote: and "you've no taste"
depending on who told that, yes I would say it. On people I don't have that much to do with, then I would moderate that part of the sentence.
Additional note:
I find abit amusing your post regarding your signature
DRHuff wrote: I'm pretty sure I would not like to live in a world in which I would never be offended.
I am absolutely certain I don't want to live in a world in which you would never be offended.
You are kind of "asking" for that  
M.D.V. 
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Help me to understand what I'm saying, and I'll explain it better to you
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I usually do exactly that.
"X was a bad movie and you should feel bad.
Shame, I actually did kind of like you before this.
I thought you were better than this."
Such comments are usually hailed with much laughter 
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Caution. Someone has logged in as you and is asking dumb questions.
Oh, wait
User: Technical term used by developers. See Idiot.
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Also, not everyone says this sort of thing even on the web... for instance, re most of the music links that get posted on here (and the SB) ...
..who, what? I never said a thing...
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DRHuff wrote: On Monday morning at the office someone walks in and says "I just saw X and it was great"
Would anyone here say - That movie sucked and "you've no taste"
Yet people will say it on the webz.
Amazing isn't it?
Those of course not comparable - that is work and web forums are not comparable social forums.
Conversely do see what happens if you walk into a bar in the city with a sport team that just lost the national championship and you then claim that the other team was obviously better.
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Ok, so I sent the revised list back to the judges and they came back with this list, sorted alphabetically, of the best sci-fi films ever made. If your fav movie is not on here, it's probably because it isn't really that good. 
2001
28 Days Later
5th Element
A Clockwork Orange
Alien
Back to the Future
Blade Runner
Capricorn One
Dawn of the Dead
District 9
Escape from New York
Ex Machina
Forbidden Planet
Galaxy Quest
Idiocracy
Metropolis
Moon
Oblivion
Pitch Black
Planet of the Apes (original)
Predator
RoboCop (1987)
Serenity
Silent Running
Soylent Green
SpaceBalls
Star Trek II - The Wrath of Khan
Star Trek: First Contact
Star Wars - A New Hope
Stargate
Terminator I and II
The Andromeda Strain
The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951)
The Man from Earth
The Matrix
The Omega Man
The Thing (with Kurt Russel)
They Live
Total Recall (1990)
Keep your friends close. Keep Kill your enemies closer.
The End
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Dawn of the Dead isn't even sci fi? Clockwork Orange, and many more
you list Metropolis (barely sci fi) but not Brazil (even though also barely sci fi is way better)?
spaceballs? really? How old are your judges? 3? 4?
1. way too many good movies missing obviously because you've never seen them.
2. way too much crap because you've no taste (and just added some you've heard of as being famous but also not ever watched)
NOT [all] "sci fi," and WAY NOT the best.
Signature ready for installation. Please Reboot now.
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Lopatir wrote: Dawn of the Dead
Dawn of the Dead - sci-fi horror, just like Event Horizon or Alien.
Lopatir wrote: Clockwork Orange
Sci-fi doesn't need to be Star Trek to be sci-fi. It's about themes and people, not explosions or time travel.
Lopatir wrote: you list Metropolis (barely sci fi) but not Brazil (even though also barely sci fi is way better)?
Metropolis is a classic, Brazil is drug fueled and impenetrable indulgence.
Lopatir wrote: 1. way too many good movies missing obviously because you've never seen them.
In your ever so humble opinion. Name them if you think they are missing. Besides, it's my list, not yours, feel free to come up with your own.
Lopatir wrote: 2. way too much crap because you've no taste (and just added some you've heard of as being famous but also not ever watched)
Whoa, now you go too far. Keep your ad-hominem attacks to your self - completely uncalled for in this context - it's just a bit of fun - feel free to f*** right off at any time.
Lopatir wrote: NOT [all] "sci fi," and WAY NOT the best.
Ego, much?
Keep your friends close. Keep Kill your enemies closer.
The End
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