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Damn! I thought of 'almost', but didn't spot it as ordered.
Software rusts. Simon Stephenson, ca 1994. So does this signature. me, 2012
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So you nearly had that one. I almost feel sorry for you.
(This is my only contribution since I can never even get to almost when it comes to figuring these things out  )
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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Thanks! I'm not good at the ones that require a lot of thinking. Either they leap out at me (or a smartass quip like today's one does) or I don't get them. I've gotten a few over the years. Even made DD's league table back in the day.
Cheers,
Peter
Software rusts. Simon Stephenson, ca 1994. So does this signature. me, 2012
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Arr! Arr! And thrice arr!
I love sorting out artificially problems created to make things 'better'
Our software is mainly matlab. We create a nice exe that works nicely and plays well if you hit it with a stick hard enough. However I am hitting hell in updating as it now uses an external .net dll that keeps getting blocked.
I now know I can probably sort this out using a group policy, but with 6 domains, each under a separate AWS account, it is going to be a lot of typing for this weary keyboard warrior! [Or is it worrier?]
How long until the weekend? 
veni bibi saltavi
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Can't you use ILMerge or Fody Costura to pack everything in one executable ?
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RickZeeland wrote: Fody Costura
Who is that? Your local Mafia representative?
I have lived with several Zen masters - all of them were cats.
His last invention was an evil Lasagna. It didn't kill anyone, and it actually tasted pretty good.
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Yes, and I'm going to Sicily in a few weeks to pay him my respects 
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Kissing the ring again?
I have lived with several Zen masters - all of them were cats.
His last invention was an evil Lasagna. It didn't kill anyone, and it actually tasted pretty good.
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CodeWraith wrote: the ring
Which ring? 
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The one your local Mafia representative wears and lets you kiss when you want something. What else did you think?
I have lived with several Zen masters - all of them were cats.
His last invention was an evil Lasagna. It didn't kill anyone, and it actually tasted pretty good.
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Nevermind.
You have an O-ring, and a finger ring. Which one do you really have to kiss to get the mafia to do something for you? You may be kissing his finger ring, but in reality, you are kissing his O-ring (his ass). Loses everything when you have to explain it.
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I am SHOCKED!
I have lived with several Zen masters - all of them were cats.
His last invention was an evil Lasagna. It didn't kill anyone, and it actually tasted pretty good.
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Good idea, but it won't work for multiple reasons.
Matlab exe's are rather nasty little beaches that don't like playing with others! It has been a nightmare just to get it to work with an external dll properly; trust me.
veni bibi saltavi
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Look below. When something does not work, I automatically grab the oscilloscope and start poking around in the computer's bus. A computer that is old enough to make a few k bucks on Fleabay.
I have lived with several Zen masters - all of them were cats.
His last invention was an evil Lasagna. It didn't kill anyone, and it actually tasted pretty good.
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Nagy Vilmos wrote: Arr! Arr! And thrice arr!
You know, there is a shortcut for this - "arrrrrrr!" 
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Nagy Vilmos wrote: Codz
That's a fishy title.
... such stuff as dreams are made on
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Nagy Vilmos wrote: Brainy Hurty - Sendz Codz!
They do say that fish is brain food... 
Ad astra - both ways!
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Is there an echo in here?
... such stuff as dreams are made on
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Didn't notice your post - sorry.
Ad astra - both ways!
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Ooooh, it's long way, Nagy! I just finished one, spent observing and playing pool in Las Vegas at the ACS National Championships. After 3 days of watching the Sun set and rise each day, without sleep, I'm ready to get back to gun smithing and some rest!
Will Rogers never met me.
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What do you do when a computer does not start anymore? No OS, not even a BIOS or any sign that there is any ROM at all? No way left to load any diagnostic tool?
Quickly think up a small program that accesses the memory area of the disappeared ROM and displays the bytes it finds there on the 7 segment LED display, enter it with the hey keypad and then look what's going on on the bus with the oscar, I mean oscilloscope.
The program displayed a constant 'FF', meaning that there is no memory at that address. The value comes from 8 pullup resistors that set the data lines to a defined value when no memory is selected. The ROM is gone, as if it was not there at all.
Chip select ... perfect signal, as if the computer was brand new and not almost 40 years old.
Address lines? All fine. Data lines? Lots of activity, as it should be. Memory read signal...
Tipping at the board with the test probe must have changed something. The ROM is back! The test program now displays the contents of the ROM and calling the ROM works fine again.
In a few months the old computer will be 40 years old and losing that ROM would have been terrible. Of course I could build some replacement, but the original ROM itself is irreplacable. It's so old that I could not even find the pinout or a datasheet of it, much less get one or locate a suitable device to program it. Any new replacement would have ruined the original state of the old computer. Fortunately it looks like it was just a case of aging bus connectors.
I have lived with several Zen masters - all of them were cats.
His last invention was an evil Lasagna. It didn't kill anyone, and it actually tasted pretty good.
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Whip over the PCB with a soldering iron looking for dry joints. Do remember that your current iron and solder will be lead free, and a 40YO PCB will not - so you will need a replacement tip, a lower temperature, and probably leaded solder.
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!
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This was the very first board I ever assembled, so you bet the solder is not unleaded.
I doubt there are 1000 of this old computer in working condition left on the entire planet and I'm glad I'm not the only one to keep them alive[^].
I have lived with several Zen masters - all of them were cats.
His last invention was an evil Lasagna. It didn't kill anyone, and it actually tasted pretty good.
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An Elf! you have a live Elf!
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They are not as dead as you may think. People still build new ones, often just to learn. Some parts have become hard to get, but the processor has still been in production.
Just look at this gallery[^] and see for yourself in how many sizes and shapes an Elf may come.
I have lived with several Zen masters - all of them were cats.
His last invention was an evil Lasagna. It didn't kill anyone, and it actually tasted pretty good.
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